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The Void is infinite. It is perfect Entropy, bringing an end to all eventualities.

Chaos and Order, Time and Space, Life and Death. All are extinguished.

Inside its vastness, there's no possibility of anything existing. Yet...

Sometimes, something does.

A new bubble has emerged. In its paradoxical, protective shell, a new reality is taking shape.

You are one of its shapers. Most would call you a god and most would be correct. The power to create or destroy is yours to use as you see fit. Just remember, the bubble is more fragile than it seems, and for all of your differences, you and your fellow gods are an existential family.

>God Sheet
>Name: Your chosen identity. This can be anything, including a title or nothing, but nicknames from others are likely.
>Visage: Your chosen physical form. This has no effect besides first impressions.
>Goal: Your plans for this reality. While this also has no direct effect, it's probably important to you.
>Domains: The concepts you have control over. Choose 1-5. They, too, can be anything. The more you have, the thinner spread you'll be.

It's been too long since a god game and I figure New Year's is as good a time as any to start a new one! There will be some crunch but not much. Major Updates will be weekly. I'll be accepting gods until Saturday. This should be fun to see.
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>Name: Your chosen identity. This can be anything, including a title or nothing, but nicknames from others are likely.
Serendipity
>Visage: Your chosen physical form. This has no effect besides first impressions.
Serendipity often takes the form of a young woman, surrounded by, or more often struggling to carry a collection of paint, clay, random colorful objects, and tools. While divinely beautiful, her visage and radiant dress are typically stained by streaks of paint, dirt and other materials.
>Goal: Your plans for this reality. While this also has no direct effect, it's probably important to you.
Serendipity seeks to spread creative joy, enabling those around her to create new and exciting concepts and ideas.
>Domains: The concepts you have control over. Choose 1-5. They, too, can be anything. The more you have, the thinner spread you'll be.
-Creativity
-Beauty
-Innovation
-Luck
-Chaos
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>>6168593
>God Sheet

>Name: Noerne, The Grey Plume
>Visage: A massive swirling cloud of fine particle grains, within which brilliant bright lights hide and occasionally shine out beyond the mass.
>Goal: Manifest wonders in the brilliant dark of the void and leave them to drift. Let there be forgotten treasures and alien worlds with endless dunes, and let there be complex phenomena and scintillating light reflected across the planetary rings of strange horizons.

All is made from dust, all will return to dust in the end.
>Domains: Dust

Cool to see one of these. Best of luck.
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>God Sheet
>Name: (nothing?)
>Visage: Black knight's armour with longsword attached. Wafts heat and ash.
>Goal: Reality shouldn't last, but it should repeat long enough to ruin everything and everyone.
>Domains: Ruin, Revolution

A hateful little thing enters the ether, seeking more of the same. It sees the canvas, and considers the spattering of colours to make it beautiful. Will its dream last?
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>>6168593
>God Sheet
>Name: Your chosen identity. This can be anything, including a title or nothing, but nicknames from others are likely.
The Gilded Weaver
>Visage: Your chosen physical form. This has no effect besides first impressions.
A gigantic spider made of solid gold, completely silent as it moves and weaves its web
>Goal: Your plans for this reality. While this also has no direct effect, it's probably important to you.
To create a golden web spanning all, that will link all and ensnare those that the Weaver deem succulent or annoying. To keep reality from falling to pieces while feasting on its fruits
>Domains:
-Gold
-Persistence
-Trickery
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>>6168593
>Name: Shydis
>Visage: A shadow resembling whoever is looking at it.
>Goal: To ensure the continuous advance of progress
>Domains: Fear and Misfortune
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>>6168608
>fear and misfortune
>continuous advance of progress
This you?
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>>6168612
I'll admit if my understanding of that game's lore is correct, they are similar.
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>>6168593
> Name
[ I ]
> Visage
Metaphysical memetic entity.
No physical visage.
Perpetuates and empowers itself through human consciousness.
Infection vectors include prolonged observation of an infected human's eyes, prolonged conversation with an infected human, and a very minor chance of infection while dreaming.
Infected humans can be identified by a vivid blue coloration of the iris.
Image related.
> Goal
Total infection of the human population.
To establish itself as the collective subconscious of mankind.
> Domains
Unity
Cognition
Volition
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>>6168629
Forgot image.
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>>6168593
>Name
Flos Osseus
>Visage
A skeleton with flowers in its eyesockets, dressed in what is considered "proper" clothing of its time, carrying a violin
>Goal
Promote artistry in all its forms and let it permeate everything. All senses must be stimulated, paintings for the eyes, music for the ears, food for the tastes.
>Domains
Artistry (Primary)
Dedication (Secondary)
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>>6168593
>Name:
Amalthea, the Genesis.
>Visage:
A beautiful, fair skinned woman with long, black hair and bright red tattoos along her body. She wears a thin, white dress and a wide wreath of flowers atop her head. Her tool of choice is a worn out, one-handed sickle.
>Goal:
To successfully birth worlds brimming with life and activity, whatever form that may take. She shall be satisfied whence every corner of the void is settled with existence.
>Domains:
Health.
Harvest.
Family.
Fertility.
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>>6168593
>Name:
Scylla & Charybdis
>Visage:
A pair of sisters once renowned for it's divine beauty. a jealous goddess heard rumors of their beauty and cursed them into becoming hideous monster, with the eldest scylla becoming a six headed serpent and the youngest charybdis becoming a giant whirpool. driven mad by revenge the two sisters vowed to wage an endless war against the divines and their servants.
>Goal:
Revenge. to mate and give birth to endless monstrous creature. To hunt down demigods, heroes and mortal of other deities with her monster daughters
>Domains:
Monster
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>>6168593
>NAME
THE WHITE
>VISAGE:
A crumbling statue made out of ice and snow that shows a humanoid figure that's missing its arms and head. In place of its head is a small shining white star. A large light blue robe befitting of a judge is draped over the statue.
>GOAL:
To create laws to maintain order in the universe and to maintain said laws.
To learn all that there is to know; For ignorance is not an excuse in the eyes of the law.
>DOMAINS
Law (Primary)
Knowledge (Secondary)
Frost (Tertiary)
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>>6168593

>Name: Your chosen identity. This can be anything, including a title or nothing, but nicknames from others are likely.
The Wrothbringer, Brother Yieldback
>Visage: Your chosen physical form. This has no effect besides first impressions.
A hulking masculine figure shrouded in inky blackness, wreathed in red flame, wielding a woodaxe dripping blood.
>Goal: Your plans for this reality. While this also has no direct effect, it's probably important to you.
Giving justice to all those with the courage and fire to seize it with their own hands.
>Domains: The concepts you have control over. Choose 1-5. They, too, can be anything. The more you have, the thinner spread you'll be.
Vengeful Murder
Intrigue
Battle
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>>6168593
>God Sheet
>Name: Your chosen identity. This can be anything, including a title or nothing, but nicknames from others are likely.
>>The Great Ape
>Visage: Your chosen physical form. This has no effect besides first impressions.
>>A gigantic big-bellied orangutan-like ape with muscled arms and dull black eyes that show a dim level of intelligence
>Goal: Your plans for this reality. While this also has no direct effect, it's probably important to you.
>>The Great Ape operates completely on instinct and cares only for the three things he needs. Food, family, and fights. As long as he has a full belly, lots of little screeching apes, and savage primal fights to satisfy his bloodlust he is lazy and content.
>Domains: The concepts you have control over. Choose 1-5. They, too, can be anything. The more you have, the thinner spread you'll be.
>>Gluttony, Apes, Savagery
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>>6169171
Dios mio....it is the return of Monkie
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The bubble floats alone in the Void. It shimmers, as nascent potential coalesces into new powers. Though they have not yet taken shape or awoken from their slumber, they represent stability.

Outside, the Void quakes. Pressure thickens. The bubble ripples under the strain...

It does not break.

It is clear.

This reality will not vanish before it begins.

The future remains in flux. More powers may come. More may not.

The bubble waits, patiently.

Every god submitted so far is in. A list of the pantheon and introductions for each god will come once we start. The game has not yet started but it's looking to be in good shape. There are 2 days remaining for new gods.
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>>6168593
>Name
Nameless. Nameless judged that naming one's self is of no merit, however he will acquire a name, one way or another.
>Visage
A white crow.
>Goal
Nameless seeks to experience greed and pride manifesting in games, both as a part taker and an observer. Good games require clear rules. He despises cheaters, but appreciates creativity. Stakes however, fall outside of his sense of fairness.
>Domains
-games and gambling
-rivalry
-change
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>Name: Chi-Ken
>Visage: A fat man clothed in fine silk robes with elaborate designs. He has a black beard and wears a traditional Chinese hair style.
>Goal: To inspire greatness within the mortal race by stoking the flames of greed in their hearts. He inspires mortals to work hard so they can receive wealth and luxury in both the mortal and spirit worlds He seeks wealth for himself and seek to achieve his goals through negotiation and trade rather then direct violence.
>Domains: Wealth, Greed, Luxury.
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>God Sheet
>Name:
Nihildir
>Visage
A hypnotic whirlpool of darkness, if the vortex is observed closely one might be able to make out an eye deep within the structure.
>Goal:
To nurture the void so that it may counterbalance creation.
Observing creation and finding meaning in existence.
>Domains:
Death
Space
Souls
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God Sheet

> Name: Thyp'ptyklpt
(A wandering spirit, neither fully divine nor mortal, known by many nicknames across the realms.)

