- Location
- USA
Will you be able to bless things at 5 dp while also influencing mortals?
Chronicles of Divinity (A Council God Quest)
- Thread starter Old Guard
- Start date
- Fantasy
You have to Influence the mortals to get them to bless the stones.
Quest
The Great One
- Location
- Everywhere
For Fovos, I'm going for someone who was involved with more primal "kill or be killed" sort of fear but grew into the fear that guides. OOC I'm interested in the afterlife, and Fovos IC would probably want to bring order to it as well because of the old god prison located beneath it and to guide the souls of the fallen from what he sees as similar to his own initial uncivilized state. (Fear plays into so many themes.)
I'd love to work with the death gods to bring it into order.
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- USA
Hey if we decide to focus on the afterlife first, Spark will happily hunt down anything trying to interfere with it's recovery
@HellHound01 would we have to spend DP to mess about in the afterlife?
@HellHound01 would we have to spend DP to mess about in the afterlife?
Quest
The Great One
- Location
- Everywhere
Maybe some variation of Shape Private Realm?
- Location
- ireland
Could I just store dp until next turn
- Location
- USA
that's probably a smart decision seeing we only have one tribe in game right now
Quest
The Great One
- Location
- Everywhere
What's the worse that could happen?
- Location
- Attached to a wall
- Pronouns
- She/Her
There seems to be some overlap in the themes we hold take me, Silicrilia, as an example.
I think that we might do well into turning that overlap into synergies.
I am a warden of the earth who holds 'secrets' both foul and sacred as undiscovered riches and buried things that should remain forgotten.
Fovos is a god who is built around the fear of the forgotten and to strive towards the future.
Thana is the queen of the underworld and punishing the wicked
while Lilith is the lady of death and the processes of dying
My nature seems to be opposed to that of Sapienza as I hold secret and discovers.
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That is however all long term talk; speaking in the short term,
I think that it might be useful to our tribe if I were to bury a vein of copper in those mountains.
Edit: It seems that 'influencing the mortal' realm is more limited than I thought. I will probably have to find a vein of copper and spread wipers about it's location.
I think that we might do well into turning that overlap into synergies.
I am a warden of the earth who holds 'secrets' both foul and sacred as undiscovered riches and buried things that should remain forgotten.
Fovos is a god who is built around the fear of the forgotten and to strive towards the future.
Thana is the queen of the underworld and punishing the wicked
while Lilith is the lady of death and the processes of dying
My nature seems to be opposed to that of Sapienza as I hold secret and discovers.
I would like to ask you to send (magically) dangerous dead over to me. Trapping evil spirits below the earth would be a nice method to complement the 'don't dig too deep' theme I try to create.
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That is however all long term talk; speaking in the short term,
I think that it might be useful to our tribe if I were to bury a vein of copper in those mountains.
Edit: It seems that 'influencing the mortal' realm is more limited than I thought. I will probably have to find a vein of copper and spread wipers about it's location.
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I couldn't decide if I wanted to play with an expy god from the game i played 2 years ago, or the one I played 4 years ago 
and it looks I missed my spot. But I guess Tribe submissions are still open?
The Felleris - Tribe of the Catfish:
Felleris are people of the river - fishermen, sailors (if one commanding a raft can be called a sailor) and shipwrights (again, if one can call raft a ship).
The legend says that one day a violent thunderstorm has made river leave its banks and flood the tribe camp. Tents have been washed out, fires have been doused and livestock have scattered. But with the destruction, river also brought a bounty of its own. Several catfish living in the river have gone with the flood and got trapped in one of the surviving tents. Tribe has considered this an sign from god and have taken the name of catfish as their own, and made the river their home. And to this day catching a catfish is considered a blessing from the gods.
Felleris are people shaped by their occupation. Swimming on their rafts or primitive boats is not an easy feat and requires strength, discipline and trust in your colleagues. They are thus tough men and have strong bonds between tribe members. These are also a qualities that make excellent warriors, but Felleris are known to evade conflict instead, like a fish swimming away. Most of the tribe focus on fishing or making and maintaining their boats, but few brave men like to sail as far as possible, exploring the river, meeting new tribes and sometimes trade with them.
