Dead Cruiser

The New Gods: Kings of the Multiverse

@Dark Cloud Yeah that works fine for me.

The New Gods: Kings of the Multiverse

@ActRaiserTheReturned I apologize that you already wrote up an entire character before I could mention, but I would prefer that you didn't participate in this RP. Thank you for your interest.

The New Gods: Kings of the Multiverse

@Dark Cloud Not bad so far, just remember that your aspect is PROGRESS exactly that way. Also I find a totally inorganic being with a mind and soul a bit sketchy as far as how souls work, so would you be alright with a Ghost in the Shell kind of setup where he's 99% inorganic but still has some hindbrain or something?

@ZAVAZggg I like it so far. He would definitely be among the New Gods that got the most fucked over by their ascension, from what I'm seeing.

@Sanity43217 Not bad but very, very, very similar to Dark Cloud's character. We can brainstorm ways to make your guy more distinct.

@rezay I don't think the concept is bad, just not right for this RP. I'd prefer to see a character rather than like, an antagonistic force.

The New Gods: Kings of the Multiverse

@Stylobilly Okay, that's different and more agreeable.

The New Gods: Kings of the Multiverse

@ZAVAZggg Yes correct, the Keys are not natural parts of your characters.

@Stylobilly Yes, you pick your own aspects.

Becoming a second-generation New God is a bit fraught, but doable.

The only issue I have with this idea would be that immortality and invulnerability are very difficult commodities to come by, even for New Gods much less just a regular sorcerer. Remember how much effort Mottom has to go to just to maintain her "youth"?

And no, there is no set number.

The New Gods: Kings of the Multiverse

@Dark Cloud This guy absolutely has to have Samuel Hayden's voice.

The New Gods: Kings of the Multiverse

Okay here's the CS template and a quick sample character to get an idea of what I'm looking for. The main things that will get me to like your character are creativity, a good theme, and tonal consistency, and so I've left the best instructions I think I can manage to achieve these things in the CS.

Template

Name: Pretty obvious stuff, put whatever name your character goes by.

Sobriquets: New Gods often have various lofty titles and impressive nicknames, put them here.

Appearance: Images and descriptions both fine, having both is preferable, I would rather not get into photos/faceclaims here.

Aspect: This is the first complicated part. Every Key of Creation (the metaphysical object/knowledge that gives characters their divine power) has a particular aspect associated with it, which your character gained by learning one of the Secret Names of God. These names are typically something like FLAME, BLADE, GLORY, TOWER, BEAST, MIND, or DIAMOND. Something iconic yet provocative of a particular idea. This is the divine aspect your character inherited upon their asencion, and has symbolic implications toward their power. For example, the aspect of TOWER is associated with ruin, disaster, failure, and endings, so a New God with that aspect becomes most powerful after having just been defeated. Try not to make your character's powers and aspect coincide (so don't give a character with fire powers the FLAME aspect), but use it to give your character a new dimension. Also give the aspect a COLOR, which will determine the color of your character's aura/ki/chakra/mana/etc. PM me with questions if this isn't clicking, I know it's confusing.

World: What world/universe is your character from? The two terms are basically synonyms in this setting. Just talk about whatever you think is relevant, such as possibly its most defining features, its history, and what state your character may have left it in. Your character's aspect should have some influence on the world they are from.

Race: What species is your character? Describe them and their general traits here. Humans can just write "human," unless there is something particularly unusual about them on your world. The only limitation I'm setting forth here is that your character must be sapient and have a living soul in order to be one of the New Gods. If you want to play some kind of Angel or Devil, PM me.

Legacy: This is the backstory section, but I imagine our characters have a lot in common so I'll outline the minimum information I want: give me an overview of their rise to power (whatever that means for them), their motivation for attaining divinity (or what their original goal was if it was acquired accidentally), how they attained their Key (usually by somehow divining one of the Secret Names of God), and what they have been doing either on their home world or in Heaven (the ruin-dimension at the center of the multiverse filled with the titanic corpses of the Old Gods, where many New Gods have been squatting) since their ascension. If you want your character to start the RP ascending and do the fish-out-of-water thing in the RP, that's also okay by me.

