World Creation Superdraft 4: May 2020 Poll

[death tribble]

Here are the rosters for this years draft

 

Cancer God Nogram God of Money

• Geography. Forever River that flows uphill

• Sentient Life. W’Brrm (oversized tardigrades)

• Gift to Civilization. Gold Sickness

• Fauna/Flora/Ore. Flying Lemurs

• Interference.   Money can hurt the gods

• Mythic Monster or Guardian. Man of Gold

• Secondary Domain. Mathematics

• Secondary Domain . Agriculture

• Secondary Domain: Health, healing and Medicine.

Csyphrett, God Volcanis, God of Nature

• Geography. Volcanic travel shafts

• Sentient Life. Lemur Legionnaires

• Gift to Civilization: Instant Messaging

• Fauna. Rattatataosks (Giant Angry Squirrels)

• Interference: The Integral Tree that binds all together

• Mythic Monster or Guardian. Water Dragon

• Secondary Domain. Weather

• Secondary Domain. Oceans

• Secondary Domain. Volcanism

Death Tribble, God Shayol God of Evil

• Geography. The Swamp

• Sentient Life: Loyahs

• Gift to Civilization. Fire

• Flora/Fauna: Cockroach

• Interference: Addiction

• Mythic Monster or Guardian. Malice

• Secondary Domain. Female of the Species

• Secondary Domain. Disease and Poison

• Secondary Domain. 

Hermit, God Fox God of Trickery

• Geography. The continent Regalo

• Sentient Life. The Reynardi

• Gift to Civilization. Key to Godhood

• Flora, Fauna, or Ore. Foxhair Weed

• Interference. Fox Escape Route

• Mythic Monster or Guardian. Faux fox

• Secondary Domain. Free will, Free Choice and Independence

• Secondary Domain. Fun

• Secondary Domain: Stories and Imagination

L Marcus God Liminus, God of Boundaries

• Geography. Shape of the World

• Sentient Life. Dragons

• Gift to Civilization. The Nation State

• Flora, Fauna, or Ore. Cereal

• Interference: Liminus takes his toll

• Mythic Monster or Guardian: Dragonslayer

• Secondary Domain: Time

• Secondary Domain / Option: Daylight Cycle

• Secondary Domain / Option. Spirit Magic

• Bonus Option: Adamantite mineral

Log God Eternus, God of Death

• Geography. The Infinite Staircase

• Sentient Life. Humans

• Gift to Civilization. Chess and Games of Skill

• Fauna: The Undead

• Interference: .  Dance

• Mythic Monster or Guardian. The Banshee

• Secondary Domain.  Memory

• Secondary Domain: Judgement

• Secondary Domain / Option. Wine

 

Lucius God Andrea Goddess of Dreams

• Geography. The River Lethe

• Sentient Life. Mystics

• Gift to Civilization. Guitars

• Flora, Fauna, or Ore. Black Lotus

• Interference: .The Dream precedes

• Mythic Monster or Guardian. Nightmare

• Secondary Domain. Afterlives and Rebirth

• Secondary Domain./Option Travelling through mirrors

• Secondary Domain: 

 

Old Man  God Inscissivus God of Cutting

• Geography. .The Lacieriat

• Sentient Life: The Raakshss

• Gift to Civilization.Names

• Flora, Fauna, or Ore. Sevittrium

• Interference. 

• Mythic Monster or Guardian. Bestimm the Determinator, wielder of the Finity Blade

• Secondary Domain . Difference

• Secondary Domain:  Insight

• Secondary Domain: Destruction

• Secondary Domain: Combat

• Secondary Domain / Option. 

Pariah and DShomshak, God Kylvn God of Cold

• Geography. Ice Reefs

• Sentient Life. Silentiaries

• Gift to Civilization. Ordered Sound i.e. music

• Flora: Living Frost

• Interference. Winter

• Mythic Monster or Guardian. Angel of Shadow, Kylvn’s Wrath

• Secondary Domain. Logic and Reason

• Secondary Domain. Order

• Secondary Domain Silence

 

Psybolt, God Tasha Goddess of Good

• Geography. Rainbow Bridges

• Sentient Life. Fairies

• Gift to Civilization. Chocolate

• Flora. Roses

• Interference. Trail of Light

• Mythic Monster or Guardian. Flying unicorn

• Secondary Domain. Love/Passion

• Secondary Domain. Justice

• Secondary Domain.Auger 

• Bonus Pick: Mistletoe

Sociotard, God The Fair Star God of Elves

• Geography. Avalon

• Sentient Life. Cave Elves

• Gift to Civilization. House Elves

• Fauna/Flora. Wee Folk

• Interference. Half Elves

• Mythic Monster or Guardian. Leannan Sidhe

• Secondary Domain. Grief and Lamentation

• Secondary Domain: Sea Elves

• Secondary Domain: Frost Elves

• Secondary Domain: Craftsmanship and Artisanry

[death tribble]

And the nominees for spanner throwing are:-

 

Psybolt for picking a God of Good directly after I picked the God of Evil

L: Marcus for the God of Boundaries

L Marcus for the Shape of the World

Old Man for the God of Cutting

Sociotard for his idea of what elves are

Lucius for the idea of the Dream Precedes

Log for the Undead being controlled by the God of Death

Log for Dance as an interference

Cancer for the entire idea

Hermit for the entire idea

Csyphrett for Giant Angry Squirrels

Death Tribble for Addiction and Female of the Species as a domain

Pariah and DShomshak for Silentiaries and the idea that the God of Cold cannot tell Good and Evil apart

 

[L. Marcus]

Vote early, vote often, vote for me!

