Question: Don't expect this one to get answered for a while, but have you ever had a character in one of your games whose grandparent was the god instead of their parent?
Aha, but it was quick to answer, so it gets to come out early anyway! Boom!
We've only had one Scion who had their grandparent as a patron instead of their direct patron, and it was Ahuiliztli Matheson, daughter of Geoff Matheson and Sangria Tecuhtli. Her parents were not high enough Legend to make her a Scion at the time, but her grandfather Huitzilopochtli invested her with power and sent her out to continue furthering the Aztec cause. She was played for a short period of time during the side game Children of the Revolution, along with other PC children Charlie Gozer, Chuklark Jr. and Magnus Magnusson. Those PCs were never on the website because their game was shortlived, although they remain NPCs now.
Maximus Giovanni VII comes from a family line that claims he is the seventh generation removed from Hades, the pater familius of their line. While the family firmly believes this, it's obvious that it's not actually true and that his divine blood must run in a closer generation. Since most of the Giovanni men are nearly identical looking and Hades is a master of stealth, it's anyone's guess whether he's Max's father or grandfather. Certainly no one has ever asked him.
It's always an option to play a character is the grandchild of a god, but it hasn't been very popular with our players to date. I'm not sure if that's because it's just more interesting to be more closely connected to the god in question, or it just doesn't often occur to players during character creation.
(It's also possible that there're some kind of generational shenanigans going on in Dierdre's background. But nobody knows if that's actually true.)
I've played in a couple of games where the players were the grandchildren of the god. It doesn't seem to make much of a difference one way or the other, and ends up being whatever floats the player's boat.
ReplyDeleteOne of the other players in my group is the child of Bragi, but was adopted by his grandfather Odin instead. Bragi refused to acknowledge his son because of the strife it would create with Idun, but Odin was not about to let that resource go to waste, or the unstated potential blackmail the player represented.
Yeah, it doesn't make a lot of mechanical difference, although having a grandparent patron gives you a lot of interesting stuff to play with about who your actual parents were and why they aren't Scions (or are! or what happened to them!). Just like you guys are doing with Bragi. :)
DeleteI'm currently running a game where one of the Scions is the grandchild of Hades...and I was the one who actually asked the question. I wanted to see how you guys would handle that situation.
ReplyDeleteMe, I've got his Dad out there as another Scion of Hades. He didn't get him as a 3 dot Guide (stating that he doesn't know whether his Dad is alive or dead and didn't care) so he's more working in the shadows, not even really aware yet that his estranged son is also like him.
Sounds like awesomeness will ensue whenever the truth comes to light! (Or dark, as the case may be.)
DeleteIt's weird, we've had two sets of Scions who were siblings with different god parents, but never a parent and child who were, even though that's totally possible. I'd love to see how that shakes out.