So I missed this yesterday when I had to write up the prompts… so I just did all of them.
Of all the parts of this game I feel this needs the most editing, but for now we have a first draft!
Subjects
- Dogs: The domesticated allies of humanity. Loyal and trustworthy if trained. Armageddon: In the end. Humanity’s best friend was left behind to die. The final howl of every dog in the world scars you.
- Cats: Humans tried to domesticate feline predators. Proud, self-sufficient, cuddly. Armageddon: There is a mass of predators who have remembered the old ways. They attack you en masse.
- Hunting: The pursuit of something living. Covers fishing, tracking the enemy, and for food. Armageddon: The human race had to learn to hunt to master the beasts. Now they hunt you.
- Farming: The science of cultivating plants and livestock. Guarantees food and plenty. Armageddon: The nobility always feared what would happen if the farmers rose up. You should have too.
- Winter: The coldest time of the year when nature rests. Sleepy, beautiful, dark. Armageddon: A winter unlike anything you’ve ever known has arrived at your door.
- Spring: The beginning of new life as plants bloom and animals are born. Vibrant, chaotic, bright. Armageddon: New life does not go quietly into the night. You are covered and consumed by the verdure.
- Summer: The hottest of the four seasons and known for vacations. Hot, travel, adventure. Armageddon: The heat is stifling and it grips your body, making it hard to breathe.
- Autumn: A time of harvest and plenty, as well to prepare for winter as plants begin to rest. Food, foresight, decay. Armageddon: Everything wanes over time, aging and dying. So do you.
- Economics: The act of selling and exchanging goods. Finance, Wealth, Money. Armageddon: Debts are always paid with interest by those who owe. You pay in legend.
- Gaming: The act of structured play for entertainment or education. Fun, rules, victory. Armageddon: There are countless masters of even more games. They ply their expertise together to make one final move.
- Sport: The physical act of competition. To improve oneself to complete a task. Physique, training, health. Armageddon: That many athletes, trained for singular goals makes a mighty army. They give one last play.
- Philosophy: The study of fundamental questions about the human condition. Reason, knowledge, mind. Armageddon: The sum knowledge of the human condition is turned to one goal and you are asked a question: What is a god but the will of humans? You don’t have an answer.
- Combat: The art of fighting an opponent in single combat. Guns, Fists, Martial Arts. Armageddon: There are a few million masters of combat who take umbrage with you wiping them from existence. They voice their displeasure in their weapons of choice.
- Architecture: The art and design of human structures. Intelligence, Expression, Crafting. Armageddon: So much was once built to honor the gods, now repurposed to debase them and steal their strength.
- Warfare: Intense armed battle between groups. Violence, Destruction, Death. Armageddon: The history of humanity is marked by the improvement in warfare. Now they have an aligned target.
- Psychology: The human mind and the many facets it contains. Knowledge, patience, healing. Armageddon: The gods are reflections of the humans who worship them, they don’t have complicated mental states on the best of days.
- Crime: Committing an act that is considered unlawful or detrimental to a society. Pain, Chaos, Selfish. Armageddon: There’s a lot of people that enjoy committing crimes. They have complaints and voice them how you would imagine.
- Law: A system of rules created and enforced to regulate behaviour. Ideally for societal benefit. Control, punishment, order. Armageddon: Those that create and enforce the law use their collective might to punish the gods.
- Biology: The science behind life itself and how it works. Knowledge, growth, creation. Armageddon: The laws of biological science impose themselves upon the gods making them a bit more mortal.
- Chemistry: The science of matter, from molecules to atoms to ions and how they react. Chaos, Fire, Transmutation. Armageddon: The science of explosions, in all their forms, owes their roots to chemistry. It is a spectacular explosion against the gods.
- Math: The knowledge of numbers that allows many disciplines to grow beyond simple analysis. Logic, Discipline, Science Armageddon: It is a simple equation that tears legend from a god. Really it’s just a matter of subtraction.
- Education: The ability to pass knowledge and skills onto another through training. Intelligence, generosity, wisdom. Armageddon: Even knowledge of a god is still a kind of education. Sadly Many know less of the gods as a result.
- Visual arts: The ability to craft something with a visual element. Expression, design, craft. Armageddon: To showcase the flaws of another, put on display in hideous mockery and satire is enough for the vainest souls. So too the gods.
- Performing arts: The use of one’s body (including voice) to convey artistic expression. Music, Dance, Acting. Armageddon: They can make performances to make mortals weep. Gods are no different and can see their own death in a performance.
