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The Court of the Gods

>Consider me interested, although I would know how advanced or fantastical this tech can be. Is it Clarketech level like in Orion's Arm or even more impossible with things like FTL, gravity manipulation, and really efficient or stupid nanotechnologies? Like can a god just teleport via some quantum BS or will we need to use some kind of utility fog? Can consciousness be uploaded so one can exist in virch worlds that masquerade as afterlives for biological beings? Those kinds of things.

The Lexicon Divinica

Frementor, The Black

Frementor

_{Male
Young
Western Dragon}

_{"This world plays by different rules than the one we used to know. We must do the same lest we stagnate and die, regardless of how ruthless or cunning we become. For in the game of natural selection only the fittest survive."}

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Starting Continent

Andor: Andor is the largest continent. Home to humanoid races such as humans, elves, dwarfs, gnomes, goblins, orcs, centaurs, dryads, and fairies. The land of Andor is littered with forests, lakes, mountains, and rolling hills. In many ways, it's similar to medieval Europe. There are lots of monsters that terrorize the humanoid races of Andor. The humanoids have found that it's much more effective to combat monsters with small bands of specialized monster hunters rather than attacking them with large armies. This has led them to create monster hunter guilds that deal with the monsters. While the monster hunters deal with monstrous threats, the soldiers of the different kingdoms deal with humanoid threats. Unless of course a big dragon attacks, then every man and woman who can bear arms is called upon. Dragons are hated and despised in Andor because they are the most dangerous of all monsters. Young dragons are actively hunted by the many monster hunter guilds that reside here. Some dragons are enslaved by powerful spellcasters. But keeping an enslaved dragon as a familiar is extremely dangerous, as dragons almost always tend to break free from such spells. Andor is split into two landmasses, Anduvia and Cendor. Anduvia is the northern region of Andor. Cendor is the southern part of Andor. In Anduvia any non-humans are enslaved and referred to as half-monsters or demi-humans. Magic is also banned. The reason for this is their worship of Andea. While they don't have any mages, they have powerful warrior priests. In Cendor on the other hand non-humans are mostly treated as equals and magic is highly valued because of its power.

Species

Western Dragon (Gain Wings [Tier 1] and Scales [Tier 2]): Western Dragons are the most iconic species of dragon in Andor. They are famous not only for their hard scales, but also their greed, ruthlessness, and aggression. They tend to raid humanoid settlements to steal their treasures and add them to their hoard. The most powerful Wester Dragons have more treasures than the richest of kings.

Size

Enormous: A dragon of this size is an absolute force of nature. Enormous dragons can be anywhere between the size of a small castle to a large castle. Extremely few land-living dragons grow this large and those who do will undoubtedly have their names go down in legend.

Color

Black (Gain Acid Breath [Tier 1] or Energy Breath [Tier 1]): Black Dragons prefer to live in desolate places like swamps, badlands, and wastelands. They are infamous for being vicious, greedy, malicious, sadistic, and power-hungry. Despite their sinister personality traits they are often visited by ambitious or desperate humanoids. This is because out of all dragons Black Dragons are the most likely to form pacts or make deals with humanoids.

Breath Attack

Acid Breath
Tier 1: You can breathe acid. The corrosion of your acid will mostly inflict superficial damage to your victims. Your acid is more effective against inorganic material. Its true value lies in its ability to dull weapons and break down armor. However this process isn't instant, it will take some time for the corrosion to kick in after you apply the acid.

Tier 2: Your acid is more potent. The strongest magical weapons and armor will fare no better than regular weapons and armor against your acid. The corrosion of your acid will also be faster.

Tier 3: Your acid breath will instantly melt any inorganic material it comes into contact with.

Poison Breath
Tier 1: You can breathe poisonous gas. Anyone who breathes in your gas will become poisoned. Their health will rapidly deteriorate and after 30 minutes they will die without magical treatment of a similar tier as this breath attack. Additionally, you are immune to the effects of your own poison. Your poison breath can be avoided if the target is careful and holds their breath during this breath attack. This breath attack can also be countered by wind magic.

Tier 2: The poisonous gas you breathe won't disperse so easily. It will cling to the battlefield like a poisonous mist and linger for a good while.

Tier 3: The toxicity of your poisonous breath is extremely potent. It will take only 1 minute for it to kill.

Features

Muscles
Tier 1: Your muscles are well-developed. You are physically stronger than the average dragon and creature of your size class.

Tier 2: Your musculature is impressive and beyond the majority of dragons of your size class. When it comes to brute force you are vastly superior to the other dragons and creatures that are of the same size class.

Scales
Tier 1: Your scales are as hard as steel. While your scales offer excellent protection against piercing and slashing attacks, they are less effective against bludgeoning attacks. Your scales will absorb some of the impacts of bludgeoning attacks, but most of the force will go through.

Tier 2: Your scales are now as hard as mithril. Only the strongest weapons and attacks can pierce or cut through your scales.

Wings
Tier 1 (Gain Flight [Tier 1]): You have wings and are able to fly. Taking off from the ground is rather slow and requires some effort. Initiating a flight will leave you vulnerable for a brief moment. It would be easier for you to jump off a cliff or some other high place in order to take to the skies.

Tier 2: Your wings are much stronger than the average dragon's wings. You can quickly and efficiently take off from the ground.

Tier 3: Your wings are some of the strongest wings seen among dragonkind. With the flap of your wings, you can create powerful gusts of wind that can deflect projectiles like arrows, throwing knives, javelins, and crossbow bolts.

Jaws
Tier 1: Your fangs are hard as steel. While a biting attack is the attack with the shortest range a dragon can make, it is also one of the deadliest attacks if it connects. Capable of piercing skin, rending flesh, and crushing bone. Biting attacks are best used against powerful enemies, as it's often not worth the effort to bite weak enemies when you could have used your claws or tail which are generally faster and have a longer reach.

Tier 2: Your fangs are as hard as mithril and your bite even stronger.

Claws
Tier 1: You've got claws as hard as steel. Your claws can slash and pierce through most natural armor such as thick leather, hide, carapaces and scales. Claw attacks have a lot longer reach than bite attacks and are great for close quarters combat, grappling, and aerial combat.

Tier 2: Your claws are as hard as mithril. Now your claws have no problem cutting through and piercing most metal armors.

Tail
Tier 1: Your tail is prehensile. It can grab and manipulate objects. It can also be used during grappling to choke, grab, hold, and restrain your enemies.

Tier 2: The bone structure of your tail is robust and strong. It can withstand heavy impacts and be used as a weapon. A tail attack is the melee attack with the longest reach that a dragon can make. Tail attacks are especially useful against multiple smaller opponents or a single similar-sized enemy.

Horns
Tier 1: You have horns that are as hard as steel. Your skull is also reinforced to withstand heavy impacts. The horns can look however you want. Forward and upward-pointing horns are better for charging enemies and for headbutts. While backward-pointing horns are great for stabbing attacks during grappling and as a defense against neck bites. Charge attacks are devastating and work very well as opening attacks during aerial, land, and underwater combat.

Tier 2: Your horns are as hard as mithril.

Spikes
Tier 1: You have spikes growing on your body. These spikes are as hard as steel. Your spikes are a great defense against large enemies like monsters and dragons. If they try to bite, tackle, grapple, or maul you, they will risk getting impaled by your spikes. Of course, they could always aim for the parts of your body that aren't covered in spikes. But then you won't have to protect your entire body, making it easier to predict their attacks.

Tier 2: Your spikes are as hard as mithril.

Roar
Tier 1: Your roar is really loud. It can easily scare away creatures of a smaller size class than you. Your roar is less effective against intelligent creatures like humanoids.

Tier 2: Your roar is terrifying. It can now scare away creatures of a similar size class as yours. Even intelligent creatures will cower before your fear-inducing roar.

Venom
Tier 1: You have venom glands connected to either your fangs or your stinger (requires Tail [Tier 3]). Your venom will exhaust your victims, mess with their sense of balance and make them nauseous. Your venom can only be cured by Spells of a similar tier as your venom. You're immune to your own venom.

Tier 2: Your venom is more powerful. It can now paralyze any creature of up to 2 sizes bigger than your own, but your venom is now slow-acting and will take 30 minutes to work. You can speed up the process by injecting your enemy with more venom.

Tier 3: Your venom is extremely dangerous and fast-acting. Taking only a few minutes to kill its victims.

Senses
Tier 1 x5: Choose 1 sense (Smell, Touch, Sight, Hearing, or Taste). Your chosen sense is equal to the best humanity has ever produced. You may purchase this feature multiple times, choosing a new sense each time.

Tier 2 (Smell/Touch/Taste/Hearing/Sight): Your chosen sense is equal to the best the animal kingdom has to offer.

Tier 3 (Sight): Your chosen sense is enhanced to the point of being supernatural. For example, if you choose sight you will be able to switch between different vision modes like infrared vision, telescopic vision, x-ray vision, and night vision. You would also be able to see through visual illusions.

