Sources for Godsrain related lore

[Ravingdork]

Now that War of Immortals is shipping out, my players are super excited about the Godsrain and its aftermath. They've asked me for more, but alas, I do not currently have the answers they seek.

I was hoping that we could create a list of official sources for information on this event's lore.

Names of adventure scenarios, links to blogs, ISBN of novels, etc. I want to be able to enable the investment of my players.

[Brinebeast]

The Front Matter and Back Matter of The Resurrection Flood has related lore, especially in regards to the Orc Pantheon.

[keftiu]

Prey for Death is the first Godsrain release, with Curtain Call, Triumph of the Tusk, and Spore War all as related storylines, to my understanding. There's the Before the Godsrain digital fiction and the upcoming Godsrain novel. War of Immortals and Lost Omens: Divine Mysteries have lots to say on the matter. The current Society season has several Godsrain-related scenarios.

[CorvusMask]

Brinebeast wrote:

The Front Matter and Back Matter of The Resurrection Flood has related lore, especially in regards to the Orc Pantheon.

I really wanna knooooow Orc Pantheon lore x'D

[Brinebeast]

CorvusMask wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

The Front Matter and Back Matter of The Resurrection Flood has related lore, especially in regards to the Orc Pantheon.

I really wanna knooooow Orc Pantheon lore x'D

I will say this much... my beloved Dretha, it is still unclear what your fate may be.

[zimmerwald1915]

keftiu wrote:

Prey for Death is the first Godsrain release, with Curtain Call, Triumph of the Tusk, and Spore War all as related storylines, to my understanding. There's the Before the Godsrain digital fiction and the upcoming Godsrain novel. War of Immortals and Lost Omens: Divine Mysteries have lots to say on the matter. The current Society season has several Godsrain-related scenarios.

There isn't any Godsrain lore in Books 1 and 2 of Curtain Call. If all one is interested in is Godsrain lore, skip those two books, get Book 3, and save your money.

[The Raven Black]

Brinebeast wrote:

CorvusMask wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

The Front Matter and Back Matter of The Resurrection Flood has related lore, especially in regards to the Orc Pantheon.

I really wanna knooooow Orc Pantheon lore x'D

I will say this much... my beloved Dretha, it is still unclear what your fate may be.

I can very easily see Dretha fit and fare much better in the new pantheon than she did in the old one.

[Evan Tarlton]

The Raven Black wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

CorvusMask wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

The Front Matter and Back Matter of The Resurrection Flood has related lore, especially in regards to the Orc Pantheon.

I really wanna knooooow Orc Pantheon lore x'D

I will say this much... my beloved Dretha, it is still unclear what your fate may be.

I can very easily see Dretha fit and fare much better in the new pantheon than she did in the old one.

Spoiler:

The Resurrection Flood backmatter reveals that she's off the table, but it doesn't say who's responsible. There's no mention of a replacement, so it's probably not Vow Mark related. Verex is the most obvious culprit, unless she sacrificed herself somehow. I giess we'll have to wait for Divine Mysteries for the answer.

[Anorak]

Godsrain Novel has a lot of delicious War of Immortals lore sprinkled throughout. I highly suggest that non-readers get the book even if they don't enjoy the story.

Ope! Check the website, too - War of Immortals

[Brinebeast]

Evan Tarlton wrote:

The Raven Black wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

CorvusMask wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

The Front Matter and Back Matter of The Resurrection Flood has related lore, especially in regards to the Orc Pantheon.

I really wanna knooooow Orc Pantheon lore x'D

I will say this much... my beloved Dretha, it is still unclear what your fate may be.

I can very easily see Dretha fit and fare much better in the new pantheon than she did in the old one.

** spoiler omitted **

Oh my goodness, yes, I saw the back matter... but... but... it's still ambiguous right... right?

I may be in a little bit of denial. Divine Mysteries cannot come soon enough.

[Evan Tarlton]

Brinebeast wrote:

Evan Tarlton wrote:

The Raven Black wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

CorvusMask wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

The Front Matter and Back Matter of The Resurrection Flood has related lore, especially in regards to the Orc Pantheon.

