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T a b u l a R a s a

A G a m e o f G o d s & C r e a t i o n




I n t h e B e g i n n i n g , t h e r e w a s o n l y t h e v o i d .
T h e V o i d y a w n e d , a n d f r o m t h e m o u t h
o f O b l i v i o n a r o s e
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P r i m o r d i a l s :
C h a o s , T i m e , L i f e , & D e a t h.


Welcome. This role play will take place at the birth of a new plane of existence. Your character is a deity, one of the children of the Primordials. You are an immortal, with incredible power to shape the world. In this game you can expect to: Create a god with divine power. Create the world, populate it with people, (or smite them), interact with your fellow deities, and pretty much anything else a god can or would want to do. The idea is to create a story, not to 'win'. Gods are immortal, but they can be killed by other gods. I would like to see players come and go, new gods rise and fall (perhaps that is too ambitious), and I would like to have a world begin and eventually end. Below are some guidelines that I have sketched out to get started. These will be revised and changed depending on the level of interest this sort of RP attracts. Thanks for reading!


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I. Your god must have a clear 'Domain' This is the source and relevance of your power. Domains will change over time. In the beginning, it would make sense for domains to be aspects of nature, such as FIRE or WATER. The Primordials domains are not to be chosen, but they might be conquered...

II. Over time, your domain can change. You must be clever in how you adjust your domain. For instance, the god of Oceans might to decide to include Trade or Storms in his domain. There are a lot of good RPing implications for this I think.

II. Your god must have AMBITION. This is key in the dramatic narrative. Is your god evil? Benign? Disgustingly pure and good? Make sure you give the other players a strong sense of what drives your character.

III. There will be more guidelines in place to keep player actions balanced. GM (that's me) has final say.

IV. There will be some world-building involved, but once something is created it is no longer yours to control. Other gods may influence your creations.

V. These guidelines will most certainly be adjusted if interest is gathered.

Thanks for reading! Please, ask questions or voice opinions & ideas below!
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This looks really interesting. I'd be willing to keep an eye on this and join. As for Domain, I was thinking, can it be an Idea rather than something physical? Like, can you make a God of War or a God of Protection, etc? I would want to make a God of Death, (I know, original), or would you prefer Gods of the elements?
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I might bite.
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@Shard Thanks for your interest! I had planned on the Primordial Gods (Chaos, Time, Death and Life) having control over these domains. An interesting storyline might be about your god usurping the Death Domain. (I mentioned under the Guidelines that the primordial domains are not to be chosen). As for what sort of domain, it can be anything really. I'll have some more info if this gets a proper IC. We'll definitely talk about what sorts of gods we want to play in the OOC for better group cohesion.

@Lord ZeeGreat. Any ideas or questions, suggestions?
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@Polybius Nothing from me right now. I'm always a fan of God/Worldbuilding rp's, been in a few. If you need inspiration just look to any Divinus rp, those guys are great.
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@Polybius Nothing from me right now. I'm always a fan of God/Worldbuilding rp's, been in a few. If you need inspiration just look to any Divinus rp, those guys are great.


I've definitely noticed the Divinus RP before! It's really impressive what they are doing with that. I'm trying to avoid a system with this game, or maybe something incredibly rules lite. We'll see.
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Interested!
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Also interested. I was thinking maybe a god of Prophecy (unless that's too close to time), Pain, or Light. Prophecy would be like occasionally telling the future, but having no control over it or even necessarily understanding it. Pain would be a guy who loves making large predators or tormenting life forms. Light would be a diety obsessed with light, making luminescent creatures and probably trying to get the sun up 24/7 or something similar. I was also thinking maybe a god of something akin to Water, but more focused on the deep part of water, drowning, and the sinking of ships. Maybe just a more malevolent Water god, or maybe something specific like Watery Depths.
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Curious...

Very Curious...
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Consider me interested!
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I reeealllly shouldn't join this, but a God/Nation building RP is always fun.

I'ma make a God of Knowledge and throw some Lovecraft at ya maybe.
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Definitely game for this!
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Very interested~!
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Great to see so much interest. I don't mind having a bunch of players join but I might need a little co-GM help. You can expect a proper IC thread within a week.
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Count me in for this!
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Good pantheon roleplays are a particular interest of mine. I shall be looking into this roleplay but before I commit to any ideas of mine I must ask: What are the new god's histories with the primordials? Were they strictly born or made? Did the primordials raise them or simply loose them into this new realm to shape as their own?

In any case I have some concepts for deities in mind depending on how their history shapes up to be. My main two for the world's origin's would be either a deity of darkness or a deity of dreams. Also, since the idea of new gods emerging from the world was mentioned I may have an idea for one that'd appear likely down the road.
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You know I'm down for this!
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Goddess of lust and jealousy, daughter of Chaos and Life, reporting in.
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Good pantheon roleplays are a particular interest of mine. I shall be looking into this roleplay but before I commit to any ideas of mine I must ask: What are the new god's histories with the primordials? Were they strictly born or made? Did the primordials raise them or simply loose them into this new realm to shape as their own?

In any case I have some concepts for deities in mind depending on how their history shapes up to be. My main two for the world's origin's would be either a deity of darkness or a deity of dreams. Also, since the idea of new gods emerging from the world was mentioned I may have an idea for one that'd appear likely down the road.


Great questions.
The primordials are the eldest beings in existence. They are not so much gods as aspects of the universe, and the universe gave birth to the gods (the player characters). Chaos, Life, Death and Time are not really present in the beginning of the RP.

Thanks for being patient while I get the IC thread together.
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Goddess of lust and jealousy, daughter of Chaos and Life, reporting in.


I'm gonna make some kind of Goddess and we'll have a kickass rivalry.
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