[dungeoncrawl] Re: The Gods of Hope

  • From: Johnathan Detrick <jdetrick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 15:28:24 -0400

    Oh, your choices make perfect sense.  I don't debate any of them.
But I just think it would be nice to find someone that fits as a God of
Hope, that is not chaotic good.

jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 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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