Proposal: Uneasy lies the head
Passed 5-0, reaches quorum. Enacted by Angry Grasshopper. I take the liberty of removing the temples from all of you who created them before the proposal was passed. The table looks very nice in the Deity Wiki, GazeboDude.
Err, that’s not Quorm AG.—Rodney
OK, now we have Quorm. 5-0 for—Rodney
Adminned at 23 Oct 2005 08:24:44 UTC
Create a new rule titled “Godhead”:
Since the Archon is asborbed with the metaphysical necessities of being and chaos, e is seldom present in the realm of the gods to rule over the planes of existence. The Archon’s seat as the divine principal is empty—any Deity may occupy it.
If a Deity is the Godhead, e may override the rule “Quintessence” and may often increase eir Quintessence by two points.
Only one Deity may be the Godhead at any time.
When this proposal is passed, no Deity is the Godhead.
What are divinities without mortals to worship them? Add a new rule titled “Temples”:
If a Deity has a current role (“Deity” field) as any god, goddess, divine entity, etc., in the Deity Wiki, then e may spend one point of Quintessence to create a Temple. Each Temple so created is listed in the Deity Wiki as a numerical total under that divinity, e.g., if the Deity has the role of Set and creates a Temple, then Set is listed as having one Temple in the Wiki.
If a Deity changes roles, than e has only as many Temples as the new god, goddess, or divine entity has in the Wiki.
Example: Deity Foo has the role (“Deity” field) of Quetzaquatl, who has four Temples in the Wiki. Foo changes roles to Vishnu, who has no Temples in the Wiki. Foo now controls no temples (and would lose the Godhead if e had it), but Quetzaquatl is still listed as having four Temples in the Wiki.
Add a new rule, “Glory”:
The Deity with the most Temples at any given time is the Godhead.
“Then I saw cities rise out of the dust again and fall back into the desert whence they had arisen; and again I slept in the Temple of All the gods save One, with my head against the altar of Dorozhand.
“Then again the Temple was alight, but not with light from the eyes of Dorozhand; only dawn came all blue out of the East and shone through the arches of the Temple. Then I awoke and performed the morning rites and mysteries of All the gods save One, lest any of the gods be angry in the day and take away the Sun.
“And I knew that because I who had been so near to it had not beheld THE END that a man should never behold it or know the doom of the gods. This They have hidden.”
Gods of Pegana
, Lord Dunsany
Shadowclaw: Idle