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More Gods! By David - A Patron
🕑 Added 2024-04-15 20:00:05 +0000 UTCMy game is an odd blend of Superhero, Fantasy, & Sci-fi, so this will work best in an Eberron like setting where technology is more advanced.
Recently a triumvirate of new gods appeared and are competing with the gods of old (which tend be more nature related). These new upstart gods have also recently formed nine muses to carry out their interests, as well as the memes.
Editor Note: David was inspired by my Muses blog post. https://yumdm.com/web-enhancement-muses-in-dnd/
The old gods aren't taking this lying down of course and are about to create several Elemental Princes of their own as a direct response.
The Gods of Progress
Modernity
God of "Progress", Enlightenment Ideals, Capitalism, Individuality, etc. He dresses in a business suit and is the deal maker and unofficial leader of the group.
Agency
A single god in 3 bodies. He is a parallel to the Fates. He represents the ability to choose how the past shapes you, the power people have to affect the world around them, and the ability to create one's own destiny. He is also the god of science and possess what amounts to a 2nd rate Cosmic Cube (from Marvel Comics) that he can use to bend reality to his will.
Technology
Goddess of Engineering, Technology, Artificial Intelligences, and Cyberspace. She appears as a female construct of metal and circuits with 6 arms and a glowing orb of light for a head.
Their daughters, The Muses:
Governance - Muse of Man imposed Order, Law, Government, and Bureaucracy. She likes order a lot, sometimes overly or needlessly so. She is the leader of the muses.
Ethos - Muse of Ethics and Philosophy in general. She curbs some of her sisters more excessive urges, but without them she would endlessly consider the merit and cost of any action, never taking any action.
Aushandlung - Muse of negotiations. She is no nonsense and cares little for "fairness" in her negotiations, only in closing the deal. Think cutthroat business executive.
Scientifica - Muse of science. Focused on understanding the workings of reality, so as to harness and control them.
Mechanica - Muse of engineering and machines of all sorts. In her human form she is a cyborg.
Conquest - Muse of war and resolving matters through violence, though she isn't mindless and will employ strategy, stealth, and assassination. She also doesn't throw away the lives of "her" soldiers cheaply. She sees herself as necessary when her sisters fail, but does not revel in her work.
Iketeru - Muse of man-made beauty and fashion. She is a muse of sculptures, painters, plastic surgeons, tattooists, and models (for makeup, hair dyes, etc). She is also a muse for beauty of other senses as well. Bakers, chefs, musicians, and those who seek to develop more carnal skills may all be inspired by her.
She is a hedonist and very much a party girl, but cares deeply for those deemed ugly and undesirable. She is the muse most likely to interact with mortals, though she is as likely to hook-up with a man (or woman) going through a breakup as she is to perform reconstructive surgery on a burn victim.
Logos - Muse of language and words. Speech writers, attorneys, poets, song writers, and lorekeepers may all be inspired by her, but she truly does her best work in cooperation with her sisters.
While her work may be technically and logically perfect it can be cold and uninspiring on an emotional level. She is standoffish and arguably uptight, and prefers to live life safely as an observer rather than as a participant.
Domadora - Muse of domestication. She is a muse of bending other living things to one's will and purpose. Her interests extend to selective breeding as well. If not for the protests of her sister Ethos she would not limit herself to only animals and plants. Even with her sister's protests she still harbors such dark thoughts in her heart. She is not accustomed to be denied and has little tolerance except for her sisters, even then she only truly bows to Governance... albeit grudgingly so.
Memes - The messengers, observers, and record keepers of the Gods of Progress. Each appears as a flying orb of shifting multicolour energy. While they can communicate through speech they express their emotions by manifesting emoji like faces on their surface.
Comments
Russ
No worries at all, David. Happy to have patron-submitted material.
David S.
Thanks for posting this Russ. It's a real privilege to get to contribute something back after all the issues of inspiration I've received from you.
