creation - the world building game

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Creation:

The World Building Game


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By Guy Fox and Okiju Smith

Introduction page 1

Rules page 2

Creation Points page 3

Receiving Points Back page 8

Confrontations page 11

Example of Play page 11

Optional Rules page 13

Incorporating This Game page 14

Copy Right© B.Brother Press 2012


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What are roleplaying games?

Roleplaying games are games where players

pretend to be someone or something like

cops and robbers. However unlike games

such as cops and robbers roleplaying gamestend to have more concrete rules and

generally having a mechanism to determine

uncertain actions such as fighting. This is

because roleplaying games are trying to

simulate a reality in a more detailed

manner. The main goal of these games is to

have fun; secondary goals can be anything

from making a great story to relieving some

stress.

Most roleplaying games involve the use ofdice to randomly determine outcomes, with

modifiers to the roll such as more dice or

added static values to represent natural

talent, skill and circumstances. These rolls

are only ever done to determine the result

of an action with an uncertain outcome.

Rolls should always matter and pointless

rolling should be avoided when possible.

What is this game?

For those that have played a lot of

roleplaying games they may find that this

game is somewhat unusual to what they are

used to, since of course how does one

represent what a god can do especially one

that actually creates a world. For new

players to this type of games, then this game

will appear like a more traditional game

than your typical roleplaying games, so

players should be aware that this game will

be different.

So what is this game you ask? This game is

for players to take on the roles of gods

probably ones that they have made

themselves although according to the rules

it could be any god or goddess they want.

But unlike other games where players get to

play as powerful entities the goal here will

be to create a world or worlds from scratch.

This game is great for playing quick

sessions, between 2-6 hours long for the

entire game. Longer campaigns are possible

but are trickier to run. Also this game is

perfect for slower methods of game play

such as email campaigns and play by poston forums. Finally this game can be used as

a tool for making your own game setting

with the players help to be run on any

roleplaying game system.

What you will need

To play this game you will need: pencils or

pens although pencils are recommended

and paper. If players want they could

instead just use a computer or laptop. Also with some of the optional rules players may

want some dice either standard six sided

dice or a collection of polyhedral dice. It is

also recommended that each player has a

copy of this PDF. Please support the

official release, which is this document.


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The rules

This is a simplistic and dice-less system; all

player characters are doing is creating the

world. Everyone starts with a number of

‘creation points’ these points can then beused to do one of a number of actions per

turn, which will then create or define a

setting. By actively describing their

character actions in one way or another,

players can then gain points back. If a

player doesn’t create something then it

should just be assume that our world rules

or physical properties or species and so on

exist. Unless everyone agrees against it in

which case the agreed properties apply.

Players may want to nominate a ‘game

master’, this person’s role will mainly be to

adjudicate points that other players will

receive back due to their descriptions,

interpreting the rules, and keeping track of

what is happening in the game setting. For

groups more familiar with roleplaying

games, the role of the game master will be

the same as in most other games. If no

game master is nominated then all the

players will have to act in unison as thegame master and take the decisions as vote.

For groups that take this as a more literal

game there are 2 ways to determine the

‘winner’ first ‘reward points’ can be given

either by the game master or throw a

consensus from the group. These points

are awarded for good descriptions,

interesting actions taken from the game, or

whatever else the group or game master

deems worthy of points. There is no official

scoring system for this game and we

encourage groups who use reward points to

come up with their own scoring system to

better suit their needs. The winner is the

one with the most reward points.

The second way is more straight-forward

and that is for the player with the god or

goddess that is actually in control of the

world. This is achieved by the player that

has spent the most creation points thought

the game. This does mean that unlike mostother role playing games, this game has a

very literally and finite end; when all the

players run out of creation points. For this

to work out every turn a point spent tally

should be kept for each player.

First the players or the game master need to

decide what level of game they wish to play

and thus how many points they will start the

game with. Players start with 50 creation

points for quick games, 100 to represent weak gods, 200 creation points for standard

gods, 500 for epic games and 1000 for

universe creating gods. They can spend as

many points as they have during any turn

but only on one of the listed actions. So a

god could create multiple heavenly bodies

or land but not both. They receive points

back based on how good the description of

how they made their action in their turn is,

and there is no limit in how many creation

point their character can have at any point.Continual development of their ‘character’

will give points back as well. A turn is in this

game is define as the collective action of all

the players for the spent and regain of

creation points. At the end of the turn the

game master or group decides how many

points the players receive back before the

beginning of the next turn, also turns have

other consequences described below since

certain actions will force a player to

effectively ‘miss’ a turn at least in the sense

that they can’t spend creation points.


