The System: Godbound by Sine Nomine Publishing.
"Godbound is a game of divine heroes in a broken world, men and women who have seized the tools that have slipped from an absent God's hands. Bound by seeming chance to the Words of Creation, these new-forged titans face a world ravaged by the mad ambitions of men and the cruel legacy of human folly. Their foes are many: the jealous parasite gods that suck at the wounds of the world, the furious Angelic Host that once held Heaven against the armies of men, and the endless legions of sorcerers, god-monsters, mortal tyrants, and eldritch relicts that scourge the shattered realms. The Godbound stand against these horrors, determined to forge a better world from the fragments of the old. Still, not all these newborn divinities have a hero's soul, and some nurture red dreams of glory and unfettered rule. Will you be a merciful god to your people, or will you make them dread your holy name?"
Why Godbound? A few years ago I had a game that operated on the basis of the characters gaining fragments of divinity and ascending to goodhood themselves. It was sloppy and chaotic and amazingly fun. Unfortunately it also fell apart when the players moved away from one another. I've wanted to play Godbound for a long time but its not an especially common system. As I saw some recruitment for Powered by the Apocalypse games popping up I figured that these boards see enough people who might be interested in a different system than just Pathfinder, wonderful though Pathfinder is.
What should I expect out of this game? Expect to be a collaborative participant in building, shaping and guiding the development of a fantasy world. We will be using the setting established in Godbound but I'm happy to open things up and developing things alongside you guys to make a world that feels interesting to everyone. Godbound is very player driven. The players have a tremendous amount of power, if they want to just murder someone they generally can. There are horrors and unique threats that can stand up to them, even destroy these fledgling gods, but normal humans are pretty insignificant to them. That kind of creative freedom in simply, "What do I do now?" might leave people feeling a little lost at times. You have to be willing to take charge and push forward your own ideas and interests. Be ready to play a character, of course we'll get into fighting and rolls and all that good stuff. But at the end of the day I want to see how the person you create, a being granted divine power, reacts to the world around them and changes it with that power.
I'd love to play! What do you need from me? Great question! I need you to download that free link at the top of the post and start looking over it. In particular I'd look into Character Creation [pg 7], Words [pg 29] and Guide to the Realm [pg 95]. That link has everything you'll need to play the game. I personally have the Deluxe Edition as well as the Lexicon of the Throne, both of which add words and a few small concepts but you can play just fine with the free information. Anyone who wants to play can start talking character ideas here although this is not the recruitment. Ill only do a full recruitment if I drum up enough interest here. Id love to play but I want people who seem interested enough to stick with it for a while. But if you are interested please let me know! Toss out ideas for characters, situations, Gods, possible new Words. If you dont really know something please ask! A lot of the setting is going to get changed and built up by the players themselves whenever they're selected but we can at least go over some basics of the setting.
Additional Resources: Godbound Reddit & Free Play Aids
That is an interesting concept and I think it'd be awesome to play some new gods.
Sorry I should have gone over rolls but I didn't expect full character sheets of anything in the interest check. Ill likely give everyone the Array it suggests: 16, 14, 13, 13, 10, 8. Considering Words can often replace those stats or raise them to higher levels I think that array is a good starting point. Also if there are any thematic elements that you would like to consider for words that arent listed Im willing to work with those. You can build just about any character you imagine, its part of what I like so much about this system.
The Lexicon also gives ideas for the following Words: Birds, Cities, Dance, Desert, Desire, Engineering, Entropy, Fear, Insects, Intoxication, Madness, Murder, Music, Network, Protection, Theft, Underworld, Vengeance, War and Winter.
Edit: Also updated the first post with a link to the Godbound Reddit and its list of links and inspirations. As well as a googledoc link with some free play aids, including a form fillable character sheet. Most of that should be accessible through the top link I believe but its another way to get it.
I'll throw in my head for this game. It looks interesting being a god.
Dotting. I'll have to look over the material later.
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Definitely interested. I love the concept. Not at all clear how well it all works mechanically but at least it isn't OBVIOUSLY broken on first blush :-).
Not at all sure what my concept is but its certainly likely to include Beast and Many Sided Mantle (I LOVE shapechange in Pathfinder :-))
Which raises my first mechanical question :-). Does "Adopt the shape of any beast or hybrid, natural or magical" include abilities (flying, breathing water, senses, combat, etc) or not? And does that cost effort when doing it on oneself?
Godbound is alot of fun. A truly rare treat
Which raises my first mechanical question :-). Does "Adopt the shape of any beast or hybrid, natural or magical" include abilities (flying, breathing water, senses, combat, etc) or not? And does that cost effort when doing it on oneself?
So assuming you're talking specifically about only Many Skinned Mantle, when used on yourself it allows you to assume any form without effort committed. You only commit to impose it on others. Once shifted you always have access to natural, physical abilities like flight, burrowing claws, etc. But supernatural abilities, dragons breath, etc do not transfer over normally. Your damage as a beast is non magical and based on size as detailed in the opening shapechanger paragraph (1d6 small, 1d8 medium, 1d10 large animals).
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Which raises my first mechanical question :-). Does "Adopt the shape of any beast or hybrid, natural or magical" include abilities (flying, breathing water, senses, combat, etc) or not? And does that cost effort when doing it on oneself?So assuming you're talking specifically about only Many Skinned Mantle, when used on yourself it allows you to assume any form without effort committed. You only commit to impose it on others. Once shifted you always have access to natural, physical abilities like flight, burrowing claws, etc. But supernatural abilities, dragons breath, etc do not transfer over normally. Your damage as a beast is non magical and based on size as detailed in the opening shapechanger paragraph (1d6 small, 1d8 medium, 1d10 large animals).
Right. I'm DEFINITELY interested now :-). Not sure what else I'm going to do but I'm definitely taking that :-) :-).
Oh, and I officially call dibs on this power :-) :-).
Artifice/Earth/Wealth could be cool, as someone who always has or can make any 'stuff' you might need.
Keante: Artifice is one of my top 3 favorite words for sure. And Builder of Mountain Peaks is one of the best gifts period for a creative character. There's a ton of amazing combinations of words and gifts.
Everyone: Alright since I'd likely be doing three or four people in the game it appears I have enough that I'd have to make choices as is. I'll put up the official recruitment either tonight after I get home or tomorrow. Until then feel free to ask any questions/concerns here.
Interested in seeing the recruitment. I was in another game with this character and while I loved the character and liked the system, the lack of a guiding plot thread put a damper on things.
Wondering if you had any specific plans for premise (and hopefully that will be in recruitment).
If iI do submit, probably won't be Khatef, but may be.