Might: What was your character's claim to fame originally? Were they a wizard, a warrior, a citizen-soldier, a poet, a scholar? Describe their skills, talents, and abilities here, and how their newfound divinity has exaggerated and influenced this power. Really try to be creative here, since your character is meant to be one of the mightiest champions in the multiverse. You can also describe any armies or other resources under your God's command, as those interested in that sort of thing can amass wealth and levies easily.

Path: Here I want you to describe your character's goals, ambitions, or overall intentions for their own future. Where are they going, if anywhere? What are they doing with their divine power, if anything?

Feel free to format or add anything as needed, as long you keep everything that I've put forth.

Here's a sample character that I probably will not play.

Sample

Name: Zodraz Roa

Sobriquets: Sorcerer-King, The Master of Destiny, Fateweaver

Appearance: Zodraz is a staggeringly tall for a human, nearly twelve feet high, with skin turned deep, brick-red. His face is stern and austere, eyes that burn with divine starfire, and wild hair the color of molten copper. Azure-feathered avian wings erupt from his back, his pinions lined with staring, mystic eyes, and his feet have become birdlike talons with scything black claws. He adorns himself in armor of gold and ivory, decorated with the feathers of birds of paradise, and carries a gilded, long-handled axe that burns with arcane flame.

Aspect: Zodraz bears the aspect of DESTINY, which gives him unique insight into the currents of time and the winds of fate. However, his mastery over the future and its secrets also makes him slave to them, as he can easily become irrevocably tied to an undesirable future, which Zodraz often marches toward with fatalistic melancholy.

World: Zodraz originated on a world called Ea, where mankind was nearing extinction due to a magical disaster many ages in the past. Magical beasts and terrifying predators hunted humans as prey, with only those tribes that knew secrets of magic able to defend themselves. Since Zodraz united the tribes of his world, they live in well-defended cosmopolitan cities and study magic and science to further the enlightenment of all people.

Race: Originally human, Zodraz has altered his body with magic and flesh-alchemy into the winged, clawed giant he is now.

Legacy: Born among one of the nomadic witch-tribes of Ea, Zodraz spent his earliest years clinging to survival in the wastes and deserts, fleeing from magical predators, and learning scraps of magical lore from the elders of his tribe. He showed great promise with magic from an early age, and by the time he was a man easily eclipsed his elders in power. However, he was dissatisfied with life as a scavenger, and set out alone into the wastes to carve a new existence for himself. While everyone in his tribe thought this was suicidal, he survived his lonely journey and met another tribe, integrated himself among them and learned their magical secrets as well. This brought him to realize that each tribe had a different piece of a very large puzzle, which when complete would allow him to learn the secrets of Ea's magic.

Zodraz spent many years wandering the world, meeting tribes, learning their magical lore, and teaching them what he had learned in his journey. In time, he had united every nomadic tribe on Ea to form a single, glittering bastion on their world, which was the first city founded by the Sorcerer-King. More followed in time as the people prospered and multiplied, and soon all of Ea was unified in a single magocratic society. All the while Zodraz continued to study magic, meditating deeply on what he had learned from the many tribes and from the ruins of Ea's old civilization. The puzzle was almost complete, but he was missing the final secret of Ea's past. On one of his astral-projected forays into the collective consciousness of his world, Zodraz came upon an amazing revelation wherein he was able to find the last clue he was missing: the Secret Name of God, which was DESTINY.

This revelation ripped Zodraz from the astral plane and deposited him in Heaven, complete with a Key of Creation. While initially suspicious of the other New Gods, he quickly formed a kinship with the mystics and scholars among their number, and his magical knowledge and power exploded with the influx of wisdom and secrets from other worlds. Since then, Zodraz has split his time between searching out more divine and cosmic knowledge, including those secrets plucked from the future, and continuing to rule over Ea as its God-King.

