Dominions 3: The Awakening/God Design/The Awakening

The Awakening
The Awakening is a mechanic that trades time for design points. You can gain more design points for your pretender by using either of the two Awakening options but this removes your pretender from play for some time. There are three different degress of Awakening. Notice that whether the pretender is awake or not has no effect on bless effects.

Awake
The pretender god is avaitable right from the start. This option gives you no extra points at all.

Dormant
The pretender god is in a dorman state and it will remain in such state for roughly a year (12 turns) in game time. This option gives you 150 extra design points and your pretender god will wake up roughly withing a year.

Imprisoned
Banished by the previous Pantokrator, the pretender god is Imprisoned and strugling to break free. The escape will last roughly three years (36 turns) and you will gain 250 design points by using this option. Since the time that your pretender spends away from the game is great you should use this option with great consideration.