Regeneration
Tier 1: You can regrow lost limbs and you don't scar. Most of your wounds will heal within a day. Injuries caused by acid or fire will take twice as long to heal. Regeneration will slow down poisons and venoms, but it won't make you immune to them.

Tier 2: Most of your injuries will heal within 1 hour. It is impossible for you to lose consciousness or die due to blood loss. It is also possible for you to bleed yourself in order to cleanse your body of Tier 1 venoms.

Elemental Resistance
Tier 1 x2 (Poison/Venom/Acid): Choose 1 element (Heat, Cold, Poison/Venom, Acid, Wind, or Lightning). You are now able to survive and thrive in environments where your chosen element is dominant. For example, heat would allow you to live in deserts, jungles, or volcanic landscapes. You may purchase this feature multiple times, choosing a new element each time.

Tier 2: You are completely immune to any kind of damage from your chosen element.

Tier 3: When you are exposed to your chosen element you will be healed proportionally to the intensity of the exposure.

Flight
Tier 1: You are able to fly. However, you're not very graceful or fast in the air.

Tier 2: You are much faster and more agile during flight. You can outmaneuver and run circles around most flying creatures of your own size and any size class beyond. War machines like ballistae and catapults will have a much harder time hitting you.

Crawling
Tier 1: Most dragons are rather slow and clumsy on the ground. Unlike most dragons, you are a fast runner. You can match the speed of creatures of similar size that are considered fast. This will make hunting for food or running away from a threat easier.

Brain
Tier 1: You learn things twice as fast and your long-term memory is improved significantly.

Tier 2: You are able to process information faster and have a perfect memory. You can recall any memory you have in perfect detail. While concentrating you can even enter a state of mind to relive your memories.

Lungs
Tier 1: By default, you would be able to hold your breath for about 30 seconds while doing a physically demanding activity. With this, you can safely hold your breath for up to 2 minutes while doing a physically demanding activity like fighting. This might not seem very useful, but being able to hold your breath in high-altitude aerial battles, fights against dragons with poison breath, or underwater battles can make a huge difference in the outcome of the battle.

Tier 2: You can now safely hold your breath for up to 30 minutes while performing a physically demanding activity.

Tier 3: Your lung capacity is extremely vast. You are able to safely hold your breath for up to 1 hour while doing a physically exhausting activity.

Rare Features

Fusion Breath: You can now purchase a second breath attack. Your breath attack will now become a fusion of your first and second breath attack. All tiers of the breath attacks that are associated with your chosen color will cost 1 less Ur-Ember for your second breath attack.

Enduring Features: Normally any feature of a dragon that is severed from its body would lose its supernatural hardness. Your features, however, only lose 1 tier worth of hardness, and they can be used to create high-quality weapons and armor.

Humanoid Hands: Instead of front legs, you have hands similar to that of a humanoid. With your added finger dexterity and opposable thumbs, you will be able to wield weapons in combat.

Acid Blood: The blood that runs through your veins is highly acidic. It is very effective against inorganic material and less effective against organic material. Your acidic blood offers an offensive defense against slashing and piercing attacks.

Adrenal Glands: You can make your adrenal glands secrete powerful chemicals into your bloodstream that will temporarily boost your physical abilities. This will vastly improve your strength, speed, and reflexes. It will also suppress pain and increase your ferocity, aggression, and bloodlust. You will feel exhausted after this burst of strength.

Reincarnation: This rare feature is only available to Greater Dragons, dragons that are born from a Dragonfall. Your soul and mind will be immortal and persist even after you die. While dead you will be unconscious. But you will be revived using some of the mystical energies that are released into the world during the next Dragonfall.

Diet

Meat: Feeding on the meat from mammals, reptiles, and binds is what the majority of dragons do. It's what people expect a dragon to do. And for good reason, as mammals, reptiles, and birds are abundant. From the smallest of rats to the biggest basilisk, there is always prey to be found no matter the dragon's size.

Sea Creatures: Feeding on fish, crustaceans, and other aquatic creatures is common among dragons below medium size. Fish is both easy to catch and find. Some of the largest dragons feed on this category. In the depths of the oceans there are plenty of sea creatures of varying sizes.

Drawbacks

Hoarder: You feel a strong desire to collect and hoard treasures. Treasure is defined as anything you perceive as valuable. Be it gold, precious stones, legendary artifacts, magical tomes, or beautiful women. To part with any item of your hoard is almost unthinkable to you.

Leaking Breath: Whenever you breathe you will exhale a tiny amount of your breath attack. Your leaking breath will reduce your daily limit of breath attacks by 1 breath attack. But more importantly, it will reveal the nature of your breath attacks and your breath will stop leaking whenever you have used up your daily breath attacks.

Spells

N/A.

Companions

Auron, The Flame Eater.

Tales From the Dreamscape (Zyx & Neianna86)

Maxwell glanced between each of his attackers in turn, before slowly nodding his head. This wasn't an ideal situation by any means, but as the realization that Adeira would not be able to help him at the moment gradually sunk in, he recognized that it was the only choice he really had. That or try and fight, an act he was certain would see them both dead in all likelihood.

"A-all right. Fine, I'll join you."

He offered a nervous chuckle as he gestured at the forest around them.

"It can't be any worse than this, right?"

The Lexicon Divinica

Lyren, The Wanderer

~Lyren~

Non-binary || Timeless || Living God

"I have come to the enlightened understanding that life, ultimately, is nothing but a dream. So come! Let us dream of something beautiful together."

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The Spark

An Inferno of Supremacy: Upon your anointment, you have already attained the Master Spark, the final flame before your ascent into Amaranth. Thus, you have complete initial access to the powers of the Master Spark, and require no further magnification or time to attain them. You exceed even the arbiter of the Versal Cycle in power by far, and there are so few bounds to your power that it is difficult to discern it from omnipotence. Only Amaranth awaits.

You have:

• 6 Spark Points
• 10 Master Spark Points
• 6 Resource Points
• Innumerable or Custom Modes of Transcendence

Modes of Transcendence

Living Image: You have seen the dream of the Verse as it is. You have spoken your name to the vivid illusion, and you have become an individual, disparate and yet one with all things. The world is as but a dream, and you the dreamer. Everything is dependent upon you to stand upright. The status of Living Image is much like Buddhist enlightenment, in that one realizes that they are one with creation, but also much like solipsism, in that one realizes creation is one with themselves, and so is as manipulable as moving a finger or blinking. Think of these abilities as like a lucid dream, in which you see past the veil and realize that nothing is outside of yourself.

Your abilities are surreal in nature.

The Secret: Through the understanding of The Secret, the meaning of everything is within your grasp. Manipulation of these secrets allow creation to be malleable on a conceptual level, given that you understand its underpinnings perfectly. Think of Prometheus and the secret of fire, and then conceive of having knowledge of every secret, given that just one made man into a veritable god of the Earth. Even deities will be as insects to you.

Your abilities are esoteric in nature.

Godhood: You have ascended to divinity, to be numbered among the ranks of pantheonic gods. However, you are not merely a deity, but a supreme deity, a god among gods, for whom Hyperion bends the knee and Athena kisses the foot. You are not bound up in a single aspect of godhood, such as thunder, the seas, or so on, and your powers are far more broad and overreaching. As such, you will likely be worshipped by all.

Your abilities are divine in nature.

Goals

Freedom: With the strength you possess, who would dare try to tell you what you want? You are free to do as you please with your might, and may choose to pursue or abandon any of the above goals or others you may think of as you see fit. There is no law holding you to anything, and the only will you follow is your own. If you simply want to experiment with your powers, or if you want to freely toy with the world of mortals as you please, you may do so with total recklessness. There are next to no consequences left that can affect you, so what matter is anything but your own good desire?

Spark Powers

Meta-Immortality (0): You are eternal and invincible on a metaphysical level, and your state of existence is beyond time, space, and causality, immune to harm from all conceivable sources, even of a metaphysical or abstract nature. You cannot die, even on a conceptual level, by any means at all. Along with eternal being, you also possess eternal agency; you cannot be bound, entrapped, or otherwise, nor can your will and self be altered or manipulated; you will always have the full capability to do that which is your will to do, immunizing you from the effects of manipulation or restraint of any kind. Should the local universe, multiverse, omniverse, or even the Verse itself or all Verses be compromised, you will continue to exist in spite of this, and, if you so choose, may remain unconscious and unaware of the passage of time until the natural forces of creation reconstitute existence. You are exempt from the negative side effects of living an infinite life, such as boredom, ennui, depression, mental instability, and so on, if those emotions or any other effects like them were to be caused by the fact that you live an eternal life. If you should ever wish to pass on from this life, you may do so freely and enter into an afterlife of your choosing, and may return to life whenever you should desire to, and, if you are so inclined, reincarnate into whatever form of natural life is fitting for you throughout the cosmos. You are eternally in your prime, are immune to the effects of age, and possess perfect mental and physical faculties, meaning that you will never lose your soundness of mind or become unable to recall events from millions or billions of years ago.

