The Dance of Deities IC is here
This is a concept I've been tossing around for a while, and I wanted to see if anyone is interested.
Premise: You are a God. Not one of those Gods that comes down to the world to mess shit up with his mighty fists/beard/hammer, but a God who sits in the Heavens, exerting their power on the mortal plane. The type of God that will cause a bad storm to destroy their enemies, not punch them into oblivion. Your goal is whatever You, in Your Divine Wisdom, choose, but is probably to expand your influence and cause events related to your domain. Your ability to influence mortal events is limited by your power points, which can be replenished steadily by worship of you, or in spikes by events related to your domain.
Gods will select a primary domain (like Freedom, Death, War); events that are related to these domains will grant them power points. Gods may also select up to three secondary domains, which will grant them a smaller number of power points for relevant events. Gods with domains not primarily linked to human actions (like the Sun, Moon, or Nature) will instead be primarily empowered by worship.
Setting: For reasons unknown to you, your power over the material plane has been limited to a few thousand square miles of land, an area dotted by primitive (read: bronze age) villages that are just beginning to develop their culture and societies. It is in your power to create a people with a deep seated compassion for all living beings, a people who view all outsiders as enemies to be slain, a people whose idea of a good time is cutting out a virgin's heart, or a people who just want to break dance with goats.
Mechanics: This isn't going to be a typical, free form RP all the way, though in some ways it will be. Your ability to exert your divine influence will be limited by your power points (meant to be a representation of an abstract limit on a non-omnipotent deity's power). If all your power points are exerted (which can only really happen if you have basically no worshipers and your domains have been effectively eliminated from the world, or if you go way overboard in exerting your divine power), you will cease to exist. You will be limited to a single divine action per "round" (meaning between my posts dealing with action results, after a reasonable waiting period for everyone to post their actions). As Narrator, I will determine the consequences of your action; the more detailed and specific you are in your action, and the more power points you exert, the more successful your action will be.
In order to demonstrate what I'm thinking of, here is a (very short) example.
Poster 1: Akait, God of Freedom, has had enough of the brutal slavery practiced by the people of Norkt. Akait empowers his most loyal worshiper, Saot, with divine charisma to inspire the brow-beaten slaves into rebellion. (Spend: 5 Power Points)
Narrator: Inspired by the words of Saot, many slaves across the town begin to plan for their freedoms. Three overseers are found murdered overnight, and a dozen slaves fled overnight, seeking refuge in the nearby village of Domit. A group of ten slaves opted for open rebellion, and stormed down a group of soldiers, stealing their weapons and armor, and established a foothold in the center of the city.
(Akait, God of Freedom Gain: 6 Power Points| Moros, God of War, Gains: 3 Power Points)
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Nation Name:
Deity Name:
Primary Domain:
Secondary Domain(s):
Worshiper Name:
Worshiper Description: (A few paragraphs or so describing the worshiper, his past, and how he came to worship this deity)
Description of Deity: (His goals, his interpretations of his domains, etc)
Symbols of Deity: (I.E. A cross, a flame)
Other Notes: (I.E. Favored weapon of deity, sacred animal, etc)
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