IllusiveBrian
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Atheism is more along the lines of "powerful beings exist but none of them are worthy of my worship" or just "I don't want to worship them." Ember is a pretty good example of how an atheist in the setting would think, she acknowledges they exist but sees them as basically mortals without the mortality. Sort of like how Abrahamic religions would view the Greek Gods as petty and not particularly deific.More deity reactivity: If you worship Gyronna and have Ember in your party when you meet Hulrun at the marketplace, you can curse him with blindness, after which he turns hostile.
Pretty cool from the devs to put a disproportionate amount of effort into this, I don't know any other rpg where deity selection matters as much as here. Seems like most deities come up at least once somewhere in the game and have a mechanical effect in gameplay. Though I picked Nethys once and I don't think that ever mattered, so he might be and exception.
I hate atheism in fantasy because it makes no goddamned sense, but I'm playing one now because I didn't figure Demon made much sense if you went around paying homage to a God, and there's been a fairly impressive amount of reactivity. You can discuss it with Ember at length, and you're downright immune to Garrison Succubus' Dominate-attempt, which is p. cool
If you look at the reasons people do worship the gods in this setting it's for direct gain, basically the same as swearing yourself to a King to gain his favor. IIRC atheists are still sorted by Pharasma into the afterlife of their alignment so there's no particular benefit to worship there either, be a good person and you'll still get a good afterlife.