How do gods work?

[micro102]

As I've been playing i think I'm noticing that I don't get a chance to get all the gods during a run? Like you get 3-4 randomly and only those. Being locked out of certain potential builds and not knowing it kinda sucks. Especially when you have different items and perks to specialize in a certain way. Stacking armor and heal bonuses is not that fun if you don't have lifelink or regen. It just feels too random. Maybe I'm missing something?

[Daemic9]

You are correct in that only 4 gods spawn per run. 3+1(The fates are present in every game.)

There are two ways to influence this. First, Alteration, which can be found on gear. During your first level ups, if you are presented with a god you do not want a blessing of, use an alteration and they will be re rolled to a different god. The second method is to use 3 banish to achieve the same effect. Once you take a blessing though, that god is locked in for that run, even if you use an alteration on them on a later level up.

[Zoid13]

ALL gods spawn each run.
when you select a skill you lock yourself into that god and its offerings for the run. this continues until you have 3 gods locked in. then for the rest fo the run you get offerings only from those 3 gods. and on rare occasion the 4th "buffs" god

alterations - to search for the gods you want

rerolls - to search for the skill on the selected god or increase the rarity its being offered with a random re-roll shuffle of skills offered.

banishes - to never see that skill again making it more likely skills you want appear. (you can also "waste" a level and banish all 3 offers if you don't want to lock yourself into said god and have no alterations.

like all games of this type the number of rerolls and control over the RNG is part of the progression. in this game its on the gear.
you can get 3 banish 3 alt 3 reroll on multiple gear slots netting you 10+ of each

[micro102]

Ahhhh Ok. I must have confused myself by picking a blessing before trying alteration. I found it odd that it gave me a god I already took another blessing from. Good to know that 3 blessings do the same thing. Is there a guide you guys learned that from?

[Zoid13]

once you have the 3 gods locked in. alterations just jump to one of your other 2 (or the random 4th) so you can try level up a specific skill on X god before a skill on Y god.

Moirai the fates god is always there randomly no matter what you do