Sunday, February 3, 2008
Play a deity in an RPG games bronze and stone age
Gods There are many gods that would be ancient during the stone age, for many of them lived before to help create the planet, and have walked its surface waiting the arrival of mortals who would think much as they do. Some others became the lords of dragons, trees, or some other powerful domain that does not require mortals, and so may even dislike the arrival of the mortals upon the planet.Many of the powers however that the characters will face in the early age of mortals will be new, arising from the strength of mortal feelings and convictions. All gods however will be inexperienced in dealing with mortals, and weaker upon the material then they will later be within the power of the planes. During both the stone and the bronze age the gods walk among mortal men, powerful beings who are trying to find their place within the world, and often times struggling to survive as they combat each other, dragons, demons, and the alien beings that come from all over the multi-verse drawn to the new planet like vultures to a wounded calf.Because the gods walk the mortal realm it is much easier both to use them in the game or to play them. Indeed it could be exciting to do so, much as in the epic tale of Gilgamesh where the quest was to defeat a god the characters who want to alter the world have ultimate leeway to do so by destroying gods they disapprove of, or by playing a god and helping build the world.For many this could be a good way to create a world for their later characters to adventure in, by playing a god within its early days, and helping the GM shape that world. Their god character could then take a backseat as the PC’s got to the point where they wanted their characters to play.As the gods are still young and often times limited there are a number of differences between them and the standard gods. To create one the characters should start with 10 levels these can be dual or none dual class. This is addition to 10 outsider hit dice, while this makes the character epic in level from the beginning, this is the point where they are a young god, first starting out and often considered food for larger and more dangerous predators, for all things from dragons to devils desire nothing more then to drain a god of its powers. Also while fairies and gods will get along through the stone and early bronze age they will come into conflict in the last ears of bronze. This conflict will shake the very foundation of the world and determine the direction it goes for the rest of time. (As and interesting twist the fairies could win this war and come to dominate the world as the gods do most, leaving a divine character to fend for themselves ad many later fairies do.God template+10d8 outsider hit dice+10 levels of their choiceAbility Scores1 Primary ability +202 Secondary abilities +16Other abilities +12Deity within the Stone and bronze ages are much weaker then later era’s and so are not immune to fire, electricity, acid, or cold, nor are they immune to poison.Death and the godsBecause the deities do not yet inhabit the planes many mortals remain behind to become ancestral petitioners for the deities. Many others however go to the planes, to be among the plane they most exemplified in life.
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