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johan osterman said:
What's wrong with the ancient and very powerful totally evil earth mother. 
More seriously: what's wrong with the ancient and very powerful totally evil Moloch. Hmm, the totally whimpy imps I suppose.
Edit: oops, posted as Johan - KO
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My "problem" with the moloch is that he is available for almost all nations
. And the description : "The moloch is
an infernal angel
called or sent from beyond ."
So he is evil but only a lackey of a way bigger evil
.
Mictlan is good there with the lord of the night as their nation only demon god
.
Such a nation specific god for abysia and ermor would be nice too imo
.
The other "problem" i have with ermor that first you have mercy with them because they are like the spirits in Final Fantasy : The spirits within . Poor , abortive , disillusioned undeads . And there is the only "half-abortive" Broken empire theme .
And ermor is hordes but they are not frightening . A few priests stop ermorian national armies with ease .
So ermor are the kind of bad guys with which you have to have mercy .
I would like to see a nation which consists of some very powerful evil beings like demons / evil dragons etc. .
They wouldn't be numerous but really frightening , like jotunheim .
I am a big fan of the fantasy cliche of impossible to beat seeming evils like sauron/mordor in lord of the rings or the imperium in star wars
.
The description from the PoD is quite evil though .
Perhaps i misunderstand simply the game concept
.
You are on your way to ascend to a god but when you do this you are just infernal angel / demon prince XYZ .
Only once you defeat your enemies you ascend to a real powerful god
.
I personally though always see my pretender as a real god already who defeats the other gods which i find more rewarding even because otherwise your pretender seems more unimportant
.
If you play e.g. Abysia with a Moloch and summon finally the demon lords you get the feeling that they are your taskmaster and you are only an unimportant lackey of them .
So i would enjoy a stylish special pretender for abysia who has a description + looking which qualifies him to be of equal power with a demon lord .
Then you have the feeling you call your "brothers" for help and not your employer
.
Like in diablo with Mephisto , Diablo and Baal they were 3 equal brothers
.
Such an evil i would like to have as a god for some evil nations and not a minor one like a Vq/Moloch/PoD .
I would like a good counterpart to this too for the brave and good nations but there it is much harder to find a worthy role model .