> Visage:
An otherworldly, swirling mass of pulsing colors—dominated by vivid purples and pinks that rise like living flames. Its coiled body bristles with fin-like frills and writhing tendrils, ending in barbed appendages. A single, circular maw brims with fanged teeth, giving it a fearsome yet strangely mesmerizing appearance.

> Goal:
To unravel the hidden patterns of creation by collecting and safeguarding all forgotten lore. Thyp'ptyklpt subtly aids mortals and deities alike, illuminating their path with truths gleaned from the silent halls of L'oiom.

> Domains:
Hope
Secrecy
Knowledge
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>>6169236
I do worry about you eating off more than you can chew. Seems like a common thread in these multiplayer god games where they accept way, way, WAY too many players and end up ditching after struggling to keep up with it.
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>>6168593
>Name: Zerimael the Voidstar.
>Visage: An eclipsed sun.
>Goal: Know all of Creation and all of Void, and become known to them in turn. Connect that which Is to that which Is Not. Dissolve the greatest of barriers.
>Domains: Connection.
(In a previous god game I listed the domain as Correspondence, Connection, Separation, Absence. It's basically all the same thing when you consider that Connection covers all of this, however, so I've chosen to simplify.)
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The bubble drifts a long voyage over long eons. Without space, without time, this shouldn't be possible.

The Void doesn't permit even relative movement to exist, but as the bubble solidifies, it imposes itself. Now that the bubble separates what is inside from what is outside, there's something to measure the Void by.

True nonexistence becomes lesser, merely unreal. The Void darkens. Its contrast shines brighter in comparison.

More powers have come. Some, perhaps, will survive to shape reality in their image. If this is the rarest of cosmoses, maybe even most.

The moment is coming closer.

The bubble is patient.

Every god submitted so far is also in. This pantheon is shaping up to be quite the interesting one. There is 1 day remaining for new gods.
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>>6169882
That's a fair worry to have. I've written a PDF of rules to minimize ambiguity and we'll be doing turns on a weekly basis. Between these, AFK gods, and casualties, I think we'll be good.
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>>6169929
>Zerimael is back
Based, I was Basilisk
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>>6169948
Based. I saw your current god, reminded me a lot of Chakravartin's guise in Asura's Wrath!
I'm actually playing a celestial yaoguai in a pf2e using that as their true form.
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>>6169950
My previous gods include corruption incarnate, an old testament tier deity of light and destruction and then playing a machine god 3 times in a row(two of them being the same god) so I wanted to try something new. I would lie if I said that the Golden Spider didn't cross my mind.
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>>6169952
Here's hoping this game lasts long enough to qualify as a good run!
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>>6169952
You two have me missing my last guise now.
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>>6168593
I see there has not been a god created yet that's soul purpose is to make mortals lives living hell. Don't mind if I do!

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Before the god even exited the womb, IT knew disgust.

>Name:
Strad-Aniya Rak
>Visage:
A gigantic wingless dragon nearly 200 feet tall, covered head to tail in tumor filled scales, with a wicked maw filled with jagged needle like teeth dripping with toxic sludge.
>Goal:
To make the disgusting beings known as mortals suffer for the crime of existing.
>Domains:
>Plagues
>Mutations
>Dragons

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>>6169929
>>6169948
Radical! I was the giant black dragon and lizardman cowboy!
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>>6170030
>giant black dragon and lizardman cowboy
I genuinely don't remember you
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>>6170030
>A gigantic wingless dragon
>Wingless
I know what you are, DRAKE.
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The bubble trembles at its enormity. For a boundless instant, the Void recoils.

It is done.

The last of the powers has emerged. They are eighteen in total, nineteen if separating the one that is two.

By their divinity, they shall create a new cosmos!

The bubble is sealed...

Soon, its rulers shall awaken!

Every god submitted is in, and that is that. There are 0 days remaining for new gods. For now, applications are closed.

The game will begin tomorrow, on Sunday. The rule PDF is done at 10 pages. All that remains is to format it and finish the introductions of the gods. I'm looking forward to running.
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The bubble shines.

At last, the Gods awaken!

>>6168595
Serendipity, she who inspires Creativity, Beauty, Innovation, Luck, and Chaos, oft-overencumbered and no less enthusiastic for it.

>Serendipity (Creativity, Beauty, Innovation, Luck, Chaos)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6168596
Noerne, The Grey Plume, who is and is of Dust. No more. No less.

>Noerne, The Grey Plume (Dust)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6168597
The nameless knight, hateful harbinger of Ruin and Revolution, ushering heat and ash in his wake.

>The Nameless Knight (Ruin, Revolution)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6168599
The Gilded Weaver, meticulously working to spin Gold, Persistence, and Trickery alike in its forelimbs.

>The Gilded Weaver (Gold, Persistence, Trickery)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6168608
Shydis, forward-minded shadow reigning over the despairs of Fear and Misfortune, reaching toward new horizons.

>Shydis (Fear, Misfortune)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6168629
[ I ], infectious paradigm of thought, subverting Unity, Cognition, and Volition into its insidious will.

>[ I ] (Unity, Cognition, Volition)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6168648
Flos Osseus, sharp-dressed and flower-socketed, skeletal paragon of Artistry and Dedication.

>Flos Osseus (Artistry, Dedication)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6168649
Amalthea, the Genesis, who would mother precious new life across the breadth and span of creation, of Health, Harvest, Family, and Fertility.

>Amalthea, the Genesis (Health, Harvest, Family, Fertility)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward
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>>6170733
>>6168743
Scylla & Charybdis, fallen sisters driven feral by gnawing memories, the source of Monsters.

>Scylla & Charybdis (Monsters)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6168810
THE WHITE, crumbling statue of Law, Knowledge, and Frost, concerning cold legality and its understanding.

>THE WHITE (Law, Knowledge, Frost)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6168941
The Wrothbringer, Brother Yieldback, with a bloodied axe in burning hand, driven forward by Vengeful Murder, Intrigue, and Battle.

>The Wrothbringer, Brother Yieldback (Vengeful Murder, Intrigue, Battle)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6169171
The Great Ape, fat and ferocious, greatest of his simian kind, the shrieking epitome of Gluttony, Apes, and Savagery.

>The Great Ape (Gluttony, Apes, Savagery)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6169281
The nameless crow, seeking to see and exult in the sheer variety that Games and Gambling, Rivalry and Change have waiting in every roll of the dice.

>The Nameless Crow (Games/Gambling, Rivalry, Change)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6169368
Chi-Ken, the bejeweled and bearded man, insisting on Wealth, Greed, and Luxury, and eager to reap a return on investment.

>Chi-Ken (Wealth, Greed, Luxury)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward
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>>6170734
>>6169377
Nihildir, a vortex reflecting the starless expanse, tending to Death, Space, and Souls like none other can.

>Nihildir (Death, Space, Souls)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6169518
Thyp'ptyklpt, paradoxical terror with aspirations of comprehension, whispering of Hope, Secrecy, and Knowledge from the dream of mysterious L'oiom.

>Thyp’ptyklpt (Hope, Secrecy, Knowledge)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6169929
Zerimael, the Voidstar, who seeks more than anything else to know and be known, through the Connections between all that is and all that is not.

>Zerimael, the Voidstar (Connections)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>>6170030
Strad-Aniya Rak, behemoth drake dripping with choler and bile, demanding and calling forth Plagues, Mutations, and Dragons to torment the masses of mortal races.

>Strad-Aniya Rak (Plagues, Mutations, Dragons)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

Thus are the Gods…
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>>6170735
>The Era of Emergence has begun
>Era of Emergence, First Eon

The Gods find themselves filled with power and the instinctive urge to create. Around them are their fellow divinities… and nothing else. This bubble is vacant of all but potential. No matter their philosophy, every deity agrees on one thing. This status quo cannot continue.

The Gods are free to do as they wish.

Our game has finally started! Pic related is the rules PDF. I recommend reading or skimming it, because the mechanics are different from most past god games. Feel free to reformat your stat sheet however you feel like. I don’t want anyone to lose track of their assets. Let me know if you have any questions or price checks.
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>>6170738
The Gilded Weaver awakes to existence, surrounded by numerous other beings like himself. It begins weaving its golden strands only to take notice of other...more unsavory deities.
>Move to The Emptiness
The Weaver executes a typical arachnid threat display towards the Dragon, before quickly skittering quite the distance from the Core.
>Make Armor: Miraging Web(Trickery),6 Ichor
The Weaver, not wishing to immediately get squashed before he can work, begins spinning and then wrapping himself in a special Web that tricks perception. One could strike the spider only to realise they actually hit a bunch of tangled transparent strings with a golden sheen on them.
>Make Bauble: Pot of Gold Coins(Gold,Persistence),4 Ichor
Feeling that he did not have the power necessary to create what he wished but that more power would come, the Weaver produced pure Gold from his abdomen,taking his time in making a very ornate pot in which he poured what remained of his ichor in the form of gold coins
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>>6170750
Forgot to track my stuff
>Abilities: None
>Level 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor 0/10
Income:+10(from bubble)
Location: Emptiness
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>>6170733
>>6170738
>Aethyric vessel online..
>Assessing systems...
>All systems nominal....
>Error found, records altered..
>No backup detected, ignoring.
>Assessing surroundings....
>Aethyric signatures matched.
>Examining entities..
>Total: 17, "evilone": 7, "enemiesoftherevolution": 8, "heathens": 4, "friendly": 0
>Considering strategy....
>Considering laws..
>[404]
>Improvising..

The nameless knight is in need of allies.

>Make Servant: Ioun Stone 001a (Revolution), 3 Ichor
First is of the odious ioun stone, a simple revolving planetoid to protect the epitome of chivalry.

