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"I suppose I should begin from the start"
"First there were the Outsiders"
"They who enter dreams, who live in the places where darkness is the only company between you and them. They roamed about in an orgy of chaos, swallowing all things to be and could be. Diminishing all past death, giving end to the endless. The Soul Eaters. Over time they devoured all there was and ,so, turned onto each other. Their abundant numbers dragged this into a millenia of canibalism past any man's comprehension. Near the Outsiders extinction a new being emerged"
"The Essentials"
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"Born in the eternal nothing. In the gap between horror they started a new chain of life. The Essentials are the gate keepers and fathers of all that we know. They allow what what we come to expect, eternally at watch for what came before and what will come after. The most important of the pantheon, and the most cursed. For even gods must pay a price to bring back something from nothing. Each chained to a task, a duty, a curse, or even a role of vigilant work to keep things going"
"Then came the new: The Pantheon"
"They are the children of fortune. Much like the essentials they were born from nothing, but unlike them they were not bound by the same curses and duties to keep what we know going. The Pantheon took upon their roles at their own choice and some abandon them abruptly or over the dramas that plague divinity. We worship the pantheon in appreciation for their continued supervision over their domain, which without it would undoubtedly cause havoc on our world."
"and finally...the lessers"
"The same as the Pantheon by birth but not by opportunity or virtue. They choose lesser mantles, some which we can all conclude we are better without nor are of the same importance as the former two. Should a lesser disapper not much would change in the world but do not be fooled by their title. A lesser is the same in power as a pantheon, and have been known to usurp their peers for influence, ambition, or power"
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The Basics are this:
We start in a world whom is still techologically in the early medieval times. Think greek in its hay day, the roman empire, old england an llt that blacksmith and poor plumbing. The world may have fantastical elements depending on player generated lore.
Our possible roles as deities
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Essentials
Essentials govern a task/aspect/ role that if impeded or stopped in someway would undoubtedly cause an end of the galaxy scenario. They are the most powerful of gods because they have leverage over all things. In turn, Essentials tend to have little time for messing with mortals concerns because their jobs are constant, be it holding up the sky or making sure a prison of monsters are never freed.
Essentials are bound to their roles and their jobs. It is impossible for an essential to abandon their post, however, it is possible for them to be captured or killed. Under the right circumstances.
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Pantheon:
These are your standard greek gods. The govern important things such as the sea, fire, law, ectr. Their important governance of this task how it run smoothly and stop chaotic madness sprawling out. However, unlike greek gods, while you may be a deity of your domain you don't actually get powers relating to it.
As a god, you are born, cultivate, train powers until you reach maturity-100 years- in which case your powers are mostly cemented forever, although you may grow stronger it will take centuries. Your powers typically are expected to fit your domain so you can serve your role better.
A god of fire, for a example, may actually be perfectly capable of controlling all elements. But he would need at least an ability to handle fire to fit the job of being the fire deity. He, of course, wouldn't be as good as using fire as someone who puts a lot more focus on controlling it.
Pantheon get 4 points, which they use for purchasing a power.
Powers that will break the universe are not allowed-such as endlessly multiplication of yourself, or rewinding time-
Mind powers are A-ok though as is creating organic life forms or machines.
Even if you only have 1 point in a power, you are a god. You surpass any mortal in that field or at least would be on par with a one of a kind genius of a generation.
Your powers can include mundane things such as: military training or mathmatics. You do have to indiviudally select physically learned things-like kung fu- or scholarly things-like engineering- but you will be a master in any you choose.
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Lessers
As a lesser you are more or less exactly the same as a Pantheon, but your job is less important. Maybe you took it because you didn't want the scorn of your peers. Maybe you took it because it was forced on you, or perhaps you took a less important mantle because that's what you like, screw what gods or mortal needs. It's your life.
These mantles tend to be things like gods of murder, drinking, lust ectr.
Of course, you could have NO mantle. No domain. In which case you are normally given one by the other gods, typically as mockery.
Such as the "The Bum, Lord of laziness" if you are especially bad and keep causing trouble or stay without a domain you picked yourself to govern for over a 100 years you become a "Stranger" a small outgroup of deity entities whom are not approved by the gods for one reason or the other.
