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

[Legion02]

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I agree with @Frettzo. When I think 'Apex Predator made by God of Death', I think something that kills efficiently and quickly. Usually quietly. Not something that protects like the White Giants, kills only to assimilate like the living hair, or kills for the sake of killing and their hatred like the Ashlings.

I think something that kills because only the strong survive. Something that weeds out the weak. Survival or struggle seems like it'd fall under death better.

@Rtron

That's actually my entire plan.

[Kho]

@Kho Does an avatar personality always match the personality of the creator?
Example: A loud person could make a shy avatar?
How much autonomy are avatars permitted to have?

@Double Capybara

Never really considered it. The general rule is that an Avatar is basically a physical manifestation of the god in question, whose every action is willed and done by the god. The god is just as aware of everything happening to the Avatar and is the one speaking, reacting etc. when the Avatar speaks, acts and reacts. The Avatar isn't a 'separate' being which is independent but acts on behalf of the god, it IS the god. But if you have an idea for a different take on it, I am obviously willing to look into it and allow it - for a goddess like Ilunbar having a more active and interested Avatar may be important if she wants to be directly active with whatever we create.

@Vec Edge of the universe. Away from the rest of you chaps. :p

Scientists think life on earth occurred when lightning struck the right amount of chemicals in a volcanic hotspot. Logos is doing something similar; more or less seeding the planet. Basic evolution over install life doe.

@Dawnscroll

Just to make one thing clear: the Universe has no 'edge' or 'End', and if it does, no god can reach, detect, or see it, or create anything there.

I'm kinda waiting on an updated map before I make my next post.

@Kangutso

@Cyclone @Dawnscroll @poog the pig [@Anyone with mapmaking skill]

[Kho]

@Rtron

Life:
Species

Name: Ants

Lifespan: 12-15 years, Queen ants can live up to 30 years

Description: Ants were the very first living creatures to come about. They were created in order to maintain the Oxygen cycle along with the trees Slough created, though they are not restricted to trees or land - some species can swim while most can survive 24 hours underwater. Other than that, they are vital in preserving various life cycles, and the existence of other creatures would be impossible without them as they clean up the environment and improve soil quality - capable of moving 50 tonnes of soil per year in one square mile.
To help them with cleaning, ants have incredibly powerful jaws called mandibles which allow them to lift up to fifty times their weight and break items apart to carry them to the colony, and they can cooperate to lift even heavier things - in some ants, these mandibles can close at a speed of 230km/h, exerting force 300 times its own weight and allowing it to both kill other creatures and fling itself to safety by burying its head into the ground and using its mandibles for leverage. This is the record for fastest movement in the animal kingdom.
Moreover, ants are able to walk up steep surfaces and even on ceilings with ease, and certain sub-species can do so while carrying 100 times their own weight. Some are carnivorous while others leaf-eaters, making them among them ultimate scavengers.
Worker, soldier and queen ants are all female, with male ants, drones, only living a few months for no other purpose than to fertilise a princess, after which they die - and some ants are in fact capable of asexual reproduction, meaning they do not need males at all.
By creating colonies, defecating and bringing food back to the colony, ants unintentionally aerate the soil and introduce extra nutrients into the earth, thus increasing its quality greatly. Other than humans, ants are the only creatures that farm other animals (aphids) - and not only that, they are capable of enslaving other ant species. Further, ants are a vital pollinator, without which many flowers would die out, and also do a very good job of managing their own population - different colonies are perpetually at war with one another.
Overall, these little creatures are incredibly important for the development of advanced life on Planet Galbar.

Appearance

[Double Capybara]

@Kho I was thinking that since Ilunabar is a storyteller she could give her avatars personalities.

In the end its just she playing with dolls though.

[Double Capybara]

@Cyclone @Dawnscroll @poog the pig [@Anyone with mapmaking skill]

@Kho

Well, I used to make a lot of maps, but I'm having trouble keeping up with everyone's works.

Here are some examples of my maps

My Hider

And the original Ilunabar (When it was a merchant republic instead of a goddess)

[Kho]

@Kho I was thinking that since Ilunabar is a storyteller she could give her avatars personalities.

In the end its just she playing with dolls though.

@Double Capybara

I don't see an issue with that, a story teller has to be able to understand and be difference characters, and has to be able to put them in different stories and make them play their part xP

[Cyclone]

If anybody wants to make a map then just tell me so I don't spend a couple of hours doing so as well.

I'm still willing to make maps but understand that I'll be a bit slow in doing so. I could probably commit myself to having one up before Monday, though.

[Kho]

If anybody wants to make a map then just tell me so I don't spend a couple of hours doing so as well.

I'm still willing to make maps but understand that I'll be a bit slow in doing so. I could probably commit myself to having one up before Monday, though.

@Cyclone

I was thinking more: we have a few budding talents, put your heads together xP

[Double Capybara]

@Cyclone@Kho

Starting next week I could possible make maps on the style of those here

My Hider

And the original Ilunabar (When it was a merchant republic instead of a goddess)

@Double Capybara

After next monday's map I will keep a close watch on every little change of the map so I can make mine later.
That of course, if you two are okay with it.

[Legion02]

First specie of death has been made! (or at least the draft)

What do you guys think?

Heraktati

Name: Heraktati (single: Herakt)
Lifespan: 20 – 30 years
Description:
First off, Heraktati are carnivores and thus constantly hunt. They operate in packs lead by an alpha. Their main purpose is to track down weak, sick or too old animals and kill them. The packs constantly move, going in the direction of the setting sun. They sleep a maximum of 5 hours, merely to rest their muscles. They don’t dream, and are driven by a constant insatiable blood thirst. Weak Heraktati are unable to stay with the pack, and thus quickly die. Even fresh born younglings are expected to keep up with the fast paced pack.