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Creation points can be spent of the

following

1. Artefact 1-10pt2. Civilization 7pt

3. Construction materials 10pt4. Create animal 3pt5. Create food staple 5pt6. Create plant 1pt7. Create underworld 35pt8. Create weather 5pt9. Curse race 5-15pt10. Ecosystem 20pt11. Empower race 5-20pt12. Fundamental concept 60pt13. Heavenly body 40pt

14. Hero 3pt15. Hide or protect 5pt16. Inspiration 2pt17. Land 30pt18. Landmark 1-10pt19. Miracle 1-10pt20. Monster 5-15pt21. New technology 5pt22. Organisation 3pt23. Plane of existence 40pt24. Prophecy 1-5pt

25. Race 15pt26. Supernatural materials 20pt27. Useless materials 1pt

Creation points can be received by the

following

1. Creation myth 2-7pt2. Flawed creation 1-20pt3. Fundamental god story 1-10pt4. Fundamental sacrifice 3-15pt5. New deity 1-5pt6. Rest 1pt7. Slaying 1-20pt

Creation point actions

Players can spend their creation points on

the following actions, they can spend as

many creation points as they have on any

one action which may allow for the creationof multiple versions of the same action but

players can only take one kind of action per

turn. Where the cost of the action varies, it

is up to the game master to decide the cost

of each individual use of that action, which

may lead to varying costs even in a single

turn.

Artefact 1-10pt - this is an artefact that has

been build for the world, examples include

a sword that can cut anything, to a giganticlens that burns any intruders in a city.

Artefacts are more or less permanent unless

they are destroyed by a hero or monster but

they can also be stolen, also artefacts are

not for the gods since in all fairness any

equipment they have will be cinematic. An

example of a 1pt artefact is a sword that

never becomes dull and can cut most

materials with ease. An example of a 5pt

artefact is a shield that can never be

destroyed and the user of the shield isprotected from any damage coming from

the direction of the shield. An example of a

10pt artefact is an armour that prevents the

wearer from ever dying and they are

constantly healed as long as they wear the

armour, the armour itself can also never be

destroyed.

Civilization 7pt - this will build a civilisation

for example the ancient Egyptians or

Romans, there is no limit in how big the

civilisation can become, how many races a

single civilization may encompass or how

many civilizations a single race can have.

However this creation has two restrictions

first all the races that will become part of

the civilisation must exist before the use of

this ability although they could be created

in that turn and secondly the civilisation

cannot originally occupy more than one

Land that has been made although this


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could result in a civilisation ruling an entire

planet for galactic games.

Construction materials 10pt - this is the

introduction of a construction material that

anyone can use, the material can be foundanywhere that the player decided but it

should be accessible to at least one race in

existence. This material can be anything

from wood, stone or gold to more unusual

materials such as plastic. The only

limitation is that these materials can’t be

anything better than what is found on earth

and also fundamentally because of their

nature they will be very common and most

buildings could incorporate these materials

so for example if gold is made into aconstruction material then most houses

could be build out of gold

Create animal 3pt - this creates a specific

animal such as a cat, elephant or bacteria.

There are a few limitations first the animal

does not need to be something that exists

on earth, however it will become common

enough so there will always be more than a

1000 individuals of this species secondly it

can’t be so powerful as to actually rival anyrace made or dominate the planet, and

finally it can’t be sentient.

Create food staple 5pt - this creates a staple

food source that any race could use

although it could be heavily tied to any

individual race or civilisation this could be

anything from a potato, to an easily and

abundant animal or more exotic such as

edible rocks. The only limitation is that the

food source must either be large enough or

replenish-able enough so that everything

within at least one Land could eat it.

Create plant 1pt - similar to create animal

but it instead creates an immobile being.

This can be anything from an actual plant,

fungus to more exotic organisms such as

living crystals. Again this will be a common

thing so there will be more than 1000

individuals and it can’t be deadly enough or

destructive enough to destroy any

civilisation or wipe out any race. Finally this

thing can’t be so useful for construction so

as to be their primary building material

without spending for the construction

material as well

Create underworld 35pt - this is the creation

of a place where the dead will go to. It can

have any restrictions that the player wants,

such as only those that died in battle can

journey to this underworld, and the plane

can do whatever the player wishes it to do

for example torture all the dead for

eternity. There are a few restrictions first

the underworld cannot be reached by

normal means and generally only death,

secondly it can’t kill or destroy those that will inhabit it although they may be killed

and reborn indefinitely and finally it can’t

do the same job or have the same

restriction as another existing underworld.

