I had planned to refine the factions I’d devised yesterday, but I ran into a complication. Namely, by focusing the factions on opposite sides of the polyhedron, I ensured there would be no real interaction between them. I even mentioned how polarized the pantheon was… but that’s not quite what …
For my purpose, a pantheon is a collection of related deities, joined by some combination of culture and interests. There may be subdivisions (as with the Norse pantheon of our world — the Aesir and Vanir), and deities may have different ranks within the pantheon. These ranks are typically related …
Time to get started. In the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, deities can be mechanically defined as simply as a name, an alignment, a set of domains (and possibly subdomains), and a favored weapon. World building calls for a lot more work, but the base mechanics are a pretty functional place to …
Last year’s A-Z Blog Challenge was almost successful (21/26, I got as far as ‘U’), but I petered out before the end. This year I figured I’d try something a little more straightforward, applying a familiar process and get myself back in the habit of writing. I’ll create a new …
There is another element that might be included in domain aspects: visions and portents. One of the elements from Dungeons & Dragons 3e’s Deities and Demigods that I had overlooked, deities have a ‘portfolio sense’. I may want to make it an element of the domain aspects. Demigods have a …
Considering how much time I’ve spent on the Echelon Reference Series, specifically capturing content from the Player Companions and especially from the Faiths of {Purity, Balance, Corruption} books, I really should have looked in them. The sections describing each deity, at least the more major ones, include the following subsections. …
Somehow, I almost forgot to talk about temples, shines, and other holy places. This is particularly ironic because I originally got the idea for Divine Trappings when I read Raging Swan’s Urban Dressing: Temples, which presents temple features based on domains and subdomains. Domain aspects don’t just apply to the …
The other day I discovered I need to change my Entity Template. It turns out that goals — which work very well in adventure design — might not be so great in world building. The reason surprised me when I understood why they didn’t fit. Goals are supposed to be …
Ah yes. Halfway through writing the post I wanted for ‘R’ day, and I realized it would be a much better renamed and used on ‘S’ day. One of the hazards of being me, it means I moved it and have to start over again. Bugger. Okay. The Pathfinder Roleplaying …
Quests and trials are structurally almost the same thing. A task of some sort is set before the questor/trial candidate, who will strive to complete it. The difference lies in the intent behind the task. A quest is to try to achieve something, working toward a goal or purpose. A …
