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World Building: Did magic evolve?
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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 9057359" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>TLDR: The Gods took advantage of a naturally existing delivery method to give power to mortals in order to obtain worhip - which grants them more power.</p><p></p><p>In my setting: The first Gods were few in number and mostly ignored their living creations. That was until 12 of these creations discovered 12 sources of power that were spread evenly around the massive primary planet of my setting. This raised up these Dragons, Giants and Primordials to the powers of Gods themselves. Over 7 thousand years some of those Gods were cast down and others assumed control of those sources of power. These Gods infused their power into other Gods to expand and create pantheons - but except for the original few beings, all Gods had their power tied to these few Temples of Power.</p><p></p><p>Several thousand years later Asmodeus discovered another source of power - the soul power of mortals. If this power was devoted to a Divine Being, either via faith or pact, that God grew in power. It took a lot of soul power to make a dent, but there were a decent number of mortals. To encourage worship the Gods began to grant DIVINE MAGIC to their followers. It was dlivered via the Weave, a network that runs from the core of the Positive Energy Plant to the core of the Negative Energy Plan. The Gods use that weave as a delivery system for their magic. Some few beings had already learned to use it to deliver NATURE MAGIC (druids, rangers, etc...), and others would later learn to steal from it to create ARCANE MAGIC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 9057359, member: 2629"] TLDR: The Gods took advantage of a naturally existing delivery method to give power to mortals in order to obtain worhip - which grants them more power. In my setting: The first Gods were few in number and mostly ignored their living creations. That was until 12 of these creations discovered 12 sources of power that were spread evenly around the massive primary planet of my setting. This raised up these Dragons, Giants and Primordials to the powers of Gods themselves. Over 7 thousand years some of those Gods were cast down and others assumed control of those sources of power. These Gods infused their power into other Gods to expand and create pantheons - but except for the original few beings, all Gods had their power tied to these few Temples of Power. Several thousand years later Asmodeus discovered another source of power - the soul power of mortals. If this power was devoted to a Divine Being, either via faith or pact, that God grew in power. It took a lot of soul power to make a dent, but there were a decent number of mortals. To encourage worship the Gods began to grant DIVINE MAGIC to their followers. It was dlivered via the Weave, a network that runs from the core of the Positive Energy Plant to the core of the Negative Energy Plan. The Gods use that weave as a delivery system for their magic. Some few beings had already learned to use it to deliver NATURE MAGIC (druids, rangers, etc...), and others would later learn to steal from it to create ARCANE MAGIC. [/QUOTE]
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