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[acreRake]

There are Ten Sephirot in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life...

...the ten attributes that God created through which he can manifest not only in the physical but the metaphysical universe.

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I like religious tie-ins. :shrug:

[Senator Cybus]

How about the ten avatars of Vishnu?

In Hindu mythology, Lord Vishnu came to earth ten times, each time in a different incarnation, or avatar. As Vishnu is the Supreme Power (well, in some branches of Hinduism), there'd be a pretty obvious benefit to collecting all the rings.

[znbrtn]

stretching, obviously, but you could try cutting down the seven deadly sins and the seven saintly virtues to five each

edit: i suppose i could put up a list...
sin followed by virtue.
Lust, Chastity
Gluttony, Temperance
Greed, Charity
Sloth, Diligence
Wrath, Patience
Envy, Kindness
Pride, Humility

[Steeler49er]

There are Ten Sephirot in the Kabbalistic Tree of Life...

...the ten attributes that God created through which he can manifest not only in the physical but the metaphysical universe.

More...


I like religious tie-ins. :shrug:

How Very Neo-Evangelianesque'... and since That show was so Kree Peh', so to would a buncha God rings based on it... Kewl Acre!

[Glistam]

The newer White Wolf mage game breaks magical effects into 10 areas:
Death, Fate, Forces, Life, Matter, Mind, Prime, Space, Spirit, Time

You also have the 10 commandments from the bible, each ring can have powers that relate to each commandment

In fact, the number 10 has various religious ties you may find useful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_(number)#In_religion

Another idea could be to utilize some sub-classes of the traditional elements, and/or use other traditional concepts:
Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Wood, Metal, Light, Darkness, Ice, Lightning

[Captain Shiva]

I like the gods idea, myself. Just don't limit yourself to one pantheon. All you need to do is say that a bunch of gods, from around the world got together and empowered ten rings. Hermes for speed, Hercules for strength, Balder for invulnerability, etc.[edit] Or here is another idea: what if the rings not only granted powers, but entire power categories? For instance, a god from Chinese mythology could grant ancient master status, while a god of war might empower his ring to create a super-soldier.

[dark brandon]

People have 10 Fingers.

[Captain Shiva]

People have 10 Fingers.

And ?

[Glistam]

Going back to your original idea about planets...you can always count the Sun and then you would have 10 rings.

In that sense you can associate each planet/ring with powers associated with the god their named after.

You could also have these 10 rings not blatently patterned after any one theme at all. Just pull appropriate descriptive words from ancient languages and go from there.

[Senator Cybus]

People have 10 Fingers.

And ?

10 toes!

[dark brandon]

People have 10 Fingers.

And ?

Behold, the severed fingers of Zeus. When the Christian god de-throned Zeus, the lord took each finger and crafted them into rings.

[Novastar]

People have 10 Fingers.

And ?

Behold, the severed fingers of Zeus. When the Christian god de-throned Zeus, the lord took each finger and crafted them into rings.

Eww.

You might want to look up the Iron Man villian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_(comics), since he has a similar schtick.

[acreRake]

1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune
9. Pluto
10. Planet X (!)


@Steeler49er you misspelled "too".

[Lord_Dalgard]

Chello!

If you go with the Kabbalah idea, there is the automatic relation for the villains. The "Qliphoth could be seen as 'the dark side' of the Sephirot."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qliphoth

[acreRake]

Chello!

If you go with the Kabbalah idea, there is the automatic relation for the villains. The "Qliphoth could be seen as 'the dark side' of the Sephirot."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qliphoth

So, like, if used for good they have one set of powers, if used for evil another? That's pretty cool. Then both initial ideas could be true: the wearer of the ten rings either gains either the power to create a world (or universe if you like) or to end it...depending on who has them...

[The Dark Elf]

Ten Commandments (or anti 10)

Thou shalt not kill = energy expulsion (or either force field, healing factor or something)
Thou shalt not covert = mimic or something

Cant remember rest

[Smlawrence8]

Just an idea but why nake each ring have ...say one minor power when you wear more than one it begin to grant major powers. When you hold all of the ring you get mega mega hero status. Since they will be the only supers in the world they would be viewed as a god. Have each of the rings be based on the idea above about celestial bodies. Using the celestial bodies "idea" in combination with elemental powers then you should be able to come up with a pretty solid basis..

[mellowmaveric]

What is it with everyone and rings lately? Anywho this reeks of the Mandirin from Iron Man. Personaly my favorite finger is my nose picking finger.

[Smlawrence8]

What is it with everyone and rings lately? Anywho this reeks of the Mandirin from Iron Man. Personaly my favorite finger is my nose picking finger.

hey hey now rings can be ok too...and on Iron Man any character that is named after an orange is just kinda dumb.....

[Smlawrence8]

What is it with everyone and rings lately? Anywho this reeks of the Mandirin from Iron Man. Personaly my favorite finger is my nose picking finger.

hey hey now rings can be ok too...and on Iron Man any character that is named after an orange is just kinda dumb.....

I hope that was sarcasm on your part.

on which part??? the rings or on mandarin......

[Smlawrence8]

the only thing I have seen on the Iron Man comic side is the OLD cartoon.... and I have only watched once or twice but man the Mandarin irritated me sooooo bad...

[mellowmaveric]

lets see green lantern versus 10 rings and fing fang foom who the mandirin could summon with the power of the rings

[Smlawrence8]

Mandarin irritated you more than MODOK? I have to admit that the idea of the Mandarin finding alien rings that transformed him into a green being with the Fu Manchu mustache was kind of bad, but the portrayal of the Mandarin in of all places, X-Men "Acts of Vengeance" made the character extremely cool. But yeah, Mandarin would still get creamed by any Green Lantern in a "Ring vs. Ring" battle.

