It occurs to me that there's a fairly important question I forgot to ask about while creating Kilbern Skyfather...
What symbols might be sacred to Kilbern? I've gotten the shield for him (Lady Liberty had almost enough Patriot Tokens left over from last year, so I just needed today's runs to get it), and I can put a symbol on it. Right now, it's sporting a lion, as the Spartan set I used for his armor has lions on it, but I'd like to make sure his look is as lore-friendly as the Tailor permits.
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Kilbern himself was known to carry the sword Sarclaive and the shield Defender, so if your character has such items he essentially already carries the god's symbols.
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Update: This is Kilbern's manifestation in the modern age, affected by modern humans' standards of beauty, with sword and shield. (Apologies for the clipping; with the issues I've had even launching the game, mastering demorecord is a step too far for me.)
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BTW have you run into any other "divine" PCs? I was wondering how they'd role play meeting such an ancient god. (I kind of have American Gods in my mind.)
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It's interesting to me that you haven't run into other gods among the PCs, given that so many players have come to CO after playing fantasy games. I would think that would be a natural follow-through. But I've complained too often already about paucity of imagination in the community as a whole. That's one big reason I post to these forums -- to try to apprise players of the range of potential in the superhero genre in general, and this setting in particular.
I believe having a blue diamond on your shield in those days, would be comparable to an historical knight having a cross on his.