It's a bit like some of the Greek myths: sure, the gods are legit awful in some of them, but in others...okay, you have four basic jobs. Don't kill your kin (that one can be tricky and also, TBF, the Olympians shouldn't get to have opinions there), don't eat people, be nice to travelers, and...

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...over your ensuing enbrickitude at that point. Like, worst case, just figure literacy is cool and drop in and say good things about Oghma, or that nature's good and bow to Chauntea once in a while, you're fine.

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That's one of those things where, in principle, I could see where it *can* happen, but in most D&D settings you have enough divine beings to fill a good-sized stadium, so deciding that hypothetical-you're just going to shun all of them forever...I mean, you *could*, but I can't shed many tears...

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For D&D they'd be "antitheist" (?), cause one knows gods exist but one don't feel represented by them, or one might not fill in the "box" of things that include the portfolio of what that god agrees with, or one feel ignored by them all. For "undead with souls" it is a thing.

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And in D&D, you can meet/fight/fuck most of them, or meet someone who did. There are some RL God Is Evil Because I Didn't Get a Date in High School *maltheists*, sure, but in D&D I feel like they'd just end up worshipping a demon lord or an elemental or whatever.

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