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Title: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: The Willow Wisp on August 18, 2009, 08:23:13 pm
This is where the OOC comment for Lords of Creation Redux shall be posted. I wanted to prevent the early game from getting a bit clogged with comments about gods that don't affect the game or have roleplay elements. So post any non-game questions, comments, discussions, etc. here.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 18, 2009, 09:32:10 pm
We should make a consolidated post for God Sheets, you know so it's easier to find stuff about gods.

Spoiler: Deorai (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Dragooble (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Dwarmin (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Emperor Jonathan (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Filiusenox (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Humaan (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Jerick (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Katsuun (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: NUKE9.13 (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Pysco Jelly (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: RAM (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: The Willow Wisp (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Tlaon (click to show/hide)

Arranged in alphabetical order by player user name.

Future Players: If I do not add your sheet PM me.
Everyone: If you wish any changes, PM me.

PEOPLE CAN STILL JOIN AS GODS
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: The Willow Wisp on August 18, 2009, 09:39:40 pm
Should I create a whole other thread for Profiles or shall we just keep track of them here?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Little on August 18, 2009, 10:30:56 pm
Can I join?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 18, 2009, 10:59:53 pm
Yes,

http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=40520.0

God creation stuff/rules there.

Should I create a whole other thread for Profiles or shall we just keep track of them here?
Nah, I'll keep them in that post. Don't want too many threads, a third is pretty much redundant.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Dragooble on August 19, 2009, 06:12:11 pm
i notice a plane was just created. are other gods supposed to know the details or GM's only? because i don't see the plane traits anywhere.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Katsuun on August 19, 2009, 06:38:05 pm
If it's already started but I have an approved god, can I still join in?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Psyco Jelly on August 19, 2009, 07:20:07 pm
People can join at any time. Just give us notice before you leave.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 19, 2009, 10:42:03 pm
Katsuun: Post your god in this thread when you start.

i notice a plane was just created. are other gods supposed to know the details or GM's only? because i don't see the plane traits anywhere.

He put them in, albeit not in a usual way. It's better for the Gods to not know IC, unless specifically told.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on August 20, 2009, 05:30:38 am
I think psyco approved my god with a minor change.(So I won't post in the main thread till he confirms it)

Name: Asari the Architect of Whispers

Primary Domain: Fear

Alignment Domain: Evil

Portfolio Element: Nightmares

Symbol: A single elongated silver Talon

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Divine Caste: Lesser god

Description: Asari is a formless voice that hisses rather than speaks.
He visits nightmares and maddening wispers all telling a tale of a false future tragedy to any mortal who attracts his attention.
He is a manipulator, a courptor that pulls down the produest and turns brother against brother.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Psyco Jelly on August 20, 2009, 10:08:04 am
It seems fine.

Just one note. Your god seems more chaotic evil than anything, seeing as how lawful evil values honor and tradition, and your god seems to enjoy tearing them apart.

At least it isn't like the third one, where everyone was chaotic for some reason.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on August 20, 2009, 10:35:38 am
Well yeah i guess he is. (fixed)
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Psyco Jelly on August 20, 2009, 02:39:52 pm
I uh, just got a request for a giant flying fluffy kitty of cuteness and doom and unicorns and rainbows.

I am dead serious.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 20, 2009, 02:45:01 pm
As long as it is a serious god. Being a god of cuteness is not a crime.

EDYT: Scribbles are open-source creatures, by the way. Take a hundred and make them your own, should you so wish. Don't kill or take them all, though. So, jerick, take some scribbles to populate your cave.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 20, 2009, 04:42:44 pm
I uh, just got a request for a giant flying fluffy kitty of cuteness and doom and unicorns and rainbows.

I am dead serious.
:|

I think I know who.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Dragooble on August 20, 2009, 04:57:37 pm
Really? who?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Katsuun on August 20, 2009, 06:26:47 pm
Forgot exactly what I sent that got approved, since I never made a back up, but I think this is close:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)



Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 21, 2009, 04:40:11 am
...Why must we all be gods of games and related spheres?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Katsuun on August 21, 2009, 05:21:25 am
...Why must we all be gods of games and related spheres?

Because it's epic?

Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: blah28722 on August 21, 2009, 08:07:25 am
Is there room for more gods, or are you guys done with accepting gods for now?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Katsuun on August 21, 2009, 08:55:18 am
And you never specified, was I accepted?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on August 21, 2009, 11:15:24 am
People can join at any time. Just give us notice before you leave.
So yeah there's room for more gods  :)
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 21, 2009, 05:30:59 pm
I'll put it in big capitals.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 22, 2009, 03:49:15 am
I snet a god to Psyco Jelly, I am hoping that it gets approved before the next round of AP are awarded. Only being able to bend the whole of reality to suit my whims once a week will be such a drag...
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 22, 2009, 04:16:02 am
To not put so much pressure on Pysco, I'd like to remind everyone who have a god or who are about to create a god, or anyone at all really, you can PM either The Willow Wisp or I, for god approvals, questions and the like.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 22, 2009, 07:33:25 am
Okay, sorry, I didn't realise that the jelly was overloaded, as the keeper of the character list it makes sense to send it to you as well.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on August 22, 2009, 09:22:39 am
oopps radically changing the cave scribbles beliefs should have used up AP (fixed)
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 22, 2009, 11:33:48 am
Katsuun, do you really have a problem with me holding an involuntary lottery? It is kind of my god's thing. Random violence/charity.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Katsuun on August 22, 2009, 06:51:47 pm
Nah, it would only actually be my own domain power if you could know what the die would land on.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 22, 2009, 11:27:44 pm
Is it okay to have a divinely morphic and/or home plane so closely linked to the prime-material and can I manifest there?
Is there any reason to have a plane that isn't divinely morphic? I can see it being a very popular trait...

Filiusenox confuses me, I don't think any of the god descriptions refer to them and I can't see how you can create a plane and then have a new creature walking around without spending any more points. I am completely new to this game but it seems to me that a herald shouldn't be so different, an avatar would cost AP, and a hero-god wouldn't be able to create a plane. Is the crystal man inside the crystal plane? Is it a hallucination? Is it actually the plane manifesting somehow? If it is secret that's fine but if I am just missing something then please explain it to me.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 23, 2009, 05:32:32 am
Create Herald + Control Followers.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Tlaon on August 23, 2009, 05:52:56 am
Woo!  I'm in!

Rules question: Can you save up AP over multiple turns, or divide up actions?  For example can Scamander, as a Hero God, take 3 turns to create an artifact?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 23, 2009, 05:56:03 am
Nope. Well, you can't save AP, anyway. You'd probably have to beg another god for AP.
Tip: My god is always open for gambling, provided he has the AP to give.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Tlaon on August 23, 2009, 06:02:06 am
Well, I guess he'll have to find something to gamble with.  Not sure what there is to work with.  Since I can't create planes, I have to mess around with other gods' stuff, right?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 23, 2009, 06:14:49 am
What? No, it's simple. You apraoch my god and say: I need some more POWER. He says: Excellent. Coins or dice?
You say: coins.
We flip a coin.
If you win, I give you 1 AP.
If you lose, you give me 1 AP.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Tlaon on August 23, 2009, 06:21:24 am
I guess that would be fine too.  It's just that games of chance are more fun if there's something interesting on the line.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on August 23, 2009, 06:58:23 am
I'm going to try and answer this to the best of my knowledge
Is it okay to have a divinely morphic and/or home plane so closely linked to the prime-material
..err yes I think

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and can I manifest there?
definately yes

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Is there any reason to have a plane that isn't divinely morphic?
Not that I can think of but you might want one for rp reasons.

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I don't think any of the god descriptions refer to them
Gods are changable..actualy in my case it's becasue I thought I had what Asari was like in my mind but by the time I had fineshed my first post he had completely changed. I might update his description to better suit him.

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and I can't see how you can create a plane and then have a new creature walking around without spending any more points.
No one has created a plane and done anything else, if you mean me I didn't create a plane if I did it would have been an impressive feat for a scribble to simply wander in.
No I dug a hole in the ground and am lurking there (and haven't manifested by the way) and am mind screwing everything that comes in, which has taken all my ap this turn.

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I am completely new to this game but it seems to me that a herald shouldn't be so different,
he's not that different he just looks diffferent like how a hearld of the god of light may look pure and have an aura of light around them, that was my thinking at least.

