Power System Centered around Lovecraftian Gods

[MakBow]

So, I decided to create this power system for a mystery, steampunk, horror, fantasy story I intend to make since I want to tackle the mystery and horror genre
I want to know if I set a good amount of limitations and versatility

[Magic System: Arcana Card]
Arcana Cards are divine artifacts that can only be obtained through the Ritual of the Divine, which turns that person into an Arcanist, someone who possess supernatural powers
Ritual of the Divine
In order to enact the ritual, you must be alone with no one around to interfere, creating a ritual circle with very specific candles with Liquor Wax, and to fall to slumber, once that happens, that person entire being is transported into the void between realities, bringing said person into an infinite nothingness they must wait to be selected by a god:

• If they are not chosen by any, they are either: die, got mad, or worse, become infected by the black plague, turning hollow
• If they are accepted, they will be granted their Arcana Card, a physical artifact that cannot be destroyed in any way, binding to the soul, only usable by others if said person is dead
• To use these abilities, you require Spirituality and a lack of it can make the powers glitch or not work

Mechanics

• Primary Domain Power: It is the general idea or concepts that all people share under this domain of the god, which can be identity, time, love, etc.
• Secondary Manifestations: These are the abilities that are specific to the Arcanist, as not all abilities are the same despite being under the same domain
• Awakened State: In this state, the Arcanist can either open a domain or their abilities are heightened, which can either be because of determination, emotional distress, or other things depending on the card

10 Arcana Gods

1. The Everblazing Sun God

• Domain: Hope, Worship, Influence, Passivity
• Limitation: Those under this god must always speak the truth, unable to ever lie, and joy can turn into madness and cult-like behavior, demanding worship from things far out of their reach

1. The Masquerade

• Domain: Identity, Perception, Illusions, Jesters
• Limitation: Those under this god may slowly lose their own perception of reality, lose their identity, fall for their own illusions, or truly turn into clowns that care more for entertaining others and having a lack of self-preservation

1. The Prophet of the Infinite Mirrors and Doors

• Domain: Time, Space, & Memory
• Limitation: Memories are confused, time is poorly understood, space between can suck you in as it invokes the rath of outer beings

1. The All-Seer of Beyond the Veil

• Domain: Psychology, Emotions, & Dreams
• Limitation: Since they can understand things deeply, looking into the wrong things can cause madness or being exposed to things that may go after them and are target for various beings who do not want to be known

1. The Great Demoness of Beauty

• Domain: Beauty, Seduction, Hypnosis, Witches
• Limitation: Those may succumb to lustful urges within their body, unable to adapt to their changed bodies as they turn female, become sex-driven hollows that rape and kill

1. The Crimson Messiah

• Domain: War, Destruction, Violence, Death, Armageddon
• Limitation: Those may be consumed into a desire for destruction, devolving into nihilism, worshiping violence as God

1. The Hunter of the Night

• Domain: Hunting, Animals, Nature, Blood, Strength
• Limitation: Those may be consumed by primal urges like an animal, eventually physically becoming one if they succumb to deep with no way of returning

1. The All-Range Emperor

• Domain: Rules, Authority, Control, Distortion, Order
• Limitation: Those may become arrogant, losing their mind to their own power, start to lose control of what they changed, stripping themselves of emotions to become hollows

1. The Dottore in Black

• Domain: Health, Healing, Purification, Support
• Limitation: In rituals they take the pain of others and the pain that comes with it, may even take the madness they suffer, in turn, becoming hollows

1. The Inverted Creator

• Domain: Deception, Trickery, Theft, Decryption
• Limitation: Those may find themselves deceiving themselves, taking things they should not have in the first place, losing themselves to what they have took

 

[expentio]

Now I'm asking myself where my own Eldritch goddess would row herself in there.

 

[PancakesWitch]

the moment I read the title of this post I KNEW it was you

 

[OniKaniki]

ah yes Lord of Mysteries propaganda

 

[FRWriter]

This sounds almost identical to Lord of Mysteries. Anyway, that's why I like it. LoM has one of the best "power systems" I have ever read.

