HurinSmite
2017-11-12, 07:51 AM
I've been lucky to have a group og players where noone chose Cleric as their class. That has given me some time to figure out who the gods are in my Post-Great-Divine-War-against-Dendar-Desert-Campaign.
General Questions: How much work do you put into your gods?:smallconfused: How do you introduce them to your players?:smallconfused:
Personally this is my first time not just using a premade setting's pantheon and I've just started this process so I don't know how much work I'll do on them beyond this.
I do intend to introduce the most common known below (First 7) and then from there it is a question if the characters are interested and fall over idols or shrines to the less common. They have visited a shrine (alehouse) to Cayden.
Question; Obvious holes: After maken the below draft I returned to the Golarion gods and paused at Gozrem (God of War). Does a world need a god of War? What about Paladins (Iomedae)? Do you see a kind of god I am clearly missing?
The Table: Name, Alignment, Common Knowledge, Power level
Myr
LG
Charity, lineage, and physical perfection
1
Minor
Shelyn
NG
Art, beauty, love, and music
1
Minor
Abadar
LN
Cities, Merchants, Wealth
1
Major
Desna
CG
Dreams, luck, stars, travelers
1
Major
Jaidi
NG
Agriculture, hard work, selfsufficiency
1
Major
Pharasma
N
Birth, death, fate, and prophecy
1
Major
Set
NE
Darkness, Deserts, Murder and Storms
1
Major
Achaekek
LE
Monsters, Murder, Fickle Directions
2
Minor
Sarrukh
LN
Poetic Justice, Retribution, Revenge, Thunder
2
Minor
Sobek
CN
Crocodiles, Fertility, Military Prowess and Rivers
2
Minor
Amaznen
LN
Invention, magic, secret knowledge
2
Demi
Anubis
LN
Burial, The dead, Funeral Rites, mummification and tombs
2
Demi
Bastet
CN
Cats, Pleasure and Secrets
2
Demi
Cayden
CG
Freedom, Ale, Wine, Bravery
2
Demi
Isis
NG
Fertility, Magic, Motherhood and rebirth
2
Demi
Zura
CE
Blood, cannibalism and vampires
3
Quasi
Green Mother
NE
Carnivorous plants, intrigue, and seduction
3
Minor
Zon-Kuthon
LE
Envy, Pain, Darkness, Loss
3
Minor
Ptah
N
Architecture, craftsmanship, creation and metalworking
3
Demi
Ulon
NE
Conspiracy, isolation, and manipulation
3
Demi
Maat
LN
Justice, Order, Law and Truth
3
Dead
Irori
LN
History, Knowledge, Self-perfection
3
Dead
Azathoth
CN
Entropy, madness, and mindless destruction
4
Major
Dendar
NE
Amnesia, Nightmares[/B]
5
Major
Campaign info:
The gods are the same for the different races. No elf-patheon etc. All the Core races are present with much fewer half-orcs than standard (The Orcs keep to the Darklands and such not many half-orcs are made)
I've tried to mix general desert themes from Arabian and Egyptian settings and turned the heat up. Dreams are a big deal (As is the Plane of Dreams later on hopefully). As I've made the above list some connections between the deities become more apparent. Dendar (god of nightmares and eater og gods and land) suddenly have an obvious counterpart: Desna.
General Questions: How much work do you put into your gods?:smallconfused: How do you introduce them to your players?:smallconfused:
Personally this is my first time not just using a premade setting's pantheon and I've just started this process so I don't know how much work I'll do on them beyond this.
I do intend to introduce the most common known below (First 7) and then from there it is a question if the characters are interested and fall over idols or shrines to the less common. They have visited a shrine (alehouse) to Cayden.
Question; Obvious holes: After maken the below draft I returned to the Golarion gods and paused at Gozrem (God of War). Does a world need a god of War? What about Paladins (Iomedae)? Do you see a kind of god I am clearly missing?
The Table: Name, Alignment, Common Knowledge, Power level
Myr
LG
Charity, lineage, and physical perfection
1
Minor
Shelyn
NG
Art, beauty, love, and music
1
Minor
Abadar
LN
Cities, Merchants, Wealth
1
Major
Desna
CG
Dreams, luck, stars, travelers
1
Major
Jaidi
NG
Agriculture, hard work, selfsufficiency
1
Major
Pharasma
N
Birth, death, fate, and prophecy
1
Major
Set
NE
Darkness, Deserts, Murder and Storms
1
Major
Achaekek
LE
Monsters, Murder, Fickle Directions
2
Minor
Sarrukh
LN
Poetic Justice, Retribution, Revenge, Thunder
2
Minor
Sobek
CN
Crocodiles, Fertility, Military Prowess and Rivers
2
Minor
Amaznen
LN
Invention, magic, secret knowledge
2
Demi
Anubis
LN
Burial, The dead, Funeral Rites, mummification and tombs
2
Demi
Bastet
CN
Cats, Pleasure and Secrets
2
Demi
Cayden
CG
Freedom, Ale, Wine, Bravery
2
Demi
Isis
NG
Fertility, Magic, Motherhood and rebirth
2
Demi
Zura
CE
Blood, cannibalism and vampires
3
Quasi
Green Mother
NE
Carnivorous plants, intrigue, and seduction
3
Minor
Zon-Kuthon
LE
Envy, Pain, Darkness, Loss
3
Minor
Ptah
N
Architecture, craftsmanship, creation and metalworking
3
Demi
Ulon
NE
Conspiracy, isolation, and manipulation
3
Demi
Maat
LN
Justice, Order, Law and Truth
3
Dead
Irori
LN
History, Knowledge, Self-perfection
3
Dead
Azathoth
CN
Entropy, madness, and mindless destruction
4
Major
Dendar
NE
Amnesia, Nightmares[/B]
5
Major
Campaign info:
The gods are the same for the different races. No elf-patheon etc. All the Core races are present with much fewer half-orcs than standard (The Orcs keep to the Darklands and such not many half-orcs are made)
I've tried to mix general desert themes from Arabian and Egyptian settings and turned the heat up. Dreams are a big deal (As is the Plane of Dreams later on hopefully). As I've made the above list some connections between the deities become more apparent. Dendar (god of nightmares and eater og gods and land) suddenly have an obvious counterpart: Desna.