From 53825991ba4ad978fd833a3cfd46e0b1f560ce4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dozens Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2022 09:59:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] journal: pantheon --- src/journal.md | 151 +++++++++++++++ www/journal.html | 493 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 644 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/journal.md b/src/journal.md index b025f95..edad811 100644 --- a/src/journal.md +++ b/src/journal.md @@ -10,6 +10,157 @@ This is a journal of meta-content and behind the scenes kind of updates. [subscribe to updates](journal.xml) +## - Pantheon + +A twelve sided die has 12 faces, 30 edges, and 20 verticies. + +Let's start by creating a domain / portfolio / aspect for each face. These are gonna be our "Major Twelve" gods, the Olympians. + +1. Law +2. Magic +3. Healing +4. Chaos +5. Life +6. Death +7. Plants +8. Dreams +9. Time +10. Sun +11. Animals +12. Moon + +Second, each vertex will get a domain. These will become our "Minor Twenty" gods. Lesser gods, local gods, demigods. + +A) Trickery +B) Metal +C) Fertility +D) Water +E) Change +F) Creation +G) Destruction +H) Fire +I) Madness +J) Storms +K) Courage +L) Wealth +M) Air +N) Earth +O) Weather +P) Wisdom +Q) Strength +R) Protection +S) Travel +T) Pain + +Okay so each god, major and minor, gets their own domain, and then their neighbors. That's neighboring faces for points (four total), and neighboring points for faces (six total). + +In order for any of that to make sense, you need to stare really hard at *Polyhedral Pantheon Design top* and *Polyhedral Pantheon Design bottom* at + +Major Gods Template: + +| ID | PRIMARY DOMAIN | SECONDARY DOMAINS | +| ------ | ---------------- | ----------------- | +| 1 | Law | ABCDE | +| 2 | Magic | AEFNO | +| 3 | Healing | ABFGH | +| 4 | Chaos | BCHIJ | +| 5 | Life | CDJKL | +| 6 | Death | DELMO | +| 7 | Plants | QRGHI | +| 8 | Dreams | FGOPQ | +| 9 | Time | PTMNO | +| 10 | Sun | STKLM | +| 11 | Animals | RSIJK | +| 12 | Moon | PQRST | + +Minor Gods Template: + +| ID | PRIMARY DOMAIN | SECONDARY DOMAINS | +| ---- | ---------------- | ------------------- | +| A | Trickery | 1,2,3 | +| B | Metal | 1,3,4 | +| C | Fertility | 1,4,5 | +| D | Water | 1,5,6 | +| E | Change | 1,2,6 | +| F | Creation | 2,3,8 | +| G | Destruction | 3,7,8 | +| H | Fire | 3,4,7 | +| I | Madness | 4,7,11 | +| J | Storms | 4,5,11 | +| K | Courage | 5,11,10 | +| L | Wealth | 5,6,10 | +| M | Air | 6,9,10 | +| N | Earth | 2,6,9 | +| O | Weather | 2,8,9 | +| P | Wisdom | 8,9,12 | +| Q | Strength | 7,8,12 | +| R | Protection | 7,11,12 | +| S | Travel | 10,11,12 | +| T | Pain | 9,10,12 | + +Okay let's fill out the templates. + +Note: I discovered at this point that it's best to shuffle your list of domains lest your domains be thematically clumped. For example, when brainstroming, I wrote out all my elemental domains at once. This resulted in a god of fire, water, earth, and water. So spread your domains out thematically if you're doing this. + +By the way, every god is merely an aspect of the god-above-all-gods, PATRICK. + +The major gods: + +| ID | Name | PRIMARY DOMAIN | SECONDARY DOMAINS | +| --- | ---- | -------------- | ------------------- | +| 1 | Unutrik | Law | Trickery, Metal, Fertility, Water, Change | +| 2 | Dutrik | Magic | Trickery, Change, Creation, Earth, Weather | +| 3 | Tritrik | Healing | Trickery, Metal, Creation, Destruction, Fire | +| 4 | Kvartrik | Chaos | Metal, Fertility, Fire, Madness, Storms | +| 5 | Kvintrik | Life | Fertility, Water, Storms, Courage, Wealth | +| 6 | Sestrik | Death | Water, Change, Wealth, Air, Weather | +| 7 | Septrik | Plants | Strength, Protection, Destruction, Fire, Madness | +| 8 | Oktrik | Dreams | Creation, Destruction, Weather, Wisdom, Strength | +| 9 | Nautrik | Time | Wisdom, Pain, Air, Earth, Weather | +| 10 | Dektrik | Sun | Travel, Pain, Courage, Wealth, Air | +| 11 | Eltrik | Animals | Protection, Travel, Madness, Storms, Courage | +| 12 | Dotrik | Moon | Wisdom, Strength, Protection, Travel, Pain | + +AND the minor gods: + +| ID | NAME | PRIMARY DOMAIN | SECONDARY DOMAINS | +| ---- | ---- | ---------------- | ------------------- | +| A | Aatrik | Trickery | Law, Magic, Healing | +| B | Batrik | Metal | Law, Healing, Chaos | +| C | Catrik | Fertility | Law, Chaos, Life | +| D | Datrik | Water | Law, Life, Death | +| E | Eatrik | Change | Law, Magic, Death | +| F | Fatrik | Creation | Magic, Healing, Dreams | +| G | Gatrik | Destruction | Healing, Plants, Dreams | +| H | Hatrik | Fire | Healing, Chaos, Plants | +| I | Iatrik | Madness | Chaos, Plants, Animals | +| J | Jatrik | Storms | Chaos, Life, Animals | +| K | Katrik | Courage | Life, Animals, Sun | +| L | Latrik | Wealth | Life, Death, Sun | +| M | Matrik | Air | Death, Time, Sun | +| N | Natrik | Earth | Magic, Death, Time | +| O | Oatrik | Weather | Magic, Dreams, Time | +| P | Patrik | Wisdom | Dreams, Time, Moon | +| Q | Qatrik | Strength | Plants, Dreams, Moon | +| R | Ratrik | Protection | Plants, Animals, Moon | +| S | Satrik | Travel | Sun, Animals, Moon | +| T | Tatrik | Pain | Time, Sun, Moon | + +So now I have d20 minor gods, and d12 major gods. Neat! + +A lot of things here *just work* when you look at them. The god of madness and chaos? The god of life and fertility? Others are interesting. The god of Law and Trickery? The god of Healing and Destruction? Nautrik is the god of Time and Wisdom, but also of Time and Pain. + +I imagine none of these gods will use actual names, but will instead remain rather loosely conceptual, going by an epithet when it is neccessary to refer to them. + +I also admit that this is all a little bit over the top. Do I really need 32 gods in my little make believe game? No, I do not. But now I can have some readymade, weird, jumbled portfolios that I can draw on when I want to, all of which are random and jumbled enough that they ought to be quite interesting. + +Some fun resources on pantheons: + +- +- +- +- + ## - 00006 Bone and Feather 🎶 [Minotaur - Thee Oh Sees](https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=aeD3-sdGf1c) diff --git a/www/journal.html b/www/journal.html index 0890c5c..91a9b4b 100644 --- a/www/journal.html +++ b/www/journal.html @@ -183,6 +183,499 @@ Cleric + Thief updates.

