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Jay this seems to fit:<br>
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Alignment:<br>
Free Souls<br>
Free Souls are very rare in an age were the gods manifest obvious power over the world. The philosopher Astorthed is the most famous of the Free Souls and is was he who first coined the term. Free Souls have no formal organisation. They vary in their ethos from those who simply have not decided who to support, to knee-jerk individualists, to those who debate the right of gods to reign over free willed souls just because the gods have power. Most keep quiet about their lack of allegiance because most inhabitants of the world regard people without gods to guide them as untrustworthy, unpredictable, and bad luck. This alignment is a good choice for a loner, intellectual, or perennial underdog. Free souls have no priests, nor path. When divine intervention occurs it is usually hostile to the Free Soul. Any divine spell with a beneficial effect will never affect a Free Soul. A Free Soul cannot use action dice for Narrative Control. A Free Soul gains one addition action die.<br>
Three methods, three values<br>
Methods: deductive logic, self-reliance, fall back on friendships<br>
Values: Freedom, Knowledge, Friendship<br>
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Paths, Alignment Skills, Ritual Weapon, Flavour and Avatar<br>
The free souls have no gods to grant them miracles and there seems to be no cosmic force that will provide miracles for the godless. Therefore there are no divine spellcasters among the free souls and the alignment has no avatar.<br>
Relations with other Alignments<br>
Time Serpent (allied)<br>
The followers of the Serpent and the Free Souls are generally content to ignore each other. The Serpent is mostly content to let the world unfold until the end of time comes. Even the most philosophical of the Free Souls find little reason to oppose this distant god. On occasion the two alignments work together against the meddling of the other faiths.<br>
First gods (opposed)<br>
The First gods are tyrants who would strike down any who deny them, rise up, rise up against the tyrants.<br>
Shhh!, you fool we must be careful to survive when They hunt us.<br>
Young Gods (neutral)<br>
The Young Gods seek to bring Free Souls over rather than punish their insolence as the First gods do. As long as a Free Soul can withstand prosthetising by those who follow the Young Gods the two alignments can work together.<br>
Cold Tyrant (opposed)<br>
The Cold Tyrant seeks to rule us all as His slaves! <br>
Burning Lords (neutral)<br>
Many desperate Free Souls find themselves consorting with revolutionary cults of the Burning Lords when they oppose the influence of First Gods or the Tyrant. Both question the authority of the First and Young Gods but relations can be strained when the Burning Lords ask for every more chaos.<br>
Demands of Faith<br>
None, free souls are portrayed as without obligation to deities’ or the ceremonies and values of a community. Therefore they are seen as unguided and potentially dangerous. In reality Free Souls are a varied group many of whom feel deep obligations to those they know or some unconventional goal.<br>
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<-----Original Message-----> <br>
>From: Jay Superfluous [superfluos@gmail.com]<br>
>Sent: 6/23/2011 10:53:52 AM<br>
>To: churchofgaming@rpgreview.net<br>
>Subject: Re: [Churchofgaming] Lev's away, what to play?<br>
><br>
>On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Carl Brown <catodon@whale-mail.com> wrote:<br>
>> Here is a little blurb about golems (Unborn) I wrote for my world.<br>
>><br>
>> Unborn, Walking Idols<br>
>> The unborn are statues given life. The presence of walking idols in temples<br>
>> and city streets is a reminder that the gods are active in the world. Given<br>
>> the divine spark of life by the gods the intention is that the unborn serves<br>
>> a temple. Stone and bronze endure though and over long decades many unborn<br>
>> develop motivations beyond service; time is a riddle the gods cannot solve.<br>
>> Some players might imagine intricate clockwork or other mechanisms but these<br>
>> do not exist in these Ancient times. The unborn of the mythic age rely on<br>
>> magic alone for movement. The most common golem in this Ancient age is not<br>
>> the steel golem. An unborn without a species feat is a bronze golem. Note<br>
>> being made of bronze they are immune to rusting.<br>
>> Special Construction Clockwork is not allowed in this world.<br>
>> While Unborn do not age they do gain from experience and experience wear and<br>
>> tear and erosion.<br>
>><br>
>> <-----Original Message-----><br>
>>>From: Jay Superfluous [superfluos@gmail.com]<br>
>>>Sent: 6/22/2011 8:50:01 AM<br>
>>>To: churchofgaming@rpgreview.net<br>
>>>Subject: Re: [Churchofgaming] Lev's away, what to play?<br>
>>><br>
>>>On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Liz Bowman<br>
><eyebowman@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>
>>>> Ah, screw it. I meant Fantasycraft, not Runequest. Fantasy, runes,<br>
>runes,<br>
>>>> fantasy...<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Leave me alone to write my thesis and kill myself with cheese<br>
>overdose...<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> ________________________________<br>
>>>> From: eyebowman@hotmail.com<br>
>>>> To: churchofgaming@rpgreview.net<br>
>>>> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 21:26:31 +1000<br>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Churchofgaming] Lev's away, what to play?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Always with the freaking whales and ravens...<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Anyway, yep Runequest sounds good. I'll play whatever.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Liz<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> ________________________________<br>
>>>> From: catodon@whale-mail.com<br>
>>>> To: churchofgaming@rpgreview.net<br>
>>>> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:02:02 -0700<br>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Churchofgaming] Lev's away, what to play?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Or a dog with bees in its mouth!<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Species<br>
>>>> All can be PCs all have sub-species, some odd, and your culture is<br>
>>>> important<br>
>>>> too:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Drake/Dragon<br>
>>>> Dwarf<br>
>>>> Elf/Godling<br>
>>>> Giant<br>
>>>> Goblin/Boggle<br>
>>>> Human<br>
>>>> Ogre/Troll/Oni<br>
>>>> Orc<br>
>>>> Pech (Halfling/Gnome etc.)<br>
>>>> Walking Tree<br>
>>>> Raven (it’s me after all)<br>
>>>> Golems<br>
>>>> Lizard Folk<br>
>>>> And Undead<br>
>>>> OK undead isn’t a technically a species so if I want I can add<br>
>>>> whales or<br>
>>>> whatever later<br>
>>>> Also lone oddities are sometimes made by meddling gods but these are<br>
>>>> treated<br>
>>>> with suspicion at best.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>>>Sounds interesting, I'm up for it. 12 different species, eh? I<br>
>want to<br>
>>>>>play a swarm of bees!<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>>Jay<br>
>>>>><br>
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>>>Okay, Carl, generate me a Golem. I'm feeling rather mechanical today.<br>
>>><br>
>>>Jay<br>
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>Okay, a bronze golem is fine. Perhaps one who has had a crisis of<br>
>faith due to its temple being destroyed. PTSD<br>
>(post-temple-separation-disorder).<br>
><br>
>Jay<br>
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