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[Nikson]

You don't trust me, Blast?
The diety info I posted comes directly from 3.5 (or 3rd for that matter) edition Player's Handbook.
And you are right, Vecna used to be a Lich. Garl is the god of Gnomes as well as wealth.
Heironeous and Hextor are brothers.
St. Cuthbert was a cleric that ascended to godhood.

There's also a manual called Dieties and Demigods, where every single major or minor god in Greyhawk is described in detail, including the character sheet! (for epic characters who actuall get to be face to face with them and maybe even battle the gods).

You are free to be an Atheist. Nobody's forcing you to choose a diety. Actually I think your character, blast, is an Atheist.
Clerics (and, at higher levels, Paladins) choose Domains (war, death, law, etc.) that their chosen God has, which gives them new abilities.
However, the gods "give bonuses" to any type of character, if that character has achieved a deed which impresses the diety. In other words, when the character is high enough in level to do major things.

[blastradius14]

Or if the character has managed to do something worthy before hand, but that is much rarer. Also, when at higher levels they still have to do something. The god of thieves is not going to care if you are killing mummies forever LOL.

[Nikson]

I didn't imply that by having a high level PC you automatically get noticed by a diety. Only that you must be high level to be able to do something impressive enough to get noticed by a diety. (like kill one of the diety's highest priests, or save the priest from death. Or build a new temple for the diety. Or something)

[Stebbi]

Has it begun? i really wanted to play along... but i dont understand that pcgen program...

[Nikson]

It hasn't started yet, we need (at least) one more player!
You don't have to use PCGen if you don't understand it. As long as you're familiar with the 3rd edition D&D rules (quite similar to those in games like NWN, ToEE, BG2, etc), you should be able to create your character.
Use the character sheets on the first page of the topic to guide you. Especially TheChosen's rogue character, because it's the most "normal" of the group.
The best way to make your character in detail and understand the underlying rules of the game would be to find a copy of the D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook.

Or, if you're really not very good at this sort of stuff (or just really lazy), you can post some details about your character (fill in as much of the character sheet as you can), and I can work with you to fill in the rest

[TheChosen]

But Stebbi, if youre going to join in, i recommend that you should take a wizard or a priest as a character class. We need one magic-dude in our party.

[Stebbi]

awww..........but.but i was going to have my paladin but ....owell ill take the priest

[TheChosen]

Hmm...the paladin is no bad either.

I recall that paladin can use priest magic.
How many priest spells can paladin get in 3rd edition Nikson?

[Stebbi]

i think it is up too lvl 3 clerk spells....

[Nikson]

Starting at 4th level, a paladin learns to cast 1st level Divine spells (like clerics).
Every 4th level thereafter, the paladin may learn one level higher spells, to a maximum of 4th level spells at 16th level.

special abilities:
at 1st level, a paladin has an aura of good, and can can detect evil and smite evil
at 2nd level, he gains divine grace and can lay on hands
at 3rd level, he gets an aura of courage and divine health
at 4th level, can also turn undead

A paladin would be a pretty good choice, and has slight healing abilities (lay on hands) even at 2nd level. But for a while, he won't be much good as a spellcaster.
And it would mean 3 melee fighters in the party... hey, it's your choice!

You could try to find someone else on the forums to join the game and make an arcanist too!