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an avatar would cost AP,
yes they do they cost 3 ap, and an avatar is different to me sending a scribble wandering around with a purpose an avatar is an incarantion, a conduit for their power.
In my case if I made an Avatar it would be fear made real and a sight of such terror that all mortals would flee before me.
Which is why it is as expensive as it is becasue I have complete control of the avatar and could probably ride around burning cities to the ground.

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and a hero-god wouldn't be able to create a plane.
hero gods can't, nor can demi gods they don't get enough ap. A number of hero gods or demi gods cooperating can though.

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Is the crystal man inside the crystal plane?
He reccently left to wander the world.

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Is it a hallucination?
I can say with certainy it's not but that doen't mean I'm right or that all actions a god does aren't a hallucination prearranged with a gm.

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Is it actually the plane manifesting somehow? If it is secret that's fine but if I am just missing something then please explain it to me.
He just leaving it I think but then again I could be wrong


I hope this makes things clearer
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 23, 2009, 07:38:47 am
Thanks, that helps alot, but I a still a touch confused about this
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filiusenox:
"((3 out of 3 used to create plane:The crystal realm))"

filiusenox:
"The ball of crystal shimmered with spectaclur light.A single shard broke off of the ball.It grew in size and shape until it had a rough outline of a man.The figure smiled and looked down upoun the world.It wandered and learned."

Now there is a crystal man walking around and I can't figure out where it got the power to manifest. Is it a scribble herald?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Katsuun on August 23, 2009, 07:43:20 am
I guess that would be fine too.  It's just that games of chance are more fun if there's something interesting on the line.

If I'm the god of probability, wouldn't I be able to do a gamble against you as well, but know if I'm likely to win or not? That is my specified ability...
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on August 23, 2009, 07:47:25 am
Thanks, that helps alot, but I a still a touch confused about this
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filiusenox:
"((3 out of 3 used to create plane:The crystal realm))"

filiusenox:
"The ball of crystal shimmered with spectaclur light.A single shard broke off of the ball.It grew in size and shape until it had a rough outline of a man.The figure smiled and looked down upoun the world.It wandered and learned."

Now there is a crystal man walking around and I can't figure out where it got the power to manifest. Is it a scribble herald?

No it's not a scribble hearld and as far as I know you only manifest by makeing an avatar and he hasn't manifested but is still wandering the world invisble to mortals but visable to gods.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 23, 2009, 08:09:04 am
I guess that would be fine too.  It's just that games of chance are more fun if there's something interesting on the line.

If I'm the god of probability, wouldn't I be able to do a gamble against you as well, but know if I'm likely to win or not? That is my specified ability...
If you cheat I will come down on you like a ton of scribbles.

Bla bla bla
The crystal man is just an RP construct. He has no powers. You don't have to define each and every action as one of the actions in the rules.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Katsuun on August 23, 2009, 08:28:38 am
I guess that would be fine too.  It's just that games of chance are more fun if there's something interesting on the line.

If I'm the god of probability, wouldn't I be able to do a gamble against you as well, but know if I'm likely to win or not? That is my specified ability...
If you cheat I will come down on you like a ton of scribbles.

I cant cheat.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 23, 2009, 11:09:15 am
Synk couldn't wait to see what this plane would do to the scribbles.
Is there an entry point into zhalim from the world, or are you planning on draggin them in later?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: filiusenox on August 23, 2009, 01:04:02 pm
The plane that i am walking on is NOT declared a matrail plane.Thus walking around and partying is allowed.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 23, 2009, 01:27:57 pm
The plane that I am walking on has NOT been declared a material plane._Thus walking around and partying is allowed.
Wot.
The planet, the moon, the sun, the scribbles, the forest, and the giant crystal thing are all on the material plane. Gods higher that demigod may not manifest upon it without aid of an avatar.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: filiusenox on August 23, 2009, 01:43:45 pm
Where does it say matrail plane?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 23, 2009, 02:13:49 pm
It is rather implied that the plane in which the game begins is the material plane. Why would it be anything else?
Most things happen in the material plane. Unless mentioned otherwise, you can assume they do. No one mentioned that this plane was any other.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: filiusenox on August 23, 2009, 03:45:47 pm
Then why are there two gods on it? not counting me?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 23, 2009, 04:40:59 pm
Pretty much everyone is there. Except that people haven't said so, (E.g. Wayock, Material Plane.)
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on August 23, 2009, 05:47:55 pm
Then why are there two gods on it? not counting me?
Because being there is different to manifesting.
Mortals can't see, hear or touch you (unless you are using godly powers on them).
But all gods can see, hear and speak to you.

