Rune_Alchemist said
And done with Tyzitla. I could easily have him become the antagonist, if no one makes an aggressive enough god~

Esra's also fine with stepping up to Conquer All if we don't have enough ag~gres~sion~

Rune_Alchemist said
And done with Tyzitla. I could easily have him become the antagonist, if no one makes an aggressive enough god~

Ah, well, you needn't worry about that. The Dragon King shall be... thoroughly aggressive.

I guess there's nothing to fear then on that front.

As for forty million people, the civilization is very advanced but it's a different country than any real world nation. The people are Caucasian, but they are as advanced as Medieval Chinese civilization, which has almost always been more advanced than the west.

Working on my post now, to address everything so far. I tend to take my time with addressing people and go over my stuff, so it could be a little bit. Should be done within an hour or so. Sorry for all the waiting!

It's cool. Thanks for being willing to listen.

Tyzitia: Accepted. It's well written, and everything falls under an obvious theme. Pretty much what I'm looking for.

Esra: It seems to lack a little bit of cohesion. Don't get me wrong, it's well written and fun, but she just seems to fall under so many categories. Void, construction (which in essence is the opposite of void), time, order. Maybe try altering the CS a bit so that it falls under a general theme? All of the themes there would be fun, but try sticking to just one and fleshing it out more. EG: Domain - void. Has power over nothingness. Not to say she doesn't have power over anything, but over the actual idea of nothingness. Think Sithis from the Elder Scrolls. If you want to link some sort of observatory power to that, maybe something like... being able to see out of the eyes of anyone who's blank minded?

Empyron: If you're a god of lightning... that kind of counteracts the whole hope and sun and stuff. Where's the sun when there's lightning? It's clouded out. Lightning is destructive. If we're operating in a functional, at least semi-rational universe, the views of the people shouldn't have an effect on what reality is. Kind of how believing the Earth is flat doesn't make it flat. The other critiques from before still stand. The character in question should have some sort of theme and structure, and be cohesive.

General: I'm gonna start working on the OOC post now. I'll let you guys know when it's done.

I'm gonna play the god of creativity, arts, crafts, food/clothes/models, all that kind of stuff. So... dibbs. It'll be on the OOC post.

I shall place my interest here. Oh, hey ActRaiser.

(damnit)

WIP

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Name: Ormagoden

Goal: Defensive

Domain: Metal, noise, blood, and fire.



Powers:
-Cremator of the Sky: Ormagoden tears through the skies with such speed that it catches fire as he soars.
-Metal Screech:

Artifacts:

Territory: (include the geography, climate, population, etc. EG: cold, mountainous nation with a low population of hardy, dark skinned humans and filled with tough carnivorous creatures such as mountain lions, chimera, and even dragons)

Other Info: (Anything you feel is important to mention, such as a hatred of a different god, a different source of power than followers, etc. Optional.)]]]][]<>

@Iryhor, perhaps put up a character roster so we can see which domains are taken?

P.S dibs on the god of wind, weather, roads, travellers and messengers. God of stone, blacksmithing, weaponry, protection

By the way, does anyone think we can have overlapping domains? Path, note Act's ones.

I hope it is. It's hard to make domains that DON'T overlap, if some have noticed.

Or, we could have a limit on how many domains we have.

Maybe a set list of domains that are and aren't available? Though I find this option difficult to initiate now, since CSes are already being accepted.

Iryhor said
Esra: It seems to lack a little bit of cohesion. Don't get me wrong, it's well written and fun, but she just seems to fall under so many categories. Void, construction (which in essence is the opposite of void), time, order. Maybe try altering the CS a bit so that it falls under a general theme? All of the themes there would be fun, but try sticking to just one and fleshing it out more. EG: Domain - void. Has power over nothingness. Not to say she doesn't have power over anything, but over the actual idea of nothingness. Think Sithis from the Elder Scrolls. If you want to link some sort of observatory power to that, maybe something like... being able to see out of the eyes of anyone who's blank minded?