Also note that the underworld can never be

overfilled with dead people and there will

always be enough space for more to come

in.

Create weather 5pt - this allows the creation

of permanent weather effects such as rain,thunder storms, hurricanes and the like.

This is the creation of a permanent effect in

the world and unlike miracle it can’t be

used for a specific effect or to destroy

anything created with creation points such

as flooding a city.

Curse race 5- 15pt -similar to empower race

but it gives a handicap to the entire race,

these handicaps can be anything from the

race burning up with sunlight to them only

being able to eat the flesh of a particular

animal. There are a few restrictions first it

cannot unmake or stop the empowerment

that the race already has; it can’t also be so

awkward that it will kill the race completely,

and finally it can’t hinder the race enough

for their civilizations, if they have any, to

collapse. An example of a 5pt curse is being

killed outright if they touch a rare element

such as gold. An example of a 10pt curse is

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skin. An example of a 15pt curse is only

being able to breathe with specialised masks

on and drowning if these masks are ever

removed from their face.

Ecosystem 20pt - this creates an entireecosystem in any one land, players do not

have to explain everything that lives there

but they should give some explanation as to

roughly how creatures are such as if they

are making a rain forest or a coral reef. The

only limitation is that the animals within

can’t be more dangerous than monsters and

they should not be able to stop the progress

of a civilisation and none of the creatures in

the ecosystem can be sentient.

Empower race 5-20pt - this is an important

add on to any race that should be more

capable than humans in one way or

another, for example this power can make

the creatures no longer need to eat, be

immortal or fly. This power can give

multiple advantages and its cost will depend

on how much more capable the race will

end up being compared to normal humans.

An example of a 5pt empowerment is

making the race immune to the effects offire or regeneration. An example of a 10pt

empowerment is making the race capable

of flying and able to see in complete

darkness. An example of a 15pt

empowerment is giving the race the ability

to become immortal. An example of a 20pt

empowerment is making the entire race

capable of flying, having senses that are far

superior to anything else on the planet and

being immune to most forms of damage.

Fundamental concept 60pt - this is the

creation of a fundamental aspect of all

reality, this can be anything from the

creation of ‘good’, ‘love’ to more

fundamental aspects such as gravity or

concrete aspects such as magic. The

limitation for this is that it can’t contradict

an already existing concept although it

could oppose it such as good and evil, it

should be well define since pre-existing

concepts such as love may change with this

and they have to be able to make sense so

you can’t for example make a concept that

stops gravity entirely but you could make a

concept that negates gravity in some areas

Heavenly body 40pt - this is an object that is visible to everything else in existence, for

example a sun, the moon, a constellation of

stars or something stranger such a gigantic

statue. By definition it is impossible to

reach such object through normal means,

and great efforts involving an entire nation

are the minimum requirements to reach

them if they can be reached at all.

Hero 3pt - this creates a hero from one of

the already existing races such as Achilles,the individual is unique and unless this

power is spent again an individual such as

this character will not exist again. The hero

can be tasked with any task although they

do have free will unlike the monster so

impossible tasks they will probably refuse to

do, the hero will have any power that the

player wishes but they can’t be powerful

enough to destroy or build anything that

requires creation points with the exception

of other heroes, monsters or organisations which they can destroy or find.

Hide or Protect 5pt - this is a special power

that prevents other gods form affecting any

one thing that the god is hiding or

protecting. This effect can only target one

thing say a race, or a civilisation but it need

not be one that the god made himself.

Once this power is used no other god can

intervene but monster, artefacts and heroes

can be used to interact, albeit not perfectly,

with anything that is being hidden or

protected.

Inspiration 2pt - this is a power that can be

used to give any existing race a thought or a

mode of conduct, for example the 10

commandments. The limitations of this are

that it can’t be used to destroy anything that

is made from creation points such as a race

or civilisation but it could be used to add

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given through Inspiration at best will be

taken as the ideal way of life; it does not

mean though that everyone that knows

them will follow them. Inspiration also

cannot be used to replicate any effect that

could be done using another power such asadding a new technology

Land 30pt - this by definition is where life

will or can exist in. It is reasonably

accessible to other creatures and if left

alone it will develop its own creatures and

ecosystems. Even though it’s called land it

does not mean that it has to be rock, earth

and soil it could be a gigantic plant, or a

space ship. There is however one

restrictions that should be imposed first atthe start of the game to define the game that

will be played. Kingdom games have a land

minimum size of a county or state and the

land maximum size of a large country.