Manifesting would allow you to talk directly to your populace something that could be very powerful if used right.
You physicaly appearing alone would have a major effect on what the mortals of the land belive.
So there are limits on manifesting because it's extreamly powerful (unless you're a hero or demi god then you're always manifested I think)
Since no one is RPing an omnipresent god and the first thing to exist was the planet with no attached planes if the gods were to interact directly they would have to be able to do so on the material plane and do so without interacting.
So gods are visable to each other but not mortals, hero and demi gods are visable to both.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 23, 2009, 09:59:45 pm
I don't think that Demi-gods can manifest on the material plane, just heroes.

And yeah, it might not have been specified but the prime-material plane is basically another term for the starting plane. It comes from setting where all the planes are already established and refers to the plane on which most adventures happen, so it has all the races, philosophies, and elements coexisting, most other planes are specifically attuned to something present in the prime material plane, such as Evil or Air or the force that animates undead.

 The plane of shadow is a bit of an anomaly, it is sort of an overly complicated reflection of the prime material plane, I think that stuff that happens on one can kind of influence what happens on the other(mostly the prime material affecting the shadow). But basically it is just a cheap excuse to have 'through the looking glass' adventures where everything is familiar but different, and kind of sinister...
[OOC] I want to use it as kind of a warehouse, storing all the cool stuff I collect.[/OOC]

*I am influencing the scribbles at the south pole for purely RP purposes and don't plan on doing anything more with it, if I do I will spend AP to do so. If a god manifesting nearby in an adjacent plane doesn't have that much influence then I will gladly remove it.

Well, I guess he'll have to find something to gamble with.  Not sure what there is to work with.  Since I can't create planes, I have to mess around with other gods' stuff, right?
As a hero god you should be able to walk around the place beating up scribbles and stuff without going to any effort at all, you can probably even build a city or something and pave the roads with this shiny new metal that is getting dumped all over the place...
I could probably be persuaded to lend you some AP if you pay them back, but I don't think that my god has noticed you yet...
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 24, 2009, 03:14:34 am
I don't think that Demi-gods can manifest on the material plane, just heroes.
No, they can.

I'd also like to remind everyone, two more days until a new AP.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Armok on August 24, 2009, 06:32:55 am
why haven't my application for joining been approved or rejected yet? Did the PM get lost somewhere?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 24, 2009, 07:05:46 am
PM it to me.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: The Willow Wisp on August 24, 2009, 08:52:39 pm
Or me. I'm also a GM, and can approve your god just like Emperor Jonathan and Psyco Jelly can.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Tlaon on August 25, 2009, 04:25:20 am
Heh, I don't know if what I just did really works, or what exactly the consequences should be.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 25, 2009, 04:43:35 am
I am a little unclear about that myself, these seem to be the relevant powers...

Here are the 1-point actions:

Teach populous: Introduces a pre-existing concept to a populace, for instance, you could teach magic to the elves. However, knowledge tends to spread, and other groups will pick up on it quickly.


Here are the 3-point actions:

Create Concept: Creates a new idea that nobody has thought of before. You can create up to two closely-related base classes with this action (For instance, Wizard and Sorcerer, Scout and Ranger, Psion and Wilder). Any concept present in a god's domain do not need to be created.


It would seem that someone does the 3 point action and then anyone can use the 1 point action, but being in your portfolio should mean it already exists. But I am not even sure what would be considered a concept and what wouldn't, we have already seen fear come from a simple herald.
 I must say I would appreciate a few examples of what would or wouldn't require spending AP.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 25, 2009, 04:50:13 am
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Teach populous: Introduces a pre-existing concept to a populace, for instance, you could teach magic to the elves. However, knowledge tends to spread, and other groups will pick up on it quickly.

As your god is the god of ambition, the concept exists. So you've played by the rules. The quinciquonces are up to you- it's your teachings. As I have said before, the Scribbles are fair game. You say what the Scribbles do with their new-found drive, and unless it's seriously messed up, I won't have a problem with it. Neither should anyone else.

