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So you did....*goes back to waiting*
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@KabenSaal Yo! Welcome to the god nest, it looks like you'll settle back in just fine.
Under the godspeed rules, you can't empower it as a destructive implement beyond 2 Might, in increments or otherwise. You can only make it more versatile.
You can only sharpen the blade on a swiss army knife so much, but sometimes it's necessary to kill someone with the corkscrew.
Well, looks like we just found a use for Fate's Might Pot.
But it's not even effective because IIRC you can add to a weapon or empower it infinitely, going in increments of two. I'll have a level 50 [Orb of Limitless Power] by the end of it, and I'll gain a bunch of levels while doing it too! You just mark my words!
Under the godspeed rules, you can't empower it as a destructive implement beyond 2 Might, in increments or otherwise. You can only make it more versatile.
You can only sharpen the blade on a swiss army knife so much, but sometimes it's necessary to kill someone with the corkscrew.
With how long the turns are, I can see this being an issue. I would be willing to give the base might of main PC demis a boost depending on what they want to do with it.
@BBeast, @Antarctic Termite? Thoughts?
Well, looks like we just found a use for Fate's Might Pot.
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Proposal: Give demi-gods double the might, or at least some extra might, so they are not affected by these really long turns.
Of course, that only applying to the demis who are played as main characters, not to the ones god players have.
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With how long the turns are, I can see this being an issue. I would be willing to give the base might of main PC demis a boost depending on what they want to do with it.
@BBeast, @Antarctic Termite? Thoughts?
This sounds like a reasonable measure to improve their activity over the very long turns.
While we're at it, I think the Acts of Creation level-up system has worked very well so far in Godspeed. I propose incorporating it into Mk.II as of next Turn.
While there is the fact that the Godspeed system is indirect and pretty much 'free', the asking price is really in 'creativity' (literally, in-game, but also on part of the player). For a level 9 god like Gadar/Belru-Vowzra, actually coming up with things to spend 18 Might on to get to level 10 is going to be difficult.
In order to avoid Cyclone's 'hurrdurr I dump all on byg webin hurrdurr' we can also incorporate the 1-Might 'Hero Weapon' and 2-Might 'Divine Weapon' dichotomy Godspeed establishes. Weapons created before now can continue to exist as very powerful legendary weapons (in fact, stopping their production will ensure their value is not saturated further).
While I agree that the Acts of Creation level-up system is a very good system, it is also completely different to the existing system. The change is not minor; it will change the way the game is played. I am reluctant to authorise such a radical change to the system half way through the game.
Also, imposing a hard limit on the strength of single items at this point would be unbalanced, as those who already have powerful legendary weapons will receive no further competition.
I did. But I will post for you as well. Fluffy dog person.
A large group of Shaman want more, for their people. Dealing and binding with Djinn does not cut it anymore, and so they all gathered around a ritually prepared girl and sacrificed themselves so their essence was siphoned into the woman. Some Shaman had Djinn, some had just dealt with Djinn for a long time. the large number of Djinn-touched souls mingled inside her and condensed into a strange spirit of great power, making the woman host a Demi-God.
This is an origin story (one which might need some adjusting, since we require some divine influence to create a Demigod). Tell us more about the character. Who is this woman? What is her Domain and Portfolio? What will she do?
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I was making sure the origin story was finished before doing anything else about her. For divine Influence, I guess you could have some of that in the ritual. They found some divine stuff and inserted it into the host girl. In a very crude and unsavoury fashion, she was probably going to die without the rest of it.
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While I agree that the Acts of Creation level-up system is a very good system, it is also completely different to the existing system. The change is not minor; it will change the way the game is played. I am reluctant to authorise such a radical change to the system half way through the game.
Also, imposing a hard limit on the strength of single items at this point would be unbalanced, as those who already have powerful legendary weapons will receive no further competition.
BBeast's right, the story is so heavily defined by the rules system that flipping the rules now would screw a bunch of plans and leave us with potential continuity errors.
