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

[Mardox]

Vakarlon

Name: Vakarlon

Alias: He of the Shadowed Mind, The Trickster

Gender: Male

Domain (Portfolio): Chance (Trickery)

Domain (Portfolio) Description: Vakarlon is a god who controls luck to some extent, his blessings/curses tend to alter how lucky someone is and he makes full use of his shapeshifting powers. He is a masterful liar and can find quite a few loopholes in many things. When confronted, little is at it seems and little factors hinder his foe.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral

Personality: He who goes around helping the underdog or clever one or whoever he has decided to root for, casually and cheerfully makes deals for souls when it is never actually explained what he plans to do with them. His motives should be rather obscure and he'll mess with people who get on his nerves for whatever reason. He is normally friendly to some extent. That's just some basic ideas as to how he'll behave.

Appearance: Changes form at will but his preferred form for interacting with mortals and deities alike is a youth with dark curly hair, mismatched green and blue eyes, longish fingers and wearing normal clothing for the time. If he needs to look impressive, he surrounds himself with illusory flames and his eyes become pools of darkness, otherwise, he could pass for a mortal.

Musical Theme: youtube.com/watch?v=E0EBOFL_VwE

Description: He is a trickster who despises bullies and the arrogant and likes to take them down a peg. Inversely, he also likes to help beggars and underdogs gain the upper hand for his amusement.

Concealment Level: Level 1

Detection Level: Level 1

[Kho]

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Oh, the link. I thought you were talking about the cs. Still, the image works fine for me. What a shame tho, I liked that image.

Also, her detection level is 4 because..... it's, um, hard to hide in the light?

I can change it if you want.

@Scarifar

xDD it seems you haven't understood the newly added Concealment/Detection mechanic - go read the second OOC post and do what it says ;P

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@Scarifar

lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9u6Pdq1KHxU..

Try using this link instead, it's the same image, just a different link.

[Scarifar]

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xDD it seems you haven't understood the newly added Concealment/Detection mechanic - go read the second OOC post and do what it says ;P

@Kho

I have looked and double-looked for any mentions of concealment and detection. The ONLY mentions I have found them is only a very small area in the Levels hider. THAT'S IT.

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I made a small edit to my bio regarding concealment. It's guesswork, but it's something.

[Scarifar]

@Valor Thanks, Valor, the image helps.

[Kho]

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I have looked and double-looked for any mentions of concealment and detection. The ONLY mentions I have found them is only a very small area in the Levels hider. THAT'S IT.

@Scarifar

A god's essence leaves a mark, or a trail, wherever they go. This trail, unless concealed, can be detected by other gods. Might can be used to strengthen a god's concealment, and detecting these trails requires the expenditure of Might by a god on their detection capabilities. Detection and concealment naturally rise by 1 per level.

@Kho

Yup, that's all there is to it. Quite simple. Gods now have detection/concealment levels which naturally rise by 1 whenever they level up. A god can use Might to increase their concealment/detection level.
As all gods begin at level 1, both concealment and detection must necessarily begin at level 1 also.
I might want to also add that a god's domain and portfolio does increase or decrease inherent concealment/detection capabilities. A god of Light would be far worse at detection/concealment than a god of Trickery

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@Kho

I also saw somewhere that we would be starting at level two? I put down two for each due to that, since I'm confused there.

[Scarifar]

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Yup, that's all there is to it. Quite simple. Gods now have detection/concealment levels which naturally rise by 1 whenever they level up. A god can use Might to increase their concealment/detection level.
As all gods begin at level 1, both concealment and detection must necessarily begin at level 1 also.
I might want to also add that a god's domain and portfolio does increase or decrease inherent concealment/detection capabilities. A god of Light would be far worse at detection/concealment than a god of Trickery

@Kho

That is what I was going for. Her Concealment is only Level 1 because, well, we don't exactly except Light to be able to hide well, nor would it have a reason to.

However, Detection would be higher because anything in the Light would be visible, and therefore more detectable (is that a word? I think so, since autocorrect doesn't do anything about it), at least more so than if one would be hiding in the shadows.

The one small excerpt you placed in the Levels hider wasn't very clear on exactly how Detection and Concealment worked, so perhaps I made it a bit too high. I can easily lower the level to, like, say, 2 or 3.