Omnilock (0): Your existence is outside of and beyond creation, and thus is beyond the effects of any and all things. You have absolute and utter immunity against all threats against you or anything which your being/mantle encompasses. While you may possess a physical form that exists within the bounds of dimensions, time, space, form, comprehension, and so on, this avatar is not your true being; your true existence is so vast and abstract that it defies and supersedes all physical, metaphysical, real, and unreal boundaries and definitions, capable of surviving the death of all things, immune to all negative effects derived from a creation so below your godhead. Anything which is entailed by your mantle exists in this way, and this may include anything which is subservient or attached to your person, a definition which is, for the most part, dictated by your interpretation.

Eternal Ascension (0): Until such time as you should attain Amaranth, the highest possible state of absolute omnipotence, you have infinite potential in all aspects and attributes, and grow in power at near-infinite rates which are constantly increasing at near-infinite speeds. The speed at which your rate of progress towards Amaranth increases is also near-infinite, and so on to a near-infinite degree. Your ability to supersede, ascend, and overcome limitations of any kind is of the highest caliber in existence. It is impossible for you to degrade in power, and you are in a constant state of exponential progression towards omnipotence. When you lack sufficient strength to complete your endeavors, when you are defeated, or when you are otherwise impotent to your ends, you will evolve drastically to meet the challenges entailed to you. Your existing powers may grow to vastly different proportions and in numerous functionalities, and you will come to possess powers not presented to you here as you attain greater and greater heights of power. Even omnipotence as you know it now is not the upper boundary of your future capabilities. You are able to learn any powers, techniques, arts, masteries, and abilities with ease, even by mere observation, and possess prodigious talents of nigh-infinite magnitude in your every endeavor and undertaking. Without exception, you have the greatest natural capacity for power in all of creation.

Unbound (0): You possess true and transcendent freedom from all authority and wills other than your own. Your self is inviolate and unchained by that which once abated you; good and evil, truth and lies, one and all. Because your self is inviolate, and you are thus unbound by causality, fate, the past, the present, or the future, there are no longer versions of yourself which exist in alternate worlds, times, or spaces, and you yourself encompass all that is and ever will be called "you," making you a Versal Constant. You cannot have your ascent prevented via retroactive alteration through time travel or similar abilities, nor can you have your actions subverted in any way; just as your self is inviolate, so to is your will; nothing can influence your decisions or desires but your own will and pleasure; your will is your own, and temptation, manipulation, irrationality, and the like will not inhibit it. Similarly, you are completely freed from negative emotions you do not wish to experience, and are unbound by psychological or biological factors in your wellbeing and personal state. You may experience whatever emotions or sensations you desire, and may adjust your mental and emotional state to whatever is desirable to you.

Celestial Substance (0): The physical form which your abstract consciousness inhabits is now no longer composed of mundane physical matter, and has been revoked of all possible imperfection and defect. Because your body is one of Celestial Substance, you are unbound by all biological and physical limitations. You possess no physical needs, nor do you possess any biological compulsions, though you may experience and undertake any of these if you so desire. This form is a reflection of your ultimate and absolute self, and is astoundingly beautiful beyond the scope even of the most resplendent divine beings and mantles. Even your very blood is the flickering, gleaming fluid of distilled, metatextual meaning. Your form is that which embodies perfectly your highest self, and as a result may entail whatever features you deem appropriate. Similarly, whatever you may choose, your form will possess physical and intellectual prowess at the highest possible echelon for mortal life across the breadth of the Verse.

Emanation (0): Your presence is overwhelming when in full breadth, and you may convey your power and form with whatever effects are desirable, from blinding vivid lights to strange and surreal shapes and sounds antithetical to vision and hearing themselves. Depending on the degree to which you choose to reveal your true nature, this effect can range from subtle to mind-bendingly vast. The effect which your true nature has on others is dependent upon what aspects of your infinite self you choose to magnify; your overwhelming and impossible beauty, your vast and awe-inspiring power, your consummate and perfected wisdom, your abstract and incomprehensible nature, and so on. That given, the full comprehension of your complete and true form is likely to bring existential crisis, insanity, or even death, and so is inadvisable when these effects are not desirable. With this ability at your disposal, legions of bitter foes will bow in reverence at the slightest command, followers will regard your word as infallible truth, doubters will turn white with fear, and the want of innumerable amatory hearts will be your merest touch.

Planeswalk (0): You have complete mastery over locus, and may pass between higher and alternate dimensions, times, realms, universes, planes, worlds, spaces, and so on, even to extents beyond that of the Verse's scope or in the strange and surreal interspace between the structured cosmos. You have exact knowledge of your location, both temporal and spatial, with reference to the rest of existence, thus dramatically simplifying navigation in all but the most phantasmagorical planes and spaces. You are similarly capable of omnidirectional movement at truly unlimited speeds, allotting you flight and motion at speeds massively faster than light, sufficient to traverse metaphysical distances, or distances across lengths greater even than the concept of distance, instantaneously. Your form and mind are adaptive to whatever conditions you may encounter in alternate planes, you are capable of communication perfectly in any language or system, and you can easily adapt to strange and unknown cultures, traditions, and the like throughout your travels. You may use this ability to transport others and objects as you see fit similarly. Other unmentioned minutiae of convenience for the purposes of Versal travel are included within this ability; opening portals and gateways, teleporting objects and individuals selectively, resolution of intertemporal paradoxes, and all that is requisite for complete ease of travel throughout the vast and unknowable cosmos.

Power Matrix (0): Your powers are in an echelon above that of a Point, and as such are perfected and refined in ways even the most perfectly aligned powers are not. They and your consciousness are one in the same, and as such cannot be altered, manipulated, or acted upon in any way by any force, such as in replication or dampening. Similarly, they operate without even the effort of a blink, and roil with their full power at your slightest whim, unabated by loss of focus, distraction, or any other factors. Because your powers are as much a part of you as your will is, you are aware of the every minutia, limitation, and strategic value, and you possess absolute knowledge of their every facet and mechanic, with skill in wielding them at the level of one who had possessed them for truly infinite eternities and Versal Cycles. It is impossible for your powers to ever operate in a way that is not conducive to your will and intent, and may act upon your will and intent even if you are unaware, such as preventing calamity in far-off dimensions that would be undesirable to you. A number of other enhancements of convenience are included within this ability, such as manifesting your powers in whatever aesthetic capacity is desirable to you, immunity to the effects of powers of a lower magnitude than your own, fine-tuned control of how much of your full power you allow yourself to use at a time, and so on, all to the effect of enhancing and easing the usage of your powers as much as possible.

Subtle (0): One such as yourself, just as you may wish to be known, so too may wish to be unknown. At will, you may become undetectable by any means whatsoever, in any selective capacity, along with your actions. This includes detection through such means as future-sight, divination, omniscient awareness, calculation, or any other more varied means of detection along with sensory detection. You may selectively revoke knowledge of your actions, of yourself, or of anything else as you see fit. Similarly, you are capable of revoking and reversing the effects of any of your powers at will, in whatever capacity and to whatever degree is desirable. The total effect of this ability allows you complete privacy, and welcome freedom from the detrimental consequences of your actions, errors of judgement, or brash misuse of your abilities. Few things are consequential to one as yourself.

Master (0): As is tradition with many beings of your caliber, servants, under the incentive of your divine power, will seek to serve you dutifully and do your will, often heroes of legendary prowess who wish to champion your cause, other deities in need of the protection of your wing, or even religious figures leading your worship. You may bestow any powers you possess, in whatever capacity and to whatever degree you deem appropriate, to others. Much like under the effects of Power Matrix your abilities operate unconsciously in accordance with your will, any powers which you bestow upon others will also function in accordance with your will unconsciously, and will naturally cease to function if the individual wielding them acts outside of your will or otherwise. Mortals will pine after your favors with rabid fervor in the pursuit of both your approval and the chance at eternal life, vast mystical skill, or other powers you possess, and will gladly do your continual bidding, whatever that may entail, to retain them.

True Anointed (0): Your ascension entails a vast understanding of the underlying mechanics of the metanarrative, in whatever form that may take. As a result, you possess ultimate and transcendent wisdom, as if you had existed since the beginning of creation itself, before all Versal Cycles, at the stirrings of the complete Ad Deus, with all the knowledge such a life would entail. That upon which existence stands, along with innumerable, unimaginable secrets attained over unimaginable eons are all within your repertoire of prior knowledge. You are a living repository of infinite wisdom, the ancient knowledge of the Verse funneled into your mind at the instant of your ascent. Though you are not omniscient, you are like a true messianic figure, enlightened to the deepest secrets existence and life have to offer.

