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technically we picked the best, however our civ was nowhere (and is still nowhere) near ready for it.Just like we wouldn't pick the worst possible tax structure?
Paths of Civilization
- Thread starter Academia Nut
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He isn't a demon yet. But given a few more generations without a prominent place of spiritual worship and he will turn into our Adversary equivalent.
He makes people uncomfortable, is different from all of our other spirits (and is thus Other), his nature is to challenge the established order, and his boons are not as applicable to the average life as his curses.
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- United States
BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
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Hey @Academia Nut can we get physical descriptions of Fythhagyna and Mathulmyn since we have not seen them before in quest?
I have this really wack image of Fythagyna as a woman having multiple arms all wielding different farming tools.
I have this really wack image of Fythagyna as a woman having multiple arms all wielding different farming tools.
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That's only going to happen if Trickster is chosen, as otherwise he will be seen as a central part of our people anyway. Saying that he's going to be turned into a demon and seen as an Adversary is disingenuous and wrong.
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- Australia
[X] [Temple] Gwy and Gyo
[X] [Crow] Benevolent
[X] [Boats] Not the boats, but where they are made
[X] [Drought] Weed out troublemakers (Main Restore Order)
[X] [CA] Bring in whoever comes (Chance of stability loss, +2 Econ)
Picking Gwy and Gyo will emphasise the whole "everyone is related" thing, which makes us less hostile to the concept of "other people who are not us". Upgrading Cosmopolitan Acceptance would be a good thing, the most easily identifiable benefit of doing so means less Stability loss from bringing people in. Divine Stewards is fine as it is, but CA still has that bit where there's only a chance of not suffering from a Stability loss when taking in the minimum amount of people.
[X] [Crow] Benevolent
[X] [Boats] Not the boats, but where they are made
[X] [Drought] Weed out troublemakers (Main Restore Order)
[X] [CA] Bring in whoever comes (Chance of stability loss, +2 Econ)
Picking Gwy and Gyo will emphasise the whole "everyone is related" thing, which makes us less hostile to the concept of "other people who are not us". Upgrading Cosmopolitan Acceptance would be a good thing, the most easily identifiable benefit of doing so means less Stability loss from bringing people in. Divine Stewards is fine as it is, but CA still has that bit where there's only a chance of not suffering from a Stability loss when taking in the minimum amount of people.
So is anyone else wondering what the '???' under Strategic Resources in the trade status is?
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BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
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Yeah I am too... It might be brass but... we know the Thunder Horse have that so...
Hmm... maybe Tin? Yeah that may work as strategic since it is needed for Bronze and the other ingredient for Bronze, Copper, is also on there.
Yeah, I suppose that makes sense.
BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
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That doesn't really make sense because the People know what wood is, and I take those ??? to mean something the People don't know about but someone we do know does know about it.
DocMatoi
Theoretical Lover of Girls
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- within 2 hours of the White House
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- Third planet from the star named Sol
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BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
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Oh. Something for anyone wondering what the heterodoxy thing means for Mathulmyn.
Definition of heterodoxy
plural
heterodoxies
Definition of heterodoxy
plural
heterodoxies
- 1: the quality or state of being heterodox
- 2: a heterodox opinion or doctrine
- 1: contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox, unconventional heterodox ideas
- 2: holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines a heterodox religious sect
BungieONI
Seven gremlins in a trench coat
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That's terrifying. We need to make friends who have that and steal all of their shinnies.
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Very few. Although worthy of veneration, they are seen as being somewhat distant from common events as their significance is more primordial, although in some communities that place greater emphasis on ancestral veneration they become the ancestors of ancestors and thus have authority through being the most elder of spirits.
Hmmm... Fythhagyna is usually depicted as a woman of about late twenties to early thirties holding a sickle in one hand and a fistful of wheat in another. The degree of dress varies from place to place, as well as whether or not she is pregnant and/or breastfeeding a child. Slap fights between shamans who think it disrespectful to show her naked and those who think it disrespectful to not show her naked are common.
Mathulmyn is almost more a common name for an idea than a proper god. There are three depictions depending on location: the first is a thoughtful man of middle age with elaborately braided hair and a full beard; the second is an elderly man with a truly long beard and bald held, hunched over either with age or to whisper advice into an ear; the third is a noble, matronly woman in fine dress reclining upon a chair and with a knowing smile.
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- Australia
This is hilarious to me in more ways than one.
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- The Void
[X] [Temple] Crow
[X] [Crow] Alien but knowable
[X] [Boats] Not the boats, but where they are made
[x] [Drought] Weed out troublemakers (Main Restore Order)
[X] [CA] Bring in whoever comes (Chance of stability loss, +2 Econ)
I know want to hear about and have other gods grow in prominance, but I just really like the concept of Crow and I don't want his overall importance to the cosmology of the People to drift. Crow, being a Trickster, feels vulnerable to to this because he's a weird god/primordial/demon and not an entity easy to connect or relate to.
On that note I really hope we can keep our religion Shinto-like concerning the spirits and the gods like it currenty is. I find it very refreshing.
[X] [Crow] Alien but knowable
[X] [Boats] Not the boats, but where they are made
[x] [Drought] Weed out troublemakers (Main Restore Order)
[X] [CA] Bring in whoever comes (Chance of stability loss, +2 Econ)
I know want to hear about and have other gods grow in prominance, but I just really like the concept of Crow and I don't want his overall importance to the cosmology of the People to drift. Crow, being a Trickster, feels vulnerable to to this because he's a weird god/primordial/demon and not an entity easy to connect or relate to.
On that note I really hope we can keep our religion Shinto-like concerning the spirits and the gods like it currenty is. I find it very refreshing.
BungieONI
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That honestly sounds like a variation on Teacher Crow that got spun off and split three ways again. Huh. Neat.
Also on naked vs not naked. Hehehehehehehe. Gods that's hilarious. I'd be totally for naked version though, how about you @Omegahugger? Want our chief Farming lady to be a naked earth goddess?
Pfft. I can't take myself seriously. I just can't. Not with this!
Which of these depictions would be in the Temple if Mathulmyn is centrally placed? And if Mathulmyn isn't?
How do the Ymaryn usually depict gods with multiple aspects?
Before losing GS and gaining Iron it was ~neutral in terms of stats between the different options. It also would've given us the first true city and the correspondingly larger prestige boost.
But no, we didn't due to fears of hygiene in our city (clearly a major problem as we've seen thus far /s) and the idea that our women leader having to restore our stability via actions instead of starting high would lead to a worse narrative somehow...
It's kinda a useless argument now since we definitely don't want to grab the larger one now, but it's definitely a loss about as large as not saccing our diplo king.