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<blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 5576082" data-attributes="member: 326"><p>Howdy dark_mage! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I rarely get to play videogames at the moment, maybe about 10 hours worth a month. Last game I played through was Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (great game) which took about 2 months to complete.</p><p></p><p>Its interesting seeing the parallels between videogame design and rpgs and I actually enjoy buying Game Guide books to better analyse mechanical aspects. I own a number of game guides for which I don't even have the game.</p><p></p><p>Its amusing buying it in the store and the clerk will be all "Stuck at Final Fantasy XIII eh?" and I'll be all "Actually I don't even own this game" and inside I'll be thinking "I've been playing videogames since Space Invaders, probably longer than this young pup has been alive". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It was also interesting reading that Tiamat didn't want Apsu released because she was so much weaker than before.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Its just a matter of wondering how many worshippers each deity has. I mean if there are 200 gods worshipped in your world and the population is only 200 million, most will only have thousands of worshippers.</p><p></p><p>I remember I had a system for working out the Levels of gods based on their Earthly worshipper total (at the peak points in history).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nearly all of them.</p><p></p><p>I think in Greyhawk maybe Nerull, Pelor, Istus, Boccob and Cyndor are probably (relatively weak) Greater Deities.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Each city state of the area probably had its own version of the legend.</p><p></p><p>I remember reading recently an interesting article on the ten plagues of Egypt and how they exactly paralleled the aftereffects of a volcanic eruption (the Santorini/Atlantis eruption IIRC) on the area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Upper_Krust, post: 5576082, member: 326"] Howdy dark_mage! :) I rarely get to play videogames at the moment, maybe about 10 hours worth a month. Last game I played through was Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (great game) which took about 2 months to complete. Its interesting seeing the parallels between videogame design and rpgs and I actually enjoy buying Game Guide books to better analyse mechanical aspects. I own a number of game guides for which I don't even have the game. Its amusing buying it in the store and the clerk will be all "Stuck at Final Fantasy XIII eh?" and I'll be all "Actually I don't even own this game" and inside I'll be thinking "I've been playing videogames since Space Invaders, probably longer than this young pup has been alive". :D It was also interesting reading that Tiamat didn't want Apsu released because she was so much weaker than before. Its just a matter of wondering how many worshippers each deity has. I mean if there are 200 gods worshipped in your world and the population is only 200 million, most will only have thousands of worshippers. I remember I had a system for working out the Levels of gods based on their Earthly worshipper total (at the peak points in history). Nearly all of them. I think in Greyhawk maybe Nerull, Pelor, Istus, Boccob and Cyndor are probably (relatively weak) Greater Deities. Each city state of the area probably had its own version of the legend. I remember reading recently an interesting article on the ten plagues of Egypt and how they exactly paralleled the aftereffects of a volcanic eruption (the Santorini/Atlantis eruption IIRC) on the area. [/QUOTE]
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