I really wanna knooooow Orc Pantheon lore x'D

I will say this much... my beloved Dretha, it is still unclear what your fate may be.

I can very easily see Dretha fit and fare much better in the new pantheon than she did in the old one.

** spoiler omitted **

Oh my goodness, yes, I saw the back matter... but... but... it's still ambiguous right... right?

I may be in a little bit of denial. Divine Mysteries cannot come soon enough.

So far, yeah:

Some of the departed deities are called out as dead. Others are varying degrees of missing. My rule is no body (barring things like disintegration), no death.

[The Raven Black]

Evan Tarlton wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

Evan Tarlton wrote:

The Raven Black wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

CorvusMask wrote:

Brinebeast wrote:

The Front Matter and Back Matter of The Resurrection Flood has related lore, especially in regards to the Orc Pantheon.

I really wanna knooooow Orc Pantheon lore x'D

I will say this much... my beloved Dretha, it is still unclear what your fate may be.

I can very easily see Dretha fit and fare much better in the new pantheon than she did in the old one.

** spoiler omitted **

Oh my goodness, yes, I saw the back matter... but... but... it's still ambiguous right... right?

I may be in a little bit of denial. Divine Mysteries cannot come soon enough.

** spoiler omitted **

If dead deities leave a body behind, where do you think Aroden's corpse ended up ?

A certain Whispering Tyrant would love to know (TBT, TB doing a JSA Golden Age trick with Aroden has been in my head for years).

[Morhek]

The Raven Black wrote:

If dead deities leave a body behind, where do you think Aroden's corpse ended up ?

A certain Whispering Tyrant would love to know (TBT, TB doing a JSA Golden Age trick with Aroden has been in my head for years).

And if the death of Gorum is causing his blood to rain down across the world creating new demigods, why did the death of Aroden not do the same when it wrecked the Inner Sea? Is it because there wasn't enough of Aroden left to do so, or because something took that power before it could fall?

[James Jacobs]

Morhek wrote:

The Raven Black wrote:

If dead deities leave a body behind, where do you think Aroden's corpse ended up ?

A certain Whispering Tyrant would love to know (TBT, TB doing a JSA Golden Age trick with Aroden has been in my head for years).

And if the death of Gorum is causing his blood to rain down across the world creating new demigods, why did the death of Aroden not do the same when it wrecked the Inner Sea? Is it because there wasn't enough of Aroden left to do so, or because something took that power before it could fall?

It's because gods don't have set rules. When anything associated with a god happens, it does so differently as the storyteller wants. Godsrain was unique to the situation surrounding Gorum's death.

[Ravingdork]

Thanks everyone! It doesn't seem like there is as much as I would have thought, just yet.

[Kevin Mack]

Anyone care to mention the big spoilers from the godsrain novel (Most interested in how it links to the eye of Abadengo

(To be clear was meaning more pm rather than posting here.)

[CorvusMask]

Yeah sure, more awareness on lore is nice so why not.

[Eldritch Yodel]

Kevin Mack wrote:

Anyone care to mention the big spoilers from the godsrain novel (Most interested in how it links to the eye of Abadengo

(To be clear was meaning more pm rather than posting here.)

For the quick answer for the Abadengo:

Godsrain spoilers:

The Eye of Abadengo is kind of the modern day location of the scar of reality which caused Gormuz. Pretty much, it shifts around as Rova writhes & pops up somewhere new whenever he tries to test his bounds. When Aroden died and kinda messed up the whole universe, it gave Rova a chance to go and send his howls into reality.
Additionally, the Godsrain kinda weakened things causing an isle to pop up in the middle of it which housed the corpse of he first god to strike Rovagug in the battle against him. Said god being Kist-Aurek god of ambushes & traps who was the guy who tag team'd with Calistria to distract Rova and was the one who actually made the plan on how to lure him in.

If any other questions, I'm happy to answer.

[CorvusMask]

Well that kinda made it pointless for me to send the pm xD