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« on: November 03, 2008, 07:32:42 AM »
A few months ago, I wrote a thread up here asking for advice about establishing the rules of a supernatural world in a contemporary setting. After alot of thinking, I actually came up with some. I would like your opinions/questions on them just so I can iron them out.
Now, the story revolves around a side-type of human called "Alts". This race has been around as long as man and have been revered literally as gods and monsters, depending on the who and where. In the beginning, they were the megalomaniacal gods, like Cronus and the Titans, the Aztec gods who demanded people be flayed alive, the warring tribes of africa and the Americas being lead by different shamans and medicine men and the works. After The Flood (Noah's Flood for you western religions), the Alts were diminished, and their power became more localized, and their influence on normal people lessened
After the Flood, the Alts established these four rules in order to survive. Working backwards, they are:
The fourth law is the Law of the Gate. An Alt cannot reverse the flow of life. Everything has it’s time and then must die and go back through the Gate.
The third law is the Law of the Collar. An Alt cannot, through their power, bind another human being, living or dead. Free Will is the gift of all mankind.
The second law is the Law of the Blade. An Alt cannot, through their power, kill another human being, except in a formal Challenge.
And the First Law: The Law of The Shadows. Normal Humans can never know of our existence.
All other laws are waived if The First Law is threatened.
Any questions or comments are appreciated.