Continental games have a land minimum

size of a large country and a land maximum

size of a continent. Both kingdom and

continental games are therefore limited to a

single planet which may be a restriction that

the game master or the group wish to

impose on the game. Finally there isgalactic games, were the minimum land size

is that of a small planet like earth and the

maximum size of a land is that of a gas giant

planet like Jupiter.

Landmark 1-10pt - this creates a piece of

scenery that has to reside inside a Land, it

can be anything from a mountain to a very

tall tower, the limitations though are that it

can’t be bigger than the Land it is in

although it could almost be the same size,

and it can’t destroy or create anything that

would require creation points, however

landmarks could be used to connect one

land to another or to go from one land to a

plane or underworld. An example of a 1pt

landmark is a small hill. An example of a

5pt landmark is a large mountain range that

covers the entire coast. An example of a

10pt landmark is a colossal tower that

reaches right into heaven and that all dead

souls must clime it if they wish to get in.

Miracle 1-10pt -miracles are one off effects

that will shape the land or history or nations

that it affects, the potency of the miracle will

determine its cost same as with monsters.

Miracles can have any effect from rainingfire to turning all the water in the land to

wine or making all animals in a certain land

into ash. There are a few restrictions to

miracles, first they can’t undo what another

player has made so you can’t end a

civilization or eliminate an entire race no

matter how many miracles you cast against

them although you can reduce then to a

very small number of individuals, secondly

they can’t be permanent, and finally they

can’t create something that would becovered with any of the other powers. An

example of a 1pt miracle is for making it

rain honey for an entire day, a 1pt miracle

can’t have a fundamental change on any

civilisation or land and it will affect an area

the size of a city or less. An example of a

5pt miracle is creating a swarm of locusts

that will ravage all the food in a land, 5pt

miracles can change the behaviour of a

civilisation and the can affect any 1 land. An

example of a 10pt miracle is making it rainfor 40 days and nights and flooding the

entire world, do note though that 10pt

miracles even though they can affect any

number of lands and fundamentally change

any number of civilisation they cannot on

their own actually destroy any civilisation or

race.

Monster 5-15pt - this creates a monster that

will roam the land from this point until it is

slain, the more powerful the creature the

more points it will cost players can ask for a

cost but in it is up to the game master to

determine the actual cost depending on

what it is capable of doing. Monsters can be

tasked with anything that the players want

and they are one of the few things that will

affect things that are hidden or protected by

another god. However Monsters can’t be so

powerful as to be able to destroy things,

other than other monsters and heroes,

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words they can’t kill an entire race or bring

down a civilisation or destroy a land. An

example of a 5pt monster is like the

minotaur in that it is powerful but a

prepared hero could easily kill it, and for

the most part they do not have anysupernatural powers other than cosmetic

appearance. An example of a 10pt monster

is like the medusa, it takes a very well

prepared hero to defeat it, and even then

there is a chance that the monster will

triumph, also this kind of monster will have

several supernatural abilities such as turning

people into stone with its gaze or only being

able to be slaying with a mistletoe. An

example of a 15pt monster is a creature that

will affect nations although not outrightdestroy them such as a mighty dragon or a

colossal giant, monsters of this magnitude

will rarely be defeated by a single hero and

they will most likely have a whole range of

supernatural abilities such as regeneration,

the ability to shatter mountains with a single

blow and so on. With game master

approval 13 to 15pt monsters may be

allowed to affect or create their own land

marks on the setting generally due to how

big or powerful they should be.

New technology 5pt - this is the creation of

the fundamental innovation for a new set of

technology that anyone in the setting is

capable of using. Examples for this will

include such fundamental technologies

such as fire, electricity or metal working to

more unusual technologies such as magic,

alchemy or necromancy. This creation can

also be used to represent technological level

of a civilisation, each purchase of this

power equating to an “age”. They must be

purchase in order and the ages are as

follows: Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age,

Classical Age, Dark Age, Medieval Age,

Renascence, Age of Discovery, Steam Age,

Industrial Age, Modern Era, Digital Age,

Space Fairing Age, Age of Miracles and

Age of Creation. From this list of ages we

recommend that the game master or the

gaming group place a limit if they wish to

keep technological levels capped, for

example at the medieval age, to play a

fantasy game. Also players should note that

even though the order of ages is set, the

standard age progression follows human

technological progression however this will

progress all technologies at the same rate,for example if players purchase

necromancy then it will be relatively useless

and limited at the stone age but it will be

miraculous by modern era. This boils down

to players purchasing the technologies

available and then the technological level

that is available to the world.

