Re: Deity differentiation

chuckcar wrote:
dogscoff <dogscoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1180629160.230555.109230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

Deity differentiation
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The Gods of nethack:
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(This handy quick-reference list blatantly stolen from
http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?p=12481308 (which attributes
it to a nethack wiki). The URL above also includes a very handy
rap*** for each deity.

Archeologist: Quetzalcoatl/Camaxtli/Huhetotl
Barbarian: Mitra/Crom/Set
Caveman: Anu/Ishtar/Anshar
Healer: Athena/Hermes/Poseidon
Knight: Lugh/Brigit/Manannan Mac Lir
Monk: Shan Lai Ching/Chih Sung-tzu/Huan Ti
Priests have any god
Ranger: Mercury/Venus/Mars
Rogue: Issek/Mog/Kos
Samurai: Amaterasu Omikami/Raijin/Susanowo
Tourist: Blind Io/The Lady/Offler
Valkyrie: Tyr/Odin/Loki
Wizard: Ptah/Thoth/Anhur




One thing you don't seem to touch on much is the idea of the actual
personality of the gods. Loki is a perfect example of a very obvious
personality trait (your luck changes more quickly for example - not
better or worse, just a quicker variation). As for the others, I would
have to check in "Dieties and Demi-gods" with the possible exception of
Venus(?). That last *might* give greater resistance against
fooccubi/nymphs for example and less against dwarves - known for their
ugliness. Athena is the Greek version of Venus (or more correctly the
other way arround), so the Greek/Roman name with her and Mercury/Hermes
differences might limit it somewhat, but I'm sure the mythologies could
provide something to make up for the overlap.

Aphrodite is the alternate for Venus. Athena's alternate was Artemis, IIRC.

Justin Hiltscher
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