Beliefs:
It is not a surprise that Lilith has taken a central spot in Felleris belief system. She is a goddess of water and river after all. Most religious festivities are centered around her. She has also taken place of the Twin Goddess as the main deity of death in the Tribe. Like fresh water gives life, frozen water is death.
Their second most important god is Spark. But the prayers sent to her are mostly of the "leave us alone please" kind. Everyone in the Tribe is afraid of Thunder in the Night as thunderstorms make swimming and fishing impossible. That's why after returning to the port, sailors often feed on or two of the cought fish to cats found in the port. And that's why the cats are in the port in the first place.
Thana and Hella, Fovos, Sapienza are minor gods for Felleris. Some of their aspects are already taken by Lilith or Spark and they are not as important to Felleris daily lives. But they are still revered.
Scrios worship is almost noexistant. Felleris are pacifists who avoid conflict and thus there's no place for god of battle in their prayers. But some still make one or two offering for them, just in case.
Similarily one could think that Rhaundeth is also almost forgotten. That would be true if not for the ritual of Swanteth - ceremonial transfer of wood from Rhaundeth to Lilith, when a new boat is made. Offerings are made to Rhaundeth in return for the wood the tribe is moving from Rhaundeth's domain to Lilith's one.
Silicrilia is an interesting case since she is a minor god, but significantly raises in prominence for few Felleris that deal with trade. Her mining aspect is all but forgotten, but she is considered "god of shiny things" and whoever wishes to trade (or woo a partner with gifts in that matter) will surely give her a prayer or two.
[Disclaimer]
I took some liberties with god aspects because mortals are known to just mix everything up and come with their own opinions and conslusions.
and it looks I missed my spot. But I guess Tribe submissions are still open?The Felleris - Tribe of the Catfish:
Felleris are people of the river - fishermen, sailors (if one commanding a raft can be called a sailor) and shipwrights (again, if one can call raft a ship).
The legend says that one day a violent thunderstorm has made river leave its banks and flood the tribe camp. Tents have been washed out, fires have been doused and livestock have scattered. But with the destruction, river also brought a bounty of its own. Several catfish living in the river have gone with the flood and got trapped in one of the surviving tents. Tribe has considered this an sign from god and have taken the name of catfish as their own, and made the river their home. And to this day catching a catfish is considered a blessing from the gods.
Felleris are people shaped by their occupation. Swimming on their rafts or primitive boats is not an easy feat and requires strength, discipline and trust in your colleagues. They are thus tough men and have strong bonds between tribe members. These are also a qualities that make excellent warriors, but Felleris are known to evade conflict instead, like a fish swimming away. Most of the tribe focus on fishing or making and maintaining their boats, but few brave men like to sail as far as possible, exploring the river, meeting new tribes and sometimes trade with them.
Beliefs:
It is not a surprise that Lilith has taken a central spot in Felleris belief system. She is a goddess of water and river after all. Most religious festivities are centered around her. She has also taken place of the Twin Goddess as the main deity of death in the Tribe. Like fresh water gives life, frozen water is death.
Their second most important god is Spark. But the prayers sent to her are mostly of the "leave us alone please" kind. Everyone in the Tribe is afraid of Thunder in the Night as thunderstorms make swimming and fishing impossible. That's why after returning to the port, sailors often feed on or two of the cought fish to cats found in the port. And that's why the cats are in the port in the first place.
Thana and Hella, Fovos, Sapienza are minor gods for Felleris. Some of their aspects are already taken by Lilith or Spark and they are not as important to Felleris daily lives. But they are still revered.
Scrios worship is almost noexistant. Felleris are pacifists who avoid conflict and thus there's no place for god of battle in their prayers. But some still make one or two offering for them, just in case.
Similarily one could think that Rhaundeth is also almost forgotten. That would be true if not for the ritual of Swanteth - ceremonial transfer of wood from Rhaundeth to Lilith, when a new boat is made. Offerings are made to Rhaundeth in return for the wood the tribe is moving from Rhaundeth's domain to Lilith's one.