Organisation 3pt - this creates an

organisation that is tasked with any

particular objective that the god wishesalthough all the members have free will and

can choice not to do any task, these

organisations can be fairly powerful but

they can never rival a civilisation. They also

can’t directly destroy or build anything that

would require creation points and they are

not capable of sufficiently influencing a

civilisation or for that matter another

organisation, into changing completely.

Plane of existence 40pt -this is the creationof another realm of reality, for example the

creation of heaven or the plane of magic.

By definition this area of reality is extremely

difficult to reach from outside of it, and

unless a Land is also purchased, living

creatures can’t survive inside of this area.

The rules inside this area can be anything

that the player desires and this area can be

combined with the underworld so that

other creatures other than the dead can also

reside in this place.

Prophecy 1-5pt - this does not actually make

anything this turn, instead when points are

spent in prophecy they make any outcome

that the player wishes to make eventually

come true. The more powerful or

fundamental the prophecy is the more

points it cost. Prophecies can do anything

that the player wants even the entire

destruction of everything that exist, but

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when they will occur, and unlike any other

creation they can be outright stopped or

contradicted so one prophecy can be the

exact opposite of another. Prophecies never

actually take effect during the game. An

example of a 1pt prophecy is the predictionof the death of any one hero that was made.

An example of a 3pt prophecy is the end of

a civilisation. An example of a 5pt prophecy

is the end of all of creation.

Race 15pt - this is the creation of an

intelligent or sentient race of creatures. The

default will be humans but any race of

creatures can be made and they don’t need

to be even vaguely humanoid so things like

sentient robots or intelligent slime can existfrom this power, there is one restriction and

that is that just using this power will make

things that are as capable as a human or less

capable but not more powerful, so no

supernatural powers, skills or abilities of

any sort.

Supernatural materials 20pt - similar to

construction materials except that they are

far rarer and they can have any effect that

the god wishes, with the exception that thematerial cannot create or destroy in itself

anything that requires creation points.

Examples of supernatural materials include

adamantine, living metal, uranium, or force-

fields.

Useless materials 1pt - useless materials are

materials that can be extremely common

and that for the most part are useless for

most day to day tasks; examples include

sand, clay or more unusual materials such

as glowing rocks. However with time or new

technologies these materials could be

exploited. Also any useless material is

almost worthless to any creature that can

find it.

Receiving points back

Players can receive a number of points

from the following actions. Depending on

how good the description of what your

character does will reward you with a varying number of points according to

which of these criteria you wish to cover.

You can use more than one of these criteria

at a time; however the conditions in the

criteria have to be met.

Creation myth 2-7pt - this is the typical

method of regaining points, it details how

the god formed wherever he spend creation

points. For example a god who built an

island by spending creation points in aLand could have created the island by

throwing a pebble into the ocean which

then absorbed water and grew. A 2pt

creation myth is one or two sentences long.

A 5pt creation myth is about 2 paragraphs

in length. A 7pt creation myth is about the

length of page in description or something

that made the rest of the players laugh or

impressed them.

Flawed creation 1-20pt - this type ofregaining points involve hindering

something that the player has made, the

worse they hinder what they create the

more points they gain back. For example a

god who makes fish by spending creation

points into making an animal could have

used ash when he made the first fish, and

because of this all fish now taste of ash. Fish

have now become inedible due to their

flavour of ash. A 1pt flawed creation is a

minor hindrance such as creating an animal

that has a horrendous smell. A 5pt flawed

creation is a more substantial flaw such as

making an animal that can only eat one type

of plant. A 10pt flawed creation is a major

flaw and can only be applied to bigger

things such as lands, for example creating a

land that has almost no natural resources.

A 15pt flawed creation is a great fault such

as making a celestial body like the sun but

that it scorches all the lands every 10 years.

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creation such as making a land that is slowly

sinking into the sea and will disappear

completely in a 1000 years.

Fundamental god story 1-10pt - this is a

fundamental story that details either theorigin of the god or explains more of how

the god actually is. For example a god who

creates a lake by spending creation points

in a Land mark, could one day have been

very thirsty so he drank and drank, on his

way home the sand tickled his feet but

because he was so full of water he couldn’t

keep it in and so he threw up and formed

the lake. A 1pt fundamental god story is a

small story that gives just a hint of what the

god actually is. A 5pt fundamental god storyis a story that goes into more detail as to

why the god is how he is, for example

explain why the god is always angry. A 10pt

fundamental god story is that intrinsically

defines the god, for example where he

came from or explaining why he is the god

of rain.