I dont know who MODOK .....Like I said I havent been very up on the Iron Man stuff

[Smlawrence8]

lets see green lantern versus 10 rings and fing fang foom who the mandirin could summon with the power of the rings

Fin Fang Foom was never a "minion" of the Mandarin...he could be summoned but he was not a pawn. Fin Fang Foom could defeat a lot of Green Lanterns, even ones like Hal Jordan and Kilowog. But he would not fight them on the Mandarin's bidding, that is all I am going to say on that count. And I still say that without Fin Fang Foom, the Mandarin would never beat Kyle Rainer, Alan Scott or even Guy Gardner.

WOW......I really really missed a lot about Iron Man...like I said I have only seen a few (maybe2) episodes....

anyway this is starting to feel like a thread jack........................

[mellowmaveric]

you need to read the comics not watch the craptastic cartoon

[Smlawrence8]

you need to read the comics not watch the craptastic cartoon

I work to much to read comics ....and I like novels better...

[mellowmaveric]

graphic novels?

[Smlawrence8]

graphic novels?

No REAL novels like Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind ... I mostly read Fantasy style more than I read sci-fi style....

[Captain Shiva]

graphic novels?

No REAL novels like Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind ... I mostly read Fantasy style more than I read sci-fi style....

EDIT: So instead, you SPAM a thread? - NMI

[Smlawrence8]

graphic novels?

No REAL novels like Robert Jordan, Terry Goodkind ... I mostly read Fantasy style more than I read sci-fi style....

EDIT: So instead, you SPAM a thread? - NMI

What I am lost... are you saying I spammed the thread? I didnt think it was spam...I am lost

[NMI]

No, the person whose post I edited was spamming.

[Smlawrence8]

No, the person whose post I edited was spamming.

ohh OK I feel better now...thank for calrification......

[acreRake]

But seriously, you should use the ten planks of the Communist Manifesto.

Spoiler:

not actually serious

Or how about Aristotle's
"The Categories places every object of human apprehension under one of ten categories (known to medieval writers as the praedicamenta). They are intended to enumerate everything which can be expressed without composition or structure, thus anything which can be either the subject or the predicate of a proposition."
The ten categories, or classes, are

1. SUBSTANCE, what an object is, e.g., a human or a horse
2. QUANTITY, its measure, e.g., one, two, many, or few
3. QUALITY, the disposition of the subject, e.g., white, smooth
4. RELATION, as a comparison to another,e.g., double, half, larger
5. HABIT, what the subject has (habet), e.g., has shoes
6. POINT OF TIME, when the subject is, e.g., yesterday, in the year before
7. PLACE, where the subject is, e.g., in the market, in school
8. ORIENTATION, its position in space, e.g., lying, sitting
9. ACTION, what the subject is doing, e.g., cutting, burning, crying
10. PASSION, what is is being done to the subject, e.g., is being cut, or is being burned

[Glistam]

Or how about Aristotle's
"The Categories places every object of human apprehension under one of ten categories (known to medieval writers as the praedicamenta). They are intended to enumerate everything which can be expressed without composition or structure, thus anything which can be either the subject or the predicate of a proposition."
The ten categories, or classes, are

1. SUBSTANCE, what an object is, e.g., a human or a horse
2. QUANTITY, its measure, e.g., one, two, many, or few
3. QUALITY, the disposition of the subject, e.g., white, smooth
4. RELATION, as a comparison to another,e.g., double, half, larger
5. HABIT, what the subject has (habet), e.g., has shoes
6. POINT OF TIME, when the subject is, e.g., yesterday, in the year before
7. PLACE, where the subject is, e.g., in the market, in school
8. ORIENTATION, its position in space, e.g., lying, sitting
9. ACTION, what the subject is doing, e.g., cutting, burning, crying
10. PASSION, what is is being done to the subject, e.g., is being cut, or is being burned

If we were voting, this one would have my vote.

[acreRake]

Until he picks one, i'll keep throwing out ideas:

There are ten levels of arya-bodhisattva:

1. The joyous (pramudita)
2. The stainless (vimala)
3. The light-maker (prabhakari)
4. The radiant (arcishmati)
5. The very hard to conquer (sudurjaya)
6. The turning-toward (abhimukhi)
7. The far-going (durangama)
8. The unshakable (acala)
9. The good mind (sadhumati)
10. The cloud of dharma (dharmamegha)

[Steeler49er]

@Steeler49er you misspelled "too".

Too·ché

[acreRake]

I've been thinking that one of the criteria was that the players should be able, just by seeing the thing in action, to guess the other ones. So:
http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spectrumbd8.jpg

White
Black
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue (cyan)
Violet (could be invisible...)
Purple (even if you don't want to make violet invisible, you can see in my example that violet, purple and blue can be quite different)
and Brown

eh? EH?

[acreRake]

Another religious alternative is to use a pantheon i created to use in my HU world.

1 Top
2 Bottom
3 Up
4 Down
5 Strange
6 Charm
7 Tau
8 Muon
9 Electron
10 Positron

[acreRake]

1...buckle my shoe;
2...shut the door;
3...pick up sticks;
4...lay them straight;
5...a big, fat hen;
6...dig and delve;
7...maids a courting;
8...Maids in the kitchen;
9...maids awaiting;
10...my plate's empty.

But, seriously, did you pick yet? (You don't have to say which one, if your players read the forums, you know...