Just as a note, though: Giving Scribbles ambition is a big step. As previously they had no drives in life, apart from maybe a vague idea that getting destroyed is badish. But basically they just drifted around, changing randomly. Giving them a purpose changes them completely.
Have fun with that.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Tlaon on August 25, 2009, 04:52:06 am
Alright, cool, thanks for your advice!
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 25, 2009, 05:39:38 am
All players have used their AP. Do I hear a new week coming early? (Vote.)
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 25, 2009, 05:49:24 am
Yes.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 25, 2009, 07:17:56 am
Raises, erm... bobs up and down a little, and rotates...
You gangly weirdos have no idea how difficult it is for a jointless object to express itself...

I vote in favour of an early end-of-turn.

I have still not entirely decided how I should talk, any ideas? I was thinking of being somewhat aloof, maybe I will just do all my talking through heralds and godish beings, if anyone wants a parent it seems high-time I created a good-aligned god...

I am not sure how beget god-ish is meant to work, but I will give it a try, replace it with herald if there is a problem...

Do the Diggles have ambition? Do the Burellys cause mayhem for them?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on August 25, 2009, 07:20:13 am
Oh yes I ran out of juice a long time ago and right now there is so much I want to do.

I'm not sure how beget god-ish works but so far you haven't done anything you couldn't do with a herald so I'd stick with herald for clarity sack rather than anything else.

...And gaint scribble creature?
What is it?
What effect does it have on the game?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 25, 2009, 09:24:06 am
Do the Diggles have ambition? Do the Burellys cause mayhem for them?
Presumabley diggles spend most of their time underground and thus are neither agressed at nor ambitiontended.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 25, 2009, 09:52:46 am
I'm not sure how beget god-ish works but so far you haven't done anything you couldn't do with a herald so I'd stick with herald for clarity sack rather than anything else.
I am under the impression that a herald would be a creature, and I don't really want a scribble, I want a generic underling.

...And gaint scribble creature?
What is it?
What effect does it have on the game?
It is sort of a henchman, it is a divine being that has the form of a spinning cog, it just made itself look like a scribble in order to communicate with them.

I am going to use it as a basically powerless agent who will go around doing stuff for me, in this instance it is seeking out the most scribbly scribbles and telling them to head south and be scribbly.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on August 25, 2009, 02:37:08 pm
Sorry i meant this giant scribble creature
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The effects were subtle at first.  The scribbles' actions toward the Burelly became more purposeful and violent.  They grew fearsome projections: lines that resembled blades, spikes, or gnashing mouths filled with teeth.  They began to group together, at first for the simple expediency of group combat, but as the battle grew on and the Burellys were handily pushed back, it became clear that the scribbles had another purpose.  They began to join together, line bonding with line into a structure of shifting color and shape.  Any Burelly that came near would be repelled with frightening force as a great protrusion of sharp-edged lines would emerge to bat them away.

Scamander approached it with caution.  The giant scribble manifested a shape like a great hammer, as if to crush him, but it slowly reformed into a small, dexterous tendril.  It slowly inched forward and touched Scamander's head.  A cascade of feelings filled his head, and the tendril quickly retracted.  For a moment, Scamander was left in confusion, but then a message coalesced out of the mishmash of ideas: "You have taught me better than you knew."
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Tlaon on August 25, 2009, 03:54:58 pm
The giant scribble creature is basically just that.  Errm, do with it what you will?  I guess?  It's like a big scribble with a desire to make itself bigger and better in any way it can.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Katsuun on August 26, 2009, 02:21:46 am
Yes, I would like a new week.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 26, 2009, 02:38:20 am
Will we get status reports keeping track of what exists? We can keep track of it ourselves but it would be nice to know how the referees are interpreting it...

Oh, and Tlaon, I am offering you three AP this week in exchange for your next three AP after it [OOC]Mostly to study Hero gods[/OOC]. I am so tempted to ask for 4 back, but even a hero god would go a little crazy with no AP for that long, and besides, unbalanced trades are not really what I am about...
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 26, 2009, 02:40:54 am
Fyi everyone, new week started today.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Katsuun on August 26, 2009, 03:05:04 am
Fyi everyone, new week started today.

Well thats nice to know. So we can get started with our actions again?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 26, 2009, 03:05:58 am
Yes.

