roman/greek pantheon

[cerebro]

After running a very successful Two session adventure, I am starting to toy with my idea of a campaign set in the ancient world of the romans.

I can use real world maps, gods for every culture for cults, etc. I plan to set it in the year 47 BC.

I plan to use the Titans as the antagonist when it comes to cults. The cultist want to go back to the old ways,when titans ruled creation. Of course worship of the titans is forbidden ,so all are secret cults of very evil people.

My question is this: Is there any guide to the Greek pantheons, what spells does each god gives etc. If not I will make it myself.

 

[Jujitsudave]

I'm with you, dude. Mine is gonna be a Skype one in Britain, 407 AD. They have to make a cool supplement for it! Check out the Basic Roleplaying Rome supplement. More info than you can shake a Gladius at.

 

[Ultor]

Greek and Roman gods are similar, but different. Ares is a beserk raging god, while Mars is a noble avenger. Zeus is a bit of a lad, while Jupiter is a more fatherly type. If I was doing this, I'd probably have two separate but similar cults for each god, like Humakt and Humakt the Claw. In 47 BC you also have the beginnings of foreign cults like Cybele or Isis, which might actually make good antagonists (Cleopatra as Evil High Priestess appeals). You'd also have schools of philosophy, which could teach sorcery (what spells would the grimoire "Plato's Republic" have, I wonder...?)

Could be a lot of fun to develop these cults. Keep us posted!

 

[Mongoose Pete]

You'd also have schools of philosophy, which could teach sorcery (what spells would the grimoire "Plato's Republic" have, I wonder...?)

Hmm, how about:

Dismiss Illusion
Mystic Vision
Recall Knowledge
Intuition
Discern Truth
Discern Class/Caste
Inflict Justice
Dominate (Citizen)

:wink:

 

[cerebro]

Thats the way I'm doing it, Ultor.
Sorcery similar.Every great philosopher had a school. Aristotles for example was a student of Plato, who was a student of socrates. But each had its own school, Aristotles one was the Lyceum. So thats a Grimoire (lyceum). Also don't forget those necromancers of the pyramids. Where immortal sorcerers and priest lurk in ancient temples lost in the sand.

Alexandria,city of light. Where Alexander the great (the great arch sorcerer Aristotle was his teacher) founded the arch-wizards order of knowledge. Now outcast fallen from grace under current Tolemaic rule.

Chronos Cult, Minos cult and their veneration of the minotaur people(yes laberint included), The cursed abandoned city of Carthage, destroyed by the romans fearing their powerful chaos magic and demon pacts. Etc.

It has potential.

 

[cerebro]

I'm with you, dude. Mine is gonna be a Skype one in Britain, 407 AD. They have to make a cool supplement for it! Check out the Basic Roleplaying Rome supplement. More info than you can shake a Gladius at.

Thanks I own it. Its a great book,I have learn a lot about romans.

 

[Ultor]

You'd also have schools of philosophy, which could teach sorcery (what spells would the grimoire "Plato's Republic" have, I wonder...?)

Hmm, how about:

Dismiss Illusion
Mystic Vision
Recall Knowledge
Intuition
Discern Truth
Discern Class/Caste
Inflict Justice
Dominate (Citizen)

:wink:

Love it! The Stoic school should have Abjure Pain and lots of other such spells. The Epicureans could have Abjure Drunkenness...

 

[Ultor]

Thats the way I'm doing it, Ultor.
Sorcery similar.Every great philosopher had a school. Aristotles for example was a student of Plato, who was a student of socrates. But each had its own school, Aristotles one was the Lyceum. So thats a Grimoire (lyceum). Also don't forget those necromancers of the pyramids. Where immortal sorcerers and priest lurk in ancient temples lost in the sand.

Alexandria,city of light. Where Alexander the great (the great arch sorcerer Aristotle was his teacher) founded the arch-wizards order of knowledge. Now outcast fallen from grace under current Tolemaic rule.

Chronos Cult, Minos cult and their veneration of the minotaur people(yes laberint included), The cursed abandoned city of Carthage, destroyed by the romans fearing their powerful chaos magic and demon pacts. Etc.

It has potential.

Sounds great. As I say, keep us posted!

 

[Mongoose Pete]

Thanks I own it. Its a great book,I have learn a lot about romans.

I'm glad you like it! :wink:

 

[cerebro]

Thanks I own it. Its a great book,I have learn a lot about romans.

I'm glad you like it! :wink:

It's very good. Congratulations. Do you know where I can get a map of rome in the year 46-ish?. Or close to that year.

 

[Mongoose Pete]

It's very good. Congratulations. Do you know where I can get a map of rome in the year 46-ish?. Or close to that year.

No, I'm afraid there isn't one, at least not that I've found. The only decent map of early Rome I've found was for the Augustan period and that cost me a small fortune.

The map in BRP Rome is actually composite of seven others and the best source you'll find outside the impenetrable depths of academia. :wink:

 

[Dan True]

I haven't got a map of rome, but here is one of the Empire:

http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/1/index.html

Year 1 AD, so about 50 years later than yours. But I doubt much have changed. One thing I do know has changed though is Britannia. Under Julius Caesar the british tribes still pay tribute to Rome. Julius Caesar dies in 44 BC and after that the british tribes quickly stop paying tribute, as Rome is too busy fighting itself to go up there (until Claudius about fifty years later).

A little tip which I have thought about doing: Get a map of Pompeii! I don't know if you can get it on the net, but try. It is incredible detailed and since it is a real roman city it has all the things a city from that period would need. You can of course just use it for any other medium-sized Italian city you would like. Hope you can find it,

- Dan

 

[Jujitsudave]

Those maps are a fantastic overview. I've seen them before but you savedme time searching. Thanks.

 

[cerebro]

I haven't got a map of rome, but here is one of the Empire:

http://www.euratlas.net/history/europe/1/index.html

Year 1 AD, so about 50 years later than yours. But I doubt much have changed. One thing I do know has changed though is Britannia. Under Julius Caesar the british tribes still pay tribute to Rome. Julius Caesar dies in 44 BC and after that the british tribes quickly stop paying tribute, as Rome is too busy fighting itself to go up there (until Claudius about fifty years later).

A little tip which I have thought about doing: Get a map of Pompeii! I don't know if you can get it on the net, but try. It is incredible detailed and since it is a real roman city it has all the things a city from that period would need. You can of course just use it for any other medium-sized Italian city you would like. Hope you can find it,

- Dan

Nice.

 

[Ultor]

Thanks I own it. Its a great book,I have learn a lot about romans.

I'm glad you like it! :wink:

It's very good. Congratulations. Do you know where I can get a map of rome in the year 46-ish?. Or close to that year.

I think early editions of Muir's Historical Atlas had one for Rome in the time of Caesar but I don't know if that's available anywhere easily. There is a German ancient historical atlas which is extremely good that I used all the time as an undergraduate, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was called.

 

[havercake lad]

The book 'Warrior cults' by Paul Elliott is a historical work with chapters on both Greek and Roman cults including Hero and Emperor ones.