Silicrilia is an interesting case since she is a minor god, but significantly raises in prominence for few Felleris that deal with trade. Her mining aspect is all but forgotten, but she is considered "god of shiny things" and whoever wishes to trade (or woo a partner with gifts in that matter) will surely give her a prayer or two.
[Disclaimer]
I took some liberties with god aspects because mortals are known to just mix everything up and come with their own opinions and conslusions.
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- Location
- Denmark
I have yet to truly decided, as I feel that I could try to go quite a few different ways, but I would perhaps like to figue out how to not be nomades.
Quest
The Great One
- Location
- Everywhere
I really like this interpretation.
Fovos is meant to have a whole primal fear god past where he learnt about inflicting fear and experiencing it from the battle with the old gods. Very fight or flight, survival of the fittest sort of thing. I mentally term this aspect of him as Phobia. Humanity inspired him to temper fear and become that voice in the back of your head who goes "Maybe your shouldn't put your hands in the fire". I'd say now he's half way transformed into a god of civilization and I hope he eventually becomes fundamental to that. A god of science or progress perhaps. Something thematic.
Fite me irl.
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I generally believe that this will mostly depend from tribe to tribe here given the QM comment to endless void about making his civ as warlike as possible and differences between the two tribes we have here. For example in Blackhound tribe Thana and Hella are major deities and Thana being death/underworld major, basically for them Thana is protector of souls, queen of underworld and Hella takes long life part, plus their connection to animals and monsters. Fovos due to being central piece in this tribe can probably try to get part to play as well due to him being central piece of tribes mythology due to his reputation of cautious and wise ruler, guide and fear. He could play the part of easing ones fear to death and guide their souls to underworld to Thana, though that would probably require him to squeeze between Lilith and Thana.
Lilith on other hand is secondary deity but with aspect of death , so as of right now even if she doesnt do much she can be Apollo like figure (who while god of sun was god of plauges) she can probably be deity of death via starvation , flooding and so on gaining worship similar to Thana when it comes to monsters (basically dont kill me when im on river and trying to apease her during starvation) , of course if she connects with underworld she will probably have more official position in mythology like ending the life and possibly collecting the souls and guiding them to after life.
On other hand we have Catfish tribe, here Lilith is death major and can probably stretch her muscles by being protector of souls, guide them to underworld and even elevating her followers to her version of afterlife due to them viewing it so, basically she has home advantage. Of course Thana and her will probably need to hash something out her, maybe her and Hella as well. Here Fovos probably cannot hash something out due to being secondary god and not having aspect connected with death directly. But Cat can due to being other major, she could probably place herself as guardian of the afterlife to stop sinners souls from going through that requires dealing with Lilith and Thana.
So it all depends on how we are viewed which can wary from tribe to tribe and our roles wills shift accordingly.
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The way it would work, is that you would spend 5 DP to tell your priest that you want them to bless stones and place them around to ward off wild animals.
Then assuming that they 100% understand you, they would begin to do it with various degrees of success. Each turn is 100 years (slowing down to "zoom" in during major events) so over the course of the century they would continue to do that. If all goes well, it could become a central part of the religion, and they would continue to bless stones into future turns.
The afterlife needs guidance. Eventually, you'll want to make Divine Servants to act as guardians and guides. Probably a Greater Divine Servant to act as warden.
Until then, a God or Gods could oversee it full time to properly manage the Realm.
You have one cultural group, the Kish. But the Kish is made up of multiple tribes beyond the PC tribes.
I couldn't decide if I wanted to play with an expy god from the game i played 2 years ago, or the one I played 4 years ago
The Felleris - Tribe of the Catfish:
Felleris are people of the river - fishermen, sailors (if one commanding a raft can be called a sailor) and shipwrights (again, if one can call raft a ship).
The legend says that one day a violent thunderstorm has made river leave its banks and flood the tribe camp. Tents have been washed out, fires have been doused and livestock have scattered. But with the destruction, river also brought a bounty of its own. Several catfish living in the river have gone with the flood and got trapped in one of the surviving tents. Tribe has considered this an sign from god and have taken the name of catfish as their own, and made the river their home. And to this day catching a catfish is considered a blessing from the gods.