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On a more seriosu note, we could make an informal rule about not making more 10+ MP items. Maybe then I'd actually adopt a second portfolio.
More realistically I'd petition to get Fate's Might Pot renamed to Zephyrion's Might Pot.
More realistically I'd petition to get Fate's Might Pot renamed to Zephyrion's Might Pot.
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Well, looks like we just found a use for Fate's Might Pot.
This a legit thing.
Attention everyone demigod player who wants to do something cool but doesn't have the might! PM us GMs, we'll throw you some for fun.
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I was making sure the origin story was finished before doing anything else about her. For divine Influence, I guess you could have some of that in the ritual. They found some divine stuff and inserted it into the host girl. In a very crude and unsavoury fashion, she was probably going to die without the rest of it.
I made a post three months back summarising the demigods in the game at the moment. I'll copy it here for your convenience, reference and inspiration.
- Belvast - Space (Portals). Son of Belruarc and Vowzra. Only demigod to be conceived by a physical union and born via ordinary biological means (pregnancy included). Belvast is basically an anthropomorphic cat. He went through a childhood. Current status: Original player inactive, but Belvast is still alive and doing background things.
- Lifprasil - Emotions (Sentience). Child of Vulamera and Vestec. Appears as an androgynous human. Accidentally conceived while Vulamera was poking around in Vestec's mind, and born when Vulamera attempted an abortion by ripping the coalescing essences from her womb. Began life as an adult. Current status: Lifprasil's player has retired, with Lifprasil crippled
- The Bard - Arts (Music) (I think. I can't find the sheet). Son of Vowzra and Ilunabar. Vowzra came into Ilunabar's dream realm. Ilunabar made a musical instrument with some twigs from Vowzra. The instrument is played and the Bard pops into being as an adult. Appears as a human. Current status: alive.
- Keriss - Chance (Suffering, The Forgotten). Daughter of Vulamera and Vakarlon. Is a big lizard person. The process of her birth was started in Vakarlon's mind (which Vulamera was inside at the time) by some essence-melding, and was finished when she materialised from ash near their physical bodies. Started as an adult. Current status: alive at present
- Amartia - Chaos (Sin). The closest he has to a parent is Vestec. Vestec found a god-soul dredged up by Slough (as she does), fused it with a mortal human, and let it have a bit of his chaos essence. In such a manner Amartia was born, as an adult. He is often a human or humanoid, although his form varies somewhat. Current status: Amartia has been stripped of divinity.
- Conata - Toil (Metalworking). Daughter of Teknall and Ilunabar (but mainly Teknall). Conata was designed then manufactured, cast from metal infused with Teknall's own blood. Appears as a human made from solid metal. Began life as a young child, and has been growing. Current status: alive.
- Kinesis - Crafting (Machinery). Daughter of Teknall and Ilunabar. Conata's older sister. Kinesis was also designed and manufactured. A mechanical skeleton was given a heart of Ilunabar's design imbued with Teknall's blood, at which point it conjured flesh to cover itself. Kinesis was born as a slightly older child, although she can change apparent age at will. She appears human, mostly. Current status: Original player is inactive, but Kinesis is still alive and doing things.
- Lazarus - Knowledge (Secrets,Divinity,Arcana). Has no definite godly parents. Lazarus was once a mortal, who found a Relic of Perfectus, taken from the Gap and planted on Galbar by Vowzra. He drank from it, and was transformed into a demigod. His original form was humanoid, although he has been through several other forms. Current status: alive, although at this instant he is imprisoned within a pocket dimension.