Well, let me try explaining my thought process a little more. If this helps, I'll edit it into the CS accordingly, if not then we'll just go from there.

In essence, the central theme revolves around Order. Order has a few different components under the umbrella of its concept. First and foremost is the creation of systems and rules, that's fairly self-explanatory with regard to what a god of Order would do, and I don't think you have any issue conceptualizing that as falling under the concept of order.

Next up is Order in the sense of perfect organization. Order is the concept of states of affairs and underlying existences existing in a "proper" state of affairs, such that there are no "errors" with the foundation of things. This is in contrast to Chaos which is based in a destruction of stagnation and deconstruction of what "is", as Chaos is the ultimate state of undoing. Thus, preservation of Order reaches a single precept from which the others follow. Stagnation. Halting, Ceasing, Ending. Order is not allowed to change, Order is not allowed to be altered as then it is not Order. This is the sense of Order behind Stagnation, and to a lesser extent Void Command.

While I put the domain of nothingness up there, that was just semantic; I'm ultimately considering that nothingness to be a fundamental part of order. A void is a state of perfect order, unchanging and static for all eternity, perfectly existent by the fact that it isn't existent. At the same time, a void is a starting point. In a void no system exists, so a void is where systems are created and order is born. In that sense, nothingness is both a representation of and a starting point for Order.

The Observation ability is meant to be a viewing of the systems that are already in place, an understanding of the nature of reality and the right of the god of Order to oversee those systems. In other words, the top-notch scrying ability of a tyrant, who views the world as a set of systems that give rise to phenomena. You can cross-apply that to what's been said above. I'm a bit uncomfortable with changing that into seeing through the eyes of certain people or anything like that, because the reason I made her people so utterly useless and her power set like this is because it's meant to be something that doesn't attack "individuals". It's meant to be a power that attacks the "world", as a god of order sees human followers only as an underlying phenomenon creating by a given system. This doesn't mean that it's more "powerful" than abilities that target individuals; rather, hope, oaths, concepts of that nature are all human-centric and so the gods of those domains will have a stronger connection to humanity than one whose domain considers itself "beyond" man. That's both an advantage and a disadvantage, for obvious reasons.

Numerical Phantasm I already explained a bit. Math is just shorthand for what reality does, but at the same time its an "a priori" truth that exists prior to human contextualization of it, in some sense it's a primal form of order that reality is bound to, a natural premise and system that explains phenomena. In that instance, the command over that system would be within the realms of Order's authority.

First Precept is creation, but in a different sense. Recall that "In a void no system exists, so a void is where systems are created and order is born." First Precept and System work alongside one another. First Precept creates, and System applies systems to the things which are created. It's a replication of the making of reality, though of course Esra herself lacks the capacity to outright create/destroy a world, but it's based on the same concept. The creation of things such that they can fit into the natural Order.

The most important ones for me are quite frankly System, Void Control, Observation, and First Precept. They create the narrative of the god of Order, who stands in the center of nothingness as an empty husk, seeing everything and nothing, and by viewing those possibilities of what "could be" is spurred to action, to make them occur through effort. The void is reshaped and melded, existences are created, systems are applied to those existences. Rules of the world are written in as the world itself is created, all the while the god of Order shapes it, viewing everything in terms of a possibility. They form that narrative, which is what the concept of a God of Order is meant to convey, in terms of how I'm trying to frame it.

Following them in importance is Stagnation, and lastly is Numerical Phantasm, so if some things need to be done away with I'd prefer it's one or both of those.

Iryhor said
Tyzitia: Accepted. It's well written, and everything falls under an obvious theme. Pretty much what I'm looking for.

Awesome~
I shall begin my semi-nefarious plotting.

Okay, so how about no lightning then and I could still have all the other ones?

@Bing As a note, hammering out a potential god of messages and messengers with Iryhor, just awaiting a reply.

Sorry for taking so long, Dark, I'm working on the initial OOC post right now. Almost done with it! (hopefully)

Yo dude, I don't mind. Just didn't want Bing making their messenger god while that was still being worked out.