Details on the Olympic Patheon [Archive] - Wizards Community

Details on the Olympic Patheon [Archive] - Wizards Community

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captianhowdy
09-29-07, 10:36 PM What book are the details one would need to create a campaign with the Greek Gods?
ArcTan
09-29-07, 10:42 PM Technically speaking, Deities & Demigods.

However, the mechanics in Deities & Demigods are pretty wacked-out, as is its interpretation of what the gods are and how they would work. You could probably do better coming up with something on your own (based on how "human" or "godlike" you want the gods to be -- do you want to be dueling Ares and slaying Typhon, a la the video game God of War, or do you want the gods to be shadowy, supernatural, truly *divine*-feeling presences in your game, the way an actual worshipper of the gods would've seen them in real life?)
captianhowdy
09-29-07, 10:50 PM God of War-ish is kinda what im going for
epic, but not "godly" epic (ironic way to put it)

I might just homebrew them, like you mentioned
DyloniusFunk
09-30-07, 09:03 PM Two things to keep in mind about Deities And Demigods.

It is 3.0
It was published before Epic Level Handbook thus no Epic Feats or the like are given to the deities as printer

If you keep that in mind i think it's worth a read through or even buying if you can get it cheap. There is a lot of good fluff in there to use if you aren't interested enough in Greek mythology to dig through other sources or just don't have the time to. There's stuff like ideology in game, worshipers, temples and rituals, and other fluff like that that is independent from mechanics.
xXOblivionXx
10-01-07, 12:07 PM there's always wikipedia.
Ornum
10-01-07, 01:07 PM Well, there's also The Greek Gods, a pdf by Bastion Press.

Then there's Lore of the Gods by Dragonwing Games, which was originally meant as an actual book version of three pdf's from Bastion (Greek Gods, as well as Norse Gods and Egyptian Gods), but is now a bit more detailed than a simple compilation (it also includes Mesopotamian gods, btw). I think this book was supposed to have come out around mid-September.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
captianhowdy 09-29-07, 10:36 PM	What book are the details one would need to create a campaign with the Greek Gods?
ArcTan 09-29-07, 10:42 PM	Technically speaking, Deities & Demigods. However, the mechanics in Deities & Demigods are pretty wacked-out, as is its interpretation of what the gods are and how they would work. You could probably do better coming up with something on your own (based on how "human" or "godlike" you want the gods to be -- do you want to be dueling Ares and slaying Typhon, a la the video game God of War, or do you want the gods to be shadowy, supernatural, truly divine-feeling presences in your game, the way an actual worshipper of the gods would've seen them in real life?)
captianhowdy 09-29-07, 10:50 PM	God of War-ish is kinda what im going for epic, but not "godly" epic (ironic way to put it) I might just homebrew them, like you mentioned
DyloniusFunk 09-30-07, 09:03 PM	Two things to keep in mind about Deities And Demigods. It is 3.0 It was published before Epic Level Handbook thus no Epic Feats or the like are given to the deities as printer If you keep that in mind i think it's worth a read through or even buying if you can get it cheap. There is a lot of good fluff in there to use if you aren't interested enough in Greek mythology to dig through other sources or just don't have the time to. There's stuff like ideology in game, worshipers, temples and rituals, and other fluff like that that is independent from mechanics.
xXOblivionXx 10-01-07, 12:07 PM	there's always wikipedia.
Ornum 10-01-07, 01:07 PM	Well, there's also The Greek Gods, a pdf by Bastion Press. Then there's Lore of the Gods by Dragonwing Games, which was originally meant as an actual book version of three pdf's from Bastion (Greek Gods, as well as Norse Gods and Egyptian Gods), but is now a bit more detailed than a simple compilation (it also includes Mesopotamian gods, btw). I think this book was supposed to have come out around mid-September.