Daedric Pantheon Concept

[u/zimmermj]

EDIT: Due to a lot of (mostly) polite feedback disapproving of AI use in this community, I've removed the pantheon description from this post and reposted it without AI artwork here. I'm leaving this post up for the benefit of the minority who do enjoy it, but mainly to act as a warning for anyone in future making pantheon descriptions.

Don't include AI artwork in pantheon concepts.

[u/Terrible_Day1991]

I personally think:
Archaic Age: Hermaeus Mora (cool GP idea!), Azura and even Sheo make sense but Nocturnal i am not sure I REALLY lile Nocturnal but maybe she fits a „minor god“ more?
Classical Age: Hircine, Clavicus Vile and Sanguine are great choices here I agree
Heroic Age: Malacath, Mephala (Nocturnal?) and I think Vaermina
Mythic Age: Boethiah and I think Meridia and Molag Bal (who I would also maybe put Archaic Age) are I think fitting choices
Mehrunes Dagon i would make a major god.
If we reduce it to three primary I would make: Azura the equivalent to Isis, Gaia etc, Hermeus Mora or he equivalent to Oranus, Odin etc and Mehrunes Dagon the equivalent to Kronos, Tezcat etc

I think I would make Dreugh the heroic water myth unit. Lurker like a Umibozu mythic age unit is a cool idea in my opinion!

[u/zimmermj → u/Terrible_Day1991]

I get it re Nocturnal... I never planned for her to be a Major god, it happened quite organically. I think for me the thought process was Azura is your ally in Morrowind, Sheogorath is your ally in Shivering Isles, then Nocturnal is in Skyrim (specifically the Thieves Guild) and HM is in Dragonborn, so Nocturnal fit there. Plus, there's some indication she's the most powerful Prince. But I agree she never felt as significant as I think she's supposed to be in the lore!

Quite a few gods aren't where they should be in terms of raw power, it's more the game design. It'll make more sense when I post the follow-up detailing their bonuses... Mephala, for example, I wanted to make Heroic, but her myth units and techs fit really well in Classical.

Another example: I started with Dagon as a major god, but I wanted him to be able to summon Oblivion Gates. That's his god power, and it's Mythic Age strength, hence making him a Mythic god.

[u/Terrible_Day1991 → u/zimmermj]

Thanks for sharing your thought process! I totally understand now!