Gods & Things

David Stark / Zarkonnen

5 Apr 2015, 5:16 p.m.

A mod for Civilization V that introduces a bunch of religious elements inspired by HP Lovecraft. Right now, the mod simply adds some new pantheon beliefs which are powerful but have some drawback as well:

The Black Goat of the Woods: +2 Faith from Forest tiles, 10% slower Growth Rate
Elder Things: +2 Science and -1 Food from Tundra tiles
The Messenger: +4 Science and +3 Unhappiness from cities with population 6+
Cthulhu Worship: Religion spreads to cities 60% further away, Prophets cost 25% more
Dagon Worship: +2 Faith and -1 Food from Fishing Boats
Fungi from Yuggoth: +2 Production from Mines, -2 Culture per city

You can get the mod through Steam Workshop or download it directly from here.

I'm a complete novice at the whole Civ V modding thing, so please let me know if you have suggestions or criticisms. If there's interest, I'll see that I can expand the mod in the future.

Like my work? Check out my own game, Airships: Conquer the Skies.

Grego9 Apr 2015, 7:41 p.m.Please, try to do cultist units in the place of inquisitors and missionaires...
Neal13 Apr 2015, 6:14 p.m.Cthulhu Worship seems a bit OP. Whoever gets it first will be converting cities across the world before even meeting them! I don't know if Civ V allows it, but instead it should be a VERY tough religion to get rid of. Once you have worshipers in your city they will likely NEVER leave. If possible, make it so that once a city gets Cthulhu Worship it will ALWAYS have at least 1 follower, even after a prophet is used. Only an Inquisitor can completely stamp it out.

G&T: Future Plans10 Apr 2015, 8:56 a.m.
People clearly like the mod, as it's now up to about 350 subscribers and hit the Steam Workshop front page.

The major hindrance to making the mod bigger is that I'm a complete newb at Civ V modding. So far, all of the things I've introduced have been purely data-driven, just adding new rows to the list of pantheon beliefs, basically. But for a lot of the cooler effects I want to introduce, I'll have to dive into the game's scripting engine. Not sure when I'll get the time to do so, but we'll see how it goes.

Anyway, here's my future plans:
It Is Coming14 Aug 2014, 9:32 a.m.
A simplified version29 Jun 2014, 11:56 a.m.
As I mentioned before, as much as I like my Gods and Things concept for Civ V, it's really far too complex for me to attempt to build. So I've been thinking about a massively stripped down version that just introduces a bunch more beliefs, which are distinguished by having a downside as well as an upside:
More Horror Beliefs29 May 2014, 12:30 p.m.
I've been thinking about my Gods & Things concept for Civ V again. I would dearly love to create it, or at least a simplified version, but as it stands, I don't have the time or the knowledge to do so. If anyone has experience with Civ V modding and would like to collaborate, hit me up. Anyway, here are a whole bunch more Horror beliefs:
Gods and Things22 Oct 2013, 1:20 p.m.
The other day I caved in and bought the expansion packs to Civ V. I've been having a fair bit of fun with it, and definitely enjoying the new religion and trade systems. Of course, it didn't take me very long to give my religion a very silly name, and from there a concept was spawned: Gods & Things - a Lovecraftian expansion for Civ V.