Combat Rules
Conflict among the gods is unlike the strife of mortals.
Some fight with spears and lightning and hastily thrown mountains.
Others conjure grand plots and devious designs.
Still more sway entire armies and whole races into combat with their foes.
For the sake of variety, combat is primarily free-form.
The following rules of thumb apply:
1) In order for both players to get a feel for who has the upper hand, players may compare respective stat scores for whatever stat best fits the combat scenario. For example, two gods flying around hocking fireballs and sonic screams might compare Power or Precision, while those duking it out by proxy or fiendish plan might compare Perception or Presence.
2) Keep in mind that good tactics and cleverness are important.
3) If neither party is willing to be defeated, then a coin will be flipped.
Alterations to other things:
Planes
A plane is a demi-world, an offshoot of the main world, just as it is but an offshoot of Creation itself. Within their plane, a deity can preform a miracle at no cost, but any effects wholly of the plane will not survive in the main world. Gleaming riches and fantastic armies fade to dust when forced outside.
However, because of this, a god is paramount within their realm. It is a place of power.
A Plane may be accessed by the god, or whoever the god gives permission to enter, by passing through some liminal place relating to the plane. A Plane of Darkness may require the deepest of shadows to enter, or a Garden Plane may require one to fall into a field of flowers. It varies immensely.
However, all planes have a single original entrance- it is the thing that ties the plane to this world. Such an entrance is usually heavily disguised or hidden, but it always exists.
Any god capable of finding such an entrance can easily gain access to the related plane, but this does not stop the owner from ejecting or crushing them with ease.
All Planes can be used to quickly transpose the world, allowing a god to move from one place to the next within a manner of minutes. Just as the Plane may be entered by a specific means, so may it be exited.
Planes now require the upkeep of one mote per eight days. (Days in which no one posts are not counted) Planes can store up to twenty motes for this or any other purpose.
A god may only have a single plane; only the god who stored motes may retrieve them.
Heroes Because of their connection to the divine, Heroes now receive a one point skill upon creation.
Avatars
Avatars are generally non-conscious effigies, animals or other things that can channel some of a god's divine power. A God may fully control and channel their powers through a single avatar at a time. Alternatively, they may invest in the avatar a single stat or skill point, temporarily reducing their own stat or skill. The avatar may then act autonomously under rigid orders.
For example, Crav decides to create an avatar in the form of a thirty foot tall bronze statue. While he is not inhabiting it, the Avatar act as a normal statue, but any god with a perception of 1 or higher automatically recognizes it for what it is. If Crav decides to control the avatar, his normal body will stare into space as his mind takes control of the new one. While within an Avatar, Crav has access to all his stats and skills, but none of his artifacts, save his Tool Of Office. If he wishes to leave, he may do so as an action on his turn.
Crav, however, decides he'd rather use the Avatar for awhile as a means of keeping an eye on a certain area. He invests one point of his perception (Thus temporarily lowering his total perception down to one) into the Avatar. He orders the Avatar to alert him whenever any god or spirit not native to his land comes within a twenty or so miles.
While he must be in contact with the avatar to invest points, he may retrieve them from anywhere on the same plane.
Avatars may not autonomously use mote-wielding actions or artifacts.
High PriestsHeads of religious orders may mentally contact the object of worship of the order.
Gods may, of course, ignore or revoke this right within their own orders.
Domains
Gaining a domain requires eight motes expended towards objects of the domain, as well as a final miracle to gain it.
Incarnate
Incarnate are mindless and powerful spirit-creatures made from raw divine might swirling away in predetermined patterns.
Creating an Incarnate requires that a minimum of four miracles be used back to back with the express purpose of creating an Incarnate. Any deity of perception two or higher can sense the creation of an Incarnate.
An Incarnate is considered a domainless, statless deity with a single skill. An Incarnate can not use mote-requiring skills or use artifacts. It may only interact with the world by means of it's skill.
An Incarnate has a single skill. The number of ranks that an Incarnate has is twice the number of miracles that were used in it's creation.
For every turn in which the Incarnate acts, the controlling god(s) must pay X number of motes (Where X is the number of skill ranks it has).
An Incarnate can be controlled as a free action by mental command by the creating god. If multiple gods took part in the creation of the Incarnate, a majority must agree on the course of action for it to act.
Defeating an Incarnate generally requires another Incarnate, clever planning or a group of gods working in concert. Alternatively, they can be easily overcome by waiting for the god(s) to overrun their mote supply.
Because of the expense of creating an Incarnate, it is rare for a single god to be able to create and fuel one.
Example:
Murk, the God of Cowards, has been hoarding power for centuries. He decides to create a fantastic bodyguard for himself. He blows six miracles and makes a Incarnate with twelve ranks in the skill "Keeping Murk Alive And Unharmed". Every-time he wants the Incarnate to act, it must spend twelve motes.
“She'd become a governess. It was one of the few jobs a known lady could do. And she'd taken to it well. She'd sworn that if she did indeed ever find herself dancing on rooftops with chimney sweeps she'd beat herself to death with her own umbrella.”
― Hogfather
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