[OOC] Godspeed!

[BayRat]

Well, we now have dinosaurs. And dragons.

Guess next on the list are lizardfolk.

[Antarctic Termite]

@Jarl Coolgruuf

I doubt you'll even read this, but seeing as your last post out of character was three weeks ago, you were asked to explain your absence three days ago, and this is the second time you've disappeared without a word- you're being kicked from the game.

We'll take care of your character. Please don't try to join up again.

[KabenSaal]

I am looking for a God! A God who wishes to have a beautiful Heroine!

[Lord Zee]

@KabenSaal What's your definition of beautiful?

[KabenSaal]

It's a tie. Between
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and

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@Lord Zee

[Lord Zee]

@KabenSaal Ah, I see. I'm sure some God would create you, Larwen would not.

[Leotamer]

Well, I am pretty sure Seidhara is the patron of redheads.

[KabenSaal]

Who is this Seidhara? I must know more.

[Antarctic Termite]

@KabenSaal

...

It's...

A tie.

Between a league of legends titty assassin and a fucking anime girl.

<.<

Well, I ain't here to defend your taste in ladies. Feel free to apply however you please.

[KabenSaal]

What else would you use? I am against the whole real-life pictures thing.

[Antarctic Termite]

@KabenSaal A chibi, of course.



Gaze upon them. Gaze upon your new gods, and weep.

[Antarctic Termite]

@KabenSaal By the way, we do have anime girl heroines in the cast already, so your character will be in excellent company.

What kind of heroine were you thinking of making / what kind of god would be an appropriate patron for her?

[KabenSaal]

I don't really know. I was just seeing what gods were interested in making a hero and working from there. Since I can't see Demi-Gods about anywhere.

[Legion02]

Can you still make a God here? I was thinking about a god with Supernatural(Mana) to introduce the new, magical substance as well as offer a counter to the Goddess of Supernatural(Souls).

[Double Capybara]

Can you still make a God here? I was thinking about a god with Supernatural(Mana) to introduce the new, magical substance as well as offer a counter to the Goddess of Supernatural(Souls).

@Legion02

Dare you defy me? Don't you know how vicious a capybara can be?

... Jokes aside, what is the deal with Mana? How does it differ from other magical? I picked Supernatural as a domain for some very specific reasons, I take you are going for the same overall idea of extra natural, not common and unperceived?

It would help to talk about this sort of stuff now since the gods will be in similar areas.

[Antarctic Termite]

@KabenSaal Demigods have been scrapped, the rules update was very comprehensive. There's almost nothing that works exactly how it does in Mk II.

@Legion02 Welcome back. We're still taking on gods, but you'll probably need to figure out who your parents are.

[Legion02]

Aye! I agree (If I get accepted). Anyway, first of all I'm going to explain my idea of Mana:

It's a fuel and a force in of its own. A literal substance. When it first comes to the world it will be pure and without influence. Much like wood is wood, mana would be mana with 4 states of matter: Solid, liquid, gas and plasma. Pure mana can be very easily manipulated through conscious will or belief. So living, thinking beings like humans, animals or anything else can manipulate mana. Deliberate or accidential. For example: if a whole tribe believes mana is warm, mana around them will be preceived as warm. Should a tribe pass that believes mana is cold, then the mana in the area will cool down. If they believe mana is only solid, mana will only be found in a solid state.

However, mana in of itself can also be influenced by an area without a consciousness manipulating. Mana that travels through a forest will pick up attributes of that forest. Like smell or color. Maybe it becomes akin to a tree.

In the end, mana can be used to maintain higher levels of magical influence. It enhances all that its creator choses to be magical. It has a synergy with the Might of gods. Meaning that if a God choses, he/she/it can certaintly use mana around them. This will mean that more mana floods to them. The opposite can also happen. Should a god hate mana, they will repel it wherever they or their creations go. Accepting or denying the gift of mana has no inherent advantages or drawbacks.

My god will be introducing the substance in the world. As well as hold final control over it. Mana often 'returns' to him in a way. Changed, altered. He observes how the world changes through his substance. Maybe a world of war has made it hateful. Or a age of peace, beauty, intelligence had made it enlightening. In the end, he wants to explore the possibilities of this miraculous substance.

My only fear is that this might still tie in a little too much with the innate magical abilities of a god. I picked supernatural as it can break (some) of the laws of nature. It also felt closest to the domain I wanted to pick initially: Magic. Though from reading a little bit more I figured magic wouldn't be accepted as all gods can seemingly use magic through their Might. Cappy, if you want we could discuss some things over Discord as that makes communication a lot easier and we don't end up spamming the OOC?

EDIT: @Double Capybara Maybe your goddess could be his mommy!?

EDIT 2: an added part to mana: As said earlier there are no inherent advantages or disadvantages to taking or not taking up mana. Those who want to use it in synergy with their own divine power will see that their power is just a little stronger. It will take on their attributes and properties and will thus become a very easy substance to use. While not using/hating/repelling it will mean that mana will go away from your lands or whever you go or have influence over. The advantage to this is that mana will not cause accidents. It is not always so docile as one would believe it to be. For example: a god of light could use mana to create numerous bright lights floating around. However, these lights could end up burning or blinding followers at random.

[Lauder]

Sorry for my inactivity! Exams are in full swing for me!

[Cyclone]

Heard down the grapevine a few hours back that there was an argument about Promus' supposed monopoly on speech, so I'll come in and give my thoughts.

Firstly, there are two reasons his CS stated he alone creates speech (OOC I don't mind too much if somebody else wanted to spend the MP to bypass him; I just raised a deal about this earlier when other gods made verbal and written speech on the first turn and before even Promus could act)
A) It allows me to remain relevant with such a niche portfolio
B) It opens the door to Promus helping out a civ after he gies them speech and starts to notice them. Put simply, I figured it'd lead to a lot more collaborative effort.

The funny part is that nobody has ever asked me to give their dudes speech. I've approached a few people about granting speech out of my own interest, but for to give one example I have no clue if @dragonmancer wants his dragons to ever run around talking.

All it'd take is a simple @mention on this thread or a PM sent to me if somebody wanted me to get on to giving someone speech, and I have 5 heroes and a god capable of granting speech so you'll hardly ever be stuck waiting long on me and there are options for collabs. Or if you don't even want to collab, I could just write a two or three paragraph standalone post where one of my guys grant speech. With all that in mind I can only speculate as to why any drama went down.

Anyways, I'll reiterate the constraints on Promus' power. There are several big workarounds:
1) Promus' portfolio only includes verbal speech and sign language falls entirely outside of it. We've even got precedent for a major species naturally getting sign language, with the Urtelem in Divinus Mk. 2.
2) Telepathy or something similar. Orfai has already done it, and I have no qualms with it. Just be aware that if you do that without telling me anything to the contrary, I'll assume that you want to develop the species on your own and then respect that by not having Promus go anywhere near them. It shuts him out in a way anyways, by removing the aforementioned reason B for having his speech powers.
3) The fact that you can go through any of his heroes, if there's an IC reason you would avoid Promus himself.

[KabenSaal]

I just don't want the power of a full God. But if there are no Demi-Gods, I shall try to find me a nice god to give me a good rack.