The Cataclysm

[Ted]

Well, if everyone elses' power didn't go down and they added tech to it, its kinda unfair to the kod-mezu whose power deteriorated. Maybe their power was due in-part to the gods but not entirely, so overtime when the gods left, they began meditating more to compensate for their deteriorating power and in effect retain their original prowess in magic.

[Hureciel]

It doesn't necessarily follow that if they had magic go down and go up with tech, while everybody went up with tech, they wouldn't win/ they're weaker. Plus, if we retain the Gods, we'd be able to expand stories and whatnot within the games

[Ted]

If we kept the gods, how will that play out when we eventually reach the part that they are capable of space exploration? Will the gods be able to watch over those on other colonies/planets too? Did those other planets have gods as well?

I was thinking what if, the gods were actually the very first kodans that ascended beyond the physical and into the energy realm. But this ascension process has long been forgotten/banned/not practiced and no other kodans were able to ascend anymore. So the kodans themselves are magical in nature, regardless of the gods. This could also spin off into a story where a new god is born from a kodan who was able to ascend into godhood or the protagonist stops the antagonist from ascending into godhood.

[Hureciel]

Don't make the kodans imba. Ther're just gods. You could make it that other Gods exist. It's no problem to me.

>If we kept the gods, how will that play out when we eventually reach the part that they are capable of space exploration?

The Gods are invisible entities. They don't need to be seen or felt. After all, they are in a weakened state

>Will the gods be able to watch over those on other colonies/planets too?

The Gods are like Jesus. Omnipotent, Omnipresent, and Omniscient

>Did those other planets have gods as well?

Pwede.

[Ted]

> Don't make the kodans imba. Ther're just gods. You could make it that other Gods exist. It's no problem to me.

They aren't imba. What if any creature could ascend into the energy realm, which means all creatures are magically rooted but its more dominant in the kodans. This would make for a solid close in the god history questions of how they were created or where did they come from.

>The Gods are like Jesus. Omnipotent, Omnipresent, and Omniscient

What if the gods weren't truly omnicient? Say there is this universal collectiveness that connects every living creature, and anything they say or do is unconsciously shared and stored there, kinda like a database where everything is stored. No creature can access the data stored in the collectiveness, but when creatures started ascending into godhood they ascended into the energy plane where the collectiveness resides and they were able to access it, thereby giving them seemingly omniscient capabilities. Of course the ascension process has been forgotten already but possibly could be discovered someday.

>Planets having their own gods

Pwede in the sense that aliens have ascended also. Assuming there are aliens in those planets as well.

>Kod-Mezu losing power and becoming technology centric

Don't you think that they would lose their identity if they became more technology centric? How would they be different from the ehrui or the nu'kyo?

[Ted]

adopted the first post to follow the original world creation texts