Felleris are people shaped by their occupation. Swimming on their rafts or primitive boats is not an easy feat and requires strength, discipline and trust in your colleagues. They are thus tough men and have strong bonds between tribe members. These are also a qualities that make excellent warriors, but Felleris are known to evade conflict instead, like a fish swimming away. Most of the tribe focus on fishing or making and maintaining their boats, but few brave men like to sail as far as possible, exploring the river, meeting new tribes and sometimes trade with them.
Beliefs:
It is not a surprise that Lilith has taken a central spot in Felleris belief system. She is a goddess of water and river after all. Most religious festivities are centered around her. She has also taken place of the Twin Goddess as the main deity of death in the Tribe. Like fresh water gives life, frozen water is death.
Their second most important god is Spark. But the prayers sent to her are mostly of the "leave us alone please" kind. Everyone in the Tribe is afraid of Thunder in the Night as thunderstorms make swimming and fishing impossible. That's why after returning to the port, sailors often feed on or two of the cought fish to cats found in the port. And that's why the cats are in the port in the first place.
Thana and Hella, Fovos, Sapienza are minor gods for Felleris. Some of their aspects are already taken by Lilith or Spark and they are not as important to Felleris daily lives. But they are still revered.
Scrios worship is almost noexistant. Felleris are pacifists who avoid conflict and thus there's no place for god of battle in their prayers. But some still make one or two offering for them, just in case.
Similarily one could think that Rhaundeth is also almost forgotten. That would be true if not for the ritual of Swanteth - ceremonial transfer of wood from Rhaundeth to Lilith, when a new boat is made. Offerings are made to Rhaundeth in return for the wood the tribe is moving from Rhaundeth's domain to Lilith's one.
Silicrilia is an interesting case since she is a minor god, but significantly raises in prominence for few Felleris that deal with trade. Her mining aspect is all but forgotten, but she is considered "god of shiny things" and whoever wishes to trade (or woo a partner with gifts in that matter) will surely give her a prayer or two.
[Disclaimer]
I took some liberties with god aspects because mortals are known to just mix everything up and come with their own opinions and conslusions.
The Felleris are approved.
Population: 5,000
Wealth: 1
Industry: 1
Food: 1
Military:
1 Regiment (Warriors)
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- Location
- Denmark
@HellHound01
Since you are ready to hand out Tribe stats, could I have mine for the Dantibo or should I just assume it to be the same as for the Felleris?
Since you are ready to hand out Tribe stats, could I have mine for the Dantibo or should I just assume it to be the same as for the Felleris?
Quest
The Great One
- Location
- Everywhere
@HellHound01
Can I control a tribe in addition to a god? Or barring that, submit an npc tribe? I had an idea I wanted to write up.
Can I control a tribe in addition to a god? Or barring that, submit an npc tribe? I had an idea I wanted to write up.
My apologies, I thought I had already posted them.
Population: 3,000
Wealth: 1
Industry: 2
Food: 1
Military:
1 Regiment (Warriors)
You did slightly worse on pop, but gained an extra Industry point.
Hi, i aded that im the patron of the young, the inventive and the wise, just letting you guys know
Also can we have a techs know by the tribes list, and what kind of goverment/organization do they have?
Also can we have a techs know by the tribes list, and what kind of goverment/organization do they have?
The Kish have basic agriculture, basically collecting wild seeds and tossing them on the ground. All are still nomadic, and they generally "plant" a crop, move on to a new area, then come back later to eat whatever has grown.
They have fire of course, and can easily work stone. They also have early metal working, mostly copper, silver, gold, and tin. Only recently have they begun to make bronze from copper/tin.
They have basic animal domestication. Cats, dogs, sheep, pigs, and cows. The Kish have no horses, but have seen them before from other groups of Humans.
They have no written language, or complex mathematics.
All the Kish are members of tribal governments. The tribes vary in how they are organized. Some have a Council of Elders, some are ruled by Strongmen, others are even fairly Democratic.
More government types will become available once a city is built.
- Location
- Attached to a wall
- Pronouns
- She/Her
I like being the 'God of shiny things'. I see a change to play on my title as 'the mother of secrets' there.
