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So, I recently got an idea stuck in my head for a God Game. One slight thing I noticed in several god games is that the gods get power from mortals, but that is the only way mortals affect their gods. Suffice to say, I wouldn't have brought this up if what I had to say wasn't relevant and I'll flat out say it. The belief of mortals will be affecting you heavily.
How so, you may be asking? Well, for example, you will not be selecting your appearance. Instead, the initial group will be amorphous blobs as it were that get a form when they either create a race, wherein they get the appearance of that race, or they gain an appearnce after interecting with gods that hold an appearance for a long enough period of time. Furthermore, you appearance will shift slightly every act you utilize, determined by rolling in the metamorphica. Don't worry, it won't happen every time, as a resistance to appearance change will slowly build up with each act you perform, eventually reaching a point where you no longer change appearance further.
As well, pantheons will not be formed by the actions of the Gods, but by belief of the mortals based upon level of interaction. For one that refuses to interact with others, a monotheistic religion will start to develop around it. For cases where two or more frequently wage wars against each other, a pantheon of them will develop, divided along the lines of the wars. Again, resistances to incorporating new ones will slowly develop, but we will also have heresies start to crop up. Some of these heresies or the regular pantheons may spur the creation of new gods who believe themselves to be the descendants of other gods, despite what the others might remember. On a final note, if two gods share a sphere, then the shared spheres will start to change until they become similar to the original sphere, but different from what the other god has.
And as one final note, you will not be entering into a blank universe. Instead, you will be entering into a long universe that has long since degraded into holding no sentient life anymore, with scars of old battles possibly floating around. If discovered, some might spur the creation of new gods that were believed to have caused them, the new gods having the memory of doing so, despite those new gods having not actually caused them.
And one final note. If all followers are lost, then the god dies out. This will be the only way to truly kill a god in this game, rather than only knocking them down a peg like combat will do, though there may be some exceptions. An apocalypse scale event has a chance to do it as well.
God
Name:
Spheres:
Personality:
Apperance Change Resistance: n/a
Religion
Other Pantheon Members: n/a
Religion's Total Followers: n/a
God's Total Followers: n/a
Acts granted to this God per Turn: n/a
New God Resistance: n/a
New Heresy Chance: n/a
Mighty Acts
Mighty Acts are used for things in the league of the creation of massive godly artifacts and the manipulation of things on a continental scale. Performing a Mighty Act reduces your apperance change resistance check roll by 3, but raises it by 2 in the aftermath.
Acts
Acts are used for things in the league of the creation of a race, creation of powerful godly artifacts, and modification of a region. Five Acts can be exchanged for one Mighty Act and vice versa. Performing an Act increases your appearance change resistance by 1 in the aftermath. Each of the initial set of gods will start with one of these, for the purpose of creating a race/civilization.
Minor Acts
Minor Acts are used for things in the league of granting knowledge to a race, creation of minor godly artifacts, and minor modifications of a species. Three Minor Acts can be exchanged for one Act and vice versa. Performing a Minor Act increases apperance change resistance check roll by 3.
Now that all of that is taken in, is anyone interested?
Accepted Applications
Name: Carlic
Spheres: Deformity and Adversity
Personality: A fellow who welcomes change and challenge, particularly the sort that leaves a thing scarred or altered. In her eyes a being is at its highest value when they have overcame great struggles and conflict.
Appearance Change Resistance: n/a
Name: The Dark Lord has innumerable names and titles, all of them are horrible, he regards them as insignificant words. Legend has it, that if his True Name was spoken, infinite torment would come over all of reality, and he would be destroyed.
Spheres: The Unspoken Dread is the God of Slaughter, Plague, Corruption, and Madness.
Personality: All that is, was, and will ever be evil can be found within him. He feels no remorse, no mercy, and no regret for his deeds. He wishes to have all power and to bring suffering to all things, and he is utterly ruthless in the pursuit of his goal. Nothing is sacred to him, he is the embodiment of his Spheres. He lurks in every shadow, a part of him resides in every mortal mind, it is impossible to escape him. Eternity is as a moment to The Ruination Of Empires, he is patient, he is unstoppable, and his will shall be done.
Appearance Change Resistance: n/a
Name: Creencio
Spheres: Good, Great Men
Personality: The world is a dark place; I give you light. There is a pit in the hearts of men; I give you love. There are orphans and lepers on the streets; I give you a banner to rally them to a better life. A monster comes to devour all you care for; I give you my spear. You hunger for justice; I give you my flesh.
Apperance Change Resistance: n/a
Name: Derath
Spheres: Chaos, construction
Personality: Demented and Unlikly to Do things "Correctly" and quite likely to screw around with what is not his. he is hard to annoy but quick to protect what belongs to him. he doesn't care about Social standing or Society in general.
Apperance Change Resistance: n/a
Name: Reven
Spheres: Wind and Change.
Personality: Like the element he embodies, Reven is permanent yet ephemeral, constant yet changing. His moods shift as quickly as his breezes, and he creates and destroys in equal measure. To pray to him is to ask a storm for guidance- though the gusts could easily break you, one never knows what good they carry with them.
Appearance Change Resistance: n/a
Name: Aegies
Spheres: Life and protection
Personality: Even Aegies is unsure of how it came to its own form of life, but it knows that everything deserves this gift and that it needs to be protected wherever it is found. It preaches a peaceful lifestyle that is very similar to it's tenants with proper respect to life that must be taken to protect.
Apperance Change Resistance: n/a
God
Name: Tyr Loknar
Spheres: Thievery, the Night
Personality: Tyr is the patron of thieves. He revels in the darkness and silence of night, and rewards those who take what they want discreetly. He is indifferent to the idea of worshipers, but would let them worship as they please. He seeks the gratitude of those who he sponsors. He also wishes for honor among thieves, as divided, they are weaker.
Appearance Change Resistance: n/a
Need to be brought up in length to at least equal Carlic's. Limit to two spheres if possible. Three at maximum.
God
Name: Radak
Spheres:Water and Stability
Personality: Radak is a rather lazy god that very rarely puts effort in to it's projects, preferring just to start something new when it either fails or when Radak gets bored with it.
Appearance Change Resistance: n/a
Name: Gilgalon
Spheres: Rock and Architecture
Personality: Distant and Calm, Fierce when angered
Apperance Change Resistance: n/a
Name: Gax
Spheres: Oaths and Magic
Personality: Secretive, Gax however, prides himself on always keeping his word, which is why he gives it so rarely, preferring to study and teach magic in solitude
Apperance Change Resistance: n/a
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Topic: Metamorphasis of the Gods [OOC/Applications] (Read 6044 times)