:|
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Tlaon on August 26, 2009, 07:19:17 am
Will we get status reports keeping track of what exists? We can keep track of it ourselves but it would be nice to know how the referees are interpreting it...

Oh, and Tlaon, I am offering you three AP this week in exchange for your next three AP after it [OOC]Mostly to study Hero gods[/OOC]. I am so tempted to ask for 4 back, but even a hero god would go a little crazy with no AP for that long, and besides, unbalanced trades are not really what I am about...
3 AP ey?  Hmmm...

If I manage to think up a really interesting artifact, I'll accept.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Dwarmin on August 26, 2009, 10:10:39 pm
If anyone actually plays along with my bargain, we'll have to set a payment plan here lol
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 26, 2009, 10:21:52 pm
Hmmmmm... So if you take 1 AP from me now then I can take 3 AP from you later?

Is there some reason that filiusenox doesn't seem to have a god listed in the second post?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Dwarmin on August 26, 2009, 10:52:56 pm
Other way round RAM.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 26, 2009, 11:56:42 pm
I'd like to point out something about Jericks post created a military organization.

They have no tactics. They have no strategies, they no nothing of war nor battle. The only organization they will have is something similar to an Ork Waaaaagh! in WH40k. They will be but a horde, a weak horde in comparison to those that do now battle and war, a strong horde compared to those that do not fight.

They wouldn't know how to organise into legions and then fight each other either. I'd like to point all this out, don't just start attacking everything with no infrastructure.

Is there some reason that filiusenox doesn't seem to have a god listed in the second post?
Heh. I missed his, thanks for pointing that out.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 27, 2009, 03:32:20 am
Katsuun, I might be willing to offer a loan, but I want to hear from Tlaon first.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: NUKE9.13 on August 27, 2009, 03:47:02 am
I am ever willing to gamble. The question is, katsuun, do you trust me not to cheat (I won't), or do you want someone else to flip the coin?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 27, 2009, 04:05:28 am
I think that
Teach populous: Hatred (1AP)
Affected all the creatures of the world, I am wondering if it should only affect one race or community per AP.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 27, 2009, 04:07:55 am
He taught it to all. That's one action. (If he taught it to one community, it would spread over time.)
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 27, 2009, 04:18:51 am
Could Katsuun/Xantos just manifest and start handing out some corporal punishment?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 27, 2009, 04:26:00 am
No, need Avatar for that, unless you're a hero-god or demi-god.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 27, 2009, 04:27:09 am
Katsuun is a Demigod according to the second post.

I have attempted to track everything that has been created, please mention if I have missed anything.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Can I claim The Crystal Plane and Zhalmin? If so, dibs!
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 27, 2009, 05:07:02 am
No.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Katsuun on August 27, 2009, 08:21:24 pm
I am ever willing to gamble. The question is, katsuun, do you trust me not to cheat (I won't), or do you want someone else to flip the coin?

I'll trust you. I picked tails.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: filiusenox on August 27, 2009, 08:37:27 pm
Im waiting for Psycho jelly to pm it back to me.I forgot to copy it.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on August 30, 2009, 10:32:02 pm
I don't suppose there is any chance it saved a copy in your list of sent messages?

How long till new AP?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on August 31, 2009, 12:03:43 am
I don't suppose there is any chance it saved a copy in your list of sent messages?
I got it, check the god post : )
Quote
How long till new AP?
Two Days.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 01, 2009, 10:40:28 pm
As I understand it, Tlaon received 3 AP from me and currently has 4 and the AP are about to refresh. What will be Tlaon's AP total when the AP refresh if none of these AP are spent. And what will happen to the AP I was due to get in exchange if Tlaon leaves and I don't have anyone to beat them out of?

Also, Cogs status as a god-like seems to have been accepted, so while I am using it pretty much like a herald it is presumably capable of being an independent agent and if it dies it will not return to my side... Although it can probably make some attempt to defend itself long enough to escape from bad situations.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Dragooble on September 02, 2009, 03:41:21 pm
just in case people are wondering, i'm still here. i'm just trying to come up with something to do.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 05, 2009, 01:18:19 am
Tlaon, are you still playing this?

