[IC] Antiquity - A Different Type of God Game

[Primal Conundrum]

Well again, I'm leaning for an androgynous form until we have more information.

[LeonVon]

I apologize, I should have clarified that, but yes ActRaiser is correct. You can specialize in something, fire or death or knowledge, but you don't have to. I was going to explain this all in the next official post, but I'll do it now.

Your abilities are limited by 3 things. 1st: Worship. More worshipers = more power. 2nd: Creativity. I kinda covered this in the OOC. 3rd: Knowledge/Practice. Before you go shooting fireballs at people, you're going to need to either practice a lot with conjuring fire (and get more power) or find someone to train you.

But yes, for the time being the focus is on finding a form with which to present yourself to your followers.

[Asuu]

An androgynous form would be best, neither masculine nor feminine. It would avoid any sexist views of potential followers in the future. Tall is also a thought, since tall people tend to tower over others, and this can help with intimidation - which is a factor of persuasion and charisma, which we will need for more followers.

[Primal Conundrum]

Tall is good since it commands respect, but not so tall that it's some shocking, defining feature. I'd suggest white, shoulder-length hair, since that's a length that remains androgynous and a colour that could be good or evil depending on the context. I'm not sure what to suggest as far as our apparent weight—being average without being noticably pudgy maintains the neutral form we're talking, but thin could come across as somewhat ethereal when combined with the height and may make us seem more like a God to some.

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

Tall is good since it commands respect, but not so tall that it's some shocking, defining feature. I'd suggest white, shoulder-length hair, since that's a length that remains androgynous and a colour that could be good or evil depending on the context. I'm not sure what to suggest as far as our apparent weight—being average without being noticably pudgy maintains the neutral form we're talking, but thin could come across as somewhat ethereal when combined with the height and may make us seem more like a God to some.

@Primal Conundrum

Might I suggest an amorphous face, and we wear something like this:

[Asuu]

I agree with the height and the hair. It's a good basis for our appearance. As for weight, I would suggest slender and lean, rather than an equal amount of fat and skinniness; maybe with corded, thin muscle that wouldn't strike down the ethereal, God-like form, but enhance it...barely noticeable, but noticeable enough for stubborn humans to not pass us off as weak, and for weaker humans to not pass us off as a muscle-bounded brute. As for eyes...perhaps golden. A deep golden would suggest power, but it wouldn't immediately strike us off as good, nor evil. Golden can be rather neutral...although it may accentuate the 'light' aspect. I don't know for eyes.

How would an amorphous face work? Would it change depending on the viewer, or something?

I'm neutral to clothing.

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

I agree with the height and the hair. It's a good basis for our appearance. As for weight, I would suggest slender and lean, rather than an equal amount of fat and skinniness; maybe with corded, thin muscle that wouldn't strike down the ethereal, God-like form, but enhance it...barely noticeable, but noticeable enough for stubborn humans to not pass us off as weak, and for weaker humans to not pass us off as a muscle-bounded brute. As for eyes...perhaps golden. A deep golden would suggest power, but it wouldn't immediately strike us off as good, nor evil. Golden can be rather neutral...although it may accentuate the 'light' aspect. I don't know for eyes.

How would an amorphous face work? Would it change depending on the viewer, or something?

I'm neutral to clothing.

@Asuu

It might change depend on our alignment, psycho-alaytical view of ourselves, so we'd wear the mask. Once we can decide on what we really are in the world, we wouldn't need the mask, and might just wear it out of habit and custom. Our priests and other faithful would also wear them, but to others they would just be seen as a custom from a classy "brotherhood" kind of society, like the Shriners.

[Primal Conundrum]

Instead of a mask, we could use a semi-transparent veil. Between that and androgynous features, it would be very hard for people to see what we look like without the sense of duplicity or having something to hide that is fairly frequently associated with a mask. Also, masks are a thing that are frequently closely tied to the culture of the time (i.e. Italian theatre masks) and so creating a mask without being familiar with the current styles could result in sending unintentional messages. A face-concealing veil might also have some symbolism behind it, but veils are a far less common thing than masks, and as they tend to lack the same theatric flourishes it may better help the "indistinct appearance" thing. Also, a veil would work well with somewhat diaphanous clothing, all of which would end up with an extremely ethereal and otherworldly appearance. I dig the golden eyes and lean muscle, too. Deep gold, as you say, somewhere between the color of honey and amber.

