[OOC] Mid/High Casual - Divinus: The Deity Roleplay Mk.II

[Kho]

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Its "Its better to be loved and feared, but if you had to choose one, its better to be feared". However the Italian word used for fear was temuto, from the latin timuerunt, that doesn't translate well to fear, after all, its common in latin countries to say that word in relation to their devotion to god. Its not a fear in the sense of "My liege is cruel and will behead me" its like "My liege is wise and bad things will happen if I stray from his way"

t.Person who made a whole work about this crap in college

@Double Capybara

If I could read in Latin, I would. For now, I'll have to settle with the arbitrary English translation.

Fear itself, I feel is an extremely broad term that could encompass both fear of cruelty and fear of competency; however, I also agree the meaning was somewhat lost in the translation.

@OldManWong

I'm assuming that the kind of fear 'temuto' is may be closer to the 'fear of God' as meant in 'piety' - it is not 'I'm scared of God 'cause he's cruel and will behead me' but more 'God is wise and bad things will happen if I stray from his way'.
But it would have been weird if they translated it as 'have piety towards your King' due to the religious connotations around that word int he English tongue. In other languages 'piety' can in fact be used with regards to temporal, non-spiritual things.

[The Omnipotent Sphere]

@Double Capybara Btw, I made a new header for my character.

Hider

Thanks for the cool font.

[Double Capybara]

The fun thing is that all this talk about timuerunt and piety isn't off topic in this RP.

@Double Capybara Btw, I made a new header for my character.

Hider

Thanks for the cool font.

@The Omnipotent Sphere

mfw

[Skyrte]

So, any takers to be the mother of a Demi of Smithing? @BBeast's Teknall would be the father.

Others have suggested @The Omnipotent Sphere's Belraurc or @Scarifar's Niciel. Any interest? Or any suggestions? I could wait for things to naturally develop between characters, I'm not particularly impatient.

Cyclone's mortal mother suggestion is a thing too.

[The Omnipotent Sphere]

So, any takers to be the mother of a Demi of Smithing? @BBeast's Teknall would be the father.

Other's have suggested @The Omnipotent Sphere's Belraurc or @Scarifar's Niciel. Any interest? Or any suggestions? I could wait for things to naturally develop between characters, I'm not particularly impatient.

@Skyrte

Considering Belru's personality, she'd have to be offered something. If @BBeast thinks Teknall would approach her for that, then I'm fine with them negotiating some agreement.

[Scarifar]

Niciel wouldn't be a bad choice, really, but then that creates complications with the way I'd have to play her in terms of relationships.

Plus, I have absolutely no idea if Teknall is even a suitable suitor for her. :P

And yeah, there's always the mortal mother option.

[lif]

I mean he is a rock - and Might can imbue life in something. Who says a single god can't create a Demi-God from the earth?

[The Omnipotent Sphere]

Niciel wouldn't be a bad choice, really, but then that creates complications with the way I'd have to play her in terms of relationships.

Plus, I have absolutely no idea if Teknall is even a suitable suitor for her. :P

And yeah, there's always the mortal mother option.

@Scarifar

He has a castle, and a steady job. He's also created some of the fundamental structure of the universe. He's responsible, handsome, what's not to like?

[Skyrte]

So we have four options I believe for the Demi to come into existence. I'll leave it to up you guys to decide. I'm not very picky about the origins of my character.

The options being,
Niciel
Make a deal with Belraurc
Find a nice looking mortal woman and pull a Zeus
Turn a rock on the planet into a sentient rock

Tagging @BBeast so he can look at a summary of what we've come up with so far.

[Kho]

A god can actually create a demigod without a partner

[The Omnipotent Sphere]

A god can actually create a demigod without a partner

@Kho

This is news.

[lif]

A god can actually create a demigod without a partner

@Kho

By the way, Kho, is it written anywhere that a Demi-God created from two gods would be stronger than one made by a single god? All this talk of Demi-God making has got me curious.

[Kho]

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This is news.

@The Omnipotent Sphere

Well, certain gods. Like Jvan or Slough, Vowzra even.

[Kho]

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By the way, Kho, is it written anywhere that a Demi-God created from two gods would be stronger than one made by a single god? All this talk of Demi-God making has got me curious.

@poog the pig

It is written that those born of two gods are higher tier demigods and those of a god and a mortal are lower tier. What that means though I've no idea

[The Omnipotent Sphere]

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Well, certain gods. Like Jvan or Slough, Vowzra even.

@Kho

I can see why Jvan and Slough can, but why can other not?

[lif]

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It is written that those born of two gods are higher tier demigods and those of a god and a mortal are lower tier. What that means though I've no idea

@Kho

I would just imagine they're stronger/faster. But that's about it.

[Scarifar]

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He has a castle, and a steady job. He's also created some of the fundamental structure of the universe. He's responsible, handsome, what's not to like?

@The Omnipotent Sphere

Well I'm sold on the idea now. :P

[Kho]

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I can see why Jvan and Slough can, but why can other not?

@The Omnipotent Sphere

Slough is a god of Life, Vowzra a god of Creation, Jvan a god of Flesh - any other god who is specifically geared toward creating living things would probably be able to. So a god of Earth or Wind probably wouldn't, if that makes sense

[The Omnipotent Sphere]

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Slough is a god of Life, Vowzra a god of Creation, Jvan a god of Flesh - any other god who is specifically geared toward creating living things would probably be able to. So a god of Earth or Wind probably wouldn't, if that makes sense

@Kho

I can see it, but what about at higher levels?

Also

Skyrte said they wanted to be a golem-esque in form, so what if Teknall crafted a demi-god out of stone and imparted it with his essence, but... not in the way you do with avatars?

[Mardox]

A god can actually create a demigod without a partner

@Kho

That is fascinating. Thanks for giving new meaning to the insult "Go [expletive deleted] yourself."