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<blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8204065" data-attributes="member: 72555"><p>One thing I'm trying to do is move away from race-as-culture.</p><p></p><p>What do you lose if these are just a precursor civilization? Possibly some of the races will have been created after them, but no need to force that.</p><p></p><p>A civilization of the first people, who gained access to powers to rival the gods. They are where people -- elves, humans, dwarves. They empowered themselves and fought and died.</p><p></p><p>This empowering could result in unique features, and might not be uniform. You could imagine a bunch of castes, just to provide variety in enemies. I might steal Solars from Exalted.</p><p></p><p>Destroyers, Dominators, Corruptors, Nightmares and Liars.</p><p></p><p>Destroyers are armies of one.</p><p>Dominators rule.</p><p>Corruptors warp reality.</p><p>Nightmares instill terror.</p><p>Liars convince you it is for the best.</p><p></p><p>I might use Psionics to represent their ancient power source. Their writing is psychometry based, hieroglyphs that impose the thoughts on those who read them. And by impose, I mean impose; reading their texts is a kind of mind control. You learn the information, but become convinced that the point of view of the writer is the correct one.</p><p></p><p>They, themselves, have a different opinion. They consider the Gods to be venal automatons, and the process of exaltation is akin to being born anew. Unexaulted mortals are treated ethically as important as pets, cattle, ants or the like. Such lesser beings are the flesh upon which exaltation can be grown, but not beings of moral significance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NotAYakk, post: 8204065, member: 72555"] One thing I'm trying to do is move away from race-as-culture. What do you lose if these are just a precursor civilization? Possibly some of the races will have been created after them, but no need to force that. A civilization of the first people, who gained access to powers to rival the gods. They are where people -- elves, humans, dwarves. They empowered themselves and fought and died. This empowering could result in unique features, and might not be uniform. You could imagine a bunch of castes, just to provide variety in enemies. I might steal Solars from Exalted. Destroyers, Dominators, Corruptors, Nightmares and Liars. Destroyers are armies of one. Dominators rule. Corruptors warp reality. Nightmares instill terror. Liars convince you it is for the best. I might use Psionics to represent their ancient power source. Their writing is psychometry based, hieroglyphs that impose the thoughts on those who read them. And by impose, I mean impose; reading their texts is a kind of mind control. You learn the information, but become convinced that the point of view of the writer is the correct one. They, themselves, have a different opinion. They consider the Gods to be venal automatons, and the process of exaltation is akin to being born anew. Unexaulted mortals are treated ethically as important as pets, cattle, ants or the like. Such lesser beings are the flesh upon which exaltation can be grown, but not beings of moral significance. [/QUOTE]
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