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- Pantheon

+

A twelve sided die has 12 faces, 30 edges, and 20 verticies.

+

Let’s start by creating a domain / portfolio / aspect for each face. +These are gonna be our “Major Twelve” gods, the Olympians.

+
    +
  1. Law
    2. +
  2. Magic
    3. +
  3. Healing
    4. +
  4. Chaos
    5. +
  5. Life
    6. +
  6. Death
    7. +
  7. Plants
    8. +
  8. Dreams
    9. +
  9. Time
    10. +
  10. Sun
    11. +
  11. Animals
    12. +
  12. Moon
    13. +
+

Second, each vertex will get a domain. These will become our “Minor +Twenty” gods. Lesser gods, local gods, demigods.

+
    +
  1. Trickery
    2. +
  2. Metal
    3. +
  3. Fertility
    4. +
  4. Water
    5. +
  5. Change
    6. +
  6. Creation
    7. +
  7. Destruction
    8. +
  8. Fire
    9. +
  9. Madness
    10. +
  10. Storms
    11. +
  11. Courage
    12. +
  12. Wealth
    13. +
  13. Air
    14. +
  14. Earth
    15. +
  15. Weather
    16. +
  16. Wisdom
    17. +
  17. Strength
    18. +
  18. Protection
    19. +
  19. Travel
    20. +
  20. Pain
    21. +
+

Okay so each god, major and minor, gets their own domain, and then +their neighbors. That’s neighboring faces for points (four total), and +neighboring points for faces (six total).

