So I was thinking about things said on the state of the game and on plurk ~ mostly about prayers here but also Lavvy's point about Nora.
My biggest issue (and the reason I assume it wasn't implemented the first time it was suggested) is that because of the canon shunning/unease around Nora it would feel... weird for the old gods to incentivise it (though someone with better ideas than me may find a way to make that work and feel natural). However I do think as an OOC mechanic it would make a lot of things easier.
From what I've seen the main issues with prayers are
1) The system is complicated~ Lavvy made wonderful suggestions here that I +1'd above 2) People struggle to do them because they don't have a shinki/god their shinki/god is inactive or they are just a bit unsure on them and striking out alone is intimidating.
The mods did an OOC prayer planning on the cr meme this month, it wasn't picked up all that well but hopefully will be in the future because I think it's a good step in the right direction.
But I had an idea of perhaps an IC prayer 'wanted' post. It could be a sticky on the BBS where people could advertise for prayer partners, or swap prayers. Especially if Lavvy's idea is taken on board and we can make more prayers up. So.
If you had a good prayer idea but it didn't fit your character they could 'advertise' so someone else could take it.
You are a god and you don't have a shinki you could make a call out for either a shinki, or a god/shinki pair to come with you and your souless shinki on a prayer.
Likewise if your shinki partner is not very active/very busy you could pair up with another temple/another shinki and ask your partner if you can have their shinki in vessel form (but still have people to write with)
Shinki could offer to nora to other gods, or even just help out with non ayakashi prayers "I'll come help you reunite that grandma with her grandaughter but if there's ayakashi I'll have to phone my god!"
Shinki with inactive gods could ask for prayer partners "We have loads of prayers coming in right now and my god is very busy, there's a few that could be done with a couple of shinki anyone want to help?"
Pretty much it would be an ic way for prayers to be more interactive and also make it more obvious that it doesn't have to be a traditional god/shinki pair that completes a prayer.
tl;dr A sticky BBS post where characters can post prayer partner wanted adverts and organise prayers IC encouraging inter temple mingling and also nora'ing without it having to be a old god 'top down' driven thing!
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My biggest issue (and the reason I assume it wasn't implemented the first time it was suggested) is that because of the canon shunning/unease around Nora it would feel... weird for the old gods to incentivise it (though someone with better ideas than me may find a way to make that work and feel natural). However I do think as an OOC mechanic it would make a lot of things easier.
From what I've seen the main issues with prayers are
1) The system is complicated~ Lavvy made wonderful suggestions here that I +1'd above
2) People struggle to do them because they don't have a shinki/god their shinki/god is inactive or they are just a bit unsure on them and striking out alone is intimidating.
The mods did an OOC prayer planning on the cr meme this month, it wasn't picked up all that well but hopefully will be in the future because I think it's a good step in the right direction.
But I had an idea of perhaps an IC prayer 'wanted' post. It could be a sticky on the BBS where people could advertise for prayer partners, or swap prayers. Especially if Lavvy's idea is taken on board and we can make more prayers up. So.
If you had a good prayer idea but it didn't fit your character they could 'advertise' so someone else could take it.
You are a god and you don't have a shinki you could make a call out for either a shinki, or a god/shinki pair to come with you and your souless shinki on a prayer.
Likewise if your shinki partner is not very active/very busy you could pair up with another temple/another shinki and ask your partner if you can have their shinki in vessel form (but still have people to write with)
Shinki could offer to nora to other gods, or even just help out with non ayakashi prayers "I'll come help you reunite that grandma with her grandaughter but if there's ayakashi I'll have to phone my god!"
Shinki with inactive gods could ask for prayer partners "We have loads of prayers coming in right now and my god is very busy, there's a few that could be done with a couple of shinki anyone want to help?"
Pretty much it would be an ic way for prayers to be more interactive and also make it more obvious that it doesn't have to be a traditional god/shinki pair that completes a prayer.
tl;dr A sticky BBS post where characters can post prayer partner wanted adverts and organise prayers IC encouraging inter temple mingling and also nora'ing without it having to be a old god 'top down' driven thing!