Question: Hey, I was just wondering why you guys have Dian Cecht grayed out? Is it because he is quite possibly the worst father ever of all time in the Tuatha? Or is he a Avatar in your games?
Neither, actually; we decided in our Tuatha rewrite that Dian Cecht is a god, but that he's probably only Legend 10, not a full Legend 12 god-parent for Scions.
Mostly this was because Dian Cecht does one and only one thing: Health. What else would you even give him as an associated power? Sure, he has the well, but that's probably a badass relic (and even if it were a result of the Water purview, you only need a level 4 boon to pull that off). He predicted that the Morrigan's baby had to be put down because it was going to be a horror, but is that really Prophecy or is it just being confronted with a really ugly baby? He's a gigantic asshole, but there is no purview for that. I could maybe, maybe see Magic on the strength of the badass ritual involved in killing said baby, but I think even that might be a stretch, and I can't think of a single Epic Attribute strong enough in his stories to definitively say that Dian Cecht possesses it.
So Legend 10 he became, and that's where he'll stay for now. He's still around, doctoring the Tuatha when they need it and glaring venomously at any Scion of the pantheon who dares try to build up Health, but he can't compete on the same level as dudes like Lugh and Manannan mac Lir.
I'd point out that while I do think he should remain a Tuatha, he clearly isn't The Best Healer Around. He was outclassed by his son and so furious about he, he murdered Miach.
ReplyDeleteMaybe that means Miach had learned a higher level of Health than his dad. If Dian Cecht had The Healer, could his Legend have even happened?
One of several reasons he isnt legend 12 in our games.
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