There comes a time in every reckless adventurer’s life when they get bored. One of the less wholesome ways to deal with that feeling is to think, “Let’s kill a god!”.
This series of articles deals with the many ways in which deities can be ended or otherwise removed from their positions. While that may look like a great way to just get killed with a divine vengeance, it might actually be what aged adventurers need to feel the thrill of the chase once again.
Each article (after the introductionary ones) will deal with a different type of deity (to make this work with as many systems as possible) and outline a way to remove them from office, so to speak. So, no matter which god you are after, eventually this will answer your call when you say, “Let’s kill a god!”.
There are gods who go all out in terms of publicity. Temples, priests, miracles, anything to secure belief. Others do not need to bother. The nature of people ensures that at any given time, there are enough creatures out there worshipping them, engaged with the deity’s focus, so there is
Cosmic energies are plentiful, vast, and finite. Unraveling a focal point, aka killing a god, can free up a large amount of energy, leaving it unclaimed in the cosmos. There are some things that can only be achieved in the aftermath of such an event, making use of the rogue
When it comes to killing a god, all bets are off, right? While that might be the case for your particular “deicide”, I wanted to lay down some ground rules to put things in perspective. So these are the ground rules that govern all those plots to off a deity.
Acriculture has been around for ages. Nobody alive today even remembers anyone who lived during a time when there was no goddess of agriculture to pray to for good weather and bountiful harvests. It is a benign force that mainly acts behind the scenes and rarely draws attention through great
It was one of those evenings. The town saved yet again, evil once more banished. The group of adventurers had earned free drink rights in the local tavern ages ago by taking care of the rat monarch in the cellar, and now the townsfolk was more than happy to pay