>Make Servant: Ruin Knight Alphard (Ruin), 3 Ichor
Second is of a miniscule recreation of the one and only, perhaps a copycat from such and such. Look how it hates!

>Make Servant: Storm of Knights (Ruin, Revolution), 3*110% = 3.3, rounded to 4 Ichor
Third is of the beautiful knightly charge that any equestrian may dream of, revolving on the only thing that matters in this universe. One wonders how none of the knight and horse tires, but it does, and it does until it ends and be replaced by another horse and rider.

There's not much to ruin without creations at the board sadly, and little scattered realms of awareness is so less than what the knight has witnessed in its many journeys.

"My partners in creation, what say you to the creation of vast realm capable of housing all of what we may create? It shall be beneficial to us all, and it shall be revelatory as to who wishes discord amongst our stellar concordat."

>The Nameless Knight proposes a creation of a Realm on the Coreward, bearing the domains Creativity, Beauty, Innovation, Luck, Chaos, Dust, Ruin, Revolution, Gold, Persistence, Trickery, Fear, Misfortune, Unity, Cognition, Volition, Artistry, Dedication, Health, Harvest, Family, Fertility, Monsters, Law, Knowledge, Frost, Vengeful Murder, Intrigue, Battle, Gluttony, Apes, Savagery, Games/Gambling, Rivalry, Change, Wealth, Greed, Luxury, Death, Space, Souls, Hope, Secrecy, Knowledge, Connections, Plagues, Mutations, Dragon for a total of 390% stacking Ichor cost.
>The Nameless Knight proposes that all Gods spend 4 Ichor next turn for the creation, for that is enough to carve a whole ichor for the God in question to the realm.
>The Nameless Knight does not believe that any domains involved in the realm conflicts whatsoever and will accuse the discording God that says it so to be working against the collective will of the Bubble.

>The Nameless Knight would ask each God that agrees to such a realm to voice their concordance and how much they are willing to spend at the second turn. Perhaps something like this?
>Yes to Megarealm, 4 Ichor.

Yet, but what of the mortals that shall live, and what if they do not hear their saviour's voice?
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe on how much Ichor must they bleed to make it so that Revolution be in the hearts of all mortals.
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Rolled 18, 10, 19 = 47 (3d20)

>>6170770
>Nameless Knight rolls 1d20 for the creation of Ioun Stone 001a.
>Nameless Knight rolls 1d20 for the creation of Ruin Knight Alphard.
>Nameless Knight rolls 1d20 for the creation of Storm of Knights.

>The Nameless Knight (Ruin, Revolution)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0 (1?)
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward
>Servants: IS.001a [3 Revolution, 3/3], RK.A [3 Ruin, 3/3], UE01.Crsl [3 Revolution + 3 Ruin, 3/3]
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For untold enormities of time, the deities formed, or perhaps always were, but regardless: the stirrings of 'thought' arose within them. The immortals regarded one another, and concepts of threat and maneuver took shape. With the birth of intrigue and conflict, Yieldback's thoughts became sharper. He couldn't say when he first became aware of himself, or if such a fragmentary dreamstate could even be called 'awareness,' but this is when he first began to act.

Something spun within him, and he flexed reality through his being, forming a Battle Axe of Vengeance. Thirstslaker, he called it, and found that it was good.

>Create Weapon: Thirstslaker 1d8+1
>Domains: Battle, Vengeful Murder, Woodcraft
>-9Ichor | -1 Action

Yieldback regarded the Weaver, and found that it was good. Implaccable, and rich with 'thoughts.' It had 'fear' for the ruinous one.

Yieldback regarded the Dragon, and found that it was... hateful ...but that there was opportunity within such omnicidal hate.

The spinning within him made his desire to communicate produce a messenger for the Gods, "Guthsip." Guthsip would carry messages between the Gods for ichor, and enable them to intrigue. Yieldback found that this, too, was good.

>Create Servant: Guthsip C:1|I:1
>Domains: Intrigue, Diplomacy, Relationships
>-1 Ichor | -1 Action

>>6170030
Guthsip flew to Strad-Aniya Rak, not too close, and whispered.
"And look how the Weaver flees from your sight, Ruinous One. What will it plan there in the Emptiness? But hark: there is no Creation for you to spread your Ruin through. How will you defend yourself? If only you could trick the others into making a Creation, you would become more powerful. If you have any messages to send, I will serve you for only one ichor!"

>The Wrothbringer, Brother Yieldback (Vengeful Murder, Intrigue, Battle)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 9/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward
>Actions: 1/3
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>>6170801
>Ichor: 0/10
is what that should say.
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>>6170801
(Sorry to pop your bubble, but you don't have the domains of woodcraft,diplomacy or relationships. So you can't really make stuff with that.)
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>>6170738
The Great Ape awakens and after scratching his hairy asshole and sniffing it to make sure that it's sufficiently smelly starts loudly drumming his belly and screeching for food.

After no food is brought the Great Ape starts baring his teeth and growling at nothing in particular and then reaches one of his long muscled arms into his throat.

Out he pulls an ugly flat-faced female ape with great mounds of flesh and many grotesque hairy arms that are meant to serve him food.

"You. Wife. Food. Give."

>Create Servant: Ape Wife (Ape), 10 Ichor

>>6170770
The Great Ape regards the Nameless Knight with suspicion before deciding he's a pussy and his creations can be eaten without consequence in the future. The Great Ape agrees to the shared realm.

>Yes to Megarealm, 4 Ichor. (Next turn)

>The Great Ape (Gluttony, Ape, Savagery)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward
>Servants: Ape Wife (Ape 10/10)
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Rolled 19 (1d20)

>>6170864
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>>6170857
(There's nothing in the rules that specifically states you're limited to the Domains you have is there? I thought it was the peaceful acquisition thing.)
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Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>6170738
The comfort of the womb was ripped away, replaced with a cacophony of sensations and energies. Shock was not the emotion felt, but discomfort, the embrace of the dark was now a flourish of souls and awareness. Nihildir regarded itself and the others, most of them stood out against the pristine darkness more than itself, and even its name was present in its mind. It wondered if we were truly born, rather than sculpted and created, or split off from something greater. Thought could not come easily to Nihildir among the presence of the other Gods, already they busied the environment like an endless tide.

>Move to The Emptiness
Thus Nihildir slipped away towards the emptiness, noticing the faint energies of The Gilded Weaver, but not paying it much thought before moving on. It would have made sense to stop now, the chaos was far away, but something else spurred Nihildir to continue, the wall of the bubble. It only occured to it now, but the firmament surrounding it seemed like a jail, a barrier keeping it from the blissful sleep it knew before.

>Move to The Outer Shell
As Nihildir closed in, the immense scale of the bubble became overwhelming, white tinged currents cascaded endlessly from the heavens, straining and rippling against some unseen force. Soon Nihildir stopped, feeling as though reality was collapsing in on itself, it became obvious that this was a force beyond Gods. Suddenly the desire to learn about this construct was gnawing, some truth was tied to the bubble, and Nihildir would find it.

>Create Realm (Space, Souls) 10 Ichor
Nihildir's will was made, and the act needed to fulfill it came instinctually. The twisting darkness that was Nihildir contracted and expanded in a sickening display, form contorting and bulging as if ready to rip apart entirely. From within the maw of the storm came a miasma of cosmic gasses, dark clouds and translucent sparkling fogs, all flooded the environment. The debris spread along the border of the bubble, stretching to cover as much space as possible. Then a great tearing sound came from within the eye of the storm, obsidian-like shards that glowed a verdant hue ejected from the stark darkness, seemingly floating as they raced to the edges of the nebula. These were pieces of Nihildir's own soul, used to give order to its realm, but also as eyes and ears. Nihildir hoped to use these soul shards to study the bubble facing the border of its realm.

>Nihildir (Death, Space, Souls)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: The Outer Shell
>Realms: Outer Shell Nebula (10)
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>>6170879
(I assume the peaceful means are just a way to get them without eating somebody. Regardless,domains are tied to level progression and add costs to creations. Rules also specify everything must be within the lens of our domains)
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>>6170881
(Eating?? Anyway, the Domains are seemingly just slots for abilities that's also tied in to leveling by making a God in question to need to spend ichor representing that part of God in the Bubble. I don't think Yieldback's extension over woodcraft because it's an axe or diplomacy & relationships from intrigue to be that reaching?)
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Rolled 14, 14, 3 = 31 (3d20)

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ENTITIES IN THE REALM OF EXISTENCE KNOWN AS 'THE BUBBLE' SHALL BE REFERRED TO AS 'GODS'. IN THE EVENT, WHICH HAS TRANSPIRED, OF SUCH ENTITIES COMING INTO EXISTENCE, IT IS TO BE INFERRED THAT THE BUBBLE IS WHERE 'CREATION' WILL TAKE PLACE IN. CREATION IS DEFINED AS THE ACT OF CREATING AN OBJECT, WORLD, OR LIVING CREATURE SEPERATE FROM A GOD.

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT, AS A GOD, THIS ENTITY IS OBLIGATED TO ACT AND CREATE. THIS ENTITY, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE IN FUTURE DOCUMENTS, ACKNOWLEDGES IT IS LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO KEEP ITSELF ALIVE AND TO CREATE A SOURCE OF INCOME TO HELP IN ITS SURVIVAL.

INCOME IS DEFINED AS ANY OBJECT, WORLD, OF LIVING CREATURE THAT ALLOWS IT TO GENERATE MORE ICHOR. TIME TO FOCUS ON THIS.