[Lugubrious]

@Scarifar

The image appears to be broken, try using another link from another source.

@kho

I actually have no qualms about this character using souls in that way, having a quick glance over: Alsildir makes sure the souls leave when they're supposed to, but this character is fulfilling another part of that cycle: bringing souls back.

Asildir's main beef when souls are brought back is when it's necromancy or direct resurrection, this is reincarnation and doesn't appear to have a deliberate focus. Happens naturally, so to speak.

These two would probably be in regular contact to make sure that the cycle is working efficiently.

@Valor

Good luck being in 'regular contact' with Slough. Not only will she do her absolute best to avoid such a thing, but she has no mental capacity to 'make sure the cycle is working efficiently', and even if she did she has only the crudest awareness of her own power--not even enough to turn it off.

[Vec]

@Vec So if you're god of the sun/day, can I be god of the stars/night?

@Dawnscroll

Ull's D/P is Cosmic/Solar, you could be Cosmic/Lunar. This ensures you would have control of all things concerning the moon or smthing. Just my suggestion; its up to you in the end.

@Kho Didn't you write in the OP that all gods will start at Lvl 2 because the Big Bang will infuse them with power or something?

[Kho]

@Valor At the very beginning, before a Universe has been created, all gods are at level 1. After the creation (which will take place in Turn 1), all gods will have used up all their Might and gone up to Level 2 due to the creation process.
Turn 1 and the Creation will be very much introductory, more an exercise in choreography between all of us, once that's done we can go crazy.

[Kho]

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That is what I was going for. Her Concealment is only Level 1 because, well, we don't exactly except Light to be able to hide well, nor would it have a reason to.

However, Detection would be higher because anything in the Light would be visible, and therefore more detectable (is that a word? I think so, since autocorrect doesn't do anything about it), at least more so than if one would be hiding in the shadows.

The one small excerpt you placed in the Levels hider wasn't very clear on exactly how Detection and Concealment worked, so perhaps I made it a bit too high. I can easily lower the level to, like, say, 2 or 3.

@Scarifar

Basically, to get to the nub of the matter, she can't be above Level 1 in either because you haven't spent any Might to make her better at those things.
Any inherent Detection abilities she has due to her Domain (Portfolio) are accounted for in her inherent powers, just like a god of Earth's power over Earth is accounted for in the fact that they are an Earth god - if that makes sense.

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@kho

I have fixed mine to both be one.

[Scarifar]

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Basically, to get to the nub of the matter, she can't be above Level 1 in either because you haven't spent any Might to make her better at those things.
Any inherent Detection abilities she has due to her Domain (Portfolio) are accounted for in her inherent powers, just like a god of Earth's power over Earth is accounted for in the fact that they are an Earth god - if that makes sense.

@Kho

I fail to see how your analogy was relevant to what we were discussing, but I digress. I will make the necessary adjustments.

And it's done.

[Dawnscroll]

@Vec Cosmic (Stellar) Perhaps? Believe me, I intend to grab Lunar as well. All in all, if he's going for everything that represents the day, I'm going for everything that represents the night. THE STARS ARE MINE!

[Kho]

Hmm, I thought the Concealment/Detection mechanism was rather simple and straightforward and didn't want to bore anyone reading the OP more than I already was. If everyone is having difficulty understanding how it works, I can go back and expand on it.

[Kho]

@Dawnscroll@Vec You know what they say about opposites...looove is in the air

[Scarifar]

Hmm, I thought the Concealment/Detection mechanism was rather simple and straightforward and didn't want to bore anyone reading the OP more than I already was. If everyone is having difficulty understanding how it works, I can go back and expand on it.

@Kho

I think the problem was that it was too short and small for people to understand, especially considering how much information you put for everything else.

[Vec]

@Vec Cosmic (Stellar) Perhaps? Believe me, I intend to grab Lunar as well. All in all, if he's going for everything that represents the day, I'm going for everything that represents the night. THE STARS ARE MINE!

@Dawnscroll

It's better if we refrain from touching the Stellar portfolio for now at least IMO. The Sun is a star and it would be somewhat unconvenient for me if someone could just negate Ull's powers with just a wave of his/her hand.

EDIT: and of course, all stars are Suns