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

[Dawnscroll]

@Kho Frankly, I'm not invading until Arcon reaches it's "quasi" medieval ages; castles and the like.

But like a certain Inquisition, nobody will see it coming.

[Cyclone]

@Cyclone Put ideas of war to the side for now. Focus on building stuff up. Dawn will know when to get the La Conquista started. Till then, ensure that all Galbarian beings remain strictly in the stone age-neolithic eras. Including elementals.

@Kho

I thought it was already established that elementals are forces of nature. They do not build fortresses, armor, weapons, or technology. They never will. This is compensating for their immense inherent powers, which at present has them OP as hell.

Time will see their influence wane as technology conquers nature and mortals develop magic.

[BBeast]

I agree that we are not ready for a full-blown war yet.

Semi-random question (I had this question from before all this talk of god-wars, I swear): How nuke-proof is a god? I'm talking point-blank A-bomb. How about a demigod?

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We can do that cliche they eventually do in every cartoon and have an adventure inside Grot's body. It'll be educational.

Also think about how many adjective-riddled descriptions of flesh you could slip in there. I have an addiction.

@Antarctic Termite

This is a brilliant idea and should happen.

Re: Avatars. I agree that the main point behind making an Avatar is as a narrative tool rather than a functional one.

[Muttonhawk]

Christ in a hat.

After this first war, the Valley of Peace convention (VoPC) will have to be ratified.

- No biological weapons
- No targeting civilians
- No lasting destruction to Galbar's environment
...Several thousand stipulations later...
- No more warping the hain like they're Gumby dolls
And finally...
- No Vestec. No more Vestec under any circumstances. Like, ever. We put him in a box and keep him there.

[Frettzo]

Vestec's Box. Once you open it, a lot of ice cream comes out.

Ice cream that tastes like burgers.

[Kho]

@Kho Frankly, I'm not invading until Arcon reaches it's "quasi" medieval ages; castles and the like.

But like a certain Inquisition, nobody will see it coming.

@Dawnscroll

Ah, yes, your two weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless effici-
Three, three weapons are fear and surprise and ruthless efficiency and almost fanatical devotion to Log-
Four, amongst your weapons are-
Shet on it.
How do you plead?

[Rtron]

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Vakarlon will of course follow Fate's will.

The Plans for Gassing the Ashlings

Spend might to make followers of Vakarlon excrete a special chemical into the atmosphere. This chemical is very harmful but only to Ashlings. Once there is enough of the chemical in an area (that would have to be controlled by Vakarlon's followers to get sufficient quantities), the chemical becomes fatal to any Ashling foolish enough to stay in the area for more than an hour.

@Mardox

They'd just assault and corrupt the followers until they'd stop excreting it.

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And so would begin Divine War One with the Allied Powers Forces of Order and Balance against the Central Powers Forces of Chaos.

@Mardox

Assuming Vestec doesn't care about Balance is false. He cares, which is why he does the things he does!

@Hael@Cyclone@poog the pig

So, Logos will be visiting Illy soon to more or less demand recompense for the intrusion into his domain and the theft of humans. Meimu, in particular, can balance the scales by agreeing to plant, protect, and encourage a single flower from Arcon onto Galabar; namely, a diamond flower. The flower will grow and spread on its on... and namely, it'll encourage the growth of trees made of diamond as well. In a few thousand years, there'll be an entire forest.

What's the catch? There's always a catch.

The process slowly changes the landscape into what you see, turning the ground under the flowers and trees into crystal and giving it sort of that giant's causeway hexagonal look. Not only that, but creatures who enter the woods wind up coming into contact with spores which change their entire physiology.

A crystal creature looks much like it did before its infection, but every muscle and organ of its body has been transformed into clear crystal. Through crystalline skin and bone, a faceted heart is visible, pumping translucent blood that refracts light and makes the creature glow from within. These creatures are seemingly mindless and will stay within the confines of the diamond forest, often staying as still as still as sentinels until some threat endangers the borders of the woods. They no longer need to eat or sleep, and seem deathless unless shattered.