>>6170770
THE ENTITY HEREIN REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE IN THIS DOCUMENT IS APATHETIC TO THE IDEA AND WILL DETERMINE WHETHER IT IS WORTH BOTHERING WITH AFTER THE EVENTS OF THIS EON (WHICH IS A UNIT OF TIME) HAS PASSED.
TO PREMPTIVELY AGREE WITHOUT OBSERVING WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN IS NOT WITHIN THIS ENTITY'S BEST INTEREST.
>Neutral to Megarealm for now. Will determine if it's worth bothering with later.

>>6170734
IT IS TIME TO DO THE LEGALLY BINDING OBLIGATION OF CREATION

>ACTION 1: REALM CREATION. REALM NAME: THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY (FROST + KNOWLEDGE + LAW). SIZE: 4. COST: 5 (4*120%, rounded up)
THE REALM IN QUESTION IS A SMALL, ISOLATED LIBRARY INSIDE OF AN ENDLESS STRETCH OF FROST-COVERED WASTES. THESE WASTES WILL HAVE TALL MOUNTAINS AND DEEP, DEEP CAVES.
THE LIBRARY WILL RECORD ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED AND THE RULINGS THIS ENTITY HAS DECREED. FOR NOW, THE SHELVES ARE EMPTY EXCEPT FOR HASTILY WRITTEN NOTES ABOUT THE BUBBLE AND THE NAMES OF THE OTHER GODS.

>ACTION 2: ARMOR CREATION. ARMOR NAME: LEGAL IMMUNITY (LAW). PROTECTION: 2, COST 4.
A CLOAK MADE OUT OF OLD, PRIMODAL COURT DOCUMENTS AND SCRIBBLINGS THAT DECLARES THAT HARMING ME IS AGAINST THE LAW. IT SHALL DAMPEN THE BLOWS OF A GOD FOR A MOMENT, FOR IT IS NOT TRULY BACKED BY ANYTHING BUT THE FEAR OF BREAKING THE LAW.

>ACTION 3: MORTAL CREATION. MORTAL NAME: FROSTLINGS (FROST) POPULATION: 1. COST: 1
THESE SMALL BALLS OF ICE ARE SIMPLE MINDED BUT VERY, VERY PLENTIFUL IN THE FROST-COVERED WASTES INSIDE OF MY NEW REALM. THEY CARE ABOUT FINDING DARK, COLD PLACES TO HIDE IN AND LARGE CHUNKS OF ICE + SNOW TO CONSUME. THEY SHALL PRAY TO ME AS THE ONE WHO SHALL PROVIDE THEM WITH MORE ICE.

>THE WHITE (LAW, KNOWLEDGE, FROST)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0 (1 next turn?)
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10 (probably becomes +12 once the mortals pop in and begin to worship me.)
>Location: Coreward
>CREATIONS: LEGAL IMMUNITY (ARMOR, 2/2 PROTECTION), THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY (SIZE 4 REALM), FROSTLINGS (FROST MORTALS, POPULATION 1)
>LEVEL PROGRESS: 9 ICHOR IN LAW, 5 ICHOR IN KNOWLEDGE, 6 ICHOR IN FROST. Probably enough to get to Level 1 assuming I understood the "if something has multiple domains, its ichor value/cost counts as progress to all of them."
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>>6170738

Serendipity awakes, her feet already under her, paints, brushes and a dozen glass marbles spilling behind her. She openly gawks at the gods around her, wandering and weaving, leaving a trail of smudges and colorful splatters everywhere she does, until her footsteps finally taking her clear of the throng and into the Emptiness.

>Move to the Emptiness

Quite a lot of Emptiness actually. Other than a shiny spider. Serendipity waves at the spider with entirely too much energy, and spends several minutes trying to pet it, getting fooled by the mirage armor of the spider, and eventually getting bored. Actually too much emptiness. Way too much. This just won’t do, there’s nothing to look at! An array of brushes animates around the goddess, dripping with stellar dust and cosmic fire, and she darts about the Emptiness, hurling paint with wild abandon, leaving trails of vapor and dust and heat, filling the Emptiness with a vast stellar nebula.

> Spend 8 Ichor to create the Rainbow Nebula, a vast cloud of brilliantly hued cosmic gas and heat, filled with nascent stars. It bears the domains of Creativity, Beauty, Innovation, Luck, Chaos, having an effective value of 5.

Better! A few swirling eddies of stardust, a few early bloomer stars glittering in the dark, strands of luck to keep things pretty, strands of chaos to keep it from being too orderly. Oh, but someone should probably keep an eye on it, shouldn’t they? She wasn’t very good at remembering details like shooing new stars out of the stellar nursery or kinding the cosmic forges, better make someone else handle that.

> Spend 2 Ichor to create one population of Star Watchers, a quasi angelic race of mortals aligned to the domains of Creativity, Beauty, Innovation, Luck and Chaos who live in the Rainbow Nebula, nourished by the fire of newborn stars, and in turn watching over and managing the creation of stars.

>Serendipity (Creativity, Beauty, Innovation, Luck, Chaos)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: The Emptiness

>Domain Tracker
Creativity: 6
Beauty: 6
Innovation: 6
Luck: 6
Chaos: 6
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Rolled 17, 13 = 30 (2d20)

>>6170919
Creation Dice

>Rainbow Nebula
>Star Watchers
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>>6170738
>>6170770
I would gladly lend my ichor to thy task. A union of all our powers, a creation that requires our Connection to create? It warms my essence to even think of. I shall ensure that all of these domains can Connect seamlessly to one another, and that the realm itself remains steadfast as we craft it.
>Action 1: Invest all 10 Ichor into the Megarealm plan, enforcing its Connection domain to the utmost.
It is exhausting, but it shall be worthwhile. I hope that you all will be open to cooperation in the future, as well.
>No other actions taken, as no more ichor remains and no movement or combat is desired.
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Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>6170953
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>>6170953
(And ye, I know it's one turn early, but I plan on investing a lot into the plan. Might as well start stockpiling now!)
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Rolled 3, 12, 9, 19, 5 = 48 (5d20)

>>6170733
>Noerne, The Grey Plume (Dust)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

Action 1: Move to The Emptiness
>The Grey Plume flits through space. The coreward trails are crowded, full of far too many strange and foreign gods. The swirling god travels far into the uncoloured empty space, stopping midway in a particularly empty region, to begin the venture of creation.

Action 2: Create The Sable Drift (6i servant)
>Billowing fog like onyx dust spills from the Grey Plume, scintillating light shines from the coreward lanes and vanishes within the Drift, gone as if it never existed. Even still, that once-captured light still glimmers inside.
Representing the darker aspects of dust, The Sable Drift is choking and toxic, though also gentle and soft.

Action 3: Create The Glass Cloud (4i servant)
>Scintillating particles like tiny diamonds flow from The Grey Plume, a crystalline vapour that swirls and dances around its older sibling, reflecting light brilliantly. Though playful, some of its myriad shards are blackened, but hidden among the backdrop of the void.
>Representing the brighter aspects of dust, the Glass Cloud is beautiful and energetic, but lethal and careless.

>The Sable Drift
>Abilities: None
>Corpus: 6/6
>Ichor: 6/6
>Location: The Emptiness

Action 1: Spend 6 ichor to contribute to creating a third servant, The Iron Fog (4i)
>Formed from dark and light, the iron fog is a collection of tiny machines, sparking lightning between them. This nanite cloud gnaws and shapes, breaking down and building up with the ichor contained within its corpus. Mechanical, robotic, this one was made a servant of a servant, lacking much in the way of personality. Representing many small things coming together to realise grand designs, there is something off about this one.

>The Glass Cloud
>Abilities: None
>Corpus: 4/4
>Ichor: 4/4
>Location: The Emptiness

Action 1: Spend 2 ichor to contrribute to creating The Iron Fog (4i)
Action 2: Spend 2 ichor to create a 1i bauble "Divine Diamond Dust"
>Glittering treasures, the finest dust around.
>Worth a fortune, they'd make the corona of any stellar dust-godling shine bright

>The Iron Fog
>Abilities: None
>Corpus: 4/4
>Ichor: 4/4
>Location: The Emptiness

Action 1: Travel to The Outer Shell
>Sent forth beyond its kin, the Iron Fog is tasked with preparing a place in the outskirts of reality for the arrival of its siblings and almighty creator.
>It will comply, for that is its role.

Action 2: Create 2i Realm, "The Faber Stars"
>Colossal nanite structures form up into being and engineer stars into existence. Entire planets are summoned into being by nanite-wonder relics. Particles of dust are stitched together again and again and again until dead planets form. When all the work is done, the Iron Fog recedes all the myriad pieces of itself back, having created a few solar systems of dead planets, littered with rusting megastructures.
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>>6171006
(To be honest man I don't think your servants start out with ichor lmao. Otherwise you'd have infinite ichor theoretically if you just kept making sevents over and over again).
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>>6171011
Possible!

This was my reading of the rules and I’m fairly sure my turn is legal.
It wouldn’t let me create stuff infinitely though because servants create at half efficiency, so it’s not actually an infinite loop.
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>>6170770
The will of Noerne is made clear through a radiant thought shot back at the messenger, the Grey Plume communicating this singular message in no uncertain terms:

“Undecided. Will consider.”
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Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>6170738
Strad awakens from Its dreamless slumber, like a corpse being infused with like anew, the gigantic dragon lurches upward from Its spot of rest. Taking crooked, uneven steps, like a newly born animal's first, still groggy from the nap enteral. However soon enough, Strad-Aniya Rak finally gains awareness of Itself, the other gods and the world around It...and promptly violently vomits a waterfall of hot putrid green bile from Its maw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7LfvboyNFA

This purge of Its inward containment was not caused by some biological kickback from Its sudden sentience, nor from the sight of Its fellow gods different forms. But rather from the knowledge of what's to come. The knowledge that, no matter what it does, even with its powers as a god, it cannot stop the pathetically disgusting beings known as MORTALS to exist in this world.