Fundamental sacrifice 3-15pt - this type of

regaining points involves the god giving up

something that was very personal to them, itcould be anything from their own hand, to

a loved one or even a loved possession. For

example a god who created the sun by

spending creation points on heavenly body

could have been a very greedy god, and his

most precious possession could have been

a golden ball. One day he became careless

as he was playing and threw the ball high

into the sky, he threw it so hard that it never

came back. Now the god weeps every time

the sun passes by. An example of a 3pt

fundamental sacrifice is losing an object that

was dear to the god, this does not need to

have any mechanical effects in the game.

An example of a 5pt fundamental sacrifice

is sacrificing a body part of the god, for

example a hand or a foot, with game master

discretion this may make gods more

vulnerable to confrontations, and they

count as having 1 creation point less when

confronting another god/goddess. An

example of a 10pt fundamental sacrifice is

sacrificing something more important such

as the gods only weapon or his heart,

although it should be noted that gods

cannot die. A 10pt sacrifice may with game

master discretion force the god to be more

vulnerable to confrontations and they countas having 5 creation points less when

confronting another god/goddess or having

to rest the next turn. A 15pt fundamental

sacrifice is giving away almost the entire

existence of the god away for example

giving away his soul or his manhood. With

game master discretion such sacrifices

should cripple the god and they are now

permanently at a disadvantage when

confronting another god/goddess they

count as having 10 creation points less andthey have to rest on the next turn.

New deity 1-5pt - this is a special form of

regaining points, players can invoke this

method of regaining points at any time.

When they do the next turn the game

master gets to do any action that would

spend creation points to make one thing.

Also players who use this must define the

new deity and explain where that person

came from. A 1pt new deity creates a newdeity that can spend up to 10 creation

points or less next round. A 3pt new deity

creates a deity that can spend 50 creation

points or less for the next round. A 5pt new

deity creates a deity that can spend up to

100 creation points on the next round. The

points are spent on whatever the game

master (or group) decide on but the new

deity can only spend points on the

following rounds and they never regain

spent points. The player who created the

deity has no say in where the points are

spent.

Rest 1pt - this is also another special action

that players can take, instead of spending

any creation points this turn the god can

instead ‘rest’ and he automatically gets 1

creation point, as well they can use any of

the methods above to regain even more

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Confrontations

This is an additional part of game play that

may crop up depending on the actions of

the players. Since gods/goddess i.e. the

players can crate heroes and monsters, as well as their deities fighting said individuals

there may be times when these

confrontations will have to be solved. To

determine who wins just compare the

number of creation points spent on the

hero/monster the one with the most points

wins the confrontation. The player who

created the hero/monster gets to decide the

fate of the vanquished party. Players may

notice that heroes are only 3 points were as

monsters start at 5, this is because heroescan use artefacts to boost their number of

points by the same number of points as the

artefact cost. Monsters may be allowed to

do the same but this is down to the game

master’s discretion and generally shouldn’t .

Also multiple monsters/heroes may face

each other in the same ‘battle’, to

determine the outcome of the fight the side

with the most creation points wins, and the

player or players who won get to decide the

outcome of the defeated side.

When a player’s god or goddess character

confronts a monster or hero or multiple

opponents of either/both the god or

goddess character is always the victor.

However as explained above in the slaying

section on receiving creation points back

the player or players who made the

hero/monster gain the same number of

creation points back as the god/goddess

character who slay the creations.

For players who actively use their

gods/goddess to confront creatures there is

an option for their gods/goddess characters

to face each other. When this occurs just

compare the number of remaining creation

points of both characters, whichever side

has the most creation points remaining wins

the contest. However unlike the other

situations the victorious side does not get to

say what happens to the defeated, instead

the defeated god/goddess must spend the

next turn resting as explained above.

Characters that are forced to rest by this

manner or through the slaying condition

above cannot confront and therefore slay

another creature.

Example of play

Here is an example of three turns of play

between two god characters, the first if the

god Okami, and the second is the goddess

Xochi, the format of this example will be

first the mechanical purchasing and then

each turn will have a description to follow

that explains what they purchased and also

gives a rough idea as to how many pointsthe description would give the character

back. This example of play will also assume

normal rules and that in the first turn there

is nothing in play, it ’s a blank slate as it

were.

Turn 1

Okami: in the first turn Okami creates a

land (30pt). Okami regains points through a

creation myth (3pt) and fundamental god

story (2pt).The first god of creation was Okami, he

came from the void a creature that was

above all others as he made himself in the

very beginning. As Okami became self

aware he shouted the word for land, and

from the darkness the first planet came out

into existence. As the world came into

shape Okami felt a great loneliness and so

the next word he spoke was life. With it the

first trees grow and the first animals began

to walk the earth.