Timeless (0): Your existence and origin is not bound by time in the slightest; you may decide the point in time at which you come into existence, how long you have existed, and so on, whenever you see fit to alter these. As a result, the prevention of your ascent is impossible, given that it could feasibly have occurred before you even existed, or could have simply occurred in a time impossible to intrude upon. You may retroactively decide how long you have lived, after your previous activities based upon knowledge you gain in future activities, alter your future activities based upon knowledge you gain in prior activities, and so on; the boundary of time is all but nonexistent for one as yourself.

Alchemical Arbiter (6): You are the master of the metaphysical aspects and Platonic Forms with which an object or concept is described. This power is extremely esoteric, even by the standards set by other powers within this listing, but in the hands of one skilled in its execution is also one of the most fundamentally powerful. You control not the physical existence of the object or concept which you manipulate, but the very essence of it; in a single manipulation, you could maximize the conceptual aspect of beauty across existence, causing all things to become consummately aesthetically pleasing on a metaphysical level. In a more complex manipulation, you could change the very concept of time into a solid object in the palm of your hands, as easily manipulated as physical matter. Freely and arbitrarily determine the colors of space, the weight of mass itself, the darkness of light, or even more abstract concepts like morality, consciousness, and information as you see fit. All aspect and description is beneath your divine edict.

Master Spark Powers

Verse Weaver (5): Your understanding of the nature and structure of planes and that which interlinks them has allotted you absolute creative powers, like those which brought about the Verse as it exists now. By your whim you may create utterly anything, even to the scale of entire Verses beyond our own, molded to the magnification of your splendor. This power is over creation, and not destruction; you may create without limitation, but cannot destroy through any means using these abilities other than to revoke that which you create. Limitless potential dimensions, personal artifacts and objects of value, vast construct armies, and entire multiverses formed to your liking are all easily within your power, and the scalar limitation of the infinite Verse is as easily violable by your simple will. That which you create is not limited by your understanding, imagination, or any other factors; that which you will to be created is created, regardless of these factors. That which you do not personally detail will be implemented as if you had detailed it.

(Evolution of Restructure, Heaven King)

Spark Artifice (5): You have the absolute power to alter state, quality, quantity, attribute, and so on of any existing concept, entity, object, or force, including powers themselves. That is, you can grant yourself and others any conceivable powers and attributes up to and including those of the nigh-infinite magnitude of Spark Powers such as Omnikinesis, Worldmind, and so on. This in itself constitutes nigh-omnipotence in the sheer variety of powers you may design for yourself, lacking in any scalar limitations whatsoever, being powers born of your enlightenment. That said, these powers cannot reach the heights of Master Spark Powers, being so infinitely superior that only the original spark of Amaranth within you could drive you to the Master Spark you have attained; their might is thus irreplicable. As much as these are valuable, you possess a complete mastery over meaning itself, on a metaphysical level. The fundamental attributes and elements from which even metaphysical concepts arise bow to your artifice. You do not merely manipulate the matter and quantities with which the object of your control is concerned; you fundamentally alter the force of meaning upon which the reality of a given object stands. All is as your effigy; all is as your attribution states it to be. The very machinations of the Ad and Sub Deus, the dead gods of entity and existence, are beneath your command.

(Evolution of Alchemical Arbiter, Spectrum, Power Architect)

Resources

Wealth (1): You have access to multiple Vaults, vast cosmic stores of wealth designed to house the fortunes of ancient civilizations securely until their rightful owner might claim them. This entails nigh limitless supplies of rare gems, metals and materials, precious jewelry and antiques, as well as near limitless stores of all variety of interuniversal currencies, such as Pearls, Credits, Gold Coins, and so forth. The wealth stored within is so vast as to be the net worth of thousands of universes (or roughly 20% to 30% of the Verse's currently produced wealth), capable of easily purchasing personal galaxies, pocket dimensions, powerful magitech, potent substances, and any number of slaves you could wish for. The Vaults slowly grow in size and capacity over time, filling with exponentially greater riches in relation to how much you expend, so that you always have enough wealth to purchase essentially whatever you require. Inflation or other economic constraints will never cause the wealth of your Vaults to diminish by excessive spending. You can easily turn a massive profit by investing in mining operations, dyson spheres, planetary conquests, black markets, and more to become a powerful mogul and economic force throughout the Verse. No one can access the Vault but you, and you may access its resources at any time. The riches of ten-thousand universes are at your disposal, and will only grow with time. If you have Collections or any other extraplanar storage facilities, these may be merged at your discretion. If you already have an idea of what you wish to spend some of this wealth on, you may specify as you desire. Note that currency created using any powers or permutations of powers is fundamentally invalid, and generally as valuable as counterfeit. None of the items on this list of Resources may be purchased using this supply of wealth, though this does not apply to funds acquired through other ventures, meaning that through investment and business you may acquire funds applicable to these ends.

Collection (1): You have come into possession of vast untouched collections containing a variety of exceedingly rare and legendary valuables. This includes unique mystical artifacts in droves, ancient technology that can be adapted to your purposes, rare and precious materials found nowhere else, legendary pieces of art and sculpture long thought to be destroyed, mighty starcrafts, artificial stars, and exalted weapons heard of only in legend. These are all stored in an endless extraplanar museum which only you may have access to. Exploring further into the depths of this facility will reveal still more varied treasures and artifacts in literally endless variety. Note, however, that each item within is one-of-a-kind, so no artifact within should be treated as disposable, even if you have a limitless variety to choose from. Searching for a specific lost artifact or legendary material will usually cause you to find it with ease, if it has ever existed in the first place. You may add to this collection as you see fit. If you have Vaults or any other extraplanar storage facilities, these may be merged at your discretion.

Technology (1): You have access to mystical and scientific constructs, designs, and systems only dreamed of by the rest of the Verse. High-Order Mathematics, Source Cores, Hyperion Veils, Mass Relicators, and more, along with all their designs are both given to you in an extradimensional storage facility and injected directly into your mind, granting you perfect knowledge of their inner workings and how to further expand upon them to points of parody. If you have ever wanted weapons capable of annihilating the entire Virgo supercluster with a single blast, or the means to custom design the constellations in your image, or mystical tech capable of generating populations of billions of intensely loyal artificial humanoids, this choice will serve you well. Your prospective technology will outclass even the most mighty sciences of ancient times, much less the means of today. Your opponents will be as if primitive animals by comparison to your vast advancements. Fill your worlds with the means to produce limitless supplies of valuable resources, eliminate hunger entirely from the genes of your populace, or ruthlessly crush your foes with super-viruses that sway their armies to bend the knee before you. If you have Vaults or other extradimensional storage facilities, these may be combined and organized according to your preference.

Personal Plane (1): You possess a personal plane of existence, in which you are absolutely, truly omnipotent and fully omniscient concerning the scope and events within it. This plane is completely infinite, and in theory the entire Verse could be simulated within it for testing or entertainment, if you really wanted to. You may invite others to this place freely and take any items you desire with you, but any changes you make to outside objects or persons (including yourself) will be nullified and restored to their original condition unless done without the use of your planar omnipotence (in the case of training, retaining new information, etc). You cannot take anything constructed using your planar omnipotence outside. Everything within your personal plane is as "real" as anything outside, it just can't leave with you. This is a perfect place to construct your infinite palaces, test military strategies, develop and study new technologies, explore and push the boundaries of your powers, or entertain yourself and guests with whatever your hearts desire. You could even declare this plane the capital of your empire and transport your populations within, or use it to maintain your standing military. You may transport yourself, anyone, and any of your possessions you desire into this space, though other Ascendants such as yourself may leave at any time they desire. Any other extradimensional storage such as Vaults may be combined with this one as you see fit.

Sway (1): You hold a high and respected position, whether in multiversal councils, pantheons of deities, the center of a massive religious following, a member of a highly influential group, or otherwise. Whatever the case may be, your word and opinions have weight throughout the entire Verse, if not directly then by opinion. In whatever group you should choose, you are certainly the most influential and powerful. You are of the highest castes in all societies, ubiquitously respected and revered among your peers. Your charisma and position are undeniable, and opinions of you are naturally high. Fame and renown are yours. Expect to be treated highly wherever you go, nearly to the point of worship and fanaticism. Of course, if these become troublesome or you want to be unseen, your wishes will be respected.

Perfect Vessel (1): Someone of your caliber naturally has to fly in style. While you are almost certainly capable of transporting yourself vast distances (perhaps even instantaneously) the flare of riding with your compatriots, dignitaries, and attendants in truly consummate comfort is irreplaceable. You are given full access to a legendary artifact vehicle known as a Perfect Vessel, a spacecraft designed with such divine attention to detail as to be without flaw entirely, like a rare cosmic jewel in superiority, one of perhaps five or six in the Verse. What this entails is up to you. This craft may shift between any desirable form and functions, from a megalithic solar-system sized space station to a palace-craft with internal gardens and atriums. Whatever the case may be, it is controlled by a ruthlessly loyal emergent Al which adapts to your preferences and desires, learning what you like and dislike, what weapons systems are effective and ineffective, and so on. This vessel is obviously indestructible by conventional methods, equipped with vast modular weapons systems, and can shift to any size that is desirable to you. Functions and facilities that are unsatisfactory to you can easily be upgraded or outright added/replaced through the ship's modular interiors, utilizing block-form High Order Mathematics to alter technological functions onboard. Technology you have researched, developed, or possess yourself may be integrated onto this craft seamlessly.