To maintain a certain population, pack mentality is highly encouraged. While even alone a Herakt can be very dangerous, no-one in their right mind should take on a pack. However, it is entirely possible that the pack grows too big. Reathos designed them so that at a certain size, the pack’s younglings will start challenging the older Alpha and other older Heraktati. The resulting infighting will shrink the pack back to a more manageable size.

Appearance:
Heraktati are hexdruped beings. They are about the size of a pony. With short, black fur all over their bodies. Their powerful, muscular hind legs allow them to jump up to 3 times their own height. As well as to keep up a certain running speed. At the end of the foot there is a very sharp claw. Used to make deep gapping wounds. Heraktati have 2 pair of front legs. The first pair, closest to the hind legs are often used to keep balance during running. These legs have small but very sharp claws. Though they don’t often use them, except for when a target is big enough to jump it. The second pair of front legs, the ones most in front, look just like the first one except that their toes are almost completely claws. While running next a fleeing prey, they use these claws to cut op wide spots of skin.

They have a next which is about 2 feet long. The back along the spine is extremely though and muscular But there are ‘breathing’ holes here. When running these holes open up, allow carbon dioxide to escape. When biting, they breathe through these breathing holes, so they don’t have to release the bite for lack of breathe.

Their head is slim and long. They have no nose, 2 pair of eyes, 1 pair of ears and one big mouth. Down their throat is their smell-sense. It’s far less accurate then with most species but can detect blood and even sickness from miles away. They use it mostly to get the general direction. The first pair is open during the night. Their eyes have a lot more rod than cone cells. Allowing them to track motion easier through the dark and seeing shapes better. The second pair is used when there is plenty of light. For starters the retina can shrink to a much smaller size and in this eye there are more cones. Allowing for a rather broad spectrum of colors (not as broad as humans). Their ears mostly function to detect what they can’t see. In other words, it’s to warn them form attacks from behind. Heraktati are very visual based hunters.

Now for their mouth. They have 2 sets of jaws. The first, outer jaw (and set of teeth) is mostly made to hook up against their pray. The teeth are curved, thus anchoring themselves into the flesh. The second, separate jaw is mostly used to start eating from the animal. The muscles inside are not be underestimated. They are specifically made to crunch bone and get to the internal organs as fast as possible.

Heraktati inject a powerful poison with the first bite they deliver. They mostly depend on the animal exhausting itself. By making it bleed heavily from the first few delivered wounds. The poison injected is an Anticoagulants and a mixture of thyroid hormones, making the heart beat faster.

Purpose: They systematically cross the world, constantly killing the weak, the old and the sick to make place for the young and better. Making sure that any creature has a natural predator. Forcing it to either evolve and improve or be hunted to extinction.

[Dawnscroll]

I was actually planning on Toun grabbing one of Slough's life-sacks and making a proper, intelligent, sentient race. They were intended to be little creatures with a porcelain exoskeleton, but if someone doesn't make humans soon, Toun might have to make them accidentally.

@Muttonhawk

Logos has the field set to make th next round.

[Cyclone]

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I was thinking more: we have a few budding talents, put your heads together xP

@Kho

There isn't really any way that I know of for us to collaboratively make a map. Most likely is I'd make maps of some places and leave other places for others to map.

[Dawnscroll]

@Kho Buuuuut we can agree that it has a LIMITED amount of matter in it the likely is not spread evenly across. We'll run into the eventual Big Stretch acenario: in which the universe becomes so big that every particles become isolated unto themselves in the void.

[Fabulous Knight]

@Legion02Heraktati sounds close enough to Humakti to me!

[Kho]

@Kho Buuuuut we can agree that it has a LIMITED amount of matter in it the likely is not spread evenly across. We'll run into the eventual Big Stretch acenario: in which the universe becomes so big that every particles become isolated unto themselves in the void.

@Dawnscroll

As far as I am aware, scientists can't agree on that so neither can we until we canonise it, and moreover, it is irrelevant for the issue at hand: if the Universe has an edge or an End, gods cannot reach it and cannot create anything on it or beyond it.

[Kho]

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There isn't really any way that I know of for us to collaboratively make a map. Most likely is I'd make maps of some places and leave other places for others to map.

@Cyclone

I don't mind how you guys do it, but as you pointed out earlier, we're soon going to be flooded with new worlds etc. the responsibility for making and approving and canonising maps is on you, but you can delegate the making bit if you so wish.

[Dawnscroll]

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As far as I am aware, scientists can't agree on that so neither can we until we canonise it, and moreover, it is irrelevant for the issue at hand: if the Universe has an edge or an End, gods cannot reach it and cannot create anything on it or beyond it.

@Kho

Not the very edge, no. Just metaphorical edge. Edgish.

I mean, Logos is the edgy older brother after all...

[The Omnipotent Sphere]

- different colonies are perpetually at war with one another. -

@Kho

@Kangutso I think Kyre has his first subjects already.

[Lugubrious]

Update made to the list of Slough's life. Can't stop, won't stop.

[Double Capybara]

Seeesh, time to proofread my post, this one was a big one.

After all, this is the post where I'm spending 8 might and all that right?

Right?

Well... Actually...

Uhh...

I hope you people really don't mind another post of Ilunabar musing about stuff.