Showing my work (I have intentionally not listed several things as I am holding those cards for the time being). The Hill Cantons cosmology inspiration mix Jack Vance novels (absurdist satire of religious mores) Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword and Three Hearts, Bachman's Dragon article (the Weird and its cosmic juxtaposition to human civilization, the waxing/waning of gods being tied to the amount of human worship and the reduction of “Faerie”) Leiber's Lankhmar stories (more satire, petty gods and apotheosis) Early Renaissance Catholicism, Mediterranean hero-cults, Hellenistic and Roman sun-cults, Theosophy, Jewish neoplatinism and mystical traditions, Piper's Lord Kalvan, Early Christian theological disputes (Sun Lord) Hussites, Mormon feminism, William Blake's poetic mythology around the Triple Goddess (Celestial Lady) Slavic pagan mythology (Pahr Old Gods and a number of godlings) Hindu and Native American creation myths (World Turtle) M.A.R Barker's Creat...
Also a check for locksmith or engineer henchmen arriving with the flotsam tourists.
ReplyDeleteHmm I will say Steward 2d6 to entice a skilled worker from the Cantons.
ReplyDeleteThis is a reminder post for myself to make this roll when I arrive at my dice.
ReplyDelete2d6 roll: 5 (success)
ReplyDelete3d6 roll: 12 (failure)
Is that a roll that can be repeated after time or gold expenditure?
Random rule idea: If appropriate, domain checks may be rerolled after a suitable time has passed, but doing so requires the expenditure of (d6 × 100 × degree of failure?) gp to undo mistakes and refocus efforts.
I like that idea quite a bit. I might need to think about whether it needs a variable rate for different activity but I like the overall mechanic.
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