[Idea from Exalted] Primordials and their component souls.
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 8:41 pm
If anyone is curious I'm in essence attempting to port an idea from Exalted into LL/BECMI. Basically I want to transplant primordials and their components souls into the game. If anyone is particularlly good at flavor for cosmic/demonic creatures please say so. Also give an honest critque of this bit of homebrew, I'd like to know what you think about it. I'm using this as a layout for primordials and the component souls.
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Primordials
Malfeas, the Demon City by Nny2
Ebon Dragon, official Exalted art
Since the earliest civilizations there have been tales of great titans and giants, the precursors of the gods themselves. Some stories even claim that these titans sired the gods. In a way that's true, for these great primordials crafted the gods from their own cosmic essence, perhaps as slaves or simply for the delight of creating them. Either way their time has long since gone, either by war led by the gods and their once mortal champions or simply because the primordials steped aside for gods and man.
Often times monstrous in appearance primordials are almost utterly inhuman in form. There are even primordials in the form of conflagrations, whirlwinds and other forces of nature. There are even stories of a primordials whose true form is that of an inverted crystaline silver forrest that floats in the aether of its cosmic realm. And from these primordials spring forth a multitude of of lesser beings, the three soul circles. The two higher circles are extensions of these elder gods, with the lowest being seperate entities created by the second circle. Whatever their intentions, benign or malevolent, primordials are ancient and immortal beings of great cosmic power. However they are immortal in one sense only, they cannot die of old age.
Descending Hierarchy of Primordial Souls
Third Circle
The equivalent of archdemons/devils. May differ in alignment from main primordial. Includes the fetch soul, or core of the primordial's mind.
Second Circle
The equivalent of dukes of Hell and demon lords. May differ in alignment from main primordial.
First Circle
Equivalent to rank and file demons. May differ in alignment from main primordial.
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Primordials
Malfeas, the Demon City by Nny2
Ebon Dragon, official Exalted art
Since the earliest civilizations there have been tales of great titans and giants, the precursors of the gods themselves. Some stories even claim that these titans sired the gods. In a way that's true, for these great primordials crafted the gods from their own cosmic essence, perhaps as slaves or simply for the delight of creating them. Either way their time has long since gone, either by war led by the gods and their once mortal champions or simply because the primordials steped aside for gods and man.
Often times monstrous in appearance primordials are almost utterly inhuman in form. There are even primordials in the form of conflagrations, whirlwinds and other forces of nature. There are even stories of a primordials whose true form is that of an inverted crystaline silver forrest that floats in the aether of its cosmic realm. And from these primordials spring forth a multitude of of lesser beings, the three soul circles. The two higher circles are extensions of these elder gods, with the lowest being seperate entities created by the second circle. Whatever their intentions, benign or malevolent, primordials are ancient and immortal beings of great cosmic power. However they are immortal in one sense only, they cannot die of old age.
Descending Hierarchy of Primordial Souls
Third Circle
The equivalent of archdemons/devils. May differ in alignment from main primordial. Includes the fetch soul, or core of the primordial's mind.
Second Circle
The equivalent of dukes of Hell and demon lords. May differ in alignment from main primordial.
First Circle
Equivalent to rank and file demons. May differ in alignment from main primordial.