Altering the gods
Has anyone tweaked or rewritten the standard Greyhawk gods for their game?
I wanted to strongly differentiate the major cultural pantheons across the Flanaess. In my campaign the ancient Flan are modelled on Skyrim's Forsworn, so I wanted their gods to be suitably primal & animalistic. I decided to make the Flan gods sort of upscaled land & tribal spirits.
Among other changes to the Flan deities, that meant transforming Nerull from the literal Grim Reaper to a figure more inspired by the Wendigo or the leshy/leshen. Instead of the agriculturally-linked scythe, I gave Nerull a spear with a bone spearhead.
Each Flan god got an animal aspect, which is also their totem-like holy symbol.
Allitur (Ethics, Propriety) heron
Beory (Earth Mother) she-bear
Berei (Family, Community) dog
Earth Dragon dragon
Ehlonna (Forests, Animals, Flowers) unicorn
Joramy (Fire, Wrath, Volcanoes) fiery horse
Mok (Arcane magic) serpent
Myhriss (Love, Beauty) swan
Nerull (Death, Darkness, Underworld) skull-headed stag
Obad-hai (Nature, Hunting) stag or aurochs
Pelor (Sun, Strength, Healing) eagle
Rao (Peace, Reason, Mercy) barn owl
Have you altered the gods in any way in your campaign or do you prefer to use them exactly as written?