21 MARCH 1930 · 03:17 UTC · THE FIRST GODS ARE BORN

ASTERFALL

Gods of the Breadline

The Great Depression is grinding the world down. Then a broken crown of light crosses the sky, and you wake up divine.

GOD BUILDER KINGDOM SIM ALT HISTORY GM / NARRATOR

01 / THE NIGHT THE SKY WORE A CROWN

Eleven seconds.
That is all it took.

Compass needles swing. Clocks stutter. Every radio on Earth hums the same low note. In Chicago it is Thursday night; in London, before dawn; in Shanghai, nearly noon. Then the light is gone, the newspapers start arguing, and a few dozen ordinary people around the world are no longer ordinary.

You are one of them. A clerk, a farmer, a widow, a soldier, a gangster, a nun: whoever you were, you now carry a divine spark, an empty pocket realm and no idea what comes next. There are no temples, no worshippers and no one to explain it. Only a hungry world, and the quiet certainty that the others who woke tonight are already making their choices.

● THE VEIL HAS OPENED

DIVINE RANK 1 · SPARKBORN
DIVINE ENERGY 20/20 · FAITH POINTS 30
DEVOTED 0 · REVERENT 0 · SHRINES 0
PRIMARY DOMAIN: UNCHOSEN
SEED-SANCTUM: UNCLAIMED

02 / FROM NOTHING

Every follower earned.
Every rank paid for.

Heal a child in a tenement and the whole street is at your door by morning, with the landlord and the ward boss right behind them. Faith builds slowly. Miracles drain your strength. Mortal armies, banks, police and newspapers still outmatch a newborn god. Climb anyway.

THE NINE RANKS
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• Sparkborn to True God. A street, a congregation, a hidden shrine, then a protected realm of your own.

• Greater God to Divine Sovereign. Cities, institutions, planar holdings and covenants that span nations.

• Overdeity to Primordial. Wars between pantheons and trials that reshape the cosmos.

03 / CHOOSE YOUR DOMAIN

One word answers.
What kind of god are you?

LIFE DEATH WAR PEACE ORDER CHAOS FATE STORM FIRE SEA HARVEST INDUSTRY WEALTH SECRETS DREAMS STARS VOID and 15 more

Each of the 32 Domains has its own minor miracles, hard limits, rival Domains and a signature starter card. A Domain is authority over one idea, not a license to do anything.

04 / A WORLD ALREADY ON FIRE

Real history.
Until you change it.

The world of 1930 is exactly as it was, right up to the moment the sky broke. After that, real events keep coming on schedule unless the gods get in the way.

• India. Gandhi is nine days into the Salt March, and the crowds saw the crown in broad daylight.

• Chicago. Capone walked out of prison four days ago, and one small numbers bank suddenly never loses.

• Berlin. The government is days from collapse, and every faction wants a symbol.

• The Soviet Union. The secret police treat any miracle as counterrevolution.

• Beyond the Veil. Thin places are opening at old temples and deep mines, and something is looking back through them.

05 / HOW TO PLAY

You play your god.
The world plays everything else.

Tell the narrator who and where you are when Asterfall strikes, then pick your Domain and your first card. The narrator never speaks or decides for you, NPCs only know what they have actually seen, and rival gods move offscreen whether you find them or not.

● COMMANDS

/ledger your full divine sheet
/map geography you know
/history public news as of today
/rivals gods you have discovered
/skip 2 weeks advance time, collect faith
/recap the story so far

• Keep your ledger. Paste your latest /ledger into Chat Memory every so often, so the numbers survive long chats.

• Think like a 1930s person. Telegrams, trains and newspapers are your tools. A smart god uses mortals before fighting them.

• Eight lorebooks. Races, Domains, progression rules, Earth history, divine abilities, planes and god wars, cards and relics, and world hooks with hidden rivals.

CONTENT NOTES

Set in 1930 and depicts the era honestly: poverty, colonialism, racism, political violence and religious conflict appear as part of the world, not as endorsement. Violence and war are possible. Real religions are treated with respect. Your character's identity is entirely yours to choose.

ASTERFALL: GODS OF THE BREADLINE · ALTERNATE HISTORY GOD AND KINGDOM BUILDER