Ventures

Journey: Though you've achieved ultimate enlightenment, the journey does not end. You have simply come to the apex of a living circle, and await the next tumble about its fulcrums towards new goals and adventure. There are always sights to see, challenges to overcome, loves to be had and made, friendships to be developed, foes to encounter, and life-altering experiences to be had. In this life, one does not ever stop living until the time is right, and you have plenty of time. Even with nearly all you could want in the world, conflict will still arise, whether internal or external, and through effort and introspection you will overcome and rise to the challenge of human experience in spite of ascending your humanity.

Other Options

Aesthetics: You may freely alter anything about the Living God CYOA aesthetically speaking. If you don't like how a character looks, want yourself to look a certain way, want your powers to manifest with certain visual effects, and so on, you may do so freely and without limit so long as functionality is retained. If you want the entire setting to be Dune-esque in clothing, architecture, and so forth, you may choose this freely. If you want classic space-opera, Marvel comics, or any other imaginable high-fantasy sci-fi adventure aesthetics, you may do so completely and without limit. If aliens don't seem alien enough, feel free to make them that way. You may customize even down to the way people walk, talk, and act, so long as it is for purely flavorful and nonfunctional reasons. If you want everyone to look this way or that, have this or that physical feature, or act this or that way, you may alter these in any way that does not disrupt the canon. This option, obviously, will never manifest any real change in the flow of the setting, your level of power, or otherwise, and is purely intended to make everything eye-candy according to your preferences.

Character Creator: If you don't want to be a self-insert, (that is, you'd prefer not to be "yourself" but rather a character of your own design) you are free to do so. Customize your gender, race, alien species, background, home plane, personal history, and so on freely, so long as the end result is that you become a Living God and achieve the prerequisites of this CYOA. If you should choose this option, then specify your changes in any build you create.

Depower: If you have any desire to decrease your power, wealth, or anything else of the sort, you may do so completely freely and without limit. This can be done to create a greater sense of challenge, even yourself out with other cosmic contenders, or generally create the type of experience you want.

Multiplayer

Anarchic Verses: There are a multitude of interconnected Verses which innumerable players may inhabit. Each player in this mode is not guaranteed their own individual Verse of origin. There are no Master Gods, nor any other figures of significant authority other than the players themselves who are involved. Any build of any strength is freely allowed to choose this option, regardless of the exploitative nature of their builds, etc. Meta CYOAs are obviously not permitted for usage in builds of this type, but any flawed mechanics may and should be utilized to their fullest possible abuse. Chaos reigns utterly and undiluted. Godspeed, you foolish anointed.

Varos, The Conqueror

~Varos~

_{Male || Timeless || Living God
"Your story is mine to write, your destiny mine to control. Submit, therefore, or be scattered like chaff on the wind."}

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~Nature, Demeanor, and Goals~

▬▬ Nature ▬▬
Beast: You seek to conquer all who oppose you, destroying them if possible. Your world view is defined by those who bow to you and those who get eaten because they didn't. To you, all exists at and for your pleasure. You play people off each other, like chess pieces on a board, with no consideration for anyone's needs but your own. You take what you want without asking, and you destroy those weaker than yourself for amusement.

▬▬ Demeanor ▬▬
Ringleader: You have your gang and you rule them with an iron fist. You work hard to build and strengthen your organization, preaching loyalty and submission to the cause you embody. You will not stand for your law or authority to be undermined. While you understand that a group is more powerful than any one individual, you do not consider yourself equal to your band of followers. You are the head, and you use them at your whim to further your own goals.

▬▬ Goals ▬▬
Conquest: You wish to enter the Versal War so that its boons will be yours and yours alone. You will overcome the paltry empires in their petty squabbles for power with ruthless, crushing efficiency, and the wealth of a thousand universes shall sit shining in your palm. The Verse shall bow before you in worship, and your authority will be insurmountable. Of course, there is a war to wage before the revelry may begin.

Mastery: You are not satisfied with the powers you possess. Within yourself you can sense great vistas of untapped potential, and you are drawn to explore what you're truly capable of. Knowledge and power are greater than any treasures, and so you will pursue through concerted effort even higher powers than your own, to become a truly unstoppable master, wise and mighty beyond comprehension. Those few who dare to challenge you will soon know how hopelessly outmatched they are when the full potential of your strength causes creation itself to shudder in fear.

Sadism: You embrace the feeling of power over others, knowing there's no one in all of creation who could stand up to you, no matter what you do or how you abuse your unquestioned strength. In fact, rubbing their noses in it for sheer sadistic joy gives you quite a kick. You're villainous and you know it, not that there's anyone to stop you. You want power over people to make them feel weak, make people think what you want them to think, feel what you want them to feel. If anyone should defy you or speak out of turn, you'll make sure they're duly punished. Evil gives you a devilish sort of guilty pleasure, and with nothing in your way, why not indulge in it a little?

~The Spark~

A Blaze of Awakening: At the moment of your ascension, you possess power sufficient to challenge even the Master God, the arbiter of the current Versal Cycle. That speaks nothing to the powers you may come to wield as the Spark grows within you. Ancient and powerful abstract beings and coveted mantles who are in themselves nigh-omnipotent could not endure a snap of your fingers, even in fully unified throng. The whipping tongues of Amaranthine fire soar and surge within you, lusting for infinite and unrivaled power.

You have:
16 Spark Points
5 Resource Points
3 Modes of Transcendence

~Modes of Transcendence~

Dark Enlightenment: You have peered into the heart of the world, and realized that it is nothingness; a mere story; that life, love, and existence are illusory, that death and entropy consume all, even in a scenario existing only in pure fantasy. Having not prepared yourself properly for the revelation, the gravity of the illusion fills you with reality, and you stand at the precipice of the endless blackness, knowing that anything else is a farce. As such, dispelling or adding to this illusion of reality is simple. You are the only being who is truly real and outside the delusion, your opposition being a mere fog beneath your boot, nothing more than wicked fantasia.

Your abilities are negative in nature.

Outsider: You have attained a fundamental cosmic otherness, becoming unbounded to the Verse and what exists outside of it. You are likened unto an apocalyptic being beyond comprehension, rising from outside of the realm of existence itself. You are not created, but you create. You are not born, but you exist nonetheless. This curious existence you have come into contact with is nothing but a plaything before you, a strange bauble on the necklace of true infinity.

Your abilities are eldritch in nature.

Godhood: You have ascended to divinity, to be numbered among the ranks of pantheonic gods. However, you are not merely a deity, but a supreme deity, a god among gods, for whom Hyperion bends the knee and Athena kisses the foot. You are not bound up in a single aspect of godhood, such as thunder, the seas, or so on, and your powers are far more broad and overreaching. As such, you will likely be worshipped by all.

Your abilities are divine in nature.

~Spark Powers~

Omnilock (0): Your existence is outside of and beyond creation, and thus is beyond the effects of any and all things. You have absolute and utter immunity against all threats against you or anything which your being/mantle encompasses. While you may possess a physical form that exists within the bounds of dimensions, time, space, form, comprehension, and so on, this avatar is not your true being; your true existence is so vast and abstract that it defies and supersedes all physical, metaphysical, real, and unreal boundaries and definitions, capable of surviving the death of all things, immune to all negative effects derived from a creation so below your godhead. Anything which is entailed by your mantle exists in this way, and this may include anything which is subservient or attached to your person, a definition which is, for the most part, dictated by your interpretation.

Eternal Ascension (0): Until such time as you should attain Amaranth, the highest possible state of absolute omnipotence, you have infinite potential in all aspects and attributes, and grow in power at near-infinite rates which are constantly increasing at near-infinite speeds. The speed at which your rate of progress towards Amaranth increases is also near-infinite, and so on to a near-infinite degree. Your ability to supersede, ascend, and overcome limitations of any kind is of the highest caliber in existence. It is impossible for you to degrade in power, and you are in a constant state of exponential progression towards omnipotence. When you lack sufficient strength to complete your endeavors, when you are defeated, or when you are otherwise impotent to your ends, you will evolve drastically to meet the challenges entailed to you. Your existing powers may grow to vastly different proportions and in numerous functionalities, and you will come to possess powers not presented to you here as you attain greater and greater heights of power. Even omnipotence as you know it now is not the upper boundary of your future capabilities. You are able to learn any powers, techniques, arts, masteries, and abilities with ease, even by mere observation, and possess prodigious talents of nigh-infinite magnitude in your every endeavor and undertaking. Without exception, you have the greatest natural capacity for power in all of creation.

