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"Yo, Heroes! We need you to slay a great evil! Want some shiny stuff?"

*world explodes*

Sigh....

If the champions have got any initiative, they'd be trying to take out the gods at this point. It's their best chance for a long and happy life.

My dwarf is locked in a room with a girl called wetwork? Ok... I'll be spending the next few minutes giggling childishly.

Oh, and I did get partway through making a map, but when it started to look rubbish I lost interest. If anybody cares, the partially completed map is here: http://mrp.ath.cx/stuff/pantheon.png

along those lines: what happens if, before all that rock melts and magmafies, you seal up the space with constructions?

One way to deal with fluid being created in a space that doesn't have any spare volume left would be to have the liquid teleport out to a random nearby empty tile. Have this represent it leaking through cracks. It has the potential to make this concept even more ludicrously dangerous.

It sounds like they should be able to figure out some way to use blood magic to make hauling rocks around a bit easier then. Bleeding is a fine motivator to do it efficiently.

Geb once again summons Silrazth, his priestess, so that she may keep the naga informed and spread word of new commands.

"Long ago I warned your people of the dangers of the wild continent. This land is still dangerous, but your skills have grown. I believe you could settle there safely, if you plan carefully and know the threats you may face."

"I recall the visions of the elephants, oh Geb, they are terrible beasts. How are we to protect ourselves from them without water to work with?"

"Build only on the coast, be prepared to flee to the safety of the sea at any time. Stone shall be your first defense on land. Tiles will keep away most plants, and strong walls will keep out animals. Dig deep channels and pools within your walls, they will bring water to you, and may serve as escape routes."

"Surely the pools alone could defend us against the elephants! They are no more than walking whales, our guards could easily keep them away."

"You will face greater threats than beasts. Orcs and the mining Dwarfs you met long ago both live there now. Either race may attack you, I cannot predict their actions. Elves live there too, and I believe them to be an honourable race, but they have faced too many threats to trust anything new. They too may attack you if you appear hostile. The walls will serve to shield you from the weapons carried by these races, devices which throw rods of wood or metal hard enough to kill. Water will not shield you. As well as this, they have powerful and mysterious magics."

"All these dangers... what is there to gain from taking these risks?"

"If they see that you are peaceful, the Elves will be willing to trade, and could be strong allies. Find a way to make contact with them, this is my command."

Geb commands the naga to build fortfied trading posts on the wild coasts.

Dismayed by the sudden changes in the balance of life, Geb sets aside his plans and hurriedly attempts to repair some of the damage. With food appearing everywhere, soon the entire planet will be covered in nothing but life, stacked thousands deep and all still eating. Only the largest and most dangerous of creatures need to be pacified in this manner.

Geb removes the ability to summon food from all plants, all intelligent races, and all other life smaller than the orcs.

Seeing that most life is still left suffering, the great lizard then decides to create a new source of crystal, so that all life will have access to it without disturbing the home of the cats. A new plant species, the Haoma bush, begins to appear along every coast, bearing fruits studded with the edible crystal that everything craves.

Geb creates a bush that grows crystal covered fruit.