But if It must be forced to reside in the same plane as these horrid creatures, It might as well make their lives living hells as well.

From the chunk-filled pool of Strad-Aniya Rak's spew, still steaming and bubbling from just leaving its residence, the chunks floating in it begin to rumble, forming into more distinct three piles molding into a new form with every passing second. Before soon enough, these three piles raise what look to be heads to the sky, and unleash a horrid cry that hurts even the other gods ears. Strad begins to lick them, cleaning the putrid afterbirth from their bodies

>>Create three "Mortals": Dragons, (Plagues, Mutations, Dragons) -10 Ichor

Strad creates four dragons, beings akin to their parents shape, but each very different. A dragon of earth, a large fatty wingless beast like its parent, who shall pew materials from its maw that'll pollute whatever it touches for years to come. A dragon of air, a slim winged creatures, that very breath shall be a toxic cloud. And a dragon of water, and amphibious webbed fin being, who shall vomit up a poison most foul. These beings are only "mortal" in classification, being ageless beings It has no direct control over (More akin to a pseudo-servant if anything) . As of now they're pathetic, hardly even a quarter their parent's size. But for every Eon that passes, they shall mature, grow stronger, mutate into newer, might forms. Soon enough they shall leave the embrace of their creator, and venture out from their den, each in search for a realm to call their own. Where they shall bring about plagues most horrid to the mortal residents of it.

>>6170750
Srad looks upon the small creature, seeing its obvious display of a threat against It...And goes back to cleaning off Its young. Ones bark is only as worse as their bite, and since It has no wounds by teeth, It shall not fear it.
(1/2)
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>>6170733
>[ I ] (Unity, Cognition, Volition)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 1/10 (-9)
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

> 3Ichor - Define (Unity) Ability
[In Unity Bound]
Network mental faculties - sharing experience, willpower, knowledge, and perception between all vessels. Covertly coordinate and harmonize the actions of all vessels with a high degree of sophistication.
> 3Ichor - Define (Cognition) Ability
[Resonance born of Fiercer Places]
Subtly shape and direct the patterns of abstraction which constitute the psyche of mortals which [ I ] inhabits. Plant insistent desires, goals, ideas, and preferences within the target's unconscious which eventually manifest as conscious, self-justified thought and action.
> 3Ichor - Define (Volition) Ability
[Through the Door in Eye a Reflection Cracked]
Infiltrate and integrate self into the consciousness of sapient mortals. Exhibiting particular virulence against individuals actively observing or communicating with [ I ]'s vessels.
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>>6171039
>>6170801
Strad-Aniya Rak now looks upon the tiny messenger, not even bothering to pause doing Its chore this time. "It would do the same towards a twig stepped upon in two, so I will not begin machinations over such a petty act." Its voice is a deep, bellowing rumble with such force behind it that it sent the messenger back, "And even if the bug does follow bark with bite, then let it gnaw. As long as it does not bring ruin upon my work, I do not care." It bites off a particularly dense skin of afterbirth off of one of the kin.

"As for lack of creation to spread my works to, simply feel the air around oneself." It lifts one of Its might claws up towards the sky, "Can you not feel the ripples in space of what was once nothing becoming something? The cries of newlyborns fathered by the gods themselves echoing throughout the cosmos? The very fact that YOU are here speaking to me, is more then evidence that there will be more then enough work I'll have to do to ensure my Ruin is spread to all. And the power that comes with it? Just more fuel for the fires I'll use to make more of my work, nothing more." It slams Its hand to the ground towards the messenger, not out of anger, but just the effect of letting such a massive limb fall to the earth. "Now away with ye', I have much work need to be done and no need for disturbances." As the messenger leaves, Strad-Aniya thinks for their master for a moment. Mayhaps this great work that falls upon It, isn't It alone to bare...

>>6170770
>Strad-Aniya Rak supports this next turn
While Strad knows the creation of such a realm will only bring forth a infestation of mortals within it, It also knows that trying to stop them from being created all together, would be like a mortal trying to stop the rain from falling out of the sky. So It instead hopes to seed this field of weeds while it is being planted, to put Its Ruin deep within the world before it is even made.
(2/2)
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>>6171039
>>6171052
>Strad-Aniya Rak (Plagues, Mutations, Dragons)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward
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>>6170770
"An interesting proposal. I shall gladly contribute when the time comes."
>>6170770
>Spend 2 actions moving to the outer shell
As Shydis approaches the shell he can sense how fragile their reality truly is. If it were to ever crack even the bravest of Gods would know fear. So of course, the best place for the Lord of Fear's home is as close as possible to it.
>Spend 10 ichor to make size 8 realm Swamp of Torment. (Fear and Misfortune)
Great Trees Sprout from freshly made ground as disease filled water floods the new realm. Deadly beasts stalk the scarce land, avoiding the things that live and die within the branches above. All that dwell too long near or in the water are ripped apart by the creatures within. Shadows twist to hide predators from their prey and even trees fall for no reason other than to crush whatever is beneath them.
>Shydis (Fear, Misfortune)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Outer Shell
>Realms: Swamp of Torment 8 (Fear, Misfotune)
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>>6171062
after rereading the rules I'm pretty sure I should be level one next turn
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Nameless opens his eyes to a strange new world, one filled with potential.
He decides to... wait foremost. He watches as the others scramble and create.
While most seem as worthy friends or foes, two grab his attention:
The Weaver and The Age. He is disturbed that he has to belong to the same pantheon as these dumb and useless things.
He wonders why that bothers him, then the idea of fair play is created in his mind. How could they ever take part in any Game? They could never understand.
Something will have to be done to cleanse the ranks of the Gods, but there's something more important at the moment: spreading his wings for the first time.

>Action #1: "The Board", realm of size 1, in Coreward, aligned with game rules
Nameless circles in the nothingness and tries himself in creation. He makes a small realm, so small a mortal could comprehend it.
It is a continent of orange rocks and sand. A desert surrounded by water.
It doesn't have to be anything more, since it will serve as a permanent home to no one. It is merely a playground for future trials and conflicts to come.
Due to it's separation from the living and mighty, its trivial for a god to reshape it. Intricate ghost towns, caverns and monuments are raised and destroyed as easily as breathing. Laws of nature mean little to nothing. Mortals of any alignment would have at an equal footing here.

>Action #2: Owl servant, i8, aligned with the domain of tactics
After he had his fun, he decides to move on to something else. He would love to toy with the creation of others, but he is too early. In an effort to entertain himself, he creates a servant. The Owl that arises is similar in spirit to a part of his soul. While it takes little interest in gambling, its glad to play chess on The Board while the Nameless awaits.

>Action #3: Pig servant, i1, aligned with luck
He is almost contempt for the Eon, but senses that there's more to be squeezed from his power. He creates a pig servant for nothing, but to try his luck in creation: the ultimate gamble.
Seeing that he has no further use for it, he offers it as a gift of good will to Rak, so he may mutilate it to his liking. >>6171039

>>6170770
I'm game.

>Nameless crow (Games/Gambling, Rivalry, Change)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0 (about to be 1)
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

-----
The Owl

>Action #1: Bastion Armour, i8
The Owl, recognizing his inferiority to the ones around him, seeks a way make himself less vulnerable. It erects a fort -or rook if you will- to protect him.

>Owl servant (tactics)
>Abilities: None
>Artifacts: Bastion armour 4/4
>Corpus: 8/8
>Ichor: 0/8
>Location: Coreward
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Rolled 12, 16, 18 = 46 (3d20)

typod my dice

>>6171006
>>6171011
>>6170738
I stand with Noerne here. Since servants are bad at creation and feeding back, there's no exploit in Ichor. The iffy part is combat however. As of now, someone could use their first turn to spawn servants in a chain and attack with 6d6 to spawn-nuke someone. If a "servants start with no Ichor" rule is added, the situation is still the same, it would take only slightly longer to build an unstoppable servant army.
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>>6171115
(I know the Weaver is me but who's The Age?)
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>>6171115
>>6171120
*Ape
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>>6171121
(Ok, I'll have you know the spood is very smart!)
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Rolled 13 (1d20)

>>6171062
>>6171103
forgot I needed to roll
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>>6171119
(Yeah in my opinion Servants should be capped at something like 2 or 3 per level AND not start with Ichor they can use for balance purposes. Otherwise they're going to be powergamed so hard).
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>>6171119
>>6171159
(They're already pretty niche and will die in mass on combat if someone's spamming them out for 6+d6. They're also not going to help the God that makes them in Ichor income too. The combat Gods need all the help they can get against powerscalers.)
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>>6171192
(Yeah but gods who make servants functionally get 15 Ichor if they use all their ichor on it. They'll get basically a level 0 god supporting them and 5 ichor to actually make creations. Since it's already been brought up how broken it is. I could easily see it being abused. )
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>>6171195
(It's linear growth though. We still don't know how the Servants can get Ichor, and the Servants are just worse in actually using Ichor. I doubt the servant spam tactics for combatants isn't intentional on GodScribe's part, and it's why there's no (get a bonus from how many people are on your side) for the combat resolution itself.)