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Stats:
Mortal Affairs:
You may have a direct power-like judging sins- or simply accrue power by gaining followers. Mortal affairs allows you to effect things on Earth without having to always call the gods for help/approval, or flexing in your muscle. EG: you could send an agent to try and convince a king to stop killing people. Instead of smiting him or getting someone else to smite him.
Influence:
The more influence you have the more other gods will be naturally leaning to your side. This includes non- player gods. In terms of player gods, they are not doomed to make choices by your influence but they may find more bad events/disapproving powers acting out against them.
Expect to be last in the line for political favors-like getting an essential to help you- if you have low influence.
Power:
Your raw, beefy, divine, macho, muscle of magic. Power lets you do incredible things with your smiting abilities and the more powerful you are, the more you can mess crap up. While all gods are deadly, only those of high power can cause a doomsday event to wipe away a city or summon a demon. Powerful gods have good imitimdation skills and have a one up against other gods in combat.
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Perks
(you will get to pick 2) this is just an example.
Old Religion: Your position has an old religion established around it, perhaps to the concept. Perhaps to an god the mortals made themselves, none the less. You inherited this religion and have increased influence in the council. You also have willing agents on earth.
+1 mortal affairs.
+1 influences
Golden Child: As a young deity you outshined your fellows in whatever feild you chose, while any god is marvelous in what they do you somehow manage to push the cart just that bit forward. Everyone always knew you were going somewhere, maybe even the top. Somehow.
you get a bonus point to spend on a power.
Otherworldly Nature: Something about you is off, maybe it was bad breeding, maybe it was a touch of something outside. But you are no normal deity, you look...wrong...have the wrong parts...act...wrong. Even when you try your best some sinful energy creeps from you.
-1 influence
+2 power
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OOC expectations
All RP'ers will expected to interact with each other outside of RP. Mingle and so on.
Posting will be expected every 3 days, max unless some sort of real life circumstance gets in the way.
2 paragraphs standard a post. This is not an absolute, and I leave it to RP'ers judgement when less is more. But this will be the standard.
All RP'ers will be expected to formulate relations of some sort with other gods from the get go during the creation phase.
All players should have something going on with someone all times. I will create events but it will important for the group to keep everyone in.
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"I suppose I should begin from the start"
"First there were the Outsiders"
"They who enter dreams, who live in the places where darkness is the only company between you and them. They roamed about in an orgy of chaos, swallowing all things to be and could be. Diminishing all past death, giving end to the endless. The Soul Eaters. Over time they devoured all there was and ,so, turned onto each other. Their abundant numbers dragged this into a millenia of canibalism past any man's comprehension. Near the Outsiders extinction a new being emerged"
"The Essentials"
"Born in the eternal nothing. In the gap between horror they started a new chain of life. The Essentials are the gate keepers and fathers of all that we know. They allow what what we come to expect, eternally at watch for what came before and what will come after. The most important of the pantheon, and the most cursed. For even gods must pay a price to bring back something from nothing. Each chained to a task, a duty, a curse, or even a role of vigilant work to keep things going"
"Then came the new: The Pantheon"
"They are the children of fortune. Much like the essentials they were born from nothing, but unlike them they were not bound by the same curses and duties to keep what we know going. The Pantheon took upon their roles at their own choice and some abandon them abruptly or over the dramas that plague divinity. We worship the pantheon in appreciation for their continued supervision over their domain, which without it would undoubtedly cause havoc on our world."
"and finally...the lessers"
"The same as the Pantheon by birth but not by opportunity or virtue. They choose lesser mantles, some which we can all conclude we are better without nor are of the same importance as the former two. Should a lesser disapper not much would change in the world but do not be fooled by their title. A lesser is the same in power as a pantheon, and have been known to usurp their peers for influence, ambition, or power"
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The Basics are this:
We start in a world whom is still techologically in the early medieval times. Think greek in its hay day, the roman empire, old england an llt that blacksmith and poor plumbing. The world may have fantastical elements depending on player generated lore.
Our possible roles as deities
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Essentials
Essentials govern a task/aspect/ role that if impeded or stopped in someway would undoubtedly cause an end of the galaxy scenario. They are the most powerful of gods because they have leverage over all things. In turn, Essentials tend to have little time for messing with mortals concerns because their jobs are constant, be it holding up the sky or making sure a prison of monsters are never freed.
