[dungeoncrawl] Re: The Gods of Despair

That is an interesting idea, but I would see Warf as more of a war deity.
He is a cavalier after all, so he has a sense of honor, more suited to a
warrior.  I don't see him slavery or imprisonment, because he would want to
kill his enemy, not enslave or imprison him.

However, that did get me thinking about Shadow.  What about Shadow, LE or NE
(I forget) God of Subterfuge, Assassinations, Poison, Hired Killers, Death
in the Night?  Not outright despair like disasters or destruction, but a
more sinister fear like being afraid of the dark or shadowy places.  Kind of
like the Boogie Man.  :)

But having said that, I would like to see Warf somewhere.  Where else did
you think we needed someone to round it out?

-----Original Message-----
From: Johnathan Detrick [mailto:jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 2:49 PM
To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [dungeoncrawl] Re: The Gods of Despair

    I have an idea!  I was looking for another god of despair, and I
noticed that the gods of hope are supposed to directly oppose them, and
that a strong sense of both CG and freedom runs through the gods of
hope.  How about this for a new god of despair:  Warf, LE God of Slavery
and Imprisonment?  I see him as a god who believes that the strong
should be able to do whatever they wish with the weak, including using
them for their own purposes.  What does everyone else think?

Johnathan Detrick wrote:

>     Look for the blue!
>
> jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>    * Nibrodius(Intermediate) - CN, Adversity, Disaster, Misfortune
>      (As I said before, I would not have thought of Nibrodius this
>      was.  Kudos for Jim for making him more than a fire god.
>    * Ariakas(Intermediate) - CE, Destruction, Monsters, Hate  (Again,
>      this is more than I thought for Ariakas.  Nice work from Jim.)
>    * Ok, I think that another god should go in this slot, but I can't
>      think of who.
>
>     I love what Jim has done with Nibrodius and Ariakus, but it seems
> like there should be more to despair than just these two.  I was
> hoping to come up with someone that could be put into a portfolio that
> also embodies despair.  Perhaps a god of loneliness, loss,
> hopelessness, or something like that.  Actually, what I would love to
> do, is take one of the characters that you wouldn't normally associate
> with despair, and put them here.  Someone that had some huge tragedy,
> and now they walk the surface of the world, spreading hopelessness
> themselves.  Unfortunately, as I looked through the lists, I couldn't
> find anyone.  Does anyone have a good idea for this?
>

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