Could we please get an announcement and maybe a status report when the new AP arrive?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 05, 2009, 02:29:54 am
It arrived when I said, September the second. Next AP will be on the ninth, seriously guys, we don't need to announce it, every week is a new cycle. Anyone can announce it on he date that it's supposed to be on. You can use AP from the new cycle on the new cycle whether it has been offically announced or not. Tlaon was too late, the AP is lost, unless another GM disagrees or you come up with a valid RP reason. Whether he still owes you AP is between you two.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 06, 2009, 09:19:21 am
I claim Scamander under the '
Control Followers: You can roleplay what the mortals and monsters in your flock do.
' clause, citing their last recorded speech
"Great spirit, I accept your offer."
and the fact that they appear to have fainted as a result of my causing them to be the single most powerful being this universe has ever known...
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 06, 2009, 08:24:21 pm
No. They are not mortal, neither are they monsters. I do not believe they are within your flock, accepting your offer is not the same as believing in you.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: The Willow Wisp on September 07, 2009, 04:49:14 pm
Two things:

1) I want to apologize for being inactive the past 2 weeks, and 2) I want to let you know that Jelly may be inactive for another week or so.

We both have had a week of distractions and completly forgot about this thread. My apologies to those whom this has affected. I plan to post later today or tommorrow, depending on my schedule for today.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 07, 2009, 07:59:39 pm
Filiusenox, that post is invalid. Your previous post was within the turn and you use 1 AP, thus you have at maxiumum 2AP, not the three you need to do that action.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 08, 2009, 10:06:51 am
No. They are not mortal, neither are they monsters. I do not believe they are within your flock, accepting your offer is not the same as believing in you.
I was referring more the the 'great spirit' comment than accepting the offer, but the mortal or monster bit is pretty fatal...

We get AP on the 9th, right? It is the 9th here...
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 08, 2009, 04:41:41 pm
9th According to Forum time.

It's the eighth for another 6 hours.

Feel free to put something at the end of your post saying something along the lines of "next turn." or something.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Humaan on September 08, 2009, 04:47:39 pm
9th According to Forum time.

It's the eighth for another 6 hours.

Feel free to put something at the end of your post saying something along the lines of "next turn." or something.

Err... Emperor? I sent a application to you. Did ya get it? Do I have to SEND IT AGAIN!?!
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 08, 2009, 04:49:42 pm
Got it now. Feel free to post.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Humaan on September 08, 2009, 04:52:34 pm
Good...

Of course, seeing that over half of the people are evil or chaotic (or both), This will be fun: dwarf fortress style!


EDIT: Do I start with AP?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 08, 2009, 04:56:54 pm
Yes.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on September 08, 2009, 05:55:05 pm
I'll be setting up in new accomadation for college this week.
Unfortunatly it probably won't have internet access so I'll likely be inactive for a while.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 09, 2009, 12:10:31 am
That's fine, thanks for telling us : )

Anyway. New AP this round. RAMs post is now canon, if he wishes. Filiusenox may make his action canon, or create a new action.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 09, 2009, 03:25:22 am
Yep, I want my post to be cannon.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Humaan on September 09, 2009, 07:59:24 am
Willow, just a question. Did you create the populous in "The Promised Land"? Just a question for future reference.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 09, 2009, 09:04:08 am
Here is my latest compendium, please mention if anything is wrong, I am particularly confused about which Creatures gained which concepts and how many subtypes of Scribbles are intended to be affected.
Spoiler: Planes: (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Inhabitants: (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Divine Beings: (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Independent Concepts: (click to show/hide)

I intend to add more details to my monsters if it becomes important, if anyone feels like giving me some details I could use that would be nice, I reserve the right to modify them mercilessly, but something to start from would be handy.

If anyone wants to involve my monsters in RP feel free, I wouldn't be thrilled about wholesale slaughter of them but people encountering Dwellers or Motes haunting random stuff is fine, even if the monster involved gets humiliated. Shadows are kind of personal though, directly messing with a god's shadows would be a bit rude. but if you join my pantheon you can get your own once some of your followers die...

