This gave me flashbacks to my teen years when I roleplayed online and nearly every demon roleplayer used this setting because they hated their religious family during their teen angst phase.
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I like my setting of "gods are just people who gained ridiculous power" and my favorite bit "that power is both a blessing, a curse, and a bomb "
3 years ago
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You know what would be unique? A story where grunts from the evil side are the main characters just trying to survive the mayhem the would-be generic main characters cause. I mean, it would be interesting to watch regular humans outplay basically (or literally, depending on the setting) demi-gods with plot armor
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In my D&D setting, the gods actually bargained with the devils to control the world, but haven't completed their part of the deal yet, so the world is split between them. Basically, the gods want to solve everything, but the devils won't let them cuz they haven't paid for the cosmic mortgage.
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"Angel's are evil" "OK..." "God is evil too" "...IM THE BUG INSIDE YOU!"
3 years ago | 403
I had a setting of a city carved into a mountain by a long gone society and the only name they could find of it was from graffiti of a past resident who called it "damned labyrinth" because all the hallways looked the same to him and he kept getting lost on his way to work.
3 years ago | 216
I always like Machine God from WhiteWolf's Demon the Descent. It's just a huge machine doing casuality procedures
3 years ago | 45
Imagine the cosmic horror of a setting where the angels are good but god is profoundly malevolent
3 years ago
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i pretty much got bored of pantheistic gods in fiction and decided to go with a monotheistic omnipotent God setting
3 years ago | 246
My setting has layers. The "Three" Creators, and a fourth interloper who was a mortal, and scares the shit out of 2/3rds of this triumvirate. Then there are "Embodiments" of emotion, who are basically demi-gods who can't be killed except for really specific methods. Then there are others who can change the course of an already, supposedly, set destiny with their actions, or go completely unnoticed by history as a whole. [Also, Angels and Demons aren't evil, they're just really specific archetypes that predispose them towards certain actions, and the Angels have better PR people]
3 years ago | 54
This trope only really ever works in certain stories but I wonder why no one ever thinks of the "God" in their story being all knowing. A being that created humans and life and rules with the help of angels who share their will, wouldn't it understand its own creation better than anyone? That sort of complexity is almost non existent in most stories I see, like humans aren't just all evil or even if we do evil sometimes doesn't necessarily make us entirely bad people. Omniscient beings play by entirely different rules but even they should be able to understand the human plight more than anyone, even when taking extremities. You can't just define good or evil with them. Even certain biblical angels represent a massive deal of what humans recognize as evil but they serve as a counteractive balance among their other brethren who do good as well.
3 years ago | 490
"Angels and Demons were made by this world's god in an attempt to repel invading forces from a foreign warmonger god." -Me after snorting 74 pounds of oregano and injecting Lysol directly into my veins.
3 years ago (edited) | 62
I think my setting's good and evil hierarchy goes like this, from most to least evil. Angels are generally the nicest, though they have a few bad apples and have can't comprehend why other people are scared of them. Humans are kind of neutral, but lean towards being kind and decent to each other. Ghosts, zombies and other undead are basically just the same as humans, but tend to be more jaded and apathetic the longer they've been undead. Even vampires and liches mostly just want to be left alone. Aberrations (there's a bunch of them) are kind of assholes, but they don't really mean anything bad by it. They think mortals are kind of cool and interesting, but that mostly manifests as vivisection and horrible experiments. They're more like a science directorate than a proper group, though. Fiends are the usual fare of tricksy, murderous bastards who cheat people out of their souls and fight wars against themselves and Heaven. Some of them are more interested in the freedom they get from being otherworldly beings, and try to help people to loosen up and enjoy their lives, though. Lastly, and most overtly evil, are the Fey. Capricious little bastards are caught up in their own realities, and aren't averse to kidnapping, torturing, murdering and cursing mortals for shits and giggles. Deviating from usual stereotypes in fiction is fine, but I believe you should always to try and be original about it.
3 years ago (edited) | 37
In my setting... Orcs are wholesome! And the elves are promiscuous.
3 years ago | 40
i like my setting "to obtain godhood one must attain the power to control fate, but no one is fated to control fate"
3 years ago | 25
A fight between different kinds of living creatures, their morality, and their view of what a perfect world would look like. Turns out the fighting only happened because the creator, and the harvester(death) argued if a scythe is an actual weapon.
3 years ago (edited) | 47
I like Norse mythology, where the gods are just as flawed as humans, and fuck stuff up a lot
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And thats where I would have ended but luckily I understood how plain this plot twist would be soon enough and I think I am heading towards an unique story line and character arc now. Am happy
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