Unbound (0): You possess true and transcendent freedom from all authority and wills other than your own. Your self is inviolate and unchained by that which once abated you; good and evil, truth and lies, one and all. Because your self is inviolate, and you are thus unbound by causality, fate, the past, the present, or the future, there are no longer versions of yourself which exist in alternate worlds, times, or spaces, and you yourself encompass all that is and ever will be called "you," making you a Versal Constant. You cannot have your ascent prevented via retroactive alteration through time travel or similar abilities, nor can you have your actions subverted in any way; just as your self is inviolate, so to is your will; nothing can influence your decisions or desires but your own will and pleasure; your will is your own, and temptation, manipulation, irrationality, and the like will not inhibit it. Similarly, you are completely freed from negative emotions you do not wish to experience, and are unbound by psychological or biological factors in your wellbeing and personal state. You may experience whatever emotions or sensations you desire, and may adjust your mental and emotional state to whatever is desirable to you.

Celestial Substance (0): The physical form which your abstract consciousness inhabits is now no longer composed of mundane physical matter, and has been revoked of all possible imperfection and defect. Because your body is one of Celestial Substance, you are unbound by all biological and physical limitations. You possess no physical needs, nor do you possess any biological compulsions, though you may experience and undertake any of these if you so desire. This form is a reflection of your ultimate and absolute self, and is astoundingly beautiful beyond the scope even of the most resplendent divine beings and mantles. Even your very blood is the flickering, gleaming fluid of distilled, metatextual meaning. Your form is that which embodies perfectly your highest self, and as a result may entail whatever features you deem appropriate. Similarly, whatever you may choose, your form will possess physical and intellectual prowess at the highest possible echelon for mortal life across the breadth of the Verse.

Emanation (0): Your presence is overwhelming when in full breadth, and you may convey your power and form with whatever effects are desirable, from blinding vivid lights to strange and surreal shapes and sounds antithetical to vision and hearing themselves. Depending on the degree to which you choose to reveal your true nature, this effect can range from subtle to mind-bendingly vast. The effect which your true nature has on others is dependent upon what aspects of your infinite self you choose to magnify; your overwhelming and impossible beauty, your vast and awe-inspiring power, your consummate and perfected wisdom, your abstract and incomprehensible nature, and so on. That given, the full comprehension of your complete and true form is likely to bring existential crisis, insanity, or even death, and so is inadvisable when these effects are not desirable. With this ability at your disposal, legions of bitter foes will bow in reverence at the slightest command, followers will regard your word as infallible truth, doubters will turn white with fear, and the want of innumerable amatory hearts will be your merest touch.

Planeswalk (0): You have complete mastery over locus, and may pass between higher and alternate dimensions, times, realms, universes, planes, worlds, spaces, and so on, even to extents beyond that of the Verse's scope or in the strange and surreal interspace between the structured cosmos. You have exact knowledge of your location, both temporal and spatial, with reference to the rest of existence, thus dramatically simplifying navigation in all but the most phantasmagorical planes and spaces. You are similarly capable of omnidirectional movement at truly unlimited speeds, allotting you flight and motion at speeds massively faster than light, sufficient to traverse metaphysical distances, or distances across lengths greater even than the concept of distance, instantaneously. Your form and mind are adaptive to whatever conditions you may encounter in alternate planes, you are capable of communication perfectly in any language or system, and you can easily adapt to strange and unknown cultures, traditions, and the like throughout your travels. You may use this ability to transport others and objects as you see fit similarly. Other unmentioned minutiae of convenience for the purposes of Versal travel are included within this ability; opening portals and gateways, teleporting objects and individuals selectively, resolution of intertemporal paradoxes, and all that is requisite for complete ease of travel throughout the vast and unknowable cosmos.

Power Matrix (0): Your powers are in an echelon above that of a Point, and as such are perfected and refined in ways even the most perfectly aligned powers are not. They and your consciousness are one in the same, and as such cannot be altered, manipulated, or acted upon in any way by any force, such as in replication or dampening. Similarly, they operate without even the effort of a blink, and roil with their full power at your slightest whim, unabated by loss of focus, distraction, or any other factors. Because your powers are as much a part of you as your will is, you are aware of the every minutia, limitation, and strategic value, and you possess absolute knowledge of their every facet and mechanic, with skill in wielding them at the level of one who had possessed them for truly infinite eternities and Versal Cycles. It is impossible for your powers to ever operate in a way that is not conducive to your will and intent, and may act upon your will and intent even if you are unaware, such as preventing calamity in far-off dimensions that would be undesirable to you. A number of other enhancements of convenience are included within this ability, such as manifesting your powers in whatever aesthetic capacity is desirable to you, immunity to the effects of powers of a lower magnitude than your own, fine-tuned control of how much of your full power you allow yourself to use at a time, and so on, all to the effect of enhancing and easing the usage of your powers as much as possible.

Subtle (0): One such as yourself, just as you may wish to be known, so too may wish to be unknown. At will, you may become undetectable by any means whatsoever, in any selective capacity, along with your actions. This includes detection through such means as future-sight, divination, omniscient awareness, calculation, or any other more varied means of detection along with sensory detection. You may selectively revoke knowledge of your actions, of yourself, or of anything else as you see fit. Similarly, you are capable of revoking and reversing the effects of any of your powers at will, in whatever capacity and to whatever degree is desirable. The total effect of this ability allows you complete privacy, and welcome freedom from the detrimental consequences of your actions, errors of judgement, or brash misuse of your abilities. Few things are consequential to one as yourself.

Master (0): As is tradition with many beings of your caliber, servants, under the incentive of your divine power, will seek to serve you dutifully and do your will, often heroes of legendary prowess who wish to champion your cause, other deities in need of the protection of your wing, or even religious figures leading your worship. You may bestow any powers you possess, in whatever capacity and to whatever degree you deem appropriate, to others. Much like under the effects of Power Matrix your abilities operate unconsciously in accordance with your will, any powers which you bestow upon others will also function in accordance with your will unconsciously, and will naturally cease to function if the individual wielding them acts outside of your will or otherwise. Mortals will pine after your favors with rabid fervor in the pursuit of both your approval and the chance at eternal life, vast mystical skill, or other powers you possess, and will gladly do your continual bidding, whatever that may entail, to retain them.

True Anointed (0): Your ascension entails a vast understanding of the underlying mechanics of the metanarrative, in whatever form that may take. As a result, you possess ultimate and transcendent wisdom, as if you had existed since the beginning of creation itself, before all Versal Cycles, at the stirrings of the complete Ad Deus, with all the knowledge such a life would entail. That upon which existence stands, along with innumerable, unimaginable secrets attained over unimaginable eons are all within your repertoire of prior knowledge. You are a living repository of infinite wisdom, the ancient knowledge of the Verse funneled into your mind at the instant of your ascent. Though you are not omniscient, you are like a true messianic figure, enlightened to the deepest secrets existence and life have to offer.

Timeless (0): Your existence and origin is not bound by time in the slightest; you may decide the point in time at which you come into existence, how long you have existed, and so on, whenever you see fit to alter these. As a result, the prevention of your ascent is impossible, given that it could feasibly have occurred before you even existed, or could have simply occurred in a time impossible to intrude upon. You may retroactively decide how long you have lived, after your previous activities based upon knowledge you gain in future activities, alter your future activities based upon knowledge you gain in prior activities, and so on; the boundary of time is all but nonexistent for one as yourself.

Absolute Condition (4): Your body and its movements are completely under your control. This means you can move omnidirectionally at literally immeasurable speeds, lift an infinite amount of weight, resist forces in an infinite variety and scale, and punch with an infinite amount of force. If ever tested, you would be capable of lifting up the entire Verse on both physical and conceptual levels. Forces mean nothing to your body, allowing you to remain unmoved and unaltered even when assaulted with forces capable of ripping universes apart. Your body's position, condition, and ability to be affected by any and all alterations is entirely yours. This also allows for teleportation, unlimited shapeshifting, self-personality altering and any other abilities entailed by complete control over your own personal condition. You may take on forms that defy imagination, such as becoming a body made of time itself, or a memetic entity. Every facet of yourself is fully under your control, aside obviously from what powers you have and things of that sort, meaning you cannot grant yourself powers of any kind using this ability. You are granted martial and combat techniques that are perfected and nigh-unstoppable within your body's range of motion. The only limitation to this ability is what degree of force you're accustomed to using, though this can always be exceeded if desirable.

Restructure (4): You are capable of restructuring the Verse in a huge variety of ways. The Verse is generally structured into planes, universes, dimensions, and so forth, but you may freely tear apart this original architecture and implant your own designs. Allowing the Outside to bleed into existence, forcing persons and objects to be Versal Constants like yourself, or even merging lower dimensions into higher ones is possible to surreal and broad effect. For instance, merging the dimensions of time and distance together could make walking in a straight line move you forward through time itself, or turning a planet into a plane would make it extend infinitely in all directions in its own personal pocket of creation. Erecting barriers between universes that restrict travel, connecting dimensions together through vast openings in spacetime, and so on are easily within your capabilities. The architecture on which existence stand is merely a suggestion to you.