- Maeus - Hedonism (Drinking). Son of Ilunabar and Vestec. Ilunabar had created some powerful alcohol including a little bit of her own blood. Vestec chugged the lot, although it wasn't intended for him. A demigod grew inside him over a couple of minutes and he gave birth (somehow, I don't remember exactly how) to Maeus, who I believe started as an adult. Maeus appears as a human. Current status: inactive
- Farxus - Death (Undeath). Son of Reathos and Lazarus (in a sense). Lazarus simply pulled Farxus out from a wall filled with Reathos' essence (or something like that. My memory of it is hazy) (Reathos was dead, and this wall was part of his Holy Site). Farxus looks like a skeleton. Current status: alive
- Helvana - Darkness (Hexes,Nurture). Daughter of Vestec and Julkofyr. Julkofyr struck Vestec with a claw and wounded him, with the wound infected by Julkofyr's darkness. Vestec purged the foreign essence, which manifested into Helvana. Began as an adult. Appears human. Current status: alive
- Thacel - War (Strategy). Son of Ilunabar and Toun. Ilunabar and Toun, in attempting to resurrect Kyre (using written words and stuff), ended up conjuring Thacel instead. Started as an adult. Appears human. Current status: inactive
- Osveril - Purity (Void). Child of Jvan. Accidentally created by Jvan when she was experimenting with Voids. Has some weird geometric vaguely humanoid body of solid grey stuff. Current status: alive
- Anthanasios - Life (Healing). Son of Slough. Grew from some of the rot which dripped off Slough. Is part stag part human. Started as an adult. Current status: inactive.
- Jydshi - Motion (Animation). Daughter of Teknall, Aihtiraq and Kinesis (in a sense). Jydshi started as a robot built by Teknall and Kinesis. Kinesis then made a wish and Aihtiraq brought Jydshi alive. Is a giant millipede-like being. Current status: alive.
From experience, the origin story is the least important part about a demigod. It can generally be constructed around the other details. The origin story will cover you for one post. We want to know what you might do in all the posts following that.
On a more seriosu note, we could make an informal rule about not making more 10+ MP items. Maybe then I'd actually adopt a second portfolio.
This is actually a reasonable plan. At present one can dump a ridiculous amount of Might into a single item. An informal cap of 10 MP could help reduce inflation (and it is more creative if someone finds a way to make three 10 MP items rather than a single 30 MP item), while not totally embargoing powerful artefacts.
Honestly I'm not even thinking about posts yet. If the origin story is illegal and flies against lore, then it needs changing before I can work on the other stuff.
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@KabenSaal I would suggest that rather than starting with the origin story you either start with a Domain(Portfolio) and build your character, their personality, and who will parent them, around that. Or you begin with their personality, then give then a Domain(Portfolio) that fits that, then progress to working out who should parent them. Forget the origin story until you have the most basic foundation - that is, an actual character. You can't have an origin story for the nothing you currently have. Once you have an accepted character, you will collab with the player whose character you want to parent your's, and the origin story will grow out of that collab.
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I already have everything down though, Domain/Portfolio, personality, the opening post of her being 'born' as a Demi-God and interacting with the world. Everything is already down in my head. I just need to get how she actually became a Demi-God in a way that doesn't fly against the established Lore.
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@KabenSaal You might have posted all this stuff earlier, but I can't seem to find it. Can you quickly give us a recap of the Domain(Portfolio) you're considering, your character's personality, and which god you imagine will parent her (seeing as your 'The Emperor' idea was shot down)?
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I already have everything down though, Domain/Portfolio, personality, the opening post of her being 'born' as a Demi-God and interacting with the world. Everything is already down in my head. I just need to get how she actually became a Demi-God in a way that doesn't fly against the established Lore.
You know you are going to have to share that at one point or another, right? To be accepted into the RP. So why not work on that now and help us set up the start point, its hard to something when we have little to guess what your character is, what powers she has, and what she will be like.
Wait, shot down? I thought the spiritual soup idea just needed a bit of work. Not entirely shot down....
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Wait, shot down? I thought the spiritual soup idea just needed a bit of work. Not entirely shot down....
It's not been shot down. @Kho, stop being a silly billy.
