More deites that don't suck (Unlike the T man)

[sashok]

please no gods.  and if some wise guy is going to invent a god and pray to him 10 times a day, I\'m gonna twist his neck(in game ofcourse )

[Grakrim]

There\'s nothing to stop you from starting up a personality cult, \"Followers of Pooky\", anyone?

Instead of more gods, we just need some clarification.  Following Moogie\'s example with her religion, someone needs to come up with documents outling more of what each god represents.  I\'m a bit confused as to Laanx\'s point, myself...

[Draklar]

oh yea... Pooky owned all you self-proclaimed gods. For one he actually got some followers.

And what\'s so confusing about Laanx? guy\'s a cunning mage tranvestit... that\'s all...

[Grakrim]

Originally posted by Draklar
And what\'s so confusing about Laanx? guy\'s a cunning mage tranvestit... that\'s all...

Well, where does it say Laanx is a mage? I\'ve never read that anywhere... Although my memory is often very lacking in places.
I actually think Laanx would make a better rogue than a mage, but that\'s just me...

[Draklar]

well in \"the civilization\" chapter it\'s said few times that Laanx was using magic (gaining power by magic and so on) so...

[elscouta]

Both Talad and Laanx use magic. Laanx use evil way while Talad use \'good\' ones.

[The Gumster]

what do you mean by Laanx using evil magic i never read that anywhere

[snow_RAveN]

AYE auran ! even though moogie has been deleting my posts with ultmost (insert word here)  but she does help the newbs so thats a good point to make her some goddes oh wait is she a gm already ? if so than it doesnt matter

any ways back to the point 3 gods in the game sound small but then again its a small \"cave\" how many religons can there be ? and the funny thing bout porkys clut is that he dosent even offer a proper health plan ! MAN ! all cluts need a health plan ! even so when there are too many members for 1 to handle the cult leader can always perform mass sucide .....................

[AendarCallenlasse]

Well look at our world.  There are tone of different religions and many different gods.  As has been stated, anyone can start up religion if they want.  Make up a god, as long as it is serious and rp-related, and get followers together.

[The Gumster]

but in this world there are only 3 (known) gods, Talad, Laanx and Vod?l. There is no record of any other gods.

[AendarCallenlasse]

I didn\'t say they\'d have to physically create a god.  Do you think every religion\'s god really exists?  No.

They create a god as in the beliefs and such and worship the god.  They don\'t have to \'technically\' exist.

[ngefan]

I agree that there should be more than 3 gods. and what about goddesses?

The other deities could have gone into hiding before they could have been recorded, too.

Aendar, I believe that every god does exist. Even though I\'m Lutheran, I believe that every religion worships the same thng, just they see it differently. So, the Hindu gods are the same as the Greek gods that are the same as the ISlamic god that is the same as the Buddist gods, etc. etc.

[snow_RAveN]

common misconspetion bout the budhists ngefan . they dont belive in gods budha is kinda like a saint in their books as he has found enlightenment infact his teachings arnt bout beliving in him but liveing life correctly and neighbourly LUVE , its the taoists who belives in gods also they have a god of luck if memory serves ..............
(iam asian but iam a catholic (SP?) )

[The Gumster]

Originally posted by ngefan
and what about goddesses?

there already is a goddess, Laanx

Laanx was a tall and perfectly shaped female

see?

[Auran]

Well the primary question to be answered before we decide all else is if we do need new Gods? And I wanted to discuss that otherwise I would have posted this thread in the wishlist section. If then we thought that we really needed new gods then no one can stop us from having new gods, not even the gods themselves;).

Now do you people think we need new gods?

 Before that question is answered let us consider why anyone could need a superbeing or a godlike entity.

I say we need gods above all to make the game interesting and name +5 stuff after;). Think D&D.

Gods can:
-grant blessings
-Grant their clerics special powers.
-Perform miracles.
-Create special holy places like places of healing or regions of blight.
-Let fall their wrath on the persecutors of their believers.
-Let the people know that they have have a last resort to apply to if all else fails.
-Give their followers hope.
-Give people someone to look up to and aspire to be like.

And lastly my personal favourites:

-Allow for Diecide. There is nothing more motivating. I personally felt always that mortals are not challenge enough. I always attempt deicide whenever the opportunity exists;). The chance to be a god gives a whole new motive for playing the game and prevents aimless power levelling.

-Give people a chance to see two supremely powerful beings battle it out.(and the Cabal can take bets:P)

For all these reasons however we would need active gods not passive sleepy ones like talad. We can have a system where gods are elected yearly and old gods are moved into a second pantheon called \"Gods of The Old\" to aknowledge the contribution they have made. This will help in two ways.

1. Give players an added incentive to play. Nothing motivates people better than a shot at being GOD.

2. Give players something more to do besides normal gameplaying. Make things more interesting;).

If anyone thinks the idea of \"Electing Gods\" to be unreasonable then I urge them to think of it as believers losing faith in one god and starting to believe in another. Since a god is powerless without his/her followers, this would lead to their being supplanted by newer gods. However the gods will forvever be immortalised in the annals of the game as \"Gods of the Old\". Plus electing gods would also ensure that gods will actually work and make efforts to keep their followers happy. Win win situation.

What does everyone think?


PS: ngefan is a wise one
PS:PS: Was Laanx nude? If not then I refuse to believe in her:P:D