Might: Zodraz is a supremely powerful sorcerer, preeminent among the New Gods for his mastery of the Red Art of Dominion as well as the White Art of Royalty. His ability to perceive the currents of time and see their destinations is much envied among his peers, as are the many Devils sworn into his service. Zodraz is no slouch in martial affairs either, as he has modified his own body with transformative magic and forbidden alchemy to become terrifyingly powerful, and he has trained himself to wield a two-handed axe with terrific efficiency.

Path: Zodraz continues to walk the path of Royalty, studying and meditating on the remnants of the Gods to deepen his understanding of the Multiverse, and its ultimate destiny. However, he often finds himself preoccupied with the administration of life on Ea, where he is worshiped as God-King.

The New Gods: Kings of the Multiverse

Okay here's the CS template and a quick sample character to get an idea of what I'm looking for. The main things that will get me to like your character are creativity, a good theme, and tonal consistency, and so I've left the best instructions I think I can manage to achieve these things in the CS.

Template

Name: Pretty obvious stuff, put whatever name your character goes by.

Sobriquets: New Gods often have various lofty titles and impressive nicknames, put them here.

Appearance: Images and descriptions both fine, having both is preferable, I would rather not get into photos/faceclaims here.

Aspect: This is the first complicated part. Every Key of Creation (the metaphysical object/knowledge that gives characters their divine power) has a particular aspect associated with it, which your character gained by learning one of the Secret Names of God. These names are typically something like FLAME, BLADE, GLORY, TOWER, BEAST, MIND, or DIAMOND. Something iconic yet provocative of a particular idea. This is the divine aspect your character inherited upon their asencion, and has symbolic implications toward their power. For example, the aspect of TOWER is associated with ruin, disaster, failure, and endings, so a New God with that aspect becomes most powerful after having just been defeated. Try not to make your character's powers and aspect coincide (so don't give a character with fire powers the FLAME aspect), but use it to give your character a new dimension. Also give the aspect a COLOR, which will determine the color of your character's aura/ki/chakra/mana/etc. PM me with questions if this isn't clicking, I know it's confusing.

World: What world/universe is your character from? The two terms are basically synonyms in this setting. Just talk about whatever you think is relevant, such as possibly its most defining features, its history, and what state your character may have left it in. Your character's aspect should have some influence on the world they are from.

Race: What species is your character? Describe them and their general traits here. Humans can just write "human," unless there is something particularly unusual about them on your world. The only limitation I'm setting forth here is that your character must be sapient and have a living soul in order to be one of the New Gods. If you want to play some kind of Angel or Devil, PM me.

Legacy: This is the backstory section, but I imagine our characters have a lot in common so I'll outline the minimum information I want: give me an overview of their rise to power (whatever that means for them), their motivation for attaining divinity (or what their original goal was if it was acquired accidentally), how they attained their Key (usually by somehow divining one of the Secret Names of God), and what they have been doing either on their home world or in Heaven (the ruin-dimension at the center of the multiverse filled with the titanic corpses of the Old Gods, where many New Gods have been squatting) since their ascension. If you want your character to start the RP ascending and do the fish-out-of-water thing in the RP, that's also okay by me.

Might: What was your character's claim to fame originally? Were they a wizard, a warrior, a citizen-soldier, a poet, a scholar? Describe their skills, talents, and abilities here, and how their newfound divinity has exaggerated and influenced this power. Really try to be creative here, since your character is meant to be one of the mightiest champions in the multiverse. You can also describe any armies or other resources under your God's command, as those interested in that sort of thing can amass wealth and levies easily.

Path: Here I want you to describe your character's goals, ambitions, or overall intentions for their own future. Where are they going, if anywhere? What are they doing with their divine power, if anything?

Feel free to format or add anything as needed, as long you keep everything that I've put forth.

Here's a sample character that I probably will not play.

Sample

Name: Zodraz Roa

Sobriquets: Sorcerer-King, The Master of Destiny, Fateweaver

Appearance: Zodraz is a staggeringly tall for a human, nearly twelve feet high, with skin turned deep, brick-red. His face is stern and austere, eyes that burn with divine starfire, and wild hair the color of molten copper. Azure-feathered avian wings erupt from his back, his pinions lined with staring, mystic eyes, and his feet have become birdlike talons with scything black claws. He adorns himself in armor of gold and ivory, decorated with the feathers of birds of paradise, and carries a gilded, long-handled axe that burns with arcane flame.

