Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="ptolemy18" data-source="post: 1871132" data-attributes="member: 24970">You're right and I'm sorry for taking the bait! I couldn't find this thread for awhile and I was worried it had been banned... (whew!).Here's how the biological/religious system works out in my current campaign (a sort of heavily modified TESTAMENT mishmash).The world superficially resembles our own circa 100 BC. There are five &quot;true&quot; gods in the universe, although only a few people know which ones are true and which ones are false. Most of the pantheons (like the Egyptian, Hindu, Chinese and Greek pantheons) are populated entirely by &quot;false&quot; gods, which are really powerful (they even *think* they're gods), but are actually merely ancestral or nature spirits who have ascended to a state of power.The &quot;true&quot; gods, however, actually arranged the creation of the world, and so they were involved in the creation of the creatures.&quot;God&quot;Father/Air GodCreated human beings, orcs, elves and giants (which are all distantly related).CybeleMother/Earth GoddessCreated goblins, gnomes, dwarves, halflings and related human-ish creatures which can't actually breed with humans. (These are her attempts to create humanlike creatures.) Also has a demigod/split personality which mutates &amp; combines creatures, creating things like chimeras, etc.Leviathian-ApophisWater God(dess)Created all the reptiles, fish and amphibians: lizard men, sahuagin, kuo-toa, bullywugs, hydras, dragons.Angra-MainyuGod of Nothingness/EvilCreated all undead and most &quot;negative energy&quot; beings.Ahura-MazdaGod of Fire/GoodI'm not really sure what he created. Maybe some celestials, or maybe nothing but fire elementals, if I want the campaign to be depressingly tilted against him...Normal plants &amp; animals sort of arose spontaneously from creation (although Cybele pays the most attention to them). Most demons &amp; devils are sort of freelance evil beings which dwell on the outskirts of creation, while others work for Angra-Mainyu.Obviously this is a very variant setting, but that's what I'm working with...Jason</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ptolemy18, post: 1871132, member: 24970"] You're right and I'm sorry for taking the bait! I couldn't find this thread for awhile and I was worried it had been banned... (whew!). Here's how the biological/religious system works out in my current campaign (a sort of heavily modified TESTAMENT mishmash). The world superficially resembles our own circa 100 BC. There are five "true" gods in the universe, although only a few people know which ones are true and which ones are false. Most of the pantheons (like the Egyptian, Hindu, Chinese and Greek pantheons) are populated entirely by "false" gods, which are really powerful (they even *think* they're gods), but are actually merely ancestral or nature spirits who have ascended to a state of power. The "true" gods, however, actually arranged the creation of the world, and so they were involved in the creation of the creatures. "God" Father/Air God Created human beings, orcs, elves and giants (which are all distantly related). Cybele Mother/Earth Goddess Created goblins, gnomes, dwarves, halflings and related human-ish creatures which can't actually breed with humans. (These are her attempts to create humanlike creatures.) Also has a demigod/split personality which mutates & combines creatures, creating things like chimeras, etc. Leviathian-Apophis Water God(dess) Created all the reptiles, fish and amphibians: lizard men, sahuagin, kuo-toa, bullywugs, hydras, dragons. Angra-Mainyu God of Nothingness/Evil Created all undead and most "negative energy" beings. Ahura-Mazda God of Fire/Good I'm not really sure what he created. Maybe some celestials, or maybe nothing but fire elementals, if I want the campaign to be depressingly tilted against him... Normal plants & animals sort of arose spontaneously from creation (although Cybele pays the most attention to them). Most demons & devils are sort of freelance evil beings which dwell on the outskirts of creation, while others work for Angra-Mainyu. Obviously this is a very variant setting, but that's what I'm working with... Jason [/QUOTE]

Verification