Power Architect (4): You have the ability to manipulate powers and abilities themselves, allowing you to null the powers and effects of your adversary, grant yourself essentially any power (of a strength lower than these abilities/this ability), grant powers to others or yourself, alter the functionality and specifications of powers, and any other, more varied manipulations, such as nullifying, absorbing, strengthening or weakening powers. These abilities also allow you to cultivate other abilities you already possess in terms of scale, including this one, up to a certain point. This and other limits on this power can be pushed as you develop your abilities. Grant yourself and others the ability to fly at lightspeed, time travel, read minds, or lift planets with ease. Your only real limitation is that the powers you deal with must have a limited scale, unlike other powers available here. For instance, you could create matter manipulation on a limited scale, but never at the unlimited scale of Omnikinesis, and so forth. Nearly any reasonably limited power is available to you, allowing you to grant yourself telepathy, enhanced durability, superior intelligence, and so forth, but not on the absurd, unlimited scale of the other abilities available here.

Worldmind (4): Your intellect is absolute and unquestioned. Every facet of your mind is literally infinite in capacity, making your memory and computational power completely without equal. You have the greatest mind in all of creation, exceeding even the Master God. You are nigh-omniscient, capable of discerning every atom of existence simply from outside observation, and can sense all things and events at once in full breadth. Your psychic and psionic abilities are absolute, being so vast as to be capable of creating your own mental Verse in your head, if you so desired. No mind is outside your control, no object too large to be fundamentally altered by your telekinesis. You are capable of every imaginable psychic and psionic feat and ability in full capacity, easily ripping consciousness itself apart, or mind controlling massive populations and swaths of the Verse. You can create illusions indiscernible from reality, warp people's sense of time, or generate psychokinetic constructs and entities with ease. You are intelligent enough to perform Block-Form High Order Mathematics in your head, capable of altering space and time itself by sheer calculative effort and other such feats. Consciousness itself prostrates before you. No technology, design, or technique is beyond your mental and creative abilities.

~Master Spark Powers~

Verse Weaver: Your understanding of the nature and structure of planes and that which interlinks them has allotted you absolute creative powers, like those which brought about the Verse as it exists now. By your whim you may create utterly anything, even to the scale of entire Verses beyond our own, molded to the magnification of your splendor. This power is over creation, and not destruction; you may create without limitation, but cannot destroy through any means using these abilities other than to revoke that which you create. Limitless potential dimensions, personal artifacts and objects of value, vast construct armies, and entire multiverses formed to your liking are all easily within your power, and the scalar limitation of the infinite Verse is as easily violable by your simple will. That which you create is not limited by your understanding, imagination, or any other factors; that which you will to be created is created, regardless of these factors. That which you do not personally detail will be implemented as if you had detailed it.

(Evolution of Restructure, Heaven King)

Spark Artifice: You have the absolute power to alter state, quality, quantity, attribute, and so on of any existing concept, entity, object, or force, including powers themselves. That is, you can grant yourself and others any conceivable powers and attributes up to and including those of the nigh-infinite magnitude of Spark Powers such as Omnikinesis, Worldmind, and so on. This in itself constitutes nigh-omnipotence in the sheer variety of powers you may design for yourself, lacking in any scalar limitations whatsoever, being powers born of your enlightenment. That said, these powers cannot reach the heights of Master Spark Powers, being so infinitely superior that only the original spark of Amaranth within you could drive you to the Master Spark you have attained; their might is thus irreplicable. As much as these are valuable, you possess a complete mastery over meaning itself, on a metaphysical level. The fundamental attributes and elements from which even metaphysical concepts arise bow to your artifice. You do not merely manipulate the matter and quantities with which the object of your control is concerned; you fundamentally alter the force of meaning upon which the reality of a given object stands. All is your effigy; all is as your attribution states it to be. The very machinations of the Ad and Sub Deus, the dead gods of entity and existence, are beneath your command.

(Evolution of Alchemical Arbiter, Spectrum, Power Architect)

Perfection: You have attained existential, philosophical personal perfection in all existing aspects. Thus, you are omnicompetent, and your overmind, physical form, and metaphysical spirit are absolute and infinite in every beneficial capacity. With a flick of your finger, your physical strength could rip an infinite number of Verses asunder; with the slightest mental exertion, you could deduce the solution to any conceivable inquiry, and no physical or metaphysical forces are capable of bringing even the slightest harm to you. You have absolutely no weaknesses or detrimental traits whatsoever, and represent the highest conceivable state of being. That which constitutes your being is in accordance with your whim, and so you may be, conceptually speaking, anything which you see fit to be, without any limitations: you may embody the Verse itself, or the concepts of space and time, or even the unified overmind presiding over all conscious life. Your endeavors are universally successful, and you are incapable of failure. However, because your perfection is as yet distinct from the imperfection of creation itself, this state is not yet Amaranth; it may be seen as a kind of contained omnipotence centered inward.

(Evolution of Absolute Condition, Presence)

Nous Omnibus: Your mind is completely unlocked and infinite, without even the limitation of thought itself imposed upon your mental faculties. You are truly, completely omniscient without limit or flaw. Your absolute mind entails mastery of dark sciences and divine technologies exceeding by far developments in any times and any Verses. Mechanical and alchemical constructs which alter the very structure of the Verse itself, starships which employ weaponry that threatens the highest gods, and computational monoliths which can calculate planes and dimensions into existence are all as primitive sticks and rocks to you. Because of your absolute and infinite mental prowess, you are capable of psychic and psionic feats of absolutely unlimited scale and near infinite variety; you may easily control or read the minds of every entity in existence simultaneously, psychokinetically mold space and time, create and alter consciousness on an archetypal level, and perform mathematical operations which by sheer calculative complexity can warp dimensions and the laws of creation as we know them. Your mind could create an infinite number of mental Verses as if it were nothing, and crush entire planes of existence like cans with naught but a psychic twitch.

(Evolution of Worldmind)

~Resources~

Wealth (1): You have access to multiple Vaults, vast cosmic stores of wealth designed to house the fortunes of ancient civilizations securely until their rightful owner might claim them. This entails nigh limitless supplies of rare gems, metals and materials, precious jewelry and antiques, as well as near limitless stores of all variety of interuniversal currencies, such as Pearls, Credits, Gold Coins, and so forth. The wealth stored within is so vast as to be the net worth of thousands of universes (or roughly 20% to 30% of the Verse's currently produced wealth), capable of easily purchasing personal galaxies, pocket dimensions, powerful magitech, potent substances, and any number of slaves you could wish for. The Vaults slowly grow in size and capacity over time, filling with exponentially greater riches in relation to how much you expend, so that you always have enough wealth to purchase essentially whatever you require. Inflation or other economic constraints will never cause the wealth of your Vaults to diminish by excessive spending. You can easily turn a massive profit by investing in mining operations, Dyson spheres, planetary conquests, black markets, and more to become a powerful mogul and economic force throughout the Verse. No one can access the Vault but you, and you may access its resources at any time. The riches of ten-thousand universes are at your disposal, and will only grow with time. If you have Collections or any other extraplanar storage facilities, these may be merged at your discretion. If you already have an idea of what you wish to spend some of this wealth on, you may specify as you desire. Note that currency created using any powers or permutations of powers are fundamentally invalid, and generally as valuable as counterfeit. None of the items on this list of Resources may be purchased using this supply of wealth, though this does not apply to funds acquired through other ventures, meaning that through investment and business you may acquire funds applicable to these ends.

Armies (1): At your disposal is a vast, self-sustaining and replenishing army of superelite soldiers, equipped with the most powerful technology, magic, superpowers, starships, and so on in the local Verse. Who and what composes this army are up to your discretion: perhaps an armada of vastly intelligent androids, or perhaps a long-preserved race of ancient warriors, awaiting their true leader for millennia. Whatever the case may be, your forces outclass any prominent empire in the Verse tenfold, and are unstoppably armed to the teeth with every imaginable resource, trained to hardened perfection. If your entire army is reduced to nothing, they are capable of being replenished, given due time to lick wounds, a task which your forces are capable of quickly and efficiently. Means to produce and maintain any weapons systems or fleets you may want are available, and this may be done on massive scales. Only the full might of every major empire in the Verse could stand up to even half of your crushing armada. All of your armies are fully and totally loyal to you to the point of death, and will serve your every whim without complaint, to the fullest extent of their abilities. Your armies may grow exceedingly quickly if you have need of even greater forces, but they require time to increase their amassed strength.

