[schoen]

Good point, I wasn't thinking about altars. They absolutely have the character that you mention.

Conversely, in NetHack you can pretty much ignore which specific god you worship over the course of the game, which is less true for Crawl.

[antepodius]

I don't know, cannibalism for chaotics is pretty good. But so is having peaceful angels on the astral pland as lawful. Neutrals get shafted, as ever.