- Literature: The sum total of written work and the crafting of it. Prose, Narrative, craft. Armageddon: Any written word has the soul of its creator in it. That much death makes a considerable wraith.
- Mammals: The wild and untamed fur baring creatures that roam the earth. Beasts, Hunter, Might. Armageddon: There are many predators among the mammals of the world. Some ancient and mighty beyond reckoning.
- Fish: Aquatic life that dwells beneath the water line. Ocean, life, plenty. Armageddon: Many things dwell between the waters and they are enraged to leave their domain.
- Reptiles: The scaled and cold blooded creatures that roam the land and water. Armor, hunter, healing. Armageddon: Great reptiles once roamed the earth, they have returned to fight for their kin.
- Amphibians: The bridge between water and land. Life evolved through them and they remain at the fulcrum. Change, growth, balance. Armageddon: Like removing the keystone of a bridge, their loss echoes across existence itself. Even gods are not immune.
- Birds: The masters of the sky. While not all fly, they are each a hunter. Pursuit, sky, journey. Armageddon: They say the gods dwell in the heavens themselves. A small journey for those in the sky.
- Insects: The smallest and the most plentiful. Sometimes pest, but essential to the cycle of life. Death, rot, swarm. Armageddon: They swarm, they mass. They hunger.
- Government: The leadership of people with organization and rules. Command, Charisma, law. Armageddon: The great leaders of the world have no small amount of power. They organize and destabilize the rule of gods.
- Music: The art of sound. They say even the universe vibrates to the rhythm of a great tune. Joy, Art, Chaos Armageddon: The final song of humanity. Filled with loss and hatred. It wounds even the divine.
- Journalism: The gathering of information and reporting of facts with evidence. Wisdom, Determination, Truth. Armageddon: The finest journalists could destabilize faith in the finest leaders. What is a god’s religion in the wake of such a thing?
- Cooking: The science and art of preparing food for consumption. The first art taught to humanity. Art, Science, pleasure. Armageddon: When there is no food left, the masses will eat the rich. What is wealth but another form of power?
- Language: The ability to communicate with fellow humans in a structured form. Order, Understanding, wisdom. Armageddon: How can a person worship without words? The silence hurts the most.
- Ethics: The concept of right and wrong behaviour in the human condition. Order, peace, law. Armageddon: It is a mighty thing when the human race bands together and decides that something is wrong.
- Plant life: The largest variety of life itself. So large it almost defies description. Growth, Life, Plenty. Armageddon: Unchecked, unrestrained growth that overwhelmed, consumes and proliferates in any environment. Gods make fertile soil.
- Medicine: The science of treating human beings for their maladies. Healing, Treatment, Compassion. Armageddon: The great oath “I shall do no harm” is revoked. Such harm can be wrought by those who know the makeup of life.
- Mathematics: The study and truth of numbers. The first language, the first proof. Logic, Reason, Truth. Armageddon: Even gods know that math is road to the root of the universe. Its loss brings chaos without reprieve.
- History: The human ability to record the past and learn from it. Knowledge, growth, memory. Armageddon: Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. The gods will learn nothing from this experience. Or anything else.
- Earth science: The earth, how it functions and the laws by which it abides. Order, nature, weather. Armageddon: The earth lacks laws by which to function. It is free to do and shape as it wills, even against the gods.
- Social science: The human race forms societies to make groups, organization. Order, unity, law. Armageddon: The human race can always organize, form new groups. Even those to fight the gods.
- Navigation: The skill of locating a route to one’s destination. Seeking, Persistence, hunting. Armageddon: You cannot hide. They find you.
- Astronomy: The knowledge of the stars themselves and how we take our place among them. Knowledge, exploration, time. Armageddon: When the stars go out, they create what we call black holes. Their force is so great they can rip legend from gods.
- Logic: The simple human capacity for reason itself. Truth, balance, mind. Armageddon: Logic’s grasp is where madness is reigned in. It slips its chains and lets the horror free.
- Physics: The natural science of matter itself and how the laws of physics operate on our world. Reaction, Force, Motion. Armageddon: For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction. The exclusion of physics itself earns an unequaled reaction in the universe.
- Technology: The ability to create tools and products at any level. Ingenuity, craft, production. Armageddon: The human condition has made many tools, now all turned to a single glorious purpose.
- I’m not sure about ethics and logic as they are kinds of philosophy and physics as a division of Math but I’m leaving them separate for now.
Now here is a thought. On average we know the legend cost of a thing should be equal to the number of players, but do we want to play with that number?
I leave you with that question. Next time… FIRST DRAFT OF THE COMPLETE RULESET BABY! LET’S GET THIS STARTED!