Part-Time Gods (2e)
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Long ago¸ an entity known as the Source visited humanity and gifted certain people with divine power. For a time¸ the world existed in a state of balance between order and chaos¸ between life and death¸ between divinity and mortality. That is¸ until the gods waged war against the Source and eventually against each other¸ until the gods were close to extinct. The gods of today are shadows of what the old gods possessed. Their power has been heavily diminished¸ and many choose to live a regular¸ mortal life¸ revealing themselves as gods only when absolutely necessary. The reason for this is twofold. First¸ fate doesn't like it when the gods share their secrets with a mortal. Unless they are the god's worshipper¸ terrible events and horrific accidents have a way of happening to the people closest to the god. Secondly¸ divine works attract creatures and monsters called Outsiders¸ created by the Source (after its capture) to destroy any god they encounter. And so¸ the gods exist today in a state of flux. They have a mortal life¸ a job (or career if they're lucky)¸ friends¸ family¸ and everything that comes with being human¸ and they work hard to protect these things from harm. On the other side of the coin¸ they also have a Dominion to command and oversee¸ a deific Territory to defend from intruders¸ secret societies to which they owe allegiances (called Theologies)¸ and other gods in their pantheon to try to get along with. This becomes their life¸ the balancing of the mortal and the divine¸ the normal and the supernatural¸ the mundane and the strange. The gods belong not to either world completely¸ and each of them knows that delving too deeply into one means losing pieces of the other. Part-Time Gods Second Edition (PTG2E) is the latest iteration of an amazing setting about gods and the people¸ groups¸ and places in their lives that keep them tied to their humanity. This game gives players the tools to create their own gods and go on to tell dramatic¸ exciting¸ and engaging stories - the kind only PTG2E can deliver.