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Messages - Zanzetkuken The Great

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Hugo's "naked".

Clothes burned off earlier the previous day, plugging the magma tube.

He's got nothing on but his scales.  And painting a bit H on his sides in black isn't very contrasting with the dark color his scales naturally are.  White feathers however....

Yes, its like putting a dragon in a tutu.  Its retarded.  But it would be clearly identifiable, and is definately NOT something your dragons would do. :D

When me and Hugo planeswalked back from Alara, I gave him full dragonic magma-proof battle armor.

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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: The Cursed Fortress of Hydrakania
« on: June 06, 2012, 03:09:50 pm »
Are you going to put in a new noble position known as base commander for this game?

Oh, since I am going to be a planeswalker in this game, you won't see me before my turn, you won't see me after my turn, you will only see someone with the name Zanzetkuken during my turn.

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[You're tarring and feathering Hugo?  Isn't that more a sort of medieval punishment than means of identification?]

Yes, Yes it is...

"I had no idea this is what you had in that batshit head of yours!" Seethed hugo.

A small pile of ripped open pillows from wierd's bed lay on the floor, white chicken and duck reathers all over the place.

"Quiet you!" Weird retorted. "I had to make sure that nobody confused you with one of them, and this is just rediculous enough to work!"

He raised the rubber coated boar bristle brush in an attempt to paint another pass.

"Get that shit away from me!" Hissed hugo, indignantly.

Perhaps painting his accomplice in black rubber adhesive, then coating him in white chicken feathers with a great big "H" on his sides *wasnt* such a good idea....

"Look damnit, we don't have time for this. Its either "ultra mega-chicken", or you get shiskabobed when you go out in the hall!"

Really, they didn't have time for this.

You couldn't have just painted an 'H' on his magma-proof armor?

Well, there goes this plan:
Wait, couldn't hugo leave the fort inconspicuously due to the fact that he is a dragon?  And aren't the people at the microline tower our allies?

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DF Community Games & Stories / Re: The Cursed Fortress of Hydrakania
« on: June 06, 2012, 02:55:48 pm »
Alright, who is the wise guy who answered 'No, Go Die Please'?

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Mod Releases / Re: Dragonic Civilization v.0.8.1
« on: June 06, 2012, 02:44:50 pm »
Okay, I need something to be suggested, because I am NOT releasing v.0.9 with only Gremlins.

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Wait, couldn't hugo leave the fort inconspicuously due to the fact that he is a dragon?  And aren't the people at the microline tower our allies?

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Just hoping things don't get too ridiculous, though. I'm just afraid that we'll reach the point where we beat enemies by rapidly tunneling under them in seconds or building prisons around the enemy mid-battle. That would be god-modding and frankly too cartoonish.

I agree completely, I want to cut it down too. Was just trying to write ahead of schedule. I'll slow it down to 48 hours. After all, dwarves may only move 50 tiles in the space of a day. :P

It was a good effort, but The enemy have come and are laying siege to the fortress.

Zanzetkuken looked outward to the surrounding area, and spotted something on the horizon.  The siege had come.  He looked out using his usqueinspectoris and spotted a frontline of two hundred goblins, with five hundred kobolds.  Behind them were two hundred dwarves, two hundred humans, and two hundred elves.  Behind and above them were two hundred of each species of dragon.  Zanzetkuken swore under his breath and shouted down to Eric from his position on one of the catwalks, "They're here!"

For the species of dragon, see my mod.

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It is entirely possible to find a way to set up a universe so that it sustains itself, but I'd assume that any new plane created in the way you suggest is limited by the interrules of the Magic the Gathering Multiverse. Therefore, the laws of physics would have to be similar to the ones the creator came from, as entirely alien rules would be impossible for them to comprehend or imagine, since their minds are based on the rules of their home. The means of setting up a stable universe are beyond their comprehension, so they have to link it to a power source.

ninja'd by Gizogin


I'm reminded of a certain Discworld passage about parasitic universes, IE small pocket universes that "piggy-back" on their host. They are stable because they take their rules directly from the host.

Weird, I think that something possessed of the means could create it's own universe without upsetting other universes, as by definition a universe is a self-contained system. All the energies of a universe won't leave or leak on their own, and things only go between them via artificial means. Some worlds may be stacked up together, kind of facets of the same universe; this would be "dimensions" or something. Just my opinion, I'd rank all universes together as "Reality," with Universes of similar laws or with common laws affecting things that go between them being Multiverses. A bunch of universes with a common origin (i.e., branching off from a common timeline as alternate legs of the trousers of time) would also be a multiverse. That's just how I classify things, though.