Personal Plane (1): You possess a personal plane of existence, in which you are absolutely, truly omnipotent and fully omniscient concerning the scope and events within it. This plane is completely infinite, and in theory the entire Verse could be simulated within it for testing or entertainment, if you really wanted to. You may invite others to this place freely and take any items you desire with you, but any changes you make to outside objects or persons (including yourself) will be nullified and restored to their original condition unless done without the use of your planar omnipotence (in the case of training, retaining new information, etc). You cannot take anything constructed using your planar omnipotence outside. Everything within your personal plane is as "real" as anything outside, it just can't leave with you. This is a perfect place to construct your infinite palaces, test military strategies, develop and study new technologies, explore and push the boundaries of your powers, or entertain yourself and guests with whatever your heart’s desire. You could even declare this plane the capital of your empire and transport your populations within, or use it to maintain your standing military. You may transport yourself, anyone, and any of your possessions you desire into this space, though other Ascendants such as yourself may leave at any time they desire. Any other extradimensional storage such as Vaults may be combined with this one as you see fit.

Technology (1): You have access to mystical and scientific constructs, designs, and systems only dreamed of by the rest of the Verse. High-Order Mathematics, Source Cores, Hyperion Veils, Mass Relicators, and more, along with all their designs are both given to you in an extradimensional storage facility and injected directly into your mind, granting you perfect knowledge of their inner workings and how to further expand upon them to points of parody. If you have ever wanted weapons capable of annihilating the entire Virgo supercluster with a single blast, or the means to custom design the constellations in your image, or mystical tech capable of generating populations of billions of intensely loyal artificial humanoids, this choice will serve you well. Your prospective technology will outclass even the most mighty sciences of ancient times, much less the means of today. Your opponents will be as if primitive animals by comparison to your vast advancements. Fill your worlds with the means to produce limitless supplies of valuable resources, eliminate hunger entirely from the genes of your populace, or ruthlessly crush your foes with super viruses that sway their armies to bend the knee before you. If you have Vaults or other extradimensional storage facilities, these may be combined and organized according to your preference.

Territory (1): Splitting the pie of creation is the point of some of the most vicious contention in the Verse, each glittering star worth its weight in blood. Even the most prominent empires in creation do not control but 5% of its breadth, given how utterly vast an undertaking conquest of that scale is. To give you a head start on this endeavor, your empire controls a whopping 20% of the Verse outright. Given that nearly 40% of the Verse remains unconquered, your stake in the war games is greater than any other. This includes full dictatorial hegemony over all the occupants of your territory, access to all of the resources, infrastructure, and technology therein, and the capacity to govern such a massive empire at full efficiency without any personal hiccups. By laying claim to such a massive territory, you solidify it as your permanent empire, meaning this and any other portions of the Verse you expand into cannot be reconquered or claimed by another without your consent. Your rule over this and other territories you come to control is unquestioned, and betrayal is either unthinkable or fruitless for the betrayer. Cultivating this territory to your liking in terms of business, production, government, trade, and so on will require your decision and judgement throughout numerous planes, dimensions, and galactic superclusters. How your governance is organized, how your administration will expend and draw funds, and so forth are all up to your discretion. You are an insurpable god-king.

~Relations~

▬▬ Subordinates ▬▬
Nihil: An ancient, slumbering evil, Nihil's story is a sordid one. Upon attaining Dark Enlightenment, her human form was twisted and torn apart for defiling the deepest secrets of creation, forever tainting the cosmos with the knowledge that it is nothing but a fantasy. In a rage against the Verse for its deception, Nihil annihilated vast swaths of the cosmos, killing uncountable numbers in blind anger and grief for billions of years. The efforts of even the Master God were required to contain her, and she has remained in an endless prison, until now. If you should take her as an ally, you may free her from her eternal bindings to aid you. If she is your foe, her fetters will finally be loosed, and unknowable evil will come upon the world.

Slan: The Supreme Goddess of Hells is certainly nothing to scoff at. She boasts powers which cause the likes of even the strongest pantheons to shudder, commanding armies of daemons and nightmarish abominations that put Lovecraft to shame. Though generally reserved to her screaming hellscapes, Slan is not above invading other realms to cause mayhem and strife among mortals, sowing the seeds of death and chaos. Exceedingly deceptive, manipulative, and sadistic, Slan is the master of cunning, an ancient and clever villain who is motivated to do evil simply for evil's sake. Her only drive is towards shaping the world into a place of pure chaos, lacking any restrictions, laws, morals, or limits.

~Other Options~

Humanity: While having the potential of a god certainly relieves you of most of the constraints of the human condition, there are parts of life that, though they're objectively negative, flavor human experience and make life what it is. You can become tired, you can become intoxicated, you can become hopelessly smitten, you can become bruised and bloodied, and you retain all your normal, healthy human emotions. Similarly, you can be incapacitated for temporary intervals, can fail at tasks you're unfamiliar with, and can face setbacks and hiccups just like anyone else. This applies to a myriad of other generally minor parts of human life that make a narrative interesting. The catch to this is that none of these negative effects will occur in a scenario where serious consequences would come as a result of them, or if other generally dire circumstances apply. For instance, you would never become tired to the point of unconsciousness if the fate of the world rested on your shoulders, nor would you become incapacitated if being incapacitated would result in your friends being slaughtered in your absence, and so on. Essentially, this option is intended to apply only in cases where your experience would be enhanced by having certain human traits. This option does not make you any more or less powerful in any way, and is designed solely with flavor purposes in mind. In short, taking this option makes you less of a Mary Sue and more of an actual character, while still retaining your absurd power.

Aesthetics: You may freely alter anything about the Living God CYOA aesthetically speaking. If you don't like how a character looks, want yourself to look a certain way, want your powers to manifest with certain visual effects, and so on, you may do so freely and without limit so long as functionality is retained. If you want the entire setting to be Dune-esque in clothing, architecture, and so forth, you may choose this freely. If you want classic space opera, Marvel comics, or any other imaginable high-fantasy sci-fi adventure aesthetics, you may do so completely and without limit. If aliens don't seem alien enough, feel free to make them that way. You may customize even down to the way people walk, talk, and act, so long as it is for purely flavorful and nonfunctional reasons. If you want everyone to look this way or that, have this or that physical feature, or act this or that way, you may alter these in any way that does not disrupt the canon. This option, obviously, will never manifest any real change in the flow of the setting, your level of power, or otherwise, and is purely intended to make everything eye-candy according to your preferences.

Character Creator: If you don't want to be a self-insert, (that is, you'd prefer not to be "yourself" but rather a character of your own design) you are free to do so. Customize your gender, race, alien species, background, home plane, personal history, and so on freely, so long as the end result is that you become a Living God and achieve the prerequisites of this CYOA. If you should choose this option, then specify your changes in any build you create.

Depower: If you have any desire to decrease your power, wealth, or anything else of the sort, you may do so completely freely and without limit. This can be done to create a greater sense of challenge, even yourself out with other cosmic contenders, or generally create the type of experience you want.

~Multiplayer~

Anarchic Verses: There are a multitude of interconnected Verses which innumerable players may inhabit. Each player in this mode is not guaranteed their own individual Verse of origin. There are no Master Gods, nor any other figures of significant authority other than the players themselves who are involved. Any build of any strength is freely allowed to choose this option, regardless of the exploitative nature of their builds, etc. Meta CYOAs are obviously not permitted for usage in builds of this type, but any flawed mechanics may and should be utilized to their fullest possible abuse. Chaos reigns utterly and undiluted. Godspeed, you foolish anointed.

Hidden backstories, are they a good idea?

>I prefer characters have their backstories revealed as play goes along, but that requires a lot of planning, which might turn some people off. Trust me, if you pants the majority of your RP you'll probably never have time to work in quieter moments in which said histories can be explored and developed - mainly because you're too busy going from one scene to the next without much forethought. You have to manually make time in the plot for those, but not everyone likes that kind of approach.

What are some of the most confusing/cringiest OC's you have ever encountered?

She also got her hands on a crossbow because of course she did,

@Rhonu

>To be completely fair, they sell those at pawn shops and Walmarts here in the US. And it is a very good weapon for a zombie apocalypse, since it's silent and deadly if used right, so I could see why the character had one. Well, if it were in any other context anyway. As it's described, the author probably just wanted to imitate characters from the show because they thought it was cool, which fair enough I guess?

>I'm trying to wrack my brains for cringey OCs I've seen, but I've honestly forgotten most if not all of them. They don't tend to take up much neural space as their authors inevitably improve their craft as time goes on, hopefully, which makes dwelling on the more novice material a waste of time and energy for me. Time and energy I could spend on finishing my own stories and improving my own work, etc.

What Are You Listening To?

Why I Roleplay Female Characters (As a Cisgender Man)

90% sure Voldemort User who is now Nuked and Banned

Presumably had some sketch stuff in profile.

@BangoSkank

>I mean their profile pic was of some dude who was on To Catch a Predator if I'm not mistaken, but beyond that the only thing on their profile was this thread and nothing else.