1) I think showing such relationships in fantasy tales and games can be very interesting. Why does the deity want such a relationship? Are they lonely? If they began as mortal, do they feel what they think is their essential self slipping away? Do they need to feel love?
Kaloyan99@kaloyanbarbov
11 Aug 2025
Replying to @TheEdVerse
@TheEdVerse Hey, Ed. Writing to you again since my last post got buried. I wanted to ask about your opinion of gods and mortals having intimate, long term relationships. Like a human champion dating/marrying his goddess and the intricacies/hardships following such relationships.

Aug 11, 2025 · 10:41 PM UTC

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2) Reconnect? Does the mortal get “burned” (mentally and/or physically) by divine contact? How does it change them, both mind and body? Are they doomed to perish soon, burned out? Or be forever changed? If the deity wants to keep them around, must the deity change their...
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3) ...essential nature to do so? And so on. I’ve done such tales in the Realms and elsewhere, to try to explore what it means to live beyond the normal lifespan, how great power changes us, and what love is and can be.
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