Skip to main content

15 minutes of new D&D brainstorming, part 1

I'm going to try and hide this from my players, but if you're a player and have opened this, please stop!

Nesoi

  • Capital: Nesoi City
    • Patron deity: Nesoi
  • Ancient Greek influence
  • Gods (drawn from Ancient Greek pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)=
    • Achlys: The goddess of poisons, and the personification of misery and sadness.
    • Aether: The god of light and the upper atmosphere.
    • Ananke: The goddess of inevitability, compulsion, and necessity.
    • Chronos: The god of time
    • Erebus: The god of darkness and shadow
    • Eros: The god of love and attraction.
    • Hemera: The goddess of day.
    • Hypnos: The god of sleep.
    • Nemesis: The goddess of retribution.
    • Nesoi: The goddesses of islands.
    • Nyx: The goddess of night.
    • Ourea: The gods of mountains.
    • Pontus: The god of the sea, father of the fish and other sea creatures.
    • Thanatos: The god of death.
    • Ouranós: The god of the heavens 
  • Government style
    • Oligarchy
      • Each city has its own council elected by the people in the city
      • Each council elects one of its members to serve at the council in Nesoi that meets twice a year

Isiset

  • Capital: Isiset City
    • Patron deities: Isis and Set
  • Ancient Egyptian influence
  • Gods (drawn from Ancient Egyptian pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)
  • Government style
    • Theocracy ruled by eldest two siblings
      • Unless twins are born and then they are the rulers
Elyemyentüd
  • Little known about it due to its mountain range
  • Not much contact with other nations
  • Gods
    • Agaar: goddess of air
    • Us: goddess of water
    • Gal: god of fire
    • Delkhii: god of earth
  • Mongolian influence
  • Nomadic culture
Papatūānuku and Ranginui
  • Maori influence
  • Monarchy ruled by a married couple equally
    • Rule passed to eldest child and their spouse
  • Gods (drawn from Maori pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)
    • Papatūānuku: The Earth Mother
    • Ranginui: The Sky Father
    • Tāne-mahuta: God of forests and birds
    • Tāwhirimātea: God of weather, wind, and lighting
    • Haumia-tiketike: God of uncultivated food
    • Rongomātane: God of cultivated plants
    • Tangaroa: God of sea
    • Tūmatauenga: God of war and hunting
    • Rūaumoko: God of earthquakes
    • Rehua: Star god with the power to heal
  • Not much contact with other nations
Viracocha
  • Incan influence
  • Gods (drawn from Incan pantheon, but not full pantheon is represented)
    • Viracocha: Creator goddess
    • Inti: Sun god
    • Pacha Mama: Goddess of the earth
    • Pachacamac: God of tremors
    • Mama Cocha: Goddess of the sea
    • Mama Coca: Goddess of health and happiness
    • Supay: God of the dead
  • Not much contact with other nations

(Prompt by me)

"Ready to Roll" by Benjamin Esham. Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0). 


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

15 facts about my dad

Just been thinking about some lighthearted facts I know about my dad lately. When he was young, he had a goldfish named Lysander He introduced me to Star Trek At Christmas, he would tear up at It's a Wonderful Life He used to send me articles from his Yahoo email account that he thought I'd like We used to play a game called "Nightmare" where he would lie down and we'd jump around (and sometimes on) him He would clip possible recipes for us to try out of newspapers and magazines We bought him a Paddington Bear to take on trips because we feared he'd be lonely and he always took it He had teddy bears for three different holidays We once had such a hilariously difficult time building a gingerbread house that when some frosting ended up on the counter, I plopped a gumdrop on it and we laughed until we cried He and his sister were born about 11 months apart We would try recipes from Top Chef He kept gifts I made him, even when they weren't great At Christmas, ...
Post a Comment
Read more

15 things you'll think about during your dad's latest hospital stay

This is meant to be a related piece to "15 things to do in your dad's hospital room," "15 Things You Find in Your Dad's Hospice Room," and "15 Things You Find When You Clean Out Your Dad’s Apartment" .  The Christmas lights at the nurse's station that should really have been switched for saccharine cupids by now What team decided to hang up a clearly labeled DRAFT safety sign Who comes up with the aliases they seem to use for trauma patients and how they decided on Redstone for your dad That his skin either looks like a bruised elephant or like sickeningly conflicting colors of thin paper mache Where you can possibly get food--you're shaky The patient in the ER somewhere with a lot of ammo, but no gun, or so they say Why the staff is being so happily loud and swearing...it feels discordant The used bandaid and gauze that are left on the floor of his ER room as he moves to his hospital room...the last proof he was there Having to do this a...
Post a Comment
Read more

15 things I'm looking forward to for summer 2024

It'll be here so soon!  Whale watching with a friend Bookstore crawl with a friend 57th Street Art Fair Beach days Movies in the park Swapping out my wardrobe Being done with egg retrievals (hopefully) Helping a friend plan her wedding Going to Galena Taking other trips with friends Doing more sessions of my D&D one shot Eating ice cream on hot days Dining at the Point Trying to find an agent for my picture book ideas (hopefully) Reading more (hopefully) (Prompts by me) "Sperm Whale diving" by Bernard Spragg. NZ
Post a Comment
Read more