#godbound

Godling 🍑

By Kevin Crawford

Godbound is a game of divine heroes in a broken world, men and women who have seized the tools that have slipped from an absent God's hands. Bound by seeming chance to the Words of Creation, these new-forged titans face a world ravaged by the mad ambitions of men and the cruel legacy of human folly. Their foes are many: the jealous parasite gods that suck at the wounds of the world, the furious Angelic Host that once held Heaven against the armies of men, and the endless legions of sorcerers, god-monsters, mortal tyrants, and eldritch relicts that scourge the shattered realms. The Godbound stand against these horrors, determined to forge a better world from the fragments of the old. Still, not all these newborn divinities have a hero's soul, and some nurture red dreams of glory and unfettered rule. Will you be a merciful god to your people, or will you make them dread your holy name?

Basically, it's Kevin Crawford's/Sine Nomine Publishing's OSR game design paired with the high-powered, demigod heroics of Exalted.

But Zach and Zorian are not Godbound.

Let me explain: Godbound is a ttrpg for new gods ascending to power. In most cases, any magic, gifts, or miracles from a god can outstrip any power from a mortal source. Mortals have to be the best of the best to be considered "worthy" and even have a realistic chance of resisting.

So I thought it'd be funny if some of the people Zorian and Zach completely outstripped of power had the power dynamics reversed.

For fun let's imagine it's Kirielle, Nochka, and Novelty. (If you want to make it less comedy focused we could do Taiven and Kael, but this is a tumblr post so we're going with the gremlins.)

I imagine the Words (Divine domains basically) are Kirielle having Artifice, Music, and Sorcery, Nochka having Beast, Luck, and Deception, and Novelty having Psychic, Knowledge, and Journeying.

Now they go from potential apprentices when they grow older, to actual powerhouses that Zach and Zorian can't stop. Kirielle can make Golems that Zorian can't keep up with, Nochka has information gathering abilities and ways to hide that makes any containment or control impossible for ZZ duo together, and Novelty is now better at mind magic than Zorian once again and can get access to basically any information or place.

Catching up on posting my Heartfighter attacks! This is Egnatius, @luminescentkelpie 's Godbound character!

They have the domain words: night, alacrity, and passion. They're an ex-soldier of the Patrian Empire, turned rising revolutionary. "Probably nonbinary but they're becoming a living god so they don't have time for that right now."