Personal Patrons?

Fai

Okay, I've learned that you can be favoured by a god or goddess, or disfavoured by offering things.
 
My question is this: Do you request a god to become your patron, or do you just offer stuff until they feel like noticing you?
And if you do request, what do you have to do or say?

Klendathu

Offering corpses at shrines is the simplest method of showing devotion to a particular divine, but you shouldn't expect anything in return, including favours.

Most of the divines have Orders - groups of individuals who dedicate themselves to furthering their divine's cause. You might try to find someone in your chosen divine's order to speak with to try to gain access to the order.

Bluef

Most divine also have temples with public areas. I encourage you to check each one you may be interested in joining out and get a feel for the flavour of the space, read the writings that may be available there, interact with the denizen(s) and artefacts. Get a real sense of what the Order is like both from their sacred sites and the people in the Order before you commit (devoting yourself to a God is a serious sort of thing in Achaea, usually). 

Achimrst

Nope.

Addama

The fact that Achimrst's post got flagged just tells me that he's not entirely joking.

Go on.

Achimrst

Addama said:

The fact that Achimrst's post got flagged just tells me that he's not entirely joking.

Go on.

When I truly joke, I put a in it

Bronislav

Achimrst said:

Addama said:

The fact that Achimrst's post got flagged just tells me that he's not entirely joking.

Go on.

When I truly joke, I put a in it

Lord Caspian is dead. Long live Lord Caspian.

Mathonwy

ngl I thought this was going to be a thread about like... your character's relationships with the various gods.

Nim

Mathonwy said:

ngl I thought this was going to be a thread about like... your character's relationships with the various gods.

well, Nim has this whole general lack of fearful respect for the divine because she sees Pandora as basically this big/little sister, who she personally makes believe is like the order's mafia boss, but then all they actually do is eat candy and goof off and it's like super adorable and

oh

you meant that kind of relationship...

gross

Mathonwy

NOT THAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIP

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

Sartan

Back on track to answering the question, folks. Thanks.

Lideron

My advice would be to start by offering to Sartan, twelfth son of Sarapis, if you're looking for a patron.   Big hitter, the Sartan.

I 've been offering to him for years.   I've never received a favour, but a few months back I did finally manage to corner him, and say, "Sartan, how about a little something for the effort, you know?" and he said "Oh, uh, there will be no favours, but on your deathbed you will receive total consciousness."  So I got that going for me, which is nice.  

Darklyre

Don't offer because you want to be noticed - offer because you have an RP reason to. My character offers to multiple divine, for instance, solely because he feels that their goals align with his and he wants to offer some essence support. He has never received any kind of response, but that's okay, because it was never about getting noticed to begin with.

If you want to be noticed, ask about the relevant order and pre-order clans.

Kayeil

My advice is to not use the market channel to get in contact with Orders. Some won't respond at all. Use IC methods by bringing it up with various people to see if they can point you in the right direction.

Sartan

It is true, total consciousness will be revealed from Me at the time of your death. @Lideron I've added you to My list. I suspect you'll know soon which list that is. Carry on.

Bluef

Don't listen to the Malevolent One, Fai! Follow your dreams.  

Oceana

I dream of the sea!

Sarieno

Sartan said:

It is true, total consciousness will be revealed from Me at the time of your death. @Lideron I've added you to My list. I suspect you'll know soon which list that is. Carry on.

Is that the naughty list? 

Trey

Yo mama's so fat her Patronus is cake.

Oh, this is for Patrons. My bad.

Prythe

I have had the pleasure of following an active Divine for only one year of my total Achaean life.  It was definitely different and nice and I  realized what I had missed out on. That said, I do not "follow" a Patron for anything other than RP reasons. I currently offer to Artemis, Pandora, and Lupus, all of whom make sense for Prythe. I have made overtures to Gaia which have been ignored. Given that Prythe's original backstory was coming to the lands in search of Gaia, that rather sucks.

I have a Divine RP plan in mind, which totally fits with Prythe's character and history, but need to see how a few things pan out and also will need some Divine cooperation. 

Trevize

Trevize has had one Patron for over 200 IG years.

I don't regret it for a moment, but it did completely change his outlook on everyone and everything.

Bronislav

As Bron starts to advance in House and City, he's beginning to consider Orders, and whatever role he might play in them. His prior experiences with the Divine have been sparse, by and large: when Lady Ourania visited Galos, he discussed Serpents and their role in Cyrene very briefly. When Lady Pandora thanked him for the spur-of-the-moment offering (something that Bron didn't expect!), he immediately helped create a recipe for rainbow pudding, and paid for 100 bowls to be mailed Her way.

There are two Divine who have truly made a difference in Bron's life: Lord Phaestus, and Lord Scarlatti. The former taught Bron a bit about Divine mentality when he didn't need to, and earned Bron's respect through being at once hilarious and awesome; the latter not only served as a rallying call for Cyrene on more than one occasion, but actually sat down and had a drink with Bron as they discussed the Mojushai at one point.

Sad thing is, Bron is torn about those Divine, even if they weren't dormant at the moment. Lord Phaestus represents industry and raw creation; Lord Scarlatti inspires art and inspiration. Bronislav doesn't often feel in touch with what these Divine represent, because he doesn't think that he's either the craftsman or the artist - Bron thinks that he's one of the people protecting those who follow those paths.

Which leaves him kind of SOL, for the moment. Still, others have said it so well that it bears reiteration: it's a big deal, take your time, and make it a big RP experience whether it involves choosing an Order or not. That's why some of us play this game, after all. The roleplay.  

Kresslack

I'll be someone's personal patron. Offer your questionable women, and don't ask me to do anything too complicated (or anything at all!).

Masaryk

Kresslack said:

I'll be someone's personal patron. Offer your questionable women, and don't ask me to do anything too complicated (or anything at all!).

Sounds like a good deal.