Essentials are bound to their roles and their jobs. It is impossible for an essential to abandon their post, however, it is possible for them to be captured or killed. Under the right circumstances.
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Pantheon:
These are your standard greek gods. The govern important things such as the sea, fire, law, ectr. Their important governance of this task how it run smoothly and stop chaotic madness sprawling out. However, unlike greek gods, while you may be a deity of your domain you don't actually get powers relating to it.
As a god, you are born, cultivate, train powers until you reach maturity-100 years- in which case your powers are mostly cemented forever, although you may grow stronger it will take centuries. Your powers typically are expected to fit your domain so you can serve your role better.
A god of fire, for a example, may actually be perfectly capable of controlling all elements. But he would need at least an ability to handle fire to fit the job of being the fire deity. He, of course, wouldn't be as good as using fire as someone who puts a lot more focus on controlling it.
Pantheon get 4 points, which they use for purchasing a power.
Powers that will break the universe are not allowed-such as endlessly multiplication of yourself, or rewinding time-
Mind powers are A-ok though as is creating organic life forms or machines.
Even if you only have 1 point in a power, you are a god. You surpass any mortal in that field or at least would be on par with a one of a kind genius of a generation.
Your powers can include mundane things such as: military training or mathmatics. You do have to indiviudally select physically learned things-like kung fu- or scholarly things-like engineering- but you will be a master in any you choose.
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Lessers
As a lesser you are more or less exactly the same as a Pantheon, but your job is less important. Maybe you took it because you didn't want the scorn of your peers. Maybe you took it because it was forced on you, or perhaps you took a less important mantle because that's what you like, screw what gods or mortal needs. It's your life.
These mantles tend to be things like gods of murder, drinking, lust ectr.
Of course, you could have NO mantle. No domain. In which case you are normally given one by the other gods, typically as mockery.
Such as the "The Bum, Lord of laziness" if you are especially bad and keep causing trouble or stay without a domain you picked yourself to govern for over a 100 years you become a "Stranger" a small outgroup of deity entities whom are not approved by the gods for one reason or the other.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Stats:
Mortal Affairs:
You may have a direct power-like judging sins- or simply accrue power by gaining followers. Mortal affairs allows you to effect things on Earth without having to always call the gods for help/approval, or flexing in your muscle. EG: you could send an agent to try and convince a king to stop killing people. Instead of smiting him or getting someone else to smite him.
Influence:
The more influence you have the more other gods will be naturally leaning to your side. This includes non- player gods. In terms of player gods, they are not doomed to make choices by your influence but they may find more bad events/disapproving powers acting out against them.
Expect to be last in the line for political favors-like getting an essential to help you- if you have low influence.
Power:
Your raw, beefy, divine, macho, muscle of magic. Power lets you do incredible things with your smiting abilities and the more powerful you are, the more you can mess crap up. While all gods are deadly, only those of high power can cause a doomsday event to wipe away a city or summon a demon. Powerful gods have good imitimdation skills and have a one up against other gods in combat.
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Perks
(you will get to pick 2) this is just an example.
Old Religion: Your position has an old religion established around it, perhaps to the concept. Perhaps to an god the mortals made themselves, none the less. You inherited this religion and have increased influence in the council. You also have willing agents on earth.
+1 mortal affairs.
+1 influences
Golden Child: As a young deity you outshined your fellows in whatever feild you chose, while any god is marvelous in what they do you somehow manage to push the cart just that bit forward. Everyone always knew you were going somewhere, maybe even the top. Somehow.
you get a bonus point to spend on a power.
Otherworldly Nature: Something about you is off, maybe it was bad breeding, maybe it was a touch of something outside. But you are no normal deity, you look...wrong...have the wrong parts...act...wrong. Even when you try your best some sinful energy creeps from you.
-1 influence
+2 power
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OOC expectations
All RP'ers will expected to interact with each other outside of RP. Mingle and so on.
Posting will be expected every 3 days, max unless some sort of real life circumstance gets in the way.
2 paragraphs standard a post. This is not an absolute, and I leave it to RP'ers judgement when less is more. But this will be the standard.
All RP'ers will be expected to formulate relations of some sort with other gods from the get go during the creation phase.
All players should have something going on with someone all times. I will create events but it will important for the group to keep everyone in.
