Which New Pantheons do you want?

[Crying]

I think that a Lithuanian, or if that's not possible then a more general Baltic, pantheon would be cool.

In fact I'm currently working on a Dievs fan-expansion, though it's so slow going that 2E God will probably be release first.

[marin]

Do we know what other Pantheons are planned for that book? I know the Atua were confirmed for it, but the line between "this sounds cool" and "Neall actually said" can get fuzzy after so many posts.

So far, he's only mentioned the Polynesian and Canaanite pantheons for Demigod.

Tagalog and Australian Aborigine are slated for God.

[atamajakki]

Neall has the Canaanite/Phoenician pantheon on the slate for Demigod.

Do we know what other Pantheons are planned for that book? I know the Atua were confirmed for it, but the line between "this sounds cool" and "Neall actually said" can get fuzzy after so many posts.

EDIT: I'm doing this myself.

The planned stretch goals for the Hero Kickstarter seem to be the dead Gaulish gods, the Persian gods, and a Loa expansion for the Orisha.

Canaanite is "slated for Demigod," as are the Polynesian gods.

The Filipino gods are mentioned for God, though it seems a little confusing as to whether or not this is referring to the Atua or specifically them as a separate thing. The Native Australian pantheon is also mentioned for God.

The Guarani gods (of the Amazon) are mentioned as a later unspecified stretch goal. The Mesopotamian, Inuit, Mayan, and Inca gods are "for later books." The Slavic gods are mentioned. The Welsh gods may have a dedicated book.

I think that's everything?

[marin]

You'll have one hell of a time convincing them to touch the Elohim, but it might be a fun thought exercise.

Neall has the Canaanite/Phoenician pantheon on the slate for Demigod.

[glamourweaver]

If the Deva are the on the table, I don't see why the Elohim shouldn't be.

[atamajakki]

I think the Inuit gods and Atua have been actually confirmed for Demigod, and I'd kill to see the Mesopotamian and Mayan Pantheons as well.

You'll have one hell of a time convincing them to touch the Elohim, but it might be a fun thought exercise.

[glamourweaver]

So since this got resurrected... we know the 10 in the core:

Aesir (Norse/Germanic)
Deva (Indian)
Kami (Japanese)
Manitou (Algonquin)
Netjer (Egyptian)
Orisha (West African)
Shen (Chinese)
Teotl (Aztec)
Theoi (Greco-Roman)
Tuatha de Danann (Irish)

And we know at leas three likely stretchgoal pantheons for the kickstarter:

Loa (Caribbean expansion to the Orisha)
Nemetondevos (Gaulish)
Yazatas (Persian)



So that leaves that I'd like to see (a couple of these have been confirmed for later books already):

Anga (Guarani [southern Amazon])
Anunnaki (Mesopotamian)
Apu (Incan)
Atua (Polynesian)
Bogovi (Slavic)
Diwata (Philippine)
Diyin Dine'e/Kachinas (the Navajo-Apachean and Puebloan-Hopi Pantheons that have been Fatebound together by centuries of conflict)
Elohim (Phoenician/Abrahamic)
Jumalat (Finnish)
K'uh (Mayan)
Mabinogion (Welsh - perhaps an overlapping sub-pantheon with the Tuatha, like the Orisha and the Loa)
Miungu (Southern African Bantu coalition pantheon)
Tjukurpa (Aboriginal Australian)
Tngri (Turkic/Mongolian)
Unipkaaqs (Inuit)
Wakan Tanka (Sioux)

[Crying]

I know that this topic is kind of old, but...

I think a Manichaean pantheon would be interesting, if very difficult, to work in and would love to see one.

[Astromancer]

It's clear to me that we'll want some sidebars on syncretic deities and Gods that work with multiple pantheons.

[Nyrufa]

I just had an idea. What about a pantheon based on the Zodiac constellations?

[Grimangel53]

Originally posted by Neall View Post
Personally? I'd love to do a Gaulish pantheon as a prime example of a "dead" or destroyed pantheon as a potential Kickstarter goal or further PDF/POD book down the line. They got completely annihilated by a militant Scion of Venus. What strange strands does Fate weave for the dead...? When you walk in the footsteps of dead gods, do they then walk like you?
Bring it! Take my money please!

very agreed. plus, i'd love to get Epona back(possibly in the irish pantheon), seeing as a gaulish pantheon was included in a french-only supplement we never got.
i'm eagerly awaiting the new editions.

[wulf]

I'm so happy to hear that the Celestial Bureaucracy's going to make it in. I seriously adore and appreciate the attention to detail on that one.

[Neall]

We've been told nine of the core/Companion pantheons are making it into Hero 2e, including all six of the original core. Neall's confirmed the Irish pantheon are making it in (the Origins cover sig character is a Scion of the Dagda), and I'd be pretty surprised if the Hindu and Chinese pantheons weren't the other two.

I'll just confirm that now, sure. The tenth and other book's pantheons will have to wait for Gen Con.

We've also got several stretch goal pantheons (though one of them isn't a true pantheon, but a collection of related gods).

[marin]

Sorry to step on the thread but I was wondering if the Vedas, Celestial Bureaucracy, Celts and Yazada were confirmed for the core-book or if we were just assuming?

We've been told nine of the core/Companion pantheons are making it into Hero 2e, including all six of the original core. Neall's confirmed the Irish pantheon are making it in (the Origins cover sig character is a Scion of the Dagda), and I'd be pretty surprised if the Hindu and Chinese pantheons weren't the other two.

The tenth pantheon is new, and has been mentioned on the first page of this thread, so it's not the Yazata.

[Gnomish American]

Sorry to step on the thread but I was wondering if the Vedas, Celestial Bureaucracy, Celts and Yazada were confirmed for the core-book or if we were just assuming?