Monday, April 22, 2013

Animal Army

Question: So do Animal gods have a lot of Typhonian creatures? Are they surrounded by lots of colossal beasts?

Well, they certainly could be! Animal-aligned gods who are at least Legend 11 and purchase the appropriate boon have the ability to create Typhonian beasts to do their bidding, engendering massive monsters that obey no law except that of the god who made them. If an animalistic god wants to, he can surround himself with beastly creatures to his heart's content.

Not every Animal god will necessarily do that, however. Typhonian creatures cost a lot to create, and once they're in existence they need upkeep like all other kinds of animals. They need somewhere to live and something to eat, not to mention room to indulge their natural instincts, and as much larger-scale monsters than normal animals all those needs are also accordingly larger-scale. They can't just be unleashed on the World, which can't handle them, or on an Overworld proper, where all the other gods may not appreciate a rampaging Typhonian crocodile eating everyone's servants at random, so they normally end up confined to Terrae Incognita, individual gods' Sanctums or Titanrealms. Some gods also probably just don't feel the need to have large entourages of beasts, expressing their connection to the bestial through their own actions and appearance, or prefer to keep lesser-Legend beasts like Nemean or even normal animals, which are more manageable.

Gods might take Typhonian creatures around with them when they do things, but are likely not to take too many at a time, since it would be difficult to control them all at once and they tend to take up a lot of space and cause a lot of property damage. If they're just hanging out in their Sanctums, though, it's totally plausible that many of them might have tons of Nemean or Typhonian creatures lounging around or descending on unwary intruders.

We do want to mention that it's also technically possible to be an Animal god who can't create Typhonian creatures; if you're less than Legend 11 you don't have access to that boon yet, and even if you are Legend 11, you could theoretically have Protean Understanding instead and avoid buying the Typhonian boon entirely if you also had no Fatebonds working on it for you. But that's probably rare; most Animal gods are almost certainly able to do it, so whether or not they do depends on whether they want to spend their resources on it and what their personal preferences might be.

4 comments:

  1. Or at least give them some Divine Fortitude so they stop eating and drinking so much.

    Granted, they probably do not eat or drink very often thanks to all that Epic Stamina in the first place.

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    1. They don't have to eat to survive, but that doesn't mean they don't want to and keep trying to. Your giant Typhonian tigers are always going to want to eat meat and chase it when it's around unless they're already gorged. Being bigger and magical doesn't shut off their natural instincts. :)

      You can lock them up with no food and not fear that they'll die, but they'll probably be pretty unhappy.

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    2. Even if your domestic cat is well fed, it will kill local wildlife for shits and giggles if it has the opportunity. That's what they DO.

      Likewise, it doesn't matter that your Typhonian croc doesn't NEED to eat, it's still not going to relax unless it's belly is full of a Typhonian zebra.

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