Ye Are Gods (Sign-up and OOC)

[Hlaalu Agent]

The same could be said of wood for coffins or stone for tombs/mausoleums.

Since I am taking a page from real life, at least some of the people of my nation bury their dogs and likely give them the most tear rendering epitaphs. Speaking on dogs, would one of my heroes being Not!Argos work? An immortal dog, so loyal to its master that not even death can deter its vigil. A dog so excellent at being a dog, that it has gained power from it.

 

[FriedCFour]

Since I am taking a page from real life, at least some of the people of my nation bury their dogs and likely give them the most tear rendering epitaphs. Speaking on dogs, would one of my heroes being Not!Argos work? An immortal dog, so loyal to its master that not even death can deter its vigil. A dog so excellent at being a dog, that it has gained power from it.

Kaaz would be happy to be party sweet talker and social butterfly

 

[Leepysheepy]

Alright, I've defined my idea a bit more at this point. I was thinking I'd do the first(and perhaps only) Immortal God to 'die', and they thus became the Lord of Death. They'd be the former(And still ongoing) Forge Lord, except now they make things out of spooky ghosts in their otherworldly domain. How does that sound?

This might be me reaching, but between reading this and her sheet (great stuff btw) were you at all inspired by Exalted?

 

[Leepysheepy]

Has anyone done anything with dragons thusfar? With a quick cursory glance over the gods I didn't see anything but it's like 6 in the morning so I may have missed something. Seeing as my god is a god of survival (largely characterized as survival and adaptation in extreme conditions and against incredible adversity, such as living in dangerous environments and surviving crippling wounds) one idea I had was Dragons being one of his creations, made to be as adaptable to various environments as possible between their many breeds. I suspect the incredible lifespan of true dragons might irk the death goddess a bit, though just from what I wrote up before reading the gods in detail I suspect conflict with her is going to be a bit inevitable- one is the goddess of dying, dwarves, and forging great things, while the other is the god of scraping by and cheating death by any means necessary, shitheel subterranean lizard thieves, and stealing and hording all the cool stuff you can instead of making said stuff.

 

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Hey, so for anyone who actually has centralized proper laws, would you be open to followers of Ti An being part of your lands in order to improve, uphold, and properly mete out the law? Basically people who help prop up police forces/lawyers/judges and more.

*Raises hand.*

The universities will definitely need some help with investigating intellectual theft/dishonesty, graft/embezzlement, etc. In return, we can provide research on recidivism/rehabilitation, deterrence, etc.

Would anyone be interested in joining the not-Argonauts? We'd be the group of Heroes and Avatars who joined up to oppose @DeTA and his Demon King during his first resurgence, after the Gods left the material world. It would've happened a long, long time ago.

We'll be glad to take on the role of the Cids, supplying airship transportation to the heroes to get them where they need to be.

We could have also worked with the Forge God's followers to rapidly adapt divine technologies to mass production and supply the common soldiery with better weapons and armor.

Has anyone done anything with dragons thusfar? With a quick cursory glance over the gods I didn't see anything but it's like 6 in the morning so I may have missed something. Seeing as my god is a god of survival (largely characterized as survival and adaptation in extreme conditions and against incredible adversity, such as living in dangerous environments and surviving crippling wounds) one idea I had was Dragons being one of his creations, made to be as adaptable to various environments as possible between their many breeds. I suspect the incredible lifespan of true dragons might irk the death goddess a bit, though just from what I wrote up before reading the gods in detail I suspect conflict with her is going to be a bit inevitable- one is the goddess of dying, dwarves, and forging great things, while the other is the god of scraping by and cheating death by any means necessary, shitheel subterranean lizard thieves, and stealing and hording all the cool stuff you can instead of making said stuff.

The closest thing I have to that is the "skyverns" (something like the Banshees from Avatar) living on my floating islands, but those could easily be a creation of your god that made the islands their home at some distant time in the past.

 

[almostinsane]

Has anyone done anything with dragons thusfar? With a quick cursory glance over the gods I didn't see anything but it's like 6 in the morning so I may have missed something. Seeing as my god is a god of survival (largely characterized as survival and adaptation in extreme conditions and against incredible adversity, such as living in dangerous environments and surviving crippling wounds) one idea I had was Dragons being one of his creations, made to be as adaptable to various environments as possible between their many breeds. I suspect the incredible lifespan of true dragons might irk the death goddess a bit, though just from what I wrote up before reading the gods in detail I suspect conflict with her is going to be a bit inevitable- one is the goddess of dying, dwarves, and forging great things, while the other is the god of scraping by and cheating death by any means necessary, shitheel subterranean lizard thieves, and stealing and hording all the cool stuff you can instead of making said stuff.