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

Instead of a mask, we could use a semi-transparent veil. Between that and androgynous features, it would be very hard for people to see what we look like without the sense of duplicity or having something to hide that is fairly frequently associated with a mask. Also, masks are a thing that are frequently closely tied to the culture of the time (i.e. Italian theatre masks) and so creating a mask without being familiar with the current styles could result in sending unintentional messages. A face-concealing veil might also have some symbolism behind it, but veils are a far less common thing than masks, and as they tend to lack the same theatric flourishes it may better help the "indistinct appearance" thing. Also, a veil would work well with somewhat diaphanous clothing, all of which would end up with an extremely ethereal and otherworldly appearance. I dig the golden eyes and lean muscle, too. Deep gold, as you say, somewhere between the color of honey and amber.

@Primal Conundrum

Hmmm a veil of changing color, sort of like a chameleonic veil thing? Yeah, I can do that.

[AllIsOne]

Excuse me, but why would choosing a sex be considered "sexism"? I think people will think we are undeciding, having no gender and the veil that changes color. I think we should have a clear definition of who we are and what we want. People like charismatic and decisive leaders.

[Primal Conundrum]

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Hmmm a veil of changing color, sort of like a chameleonic veil thing? Yeah, I can do that.

@ActRaiserTheReturned

Possibly it's some manner of extremely pearlescent cloth or something.

Excuse me, but why would choosing a sex be considered "sexism"? I think people will think we are undeciding, having no gender and the veil that changes color. I think we should have a clear definition of who we are and what we want. People like charismatic and decisive leaders.

@AllIsOne

Did you actually read through what's been discussed? Because it sounds like you're jumping to some pretty big conclusions. The androgynous form has nothing to do with sexism, it has to do with the fact that most of us have agreed that we need to learn more information about our situation before we can make a good, informed decision on what the best course of action would be.

Fools rush in.

[AllIsOne]

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Did you actually read through what's been discussed? Because it sounds like you're jumping to some pretty big conclusions. The androgynous form has nothing to do with sexism, it has to do with the fact that most of us have agreed that we need to learn more information about our situation before we can make a good, informed decision on what the best course of action would be.

Fools rush in.

@Primal Conundrum

An androgynous form would be best, neither masculine nor feminine. It would avoid any sexist views of potential followers in the future. Tall is also a thought, since tall people tend to tower over others, and this can help with intimidation - which is a factor of persuasion and charisma, which we will need for more followers.

@Asuu

Quite bluntly talks about choosing a sex leading to sexism...

Fools rush in.

[Primal Conundrum]

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Quite bluntly talks about choosing a sex leading to sexism...

Fools rush in.

@AllIsOne

The more important reasoning for picking an androgynous form is that it doesn't lock us into a single gender and allows us to make that choice later. I never said sexism wasn't mentioned, it's just simply not the reason for the form.

[Pie Flavor]

So to summarize our situation, we have an androgynous character, tall with golden eyes. Covered with a veil(preferably a dark color), perhaps a hijab instead? To cover majority of our face while only letting the summoners see our prominent visible features, which will be our eyes. Making our character more interesting and a accent would go good with this kind of character if we decided to ho with it.

[Primal Conundrum]

So to summarize our situation, we have an androgynous character, tall with golden eyes. Covered with a veil(preferably a dark color), perhaps a hijab instead? To cover majority of our face while only letting the summoners see our prominent visible features, which will be our eyes. Making our character more interesting and a accent would go good with this kind of character if we decided to ho with it.

@Pie Flavor

Keep in mind that the appearance we take now is not planned to be the appearance we keep, simply a safe neutral point from which we can later deviate and specialize from.

[Pie Flavor]

@Primal Conundrum

Hmm okay then, however we should attract attention and interest to ourselves to at least appear trustful and modest. For momentarily like you said we, could have soft features, perhaps child-like features to accompany the veil/hijab.

[Primal Conundrum]

If anything, indistinct features. This is not a form we will likely hold for an extended period of time. When we learn more about the world and choose what our place in it should be, then we will shed this form for one much more appropriate to the role we wish to assume. For now an indistinct, middle-of-the-road approach would likely serve us best. The minutiae of this form are as a result somewhat less important, and so it would probably be to our best interest if we settle on something indistinct, ethereal and hard for observers to describe in detail for the moment.

[Pie Flavor]

So something more ethereal then? Should we add some armor, to a company the veil then? It would however make us look like some warrior priest of some kind. Our height and armor would make us seem more likely to fit the needs of our summoners.

[Primal Conundrum]

I'd suggest a flowy, semi-translucent long piece of clothing that could either be a robe or a dress.

[Asuu]

Yes, that seems like it would work best. As far as any exposed skin goes - I suggest a ghostly pale, since we already have a very ethereal-like appearance, something porcelain-esque would go well with it.