Theology (Beschaving)
Most gods are narrowly focused but generally cooperative with each other. Priests use Affinity Magic (Source is Divine) but may have Affinity Skills from any member of the group, as long as the highest skill matches their primary god or goddess. Priests are required to tithe 10% of their income to their temple and additional donations are expected to those other deities they have, or expect to call upon.
- Aegle (Light)
- Aenas (Praise)
- Agrona (Battle)
- Agni (Fire)
- Aiolos (Quick Moving)
- Althos (Healing)
- Alberich (Elf power, dealing with Fae)
- Amon (Hidden One)
- Anat (Water spring)
- Anil (Air/Wind)
- Antu (nourishing rain)
- Anu (Heavenly sky)
- Aodh (Fire, wife of Agni)
- Aoide (Singing)
- Aoife (Beauty)
- Arachne (Spider, Weaving)
- Arash (Truthfulness)
- Aster (Stars)
- Bahman (Good Mind)
- Bes (short god, play and recreation)
- Borghild (Fortifications)
- Dagan (Agriculture, Grain)
- Dumuzid (Shepard's)
- Enkimdu (canals and dikes)
- Ereshkigal (Queen of the Underworld)
- Erra (Pestilence, Rage, and violence)
- Gula (Healing, Physicians)
- Haard (Hearth, daughter of Agni and Aodh)
- Inanna (goddess of night, fertility, beauty, war, sex; consort to Utu)
- Ishara (Goddess of fertility, scorpions and Haruspicy or divination by animal entrails)
- Ishum (Night Watchmen)
- Iskur (Storms, Rain)
- Ki (earth, plants)
- Kittu (Truth, daughter of Utu)
- Lahar (goddess of cattle)
- Nanshe (Divination, Dreams, accuracy in weights and measures, the poor and impoverished)
- Ningikuga (goddess of marshes and reeds)
- Ningilin (goddess; Mongooses, protection from snakes)
- Reva (Movement)
- Shakti (Power)
- Silili (Mother of horses)
- Sumugan (God of plains)
- Tashmetu (Goddess of scribes, consort to Nabu)
- Tiamat (primeval waters, sea monsters)
- Uttu (goddess of weaving, daughter of Utu)
- Utu (Sun)
- Zababa (warrior god)
Religious Character Abilities
Most priest characters use the Affinity magic system, and various forms of Blessed are appropriate for many servants - especially holy warriors.
GURPS Powers: Divine Favor is not a good fit, so powers based priests can use a variant of Sorceorous Empowerment found on the Generic Universal Eggplant blog.
This Modular Ability costs 15 points +6/level and takes 1 second per CP to change and includes the Physical enhancement.
Temple Districts
Every Commonwealth city has a Temple District, though villages typically only have a single building and towns a handful. Each has a prescribed layout of the central temple surrounded by concentric rings of temples, each oriented based on appropriate compass directions, with the more popular spirits closer to the center. The Temple District (always capitalize it, or risk divine wrath) is enclosed in a wall with 4 gate houses served by temple acolytes and guards on a rotating basis. Each gatehouse also serves as a temple to the local city spirit.
All clergy (including visiting ones) are expected to help out and temporary lodging is often available. Each temple will typically have a priest and a number of acolytes in permanent residence as well.
Temples are designed with similar basic layouts (this helps if they change ownership) and mainly the decor is different. The entrance leads to a meeting room for services, wings for individual ministration, basement for storage, and the back for offices and sleeping quarters. Larger ones may have an upstairs for long term care and residents such as acolytes.
Once a week the clergy lead a mass ceremony of devotion, though often smaller ceremonies are held throughout the week, possibly just involving staff.
The central temple has an elevated dais surrounded by one or more praying areas (each able to hold up to 1,000 people, plus its own dais for the leader) for mass ceremonies.
All these ceremonies help provide deities and the temples with devotional energy which is used for among other things recharging holy power objects. Also each temple altar is its own power object which can be used as the temple priest directs.
Max rank of leadership , Villages 0-1; Towns 2-4, Cities 4-6, Capital 7.
Temples are designed with similar basic layouts (this helps if they change ownership) and mainly the decor is different. The entrance leads to a meeting room for services, wings for individual ministration, basement for storage, and the back for offices and sleeping quarters. Larger ones may have an upstairs for long term care and residents such as acolytes.
Once a week the clergy lead a mass ceremony of devotion, though often smaller ceremonies are held throughout the week, possibly just involving staff.
The central temple has an elevated dais surrounded by one or more praying areas (each able to hold up to 1,000 people, plus its own dais for the leader) for mass ceremonies.
All these ceremonies help provide deities and the temples with devotional energy which is used for among other things recharging holy power objects. Also each temple altar is its own power object which can be used as the temple priest directs.
Max rank of leadership , Villages 0-1; Towns 2-4, Cities 4-6, Capital 7.
Ranks
- Rank 0 Congregant.
- Rank 1 Chaplin; Novice (Village level shrines instead of actual temples)
- Rank 2 Deacon (Town temples)
- Rank 3 Protodeacon; Prior
- Rank 4 Abbot; Lama; Mobad (City temples, called Monasteries. Note most of the city temples will be run by lower ranks)
- Rank 5 Bishop; (Bishops are overseers of lower priests)
- Rank 6 High Priest;
- Rank 7 Grand High Priest (Only one exists and that person resides in the capital)
Anu and consort Ki
Are=bane
Ari=most
Argos-Glistening,
shining
Ariadne-Most
Holy
Aster=star
Atalanta
–Scales, balance
Iacho-to
shout
Bacchus-To
shout
Brynja-Armor/protection
Kalypso-She
that conceals
Ker=to
grow
Cerdd=poetry
Chandra=Moon
Cian=Ancient
Cherno-Black
Kirke-Bird
Connall-strong
wolf
Concordia-Harmony
Cronus-Crow
Consus-To
plant
Cu=hound
Dalia-Fate/Luck
Damon-To
Tame
Deimos-Terror
Medomai-To
Think
Dismas-Sunset
Aurora
–Dawn
Eos-Dawn
El=Power
Enki-Lord
of the Underworld
Emer=Swift
Enid-Life
Erato=Lovely
Gandalf=Wand
Elf
Gawain-White
Hawk
Hadad=Thunder
Hwt=house
Kleos=Glory
Ikaros=follower
Ion=violet
Iah=moon
Ianthe-violet
flower
Innana-Lady
of the Sky
Indira=Beauty
Jit=conquering
Ismene-Knowledge
Izanagi-male
who invites
Izanami-female
who invites
Natha=master
Janus-Archway,portals
Jasper-Treasurer
Mu=warrior
Kama
=love/desire
Karna=ear
Leto=Hidden,
forgotten
Lakshmi-To
Mark
Ergon-deed,
work
Madhava-Springtime
Manu-Thinking,
Wise
Maya-Illusion
Marama=Moons
Melete-Practice,
Exercise
Menos=Spirit
Mercury-Trade
Mohana=Bewitching,
charming
Nanda=joy
Narke=sleep,
numbness
Nuada-Protecor
Cara=lover
Pan=All
Doron=gifts
Melos
=song
Phobos-Fear
Psyche-Soul
Pryderi-care
Priya=Beloved
Šarrat-Dēri Queen of Deri
Sukkal = personal attendant
Imdugud Jotun lion headed bird said to cause sandstorms with the flapping of its wingsSukkal = personal attendant
Gallu - high powered demons
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