User blog comment:Saren the Dark Lynx/SFW 2015 Winter Awards/ Saren/@comment-995908-20160103055123

"Though one thing, if a god is manifested on the material plane, wouldn't they have to remain in a less powerful state or something like that?"

I haven't considered this, but I really quite like this idea! They're predominately made of Elemental energy, after all.