+

In order for any of that to make sense, you need to stare really hard +at Polyhedral Pantheon Design top and Polyhedral Pantheon +Design bottom at http://www.kjd-imc.org/blog/polyhedral-pantheons-revisited/

+

Major Gods Template:

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
IDPRIMARY DOMAINSECONDARY DOMAINS
1LawABCDE
2MagicAEFNO
3HealingABFGH
4ChaosBCHIJ
5LifeCDJKL
6DeathDELMO
7PlantsQRGHI
8DreamsFGOPQ
9TimePTMNO
10SunSTKLM
11AnimalsRSIJK
12MoonPQRST
+

Minor Gods Template:

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
IDPRIMARY DOMAINSECONDARY DOMAINS
ATrickery1,2,3
BMetal1,3,4
CFertility1,4,5
DWater1,5,6
EChange1,2,6
FCreation2,3,8
GDestruction3,7,8
HFire3,4,7
IMadness4,7,11
JStorms4,5,11
KCourage5,11,10
LWealth5,6,10
MAir6,9,10
NEarth2,6,9
OWeather2,8,9
PWisdom8,9,12
QStrength7,8,12
RProtection7,11,12
STravel10,11,12
TPain9,10,12
+

Okay let’s fill out the templates.

+

Note: I discovered at this point that it’s best to shuffle your list +of domains lest your domains be thematically clumped. For example, when +brainstroming, I wrote out all my elemental domains at once. This +resulted in a god of fire, water, earth, and water. So spread your +domains out thematically if you’re doing this.

+

By the way, every god is merely an aspect of the god-above-all-gods, +PATRICK.

+

The major gods:

+ ++++++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
IDNamePRIMARY DOMAINSECONDARY DOMAINS
1UnutrikLawTrickery, Metal, Fertility, Water, Change
2DutrikMagicTrickery, Change, Creation, Earth, Weather
3TritrikHealingTrickery, Metal, Creation, Destruction, Fire
4KvartrikChaosMetal, Fertility, Fire, Madness, Storms
5KvintrikLifeFertility, Water, Storms, Courage, Wealth
6SestrikDeathWater, Change, Wealth, Air, Weather
7SeptrikPlantsStrength, Protection, Destruction, Fire, Madness
8OktrikDreamsCreation, Destruction, Weather, Wisdom, Strength
9NautrikTimeWisdom, Pain, Air, Earth, Weather
10DektrikSunTravel, Pain, Courage, Wealth, Air
11EltrikAnimalsProtection, Travel, Madness, Storms, Courage
12DotrikMoonWisdom, Strength, Protection, Travel, Pain
+

AND the minor gods:

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
IDNAMEPRIMARY DOMAINSECONDARY DOMAINS
AAatrikTrickeryLaw, Magic, Healing
BBatrikMetalLaw, Healing, Chaos
CCatrikFertilityLaw, Chaos, Life
DDatrikWaterLaw, Life, Death
EEatrikChangeLaw, Magic, Death
FFatrikCreationMagic, Healing, Dreams
GGatrikDestructionHealing, Plants, Dreams
HHatrikFireHealing, Chaos, Plants
IIatrikMadnessChaos, Plants, Animals
JJatrikStormsChaos, Life, Animals
KKatrikCourageLife, Animals, Sun
LLatrikWealthLife, Death, Sun
MMatrikAirDeath, Time, Sun
NNatrikEarthMagic, Death, Time
OOatrikWeatherMagic, Dreams, Time
PPatrikWisdomDreams, Time, Moon
QQatrikStrengthPlants, Dreams, Moon
RRatrikProtectionPlants, Animals, Moon
SSatrikTravelSun, Animals, Moon
TTatrikPainTime, Sun, Moon
+

So now I have d20 minor gods, and d12 major gods. Neat!

+

A lot of things here just work when you look at them. The +god of madness and chaos? The god of life and fertility? Others are +interesting. The god of Law and Trickery? The god of Healing and +Destruction? Nautrik is the god of Time and Wisdom, but also of Time and +Pain.

+

I imagine none of these gods will use actual names, but will instead +remain rather loosely conceptual, going by an epithet when it is +neccessary to refer to them.

+

I also admit that this is all a little bit over the top. Do I really +need 32 gods in my little make believe game? No, I do not. But now I can +have some readymade, weird, jumbled portfolios that I can draw on when I +want to, all of which are random and jumbled enough that they ought to +be quite interesting.

+

Some fun resources on pantheons:

+

- 00006 Bone and Feather

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