[dungeoncrawl] Re: The Gods of Hope

  • From: jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:07:11 US/Eastern

I could have been off track on the CG 
focus - it's not something I'm 
particularly attached to.  I guess I 
was going from the point of view that 
these (and the gods of despair) 
represented fluid, abstract qualities 
of human experience?  Something like 
that -

>     Look below.
> 
> 
>    * Shelensia(Lesser) - CG, 
Acceptance, Love, Tolerance  (Perfect!)
>    * Ambrosia(Lesser) - CG, Freedom, 
Passion, Creativity (Again, a nice
>      portfolio).
>    * Waleed(Lesser) - CG, Commerce, 
Generosity, Wealth (This is a nice
>      fit for Waleed).
>    * Nelik(Lesser) - CG, humor, 
mischief, luck  (Even though this was
>      not Keith's original intent for 
Nelik, I think it fits the
>      character very well.  Yes, he 
was a thief, and a good one.  But
>      that's not why anyone remembers 
him.  We remember him for his
>      jokes, his pranks, his mischief, 
and his luck.  Especially if we go
>      with the theory that stories 
kept him alive in the minds of
>      halflings, I think we should go 
with his personality here.
>    * Saurotte (Lesser) - CG, Athletic 
Games, Travel (It seemed that
>      Saurotte fit better here.  I 
changed his portfolio a tad, but these
>      are the sort of things that 
Hermes was involved with, and it seemed
>      to fit for Saurotte.  I thought 
it was worth a try.
> 
>     My biggest problem?  Every 
freaking deity here is CG!  What kind of
> message is that for this world?  We 
need to find some non-chaotic good
> deities for this group.  Obviously, I 
think that good deities make the
> most sense (there is little hope in 
evil) but can't we find someone that
> isn't chaotic good?  Suggestions?
> 
> 
> 
> 



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