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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MrMyth" data-source="post: 5535554" data-attributes="member: 61155">So, I rolled up a deity via these charts, which was awesome. And, surprisingly, it all fit together reasonably well, for the most part:  Alignment: 8 - EvilOrigin: 8 - Mortal who has gained powerGoals: 9 - Recognition by other gods of excellence, prowess or powerPersonality: 9 - IndifferentPersonality: 4 - PositiveAppearance: 7 - TentacledAppearance: 5 - TentaclesBloodthirstiness: 10 - "Rip them to shreds!"Hated by: 3 - Gods of the same alignmentAttitude: 3 - EncouragingSphere of Worship: 5 - no more than a few hundred know of it; discovering location of a cult is one of the initiation testsSignificant or Odd Interests: 6 - EnlightenmentMain flaw: 6 - CuriousFollower's Quirks/Superstitions: 20 - Believe that “7” is a holy number; hail its appearanceFollower's Quirks/Superstitions: 3 - Shun cats; nongood followers may attempt to harm themDomains: 6/5 - Winter; 2/1 - Destruction; 2/6 - Justice So, of the above, a lot of the early elements work well together. We've got a mortal who ascended to godhood covered in tentacles - clearly having gained power via the far realm. Despite being evil and bloodthirsty, he's positive and encouraging - so based on his own rise to power, he clearly is all about self-improvement (through whatever means are available.)  Probably not even especially cruel - just amoral and indifferent to the needs of those not worth caring about. And, of course, as a newcomer god - and one with an unusual origin - he is eager to prove himself to the rest of the pantheon and receive his proper recognition, perhaps only flying into a maddened rage when he feels he isn't granted his due deference. He is hindered, of course, by how the other evil gods despise him - he may well have been an adventurer who foiled many of their own schemes, and though having fallen into the temptation of alien magics, still considers himself on the side of the good guys, despite his madness.  He continues to seek his alien enlightenment, his curious nature leading him to pursue ever more dangerous research, even as his own cult spreads, regarding the number 7 as sacred - his holy symbol, presumaly, being a face with 7 tentacles or thelike. And, apparently, they hate cats - so maybe his form isn't just covered in tentacles, but specifically fishlike in appearance, maybe abolethic in a fashion, and so cats - which, of course, eat fish - are hated by his followers.  This leaves us with only domains to explain, and that is where things get a bit weird.  Winter is actually the easiest. One can imagine our deity, back when he was a mortal man, finding the source of his power - an ancient alien deity frozen in the ice of the far north, buried far from the lands of men. And though our new god now claims its power, that ancient being is slowly waking from its slumber, and will one day rise to consume the earth... ...which brings us to domain two, Destruction. Easily fits with the themes of madness, as well. The final domain, though, is the real sticking point - Justice. I suppose he could represent a desire for everyone to be on equal footing to pursue their own dreams and achieve whatever they are capable of... but that seems to be stretching it a bit, and the theme is at odds with pretty much the rest of his personality.  Perhaps the domain is simply a typo, and it should instead be "just ice", and tie into his winter theme and the alien horror frozen in the far north...</blockquote>

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