immortals handbook

[Upper_Krust]

Hello again mate!

So, will the rules for making the mechanics be open-content to such a degree that it is possible to make a devil/demon/angel deity and use it in another book, or will that be off limits?

Thats certainly something I will be discussing with the publisher.

I think it may fall along the lines of 'Its all open-content except these bits*...'

*Notably certain characters I create (used as examples) and so forth.

 

[Clay_More]

ahhh... the same way Fantasy Flight Games normally go about it (they do alot chapter-to-chapter Open-Contenting....).

Could you therefore design a devil / demon god (I keep mentioning this because I just made a couple of these for my book) with the rules in a way that it could be usable for someone who didn't have the rules?

Its good to hear that there is going to be open game content on the rules, by the way

Will you ship the book with a full pantheon or merely a series of unrelated deities?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hi Clay_More mate!

ahhh... the same way Fantasy Flight Games normally go about it (they do alot chapter-to-chapter Open-Contenting....).

If you say so...I don't own any of their books though I am sure I have looked through some at Conventions/Stores.

Could you therefore design a devil / demon god (I keep mentioning this because I just made a couple of these for my book) with the rules in a way that it could be usable for someone who didn't have the rules?

Yes.

Of course you would have to incorporate the Templates (Divinity and Portfolio) into their stats and explain certain Divine Gifts*.

I am actually working on Tables right now which outline the benefits of all the various Gifts in a sentence (so you would have that for brevity).

Its good to hear that there is going to be open game content on the rules, by the way

I think its probably for the best.

Will you ship the book with a full pantheon or merely a series of unrelated deities?

I simply don't have the space to detail a full pantheon the way I want to and still keep everything within 320 pages. Its simply impossible.

After the Immortals Handbook is finished I plan to release the Immortals Index anyway, which will hopefully be a series of 20 Pantheons. The first will either be the Celtic or Aztec Pantheons. I am toying with the idea of releasing the Pantheons in alphabetical order but I must admit I am furthest along with detailing the Celtic Pantheon and I seem to recall (from the poll I took about a year ago in the General Discussion Forum) that after the Egyptian/Greek/Norse (already covered in D&Dg - though I will of course be doing them again...properly ) the Celtic Pantheon was the one most people wanted to see.

 

[Clay_More]

Sounds like you got your work cut out for you for the next couple of years to come

Well, I wouldn't mind seeing the old pantheons done properly, seems like there have been several attempts, many of which were half-hearted.
Hmmmm.... including the 20 pantheons, what are we looking at for a total page count? 2000-3000?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hi Clay_More mate!

Sounds like you got your work cut out for you for the next couple of years to come

Well if all goes well and the Pantheons are popular enough to warrant the effort I would certainly like to give it a go.

I want to put a lot more into each than simply the Pantheon itself of course.

Well, I wouldn't mind seeing the old pantheons done properly, seems like there have been several attempts, many of which were half-hearted.

I think many are simply confused as to their audience.

I mean take D&Dg for example, whats the point of having stats if you are not going to provide a mechanic to actually allow characters to become gods - its redundant.

So I think I have an advantage in that the Immortals Handbook knows exactly what it is.

Hmmmm.... including the 20 pantheons, what are we looking at for a total page count? 2000-3000?

Likely somewhere between 64-96 pages per Pantheon, so more likely 1280-1920 total pages.

 

[Bjorn Doneerson]

Hiya there, Krusty boy.

Are ya gonna have any example deities in the book, and are they from existing pantheons or your own creations?

 

[Upper_Krust]

Hiya there, Krusty boy.

Hey Bjorn matey!

Are ya gonna have any example deities in the book,

Yes.

and are they from existing pantheons or your own creations?

Both.

The iconics are my creation (well, they are technically based on PCs/NPCs from our campaign), but there are a number of examples of the Divinity Templates as well.

Also there are a number of epic-NPCs (non divine).

 

[Clay_More]

Likely somewhere between 64-96 pages per Pantheon, so more likely 1280-1920 total pages.

Nice, that means you will have time for doing something non-deity related in the year 2049. Arrange a game of Golf for that year?

Do you have any education that concerns mythology (you also notice it in your description that you have it as a hobby), or is it all out of desire?
Off course, I hope to see the Scandinavian Mythology done properly, dont give Odin Construct Ravens (like some 2 ed. edition book had them)

 

[Upper_Krust]

Nice, that means you will have time for doing something non-deity related in the year 2049. Arrange a game of Golf for that year?

Well if there was something I really wanted to do I am sure I could fit it into the schedule.

Do you have any education that concerns mythology (you also notice it in your description that you have it as a hobby), or is it all out of desire?

No official education in Mythology (although I do have an 'A' Level in Ancient History). All my university education revolves around Graphic Design/Visual Communication.

However, when I left school I took it upon my own to re-educate myself on a number of subjects to varying degrees. One such being mythology. Mythology has always been a passion (and roleplaying a god for many years only fanned the flames). I don't think there has been a point in the last five years when I didn't have some mythology book(s) out of the library (In addition to my own growing collection).

Off course, I hope to see the Scandinavian Mythology done properly, dont give Odin Construct Ravens (like some 2 ed. edition book had them)

Isn't Odin the one with the goats?

 

[Clay_More]

Hey, then we should go do some Golf next time you come to Denmark. I know it will prolly be a while, but then Ill have time to learn the darn sport at least. Did you know, that on average, professional golf-players are the type of sport practioners with the lowest IQ?

Its a good feeling you get when you realise that you are really good at something that you have never received formal training in (like Mythology), after having taught yourself. I have had long periods where I spent alot of time on one subject for no other reason than pure interest and a sort of need to learn. I just delivered back a bagful of books on steam technology today after I had done some reading up for Flesh & Steel.

Odin.... erm... I think he might got some goats somewhere.. prolly. He's the one with the eight-legged horse, the wolves and the ravens... I think.... but off course he could have some goats too, he just forgot to mention them...