Go for it, man. I haven't seen anyone do anything with dragons.

 

[Reimu Hakurei]

I suspect the incredible lifespan of true dragons might irk the death goddess a bit, though just from what I wrote up before reading the gods in detail I suspect conflict with her is going to be a bit inevitable- one is the goddess of dying, dwarves, and forging great things, while the other is the god of scraping by and cheating death by any means necessary, shitheel subterranean lizard thieves, and stealing and hording all the cool stuff you can instead of making said stuff.

Maybe a bit before she died, but most probably not after. During the era when Gods walked the Earth she basically gave away cool shit to endear herself to everyone, and I doubt you'd be an exception. Its true that if there were any dragons hording anything, that'd be problematic with what Dwarves that remain near the surface. But she's somewhat estranged from them as God of the Dead, though it'd be relevant when she was alive.

Scraping by and cheating death is fine by her, she really doesn't care if your lifespan is exceptionally long. Naturally extending your life by medical means is actually something she's all for. It means more people being born to die, after all. Everyone ends, eventually, by hook or crook. It's just inevitable, and she is a very patient god. It's when you actively cheat the natural rules of life without permission that she gets agitated. That's mostly because you're interfering with her job.

Generally speaking, after her death any sort of great investment in the material world is gone for her. She has her own Domain where she just does her job. The God of Death is generally just interested in doing their work and fulfilling her role, in the likes of Hades or Yama. I did the opposite of @DeTA ; My God is the enabler while my avatar is more or less the antagonist.

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This might be me reaching, but between reading this and her sheet (great stuff btw) were you at all inspired by Exalted?

To a vague degree, especially for the method of their death. The only other option was an Osiris sort of deal where you can't properly return due to certain godly rules, but this universe really veers away from that. Not much else is heavily inspired by the Neverborn, aside from the name for Oblivion. But name aside that was more based on Milton and stuff from Kult, actually.

 

[almostinsane]

Here be the updated map:

The Beast Lords are the followers of the God of War. That god's profile should be posted soon.

Looking at it, I find it fitting how civilization and wealth seems centered in the inner sea. @ConvexAtaraxia, your civilization is in teal since, unfortunately, red and yellow (fast food colors) were taken. xD

 

[almostinsane]

@Leepysheepy Your god is reserved.

Hey, so for anyone who actually has centralized proper laws, would you be open to followers of Ti An being part of your lands in order to improve, uphold, and properly mete out the law? Basically people who help prop up police forces/lawyers/judges and more.

As long as they are certified, your people can become the equivalent of lawyers and prosecutors. Judges and military personnel, however, must make an oath of allegiance to the confederation. They can join the guard and prove themselves worthy of promotion, however. Diplomats and advisors are welcomed.

I can see Jukta being influenced by your civilization with Ti An greatly honored considering that that city prizes duty and citizenship a great deal and law is a key component of that.

 

[ConvexAtaraxia]

Hey, so for anyone who actually has centralized proper laws, would you be open to followers of Ti An being part of your lands in order to improve, uphold, and properly mete out the law? Basically people who help prop up police forces/lawyers/judges and more.

No issues here!

 

[FriedCFour]

Has anyone done anything with dragons thusfar? With a quick cursory glance over the gods I didn't see anything but it's like 6 in the morning so I may have missed something. Seeing as my god is a god of survival (largely characterized as survival and adaptation in extreme conditions and against incredible adversity, such as living in dangerous environments and surviving crippling wounds) one idea I had was Dragons being one of his creations, made to be as adaptable to various environments as possible between their many breeds. I suspect the incredible lifespan of true dragons might irk the death goddess a bit, though just from what I wrote up before reading the gods in detail I suspect conflict with her is going to be a bit inevitable- one is the goddess of dying, dwarves, and forging great things, while the other is the god of scraping by and cheating death by any means necessary, shitheel subterranean lizard thieves, and stealing and hording all the cool stuff you can instead of making said stuff.

@DeTA has it in his sheet he created dragons.

 

[almostinsane]

@DeTA has it in his sheet he created dragons.

So he did. Sorry. I did not recall that part when I replied.

