Re: Flowmaster Setting
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:10 am
Since this setting is going to have an element of polytheism vs monotheism or duotheism (haven't decided which yet), what deities would you like to see included on the polytheistic side (remembering that any set of deities can really be used for any setting)? How setting specific would this need to be? I mean, if you go with a set of deities, then you necessarily link it to one setting or another. I think I would favor something along the lines of the Sumerian pantheon (which would make the whole setting a kind of Sumerian setting, with planes set up along the lines of their belief system). Something that sort of fits in with the sort of Gnostic/Zoroastrian flavor of the setting. Perhaps even some elements of "Prince of Persia" to make the setting kind of unique.
What this would do to the background is interesting. The Gods who now rule are not the ones who originally ruled. The "Great Old Ones", during their Epochs of reign, had the planes set up according to their whims. Once they were defeated, the ancient immortals from 1000 eons ago, began restructuring everything according to their will. By the time the current Pantheon came to dominance, they began restructuring things in their own way, thereby enabling the setting itself. The beauty is, once you are able to leave this setting, other settings are open to you, through travel through the flow. Therefore, getting to, say, the Dragonlance setting, or the Forgotten Rhelms is just a matter of travel through the flow. The micro scale would be different, in that you would either have everything set up on modern physics, or (and this would be my preferred method) setting it up on Plasma Physics.
Another question is, how would you think the "Great Old Ones" should be approached, since they are actually going to be involved with this thing eventually. Should they sort of be a dark under-presence, or should they actually be actively involved in what is going on? I really don't want THAT much of a Lovecraftian influence on the whole thing, but I do want a taste of it for flavor. Perhaps introduce Angramanyu (of Zoroastrian fame) as one of them. Dunno, I haven't thought this part through. I'm sort of throwing ideas out there to get feedback before I start writing more.
Perhaps multi-layer the threat. On the one side, you have the threat from the dualistic side from Ahuramazda and Angramanyu from inside the planes. Then the monotheistic threat from outside once the flow is opened up.
What this would do to the background is interesting. The Gods who now rule are not the ones who originally ruled. The "Great Old Ones", during their Epochs of reign, had the planes set up according to their whims. Once they were defeated, the ancient immortals from 1000 eons ago, began restructuring everything according to their will. By the time the current Pantheon came to dominance, they began restructuring things in their own way, thereby enabling the setting itself. The beauty is, once you are able to leave this setting, other settings are open to you, through travel through the flow. Therefore, getting to, say, the Dragonlance setting, or the Forgotten Rhelms is just a matter of travel through the flow. The micro scale would be different, in that you would either have everything set up on modern physics, or (and this would be my preferred method) setting it up on Plasma Physics.
Another question is, how would you think the "Great Old Ones" should be approached, since they are actually going to be involved with this thing eventually. Should they sort of be a dark under-presence, or should they actually be actively involved in what is going on? I really don't want THAT much of a Lovecraftian influence on the whole thing, but I do want a taste of it for flavor. Perhaps introduce Angramanyu (of Zoroastrian fame) as one of them. Dunno, I haven't thought this part through. I'm sort of throwing ideas out there to get feedback before I start writing more.
Perhaps multi-layer the threat. On the one side, you have the threat from the dualistic side from Ahuramazda and Angramanyu from inside the planes. Then the monotheistic threat from outside once the flow is opened up.