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Phonomicon Ex Cultis

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Phonomicon ex Cultis is an aid for any, primarily fantasy, roleplaying game; a glorified random table of 100 gods and cults for your PCs or NPCs to follow.

The premise behind Phonomicon ex Cultis is simple. At its heart, it’s a table of 100 gods, goddesses and powers to provide a pan-system source of small religions as a springboard for use in your roleplaying game. The concept underpinning this was to take the most common phonemes (or word sounds) in the English language and use them as a basis for generating powers that NPCs worship. If words have power, then do sounds have power too? And if similar sounding words can be grouped by similar meaning, do they take on further strength?

Take AIN as an example – you’ll find it in slain, sprain, strain, pain… all words concerning damage and discomfort – and all of a sudden you have AIN, Patron Deity of Injuries. Perhaps the civilised folk known him as Bain, and appeal to him for a quick recovery from wounds; perhaps the barbaric humanoid tribes know him as Tarrainain, and revel in his name as they butcher villages in their path; further still, perhaps the snake-headed Inquisitors of Koth whisper their prayers to Ain’ts’sain as they prepare the torture implements for the next victim.

Phonomicon ex Cultis is a springboard for any DM – use as much or as little as you need, and get creating!

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December 21st, 2014
An innovative and interesting take on creating new and quick religions on the fly for your NPC cults and enemies. A very well thought out solution to the old deer caught in the headlights problem of coming up with a cult or group during play with detai [...]
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August 20th, 2012
A great innovative idea. The idea of using root sounds of words to come up with new deities and powers they may give is an approach I had never considered. There are plenty of examples in the 47 pages of the PDF. I look forward to see what else might [...]
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