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About five years ago I had an idea for a small group RP that involved ancient gods from different cultures being turned into mortals... I think Jones five years ago said it rather well:

So I had this idea in my head for a while, and could never think of some sort of plot or drive to make it happen, and I think I finally got it figured out!

I want to make an RP that involves mortals having the gods' powers. Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Chinese, Aztec, etc. But the catch is is that our characters won't be demigods. Our characters will be the gods.

All of the ancient myths were in fact true, and as their civilizations died, so did they. Their essence, their very being just kinda dulled, and became almost non-existent, but their impacts and legacies lived on, and they were in a limbo state.

Years later the world has come to an end. A very ancient evil wiped the world clean, but still humanity lived on, and with the birth of the new world, the gods were brought back to life, but in mortal form. The Earth chose specific gods/goddesses and (if you talk to me first) some mighty demigods that once lived to help shape this world, and rid it of the ancient evil that still looms over their head. No one knows what the evil is, and as they wake they do not know much.

Creatures of darkness will try and kill them, their memories will start to form again, and allies could turn to enemies under their ancient feuds. The only way for them to succeed in freeing this world is to settle their differences and go once more into the fray and fight for humanity for a chance of their redemption. Each champion will be brought back for a reason. They could be brought back for redemption, to lead the force, but they all have certain skills that they will all need.

The Gods will obviously be different since they are in mortal form. They unconsciously chose an appearance that fits they prefer (nothing flashy since they are now mortals). The memories of their past is hazy, and they forgot much, but they do know their name, and go by a human name as well. As the time goes by, as their memories form, so do their abilities. For example Zeus will have that ability to control lightning within a few days, and fully powered he could summon lightning, fly, sense air currents... pretty much anything sky related. The same applies to any god and their abilities.


Obviously to be respectful to people's beliefs, the deities have to be ancient, and a part of a mythology. Please don't try to use modern religious deities to play as (unless you talk to me). I also have the "intro" to the RP if that would help people get "in the mood" I guess XD



Since it is a post-apocalypic world, the setting will be mature, and while I do prefer quality over quantity, I want people to write at least a paragraph so we can write off one another :)

Is anyone interested so far? If you have any questions please PM me, or post it here!
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I'll be rather honest: I am not on here too often, because I usually check in from time to time and apply to a few roleplays that are starting up, and they just never get going, so I get busy and stop checking. But I am waiting on another roleplay to (hopefully) take off, currently, so if you started this one up soon/had enough interest, I would join! It seems like a pretty cool concept.
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I’m generally not into Post Apocalyptic RPGs but I am somewhat interested in this...

I kind of want to be Aphrodite. Because after ending, what the world needs is love!
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Thinking back on it, I made this concept in my edgy years XD maybe it would be better to take a Percy Jackson approach to it and have the world beginning to end without them knowing it’s because of dangerous mythological monsters... I think that would be really fun!

Also Love is always needed XD
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@Jones Sparrow Let's get the old gang back.
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@Nightwing95 Good to see you again old friend <3
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This sounds like fun~ ^^
I`d totally be up for this idea.

My only question is would it be allowed for a god to become the opposite gender? For instance Hades is a female mortal.
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I remember this
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Interested.
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I am down for a more percy jackson styled roleplay for sure. My only question is then, would there still be descendants of other gods/cultures(egyptian, aztec, etc)? Or will it be sticking more specifically to greek/roman/demigods now? Just curious because I am thinking about character options haha but if Greek I'd probably want to go with Artemis or someone similar (:
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@ningal700

Personally, I don't think there is that much common with Percy Jackson. We will all be portraying the actual Gods that are reincarnated as humans in a Post-Apocalyptic Earth in which society has collapsed. No descendants.

And if I take the previous version as an example, pretty much every Pantheon is open. For example, last time I used the Chinese God Nezha.
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My only question is would it be allowed for a god to become the opposite gender? For instance Hades is a female mortal.


Absolutely! If a god like Zeus can be a bull whenever he wants, I see no reason that they can't switch their gender xD

@RumikoOhara Welcome back, good to see a familiar face :)

@ningal700

Exactly what Nightwing said, we would be reincarnated deities, but I wouldn't be against a character who was a demigod that became a god (for example: Heracles). And yeah, you can choose deities from any culture :D

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just to clarify, we could either do the RP with a post apocalyptic setting, or a world that is experiencing weird phenomenon and is on the brink of an apocalypse. If we choose the later, it would be very Percy Jackson-esque in terms of how regular humans view the world. Instead of a Nordic ice spirit starting havoc on a town, it could be interpreted as a huge blizzard, or a fire demon being a forest fire, etc.

I'd love to hear feedback on which setting you guys would prefer, either one would be pretty fun :D
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Honestly, I can work with both ideas. Either we do 'American Gods meets The Walking Dead' or 'Deities being the Avengers' basically.
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Interested.
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Interested

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I'd be down for something like this.

Dibs on Tezcatlipoca btw.
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I'm interested in this, I'd like to be a man who is actually the Reincarnated Hecate, goddess of witchcraft.
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I might rock Anansi the Spider.
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Hope this actually starts and finishes eventually.
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