GODS!

[yamaxanadu]

So I was thinking, just because I realized we have a fair amount of deities and deity type people that this might make some sense. But what would people think of a basic "ethics" or rules or some king of simple law structure for the gods? Nothing too complex but just some things they are expected not to do, or to do depending on situations and such, either involving the world, mortals, or each other.

Or hell, just maybe more of an idea of how they all interact and relate just a little better. Anyone interested?

And yes this mostly came to mind because I play miss hall monitor Eiki here. orz

Comments

[worshipisbad]

I'm up for whatever. IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL

[yamaxanadu]

I think it will!

Though got any ideas? Especially having the Emprah and all.

[forceofnature]

Regarding how they interact, in Viridi's canon, gods seem to mostly keep to themselves. They don't even seem to know the other gods personally, even if they're as famous/important as Palutena and Viridi are. It seems they allow each other to govern their own affairs except when they overstep their bounds. Palutena turned Medusa into a monster, and of course, fought Viridi when she got fed up with the behavior of the humans. Viridi and Palutena, in turn, teamed up along with the help of a few other gods when an even greater evil loomed.

I'm playing Viridi off similar principles - she's heard of the others, but she hasn't spoken to most of them in a long time, partially because of the agreement between her and the Crystal King, and partially because she was busy tending to her normal duties as goddess of nature.

In regards to a law structure, it might be a little problematic with where my character is coming from. The point and moral is that no one governs the gods, and they're just as selfish and terrible as humans, so they mess everything up all the time. I would prefer the reactive way that things tend to occur, as in the other gods just decide if one god is out of line and take steps.

I think what I'm trying to say is that total deitic anarchy is the only law for my canon, and it's how I'm playing Viridi and her motivations.

[worshipisbad]

As for ideas, I think every god follows their own law set. Of course, every single one is going to say that what they're doing is right.

I think maybe a small information post with something that details what each PC God, what they're the god of, and how they'd react to certain situations would be helpful. It'd help players since most of the gods would have set a precedence at an earlier time.

PERSONALLY

I think it'd be chill for the gods to somehow set up a tiny realm for themselves....like a coffee room, where they can occasionally chill or have meetings together since it would be considered neutral territory.

[forceofnature]

I think this is a good idea! All of it. We could coopt part of the Crystal World, I think.

[yamaxanadu]

Makes sense. I just realized the other day "I don't know a whole lot about the other gods and the general system we're working on in IS." Thought it would be helpful to find out more things since, in Eiki's canon (and the mythology she's based on) is so different. Her system sort of goes like King of Hell = 9 other kings of hell -> lesser judges -> gods -> none mortal things -> mortals.

And then my picture for the none mortal side of things was like:

Gods and things over here broken up in regions - Higan (where Eiki resides) - Mortal realm.

And then it occurred to me we actually have more than two deity type characters now and maybe we could share all our ideas of what was going on.

[border_of_phantasm]

I think a good potential rule is that gods are not allowed to directly do battle against each other, they must work through proxies and minions lest the damage they cause in their fights be too great (although some up and coming hero can theoretically take them out at the height of their power, but the world isn't fair).

[yamaxanadu]

I like this too! It wouldn't be too hard to write up something simple, and a meeting place would be fun.

[worshipisbad]

That sounds like something we could definitely make happen.

[worshipisbad]

We'll have to make this happen somehow.

too lazy to log in.

[higan_retour]

Obviously some kind of silly meeting needs to be called into some pocket part of the crystal world, with tea and cake.

[worshipisbad]

as if they'd resolve their differences peacefully

but for some reason, it just reminded me of that book "American Gods"

[higan_retour]

Very true, but they can still have a meeting now and again to complain or something.

It's been forever since I read that book, I remember loving it though.

[border_of_phantasm]

1000% support

[forceofnature]

Gotcha, I didn't know anything about her role. Viridi is going to flat-out deny any authority Eiki may claim to have, which you probably already guessed.

[yamaxanadu]

I'm not quite sure what to make of her role either at the moment. Technically she gets to tell all things when they die where they get to go, governs over life spans and sees everything in black and white terms. She follows a rigid rule system which... makes things a bit more up in the air at the moment. (For the most part all the rules are based on Buddhist principles.)

Makes sense, she doesn't technically have much jurisdiction in what's been going on lately anyway (other than being a manager of life span.)

[thousand_curses]

I was going with that too, though in my case it's not Izanami's style to fight directly anyway.

[thousand_curses]

Whatever rules exist, bear in mind that some people think they're made to be broken or applied in the most trollish way possible.

Even though we've established that this some person is kind of bros with Shikieiki. She's deceptive like that.

[imperial_mods]

With the increase in gods, I am willing to make an info page for the pantheons and their domains if you guys want, just let me know.