 

[Yukitama]

Has anyone done anything with dragons thusfar? With a quick cursory glance over the gods I didn't see anything but it's like 6 in the morning so I may have missed something. Seeing as my god is a god of survival (largely characterized as survival and adaptation in extreme conditions and against incredible adversity, such as living in dangerous environments and surviving crippling wounds) one idea I had was Dragons being one of his creations, made to be as adaptable to various environments as possible between their many breeds. I suspect the incredible lifespan of true dragons might irk the death goddess a bit, though just from what I wrote up before reading the gods in detail I suspect conflict with her is going to be a bit inevitable- one is the goddess of dying, dwarves, and forging great things, while the other is the god of scraping by and cheating death by any means necessary, shitheel subterranean lizard thieves, and stealing and hording all the cool stuff you can instead of making said stuff.

I'm afraid to say that DeTA has talked about dragons with me. We'll also be making Dragonborn.

Otherwise a god of survival is a bit similar to my god I'd say in portfolio.

Perhaps for a niche that isn't taken as much, an earth/underground creature god? You could create wurms or transformation/greed based dragons in the fashion of Fafnir or Smaug as well with the idea that one digs for treasure.

 

[Leepysheepy]

@DeTA has it in his sheet he created dragons.

I'm afraid to say that DeTA has talked about dragons with me. We'll also be making Dragonborn.

Darn, missed that.

Otherwise a god of survival is a bit similar to my god I'd say in portfolio.

My god I was going for more "tenacity and will in the face of adversity" rather than "surviving through raw power", basically think waterbears not apex predators. If you think that still falls under your purvue I'll think of something else.

Perhaps for a niche that isn't taken as much, an earth/underground creature god? You could create wurms or transformation/greed based dragons in the fashion of Fafnir or Smaug as well with the idea that one digs for treasure.

That's... Not really what I was going for but I'll consider it. My idea amounted to "god that once represented something good but was scarred physically and spiritually by the god wars", not "evil dirt poseidon".

 

[Shipmaster Sane]

I'm working on three gods I'll pick one out of, depending on which one I think will work best.

A lovecraftian psychic God octopus with various creepy bloodbourne innsmouth folk worshiping him (I feel some level of interaction with the sea god would Be nessesary there, you guys also have a dream god and a sky God as well? Maybe we could interact. Any Forrest gods? I was considering a kind of connection there as well). He's melancholy over the war and not very active.

A magical Asteroid obsessed with beauty and purity revered By a nation of undead. She was permanently scarred in the war, and this has upset her already unstable psyche. Her undead are what I'd call "arrogant warmongers" akin to the elves of Warhammer fantasy turned up to eleven. If I choose her I'd like to give her a relationship of somekind with the sun if at all possible, possibly sourced in an unnerving fixation.


The still living heart of a giant chronenburgian flesh monster nearly slain in the war, worshiped by the mortal races spawned from or changed by contact with its remains. This would be a god of "desire" in a very broad abstract sense, and not have much of a personality on its own anymore, with my focus mostly being on playing the mortals worshiping (or trying to restore) it. It's people would vary from nightmarish to human, And broadly fear the touch of sunlight, making their homes underground.


I don't know if any of those sound interesting to interact with, but let me know, it'll help me decide.

 

[Reimu Hakurei]

Already got a 'scarred' God worshiped by the Undead, chief. Desire is sort of also already fairly heavily covered by the yandere Goddess. What domains were you thinking?

 

[Shipmaster Sane]

Already got a 'scarred' God worshiped by the Undead, chief. Desire is sort of also already fairly heavily covered by the yandere Gods. What domains were you thinking?

Octo monster- psychics, first and foremost. More vague association with the sea, wind, and plant life, but not specifically a god of those things.

Rock Angel- purity and static beauty, minerals. Associations with fire and light.

Heart demon- covetousness, hunger, associations to the use of magic as a vector of turning desired reality directly into reality.

 

[Shipmaster Sane]

Oh you mean domains like place, my DND brain instantly went somewhere else, my bad. Will edit.

 

[Reimu Hakurei]

No, I meant D&D more or less.

 

[ConvexAtaraxia]

Octo monster- psychics, first and foremost. More vague association with the sea, wind, and plant life, but not specifically a god of those things.

Rock Angel- purity and static beauty, minerals. Associations with fire and light.

Heart demon- covetousness, hunger, associations to the use of magic as a vector of turning desired reality directly into reality.

We have an ocean god already, and I'm not super sure psychics as a primary domain mesh with things tonally.

We also have fire gods, forge gods, and the like already for the second, and a yandere god with concepts like obsession for the third, so I think those are all pretty iffy unless you speak with those players to hash out differences!