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Revue of Annihilation

@Asuras
Dang, willingly turning all your followers into glowies.

No complaints though. Don't get jumped.

Revue of Annihilation

@Kero


Yah, that works out for me. Remember this for me in the future: Ananta's little town is relatively close to Oratorio, and serves as a relatively well-visited travel hub before prospective adventurers hit the last leg of their journey to Oratorio, and their personal effects take the long trip back to their hometowns.

Revue of Annihilation

The Thousand-Faced God is viewed in an almost entirely positive light. The era that preceded the Godless Era was one where everyone spoke the same language to a tee, there were no monsters, and people all knew that they worshipped the same being in the end, so there wasn't as extreme of religious shit-fuckery.

When the Thousand-Faced God died, there was a period of "wow, our omnipotent deity really just fucking died and ended up leaving us with a complicated world and a fuckton of monsters who are gonna eat our faces off", but that period didn't last long, as it became 'clear' that the death of the Thousand-Faced God meant that their divine body became nourishment for the people, granting them the strength to eventually fight back against the monsters.

Basically, in the current year, it's like...

The past was GREAT. And everything positive now has to do with the Thousand-Faced God helping us out even when bro's fucking dead and food for the worms. Everything negative (decay of society, monsters from the Abyss, loss of perfectly unified language) is obviously the fault of the Perishing Star.

text dump regarding modern views of the Thousand-Faced God.

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New Starter Perk has been set up, to accommodate a particular character.

Personal Refinement - Tier 3 capabilities in a particular craft or art. Before become Ichor-Blessed, you had already refined your skills to the limits of a mundane mortal.

Basically means that your own character can be very good at doing a particular 'mundane' thing. As a general ballpark thingy, if you have a Tier 3 combat skill, you'll be better than the median Adventurer in Oratorio.

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Also announcing here that IC will start on Feb 17ish, most likely.

Revue of Annihilation

Law has fallen, and Nature has taken its place.

Revue of Annihilation

Looking at it, you just need one battle-focused Domain and you could probably grief the entire lobby huhuhu.

Revue of Annihilation

God-date:
Domain of Stars, already completed.
Domain of Id, as sexy bartender man.
Domain of Thieves.
Domain of Light, probably gonna be a big tiddy milf based off of the person claiming it.
Domain of Time.
Domain of Preservation, originally Ancestral Worship.
Domain of Civilization, though maybe Wealth.
Domain of Souls, though not on Discord yet.
Domain of Law, only briefly forgotten.

Revue of Annihilation

Discord invite. Expires in 7 days.

Revue of Annihilation [Faction-Ruling Demigods Vie for Ascension]

@OwO@Click This@Shovel@Theyra@Sanity43217@Izurich@Estylwen
OOC up. Billions must perish.

Revue of Annihilation

The Cast

Templates

CS Template

[Character Image]
Name
Race | Age | Gender | Height | Weight
0th Circle | Domain

[Insert basically whatever parts of their backstory matters for you, in terms of expressing their personality, the situation behind becoming Ichor-Blessed, and what they left behind in traveling to Oratorio. Three or so paragraphs will suffice, but cook more if you want.]

Path to Ascension

0th Circle Ichor-Blessed

Ichor: 0
Wealth: 0
Followers: 0
Resources: None.
Artifacts: None
Property: None.

Divine Protection of [Domain]
At the 0th Circle, you get one passive effect that all your followers benefit from. Try not to word things in an overtly mechanical or numerical way. Examples would be...

Domain of Travel - Walks faster, gets less tired.
Domain of Fire - Better at managing the heat of small fires.
Domain of Goats - Can imitate goat bleats more accurately.
Domain of GOATs - More likely to receive upvotes on the Internet.

I'll be working to modulate these over time. For the purposes of planning, the maximum you'll have in the very, very distant endgame would be 10 different passives, at least through natural means.

Starting Benefit
This should ideally tie in with your character's story in one way or the other. Pick one of the below.

Starting Capital - 300 Wealth. The trip to Oratorio was expensive, but you made it with a fat purse leftover.
Band of Brothers - 5 Followers. Those you met on the way were moved or manipulated by you to joining your cause.
Treasured Companion - 1 Paladin. You've granted your grace upon someone whom you trust deeply.
An Old Bond - 1 Market Stall. [Property] Your family knew someone who moved to Oratorio before, and they've done you a kindness upon your arrival.
Origin Relic - 1 Low-Level Artifact. Some potency remains yet in the relic that granted you a fragment of the Thousand-Faced God, and you've taken it with you.
Adventurer's Kit - 5 Supplies, 5 Gear, 5 Medicine [Resources] You've always wanted to be an Adventurer in Oratorio, and had prepared for this long before you became Ichor-Blessed.
Personal Refinement - Tier 3 capabilities in a particular craft or art. Before become Ichor-Blessed, you had already refined your skills to the limits of a mundane mortal.

Paladin CS

[Character Image]
Name [Tier 1 Paladin] [Job Title (usually two words. Can change over successive Tiers)]
[Single paragraph description of their personality, ideals, and backstory.]
Skills
One skill associated with either their Job, the Domain they serve, or a combination of both.
Grades
STR - I | END - I | DEX - I | AGI - I | MAG - I | LCK - I

Samples

Sample CS

Okyuta

Human | 19 y/o | Male | 5'9 | 128 lbs
0th Circle | Marriage

He was just a little guy in a small town.

Then his childhood friend gave him a ring.

WHAMMO, life transformed forever! Married and Godlike, how great!

Alas, the way to Oratorio was a dangerous one, and his fiancee was run over by a bull.

Good thing the Ring still has enough juice in it to do cool stuff!

Path to Ascension

0th Circle Ichor-Blessed

Ichor: 0
Wealth: 0
Followers: 0
Resources: None.
Artifacts: Ring of Yearning [Tier 1] - A ring that allows the wearer to see a phantom of their loved one when under stress.
Property: None.

Divine Protection of Marriage

Bond-Forming Memories - If in a relationship, both Followers have a propensity towards remembering the good times and forgetting the bad times.

Starting Benefit

Origin Relic - 1 Low-Level Artifact. Some potency remains yet in the relic that granted you a fragment of the Thousand-Faced God, and you've taken it with you.

Sample Paladin

Lilim [Tier 1 Paladin] [Chain Sorceror]

Bro was a former sorcerer-student who ended up fucking up a ritual and summoning something he shouldn't have. Now that something owns his soul, and he sought out the help of lotsa people to try to avoid eternal servitude. Only one, some suspicious weirdo called Okyuta, actually had a solution that seemed like it has merit though: just marry that something and gain an equal relationship with them that way. Now, he fights under the banner of the Domain of Marriage, in hopes of becoming a man worthy of that something's hand in marriage.

Dude kinda went nuts.

Skills

Bridal Bridle - Better at holding down individuals with restraint spells.

Grades
STR - I | END - I | DEX - I | AGI - I | MAG - I | LCK - I