Avlis: Basic Descriptions

Chiatroll · Post by **Chiatroll** » Wed Oct 23, 2002 12:34 am

"Let me know if there are any more gaps that you would like your character to be able to portray in their worship."

Well okay. A character of mine I think would fit better into the world?s setup while a cleric has a personality that leans his worship to gods that are of sacrifice, humility and general kindness, and was heavily not combat motivated.

As a FR char though he worshipped the gods in a general way instead of being a priest of any mythos.

(I really don't have any chars I used or char ideas that were ever strongly combat motivated.)

BTW does this world consider clerics not priests of a specific mythos? By that I mean are there general clerics giving praise to simply the gods or does it require the worship on a specific god?

Chiatroll · Post by **Chiatroll** » Thu Oct 24, 2002 11:06 pm

Should I stop hopping for a reply?

Strangg · Post by **Strangg** » Thu Oct 24, 2002 11:33 pm

Patience young padawan. Orl does work for a living, AND he goes to school too. Give him time he will answer when he finds the info, the game world is 10 years old or susuch he may have to look through 10 years worth of notes.

However if i had to guess there are no such clerics/priest that worship all the gods or an overgod such as Ao in FR, just a guess tho.

~S

BlackHeart · Post by **BlackHeart** » Fri Oct 25, 2002 11:13 pm

From above

Avlis Creation Myth

In the beginning, there was chaos?? Reigning over that chaos was a boundless Supreme Being with no name and no form. The crystal sphere containing this chaos was called ?Avlis?, and for untold millennia the Supreme Being of Avlis wandered through the chaos without any purpose or aim. At one point, no one knows exactly when, the Supreme of the crystal sphere grew weary of the chaos and decided to restore order in Avlis once again. So, the swirling chaos was gathered up and the stars where formed along with the planets, and the world itself. The Supreme saw that this work was done well, and the decision was made to keep the world in existence.
Having completed that task, the Supreme populated the world with primitive gods. These were all peaceful and orderly gods that had limited control over a certain natural formations, such as ponds or groves. Each of them was perfect in every detail, and the Supreme was happy with the way they would attend to their areas while worshipping him. To honor his perfect creation, the Supreme named the world after the crystal sphere in which it was cradled...Avlis.

Worship of this Supreme being SHOULD be posible. But worshiper would be few and far between.

Durenunde · Post by **Durenunde** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 12:39 am

Originally posted by BlackHeart
Worship of this Supreme being SHOULD be posible. But worshiper would be few and far between.

if so they would have to be Chaotic of some sort from the description given. Wouldnt they?

Post by **Orleron** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 1:54 am

You can worship the Supreme, but you would be the first to do so. The Supreme is the name of the over deity that created Avlis, but he really doesn't need any worshippers. This is fine however. You can develop this as part of your character. We are already taking steps to incorporate your worship. So just keep doing what you are doing and follow the DMs' lead.

Chiatroll · Post by **Chiatroll** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 4:41 am

Neato.

BlackHeart · Post by **BlackHeart** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 3:11 pm

Originally posted by Durenundeif so they would have to be Chaotic of some sort from the description given. Wouldnt they?

I would think that worshipers would tend towards peace and order.

Durenunde · Post by **Durenunde** » Sat Oct 26, 2002 7:28 pm

yeah you may be right... I read over it again and realised that. Though what would the supreme be? LG or CG maybe TN. any thoughts?

Post by **Orleron** » Sun Oct 27, 2002 3:38 am

The Supreme is beyond all that. You cannot discuss anything about what the Supreme does or believes because it's just too far "out there". The few individuals who for some reason decide to worship the Supreme must decide on their own what values or alignments to hold to.

Chiatroll · Post by **Chiatroll** » Mon Nov 11, 2002 12:06 am

Do the notes include many village names. I could give Narin's background down on the background subject line but I'm not sure what to call his homevillage and which section of avlis it would be located.

He mentioned it is north of M'check. It has a fishing based economy. Also it has multiple shrines with mostly human people living inside. It shouldn't be to far from a larger city that would have some docks he could take a boat from.

I guess I'm more looking for the area it is in and a name for a larger city it could be a few days away from from sense the village would be one so small the people within would all know each other.

Post by **Orleron** » Sat May 17, 2003 7:11 pm

After a few years, Silk finally returned one of my old Avlis notebooks to me. In it were a few gods that we have not mentioned yet:

Name, Deity Alignment, Worshipers' Alignment, Mantle, i.e. Area of Control, Deity Status, i.e. Greater, Intermediate, Lesser, Demigod, Hero, Immortal

The Harpinger, CE, Any, Music, Messenger of Death, Demi

Ingoren, N, Any, Sailors, Ocean, Intermediate

Mishlekh, CG, CG, Wine, Intermediate

Ra-ghul, CN, Any chaotic, Warfare, Combat, Berserkers, Demi

Senath, LN, Any lawful, Strategy, Lesser

Wilsash, NE, Any evil, Moon, Nightmares, Lesser

Xenon, CE, Any lycanthrope, Lycanthropes, Demi

*Balgar, CG, Any wemic, Wemics, Lesser

Paragus, LE, Any minotaur, Minotaurs, Demi

* Has druids