A large group of Shaman want more, for their people. Dealing and binding with Djinn does not cut it anymore, and so they all gathered around a ritually prepared girl and sacrificed themselves so their essence was siphoned into the woman. Some Shaman had Djinn, some had just dealt with Djinn for a long time. the large number of Djinn-touched souls mingled inside her and condensed into a strange spirit of great power, making the woman host a Demi-God.
This can be made to work. We're generally pretty encouraging of expanding upon the lore of the world, but if you'd like to tie it into existing stuff, you've got some points to work from:
Djinn, as they exist right now, haven't been known to mess around with souls. Changing that would alter their flavour a bit, but it's certainly not impossible, especially if you add in a dash of other power sources. The most obvious one for making a demigod is for one or more actual gods to be in on the ritual. Then you would have a character actually identifiable as a kind of parent. Alternatively, you could find an artefact lying around to tie you to some power, or even some weird occult ritual. Any good contrivance will do.
Basically what I'm saying is your origin story doesn't fly in the face of the established lore. However, it's a bit difficult to help you make it work for your character in particular without a CS to work off to get a feel for it.
As for what BBeast was referring to with where you intend to take the character, we just want to make sure that you won't disappear after completing your first post due to not knowing what to do next. It's worth thinking about a general direction to take your character, no need just now for anything too complex or deep.
Let us know once you're ready to show us more :)
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I wasn't thinking that the whole Djinn-touched thing was on purpose. But dealing with them for so long adds a certain, touch to a person's soul. Like when you are in water to long and your fingers shrivel up. It doesn't really change that much about a person, unless you do something about it, like this ritual or other things that come to light as they are created by other people.
Also, I didn't want to point to any God and say they were in on the ritual, but I did later suggest a divine artefact getting inserted into her to give the touch of the divine to the ritual, but with a cavet that it wasn't the driving source behind the powers. Both the ritual and the artefact needed each other to properly kick off.
I will certainly admit that this idea has been all over the shop, meandering and being added piecemeal as people suggest new things. So, A CS sounds good, now that I know the whole idea isn't completely shot down.
I wasn't thinking that the whole Djinn-touched thing was on purpose. But dealing with them for so long adds a certain, touch to a person's soul. Like when you are in water to long and your fingers shrivel up. It doesn't really change that much about a person, unless you do something about it, like this ritual or other things that come to light as they are created by other people.
Also, I didn't want to point to any God and say they were in on the ritual, but I did later suggest a divine artefact getting inserted into her to give the touch of the divine to the ritual, but with a cavet that it wasn't the driving source behind the powers. Both the ritual and the artefact needed each other to properly kick off.
I will certainly admit that this idea has been all over the shop, meandering and being added piecemeal as people suggest new things. So, A CS sounds good, now that I know the whole idea isn't completely shot down.
Name: Legio
Alias: Legio uses the name 'Ine' when among others, much to Spitfire's chagrin.
Gender: Physically female, mentally, both.
Domain (Portfolio): Fire (Lava)
Domain (Portfolio) Description: Legio controls fire, and flames as the two survivors of the Great Fight were those who preferred the use of fire over all other things. Her Portfolio is Lava, stemming from Ine, the self-styled 'Mistress Of Magma'. Ine prefers more 'creative' uses of her Lava, but has no issue using it in it's natural form is such is required.
Alignment: Neutral Good.
Personality: Legio has Three Personalities, as she has three people inside her head. Most where condensed into a single being, but a few were to powerful to be subdued, and so they share. Sharing with two is easier than sharing with two hundred, after all.
Spitfire, the self-proclaimed 'King of Fire' is a very proud, slightly narracistic man who loves to show off his powers, is generally extremely high-key, and loves attetion. He is slightly embarrased about the form of his host however, and so he doesn't speak often, since his glorious, powerful voice does not carry right in the womanly vocal cords. He helps people, when he believes they need help, but does not dominat another person, only helping when he believes the person's life is at risk, and instead allowing them to work out their own problems, to build character.
