09-27-2019, 03:43 PM | #11 | |
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Re: How to add Monotheism to the Nordlands?
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10-01-2019, 06:46 AM | #12 |
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Re: How to add Monotheism to the Nordlands?
Passing thought - would you place money on the giants siding with the Norse pantheon, or what? And if Ragnarok hasn't happened, there's the World Serpent to contend with as what I would deem a very major actor with no strict affiliations beyond "EAT TREE, DESTROY WORLD".
You don't have to schedule Apocalypse or Ragnarok at the same time as this particular clash, so there's also the interesting thought of asynchronous "end times" and all actors considering bringing about their own end time early in order to settle the issue in their factions favor.
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10-01-2019, 09:22 AM | #13 | |
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Re: How to add Monotheism to the Nordlands?
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The Ragnarok could be the destruction of the Norse cosmology by the new monotheistic faith coming in. The trolls and giants would likely have a choice, side with the Infernal or become powerless. The Norse gods might try to stay neutral though and be subject to the forces of the Divine. |
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10-04-2019, 08:43 PM | #14 |
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Re: How to add Monotheism to the Nordlands?
Here is a link to a YouTube video about the Viking conversion to Christianity. It sort of says that the Christian Faith was better for the king and state because the king was ordained by the Divine and it set up a powerful allegiance.
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10-08-2019, 08:05 AM | #15 | |
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Re: How to add Monotheism to the Nordlands?
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10-08-2019, 08:32 AM | #16 | |
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Re: How to add Monotheism to the Nordlands?
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10-12-2019, 09:59 AM | #17 |
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Re: How to add Monotheism to the Nordlands?
I am wondering how the Infernal and the evil Norse gods and races would interact. Would Loki, Hel, Fenris, the dragons, trolls, and nordalfar align with the Devil or would they be rivals? Or maybe they would use each other to further their evil aims? Maybe the evil races and gods could work with the Devil and Infernal to overthrow Odin and Thor but then they would fight each other afterwards because Loki would want to stay independent of the Infernal?
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10-12-2019, 11:35 AM | #18 |
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Re: How to add Monotheism to the Nordlands?
A lot of that depends on the exact nature of the conflict. For example, you can have realm/reality conflicts where the competing entity either cannot exist at all, or must become changed, to exist in the hostile realm.
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10-12-2019, 12:54 PM | #19 |
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Re: How to add Monotheism to the Nordlands?
Conflicting cosmologies is one thing I think is really cool. The Divine realm is trying the change the cosmology of the world into a battle between Heaven and Hell and the Norse gods are trying to keep it as the Nine worlds. Or maybe Heaven and Hell and the Nine worlds are planes that all exist but their connection to the mortal realm is based on believers and the faithful. As the old faiths decline the Nine Worlds become less influential and as the monotheistic faith increases Heaven and Hell have more connection to the mortal realm. Competing cosmologies have a lot of possibilities to the game world. Even the way magic works might change as the cosmology changes.
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