In Ars Magica, are the pagan gods Magical, Faerie, or what?
There is plenty of confusion on this matter because the answer has changed over the lifetime of the Ars Magica line. At various times, different supplements have stated or hinted that the pagan gods were magical beings (2nd Edition), powerful faeries (4th Edition), or even demons (3rd Edition Tribunal books). In ArM5, most of the pagan gods are powerful faeries, but there may be the occasional magical being mixed in. ArM5 draws the distinction between the Magical and Faerie Realms differently than did previous editions. The ArM5 rule book doesn’t explicitly say whether pagan gods are faeries, but it does give guidance on how to classify supernatural creatures: • “Faeries are creatures drawn in some way from the imagination of the human race.” (p. 187). • “The Magic realm encompasses a wide range of spirits. … [Magic] spirits include spirits of natural places and natural phenomena.” (p. 184) • “[A]ny creature that is powerful, alien, and indifferent to human beings is part of the Magi
