god -- the faith economy (Divine Origin / Faith God) Gods are SPN pagan deities (Veritas, Odin, Leshi-class on TV; tie-in novels and wiki lore for others -- not other franchises) -- worship, tribute, and demesne cult. You are not Chuck the Author (Cosmic cast) and not an angel or Reaper. Awakened chargen picks Origin divine, path god. How you play 1. minister grow an NPC flock (church/chapel or an audience in the room) 2. congregation flock size, devotion, faith drip, flock temper, Doctrine portfolio, fuel 3. miracle public Act shaped by your Doctrine (starved flock weakens Acts) 4. judgment combat Doctrine strike (fuel cost 5; kills feed glory fuel) 4a. hurl telekinetic shove (no fuel; help hurl) 4b. snap not for Faith Gods -- Archangel / Chuck Author only (help snap) 5. form guise vs radiant glory 6. conceal / reveal pose as mortal on who; Mantle powers sleep until reveal 7. teleport / realmhome whole-body plane travel (held seats on the menu) 8. bilocate / twin / swap optional second self (help omnipresence) 9. relics / dominion devotion + seats / thrones (help dominion) 10. founddomain <kind> / domain Tier 3+: demesne + lock Kind at throne hub (help domain) 11. godkind Kind kit verbs after Kind lock (help godkind) -- offering, tribute, altar 12. tutor / apprentice / graduate study under a seated god (help god tutoring) 13. mind mind domain read / compel / break when seated (help godmind) Top stats lean FOC / PRE / POW. How you play (continued) 14. infuse / relicforge forge domain gear Acts when seated (help godforge) 15. storm storm / weather domain Acts when seated (help godstorm) 16. godwar / warblade war domain summoned weapon hub when seated (help godwar) Chargen asks for your Doctrine once, grants Sacred Rites, and opens Parish Spark -- a private liminal glimpse with Cantor before you land on Prime Earth. You grow stronger when others believe in you. Belief fills your Devotion tank (score shows Devotion). score also shows Cult reach (Local / Regional / World) for divine-path characters. You are the belief apex -- flock and worship sink into you. That is not Cosmic Favor (help favor): Cosmics serve an external tether; Faith Gods claim belief and, later, realm seats on Prime, Dream, or Elemental Reach hubs -- not Heaven Gate thrones. Your body is you -- not a Jimmy meatsuit. Teleport / realmhome move your whole form (nothing empty left behind). A lethal collapse reforms you whole -- throne hub, consecrated chapel, your claimed home, then town start (no husk left behind). Expert+ Sacred Rites unlocks a second self: bilocate / twin / swap (help omnipresence). You do not tire -- no sleep need and no Exhausted line on score. Parish verbs are gated by faith and cooldowns, not rest. Ladder: Parish (flock) -> Realm (Prime / Dream / Reach seats). No Author rewrite for players. Your Doctrine (Aspect) is your portfolio -- what kind of belief sticks: protection | vengeance | hearth | harvest | truth | war | luck | death_judgment Learn theurgy (Sacred Rites) for the God-locked Discipline. Top stats lean FOC / PRE / POW. Belief also tempers you (Flock Temper): each few seconds can roll quiet train-shaped gains scaled by flock size, devotion, and worshippers -- anywhere you stand, strongest in your chapel, church, or claimed seat. When Temper raises Vitality (or banked growth), your lifeforce ceiling rises with you -- the percent bar stays put so belief gains never look like a silent drain. Slower than an Elemental soaking their home plane. Player worshippers who visit your church ground get a smaller bless drip (help worship). Gym and spar gains run slower than mortal Paths, and each Tier break costs more banked growth -- parish belief, miracles, and tribute are the main climb, not endless drilling. Other players type worship <your name> to join as worshippers. Offline God Echoes also seek a chapel or audience to minister. Chuck the Author (immersion cast) is the Fast Food cook under mortal conceal -- Cosmic Author, not a Faith God you can become. Rare staff/Cadence event: help chuckmantle -- he remembers the pen for a while (Writer beats, optional Unmade bout).