Thank you!  That's exactly what I was trying to say that I was going to do with the other planeswalkers on this thread.

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I assume the plane would be limited by the willpower of its creator.

It would be, but that becomes a moot point with multiple planeswalkers, and a way to 'power' the plane to have it remain in existence. ie: Rath's touchstone, and Mirrodin's core.  I will use the latter method, without the phyrexis inside.

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I was referring to internal consistency.

Things like physics, magical impact, metaphysical consequence, if any-- things like that.

Its and artificial world.  It should have obvious signs of that artificiality.  The lack of stars in the sky, for instance. Bizzare geology. The lack of an "outer space". Etc.

A natural plane of reality coalesces out of chaotic energy, and develops internally consisten rules as that energy settles.  An artificial one is forged into being with an imposed ruleset from an idealized vision of how a reality should be, rather than how it really is, or must be.  This is the source of the inconsistency. To produce an internally consistent plane of existence, you would have to let it cool from the chaos by itself... and that takes a lot of time. Something humans are not very good at: patience.  The forced cooling and congealing of the plane would have wide and far reaching manifestations, and all would point out clearly the artificial nature of that reality.

That's what I was getting at.

Actually, any plane that would be created through the shear force of will would need a type of 'power source,' and the physics, magical impact, metaphysical consequence, etc. would be drawn from the creator's memories ie. the plane they are most familiar with.  Stars would exist, but would instead be the outline of other planes, the geography would be how the planeswalker wanted it to look like, and the technology would be limited to an era before gunpowder, due to the ability to use magic pervading things.

When first created, the plane is nothing more than a bubble of space with essential gasses for life, and is then formed to the specifications of the planeswalker.

The necessary force of will is used to cool the chaos at a far quicker rate.  I am circumventing this by having multiple planeswalkers creating it, lessening the amount required.

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It will start out unpopulated, but will get it's population the same way Mirrodin did.  It is mainly a meditation plane, but eventually, war will breakout between the populations of the different areas, ie. Vampires attacted to swamps will feast on humans in a different area, disputes over land shares, openings that creatures will be destroyed in unless the designated planeswalker terraforms it, curious weather patterns, and other stuff.

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I have something I would like to do before the siege begins, but I need Saurinae on, or for Hugo to control him for a period of time, to do what I plan.  It is going to be, creating an artificial plane.  It isn't godmodding, since it has been done before by other planeswalkers.

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Id love to see a deep introspection of ZTGs character, where he contemplates why people don't appreciate his interventions, where he suffers self doubt, and considers leaving them to suffer, and fights that idea on internal moral grounds.  Imagine superman feeling depressed over being blamed for the deaths of orphans, because of where he threw lex luthor's super bomb, and contemplating if it would be better if superman never flew again, and if the guilt of inaction would be easier to bear than the guilt of the consequences of action.  That kind of thing makes superman more real.  Just don't get too emo with it though.

The whole storyline I am working on with the dragon siege and subsequent civil war is where I plan to illustrate that, ending with him losing near-everything.  Max spell strength will be reduced to only 2-3 mana, aging of 10 years in an instant (putting him near 48), the loss of the current blade, and the reduction of all his skills to the novice-adept range or just plain losing them instantly.  Strength and agility will reduce sharply, etc, etc.

And, like many here, I do not like death or suffering.  The mana colors I use represent justice, law, order, freedom, vengeance, intelligence, wisdom, and reason, which are my ideals.

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Hey Eric, I have to ask, why was it that you started hating my character?

And I see you put in some of the new stuff in my mod.  :D

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[Surely you could pick a more.....original.... supervillian?  Sit down, think about what your villian is going to do, and name them accordingly.  I supposed you didn't know that sephiroth's name is a clear pun on his personality, right?  "Sephiroth", the word, is used in newage mysticism as a stand-in for chakra, or the points on the body where spiritual energy is said to accumulate. It is mostly used by khaballists, due to its similarity to the word seraph, which is a kind of angel. Knowing this, its pretty clear why square named him this, and made him a broken, one-winged angel villian. So, again, just sit down and think introspectively how you want your villian to act, what characteristics that villian has, and come up with an appropriate name that encompases that. Stealing a villian is kinda trite, ya know?  If you need help, I'm a wealth of obscure arcana, and can give you some roads to look down for ideas. Just a PM away!]

That is why I edited it back to 'Unknown Force.'

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