New Fantasy Setting Seeds.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Astromancer

Theomachy

Basically, the PCs would be the chosen of the Gods, or those opposing the return of the old Gods.

Europe would have had falling Mana from the fall of Rome's Western provinces until the French Revolution. The Classical World had Normal Mana, High in limited areas. The Nordic countries and the Celtic fringe had Normal Mana until close to the year 1000CE. Now Iceland, Norway, and the Celtic fringe are Normal Mana again with up to a fifth of both Ireland and Wales being High Mana. Many areas of Italy, up to a sixth of that nation is Normal Mana. Egypt and Morocco are also mainly Normal Mana with isolated pockets of High Mana.

About a quarter of the Americas are also Normal Mana. That isn't spread evenly. Some places like New England and the Caribbean are almost all Normal Mana with areas of High Mana. Most of Chile and Argentina are Low Mana. The condition of the rest of the world is unknown.

The Gods don't really trust Mages but they are willing to both recruit and teach them. The Egyptian Gods are especially eager to recruit Mages as they have the best reputation for knowing Magic.

This setting is a Napoleonic Swashbucklers campaign with the possibility of becoming a Gaslight Fantasy/Steampunk campaign. Both Athena and Hephaestus have advanced technological knowledge and believe that quickly advancing human science and culture would aid their pantheon. The Muses profoundly agree, although Apollo wants to hold back.

The Theoi of Olympus are actually stronger in the new United States of America than in Greece. The Netjer are less centralized. Egypt, being Islamic isn't really a place of influence for them. But they have influence throughout Europe in many small places. Thoth and Seshat, created the Rosetta Stone and made sure it was found to increase the influence of the Netjer. The Aesir are rather less known at this time but they have lined up the Brothers Grimm to link them to German pride and identity. The Tuatha Danann are pretty much limited to Ireland, which is low prestige in this period. However, they are strongly allied with all of Europe's faerie folk and have managed to create the Celtomainia craze. So their prestige is rising.

The main foes of the Gods, other than the other pantheons, are those theurgic Mages allied with the monotheistic faiths and the more secular Mages. The Fair Folk are allies of the pagan gods, but other supernatural beings, many recently rewakened, are not.

More later.