Olympus Eberron Sandbox-ish

Wiz · Apr 9 '12, 12:52pm

Just a point of curiosity. Why the olimpian gods? Eberron is a world with many things set in it... is it an important plot point that it have different gods, or just a flavor tweak you prefer?

Podonis · Apr 9 '12, 3:38pm

Hello WM! I really enjoyed your other game but because of players fading it kind of faded as well. Would I be able to apply or would you rather I not apply to this one? Thanks!

If so I was thinking maybe an Elven Scout or Dwarven Fighter.

Xigbar · Apr 9 '12, 4:00pm

Will have something up today/tommorrow.

King of the Jakers · 5:16pm

Interested. Likely a warforged in a martial class though ill think on it.

EDIT: Would a paladin of Hephaestas be out of line?

Ikul · Apr 9 '12, 5:22pm

With Olympian gods, will you be adding at least some aspect of classic shame-and-honor (as opposed to modern guilt-and-morality) -based standards?

WillowSiren · Apr 9 '12, 6:17pm

posted my interest and character concept in the forum

william_mccuan · 8:04pm

@ Wiz, I find the Olympus Pantheon has more depth and texture then the Box-text of the eberron book.
I can add as many details in the game as my history text provides, also its not a complete waste of time, we are learning a bit of greek mythology.
There is a pantheon for every D&D setting out there, do we really need Another. It also allows ease of recognition.
You see a War-Priest of Ares rings better then you meet the gaze of a follower of Garyx.
More info on my house setting https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...rSg958aXM/edit

@Pondonis, Sure, It'll be great to game with you again. Some of the surprizes may already be out of the hat for you, but I had to re-create all my maps since my hard-drive crashed (one of the reasons the last game died)

@King of the Jakes, I see Hephaestas as more the god of craftsmen, you will likely see an idol of him in shops of crafted goods and workshops. I can see a paladin of Hephaestas as like a labor union leader. A warforged palidin of Hephaestas makes a lot of since though

I'll have a lot of questions about the characters views on current issues and conspiracies.

@Ikul, I always viewed the alignments kinda loosely. They are there to easily convey to players and GMs what to expect from that character. Even the lawful of the lawful Cops (in tv) will kick down the door illegally if they are sure its the serial killers hideout. s/he can sort out the logistics of the law in that situation in the after report. If it really is the hideout, IA won't look too closely. In the real Greek classical age each temple would have a slightly different viewed on that god and his/her views and powers. If your god is view a little different then the temples in sharn, the preist won't turn you down. They know these ideas change with geography and time.
Again: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...rSg958aXM/edit

I hope that clears some things up* Cheers

Ikul · Apr 9 '12, 8:37pm

I don't enjoy sounding pedantic, but it's really bugging me. The god it called 'Hephaestus', or 'Hephaistos', depending on if you'd prefer respectively Latin or Greek spelling, but it's not "Hephaestas".

King of the Jakers · Apr 9 '12, 8:46pm

Cool, well thats the plan im going to work on. And hopefully you won't take issue if i barrage you with questions.
For one. Is greek culture going to bleed into the game? Seeing as many greek myths have the olympians taking very active roles in the world. Which is pretty much the opposite of eberrons default gods. Along those lines is Sharn going to pay homage to a patron?