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    Titan in the Playground
     
    OldWizardGuy

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    Aug 2005
    Gender
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    Default Religion in this homebrew

    Primus(Father), Matronus(Mother), Hierarch(Rahda), Amon(The Master), Fogenar(The Lord), Minular(The Wanderer) Lastly, Shaitan, the Devil.

    Primus
    DvR:20*Supreme
    Portfolio:Fate, Power, Honor, Courage, Blood, The UnderWorld, Celestia
    Alignment:Lawful good and Lawful neutral

    Matronus
    DvR:20
    Portfolio:Life, Beauty, Love, Alchemy
    Alignment:Neutral Good, Chaotic Neutral

    Amon
    DvR:19
    Portfolio:Magic, Wisdom, Knowledge
    Alignment:Chaotic Good, and Neutral

    Rhada
    DvR:18
    Portfolio: The sun, earth, the weather
    Alignment:Lawful good

    Fogenar
    DvR:17
    Portfolio:War, Skill-At-Arms
    Alignment:Neutral

    Minulnar
    DvR:16
    Portfolio:Travel, Illusion, Healing, crafts
    Alignment:Chaotic Neutral

    While Rahda owns the planet, Primus and Matronus own the spirit world. Amon, is the source of magic, while Fogenar protects the world from outsider invasion, and Minulnar does the diplomatic tasks.

    There is a 7th, but he is no god...

    Shaitan
    DvR:19
    Portfolio:Dark thought, violence, destruction, corruption
    Alignment:Neutral Evil

    Shaitan, Lord of the Witches.(evil ones that is) The Great Satan.... Causer of Genocide, patron of murder and ceaseless revenge. He tries to undo all the good things of the gods.

    So, I'm wondering, what would be good write ups for a story, and the mythology of the 7 gods.

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    Barbarian in the Playground
     
    Hazkali's Avatar

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    Dec 2006
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    England
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    Default Re: Religion in this homebrew

    What sort of mythology are you after? Celtic Pagan? Germanic/Norse Pagan? Greek/Roman Classical? Indian? Egyptian? African? Aztec?

    The best way to get an authentic flavour to your mythology would be to pick up a book on the mythology of the culture of your choice, and then adapt and play about with the stories to make them fit your campaign world. Remember that different mythologies focus on different themes; Germanic/Norse mythology is heavy on destiny and fate, whereas Egyptian mythology focusses more on Death and Rebirth.

    Three common themes in any mythology are Creation, Continuation and Destruction; i.e. How the Gods made the world, how they keep the world running, and what will eventually happen at the end of the world. Many stories of the Gods involve both interactions between the Gods themselves and also mortals and great beings of the world below.

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    Dwarf in the Playground
     
    Fuum Bango's Avatar

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    Mar 2007

    Default Re: Religion in this homebrew

    Its not bad at all, but if you were to give them a short story each, even a few lines, it would be better. I'll help a bit.

    You could say Minulnar invented illusion when he dressed as a bear to avoid Shaitan.
    You could say Rhada created the first storm to show off to Amon.

    Maybe...Shaitan lived before the creation of the world, and he's really more confused by the world than hateful.
    Maybe the world was created while he slept, and is frightened. Maybe the other gods didn't let him help build the world, so he wants rid of it.
    Or, maybe Primus secretly made him, and evil is needed. What a shock for people to find that out.

    How about Amon created the elves, but secretly fears that one might steal his magical powers.
    Meh.

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