u/Space_Cartographer

I really like the religion system of Anno 117 and am really hoping for a DLC that fleshes out that part of the game in the future. As I have been thinking way too much about that, I wanted to share my ideas for a possible religion dlc. Please tell me what you think of it and if you have better ideas on the subject.

• Pantheon: adds a monument, the famous Panethon where all gods are worshipped. It can only be build once per player and will act as the religious center of your realm. It gives a flat out devotion bonus to every island, allows you to change your global patron god if several fulfill the criteria and lets you choose global buffs depending on your total faith
• Great Temples: the second monument added. There can only be one Great Temple per God. They will severely increase devotion and add new buffs for the patron god. There will also be the option of celebrating a religious festival simultaneously on every island with said god
• Additional Gods: adds more of the still missing Olympian gods (Jupiter, Juno, Venus and Vesta for example), which will work quite similarly to the ones in the game. Also adds two more challenging gods with positive as well as negative effects on the island. Pluto as the god of the underworld was believed to be extremely rich as the treasures of the soil were his belongings. He will boost the islands wealth but decrease the happiness. Bacchus, god of wine and parties, will increase happiness but slightly decrease overall production on the island (maybe you have some better ideas for gods with a mixed effect)
• Minor Gods: on islands with a certain population size you can add a minor god to be worshipped. The minor gods don't collect any devotion but give a minor buff to the island, allowing you to specialize your islands even further. Some ideas for minor gods are Asclepius, Hercules, the Furies, the Muses, Persephone, Janus, Victoria, Saturnius, Juventas, Amor, Salacia, the Gratiae, Pax and so on. There will be a beautiful new building, a little sanctuary for the minor god. If you have the Pantheon or a Great Temple on your island you can add an additional minor god
• New Goods: adds defixiones (= curse tablets) and lararia (= house shrines) as new needs
• New Cosmetics: adds many new cosmetics with religious connotation. Figures of Jupiter or other gods, statues of famous heroes or monsters (cerberus, chimaera and pegasus just as examples), new skins for temples and sanctuaries as well as alternative skins for the shrines