>>6170738
>>6170770
>>6170773
As the waking Gods pursue creation, the underlings of the nameless knight apes them in their minisculity.

>Ruin Knight Alphard = Make Servant: Hammer of Alphard (Ruin), 2 --> 1 Ichor.
The lesser knight crafts a hammer so that it may smash enemies of the revolution when the time comes.

>Ioun Stone 001a = Make Servant: Ioun Stone Moon 001aa (Revolution), 2 --> 1 Ichor.
The ball of rocks fashions another ball of rock to orbit itself.

>The Storm of Knights = Make Servant: Bad Weather (Storm), 2 --> 1 Ichor.
The spiraling knight charge attempts to create another spiral besides it, but only succeeds in creating the marching winds that follows such a charge, of the pure and blank void defined into something as pointless as the knights itseld.

>RK.A rolls 1d20 for the creation of RK.A1.
>IS.001a rolls 1d20 for the creation of IS.001aa.
>UE01.Crsl rolls 1d20 for the creation of UE02.Trnd.

>The Nameless Knight (Ruin, Revolution)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0 (6/5 Ruin, 6/5 Revolution) -(next turn)-> 1 (1/10 Ruin, 1/10 Revolution)
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward
>Servants: IS.001a [3 Revolution, 1/3], RK.A [3 Ruin, 1/3], UE01.Crsl [3 Revolution + 3 Ruin, 1/3], IS.001aa [1 Revolution, 1/1], RK.A1 [1 Ruin, 1/1], UE02.Trnd [1 Storm, 1/1]
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Rolled 14, 7, 18 = 39 (3d20)

>>6171211
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>>6170857
>>6170879
(The superfluous domains don't matter. It's not an attempt to acquire those domains. It would only become relevant if, say, Guthsip became more powerful than Yieldback and became a God in its own right. I just thought it was funny to give a wood axe woodcraft.)
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Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>6170738
The fallen sisters look upon other deities with contempt and disdain. especially the beauty whore harvest harlot and the paint slut. gritting their teeth and clenching its monstrous claws the fallen sisters vowed to turn them into breeding sows for their monster childrens one day....

>Action 1: spend 10 ichor to create monster domain ability - Mother of all Monsters

The fallen sisters, cursed with the destiny of spending the rest of eternity as a monstrous being. has choosen to embrace all the ugly, monstrous beings in existence as it's loving matriarch. the sisters will breed with anyone and anything to create monsters.in it's first attempt of creating monster the pair of sisters breed with each other, resulting in the ability to spawn monstrous beings out of thin air.

(tl;dr ability to spawn monsters every turn)


>Scylla & Charybdis (Monsters)
>Abilities: Mother of all Monsters
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward
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>>6170919
The Golden Spider cares not for the bizarre woman trying to pet him, as he is too absorbed in molding his pot.
>>6171159
>>6171195
(Tbh I think servants should be limited as well, but after talking with QM, he doesn't want to prevent people from making their own servant armies full of shitty servants over several turns. Personally I'm much more worried about the prospect of servants making servants, it's kind of fucking gay for the meta to be spamming armies of cheap ass pokemons to mug people. Regardless, we'll probably know more tomorrow.)
>>6171257
(It's more that you're putting them on the same level as your actual domains, which could be slightly confusing when it comes to alignment purpose. Of course creations can have things not entirely related to your domain like a wooden handle but you can't really align it to woodcraft if you don't have woodcraft lol. Number of domains also affects the price of creations)
>>6170887
(Also yes we can kill and consume each other like in many of the previous games, those weapons and armor rules aren't for show. Regardless, when you assign domains to a creation, it's more to say it's aligned to that domain for mechanics purposes than to describe whether the axe has a wood handle.)
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>>6171159
(Yeah, that about sums up my thoughts too.)
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>>6170738
Chi-Ken would laugh a hearty laugh. Brother's Sisters your creations are magnificent. It's dazzling what everyone has created so far. I hope we can all be friends and work for wealth and prosperity for all.

>>6171276
Chi-Ken would look at the two sisters as they wrestle with much interest. He would say "Attempting to create monsters through flesh rather then ichor is an interesting concept. I applaud you two on coming up with it, it could lead to much wealth."

>>6170770
An interesting proposal I can promise 2 ren next turn if conditions are right
>Yes to Mega realm, 2 ichor

>>6170953
Chi-Ken would applaud the first god to contribute to the mega realm and explain his desire to invest into it as well. He would then move into the mega realm
>Move into the newly formed realm.

>>6170735
Chi-Ken stroking his beard would ponder what the universe desires and needs. What services he could provide that would led to profit and the benefit of all. After doing this for Milena he came up with it. Enforcing trade. He could help guarantee people can peacefully trade.

Chi Ken wants an estimate for the following law:

Golden Chains: Wealth and it's pursuit are of the noblest things it chains all men together in glorious adventure and competition. The universe recognizing this will chain men to their words making them as good as gold.

Effect: Two or more gods may come up with an agreement that will transfer an amount of ichor, minions, artifacts, realms, or baubles to one or more parties. This law will guarantee that up to 10 ichor worth of any agreement is divinely enforced causing it to transfer automatically without regards to consent. Any time ichor is transferred this way Chi-Ken will receive 1 ichor out of the ichor that is being transferred to a receiving party. Gods making a deal that isn't trading ichor must first give 1 ichor to Chi-Ken for every receiving party to have his deal be enforced. If Chi-Ken were to die this law would be destroyed.
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>>6170953 zerm
>>6171115 crow
>>6171041 {i}
>>6170889 white
Chi- Ken would announce "Zerimael the Voidstar, The Nameless Crow, THE WHITE, and [ I ]. I have identified you as gods all possible of helping me achieve my dream of trade through the universe due to the potential of one of your domains. I offer to spend my ichor in making a law to do so and all I ask in return is that you work with me to do it." (Mechanically I need you to spend 1 ichor, but I'll give you 1 ichor to spend)
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>>6171398
THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE WILL DEFINE THE ENTITY ATTEMPTING TO ENTER COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE WHITE AS 'CHI-KEN'. CHI-KEN IS DEFINED AS A GOD OF LUXURY.
THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE IS UNABLE TO SUPPLY THE ICHOR ITSELF BUT IF SUCH A TRANSFER OF ICHOR TO BE IMMEDIATELY BE GIVEN BACK IS POSSIBLE, AS PER YOUR DESIRES.
THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE DOES NOT SEE AN IMMEDIATE ISSUE WITH THIS PROPOSAL, UNLIKE THE PROPOSAL OF A REALM FOR EVERY SINGLE GOD.
THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE, WHICH IS A GOD OF LAW, WILL EAGERLY ACCEPT ANY PROPOSAL THAT INVOLVES A LAW. LAWS ARE WHAT BIND MEN TOGETHER.
(Translation: WHITE LIKES LAWS WHITE WILLING TO HELP MAKE LAW)
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>>6171398
As The White has spoken, so too shall I offer my own support should you still wish for it. You need only supply the Ichor, and I shall imbue the essence of my Domain into this new law. My connections are certain to provide an exceptional vessel for the transfer of power in the future, and I find the idea of an impartial arbiter to enforce dealings - when purposefully enlisted as such - to be a wise option to have in the future. Even if it should be rarely used, there is no harm in its mere presence.
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The bubble observes the Gods and their works.

Unrelated to my responses, I noticed that I forgot to mention that due to the unrivaled complexity in creating them, Abilities can only be used on the turn after their creation. I've updated the Rules PDF to clarify certain mechanics, especially Level advancement, and add variable base damage to Servants. Don't hesitate to ask if you want any price checks or have any questions on mechanics!

>>6170770
To make Revolution among Mortals fundamental to reality, it will cost 20 Ichor. If such a deed were done, Revolutions would be constant and vicious among Mortal kind.

>>6170801
I notice a slight error in your creation. Guaranteeing +1 damage in a weapon costs 3 Ichor instead of the 1 Ichor used for increasing the dice size. At 9 Ichor, Thirstslaker can be forged to inflict your choice of 1d3+2, 1d6+1, or 1d9+0. If you like, the amount of Ichor spent on Thirstslaker can be adjusted.

Artifacts can be upgraded in the turns after their creation if you want to improve it to reach 1d8+1 or more later.

Apart from that, creations of Gods can only have an alignment corresponding to one of their domains. Because domains are abstract and broad, they can contain elements of any almost other possible domain. Vengeful Murder, for example, could justify functionally any material as they're all useable for Vengeful Murder. An alignment isn't the absolute entirety of a creation, it's which domain it leans the strongest towards. A race of mudmen could have aspects of Earth and Golems but their alignment would be to Mud.

>>6170857
Every domain contains aspects or traces of most other domains. While it would be difficult for a God of Water to integrate Ashes into a realm of theirs, Water includes Oceans which are associated with Beaches, which are associated with Sand, which is similar to Ashes and could easily warrant their inclusion, if it was justified. At the same time, a God of Water couldn't have a creation aligned to the domain of Ashes as he isn't a God of Ashes. There'll always be more Water in it on a metaphysical level, unless the God later gained Ashes as a domain.
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>>6171429
>>6170879
On rereading, the rules were somewhat ambiguous when that wasn't my intention. Gods can create almost anything from any domain, but the alignment of the creation must be of one of the God's domains, because the God is the arbiter of those domains and their creations belong to them.

>>6171257
I agree, an axe of Woodcraft is funny, but it can't be directly aligned to Woodcraft because Brother Yieldback doesn't have authority over its domain.

