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

[ActRaiserTheReturned]

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There is a 'goddess' of Magic.

@LokiLeo789

What about a god of wisdom?

[LokiLeo789]

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What about a god of wisdom?

@ActRaiserTheReturned

No, not really, but again you wouldn't start out as a god, but as a demigod. So a demigod of 'wisdom' is available.

[Rtron]

@Rtron
I was actually going to ask if my character could be a demi-god turned deity or at least a demi-god. I'm fine with this.

@Slime

Gooood, gooood.

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If Vestec is your father then I will have to kill you at some point. Or make empty threats to.

@Lauder

HE'S YOUR FATHER TOO. WHY WON'T YOU LET HIM LOVE YOU.;-;

@Antarctic Termite

@Frettzo
I wouldn't do it indiscriminately, of course. I did read the OP, though I should read again to make sure I understand it well. And the level of trickery wouldn't be too dangerous, at least not in the eyes of a god. It would be something along the lines of "Oh, you use those plants to make medicine? Here, let me create a variation of it that looks similar but also makes you hallucinate."

@Slime

That's totally okay! *Thumbs up*

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What about a god of wisdom?

@ActRaiserTheReturned

There is a CS tab with all the current Gods. I suggest you look there, and keep in mind you'll be starting off as a Demi-god.

[Slime]

Alright, I suppose I'm done with the basics. I'll work on something tomorrow.

[BBeast]

@LokiLeo789

@Slime

Or the League of Good guys, Lifprasil, Jvan (debatable), Ilunabar, Niciel, Astarte, and Vestec (also debatable).

And by extension, Teknall, since he hasn't really done anything bad.

@poog the pig

Only by extension? Mate, Teknall has single-handedly taken down half the Realta, and is a champion defender of Galbar. Your League is hardly complete without me.

@BBeast
Thanks for the links. Man, this system seems very complicated. I'll try not to mess something up when making my character.

@Slime

As has been mentioned, you'll find it hard to mess up. Most of the Lore shouldn't directly impact your design, unless you wish to take inspiration from it.
I can only think of three crucial points, which should serve you well:

• Avoid picking the same concept as another active player character (check the character tab). You mentioned a trickster, which should be fine as the other trickster characters have disappeared.
• The current setting is the early Bronze Age, with some parts of the world still in the Stone Age. Make sure you don't design your character to be too advanced.
• The focus of this roleplay is more on making a cool story than 'winning'.

(@ActRaiserTheReturned, this advice can help you too)

[Lauder]

@Rtron
YOU'RE NOT MY DAD

[Kho]

I have asked this question many times and it has been explained just was well. To my knowledge, leveling up into a god only applies to Amartía since he has a godly soul, and even that is a stretch. The rest of you halfings must squirm.

@LokiLeo789

I'm pretty sure it's mentioned somewhere in the OP that the demigod requires divine essence from a god, not only levels. Amartia being the exception due to a pre-existing divine essence.

@Kho, am I dead?

@ActRaiserTheReturned

I don't know, but we can check for you.

Kho: Hey mate, come here for a second
Thulemiz: What d'you want, inferior creature?
Kho: Can you check if this guy is dead?
Thulemiz: ...do I have to?
Kho: It would help...
Thulemiz: I think it's a bad idea...
Kho: Why?
Thulemiz: You don't want to know
Kho: So is he dead?
Thulemiz: If he is, there's no way I'm raising him
Kho: Why?
Thulemiz: You really, really, don't want to know

We can confirm from the above exchange that Act, you might actually be dead (though I hope you're not, because that would just be weird mate, go get yourself check out). Not only might you be dead, our local Necromancer is against bringing you back :(

[lif]

@BBeast

W-well! Lifprasil will destroy the other half!



And then he'll bully his siblings!

[Dawnscroll]

@BBeast Eh, try like 3/4ths. Logos is leaving with only a few dozen Realta left. We still gotta write our co-post together btw....