Aspect: Zodraz bears the aspect of DESTINY, which gives him unique insight into the currents of time and the winds of fate. However, his mastery over the future and its secrets also makes him slave to them, as he can easily become irrevocably tied to an undesirable future, which Zodraz often marches toward with fatalistic melancholy.

World: Zodraz originated on a world called Ea, where mankind was nearing extinction due to a magical disaster many ages in the past. Magical beasts and terrifying predators hunted humans as prey, with only those tribes that knew secrets of magic able to defend themselves. Since Zodraz united the tribes of his world, they live in well-defended cosmopolitan cities and study magic and science to further the enlightenment of all people.

Race: Originally human, Zodraz has altered his body with magic and flesh-alchemy into the winged, clawed giant he is now.

Legacy: Born among one of the nomadic witch-tribes of Ea, Zodraz spent his earliest years clinging to survival in the wastes and deserts, fleeing from magical predators, and learning scraps of magical lore from the elders of his tribe. He showed great promise with magic from an early age, and by the time he was a man easily eclipsed his elders in power. However, he was dissatisfied with life as a scavenger, and set out alone into the wastes to carve a new existence for himself. While everyone in his tribe thought this was suicidal, he survived his lonely journey and met another tribe, integrated himself among them and learned their magical secrets as well. This brought him to realize that each tribe had a different piece of a very large puzzle, which when complete would allow him to learn the secrets of Ea's magic.

Zodraz spent many years wandering the world, meeting tribes, learning their magical lore, and teaching them what he had learned in his journey. In time, he had united every nomadic tribe on Ea to form a single, glittering bastion on their world, which was the first city founded by the Sorcerer-King. More followed in time as the people prospered and multiplied, and soon all of Ea was unified in a single magocratic society. All the while Zodraz continued to study magic, meditating deeply on what he had learned from the many tribes and from the ruins of Ea's old civilization. The puzzle was almost complete, but he was missing the final secret of Ea's past. On one of his astral-projected forays into the collective consciousness of his world, Zodraz came upon an amazing revelation wherein he was able to find the last clue he was missing: the Secret Name of God, which was DESTINY.

This revelation ripped Zodraz from the astral plane and deposited him in Heaven, complete with a Key of Creation. While initially suspicious of the other New Gods, he quickly formed a kinship with the mystics and scholars among their number, and his magical knowledge and power exploded with the influx of wisdom and secrets from other worlds. Since then, Zodraz has split his time between searching out more divine and cosmic knowledge, including those secrets plucked from the future, and continuing to rule over Ea as its God-King.

Might: Zodraz is a supremely powerful sorcerer, preeminent among the New Gods for his mastery of the Red Art of Dominion as well as the White Art of Royalty. His ability to perceive the currents of time and see their destinations is much envied among his peers, as are the many Devils sworn into his service. Zodraz is no slouch in martial affairs either, as he has modified his own body with transformative magic and forbidden alchemy to become terrifyingly powerful, and he has trained himself to wield a two-handed axe with terrific efficiency.

Path: Zodraz continues to walk the path of Royalty, studying and meditating on the remnants of the Gods to deepen his understanding of the Multiverse, and its ultimate destiny. However, he often finds himself preoccupied with the administration of life on Ea, where he is worshiped as God-King.

The New Gods: Kings of the Multiverse

@Dark Cloud Anyway the path to ascension as one of the New Gods has many roads. In most cases it involves divining the Secret Name of God from some arcane science, magical study, deep meditation, or uncovering a lost secret somewhere on your home world.

The New Gods: Kings of the Multiverse

@Dark Cloud Bolas is another pretty typical example of a New God. A narcissistic, genocidal, megalomaniac. Becoming a New God is the worst thing to ever happen to him, because he went from being a big fish in a tiny pond to a tiny fish in the ocean.