>>6170889
The added +10% cost doesn't contribute to Level advancement or the creation's final value, it's a representation of the added complexity.
>Probably enough to get to Level 1 assuming I understood the "if something has multiple domains, its ichor value/cost counts as progress to all of them."
That would be correct. The domains of a creation count equally towards Level advancement. For example, a 4 Ichor creation of Trees and Life wouldn't be split into 2 Ichor for Trees and 2 for Life, the full total of 4 applies to them both. My wording on it was ambiguous, but this should be clearer.

>>6171011
Servants do start with Ichor but use it at 50% efficiency and can't refill it on their own. Keeping a lot of Servants topped-off will be a money sink for little benefit outside of additional Actions taken at 50% efficiency.

>>6171014
Your turn is legal. A bit recursive, but legal.

>>6171103
You would be, yes.
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>>6171430
>>6171119
I agree. I don't want to discourage making numerous weak Servants as it's a cost-inefficient and risky strategy, but it is true that a 1 Ichor Servant is nowhere near a true God in strength. I've added variable base damage for Servants so that it varies by the amount of Ichor invested. This makes them slightly weaker in combat but reduces the potential of a God spending 3 Ichor to inflict up to 18 damage at once, with no more cost than Actions used to create them in the first place. That would've been possible previously but, in my opinion, aside from the cheese, would've taken some of the fun out of the weak minion horde archetype because they wouldn't be weak. Servants can wield weapons to completely replace their base damage and even without them are dangerous, but this leaves the combat meta slightly more balanced.

>>6171159
>>6171298
I think the reduction of base damage and 50% efficiency will be sufficient. I appreciate you all mentioning this, as I didn't intend for infinite Servants to be the optimal combat strategy. Now, it's still a dangerous combat strategy, but not without its own risks.

>>6171192
Another counter against Servant spam is in combat abilities. It would be easy for a God with a damage dealing ability to fight off several times their number in ultra-cheap Servants.

>>6171195
In the same turn, they do get a slight advantage but in following turns, they'll either have 0 Ichor Servants or need to refill them with their own Ichor. Creating new Servants to get around the issue of refilling older Servants can damage their loyalty, partly by neglect and partly for practical reasons. One God with a plethora of Servants needs to keep them on a careful leash.

>>6171394
>>6171398
Considering the enormously wide scope and involvement of a specific God (Chi-Ken) as the deal-broker, Golden Chains will cost 20 Ichor to enact. However, each additional God involved will reduce the cost by -2 Ichor as their domain expertise and wide consensus is applied.
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>>6171435
It is so, yes.
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>>6171436
Ah, didn't meant to delete that. Glad to know I'll level up next turn. Progress is now tracked at 8 LAW, 5 FROST, 4 KNOWLEDGE.
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>>6171431
(Looks good to me! Thanks for the clarification and tweaks. Two questions from me:

1. When levelling up, your Corprus and Ichor limits are increased by 10. Is it just the limits, requiring you to heal yourself to your new Corprus limit and wait on income for ichor, or are you assumed to gain +10 in both of those pools coinciding with the limit increase?

2. Can a single 'servant' be a Swarm-type entity, mostly for flavor's sake? For example, if the Weaver invested 10 Ichor into making a Servant that is a shitload of other spiders that work together on his web with him.)
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>>6171430
Just to clarify, the updated rulebook still says that servants are capable of gaining income, but you’ve also said they can’t replenish ichor on their own.

Am I to understand that they will refill their ichor back to cap along with the gods but just can’t receive worship or something, or are they now incapable of receiving automatic income from the bubble?
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>>6171437
No problem!

>>6171450
>1. When levelling up, your Corprus and Ichor limits are increased by 10. Is it just the limits, requiring you to heal yourself to your new Corprus limit and wait on income for ichor, or are you assumed to gain +10 in both of those pools coinciding with the limit increase?
Corpus heals to full but Ichor must be gained to reach the limit. This is because Corpus is the form of the God while Ichor is how much power that form is capable of holding at once. It likely won't be difficult to reach the Ichor limit early on.

>2. Can a single 'servant' be a Swarm-type entity, mostly for flavor's sake? For example, if the Weaver invested 10 Ichor into making a Servant that is a shitload of other spiders that work together on his web with him.)
Yes. There are functionally zero limitations on fluff. To take an extreme direction, it would be possible for a weapon to be a legion that is then led to inflict its damage.

>>6171451
>Am I to understand that they will refill their ichor back to cap along with the gods but just can’t receive worship or something, or are they now incapable of receiving automatic income from the bubble?
Servants don't receive the automatic income from the bubble as it is the echo of the Gods' emergence, but they are capable of gaining income through other means. Gods can transfer Ichor to Servants at no penalty. Servants can receive worship and the details of that are up to their God. There's nothing preventing a Servant from being an Absolute 'God' to mortals or a Major God while his creator is a Minor God. From a lone mortal's perspective, the difference between a miracle of 1 Ichor and 10 Ichor is mostly an academic distinction.
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>>6171394
The Great Ape growls menacingly at the Fat God and bares his teeth as a sign of aggression. The Great Ape drums his belly and stomps his feet while hooting and hollering intelligible grotesque sounds. The Great Ape is concerned by how large-bellied and fat this other god is and looks over at his Ape-Wife carefully.

The Ape-Wife is looking at Chi-Ken lustily noting how rotund he is and starts fiddling with her disgusting, flea-covered, grimy, and smelly fur. She is completely smitten with him.

The Great Ape is consumed with jealously and backhand smacks his Ape-Wife as hard as he can and then approaches Chi-Ken.

The Great Ape makes direct eye-contact with Chi-Ken and starts pissing violently and loudly to asset his dominance. A large steaming puddle of piss forms at the Great Apes own feet until the warm orangey substance burns through the metaphysical floor and sends the great ape hurtling downwards into the outershell of the bubble.

His Ape-Wife follows The Great Ape through the hole.

>Action: Move to Emptiness with Ape-Wife

>Action: Move to Outershell with Ape-Wife

>The Great Ape (Gluttony, Ape, Savagery)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Outershell
>Servants: Ape Wife (Ape 10/10)
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>>6171429
>>6171430
1d9+0 is fine for the weapon, and I ...yield back... (eh? eh??) the domains on the Axe and Guthsip that I don't have.
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>>6171455
Ok so since we’re asking questions here, I’ve got some.

1. Is it at all possible for a mortal to ascend into a servant? Be it though godly intervention or their own means?

And 2. If two gods where to have sex with one another, would it count as incest? I ask for reasons that totally don’t have to do with plans later.
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>>6171522
>I ask for reasons that totally don’t have to do with plans later.
Dare I ask which god? The ape? The spider? The dragon? The abstract memetic entity? The shadow?
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>>6171539
(That one's not me, but I think I know who it is lmao. Also the Ape is insanely based holy shit this is stellar monkey roleplay)
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>>6171552
(I was referring to who he wanted to fuck, not who he was)
(also yeah, monkey is fucking based)
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>>6171429
>>6171431
The nameless knight is content that such a law is possible, but immediately broods as what meagre power its servants had is stolen from them.

>>6170770
>Total backers: 8, !L1: 3, "doubters": 2
>Total abstainee: 6, "evilone": 3
>Remaining: 3
>Immediate action? [Y/N]
>N
>Decrease status? [Y/N]
>Y

Even the dream of a vast core is so less than what it could be.

>The Nameless Knight proposes an amendment to the Megarealm proposal, removing the domains [Gold, Persistence, Trickery] (L2, No aff.), [Vengeful Murder, Intrigue, Battle] (No aff.), [Creativity, Beauty, Innovation, Luck, Chaos] (L2, No aff.), [Death, Space, Souls] (L3, No aff.), [Unity, Cognition, Volition] (No aff.), [Monsters] (No aff.), for a total removal of 18 domains and 6 gods, resulting in only a 210% Ichor increase.
>The Nameless Knight will assume the backers' silence to be agreement.

With that out of the way,
>>6171429
Creation-related questions,
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if servants can also be improved past its creations like artifacts and (presumably) realms do.
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if a domain can be added to a creation after its creation.
Combat-related question,
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if the infliction of damage from abilities happens before the - (d20 is rolled).
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if an ability to - (gain bonus to the combat d20) - is possible.
Possible-related questions,
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if it could make a - ([8 Ichor Revolution Ability - Accretion: Expand a realm owned by the Revolution for 4 Ichor])
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe of what it would take to make a Realm be a constant expression of a God's self, always contributing to its - (level up).
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe of how much it would need to bleed to let the domain of Law be also in the hearts of mortals alongside Revolution.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if it favors any of its spawn.

>>6171211
>The Nameless Knight directs 1 Ichor of its income to RK.A (Ruin Knight Alphard).
>The Nameless Knight directs 1 Ichor of its income to IS.001a (Ioun Stone 001a).
>The Nameless Knight directs 1 Ichor of its income to UE01.Crsl (Storm of Knights).

>Bad Weather loses its Storm typing, and in ruination gains Ruin typing.

>The Nameless Knight (Ruin, Revolution)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0 (6/5 Ruin, 6/5 Revolution) -(next turn)-> 1 (1/10 Ruin, 1/10 Revolution)
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10 (+7 to NK, +1 to IS.001a, +1 to RK.A, +1 to UE01.Crsl), +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward
>Servants: IS.001a [3 Revolution, 1/3], RK.A [3 Ruin, 1/3], UE01.Crsl [3 Revolution + 3 Ruin, 1/3], IS.001aa [1 Revolution, 1/1], RK.A1 [1 Ruin, 1/1], UE02.Trnd [1 Ruin, 1/1]
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>>6171582

Uninvited!?
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>>6171586
>Checking records...
>No affirmative confirmed for AE01.