Xochi: in the first turn Xochi creates a

heavenly body (40pt). Xochi regains points

through a creation myth (2pt) and

fundamental god story (2pt).

In the darkness the first animals lived, one

of them was Xochi the tiger. In the

darkness there were no days and so there

was no way to tell how long she spent there,

hunting her pray. However Xochi was sad

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for her to hunt. One night she creapt all the

way up a mountain, there she found a lump

of gold, seeing the shiny metal gave her an

idea. She sprinkled some wood shavings

and set the whole thing on fire and with

great force she threw it into the sky for it tobecome the sun.

Turn 2

Okami: in the second turn Okami creates a

race (15pt). Okami regains points through a

creation myth (3pt) and a flaw creation (1pt)

As the first day came and the sun rouse into

the sky Okami was moved by its beauty.

Okami peered into the world to see what

the others thought and found that not one

of his world ’ s inhabitants was interested inthe sun. Okami became desperate that

others should feel what he felt and so he

rushed through the first day to gather clay

from all the land. As the day started to

settle he created the first man and woman

and as he rushed he cut himself and

sprinkled the blood on their bodies. As the

first humans came into being the first thing

they saw was their bleeding god, and they

became afraid and ran into the hills to hide.

Okami became sad, and to bring them outof their cave he built for them their own

house. In that house humans would live

during the night which is when they are

most afraid, and they would marvel at the

sun and join Okami in celebrating its

beauty during the day.

Xochi: in the second turn Xochi creates a

new technology (5pt). Xochi regains points

through a fundamental sacrifice (3pt) and

creation myth (3pt)

When Xochi saw Okami create man she

became angry and lonely. In her anger she

roared to the heavens, her shout was so

fears that it can be heard as thunder. In her

loneliness she wept, and she cried for so

long that her tears now fall from the

heavens as rain. In this sate she did not eat

or sleep and so she grew weak and feeble.

After a year of crying she decided to

confront man, and so she built herself the

first metal tool, a large iron spear, and

approach the house that man lived in. As

she reached the house however, she heard

a horrible wail, the cries of the first child,

and she got scared. In her fright she

dropped her spear and ran as fast as the

wind, and there is when man first learnedof metal.

Turn 3

Okami: in the third turn Okami rest (1pt)

and gains additional points from a

fundamental god story (1pt)

When Okami found that man had started

working with metal he felt that they no

longer needed his help. He left them be so

that they could grow and flourish however

way they wanted, and so he went to theocean on his own little boat made of reads

and set sail to see the world he had made.

Xochi: in the third turn Xochi creates

animal (3pt). Xochi regains points through

a creation myth (3pt) and slaying (20pt).

During the confrontation between Xochi

and Okami, Xochi wins due to having more

creation points (as Okami has spent 36pt

and you don’t include the fact that he has

rested this turn, and Xochi has spent 35pt).Because this is a fight between gods Xochi

has forced Okami to rest for a turn and she

in turn will have to rest for the following 2

turns.

In her shame Xochi roam the land for

many days, looking for Okami so that she

could have a world with him. However the

god had already left on his trip into the

ocean, when Xochi found out that Okami

had left she was furious. Believing that the

god had abandoned her she chased after

him. She took 13 years to find Okami and

when she finally found him she was driven

by rage to kill the god. A great fight then

ensued from the two deities, and it was so

fearsome that the ground where they fought

turned to glass, the rivers and lakes dried

up, and the mountains crumbled to dust.

During the fight Xochi clawed at Okami

and from every cut snakes poured out onto

the earth were they slithered away in fear.

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So they parted ways, harbouring hatred for

all time.

Optional rules

For players who want more uncertainty inthe game here are a few options:

Heroic Variant

Confrontations between monsters and

heroes are determined randomly, this is

done by rolling a six sided dice for both

sides and adding how many creation points

the monster or hero cost. The side with the

highest value wins the confrontation.

Terrestrial VariantFor players who wish to add more

emphasis on chance then all confrontations

are determined by rolling, here heroes roll

a 8 sided die, monsters use a 6 sided die

and gods/goddess characters roll using a

twelve sided die, god and goddess

characters also only count as having 20

creation points to determine the outcome

of confrontations between them and

monster/heroes. Confrontation between

two gods/goddesses are the same as abovebut both sides roll a 12 sided dice and add

them to their corresponding number of

creation points they have left. Thus this

allows gods to always have the same chance

of beating a hero or a monster, given the

static value but against other gods the

outcome is more tied to the number of

creation points they have left.

