Not sure what category it would fall under, but anyone want to play as ancient gods that are trying to survive/return in modern times?

Those gods that are currently in power won't like it, and any follower of theirs that they've given actual power to will recognize us. So might the odd witch/pagan/etc. So we might have to fight from time to time.

If we get to powerful, goodbye New York City.

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@TheUnknowable I like it

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Edit: All gods can also grant humans powers from their domains, though this means that the human draws energy from them to do it, so you must be careful when doing this. Demigods have their own pool of energy and may naturally get powers from any of their parent's domains.

Tentatively interested.

Name: Shiva??
Pantheon:
[b]Major Domain
[b]Minor Domain:
Relic: (One, in case there's something closely tied to you.)
Bio:

Will you allow Shiva?

@ActRaiserTheReturnedShiva is believed in and worshiped by over a billion people in the present day. If we get our power from belief/prayer/etc. (which is probably the most believable way of giving us a power source) she would have a fraction of all of the prayers and belief of a billion plus people. That would put her above any of the greek, roman, norse, or Egyptian gods at the height of their power.

So, she would be too OP for this RP, unless you can think of a reason for her to have lost most of her power.

For reference, I'll be playing Prometheus.

Edit:

Am I sensing some American Gods vibes here?
cause that's one of my favorite novels...
Interested...

@Helonever heard of it.

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The very basics are old gods who are mostly forgotten and unworshipped conflicting against New gods who are manifestations of what people of the modern world worship or believe in, things like technology, media, and even conspiracies.

@ActRaiserTheReturnedShiva is believed in and worshiped by over a billion people in the present day. If we get our power from belief/prayer/etc. (which is probably the most believable way of giving us a power source) she would have a fraction of all of the prayers and belief of a billion plus people. That would put her above any of the greek, roman, norse, or Egyptian gods at the height of their power.

So, she would be too OP for this RP, unless you can think of a reason for her to have lost most of her power.

I'm also interested in playing as Guan Yu.

@ActRaiserTheReturnedThat could work.
As a deified human though, would he be an actual god (like Buddha), or a demigod? Either's fine.

@ActRaiserTheReturnedThat could work.
As a deified human though, would he be an actual god (like Buddha), or a demigod? Either's fine.

He had supposedly became the God of War when he was deified. So he has a lot of worshipers who still, well, worship him. So he'd be pretty powerful in this RP.

Wasn't sure how powerful he'd be. If anyone else is close to that level, I wouldn't have a problem with it, but I wouldn't want one character to be that far beyond the others.

I think I've figured out where to start the RP.

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The announcer's voice came over the loudspeaker. "Ladies and Gentlemen, place your bets for the final fight of the evening." Sure, the fighting ring was illegal, as was gambling in New York City, but most of the people participating weren't even human, so legal fight leagues wouldn't accept them. "Tonight a new challenger will step into the ring to take on the Tortured Titan. Give it up for Franky Cazivini."

Prometheus opened his eyes to see a very large human wearing studded gloves. Anything goes in the arena, as long as the fight was kept melee, so it was fairly common for people to bring weapons, and the Cazavinis were a fairly small crime family, so it made sense that they would send one of their own into the ring to try to win the fame and fortune that would go to anyone who could beat Prometheus. Unfortunately, studded gloves couldn't hurt him fast enough to win the fight.

A bell dinged and the Prometheus stepped forward, wearing only a track outfit with his necklace tucked safely inside it. "Come on, Franky." he said. "First shot's free."

Franky shrugged and swung at Prometheus' face. Prometheus was dazed as a tooth flew from his mouth. So he knows how to throw a punch.thought Prometheus. With my healing that won't matter.

"Looks like I'm gonna make a bit extra on this match. God teeth sell for a pretty good price."

Prometheus grinned at Franky, showing the hole where his tooth used to be, and decided to play with Franky to draw the crowd in. He let a few light jabs connect while landing a few of his own. After about a minute of this, however, Prometheus realized that his wounds weren't healing. He looked at Franky's gloves. "Stygian steel?"

"You think I'd step into the ring with one of you without it?" Franky asked.

Prometheus shrugged. True, stygian steel could weaken the powers of anyone injured with it. He would have to concentrate to heal these wounds, which meant that he couldn't fool around any more. Luckily, Franky was predictable enough for a bit of Foresight to reveal his moves just before he did them, even in Prometheus' weakened condition. After wailing on the man for over a minute Franky finally collapsed and Prometheus lifted his hands into the air. The crowd cheered, and Prometheus absorbed the admiration, noticing that this influx of Worship was enough to heal his wounds and return him to full strength.

Once the crowd died down he climbed out of the ring and made his way towards The Sorcerer's office to get his pay for the fights and patching up those fighters that got messed up too badly for first aid to be enough.

Very much interested!

Gonna assume this will have lots of over-the-top fun goodness, in which case I'm totally into this. Let us know whenever you have an OOC thread up, ya?

@TheUnknowableI like your narrative. You have my interest. :)