[dungeoncrawl] Re: The Gods of Despair

Oh, don't get me wrong, I wasn't trying to say that we should give him all
of that.  I was just throwing out ideas of things that I thought might fit
and then we could limit it from there.

If I were to limit it down myself for Shadow, I'd want to stick more with
the "ninja" type of profile.

Also, I don't mind Warf as a God of Despair, in fact it fits, but I just
don't know about the slavery/imprisonment portfolio.  Is there something
else that would fit into the despair area that would work better for him?

-----Original Message-----
From: Johnathan Detrick [mailto:jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 3:15 PM
To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [dungeoncrawl] Re: The Gods of Despair


    I was thinking of Shadow.  I have an idea for him, but you gave him a
heck
of a portfolio!  Let's spread that around a little, shall we?  We also need
a
place for Talon, after all.
    I thought of Warf for a war deity, but I think we have all of that
pretty
well filled.  At this time, I don't see anywhere else for him.  And that
sends
us back to the drawing board for the Gods of Despair.  <sigh>  I really
think
they need something else; right now they just don't cut it for me.

Damon Kline wrote:

> 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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