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How to...
How to become a successful deity
This I wrote in response to many newbies entering chat clueless in how to operate the deity they had just created. So I will ramble on how to create a successful deity and answer the frequently asked questions.
A deity gets mana from worshipers. These worshipers are not non-player constructs, they are actual players. It is your job to recruit them. The more worshipers you have means more mana for you to use. But, dieties get mana very slowly, and it costs a lot more for a deity to cast a spell.
Here are several methods of recruiting worshipers.
- Recrute friends- One of the best ways to get worshipers is to get fellow players who are your friends to worship you. This is how a lot of the bigger deities got started along with the next method mentioned below
- Become the deity of an alliance- The is another prime method of getting worshipers. If your regular kingdom is in an alliance, see if you can get the other people in it to worship your deity and offer to share it's power. If the alliance is of any size you could get a lot of worshipers this way.
- Campaign- This is the most risky method, because it can lose more potential worshipers than gain, unless done right. You don't want to irritate people in chat and in the general mail to the point that they go out and destroy you. Here is what you have to do in order to run a successful campaign.
- Don't just say, I will do this or that if you worship me, anybody can do that, and it when they do it irritates people which is the last thing you want to do when recruiting. You have to find a particular thing that sets you apart from the other deities.
- Role play- Make up an interesting character and be that character. It can get people interested and if it is a really good character people could begin to like it and worship it just because they like it.
- Pick a target audience- like in marketing you need to decide what type of people you want to worship you and tailor your campaign to them. If your too general, people won't worship you because they won't know if you will help them do this or that.
- BE CREATIVE- creativity is what will keep people interested or off balance enough to be interested in your deity. If you are different and interesting people will more likely know you exist or think of you when deciding on a deity. That makes it so you will be more likely be picked. There are hundreds of deities to pick from and if you are interesting then they may remember you and pick you.
Hope you found this rambling presentation informative. And if you have any questions, ask here and I will respond.
-Lord Dumbfox
Lord Protector of The Land of Broken Winds
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