the gods of Baldur's Gate 3 up to what i've played now

[Kira Von Black]

Amauntor: Powerless did let shar take over a land and cannot shine her sun there even if her life depended on it
Asmodeus: Cluster F and Powerless sends his demons with clauses and legal babble geting contracts with other men via said demons. if he is a god why don't he just say to hell with it and does what he pleases. not to mention, he let a Nautiloid Ship run havoc on Avernus so... yeeeah...
Auril: didn't show up yet. goddes of winter for what i've told. i'll reserve judgment for later.
Azuth: well at least this one isn't a pushover. magic is everywhere in Faerun, so i guess he is one of the more okay-ish imo.
Bane: another at least competent one. considering what happens in the shadow cursed lands leting Ketheric Thorn rule for a centry for example
Beshaba: well... she is there. at least if you count the dice that you roll with high chances and still fail miserably.
Bhall: again what is whith these gods that can't do their stuff themselves?! at the very least, i hope he/she/it?! is less than a pushover than the lord of bones.
Leira: well... i've been able to decieve and use stealth, so... she is there, i guess?!
Llira: can't say much about her since i didn't play as a bard, and the only stuff that music and dance does is atract people, get me some little gold and turn people like Whyll and his silly advances into powdered milk
Loviatar: oh yeah i feel pain in this game and she is present. especially every night before a long rest and after some battles. okay-ish.

Sylvanus: Powerless let shar just go and put a curse on an entire big plot of land, being incapable of just preserving the land, gets cut in two and turned into little boys. one sleep boi and one angsty boi.
Shar: Coward can't even kill a selunite and asks you to do it in her place with a spear. son of a god or not shows how puny she is
Gith Queen: Coward AND Powerless asks you to enter the astral prism and says she is the all mighty queen. if she was all mighty she could do her stuff herself
Selûne: error 404 god not found same as Sylvanus. literally lets Shar do whatever she pleases with the land and doesn't even care to light the ♥♥♥♥ with her moon, WTF
Lord of bones: Push-oever even tho he is shown to be quite powerfull making a man immortal, once the daughter of selune is freed, he becomes a total pushover and can't even give enough power to restore the man to his invincible status

[Razorblade]

Ao (the high god) limits what the gods are allowed to do in the Material Plane. Hence, most gods fight proxy wars using their followers.

The Dead Three actually downgraded themselves to semi-mortal demigods so they could take a more active role in mortal affairs, but this leaves them in the unfortunate position where they could potentially be killed by mortal hands.

As for Vlaakith, she isn't even a god; just a very powerful lich who styles herself as a god.

[Kira Von Black]

Originally posted by Razorblade:

Ao (the high god) limits what the gods are allowed to do in the Material Plane. Hence, most gods fight proxy wars using their followers.

The Dead Three actually downgraded themselves to semi-mortal demigods so they could take a more active role in mortal affairs, but this leaves them in the unfortunate position where they could potentially be killed by mortal hands.

As for Vlaakith, she isn't even a god; just a very powerful lich who styles herself as a god.

well, now that explains some stuff.
there could be a line in the game explaining this. with Selûne or Shar saying in one of the questions that tav does (for example in the end of the gauntlet of shar): "i can't do it myself because Ao put a barrier/ don't allow me to be too OP in the mortal plane." but it's nowhere in game.

[Gingermonkey]

Yeah as stated, most of this is because of Ao's rules. As for them stating it in game they do. If you talk to Elminister about why Mystra doesnt just pop in and destroy the Absolute, he tells you this.

[Kira Von Black]

Originally posted by RMS_Gingermonkey:

Yeah as stated, most of this is because of Ao's rules. As for them stating it in game they do. If you talk to Elminister about why Mystra doesnt just pop in and destroy the Absolute, he tells you this.

allright. so i guess i missed that/ didn't get to it yet.

[Recjawjind]

Originally posted by Kira Von Black:

Originally posted by RMS_Gingermonkey:

Yeah as stated, most of this is because of Ao's rules. As for them stating it in game they do. If you talk to Elminister about why Mystra doesnt just pop in and destroy the Absolute, he tells you this.

allright. so i guess i missed that/ didn't get to it yet.

Also the reason why gale sees it as exceptionally unlikely he'd be smitten down before attempting his plan.

[Kira Von Black]

Originally posted by Recjawjind:

Originally posted by Kira Von Black:

allright. so i guess i missed that/ didn't get to it yet.

Also the reason why gale sees it as exceptionally unlikely he'd be smitten down before attempting his plan.

maybe i did miss it because i did shove gale back into the portal at the start of the game. and i killed astarion before he could do any shenanigans.

[GrandMajora]

Being a god, even a greater deity, does not give you free reign to do whatever you please, because Ao exists.

Ao is the Overgod, basically the 'God of Gods', and he has very strict rules about how the others are permitted to behave and interact with each other.

Also, the nautiloid did not 'run havoc' on Avernus. It showed up for a few minutes, immediately got the ♥♥♥♥ kicked out of it, then left.