Logos's sort of 'Fuck you' to the Changing Planes and the Desert.

@Dawnscroll

You realize, Vestec will let this grow, then smack Meimu out of the way and corrupt at least half of it. Then go to Acron and drop a fuckton of Ashlings.

XD

[Mardox]

They'd just assault and corrupt the followers until they'd stop excreting it.

Assuming Vestec doesn't care about Balance is false. He cares, which is why he does the things he does!

@Rtron

Actually, I was thinking the chemical would linger for a while even after the followers left the area. Not long just a day or two.

Really? I didn't know that...

[Hael]

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Actually, I was thinking the chemical would linger for a while even after the followers left the area. Not long just a day or two.

Really? I didn't know that...

@Mardox

Oh, yeah. Rtron said in the last version of Divinus that he would never have Vestec create complete Chaos, because then Chaos would just become the new Order. He needs there to be a balance that he can constantly disrupt, otherwise he'll get bored

[Rtron]

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Actually, I was thinking the chemical would linger for a while even after the followers left the area. Not long just a day or two.

Really? I didn't know that...

@Mardox

That'd still suck, but the Ashlings (provided they knew the Followers were gathering) would just mass 'CORRUPT THEM BEFORE THEY CAN GET ENOUGH GAS (HOW MANY BEANS DO THEY EAT ANYWAY) INTO THE AIR TO KILL US.'

Why do you think he doesn't aggressively stop people from stopping the things he does?

He could have fought against Vowzra or Niciel or whoever else tried to stop him when he smashed the moons or screwed with the Codex of Creation. But he didn't.

Why? Vestec isn't smart enough to go 'heh, I should stop because I'm outnumbered.' He'd have too much fun with the chaos such a massive brawl would cause.

He could have tried to force Vulamera to be completely chaotic with his essence. But he didn't.

He'd have loved to have someone on his side that was just as batshit insane and chaotic as he is.

However, fighting for all those things would have, had he succeeded, caused an imbalance. Destroying all life on Galbar and probably Galbar entirely, screwing up the Codex to be too chaotic, and having an insane Goddess of the mind who had access to and knows how the Trickster thinks. The world already has him, Zeph, and Jvan. It doesn't need someone else entirely dedicated to their own brand of harmful crazy.

[Mardox]

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Oh, yeah. Rtron said in the last version of Divinus that he would never have Vestec create complete Chaos, because then Chaos would just become the new Order. He needs there to be a balance that he can constantly disrupt, otherwise he'll get bored

@Hael

Ah yes, not much to do when the game is won.

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That'd still suck, but the Ashlings (provided they knew the Followers were gathering) would just mass 'CORRUPT THEM BEFORE THEY CAN GET ENOUGH GAS (HOW MANY BEANS DO THEY EAT ANYWAY) INTO THE AIR TO KILL US.'

Why do you think he doesn't aggressively stop people from stopping the things he does?

He could have fought against Vowzra or Niciel or whoever else tried to stop him when he smashed the moons or screwed with the Codex of Creation. But he didn't.

Why? Vestec isn't smart enough to go 'heh, I should stop because I'm outnumbered.' He'd have too much fun with the chaos such a massive brawl would cause.

He could have tried to force Vulamera to be completely chaotic with his essence. But he didn't.

He'd have loved to have someone on his side that was just as batshit insane and chaotic as he is.

However, fighting for all those things would have, had he succeeded, caused an imbalance. Destroying all life on Galbar and probably Galbar entirely, screwing up the Codex to be too chaotic, and having an insane Goddess of the mind who had access to and knows how the Trickster thinks. The world already has him, Zeph, and Jvan. It doesn't need someone else entirely dedicated to their own brand of harmful crazy.

@Rtron

A very good point.

