[quote=@ImportantNobody]
For those that participate in this war, I assume the Gods make a deal that they will create new bodies containing all of their old abilities from which they can respawn their soul into once they are killed? There has to be some penalty to this or else the war would be...infinite. Maybe some sort of unseen point total swaying the opinion of who is winning.
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Basically yes, participants more or less become something known as immortals. In where they are brought back after death. (still counts as a loss if they died of course.) 

Also I'm planning on working in a point win system to signify how much territory one side has gained in the war so it's possible to see who's winning. Possible benefits would come later.