The other inhabitant, Ine, who calls herself the 'Mistress of Magma' is a lot more subdued, but speaks outwardly more often, feeling naturally at home within the female form. She is more active in her desires to help people, which can sometimes sometimes cause her and Spitfire to argue, while the host stands there and stares off into nothing. While possessing a firey temper and ability to be quite destructive, she prefers to use her Magma's more creative and interesting applications.
Both, however, agree that the world is beautiful, and interesting, and are equally eager to see all it has to offer, and lend their hand to make it flourish, and grow. An interesting mindset for a pair of flaming people, but most often forget the nurturing, loving side of fire.
The third, and least seen of the personalities, is the actual woman who is the host of the two. She mostly appears when Spitfire and Ine are arguing too much to take proper control of the host. She is the most human of the three, and this leads her to be the most confused. She was not expecting the whole ritual to turn out like this, only volunteered for the reward offered to her family. And now she's a flaming Demi-God. She is kind of scared of the whole thing and is extremely overwhelmed by the new abilities she has. She will learn in time, and by her nature is more approachable than the other two. But for right now, she is more antelope in headlights.
Appearance:
Legio uses a hood most of the time to cover her intense crimson eyes, but occasionally throws it back when she wants to show off, or shock people into listening to her. In time of great concentration, or great distraction, her clothes seem to flicker like a flame would, betraying their nature and origin.
Musical Theme: youtube.com/watch?v=cRmwFBK0cyk
Description: A mortal attempt to touch the divine, Ine is a result of several hundred Druids enacting a grand occultic ritual, combining their essence into one, a girl who had volunteered to be the host for her family's sake. There was a lot of wheeling and dealing with Djinn to get everything they needed for this, the most important of which was claiming the Relic Of Perfectus. Near the ritual's end, the shard of divinity was thrust into her chest, and then the Druids all killed themselves inside the binding circle. The power of the ritual, and the shard of divinity, drew every druid inside the girl, some with Djinns hosted inside them, others simply touched by the Djinn through years of contact with them. They all arrived in the mindscape, a mental construct made to house all the Druids mentalities. Here, their powers manifested, both from external projection of what they could do, and the piece of the Divine granting that actualisation.
Unfortunately, they quickly realised that they where all still in control. Hundreds of people trying to drive a single host did not go well, and what started with bickering and squabbling became a fight for control. Time, as a concept, was distorted in the Mindscape, but it seemed to last a life time. With every death, the remaining denizens got stronger, and more devastating in their battle. Eventually most were laid low, and it ended in a stalemate between Spitfire, and Ine. The two tried to clash with each other, but realised they were far to equally matched, being the last survivors, and thus the inheritors of the full might of all the druids, and the divinity as well. So begrudgingly stood together, not total domination as was expected, but much more than sharing with several hundred others.
Concealment Level: 1 (I believe)
Detection Level: 1 (I believe)
Alias: Legio uses the name 'Ine' when among others, much to Spitfire's chagrin.
Gender: Physically female, mentally, both.
Domain (Portfolio): Fire (Lava)
Domain (Portfolio) Description: Legio controls fire, and flames as the two survivors of the Great Fight were those who preferred the use of fire over all other things. Her Portfolio is Lava, stemming from Ine, the self-styled 'Mistress Of Magma'. Ine prefers more 'creative' uses of her Lava, but has no issue using it in it's natural form is such is required.
Alignment: Neutral Good.
Personality: Legio has Three Personalities, as she has three people inside her head. Most where condensed into a single being, but a few were to powerful to be subdued, and so they share. Sharing with two is easier than sharing with two hundred, after all.
Spitfire, the self-proclaimed 'King of Fire' is a very proud, slightly narracistic man who loves to show off his powers, is generally extremely high-key, and loves attetion. He is slightly embarrased about the form of his host however, and so he doesn't speak often, since his glorious, powerful voice does not carry right in the womanly vocal cords. He helps people, when he believes they need help, but does not dominat another person, only helping when he believes the person's life is at risk, and instead allowing them to work out their own problems, to build character.
