Lords of Creation 12 (OOC)

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Limit the number a god can have. I don't mean "can use" I mean "can have." At least in classical Greek myth, the gods had a tool that they used and were known for. Hermes had his winged sandals, Poseidon had a trident, Hades the helmet of Invisibility, Zeus and his thunderbolts, Helios and his Chariot.

These things are not just artifacts or weapons, they are tools and symbols. They are the Mark of Office for the gods, and they are a tier above Everything else. I doubt a mortal could even use them. And it was the only one they ever needed to do their job.

[Zaleramancer]

Some people've spent a long time collecting these things though.

It doesn't seem fair to jerk them away.

[Marvelous Miscreant]

Go ahead. Mine were arbitrary anyways.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

They could be demoted to normal items mortals can have. Or even innocuous treasures.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

I also would be fine with it. They could just be spread around to every member of the pantheon.

Phi also just nuked most of his.

I don't know how Dryad and Mik would feel about it, though.

[Zaleramancer]

We'll ask them when they pop up.

Anyway, regarding the innate powers of Gods.

Let's discuss what powers we think every god, no matter how minor, should have.

Flight is one of them, I think.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Flight, the ability to appear in any form it likes, the ability to remain unseen. Basically what we have.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Basically, varying levels of magic.

[Zaleramancer]

I'm pondering bringing some degree of stats back.

The original had Power, Potency, Perception and Presence.

Power was raw strength, physical or simply divine; Potency was the area over which Power could be applied, Perception was how far and thoroughly your senses extended and Presence was how much your local area was affected by your god merely being there..

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Did these cause problems in the original?

[Zaleramancer]

Not really, they sort of drifted away in the revamp though.

I'd like to have some method of differentiating between the Gods in ability.

Zaya wouldn't be as strong as, say, Gil, but would be much more perceptive.

I'd like for the God to have some basic abilities (Changing of shape*, Flight, Invisibility**, Manipulation of Domain, Domain sense) and a few unique mythical type abilities.

Like, Running faster than the wind. Or being able to make mystical wonders. Or being able to see across an ocean. Or someone so skilled in archery, they could shoot down a star.

God like powers.

* Despite this, it'd be terrible for a disguise with other Gods. You have a theme, which anyone smart enough can figure out. Zaya had silver hair in nearly any incarnation. A relevant unique power could allow them to flawlessly disguise themselves.

** Other Gods can still sense your presence.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

So, default Godly abilities.

Specific Godly abilities

and finally the Tool of Office.

Along with ranks in the 4 stats.

These are the ingredients you use to build a god.

Now, how are these denoted? Points?

[Zaleramancer]

Points could be interesting.

I'm thinking of replacing Potency with Precision.

It would measure the subtle touch by which power is applied.

Perhaps on a scale of 1 to 5..

I might try to create a god on these rough rules in an attempt to see what I'd be like..

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

So, The Watchman

Power 3
Precision 4
Perception 5
Presence 1

Now, what keeps me from putting a 5 in every category and how do they matter in-game?

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Sample with one of the ones I made, maybe?

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

I actually had a fun way in mind to test any new rules before implementation.

We play a short game with the same gods, except we control a different one. I play Crav, Wulf get's Gil, Marv plays the Watchman and so on and so forth. And we play them the way we would play them.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Hm...interesting.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Though, uh, in case, you guys feel like trying out your idea on my guys...here they are again.

Shadowulf1 wrote

Solairon- god of the sun

Ellunaeda- goddess of the moon

Well, Solairon would be boisterous. A deity who loves to laugh and spread joy and laughter. Fond of flowers, and lover of fine and luxurious things. A bit of a hedonist, but overall, a loveable guy.

And Ellunaeda would be terribly shy. Smart, and illuminating with her intellect, but afraid to speak her mind except in the calmest and humblest of voices. A bit of a pushover, but sweet and caring.

Solairon would always be trying to catch Ellunaeda, thus causing the passage of the Sun and moon, and when he catches her to shower her in kisses, there's an eclipse, which lasts until she can get away from him again. The myth goes, should she ever be enamored with him and wed to him to lose her chastity, there would be permanent darkness on the face of the land.
 
Constellei- god of constellations, astronomy and astrology

As befitting an organizer of the Cosmos, Constellei is very meticulous and tidy; he loves organization, and as such, is very intelligent and eloquent; frivolous talk annoys him, and so his followers write their prayers and entreaties down, to be left at his temple, where his attendants organize them neatly in vast filing systems.

Stellastra- goddess of stellar beauty and starry nights

An elegant, almost aloof beauty, bejeweled in all the radiance of a star, Stellastra is the goddess who calls the stars to the night sky. As fits her mood, she decides how many stars will be visible in the night sky, and how twinkly each one will be; her favorite is the North Star, and starless nights portend for her a bad mood

Quaestar- god of shooting stars (or falling stars) and space debris

Loud, boisterous and a bit obnoxious, Quaestar loves looking at stars alongside his siblings; what he loves more, though, is making some fall from the sky to scare and amaze the mortals below; though his favor also exists; when space rocks hit the planet, he occasionally feels generous enough to send with it a gift (like power-bestowing radiation)

[Zaleramancer]

I like that idea.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

So what would stats do, and how am I kept from just putting 5 in every category?