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<blockquote data-quote="TwoHeadsBarking" data-source="post: 4975248" data-attributes="member: 82251"><p>For those interested, here's my original matching, now with responses to other people as well. Mostly to Tomalak, because he justified his choices.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p> I would like to reiterate that my matchings do follow the above restrictions, sort of. Athena currently has four domains and I had to add Hekate to get Undeath in, but as a result every domain is represented at least once. And Athena could drop one, I<em> guess</em>. This also means that not every god has every domain they could feasibly be associated with.</p><p></p><p>It's vital that every domain be represented. If someone wants to use a domain, there should already be a god ready to take them in.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Can't really change these. No one else has these domains, and everyone else has domains that fit them better. Which is sort of a shame. Destruction and Civilization are certainly not bad matches.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Childbirth still says Life and Protection to me. I think Vengeance fits better than Tyranny for the punishing aspect, because her actions were always in response to a betrayal. However, it's not really Justice, because she targeted the wrong person. Again, no Petty Vengeance domain, yet. Also, no one else has these domains.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I still think these are good. Trading Earth for Darkness makes him a little <em>too</em> gloomy in my opinion. Also, Darkness has connotations of secrecy and trickery, while Hades is more of an inevitable kind of guy. Winter belongs to Peresefa, as I describe below. I'm curious as to why Ozy gave him Civilization. I'd like to hear the reasoning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It may be that the Atlanteans saw Neptune as a patron of science and learning. To bad they all drowned before they could write out their body of mythology. Daunton seems to be taking things from the Greek perspective. I suppose one could drop Wilderness for Civilization. It would have to be Wilderness, because no one else has Destruction or Sea.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I could see giving Apoli Skill, and then swapping out Change for Arcana with Hekates. I'd like to keep Arcana in the main pantheon though. I still want to keep Poison here. Apollo's arrows were dipped in excruciating poison, which he used to murder the sons of some braggart woman. If Poison is an inappropriate domain for the god of doctors, then mass murder is an inappropriate activity for said god as well. However, every Greek god has their darker, petty side. Also, someone has to have Poison.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Persephone is pretty much defined by her trials in the mythology. The only things I remember her ever doing is being abducted and crying at a song. Oh, and there was that idiot mortal who tried to woo her away from her husband. Winter may be Lauto's "fault", but she is its keeper. And Lauto already has three domains that fit him better. I don't think Undeath fits her at all, frankly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If I could give him a fourth, it would be Torment. In fact, I think my first draft gave him Torment instead of Skill. But that was my <em>first</em> draft, and there's only room for three.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Madness is a good one for him. If I were to give him four, the fourth would be Madness.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I still think I nailed it. I don't think Strife or Arcana are particularly strong matches to him. Certainly not strong enough to bump off one of the three that's up there.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>I still would really hate to drop any of these. If I absolutely had to, I'd drop War, but then I'd also cry myself to sleep that night. Athena and Ares had this rivalry that I'd really hate to lose. Alternatively, if someone else picks up Civilization, then I would drop that. There would still be some sobbing though.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I still think this is perfect. Vengeance is a pretty good fourth domain for her, but, well, you know the deal.</p><p></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Yeah, still not wild about Freedom, although I think it's better than Life. Maybe she could lose a domain, and then Mireva could keep her four, and then it averages out to three domains per god.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>Again, trading Change for Arcana could make sense. This would mean that none of the twelve gods share domains with Hekates. I'm not sure how I feel about that.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, no Demeter. No Dionysus either. Some gods didn't make the cut into the major pantheon. "The Twelve Gods" has a better ring than "The Fourteen Gods" though. And I'm going to preemptively hush anyone who mentions that I have thirteen gods up there. That's a baker's dozen, and a dozen is twelve, so it still fits. Also, it would take a lot of shoehorning to get Undeath and Darkness into the main pantheon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TwoHeadsBarking, post: 4975248, member: 82251"] For those interested, here's my original matching, now with responses to other people as well. Mostly to Tomalak, because he justified his choices. I would like to reiterate that my matchings do follow the above restrictions, sort of. Athena currently has four domains and I had to add Hekate to get Undeath in, but as a result every domain is represented at least once. And Athena could drop one, I[I] guess[/I]. This also means that not every god has every domain they could feasibly be associated with. It's vital that every domain be represented. If someone wants to use a domain, there should already be a god ready to take them in. Can't really change these. No one else has these domains, and everyone else has domains that fit them better. Which is sort of a shame. Destruction and Civilization are certainly not bad matches. Childbirth still says Life and Protection to me. I think Vengeance fits better than Tyranny for the punishing aspect, because her actions were always in response to a betrayal. However, it's not really Justice, because she targeted the wrong person. Again, no Petty Vengeance domain, yet. Also, no one else has these domains. I still think these are good. Trading Earth for Darkness makes him a little [I]too[/I] gloomy in my opinion. Also, Darkness has connotations of secrecy and trickery, while Hades is more of an inevitable kind of guy. Winter belongs to Peresefa, as I describe below. I'm curious as to why Ozy gave him Civilization. I'd like to hear the reasoning. It may be that the Atlanteans saw Neptune as a patron of science and learning. To bad they all drowned before they could write out their body of mythology. Daunton seems to be taking things from the Greek perspective. I suppose one could drop Wilderness for Civilization. It would have to be Wilderness, because no one else has Destruction or Sea. I could see giving Apoli Skill, and then swapping out Change for Arcana with Hekates. I'd like to keep Arcana in the main pantheon though. I still want to keep Poison here. Apollo's arrows were dipped in excruciating poison, which he used to murder the sons of some braggart woman. If Poison is an inappropriate domain for the god of doctors, then mass murder is an inappropriate activity for said god as well. However, every Greek god has their darker, petty side. Also, someone has to have Poison. Persephone is pretty much defined by her trials in the mythology. The only things I remember her ever doing is being abducted and crying at a song. Oh, and there was that idiot mortal who tried to woo her away from her husband. Winter may be Lauto's "fault", but she is its keeper. And Lauto already has three domains that fit him better. I don't think Undeath fits her at all, frankly. If I could give him a fourth, it would be Torment. In fact, I think my first draft gave him Torment instead of Skill. But that was my [I]first[/I] draft, and there's only room for three. Madness is a good one for him. If I were to give him four, the fourth would be Madness. I still think I nailed it. I don't think Strife or Arcana are particularly strong matches to him. Certainly not strong enough to bump off one of the three that's up there. I still would really hate to drop any of these. If I absolutely had to, I'd drop War, but then I'd also cry myself to sleep that night. Athena and Ares had this rivalry that I'd really hate to lose. Alternatively, if someone else picks up Civilization, then I would drop that. There would still be some sobbing though. I still think this is perfect. Vengeance is a pretty good fourth domain for her, but, well, you know the deal. Yeah, still not wild about Freedom, although I think it's better than Life. Maybe she could lose a domain, and then Mireva could keep her four, and then it averages out to three domains per god. Again, trading Change for Arcana could make sense. This would mean that none of the twelve gods share domains with Hekates. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Yeah, no Demeter. No Dionysus either. Some gods didn't make the cut into the major pantheon. "The Twelve Gods" has a better ring than "The Fourteen Gods" though. And I'm going to preemptively hush anyone who mentions that I have thirteen gods up there. That's a baker's dozen, and a dozen is twelve, so it still fits. Also, it would take a lot of shoehorning to get Undeath and Darkness into the main pantheon. [/QUOTE]
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