Godsrain Components?

[Arkat]

That stuff that fell from the sky when Gorum was killed...what was it all called and what do they do?

I know the pieces of Gorum's armor are called "warshards." I don't know what they do except I speculate you can use them to make stuff. Maybe a couple of tiny pieces of Gorum's vambraces can make a pair of bracelets or bracers for a gnome, halfling, kobold, or other Small ancestries?

I think the silvery liquid that rained down might be part of his deific essence or power.

Wasn't there some red liquid that fell, too? Is that supposed to be Gorum's "blood"? Does it have positive or negative effects? Like if you used the silvery stuff in creating an item, would the red liquid, if it got mixed in, maybe create some sort of additional curse effect on the item you used the silvery liquid in its creation?

I'm just trying to get these things straight in my head. I don't even know what the silvery liquid is called nor do I know what the red liquid is called.

Any ideas what the liquids are actually called and what they and the warshards actually do?

I do know that the silvery liquid, if used like water on plants that grow berries, can create fruit that grant temporary mythic abilities for a short time. I don't know anything about the red liquid.

Speculation is also welcome.

Thanks.

[Perpdepog]

I want to say that the red liquid, which is indeed Gorum's blood, was called "war rain," or "warblood," but I'm not sure of that at all, and can't go digging through War of Immortals to find out.

I can answer the second question though; they all basically do whatever you want them to. War of Immortals has sections on what happens in the world after the Godsrain, and aside from themes of conflict blooming across the world, particularly if something or someone is struck by Gorum's blood, there isn't much in the way of commonality. One place may unlock, or seal away, some monster or other, another may cause swords to sprout from the ground like plants, animals can spontaneously grow armor and iron-like hides, storms can spontaneously start up, etc. Geb is now dealing with the "Living Plague," for example, a "curse" where undead spontaneously return to life.

All of the elements of the Godsrain are more intended as excuses for shaking up the setting and for plot hooks; none of them have any mechanical rules on how they work at the table. (I was sad we didn't get any rules for forging items out of warshards; that would have been cool.)

[The Raven Black]

From the Pathfinderwiki article on Gorum :

"The Godsrain fell in droplets of red and silver. Where the red Godsrain fell, natural tendencies toward conflict and war strengthened. Silver droplets of Godsrain carried divine potential that permeated places and their inhabitants with mythical power. "

And
"The rain also carried shards of Gorum's living armor, known as warshards, that varied in size from imperceptibly tiny to physical objects with varying properties. Like the rain, some warshards inspired conflict while others carried varying degrees of power. Other warshards were otherwise inert ore, but of metals never before encountered on Golarion."

[Arkat]

The Raven Black wrote:

From the Pathfinderwiki article on Gorum :

"The Godsrain fell in droplets of red and silver. Where the red Godsrain fell, natural tendencies toward conflict and war strengthened. Silver droplets of Godsrain carried divine potential that permeated places and their inhabitants with mythical power. "

And
"The rain also carried shards of Gorum's living armor, known as warshards, that varied in size from imperceptibly tiny to physical objects with varying properties. Like the rain, some warshards inspired conflict while others carried varying degrees of power. Other warshards were otherwise inert ore, but of metals never before encountered on Golarion."

Well, Paizo sure left a LOT of doors WIDE open.

Thanks.

I'm gonna say the the red droplets are bad and the silver ones are good.

How's that for a binary worldview?

And the warshards will be craftable.

There.

[Virellius]

Arkat wrote:

The Raven Black wrote:

From the Pathfinderwiki article on Gorum :

"The Godsrain fell in droplets of red and silver. Where the red Godsrain fell, natural tendencies toward conflict and war strengthened. Silver droplets of Godsrain carried divine potential that permeated places and their inhabitants with mythical power. "

And
"The rain also carried shards of Gorum's living armor, known as warshards, that varied in size from imperceptibly tiny to physical objects with varying properties. Like the rain, some warshards inspired conflict while others carried varying degrees of power. Other warshards were otherwise inert ore, but of metals never before encountered on Golarion."

Well, Paizo sure left a LOT of doors WIDE open.

Thanks.

I'm gonna say the the red droplets are bad and the silver ones are good.

How's that for a binary worldview?

And the warshards will be craftable.

There.

Sounds more like they allowed for plot hooks and home campaigns to be able to use the fallout from Godsrain as they wanted in their own stories.

You know, like a good tabletop setting does.

[Castilliano]

Funnily enough, I've had a campaign idea for decades with a similar space-rain causing similar effects (albeit via crystals) with the PCs among the few bequeathed, and fighting the rest for control of said resources. Hmm...

[Perpdepog]

Castilliano wrote:

Funnily enough, I've had a campaign idea for decades with a similar space-rain causing similar effects (albeit via crystals) with the PCs among the few bequeathed, and fighting the rest for control of said resources. Hmm...

"The Bequeathed" is a good name for a character granted that kind of power; I may need to steal that.

It works especially well for the Godsrain because Gorum is dying, and you could see it as him literally bequeathing his essence to anyone strong, cunning, or lucky enough to take it.