Warning audience! Spoilers for "Pillars of Eternity: The White March II" ahead and "Dragon Age: Inquisition" ahead!

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Having just finished the "White March II" in Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity, I wanted to express how impressed I was with the ending of the DLC itself and the impact it had on the ending of the game as a whole. Within droning on too much about the lore of the game, you as a player are treated to a refreshing demonstration of how gods are presented in many RPG games.

The way that gods like Abydon and Ondra manifest themselves to aid you or the world as a whole in the epilogue is a nice change in active participation. Normally, the pantheons in these RPGs have their deeds retold or prophesized, but never shown to the player in the actual playthrough. The closest example of this (besides what Pillars showed us) is Fen'Heral's petrification power in "Dragon Age: Inquisition."

Most important, however, is the impact on the personal narrative that these demonstrations have. Many players have expressed their joy at having their doubtful Cleric or Priest characters' faith proven true after an arduous trek (the folk in Pillars have beef with the gods, go play the game). I had the opposite problem - my dissident, logical, and skeptical character was suddenly at a loss. These absent makers were suddenly not only quite real, but active.

This is a similar character to conundrum to the revelation in "DA: Inquisition" where the Herald learns they were not in fact saved by a goddess but by a good Samaritan. Depending on how much you enjoy roleplaying your character or like to place yourself in these hypothetical conundrums, these may become pertinent questions to your faith and understanding.

How would you handle having your faith proved in vain or the inverse - that which you've doubted stalwartly or vehemently denied, proved quite real?

I myself am agnostic, my official position being "I have no idea and no evidence". I have no evidence that there is or isn't a higher power with which to state anything more than an opinion and neither does anyone else, regardless of the zeal with which they hold their conviction.

That said, I'm a born dissident and a habitual rebel. I loathe the thought of anyone or anything reigning over me or my choices. I'll sink or swim through my own volition, fate and destiny being nothing more than hopelessly cliche exotic dancer names as far as I'm concerned.

Should a higher power be out there, then great, though, I have no intention of bowing my head or bending the knee. I'll keep doing me. If there isn't one, then it's still no skin off my teeth.

Have you ever asked yourself these questions before? If so, how do you think you would react?