[death tribble]

Hey !

 

That's my line.

[Hermit]

Vote for Fox the Trickster, how important is he? Why, he got top billing in the first list! In fact he got the only billing there!

 

 

[DShomshak]

I am not sure what is meant here by "throwing a spanner in the works." But I'll say that Inscissivus had the most surprising concept here. "Cutting" seems awfully abstract and narrow at first thought, but Old Man made it work.

 

Dean Shomshak

[Old Man]

On 5/27/2020 at 6:14 AM, DShomshak said:

I am not sure what is meant here by "throwing a spanner in the works." But I'll say that Inscissivus had the most surprising concept here. "Cutting" seems awfully abstract and narrow at first thought, but Old Man made it work.

 

There was a helpful list of real-life mythological and religious spheres of influence posted in the Fantasy Hero topic.  I deliberately chose a domain that wasn't on the list.

 

"Spanner" is British for "wrench".  And if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball...

 

 

 

[death tribble]

12 people took part but only ten have voted. Can the ones who have not voted plus interested bystanders do so please.

[Cancer]

Nogrom promises riches to those who vote for Us!

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

Eternus promises you long life. If you want it. Either way, vote for us. 

[DShomshak]

Kylvn asks only that you have a coldly logical, dispassionate basis for your choice.

 

(I know what a spanner is. But throwing a wrench "in the works" usually has an implication of sabotage or other destructive disruption, at least as I've heard the expression used before. Most of what DT cites as spanner-throwing was perhaps surprising, but I wouldn't call it sabotage.)

 

Dean Shomshak

[Old Man]

Inscissivus says vote, or he’ll cut you. 

[death tribble]

Shayol says vote for your own good. Sorry, my bad !

[Hermit]

I've bribed all I can bribe and i can't bribe no more!

[Old Man]

Hmm, a certain canid deity seems to be running away with this one so far.  What lessons should we take away from this development?

[Sociotard]

It seems like tricksters do well in all the drafts. Also, posts with good fiction. Combine the two ...

[csyphrett]

I got a rock

CES

[DShomshak]

Oh. I didn't get around to mentioning this before, but if anyone's interested: "Silentiary" is a real word, though obscure. It can mean a person who has taken a religious vow of silence; a court official tasked with maintaining order and quiet; or person under oath to keep state secrets. All are relevant, indirectly.

 

Hm. Having a deity speak first person has done well, but not when it's in blank verse. I'll remember that for next time. I can't be too vexed, though: Hermit did real good, a joy to read.

 

Dean Shomshak

[Cancer]

With the real-world chaos of trying to throw together an on-line course (in particular the labs) this year, I had less free time to think about this draft than the previous instances, and IMO it showed.  To my disappointment I did a repeat on health & healing as a domain (that was on the menu for my first of these drafts, too), though it did fit the meta-concept "take domains the humans really want".  I think I could have done better, much better, with the tardigrade race too, and just didn't have the time to do a good job; at least I kept up my string of races from different phyla.  The money-as-godbane concept was one of the first ideas I had after going the Mammon route, and it shows.

[death tribble]

I had more fun this year. I had the idea for evil during last year' draft but I knew it could go wrong. i was waiting for someone to pick a city or settlement that I could then drop the swamp next door to. And then no-one did.  But the idea for addiction was an idea I had on the day. And that caused a ruckus. I also realised that it could be abused so I was careful ti figure a work around.

 

So Hermit wins this year with Old Man and Psybolt joint second.

Hermit is also credited with biggest spanner with Cancer and I joint second.

[Cancer]

Money and Evil.  They go together.

[L. Marcus]

Evil money!

[Hermit]

1 hour ago, Cancer said:

With the real-world chaos of trying to throw together an on-line course (in particular the labs) this year, I had less free time to think about this draft than the previous instances, and IMO it showed.  To my disappointment I did a repeat on health & healing as a domain (that was on the menu for my first of these drafts, too), though it did fit the meta-concept "take domains the humans really want".  I think I could have done better, much better, with the tardigrade race too, and just didn't have the time to do a good job; at least I kept up my string of races from different phyla.  The money-as-godbane concept was one of the first ideas I had after going the Mammon route, and it shows.

 

You're underestimating your work imo! The fact you arranged so the gods could get nickel and dimed to death was a brilliant spanner, and, perhaps I'm cynical, but the benevolent angle of your deity caught me off guard. 

[L. Marcus]

Also, tardigrades!

[Hermit]

56 minutes ago, death tribble said:

I had more fun this year. I had the idea for evil during last year' draft but I knew it could go wrong. i was waiting for someone to pick a city or settlement that I could then drop the swamp next door to. And then no-one did.  But the idea for addiction was an idea I had on the day. And that caused a ruckus. I also realised that it could be abused so I was careful ti figure a work around.

 

So Hermit wins this year with Old Man and Psybolt joint second.

Hermit is also credited with biggest spanner with Cancer and I joint second.

 

 

Yay. Thank you. This was fun for me as I got to borrow from Aesops, Just So tales, and homages to myths like Coyote, Anasai, and more which used to entertain me as a kid!

 

Congratulations to the other winners, much respect to ALL efforts (because this beats a lot of 'official pantheons' I've seen in some Role Playing Games) and , as always, much gratitude to any and all who voted for Fox.