Greek Mythology RP Interest

[Through the Living Hope]

I’m not sure how the logistics of this would work, plotwise and stuff like that (maybe we could come up with stuff on the fly) but I felt like it could be interesting to have a RP where we play as figures from Greek Mythology - not like a self insert or creating characters, but actual mythological figures.

Preferably, if people are interested, I’d like to have everyone play someone they feel some form of connection to, for whatever reason. Like, I would do either Calypso or Artemis.

It can be a hero, god, monster, good or bad. And for figures like Calypso where they have, like, one spot they’re tied to or something along those lines, we would find some way to work around that if we end up doing it

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

33 minutes ago, Through the Living Hope said:

I’m not sure how the logistics of this would work, plotwise and stuff like that (maybe we could come up with stuff on the fly) but I felt like it could be interesting to have a RP where we play as figures from Greek Mythology - not like a self insert or creating characters, but actual mythological figures.

Preferably, if people are interested, I’d like to have everyone play someone they feel some form of connection to, for whatever reason. Like, I would do either Calypso or Artemis.

It can be a hero, god, monster, good or bad. And for figures like Calypso where they have, like, one spot they’re tied to or something along those lines, we would find some way to work around that if we end up doing it

Could you provide a list of the gods? I don't know mythology of the top of my head

[Through the Living Hope]

1 minute ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

Could you provide a list of the gods? I don't know mythology of the top of my head

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Greek_mythological_figures

I dont feel like sorting through all this rn but yeah

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

1 hour ago, Through the Living Hope said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_Greek_mythological_figures

I dont feel like sorting through all this rn but yeah

Could I play two characters, possibly? One for more major plot events and one for actually traveling with the party, I would use the second more than the first.

[Through the Living Hope]

2 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

Could I play two characters, possibly? One for more major plot events and one for actually traveling with the party, I would use the second more than the first.

Sure!

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

11 minutes ago, Through the Living Hope said:

Sure!

Sweet, I'll be playing Helios, and a unicorn named Reks

[Through the Living Hope]

27 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

Sweet, I'll be playing Helios, and a unicorn named Reks

Could be interesting if we did like “Greek mytho figures get tossed to modern day"

Not like PJO style but like

Isekai’d and have to figure everything out

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

20 minutes ago, Through the Living Hope said:

Could be interesting if we did like “Greek mytho figures get tossed to modern day"

Not like PJO style but like

Isekai’d and have to figure everything out

How do you do that and not do PJO style?

[Through the Living Hope]

5 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

How do you do that and not do PJO style?

Like, imagine they’re just chilling in Greece and then they’re suddenly just POOFed into modern day

Like adjusting to tech advancements and stuff like that

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

1 minute ago, Through the Living Hope said:

Like, imagine they’re just chilling in Greece and then they’re suddenly just POOFed into modern day

Like adjusting to tech advancements and stuff like that

That would be different ig

[Through the Living Hope]

3 minutes ago, IcedOutPenguin said:

That would be different ig

Idk it was an idea

[IcedOutPenguin He/Him]

35 minutes ago, Through the Living Hope said:

Idk it was an idea

Watch as nobody else joins... That would suck

[Argenti he/him]

5 hours ago, Through the Living Hope said:

I’m not sure how the logistics of this would work, plotwise and stuff like that (maybe we could come up with stuff on the fly) but I felt like it could be interesting to have a RP where we play as figures from Greek Mythology - not like a self insert or creating characters, but actual mythological figures.

Preferably, if people are interested, I’d like to have everyone play someone they feel some form of connection to, for whatever reason. Like, I would do either Calypso or Artemis.

It can be a hero, god, monster, good or bad. And for figures like Calypso where they have, like, one spot they’re tied to or something along those lines, we would find some way to work around that if we end up doing it

orpheus...

