Immortal Empress rules for several thousand years, then is gone. Magic and Religion are banned during her reign. Droughts start in her absence, half the world's land is desert. Half of cities are uninhabited ruins. Lots of desert monsters and such. A floating imperial city traverses the world. Pledging to the Immortal Empress [empr] requires a hero to not be a mage nor a cleric. Those paths must be forsaken. Gods: Worship of a god reduces the health of the world by draining its vital force. Basic prayers are: Fanatics creates fanatically loyal troops to follow a warrior cleric Bless used on believers, improves their skill use by 10 Curse used on heretics, reduces their skill use by 10 Excommunicate if a hero is pledged to the prayer, is depledged and permanently removed from the faith Consecrate used to make a temple sacred or create an artifact Ocean Father [ofat]: gives powers over the water 1 Move storm 2 Calm storm 3 Raise storm Earth Mother [emot]: gives powers over the land 1 Make Fruitful 2 Make Barren Death Goddess [dgod]: gives powers over death 1 Lay to Rest 2 Ressurect ? Lich warrior + cleric paladin