Motif · from book 1
The gods
'There are no gods here. Just those who pay for the privilege.' A war gauntlet that warns it can transfigure a worshipper of the god Grull into the god himself, and Mordecai's solemn insistence that Grull is not real — nor is any god in this game. Zev, in passing, mentions that a hostile government could 'spring for a deity sponsorship.'
Every god the books have named, their family and enemies, and the mythology: the pantheon.
First appears: Book 1
Series arc
Through book 1
Three sidelong mentions: the Grull gauntlet's warning and 'There are no gods here. Just those who pay for the privilege' (B1 ch. 25); Eris, Goddess of Chaos, named on a Krakaren clone's card (B1 ch. 34); Zev's 'if they spring for a deity sponsorship' (B1 ch. 44). Nothing that reads as a thread yet.
Open threads
Status is open or resolved; the chapter after it is the last one that moved the thread.
| Thread | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 'There are no gods here. Just those who pay for the privilege' | B1 ch. 25 | open — Said solemnly after the Grull gauntlet; Zev mentions deity sponsorship in passing. |
All threads: Open threads.
Where they appear
| Book | Chapters they are in (of the book's) | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl | 2/48 | Ch. 25, Ch. 44 · the book's own page |
By book
The gods in book 1 — Dungeon Crawler Carl
Two mentions, both sidelong. The Enchanted War Gauntlet of the Exalted Grull warns that striking a worshipper of the war god has a 1.5% chance of transfiguring the target into the god himself, and Mordecai, suddenly solemn, adds that Grull is not a real god — 'There are no gods here. Just those who pay for the privilege' (ch. 25). Zev, listing what other governments cannot do to Carl before the sixth floor: 'Or if they spring for a deity sponsorship this season' (ch. 44).