Crispy Octopus

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

So anyone here making a Celestial Sphere god?

I have a sheet that's shaping up pretty well for my god of light, I'd love to find some Sphere Neighbors!

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Ah.

Coolio then, I like what you're going for from the description. Just go for it!

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Cyclone@BBeast

May I suggest an alternative?

I deeply enjoy the topology of a strict hierarchy, but BB is right in that it needlessly restricts player freedom without adding to the game too much. This is my solution.



Spheres are arranged as a strict hierarchy, however it is possible to bypass other spheres by investing the might to create a portal. A portal magically links two spheres and exists in a fixed location on both spheres it exists. Normally, like BB said, this would eliminate the point of a strict hierarchy, however my alternative is to make it possible for gods and any sufficiently power entities to traverse from one sphere to another that borders it without using might.

Naturally this restricts some gods ability to access Galbar without might, but honestly i like that. In fact, it plays a larger part in this idea. Why don't we have it that Spheres are not static? Based on a gods level of connection with Galbar Spheres can rearrange themselves, those who forge the most intimate connections being drawn in closer to the world?

This doesn't have to be a physical happening, we can just say it happened.

As for new players, Honestly I don't think accommodating them is that difficult. Just have it so *nobody* starts out directly connected to either the barrier/core or Galbar and that whoever of the celestial/underworld gods invests the most time on Galbar will take that position near it. Nobody needs to border the barrier and new gods can start on the outside after everyone works out their neighbours.

Bordering other spheres and an ability by gods to pass into other neighboring spheres freely (albeit maybe weakened) without a portal adds some celestial drama and politics. I'd hate to see that go.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Hi, that's me :p

Sorry for nabbing that, but I kinda have a wip sheet already.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Perma portals > Temp Portals

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

Yes my issue was in entering the god of the Earths Sphere being as easy as digging a hole or the God of Forests as easy as climbing a tree.

IMO B resolves this by having celestial realms and underworld realms connected to Galbar magically, rather than physically. So a girl could still get lost and wake up on the forest moon of the wilds or something, but her passage to it would have been magical.

Thats my two cents.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

So the earthly spheres would be spheres that intersect with the physical world and maybe even each other @Muttonhawk?

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Double CapybaraSee I don't see why that can't be a celestial realm, and the magical roads and pathways that lure people in are naturally occurring portals that form due to a deep magical connection between that sphere and Galbar. Worst case, that sounds like it would be similar to a fairy world occupying the same space as Galbar. Just my opinion though.

I do agree though, B will step on peoples toes.

Ultimately I'm content with B or C.

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The problem is that Divinus does not follow a Cosmological line of birth like traditional Mythologies. You don't have that neat line of Cosmo God -> Sky God / Earth Goddess -> Thunder God, Ocean God, Sky God, Sun god, Moon Goddess...

You have people starting out as gods of realms that have yet to exist. Gods of life, of craftsmen, of rivers, of technology, of trade. Your idea kinda leans towards everyone starting with primordial realms but that is not what the players have done so far, unless that is what we are to do in Mk3

@Double Capybara

Again, I am an outsider so take what I have to say with a cup of salt haha. Sure, there's no real reason why gods of things that are yet to be cant exist, especially if that's been a common thing up to now.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Cyclone

I'll be honest here, B is a far stronger thematic choice. A God who wants to develop a strong connection with the physical world should have to work to develop that connection. After all at this point the world is more or less formless and lifeless.

The gods that put in the most work shaping the middle sphere (Galbar) should see themselves developing a magical connection to that sphere and taking on portfolios related to it. After all what is an stone or dirt god if they didn't even raise a continent? A river god who carved no rivers?

If people want a god linked to the world they should endeavour to link themselves to the bloody world. Most of this will be done by the end of the age of creation anyway, its not like people are looking at a massive grind to be a forest god, they just have to shape some forests and trees! Once they've done the work and become a forest god perhaps in the darkest reaches of their forests fissures between their sphere and Galbar will develop.

(I'd caution that those fissures should be safe for gods and special entities, but might be extraordinarily dangerous for mortals. Thats pure balance, though.)

Option B allows for the best narrative and in my opinion provides more story telling opportunity. I realize I'm an outsider here, but thats my two cents.

Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

@Cyclone

Mmm. To an extent I also think a forest God doesn't *need* a sphere in direct contact with the world. After all when the rp starts there *will be no forests* so if a God later evolves into a forest or nature God but still has their sphere in the celestial realm or the underworld that makes sense.

These are God's and their spheres are their private abodes, if they choose to focus on Galbar rather than their spheres and become gods with a deep connection to the physical world I imagine they might develop a magical connection with Galbar.

So maybe in a deep forest a portal to the forest gods sphere is formed or something.

There's no need for God's to be directly linked to Galbar after all.

If... That makes sense.