[dungeoncrawl] Re: Some definites
- From: jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: dungeoncrawl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:47:50 US/Eastern
I know what you mean - I don't want to
hurt feelings either. We need to
understand that a god who is lower than
greater or intermediate is not
necessarily less important or less
prestigious - certainly not less
interesting as a result. After all,
the Greeks only had one greater god -
Zeus.
I'd rather have an interesting lesser
power Nelik, for example, than an
overblown and lofty "creater of the
world"-powered Nelik to spare feelings.
On my own side, for example, Escrima
really captured many things in her
career - ruthlessness, selfishness,
ambition, even combat effectiveness -
but I took her a different direction as
a goddess. I figured that Dennis
already had a great spot on the
pantheon, and Ambrosia seemed to have a
neat niche - there was no reason to
expect all of my characters to
be "stars". Stand to reason?
This might be a good thing to resolve
sooner rather than later -
thoughts/opinions, anyone?
>
> I also thought we had too many
greater gods. I think it was my
> desire not to hurt anyone's feelings
that made me boost so many
> characters in power level. However,
Magnus will take the magic
> portfolio if it means a boost in
power. Sadly, I'm serious about that.
> That's the sort of thing we may have
to role-play.
>
> jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Some more thoughts (without being
too
> > nitpicky, hopefully) - I'm thinking
> > that maybe we have a few too many
> > greater gods. I kind of see greater
> > gods as those who represent major
> > forces of reality - like love, hate,
> > destruction. Some of the ones on
the
> > list (Gadget, Nelik, Karvas, even
> > Ambrosia) are making me think sort
of
> > hard about this - should we maybe
make
> > sure that the "primary" characters
get
> > first dibs, but not worry so much
about
> > making them super powerful?
> >
> > I don't want to waffle; maybe it
would
> > just help to have some feedback form
> > other people -
> >
> > >
> > > D'oh! I forgot the Sun part
of
> > Dennis' portfolio.
> > > I just made some adjustments
> > below.
> > >
> > > jimkaren@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > 1-5: Demigods
> > > > > 6-10: Lesser Deities
> > > > > 11-15: Intermediate
Deities
> > > > > 16-20: Greater Deities
> > > > > 21+: These are
overpowers,
> > like
> > > > Ao. None of our characters
would
> > > > > be of this power level.
> > > > >
> > > > Carpathia: Intermediate God of
> > Death and Mercy; Judge of the Dead
> > > > (12)
> > > > Gadget: Greater God of Laws and
> > Security (18)
> > > > Karvas: Greater God of Torture,
> > Fear and Suffering (19)
> > > > Nelik: Greater God of
Halflings,
> > Mischief, Stealth and Subterfuge
> > > > (16)
> > > > Sir Baran: Demigod of Paladins
(5)
> > > > Saurote: Intermediate God of
> > Travel and Athletics (11)
> > > > Ambrosia: Intermediate Goddess
of
> > Freedom, Independence, Romance,
> > > > Passion and Creativity (11)
> > > > Escrima: Intermediate Goddess
of
> > Winter, Loneliness and Secrets (12)
> > > > Dennis: Greater Power of
History,
> > Literature, the Arts and Culture
> > > > (20)
> > > > Baish: Greater Power of War
(16)
> > > > Quasit: Greater power of Bad
Sun-
> > burns and Low Rolls (17) (Again, he
> > > >
> > > > > hasn't been mentioned much.
I'm
> > thinking that Damon has a better
> > > > idea.
> > > > > I was thinking of Quasit as a
God
> > of Strategy, Forethought and
> > > > > Planning.)
> > > > Faceous: Greater God of Justice
> > and Redemption (16)
> > > > Magnus: Greater God of
Ambition,
> > Power and Chaos (19)
> > > > Zolkiir: Intermediate God of
> > Invention, Technology and Knowledge
(11)
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>
>
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