Yet another soul flits into existence. The sand it claims as its form fuses together and blackens.
AJAMA, the Demiurge breaks free of the desert. Their spherical body drifts upwards, spinning on an invisible axis.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Task the Winged Spiderlings with building a silken nest at around halfway down the web, but a solid glide's distance away from it. Should any other Spiderlings fall near or onto the nest, they shall be offered the same choice of contract. Should they refuse, they must perform a fall-cycle's amount of labor on the nest in exchange for passage back to the web, if they had landed upon it by happenstance. Then, fly above to the desert, and offer a contract to any Dustwalkers in the area: in exchange for providing information on the world below, the eyes of opportunists and tacticians will be granted to all who accept them.
Winged Spiderlings: 6
Gral: 2Gral's servants begin building a nest, as commanded. Finding a space unconnected to the web is difficult, since there are so few other places in the sky, but they eventually settle on one of the new stars. It is a good spot, especially since it produces the light that they need to live - so good that some of the other Spiderlings try to invade by descending on smaller webs of their own. If the winged Spiderlings wish to stay, they will need to defend their claim.
Meanwhile, Gral flies back down to the desert. He searches far and wide for the Dustwalkers, but they have hidden themselves well. He fails to find any, even by scouting the sand from up above.
Ira emerges from the sand, it's stomach filled with sand, and seething with anger
Ira sculpts the sand in its belly in the shape of itself, turning sand into flesh, and imbues the flesh with its divine rage and essence. Ira spits out a mass of worms and gives one command. EAT!
Ira creates the Sand Worms, worms who feed on sand and grow bigger the older they get.
2Ira ignores the earth's continual assaults and tunnels back up to the surface. There it begins coughing up the sand it has eaten, while simultaneously digesting it into miniature versions of Ira itself. While the World-Eater does find that it can turn sand to flesh, the smaller worms are all dead as soon as they emerge from its gullet. Something inside the sand has eaten away the spark of life and hunger that Ira tried to bestow.
The sand's own creatures spread across the world, alive and fully-formed. Their existence is yet another insult.
"I hate sand."
Climb up higher all the way to the stars.
Bob: 2 , Nazir: 3Dr. Bob climbs upwards as fast as he can, but the demons already have his scent. They fly inexorably closer, devouring hordes of Spiderlings as they breach the lowest levels of the web. For a moment it seems that they will catch up to Dr. Bob, and the sands will try to kill him once again, but then a silk rope drops from up above. He shimmies up it, to Nazir's perch at the top of the great web, and leaves the demons far behind him.
Teach chosen spiders weaving spiritual webs by words of power to catch demons and malicious things
Drop silk rope to Dr Bob to help him in his rising quest
The word seems to weave in rather silly way
Nazir: 4
Initiates: 4Nazir spins a thick rope of silk and lowers it down to Dr. Bob. The good doctor climbs it admirably quickly, though Nazir can't help but notice that the demons following him have started killing Spiderlings. No matter. That problem will soon be solved, if the primordial spider has anything to say about it.
They call up a few of the strongest and most talented of the Spiderlings, particularly the ones who cover the old stars, and introduce them to the secrets of Weaving. Nazir shows them how to spin the aether itself into mystic webs, webs that can trap shadows and evil spirits. The students are tentative, finding it difficult to work with anything but normal silk, but a few are clever enough to understand Nazir's lessons. They drape spiritual cobwebs over their stars to create basic wards against the demons.
No action
The demons surround Kuhaku, but stand at a distance, wary of the Mirror's strength. Some of the larger beings step forwards to menace them with fangs and knifelike claws. Their faces are reflected on the surface of Kuhaku's body, where slight curvature makes the creatures look even more distorted and grotesque.
melt sand around me to createba tower of glass tall enough to reach the first stars
4v2Gyaweft unleashes his fires on the sands again, and this time his efforts are more successful. The ground around him burns until it blackens, then melts into a glowing pool of raw material. He continues smelting, funneling in countless more gallons of sand, and begins to shape the glass with his gauntlets. The walls of a tower take shape, growing upwards towards the stars, and between the strands of the great web. More glass flows into the construction, and floors and ceilings flow into place, cooling in the open air. A single spiral staircase runs through the entire length of the tower, from top to bottom, making it possible to climb from the desert to the heights of the sky.
Gyaweft, the Smelter.
-Star-smith.
-Master of the Tower
--------------------------------
Dr. Bob, the Unmoved Mover.
-Enemy of the sands.
--------------------------------
Kūhaku, the Mirror.
--------------------------------
Nazir, the Weaver.
-God of the great web.
--------------------------------
Ira, the World-Eater.
--------------------------------
Gral, the Contractor.
-Contract: Winged Spiderlings
--------------------------------
AJAMA, the Demiurge
The Living Sands: An awakened desert that extends outwards indefinitely. It has consumed ALTERTHENTERRINTARTINTH, the being which brought it to life.
--Demons: Crude imitations of the primordials made from sand and absence.
The Stars: Glass spheres filled with fire. Gyaweft created them and threw them into the air to illuminate the world.
--New Stars: A second set that isn't accessible through the Great Web. Fortunately, that means they can't be blotted out by Spiderlings.
Nazir's Web: A giant web that begins in the desert and reaches up towards the stars.
Spiderlings: A race of intelligent spiders which can live on light. They cover both the stars and the great web.
--Dustwalkers: A Spiderling subspecies which can feed on sand as well as light. They live on the sand and fight an asymmetrical war against it for survival.
--Winged Spiderlings: A group of defeated Spiderlings that made a deal with Gral. They received wings in exchange for service. They have a contested nest on one of the new stars.
--Aetherweavers: A small number of Spiderlings who can perform magic by spinning aetheric webs. Nazir taught them the basics of their craft, allowing them to create simple wards against evil.
Shifting Bog: A large pool of mud drawn from the sand by Kuhaku. Islands rapidly form and dissolve as the sand beneath it moves.
Glass Tower: A tower made of glass, raised from the sands by Gyaweft. It extends upwards through the web, tall enough that its upper floors reach the stars.
----------------------------
If two or more primordials collaborate on a single action, everyone rolls and the highest result is taken. It's a handy way to help out your fellow Souls.
NPCs can receive assistance too, and may be able to coordinate with you if they have relevant abilities.
I meant more in a planets sense
That works too!
Author
Topic: Sand & Souls - Let There Be Turns (Read 57017 times)