What type of gods do you want to see in ashes?

As we know, there are going to be ten gods in ashes, and of the ten only seven of them, we can worship. My question to you all is what type of gods do you want to see and what powers/domains would they have?

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Sum12hate

daveywavey wrote: »

Sum12hate wrote: »

IE nagash top necromancer following the god of death

I heard he was only 6th best, but don't say anything......

I thinks that's just summoner archetype over all

Atama

Sum12hate wrote: »

daveywavey wrote: »

Sum12hate wrote: »

IE nagash top necromancer following the god of death

I heard he was only 6th best, but don't say anything......

I thinks that's just summoner archetype over all

Just wait until the plastic skeleton mask slips off one of the earth elementals that are summoned, oops!

Maytreya

Nagash wrote: »

I just hope the gods are so beyond us that right and wrong does not even apply to them

I'd personally love to see gods worshipped for crafting / beauty / battle / absolute evil / absolute good and everything in between (much like Forgotten Realms) to choose from.

Nagash

Harcon wrote: »

Nagash wrote: »

I just hope the gods are so beyond us that right and wrong does not even apply to them

I'd personally love to see gods worshipped for crafting / beauty / battle / absolute evil / absolute good and everything in between (much like Forgotten Realms) to choose from.

But what is evil and good to a god?

Tyranthraxus

ferryman wrote: »

Have devs opened more how they want these religions affect to players, characters and to the world?

I guess I need to understand better the whole picture before making any suggestions. Really good question and less discussed I presume.

This is one element of the game that Steven Shariff has specifically stated that he wants players to experience for the very first time in the live game; there's a possibility that it may not even be in the Betas.

Yours truly highly suspects that religion will be the primary driver of the "story" of the server. We already know that there will be whole-server missions and quests, and the rate at which they are completed will be different server-to-server - and whether or not the quests were completed or failed overall, yielding potentially different consequences, such as whether or not certain dungeons are open, server-to-server.

This is one of the aesthetics that I can't wait to explore, in-game. The Nodes in-and-of themselves are an interesting and unique game-mechanic; How Religion is done in AoC is a chance to introduce another such mechanic. Special game mechanics are where MMO's should have been heading, all-along.

Bandrailian

Based on what's been given about religions (as well as my theory-craft):

The Seven (Orders of the Seven) - The primary gods of the world and the four races

Order of Fate [Kaivek Orc] - Goddess of Fate (Norlan)
Order of Hope [Aelan Human] - God of Hope (Resna)
Order of Truth [Pyrian Elf] - God of Truth (Shol)
Goddess of Creation [Dünzenkell Dwarves?] (?)
Goddess of Love (?)
God of Time (?)
Goddess of Life (?)

The Other - The Betrayers or the deities of The Ancients

God of Knowledge (?) - The Others taught The Ancients about the negatives of The Essence
God of Destruction (?)
Goddess of Death (?)

Tulnar Religion - A mash-up of all existing religions. It was created by the mixing of generations of survivors after The Fall. It would include elements of both the Seven and the Others as they both existed prior to the calamity, but it would also encompass other religions of minor races. In addition to the 10 above there would be "pagan" gods and rituals related to the cultures of races like goblins, trolls, giants, and lizard-folk.

Okay... but now hear me out on a suggestion for a better religion: All deities can make mistakes so I suggest we abolish the practice of worshiping them and worship The Essence (True Neutral) instead!

maouw

Bandrailian wrote: »

Based on what's been given about religions (as well as my theory-craft):

Okay... but now hear me out on a suggestion for a better religion: All deities can make mistakes so I suggest we abolish the practice of worshiping them and worship The Essence (True Neutral) instead!

Disciple: Oh great and mighty essence! I pledge my allegiance to thee!
Essence: *flowing through space and time* Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee~

Ganknasty

An Ashes equivalent of Bertoxxulous or ..Orcus.

Jamation

I always thought It'd be cool if there were a sort of ticky/trickster type god. Like Shol might be the god of Truth, but perhaps the way he reveals that truth is through riddles or the Pinocchio style of lying. Perhaps that's how Shol's "evil" counterpart could be, but I think it'd be cool to have a bunch of people following this deity thinking they're being helpful when in fact they might be the opposite

ariatras

maouw wrote: »

ariatras wrote: »

Honestly, whichever God comes closest to Dionysus

Like from the game Hades, or truer to the OG greek mythology?

Late response, apologies. But I don't know the game Hades.

So yes, OG mythos.

Damokles

Nagash wrote: »

you do remember when I fought the ENTIRE Skaven under empire to a standstill and still had time to make the black pyramid

You still died in the end

Damokles

Nagash wrote: »

PlagueMonk wrote: »

daveywavey wrote: »

PlagueMonk wrote: »

And if we are going to do that then I nominate The Great Horned Rat! Queek!

Pffffffft. I don't need some big horny rat trying to hump my leg whenever I set foot in a temple.

@daveywavey

I invited someone to meet you and he agreed to come in person......

(please notice the size of the average human in the lower left corner)

*You have something to say to me flea rodent?*

How cute

Spread those legs, let us all climb into your ... "undercarriage".

It just looks so wrong on so many levels xD

Sunboy

Why have gods? Can’t we cut out the middleman and worship said object instead?
Praise the sun 🙌☀️

Everdark

It would be really neat if the gods had a divinity vs corruption system. For all players pledged to a specific god/religion, their actions would push the bar further toward divine or corrupt. Killing other players outside of sieges, or maybe other "darker" actions, or specific corruption quests could result in a corrupt god and corrupt religious nodes where that god has the greatest following among the other gods.

Would be pretty neat if the aesthetics of religious nodes, vendor offerings, or maybe even divine related skills would change based on how corrupt or divine your pledged god was at a given time. Could possibly create an interesting dynamic where players subdivide within a specific god following into corrupt vs divine factions that compete with each other even though they pledge to the same god. Could open some incredible possibilities for quest lines and NPCs that could support each side as well.

Thoughts?

LieutenantToast

I'd like to worship the Goddess of Gluten (and her Crumb Cherubs) - glory to her in the rye-est, oh bringer of butter! 🍞

xLucy

Everdark wrote: »

It would be really neat if the gods had a divinity vs corruption system. For all players pledged to a specific god/religion, their actions would push the bar further toward divine or corrupt. Killing other players outside of sieges, or maybe other "darker" actions, or specific corruption quests could result in a corrupt god and corrupt religious nodes where that god has the greatest following among the other gods.

Would be pretty neat if the aesthetics of religious nodes, vendor offerings, or maybe even divine related skills would change based on how corrupt or divine your pledged god was at a given time. Could possibly create an interesting dynamic where players subdivide within a specific god following into corrupt vs divine factions that compete with each other even though they pledge to the same god. Could open some incredible possibilities for quest lines and NPCs that could support each side as well.

Thoughts?

Ohh this sounds cool!

Asraiel

for me sonething like:
God of Darkness, God of the Underworld, God of Knowledge, God of Blacksmithing, God of Fertility, God of Trees and Forests, God of the Sun, God of Revenge, God of Light and Order, God of Covenants, God of Music, God of Learning, God of War

something like that shure those are more than 10 and they're gods withing the anime "Gate"

Shergrim

Nagash wrote: »

you do remember when I fought the ENTIRE Skaven under empire to a standstill and still had time to make the black pyramid

that's nothing, gotrek fought an endless tide of deamons for thousands of years until the warp had enough of him and spat him out :P

tautau

Clearly the gods will be able to resurrect, as they have this thread.

Cambiguous

There are no otter gods...

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