[WrongEndoftheRainbow]

First section ends shittily because I have writer's block and I needed to roll out the post. Oh well. Otherwise, Lazzy officially is Knowledge(Secrets, Divinity).

[Slime]

And I'm done with my character. Tell me if I got something wrong.

Character Sheet

Name: Helvana

Alias: Mother of Crows; Corvian Witch.

Gender: Female.

Domain (Portfolio): Darkness (Hexes)

Domain (Portfolio) Description: Darkness, contrary to what is commonly believed, is not simple absence of light, but rather its opposite, much like the other side of a coin. Darkness in its purest state can take form and attain consistency, be it soft and malleable or hard. On its own, however, the forms it can take are limited and rely on other Domains to assume other forms. While light can be measured in intensity, pure darkness is measured in thickness and can only be dispersed by light of greater intensity.

There's no better way than to cause misfortune without being noticed than by influencing fate through curses and hexes, and thus Helvana makes this her main method of operations. She specializes in influences that bring strong and imediate effects since she won't afford to wait and see some villager lose half of his crops over the course of weeks, but she'll stick around to see him trip and break something.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral.

Personality: Helvana is a trickster, pure and simple and enjoys causing trouble and watching as things develop. She's smug, sadistic, proud and impossible to break, even if she was about to die she'd still display a grin to the very end. Causing misfortune isn't all that she does, however, and if she were to meet someone in need, she wouldn't even think about harming them and would instead take pity on them, but she'll never admit to being a good person. She goes out of her way when she helps others, so if someone were to harm those she care for she'd be very personal about her revenge.

Helvana's also disrespectful, or indifferent, towards anyone and couldn't give a damn whether she's talking to a great hero or a god. The one thing she treats with care are her pet crows and doesn't associate with others due to that, but if she were to find someone or something that pikes her interest, then she'll also treat them with care.

She covers her body with garbs and a mask she fashioned after her cute pets as she thinks little of mortals and would only deign to show her face to one if they're worthy of her respect. She's indifferent to showing her face to other gods or demi-gods, though.

In truth, she feels devoid of a purpose and tries to find something to live for. She doesn't know why she even takes pity on some people even if they're nothing but lowly creatures in her eyes, but she feels oddly joyous about it. Despite this the idea that she can be truly good is ludicrous to her since she recognizes how twisted she is.

Appearance:

Hider

Crow Feather Coat and Mask

She also takes the form of a crow whenever she flies or when she spies of unsuspecting people. Although she knows it won't affect those with great power, she'll almost always be surrounded by her murder of crows, so unless they can tell which of the crows is Helvana, she already has an edge over them. She can still speak in this form.


Musical Theme:
youtube.com/watch?v=YezAykyFIZ0

youtube.com/watch?v=ikWGbtXIBr4 - if you actually manage to make her mad.

Description: Somewhat of a walking paradox, one wouldn't know if they should fear or admire Helvana. In one hand she could ruin someone's life in a heartbeat, but on the other she could save someone just as fast. Consider yourself blessed if she cares for you, but if you anger the Corvian Witch, beware the black feathers.

Concealment Level: 1.
Detection Level: 1.

[Lauder]

And I'm done with my character. Tell me if I got something wrong.

Character Sheet

Name: Helvana

Alias: Mother of Crows; Corvian Witch.

Gender: Female.

Domain (Portfolio): Darkness (Influence)

Domain (Portfolio) Description: Darkness, contrary to what is commonly believed, is not simple absence of light, but rather its opposite, much like the other side of a coin. Darkness in its purest state can take form and attain consistency, be it soft and malleable or hard. On its own, however, the forms it can take are limited and rely on other Domains to assume other forms. While light can be measured in intensity, pure darkness is measured in thickness and can only be dispersed by light of greater intensity.

There's no better way than to cause misfortune without being noticed than by influencing fate through curses and hexes, and thus Helvana makes this her main method of operations. She specializes in influences that bring strong and imediate effects since she won't afford to wait and see some villager lose half of his crops over the course of weeks, but she'll stick around to see him trip and break something. Alternatively, she can also influence the fate of others to bring them luck in order for them to pull through their ordeals.

