So in celebration of finally getting my physical copy of Sothis Ascends, Book of the Deceived, and Guildhalls of the Deathless (how did I go this long not knowing drivegthrurpg had an option to print out and bind books that are otherwise only pdf files??) I decided to start a couple general discussion threads.
The Judges, the Devourer and the other Nameless gods of Irem. I feel like this is a rather broad topic with lots of potential discussions, and so I propose we use this as a general thread to offer ideas of new powers, plot threads, motivations, avatars, or whatever related to these cosmic horrors.
Recently I've been doing some hunting, trying to find as much info on the actual Judges (as in, the real world assessors of Maat the ancient egyptians believed in that form the basis of the game Judges) and I'm finding the results...interesting. For example, Hetch-Abhu's sacred Nome was once the region surrounding the Faiyuum. That's the region that was the center of the crocodile god Sobek. Which is interesting to me because it strikes me that Hetch, being so concerned with preventing the death of sacred animals and humans (though its anyone's guess what he would consider 'sacred' in this context) would get along well with the Lizard Brain (the cosmic horror featured in WOD: Urban Legends) and his desire to protect the sacred crocodiles (by transforming humans into more of the sacred creatures in a process more than passingly resembling the Innsmouth look). And making that connection, I have to ask what other "animals" or "sacred human bloodlines" does Hetch want protected? Recall the text from Ancestry of Forgotten Stars, for example. 'As they seized secrets from the ghosts of their forefathers, ancient guild masters reached back to an inhuman heritage of a different stripe. The masters theorized that in the forgotten past, gods and demons twisted the human seed for their own purposes, or bred into bloodlines predating the founding of Irem—or perhaps, these lines were made by Shan’iatu summonings, shaping guild lineages to prepare them for future duties.' Consider that one who serves Hetch-Abhu may be forced to serve and protect entities whose very existence is hostile to the laws of reality itself. By the same token, such creatures might show up in the temple of this god to offer jibbering praise and sacrifice to their holy protector. Even if this isn't the case, serving Hetch is clearly going to put characters at occasional odds with all kinds of beings...like Hunters on the Vigil...and of course, learning what last dynasty does to endangered species might just provoke the Judge into manifesting in the world...
The Judges, the Devourer and the other Nameless gods of Irem. I feel like this is a rather broad topic with lots of potential discussions, and so I propose we use this as a general thread to offer ideas of new powers, plot threads, motivations, avatars, or whatever related to these cosmic horrors.
Recently I've been doing some hunting, trying to find as much info on the actual Judges (as in, the real world assessors of Maat the ancient egyptians believed in that form the basis of the game Judges) and I'm finding the results...interesting. For example, Hetch-Abhu's sacred Nome was once the region surrounding the Faiyuum. That's the region that was the center of the crocodile god Sobek. Which is interesting to me because it strikes me that Hetch, being so concerned with preventing the death of sacred animals and humans (though its anyone's guess what he would consider 'sacred' in this context) would get along well with the Lizard Brain (the cosmic horror featured in WOD: Urban Legends) and his desire to protect the sacred crocodiles (by transforming humans into more of the sacred creatures in a process more than passingly resembling the Innsmouth look). And making that connection, I have to ask what other "animals" or "sacred human bloodlines" does Hetch want protected? Recall the text from Ancestry of Forgotten Stars, for example. 'As they seized secrets from the ghosts of their forefathers, ancient guild masters reached back to an inhuman heritage of a different stripe. The masters theorized that in the forgotten past, gods and demons twisted the human seed for their own purposes, or bred into bloodlines predating the founding of Irem—or perhaps, these lines were made by Shan’iatu summonings, shaping guild lineages to prepare them for future duties.' Consider that one who serves Hetch-Abhu may be forced to serve and protect entities whose very existence is hostile to the laws of reality itself. By the same token, such creatures might show up in the temple of this god to offer jibbering praise and sacrifice to their holy protector. Even if this isn't the case, serving Hetch is clearly going to put characters at occasional odds with all kinds of beings...like Hunters on the Vigil...and of course, learning what last dynasty does to endangered species might just provoke the Judge into manifesting in the world...
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