The other inhabitant, Ine, who calls herself the 'Mistress of Magma' is a lot more subdued, but speaks outwardly more often, feeling naturally at home within the female form. She is more active in her desires to help people, which can sometimes sometimes cause her and Spitfire to argue, while the host stands there and stares off into nothing. While possessing a firey temper and ability to be quite destructive, she prefers to use her Magma's more creative and interesting applications.
Both, however, agree that the world is beautiful, and interesting, and are equally eager to see all it has to offer, and lend their hand to make it flourish, and grow. An interesting mindset for a pair of flaming people, but most often forget the nurturing, loving side of fire.
The third, and least seen of the personalities, is the actual woman who is the host of the two. She mostly appears when Spitfire and Ine are arguing too much to take proper control of the host. She is the most human of the three, and this leads her to be the most confused. She was not expecting the whole ritual to turn out like this, only volunteered for the reward offered to her family. And now she's a flaming Demi-God. She is kind of scared of the whole thing and is extremely overwhelmed by the new abilities she has. She will learn in time, and by her nature is more approachable than the other two. But for right now, she is more antelope in headlights.
Appearance:
Legio uses a hood most of the time to cover her intense crimson eyes, but occasionally throws it back when she wants to show off, or shock people into listening to her. In time of great concentration, or great distraction, her clothes seem to flicker like a flame would, betraying their nature and origin.
Musical Theme: youtube.com/watch?v=cRmwFBK0cyk
Description: A mortal attempt to touch the divine, Ine is a result of several hundred Druids enacting a grand occultic ritual, combining their essence into one, a girl who had volunteered to be the host for her family's sake. There was a lot of wheeling and dealing with Djinn to get everything they needed for this, the most important of which was claiming the Relic Of Perfectus. Near the ritual's end, the shard of divinity was thrust into her chest, and then the Druids all killed themselves inside the binding circle. The power of the ritual, and the shard of divinity, drew every druid inside the girl, some with Djinns hosted inside them, others simply touched by the Djinn through years of contact with them. They all arrived in the mindscape, a mental construct made to house all the Druids mentalities. Here, their powers manifested, both from external projection of what they could do, and the piece of the Divine granting that actualisation.
Unfortunately, they quickly realised that they where all still in control. Hundreds of people trying to drive a single host did not go well, and what started with bickering and squabbling became a fight for control. Time, as a concept, was distorted in the Mindscape, but it seemed to last a life time. With every death, the remaining denizens got stronger, and more devastating in their battle. Eventually most were laid low, and it ended in a stalemate between Spitfire, and Ine. The two tried to clash with each other, but realised they were far to equally matched, being the last survivors, and thus the inheritors of the full might of all the druids, and the divinity as well. So begrudgingly stood together, not total domination as was expected, but much more than sharing with several hundred others.
Concealment Level: 1 (I believe)
Detection Level: 1 (I believe)
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I read this and thought it was funny:
Of all the things to do on discovering an ancient tablet xD
In 1872, Smith found a large fragment covered with a thick deposit which, when removed, revealed a large part of the [Chaldean] flood narrative. Reportedly, he exclaimed, "I am the first man to read that after more than two thousand years of oblivion," put the tablet on a table, and ran around the room maniacally, taking off his clothes!
Of all the things to do on discovering an ancient tablet xD
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Legio is sounding pretty alright so far. You'll have to get approval from all of @BBeast, @Antarctic Termite, and me, but I only have one question for right now. Do you have an initial direction to take your character once created? Like a place you want Legio to go to? A quest? A story arc? I just need one thing like that, and you don't have to give all the details. It's like I said before, just to keep you playing :)
Legio is sounding pretty alright so far. You'll have to get approval from all of @BBeast, @Antarctic Termite, and me, but I only have one question for right now. Do you have an initial direction to take your character once created? Like a place you want Legio to go to? A quest? A story arc? I just need one thing like that, and you don't have to give all the details. It's like I said before, just to keep you playing :)
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