Alignment: Chaotic Neutral.

Personality: Helvana is a trickster, pure and simple and enjoys causing trouble and watching as things develop. She's smug, sadistic, proud and impossible to break, even if she was about to die she'd still display a grin to the very end. Causing misfortune isn't all that she does, however, and if she were to meet someone in need, she wouldn't even think about harming them and would instead take pity on them, but she'll never admit to being a good person. She goes out of her way when she helps others, so if someone were to harm those she care for she'd be very personal about her revenge.

Helvana's also disrespectful, or indifferent, towards anyone and couldn't give a damn whether she's talking to a great hero or a god. The one thing she treats with care are her pet crows and doesn't associate with others due to that, but if she were to find someone or something that pikes her interest, then she'll also treat them with care.

She covers her body with garbs and a mask she fashioned after her cute pets as she thinks little of mortals and would only deign to show her face to one if they're worthy of her respect. She's indifferent to showing her face to other gods or demi-gods, though.

In truth, she feels devoid of a purpose and tries to fill that with entertainment and games. She doesn't know why she even takes pity on some people even if they're nothing but lowly creatures, but she feels oddly joyous about it.

Appearance:

Hider

Crow Feather Coat and Mask

She also takes the form of a crow whenever she flies or when she spies of unsuspecting people. Although she knows it won't affect those with great power, she'll almost always be surrounded by her murder of crows, so unless they can tell which of the crows is Helvana, she already has an edge over them. She can still speak in this form.


Musical Theme:
youtube.com/watch?v=YezAykyFIZ0

youtube.com/watch?v=ikWGbtXIBr4 - if you actually manage to make her mad.

Description: Somewhat of a walking paradox, one wouldn't know if they should fear or admire Helvana. In one hand she could ruin someone's life in a heart beat, but on the other she could save someone just as fast. Consider yourself blessed if she cares for you, but if you anger the Corvian Witch, beware the black feathers.

Concealment Level: 1.
Detection Level: 1.

@Slime

*Keriss gets hexed with bad luck for killing loads on innocents. Doesn't do shit being a Demi-God of chance*

[lif]

@Slime

It feel s like you basically made Vestec, you may want to mix it up a bit more

[Slime]

@poog the pig
Does Vestec help people? And by help I don't mean mercy killing. Then again, I was told that my character would be one of his children, so like father like daughter?

[Double Capybara]

@Slime The main problem that I see is the description of Domain x Portfolio. Right now there is no link between Darkness and Influence, not as you describe it.

@WrongEndoftheRainbow Doesn't what you did in the last bit of the post count as creating an avatar?

[Slime]

@Double Capybara
I see... Yeah, you're right. I just wanted her to able to use her powers for good every once in a while.

[Double Capybara]

@Slime I think that can be fixed quite easily, just think about what you want to do (in general). The true problem is that the description of Darkness you are using is how Julk used it, but that character is no longer around, if you want, I think you can create a new description for it (darkness). At least that is what the two goddesses of Beauty around did, with Jvan and Ilunabar having very different views on what "Beauty" means (not that different, but let's not digress)

And if you do that in a way that justifies the port of Influence, I think it would be all fixed.

[WrongEndoftheRainbow]

@Double Capybara Altair is Gimmick's character, not my avatar.

[Rtron]

@poog the pig
Does Vestec help people? And by help I don't mean mercy killing. Then again, I was told that my character would be one of his children, so like father like daughter?

@Slime

That was merely a joke. If you don't want him to be and would rather someone else be Helvena's parents just ask anyone! :)

[lif]

@Slime

I mean, Vestec is currently helping Lif save the world, so yeah he does. He's basically a trickster god, from what I've seen of him.

I have to agree with Capy, though, the portfolio domain relationship is odd, and even then; it seems that every Demi and their pet hamster has influence over people's psyches. It's becoming very cramped in that particular field.

PS. I'm not trying to be mean, reading over my critique paints me as being a bit harsh. I'm trying to help is all.