[Kho]

A Survey of Popular Will

@The Omnipotent Sphere@ArekTheAbsolute@Fabulous Knight@Scarifar@Kangutso@BBeast@The Irish Tree@Vec@Skyrte@revan427@Hael@Lugubrious@Kho@Cyclone@Rtron@Antarctic Termite@Mardox@Frettzo@Dawnscroll@Muttonhawk@Double Capybara@Lauder@Legion02@poog the pig@OldManWong

With consideration that some players would like to end the World-Building phase and enter a more stable civilisation-building and technological-advancement phase, I would like to see what opinions on the matter is. When voting, please keep in mind that Arcon has been given permission to advance to early Bronze age technological level. Galbar, as things stand, must remain at a neolithic technology level.

I realise this is a bit of a breach of the purpose of the buttons, but here goes:
If you are in favour of lifting the ban on technological advancement altogether (as the stone age doesn't create much plot), please 'Like' this post.
If you are in favour of keeping the ban for the moment and continuing the World-Building phase (and exploration of the stone age period), please 'Thank' this post.
If you are in favour of remaining in the World-Building phase for a few more turns (2 or 3, allowing for decent exploration of this time period) before lifting the ban, please 'Laugh' this post.
Much appreciated.

If you would like to express another view/elaborate on your view, please feel free to do so.

[Kangutso]

Hmm, I'm a bit torn.

While I'm all for the world-building to be done, does that include the creation/evolution of life by the gods?

Because I planned on taking a crack at making a new sentient race. Although, I need Slough to pay a visit to the new land formation I just created. And it was likely to be done on the next turn.

[Hael]

A Survey of Popular Will

@The Omnipotent Sphere@ArekTheAbsolute@Fabulous Knight@Scarifar@Kangutso@BBeast@The Irish Tree@Vec@Skyrte@revan427@Hael@Lugubrious@Kho@Cyclone@Rtron@Antarctic Termite@Mardox@Frettzo@Dawnscroll@Muttonhawk@Double Capybara@Lauder@Legion02@poog the pig@OldManWong

With consideration that some players would like to end the World-Building phase and enter a more stable civilisation-building and technological-advancement phase, I would like to see what opinions on the matter is. When voting, please keep in mind that Arcon has been given permission to advance to early Bronze age technological level. Galbar, as things stand, must remain at a neolithic technology level.

I realise this is a bit of a breach of the purpose of the buttons, but here goes:
If you are in favour of lifting the ban on technological advancement altogether (as the stone age doesn't create much plot), please 'Like' this post.
If you are in favour of keeping the ban for the moment and continuing the World-Building phase (and exploration of the stone age period), please 'Thank' this post.
If you are in favour of remaining in the World-Building phase for a few more turns (2 or 3, allowing for decent exploration of this time period) before lifting the band, please 'Laugh' this post.
Much appreciated.

If you would like to express another view/elaborate on your view, please feel free to do so.

@Kho

I am going to post today or tomorrow, regarding the creation of a new race and an entire chunck of land. So, I need this phase to be held off at least two more days.

But evem if I had nothing to gain from it, I would still insist that we let the ban on advancement continue for at LEAST a few more turns. We still have empty spaces, and I find the neolithic period to be FASCINATING. I think we should all spend a little more time placing roots here, before catapulting into the future

[Muttonhawk]

I am not particularly fussed, but I think there's a lot more potential for wide sweeping action amongst sentients when they start farming and forming settlements. Right now, there is potential for quests and stories driven by individuals, but no plausible scope for religious organisations with dogma and long term objectives.

Still, if some people still want to create things, I am willing to wait a couple of turns before bronze.

[Rtron]

A few more turns gives us plenty of time to set up and lay more foundations for the world.

[Muttonhawk]

Oh yeah, I'll also add that it would be nice for our inhabitable landmass to be less globally traversable by pure overland travel. Perhaps we could raise the sea levels a bit? Eh, icecaps man? (Looking at you, Reathos).

[Kangutso]

We could also, when the time comes, do a transference turn. A turn where we post about civilization advancing into the early bronze age, and how our gods and demi's influence the change.