 

[MakBow]

This sounds almost identical to Lord of Mysteries. Anyway, that's why I like it. LoM has one of the best "power systems" I have ever read.

Indeed, it was inspired by Lord of the Mysteries, but the basis was a completely different power system I scrapped before I even knew LOTM even existed. I just like mystery and used some aspects from its power system as well as a few others I have made in the past. Hell, even the setting is completely different from the original idea I had in mind

the moment I read the title of this post I KNEW it was you

What does that mean?

 

[MFontana]

So, I decided to create this power system for a mystery, steampunk, horror, fantasy story I intend to make since I want to tackle the mystery and horror genre
I want to know if I set a good amount of limitations and versatility

[Magic System: Arcana Card]
Arcana Cards are divine artifacts that can only be obtained through the Ritual of the Divine, which turns that person into an Arcanist, someone who possess supernatural powers
Ritual of the Divine
In order to enact the ritual, you must be alone with no one around to interfere, creating a ritual circle with very specific candles with Liquor Wax, and to fall to slumber, once that happens, that person entire being is transported into the void between realities, bringing said person into an infinite nothingness they must wait to be selected by a god:

• If they are not chosen by any, they are either: die, got mad, or worse, become infected by the black plague, turning hollow
• If they are accepted, they will be granted their Arcana Card, a physical artifact that cannot be destroyed in any way, binding to the soul, only usable by others if said person is dead
• To use these abilities, you require Spirituality and a lack of it can make the powers glitch or not work

Mechanics

• Primary Domain Power: It is the general idea or concepts that all people share under this domain of the god, which can be identity, time, love, etc.
• Secondary Manifestations: These are the abilities that are specific to the Arcanist, as not all abilities are the same despite being under the same domain
• Awakened State: In this state, the Arcanist can either open a domain or their abilities are heightened, which can either be because of determination, emotional distress, or other things depending on the card

10 Arcana Gods

1. The Everblazing Sun God

• Domain: Hope, Worship, Influence, Passivity
• Limitation: Those under this god must always speak the truth, unable to ever lie, and joy can turn into madness and cult-like behavior, demanding worship from things far out of their reach

1. The Masquerade

• Domain: Identity, Perception, Illusions, Jesters
• Limitation: Those under this god may slowly lose their own perception of reality, lose their identity, fall for their own illusions, or truly turn into clowns that care more for entertaining others and having a lack of self-preservation

1. The Prophet of the Infinite Mirrors and Doors

• Domain: Time, Space, & Memory
• Limitation: Memories are confused, time is poorly understood, space between can suck you in as it invokes the rath of outer beings

1. The All-Seer of Beyond the Veil

• Domain: Psychology, Emotions, & Dreams
• Limitation: Since they can understand things deeply, looking into the wrong things can cause madness or being exposed to things that may go after them and are target for various beings who do not want to be known

1. The Great Demoness of Beauty

• Domain: Beauty, Seduction, Hypnosis, Witches
• Limitation: Those may succumb to lustful urges within their body, unable to adapt to their changed bodies as they turn female, become sex-driven hollows that rape and kill

1. The Crimson Messiah

• Domain: War, Destruction, Violence, Death, Armageddon
• Limitation: Those may be consumed into a desire for destruction, devolving into nihilism, worshiping violence as God

1. The Hunter of the Night

• Domain: Hunting, Animals, Nature, Blood, Strength
• Limitation: Those may be consumed by primal urges like an animal, eventually physically becoming one if they succumb to deep with no way of returning

1. The All-Range Emperor

• Domain: Rules, Authority, Control, Distortion, Order
• Limitation: Those may become arrogant, losing their mind to their own power, start to lose control of what they changed, stripping themselves of emotions to become hollows

1. The Dottore in Black

• Domain: Health, Healing, Purification, Support
• Limitation: In rituals they take the pain of others and the pain that comes with it, may even take the madness they suffer, in turn, becoming hollows

1. The Inverted Creator

• Domain: Deception, Trickery, Theft, Decryption
• Limitation: Those may find themselves deceiving themselves, taking things they should not have in the first place, losing themselves to what they have took

This is a spectacularly well-designed blend between Hard and Soft systems, and makes for an interesting pantheon concept as well.
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