EXPLANATION: The State of Aengudaemons & Co.

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The State of Aengudaemons & Co.

This piece is an explanation behind why Aengudaemons are having their direction changed.

Aengudaemons & Patrons

Aengudaemons, through repeated mistakes, have become something of scorn on the server. Whether it be someone playing one and actively funneling events for their playergroup that revolves around said deity or a failed antag, Aengudaemons have been used in many poor fashions. After the failure of the Gazardiael eventline, many were opposed to them being used again. The September Prince was the latest usage of a deific entity, which also had a lot of issues.

 

Scrapping the Aengudaemons removes a lot of potential. Instead, they should take a step back and never interact with the mortal realm directly again. Left in the background, patrons (Aengudaemonic servants/creations) should replace them and be things that players can interact with. These patrons need to be shaped in a way that isn’t just “LOOK AT ME, I’M DEIFIC”, but in a more human fashion. They should be an interesting event character that isn’t just shilling for their own playerbase.

 

This plays into the Aengudaemonic Pantheon idea that the story team will be working on, which will flesh this idea out and create a few different Aengudaemonic factions. This will give more life to the Aengudaemons and give them actual relations, which for the most part outside of the holy trio, have not been elaborated on or used at all.

 

Boons and other feats can be created more easily with this, as the factions would allow Aengudaemons that normally didn’t have any interactions with each other to create something new. For example, mixing the time element from Metztli with the knowledge aspect of Dragur to create a harmless aesthetic feat would now be possible (this is an example, not something that is actually happening rn since Dragur is locked away).

 

Spirits

The Spirits are a neat concept, but a lot of that area is undefined. The hierarchy, how a lesser becomes a greater, their strength in an event, the system of dealing with shamans, et cetera. This is something that will be one of the primary focuses of the story members who focus on shamanism while the lore games occur.

 

New Aengudaemons

The server has plenty of Aengudaemons at the moment and we will be scrutinizing new entries. Most submissions for an Aengudaemon are done with the mindset of using them as a power source, rather than adding to LotC’s canon, which causes most to lack depth/use. We ask that you keep this in mind and try to avoid doing that if you are designing a new Aengudaemon or Patron.