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

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To be more specific, when we were talking about technology, and I said I could probably spend a few might to give mortals the secret to wheels, I was told

"@LokiLeo789, no Bronze Age or wheels until @Muttonhawk, @Hygswitch and myself say so. They created demigods specifically for that purpose. You can wait. Be patient."

Bronze age I get. Wheels, didn't make me the happiest guy. A demigod of knowledge not allowed to grasp a fairly simple concept of "No sharp edges means you can roll it"

@WrongEndoftheRainbow

I mean, that's also a very tunnel visioned way of thinking - one thing I always encourage is sideways thinking when approaching tech in Galbar. I'm already developing weird stuff that makes Alefpria move.

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

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I have a few roleplaying books, including GURPS Ice Age. In it, there is a whole section about limiting with players being too crafty, since having a character inventing stuff is expected, but if it goes unleashed soon the whole thing becomes an uncanny mess far too advanced while far too primitive where Kronk the Stoneman somehow invents Pottery, Ropes, The Wheel, Fire, Farming and Animal Husbandry in a week or less.

Everyone here agrees that Mortals should be able to do stuff. But there is a limit.
Xerxes is basically inventing something new at every post, skipping all sorts of minor techs that would be necessary. Take that with the fact there are at least two or three Xerxes posts a day, and you have something crazy going on.

My trader character from back in the Phantasmagoria was a teenager at the time, now she is probably 30 something. Yet, she was born in a world that barely knew stuff like pottery and if things keep going on like that, by the time she is in her 60s there will be freaking airplanes. That makes no sense.

Also, Wrongend, you are completely misguided when you say:

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My Phantasmagoria post goes completely against everything you said. It's all about advancing tech using mortals. The thing is, it still cost me freepoints, even when I had a Diva of Flowers and Herbs teaching mortals about Herbalism, that is the rule of the game.

@Double Capybara

That reminds me, I should probably get back to that trader chick when I get back from Scotland - she's gonna be useful when Lifprasil established trade with Falas' Angels; and (possibly) Xerxes.

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

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Unfortunately the crafting gods have claimed dominion over all the tech needed to advance society, like the wheel, so there's not much I can do in that regard.

@WrongEndoftheRainbow

I mean, you don't need a God of crafting to create a wheel, dude, you just won't be as good as say, the follower of Teknall next door.

Also, a teaser for Lifprasil and Jvan's upcoming collaborative "project".

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

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It was a hyperbole. What I'm saying is we can barely come up with any use for mortals in anything above a small village level, which to me is boring. I want to write epics, erect great monuments, create great institutions of knowledge. I want to be able to incorporate mortal proceedings in my writing more. Less gods and maybe 10-60 mortals attacking another god, and more gods and heroes leading armies of 10,000+ to attack another god. Makes for a more grandiose story. The massive fight between the chaos hordes and the valley of peace angels was really interesting to me, since it was an example where mortals and gods clashed in an impressive manner.

@WrongEndoftheRainbow

Alright, be the change you wanna see then, fam.

Although, a God can smoke mortals, easy, so you probably won't be seeing anything too impressive in that regard. Plus, I've got three mortal heroins and a very handsome hero involved in Lifprasil's court - so it's not like there's a complete lapse in people not playing gods.

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

I'm personally eager to get moving as being stuck in the primitive age gives very, very little opportunities for good writing, and you can barely bring any mention to anything mortal. The only thing that matters is gods because the poor dumb mortals can barely grasp what pictures mean. I'd really like to get moving on to the point where instead of gods wandering around doing other things to other gods all on their lonesome, we express our powers by clashing empires against each other.

@WrongEndoftheRainbow

That's insulting - Alefprian citizens, particularly Lifprasilians and their cousin races (Vulamerians and Vestecians as I call them) are particularly smart; but they don't have a grip upon mathematics. They do have a complex language, though, it's called "the First Tongue".

I think you're not giving ancient species enough rep, as a society we have grown smarter, but pre-history humans were basically more intelligent as an individual. Write a spinoff story or something - there's no use insulting the writing possibilities of a simpler era in history.

Edit: it's also very unhealthy to try and control the pace of the RP. I worry for your health.

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

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...splintery. I'll look into it. Sin kinda having kids right now.

@LokiLeo789

When you think about it, wooden horses are p good, you stab a real horse and it just dies.

You stab a wooden horse and you get your sword stuck in some wood. But that's Illunabar's area - she doesn't even let Alefprian craftsmen use the magic necessary to create em.

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

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Well, the Ultreem is a plus. But I'm looking into horse riding. Do I need a god to bring that to fruition? Of can Sin do that.

@LokiLeo789

The Lifprasilians ride wooden horses - but a Demi-God can def do that.

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

@Cyclone@LokiLeo789

I think ideograms are going to come along in all of Galbar right now, considering that Phantasmagoria introduced Petroglyphs.

I did a little update on the tech tree

I decided to mark Xerxes stuff as its own thing because otherwise the RP is just going to move far too fast with its technology. I mean, Amartia is already flirting with classical age stuff from what I can tell.

We need to set up the animal domestication across the globe. I think I can do dogs and cats.

The stonehenge stuff, the megalith monuments and all that, leave it to me too. That is why I created the grand parade.

Alefpriel's harbor is probably going to spread sailing across Jvan's ocean, on Xerxes side however, the tech probably will take a while longer to arrive, unless there is some intervention.

@Double Capybara

Whoooh hoo! Sailing!
#littleemperorsquad

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

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VESTEC WANTS NEITHER. HE IS DEATH AND DESPAIR AND-

Oh I give up.

@Rtron

Vestec obviously just wants the love of his firstborn son.

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

Man, I should really be more active. So many things are happening without me!

@Scarifar

Don't worry, Lif-boy will have plenty of stuff to do with the angels!

When I get back in three weeks, at least.