Interloper Variant

For game masters who wish to have more

control of the setting you can start by having

anything defined with creation points

already in play so players can affect them

and depending on how much is already in

play you may wish to remove some creation

points from players, generally about 10

creation points for every 1 thing already in

existence with the exception of heroes,

monster and concepts. Using this variant,

players should never start with less than 50

creation points at the beginning of the

game.

Sage Variant

For game masters who wish to minimise

player control or wish to make playercharacters more closely resemble heroes

can use this options. Players start with 20

creation points, and the game master must

already have a ‘setting’ created, this requires

a minimum of 1 land, 1 celestial body, 1

ecosystem, 1 race, 1 civilisation and game

masters may wish to add anything else that

can be created using creation points as well.

With this variant the terrestrial variant or

heroic variant should also be used to give a

greater importance to chance.

For groups were there are less players, the

assumption with the current rules are that

the game has one game master and 4

players, however the game can easily

accommodate any number of players, or

the game master wants to give even more

power to the players, they are encourage to

give players 300 or 400 creation points to

begin with. Do note that above 500 creation

points any player can quite easily createeverything needed for a civilisation to

flourish in a single round. Game masters

who use this option may wish to limit the

number of creation points spent in any

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Incorporation this game into a campaign

More experience roleplaying gamers may

realise that this game has a lot of other

potential other than its main goal. This side

effect is an intentional part of the game,since at its core this game is all about the

telling of a creation myth. What this means

is that for groups that are adventurous or

who just wish to try something new could

do the following: run the game as it is

detailed above and then run a campaign

most likely using a different system

afterwards using the setting that your group

develop together.

There are several benefits to using thisapproach, first and most obvious is that if

your game group is ‘stuck’ on ideas on what

to play next this has the benefit of setting up

the setting as it were and it may even

provide its own narrative or story hooks

that the game master may need to run his

next adventure.

Another more overlooked benefit is that

everyone who was present in the creation of

the setting will know the setting, since theyhelped build it. This then means that when

running another campaign in said setting all

the players come to the table with the same

information. However game masters should

be aware that even though all the players

may have the same information it does not

mean that they come to the game with the

same expectations and certain individuals

may have more of a say on the setting

simply because their characters made more.

Another benefit to using this approach is

that the game master doesn’t have to build

the world from scratch or read several

books on a pre-built setting to run the

game. This is especially true considering

that the players actually do most of the

game for him using this approach. Using

this approach allows game masters to work

out what their players want in a campaign

by observing what their players make

during this game. Although game masters

should be aware of two very important

obstacles that using this approach may

generate, first the more power given to the

players on their say in the setting the more

unexpected the outcome may be. Game

masters should be prepared for playerscreating something completely unique that

may have no comparison to anything else

they have encountered before. A good

example would be with something as simple

as the create land power, there is no reason

why it should be rock as stated in the power

above, so a player could quite easily make a

gigantic fly as a land. If a game where then

set with said fly there would have to be

some considerations made for example are

the trees or just gigantic hairs that have thesame function? Game masters should be

aware of this potential hazard but they

should also know that if they are taking this

rote to creating a setting then telling your

players what they can and cannot make is

just going to frustrate the players if the game

master is limiting them at every turn.

The second obstacle is in the actual running

of the game, some settings made may very

well be outside the rules provided by mostroleplaying game systems. It is

recommended that the game master uses a

generic system when trying to make a

setting using this approach but this is not to

say that other systems won’t work. Game

masters should just be aware that some

systems may not support what their players

have made, for example in a setting with no

humanoid sentient beings, using a system

that only allows players to play as a human

may not be the best approach.

Finally both game masters and players

should be aware of the following point; this

game is built on the assumption that any

action as long as they follow the rules is a

valid action. This means that if a player

wants to make a sentient race of gelatinous

humanoids he can. Both players and game

masters need to be aware that this fact then

implies that other players are not going to

be very keen if they are denied their actions


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regardless of how weird or unfitting they

are. Remember this is just a game, if a

setting is made in which no one wants to

play you can always just make it again, and

also not that it never hurts to try something

new, even if it fails remember you canalways just try something else.

Well that is the game in a nutshell hope

that people find this game both entertaining

and useful for whatever endeavours you use

it in, and remember this is just a game, if

there are any rules or ideas you don’t like

or disagree with feel free to change them to

better suite your liking and remember the

main aim of this game is to have fun.

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