[Antarctic Termite]

Edit: @Antarctic Termite wouldn't androgynous be a better term for a god? It doesn't sound very... Divine

When I hear genderfluid I just imagine Jvan as a Proffessional blogger.

@poog the pig

Androgynous tends to denote a combination or mid-point between male and female features, implying that the individual has some level of both male and female qualities, as with Lifprasil. Jvan, however, has neither- It's a sentient landform. The female designation is arbitrary, like how ships are sometimes referred to as 'she'. If mortals start to get involved then, as with other gods, the pronouns will start to vary.

XD Probably. I'll admit, when she argued about pronouns, Tumblr was also my gut reaction.

So, @Antarctic Termite... what does Jvan blog about? The struggles of an unappreciated artist? The difficulties and wonders of daily life? The sick pleasure of tearing flesh apart, then reshaping it into eldritch monsters that prey on the pain of humanity? Food?

@Hael

Jvan runs an 18+ fanfiction blog riddled with self-inserts in steamy relationships with the other gods. It's called 'Divinudes- The Gaiety Foreplay'.

Here's an excerpt.

Hider

Hi my name is Zephyrion Cha’nge Primordial Supreme Uberbeing and I have long hurricane-blown hair (that’s how I got my name) with lightning streaks and rainy tips that reaches my mid-back and hailstorm blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Donald Trump (AN: if u don’t know who he is get da hell out of here!). I’m not related to Jvan but I wish I was because she’s a major fucking hottie. I’m the Lord of Change but my palace is straight and stable. I have no skin. I’m also a god, and I live on a planet called Galbar in the newborn universe where I’m in the seventh geological age (I’m 14,245,897,354,179). I’m a shouty bastard (in case you couldn’t tell) and I wear mostly cloudy grey. I love the Textile Grove and I buy all my clothes from there. For example today I was wearing a grey corset with matching lace around it and a grey leather miniskirt, grey fishnets and grey combat boots. I was wearing grey lipstick, grey foundation, grey eyeliner and grey eye shadow.

I was flying outside Galbar. It was snowing and raining so there was no sun, which I was very happy about because I'm the First Gale and a motherfuckin' storm deity. A lot of Gods of Order stared at me. I put up my middle finger at them.

@Cyclone

So, Logos need to chat with with Illy, Reath, and Jvan. Who wants to go first?

@Dawnscroll

I'm a little preoccupied over the next two days or so just because of schoolwork but I'll be free over Easter. Feel free to set up a collab purely to bug my character, I'll get to it Fridayish.

[lif]

Jvan runs an 18+ fanfiction blog riddled with self-inserts in steamy relationships with the other gods. It's called 'Divinudes- The Gaiety Foreplay'.

Here's an excerpt.

Hider

Hi my name is Zephyrion Cha’nge Primordial Supreme Uberbeing and I have long hurricane-blown hair (that’s how I got my name) with lightning streaks and rainy tips that reaches my mid-back and hailstorm blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Donald Trump (AN: if u don’t know who he is get da hell out of here!). I’m not related to Jvan but I wish I was because she’s a major fucking hottie. I’m the Lord of Change but my palace is straight and stable. I have no skin. I’m also a god, and I live on a planet called Galbar in the newborn universe where I’m in the seventh geological age (I’m 14,245,897,354,179). I’m a shouty bastard (in case you couldn’t tell) and I wear mostly cloudy grey. I love the Textile Grove and I buy all my clothes from there. For example today I was wearing a grey corset with matching lace around it and a grey leather miniskirt, grey fishnets and grey combat boots. I was wearing grey lipstick, grey foundation, grey eyeliner and grey eye shadow.

I was flying outside Galbar. It was snowing and raining so there was no sun, which I was very happy about because I'm the First Gale and a motherfuckin' storm deity. A lot of Gods of Order stared at me. I put up my middle finger at them.

@Cyclone

@Antarctic Termite

"The entire bus clapped"

really though, that's fucking hilarious.

Edit:

Working on Lif's next collab post like