Speaking of which, My pantheon is based in the Plane of Shadow and is basically focused towards preserving stuff, there is an open invitation to anyone who is willing to preserve stuff, offences would be messing with the collection and flooding with a specific bias, so putting pants on al the naughty statues in the museum or building up an army of the most evil villains poised to be unleashed on the world would both be frowned upon. Is there any way to get someone out of your pantheon once they are in?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 09, 2009, 04:50:11 pm
Within two turns a teaching/concept (battle, sentience etc) is spread throughout the whole world. However that is only the case if you teach it to a specific populous, otherwise it is taught to all. Yes, you can his knowledge with an action.

And yes you can kick people out of pantheons, remember, admin powers.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Jerick on September 11, 2009, 06:05:06 pm
I haz interwebz again!
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 11, 2009, 10:20:55 pm
Has anyone left the game?
Also, things seem to be a bit quite, could we advance the next turn by a couple of days, it would still give people a chance to rush in their turns at the last moment...
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 11, 2009, 10:24:27 pm
Good Idea. I'm advancing the turn change to the 14th, forum time. If you do not post your turn by then, you will lose your AP for that turn.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 14, 2009, 07:05:27 am
have the new AP arrived?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 14, 2009, 04:38:15 pm
Yes, to those that haven't posted their previous AP:

You've lost it.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: The Willow Wisp on September 14, 2009, 06:30:01 pm
Willow, just a question. Did you create the populous in "The Promised Land"? Just a question for future reference.

Sorry, I created them in Zhalmin.

Also, I have officialy cleared time in my schedule to be an active GM. If you have a question send it to me or Emperor Jonathan. I'm currently working with Psycojelly to get him active in the game again. I will be checking my messages, the OOC, and the main thread every day.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 21, 2009, 10:12:14 am
Are the new AP in now?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 21, 2009, 06:11:08 pm
Yes. Same as before, whoever missed out, missed out.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 26, 2009, 01:45:20 am
I vote for an early end of turn.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 30, 2009, 01:21:43 am
What about changing Evolve physically so that it requires a number of actions and AP equal to weekly AP gain? This would make it possible for unaided demigods and continue to be challenging as power increases.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 30, 2009, 02:03:45 am
Spoiler: Dark template (click to show/hide)
See this?

You don't need to do it, describe your creature, nothing more.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 30, 2009, 04:26:32 am
But now the bugs in the plane of shadow are different to the ones in the material plane.

Oh, do you mean doing up the whole creature entry?
I just kind of figured that doing it that way would make interactions easier. This is based on D&D isn't it?
The template bit is so that I can easily apply it to anything else I want to. Besides, since nobody else is posting I hardly need the AP...
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 30, 2009, 05:58:52 am
I just kind of figured that doing it that way would make interactions easier. This is based on D&D isn't it?
No, it's based on a game based on a homebrew game based on the DnD rules. It's far from it. When LoC was closer to the homebrew game, even then we never used templates. Mainly because it's mostly useless for us, since we do not use dice, abilities or spells. Apart from RP spells.

Interactions are not easier because you start putting up stats and stuff, wedon't use stats. All battles are through RP, plus, it is easier to read and understand 1 paragraph than it is to do the same to a spoiler filled with mostly useless stuff.

Spoiler: Dark template (click to show/hide)
Do you see where I am getting at? The same amount of needed information can be conveyed in a 1 paragraph description of the creatures.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on September 30, 2009, 07:50:33 am
No casters or spells.
But... if there aren't any casters then how are our followers going to boss people around and how will we find fun heroes whose lives are we meant to meddle with?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Dragooble on September 30, 2009, 03:42:31 pm
well, once again, i'm going to drop out of this. the game is going kind of slow and just isn't interesting to me anymore.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on September 30, 2009, 04:52:00 pm
No casters or spells.
But... if there aren't any casters then how are our followers going to boss people around and how will we find fun heroes whose lives are we meant to meddle with?
RP. It's fine if you RP a follower casting or using a spell, but you're not going to use a specific spell. You describe what the spell does. We simply do not use set rules.
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on October 06, 2009, 08:43:54 am
Is it just me or have things been a little quite lately?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on October 09, 2009, 06:49:41 am
Is anyone else still reading this?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on October 14, 2009, 08:39:47 pm
Time to call this game closed I suppose...
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: RAM on November 26, 2009, 09:18:57 pm
Bump?
Title: Re: Lords of Creation Redux OOC
Post by: Emperor_Jonathan on November 27, 2009, 01:23:22 am
Dead for a while.