The Gods II

Quick Summary Rules for Using Powers on the Earth

Last updated 10/4/97

To use a power at the Earth map (most creation powers and, during Era Centrum, all history powers), take a number at the map. When your number is called, you're up and get to use one power on the Earth (except when creating races). If you miss your number, you just have to get a new one. You can only have one number at a time and may not trade numbers.
Two or more gods may combine their sphere cards to cast higher level creation or history powers; the mana cost of the power is split between then any way they want.

Until the Earth has been "filled in" with terrain, the only creation powers you can use on the Earth are the Initial Terrain Powers (marked Ti). During the last hour of the era, all Base Terrain powers (marked T) cost double.
Until a sun has been created, no mortal races may be created.
Two or more gods can combine together to create a race with multiple attributes (even from different spheres); each god must pay the cost of the powers he contributes. All gods who participate in the creation of a race become equal members of its pantheon.

Types of Creation Powers

(T)	Base Terrain power	change base terrain (desert, forest, ice, mountain, plains, or water)
(Ti)	Initial Terrain power	only used in the beginning of the era, no mana cost
(F)	Terrain Feature power	add a features to the map; locks the base terrain into a form which can "support" the feature (the sub-codes apply only later in Era Centrum)
(Fp)	Permanent feature	will remain no matter what the base terrain is
(Fl)	Land feature	will remain as long as base terrain is land (desert, forest, mountain, or plains)
(Ft)	Temporary feature	will disappear if the base terrain ever changes
(Fr)	Resistant feature	base terrain cannot be changed under this feature
(G)	Global power	affect the entire Earth
(R)	Race power	create or modify mortal races
(Rc)	Race creation power	actually create a new race
(Ra)	Attribute power	add special abilities to a race, either at the time of creation or later
(Ri)	Inherent Attribute power	add special ability only at the time of race's creation
(Rb)	Blessing/Curse power	add special ability only after the race is created
(D)	Demesne power	permanently alter a demesne; you must be inside the demesne to use
(H)	Heaven power	alter the fundamental rules of Heaven; requires 10 minutes: spend half the mana cost at the beginning, half at the end. If you're interrupted then the power is broken and you lose the initial mana
(X)	Miscellaneous power	see power description for details

Each century is divided into two parts: Activity Phase and Calculation Phase. You may only use history powers during the Activity Phase. The referees will calculate and distribute mana during the Calculation Phase.
You can change a race's pantheon at any time by unanimous consent of all members. Submit a written and signed request to the Earth map (no need to wait in line). Atheism and Diabolism will only "accept" a change if they get an extra 5% of the pantheon share.
If a race is in religious turmoil during any part of a century, nobody gets mana from its worship. While in turmoil, pantheon members may be randomly kicked out or offered the chance to kick out others. Turmoil lasts until the pantheon is changed (as above).
If a race ever loses all of its cities, it loses the knowledge of Civilization and all knowledges dependent on it, reverting to barbarism.

Types of History Powers:

(B)	Disaster power	kill populations, destroy cities, and/or reduce population limits
(B?)	Disaster types	a=Air, e=Earth, f=Fire, I=Ice, n=Nature, w=Water
(K)	Knowledge power	teach a knowledge to a race, granting certain abilities
(K?)	Knowledge types	c=Civics, e=Engineering, m=Military, s=Scholarly
(G)	Global power	affect the entire Earth, may have elemental sub-types as do disasters
(M)	Racial Modification power	cause a temporary change to a race
(Mc)	Century-delay power	takes effect at the beginning of the next century
(Mv)	Trigger-delay power	takes effect when a certain condition is met
(Mi)	Individual power	power is inspired by an individual mortal, used for definition
(Mp)	Permanent power	effects last indefinitely until a certain condition is met
(Mu)	Cult power	changes the pantheon without causing religious turmoil
(Mn)	Negative power	power is "bad", used for definition
(T)	Base Terrain power	change base terrain
(F)	Terrain Feature power	adds a terrain feature (sub-categories as in Creation powers)
(Fc)	City power	adds or modifies a city terrain feature
(X)	Miscellaneous power	see power description for details