- Location
- USA
I liked the Thunderstorm interpretation so much I added ball lightning to the god description
- Location
- ireland
Some neat tribes we got here
- Location
- USA
mortal tribes so far
Wealth: 1
Industry: 2
Food: 1
Military:
1 Regiment (Warriors)
Wealth: 1
Industry: 1
Food: 1
Military:
1 Regiment (Warriors)
Population: 3,000
Wealth: 1
Industry: 2
Food: 1
Military:
1 Regiment (Warriors)
Population: 5,000I couldn't decide if I wanted to play with an expy god from the game i played 2 years ago, or the one I played 4 years ago
The Felleris - Tribe of the Catfish:
Felleris are people of the river - fishermen, sailors (if one commanding a raft can be called a sailor) and shipwrights (again, if one can call raft a ship).
The legend says that one day a violent thunderstorm has made river leave its banks and flood the tribe camp. Tents have been washed out, fires have been doused and livestock have scattered. But with the destruction, river also brought a bounty of its own. Several catfish living in the river have gone with the flood and got trapped in one of the surviving tents. Tribe has considered this an sign from god and have taken the name of catfish as their own, and made the river their home. And to this day catching a catfish is considered a blessing from the gods.
Felleris are people shaped by their occupation. Swimming on their rafts or primitive boats is not an easy feat and requires strength, discipline and trust in your colleagues. They are thus tough men and have strong bonds between tribe members. These are also a qualities that make excellent warriors, but Felleris are known to evade conflict instead, like a fish swimming away. Most of the tribe focus on fishing or making and maintaining their boats, but few brave men like to sail as far as possible, exploring the river, meeting new tribes and sometimes trade with them.
Beliefs:
It is not a surprise that Lilith has taken a central spot in Felleris belief system. She is a goddess of water and river after all. Most religious festivities are centered around her. She has also taken place of the Twin Goddess as the main deity of death in the Tribe. Like fresh water gives life, frozen water is death.
Their second most important god is Spark. But the prayers sent to her are mostly of the "leave us alone please" kind. Everyone in the Tribe is afraid of Thunder in the Night as thunderstorms make swimming and fishing impossible. That's why after returning to the port, sailors often feed on or two of the cought fish to cats found in the port. And that's why the cats are in the port in the first place.
Thana and Hella, Fovos, Sapienza are minor gods for Felleris. Some of their aspects are already taken by Lilith or Spark and they are not as important to Felleris daily lives. But they are still revered.
Scrios worship is almost noexistant. Felleris are pacifists who avoid conflict and thus there's no place for god of battle in their prayers. But some still make one or two offering for them, just in case.
Similarily one could think that Rhaundeth is also almost forgotten. That would be true if not for the ritual of Swanteth - ceremonial transfer of wood from Rhaundeth to Lilith, when a new boat is made. Offerings are made to Rhaundeth in return for the wood the tribe is moving from Rhaundeth's domain to Lilith's one.
Silicrilia is an interesting case since she is a minor god, but significantly raises in prominence for few Felleris that deal with trade. Her mining aspect is all but forgotten, but she is considered "god of shiny things" and whoever wishes to trade (or woo a partner with gifts in that matter) will surely give her a prayer or two.
[Disclaimer]
I took some liberties with god aspects because mortals are known to just mix everything up and come with their own opinions and conslusions.
Wealth: 1
Industry: 1
Food: 1
Military:
1 Regiment (Warriors)
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- Attached to a wall
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Craftsmen will be a small group for a while until society learns a method to expand their industry to a larger scale be it through need or through greed.
I had a bit of trouble before trying to imagine what Silicrilia could do for a people who are mostly nomadic.
But the reason the the catfish tribe has for Silicrilia gives me an idea.
Would anyone be opposed if I tried to inspire political marriages via dowries of precious metals? This method might give us either a larger area for our followers or a larger unity among the Kish.
I had a bit of trouble before trying to imagine what Silicrilia could do for a people who are mostly nomadic.
But the reason the the catfish tribe has for Silicrilia gives me an idea.
Would anyone be opposed if I tried to inspire political marriages via dowries of precious metals? This method might give us either a larger area for our followers or a larger unity among the Kish.
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