Re: Our beloved Pretenders!
IMHO the usual problem with national pretenders is that they ARE thematic. They match their nations too closely. They dont fill a need. Why should I take a god with nature magic and food bonuses for a nation already full of nature magic and food bonuses? And yet a nature based pretender does make sense.
I think the nationals will generally be loved by the daydreaming RPGers and loathed by the spreadsheet strategists. Both groups will just have to accept that some of the gods "suck". But as long as they seem to disagree on which gods suck, then it will be a feature and not a bug. 
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