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

8 hours ago, Through the Living Hope said:

I’m not sure how the logistics of this would work, plotwise and stuff like that (maybe we could come up with stuff on the fly) but I felt like it could be interesting to have a RP where we play as figures from Greek Mythology - not like a self insert or creating characters, but actual mythological figures.

Preferably, if people are interested, I’d like to have everyone play someone they feel some form of connection to, for whatever reason. Like, I would do either Calypso or Artemis.

It can be a hero, god, monster, good or bad. And for figures like Calypso where they have, like, one spot they’re tied to or something along those lines, we would find some way to work around that if we end up doing it

I'm guessing I can't be Chaos? Hades and Pan (If not pan, I'll take Hades and Hermes)

2 hours ago, Argenti said:

orpheus...

oh gods now this will be awkward

Edited March 25 by Through The Living Coder
gods

[Through the Living Hope]

35 minutes ago, Through The Living Coder said:

I'm guessing I can't be Chaos? Hades and Pan (If not pan, I'll take Hades and Hermes)

oh gods now this will be awkward

I mean you could do Pan if you wanted to, honestly I’m thinking about not putting a cap on a reasonable amount of characters so you could do all three if you want 

Not Chaos the other three

Edited March 25 by Through the Living Hope

[Argenti he/him]

36 minutes ago, Through The Living Coder said:

I'm guessing I can't be Chaos? Hades and Pan (If not pan, I'll take Hades and Hermes)

oh gods now this will be awkward

Chaos isn't a person, much less a character. They're mentioned twice if I remember right. 

38 minutes ago, Through The Living Coder said:

oh gods now this will be awkward

You wanted to play hades.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

6 minutes ago, Through the Living Hope said:

I mean you could do Pan if you wanted to, honestly I’m thinking about not putting a cap on a reasonable amount of characters so you could do all three if you want 

Not Chaos the other three

Hmm I think 2 would be more y

i dont Want to play a dead god anyway

ill go with hades and hermes

the Hs

5 minutes ago, Argenti said:

Chaos isn't a person, much less a character. They're mentioned twice if I remember right. 

You wanted to play hades.

Smh

and you turned around

[Argenti he/him]

15 minutes ago, Through The Living Coder said:

i dont Want to play a dead god anyway

 

You're playing two gods of death

[Verdance he/him]

What kind of story is this? Is there a classic that we’re using as a backdrop or is it just like… sandbox greek mythology?

[Through the Living Hope]

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Grass said:

What kind of story is this? Is there a classic that we’re using as a backdrop or is it just like… sandbox greek mythology?

Sandbox. Haven’t figured out what we’ll be doing, so I’m open to ideas

[Verdance he/him]

Just now, Through the Living Hope said:

Sandbox. Haven’t figured out what we’ll be doing, so I’m open to ideas

My introduction was percy jackson like so many other blessed childhoods

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

22 minutes ago, Argenti said:

You're playing two gods of death

Is hermes the god of death? oh yeah i guess he is

listen, at least im not thanatos, alright??

[Argenti he/him]

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Coder said:

Is hermes the god of death? oh yeah i guess he is

listen, at least im not thanatos, alright??

I wrote an essay on this, they're both psychopomps. And sirens are too?

it's a whole thing birds are ghosts man

 

[Through the Living Hope]

23 minutes ago, Through The Living Coder said:

Is hermes the god of death? oh yeah i guess he is

listen, at least im not thanatos, alright??

Yeah Hermes is said to guide souls to the afterlife. Makes sense in a way, since he’s god of travel and it’s like one final journey 

[ParaTulip fae/faer (declines as she/her)]

I would be interested in a role like Medea or Circe. Figures with ambiguous divine links but known for their cleverness and skills with the pharmacon.

If this is a modern day setting, I would probably lean to towards Medea since she is further ranging than Circe, who is strongly associated with Aeaea. This also makes @IcedOutPenguin my character's grandfather or maybe great uncle?

So, how does magic work? Medea's deeds are kind of all over the place and she does not have a kind of divine portfolio like a god.