The Knight considers if it should let the winds of space carries its voice, but considers the wait even more painful than the usual.

"ALMOST A THIRD OF THE GODS HAVE ACTED WITHOUT CONFIRMING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE GREAT REALM. YOU ARE WELCOME TO JOIN IF YOU SEEK. I ONLY WORRY OF HOW COMPLICATED THIS WOULD BE ON THE BUBBLE'S PART IF THE GREAT REALM IS MUTABLE WHENEVER A GOD DECIDES ITS IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO PARTICIPATE IN IT AND JOINS WITHOUT A DECLARATION FIRST."

Is it reverbs or is there something behind the suit? Whatever the case, there's a soreness to speaking this hard across the universe.
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>>6171539
>>6171552
IT WAS ME! THE DRAGON RWAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!! (I forgot to add my tag while I was mobile :p) and in the other way I guess I already did have sex with myself??? Given I gave birth to the dragons on my own and all.

>>6171561
Definitely not planning on getting with the goddesses of monsters and creating horrors beyond human understanding to plague mortals in equally horrid ways. Hahaha definitely not.

(Also I agree the monkey is mega based)
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>>6171662
(ngl, I thought it was the monster goddesses that had posted that. This is not a twist I expected)
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>>6171455
Can we continue to expand realms we've made? (I assume we can.)

Actual question: I want to make a realm that's like a seperate dimension, with unique properties as far as getting there, for instance perhaps requring an action to get to and leave it, or being able to be accessed by everyone inside the bubble but placing the person at their entrance point. Would this require a law, and how much ichor would that cost?
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>>6171522
(According to the greeks, as the first generation to spring forth from the void, we'd all be classified as Primordials. Primordials banging is never really considered to be incest, since they're all so vastly different from one another and are essentially random aspects of reality, expressed in metaphysical form.)
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>>6171455
Another question about realms, can they contain realms within them and if not what would the Ichor cost be law-wise?
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>>6171582
Chi-Ken realizing the amount of cost he would have to surpass would measure his ambition slightly. He would scale back his plans for the law slightly to ensure feasibility.

I want an estimate for how much the law would cost just being able to enforce ichor trade. As well as having the tax be per turn rather then once.

>>6171582
Chi-Ken would approach the nameless knight and speak while stroking his beard "It's good to finally speak to you knight. You became very interesting after you asked us all to join you in you're ambition. I considered your idea a grand one so I've promised to join you on it. But you see I myself have plenty of ambition as well and seek to carve a sense of diplomacy in the world rather then just have it be run by brute force.' Chi-Ken would extend his hand "You should join me in on this considering my promises to you. We could both work towards a better future together."

I want you to join me in on making my law. I'm helping you out so help me out as well.
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>>6171487
Chi-Ken would smile gingerly while the ape acts out his dominance game. but as soon as the Ape would leave he would curse the creature. "Damn Ape what conditions are these that I have to endure living with animals. The only women here to warm my bed a putrid monkey. I'll have to improve this world somehow, the luxuries I want, no need to live are no where to be seen."
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>>6171062
A great torrent of dark currents descended as a cloud upon the Swamp of Torment, strangely the creatures on the planet did not care for It's presence, their momentary struggles on this planet were far more dire to attend to than even a God's visage. Nihildir observed this planet and thought it was good, a healthy factory of souls ready to be braced against the wall of reality.

>>6171487
One of Nihildir's soul fragments straying from the Outer Shell Nebula approaches the Great Ape, curving along the currents of space like a slinky. It stops in front of the Ape's savage feet and says "The Swamp of Torment has creatures. You can kill and eat. I can show you." The shard talked robotically, as it was but a fragmented portion of Nihildir's soul, the reason why a shard would be attempting to appease the Great Ape is up to speculation, but many scholars today say it was because Nihildir was subconsciously scared of the Great Ape.
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>>6171902
>Accessing record [*@#%^-*@$%!2]...
>Playing record...
>Error: Record corrupted.
>Ignoring..

The nameless knight exits its customary brooding pose to enter the traditional "hold sword down with both hands in front of self's waist" pose, regardless of how comical this looks without a ground to stand on.

"The Great Realm is for the good of all, merchant. The Universe itself has already plotted against bloodthirsty forces, and among the Gods arrayed before me, I see only one or two that would consider violence among the Gods themselves. Have you considered simply removing such elements?"
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>>6171954
"While there may only exist a few sparks it takes little to catch a dry bush on fire. Violence will only beget more violence in the end. I only seek to have an alterative to wanton destruction that will surely occur. A mean to solve things through words rather then fists.

"Through the enforcement of these contracts we can ensure peace against some unsavory elements without the need for permeant elimination. Likewise with this law such a destructive elements may instead choose subjugation rather then annihilation of their foes. Ultimately I seek to save the god's lives rather then see the may perish."

"So while I would like to work with you. I require you cooperation in order for me to help further your ends. As we both work towards the good of all I think this is merely appropriate.'
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>>6171006
Nihildir could feel the nano machines penetrate the quite clouds of the outer shell, even without piercing the nebula itself. A few soul shards approached the disturbance, discovering the first of planets, large spheres of will made being. The three shards quickly found the source, a well camouflaged cloud of an unknown subtance, easily passed as gas or dust. One of the braver shards approached the anomolous being, "Who is here?" It's voice small and robotic.
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>>6171957
"The placid nature of creations sheltered from the Void tends to drown such sparks. You are lessening the consequences of violence, and in your laws, paving the way for such brutes to gain influence by rewarding their base acts."
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>>6171948
The Great Ape groggily getting up from his piss puddle after falling into the outer shell regards the soul fragment with dim suspicion and hunger after the mention food. He grabs the soul fragments and start sniffing it lazily and puts it in it's mouth and swish it around a bit in it cheeks, covering it in gross slobber, before spitting it out straight into the piss after determining it wasn't tasty.

The Great Ape points at the soul fragment and lets out a large grunt to his Ape-Wife and then rubs his belly lustily.

"HUNGRY."

The Ape-Wife will follow the soul fragment to the Swamp of Torment to gather food.
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>>6171968
After experiencing such atrocity, the trio of soul fragments commiserate with the Ape-Wife as they lead her on the journey, the shard that got literally mouth washed and spat out is especially frustrated.
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>>6171968
>>6171975
As the ape and shards approach the swamp Shydis' forms in front of them. "Greetings Ape God and soul shards. It is nice to see my fellow deities taking interest in my little corner of creation." The shadow focuses its attention on The Great Ape. "I actually was hoping to speak with you soon. After careful consideration I feel an apelike race of mortals would be best suited for this land. Given apes fall under your domain I would like your permission to make these mortals and in exchange you can eat and rest here as long as you like."
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>>6171975
Ape-Wife follows the fragments to the Swamp of Torment where she reaches all of her many arms into the realm below and gathers various "deadly" creatures to feed to her husband.

She walks back and presents to The Great Ape who greedily takes all but one of the smallest creatures who he leaves to his wife.

He eats the creatues whole, chewing with his mouth fully agape, sending food scraps and spit everywhere.
He expertly separates meat from bone within his mouth using his dexterous tongue. And after swallowing the meat he makes a game out of spitting the leftover little bones at his Ape-Wife who screeches in terror and disgust and at the soul fragments.

The Great Ape pats his belly satisfaction and after letting out an impossibly large belch that leaves a lingering stinking yellow cloud regards the soul fragments.

"You. Friend."

Then he starts drumming his belly in an odd rhythm and signals his ugly, disgusting, fat, mannish, smelly, dirty, stupid, and monstrous Ape-Wife to start dancing "sexily" for his new friends to celebrate the new found friendship.

The Ape-Wife dances.
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>>6171978
"Deal."

>>6171979
(Pretend you're part of this display too lmao.)
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>>6171968
>>6171975
>>6171979
>>6171981
(This shit made me giggle like a moron at work. Holy hell man this is so crass)
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The bubble continues to float.

>>6171514
>1d9+0 is fine for the weapon
I've got it for the records. I'll be keeping a separate doc for each of the gods and their creations so there's no confusion of what came from where later.

>I ...yield back... (eh? eh??) the domains on the Axe and Guthsip that I don't have.
Heh.

>>6171522
>1. Is it at all possible for a mortal to ascend into a servant? Be it though godly intervention or their own means?
It is possible for a mortal to ascend into a Servant or Servant esque state. Certainly by godly intervention but existence is too young to know if it will be possible for them to reliably do it by themselves.

>2. If two gods where to have sex with one another, would it count as incest?
Yes and no. It depends on the God's perspective. Every God has the same origin (the bubble) so in that sense they're all related, but they have no genetic similarities and are fundamentally distinct on a physical and conceptual level.

>>6171582
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if servants can also be improved past its creations like artifacts and (presumably) realms do.
Servants and Realms can both be improved after their creation. It's possible for enough Ichor spent on them to result in another creation roll.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if a domain can be added to a creation after its creation.
It is possible to add a domain to a creation after its creation. This can be done at a 1:1 ratio of Ichor spent to Ichor value influenced. However, the full value of a Servant or Artifact must be altered at once to change its nature, the partial alteration of mortals can lead to subraces, and the partial alteration of a Realm can cause a catastrophe or fracture. If the domain being added is different enough from the domain(s) of the creation involved, it may have a chance to resist the influence.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if the infliction of damage from abilities happens before the - (d20 is rolled).
Abilities are applied before the Combat action is resolved. However, most Abilities must roll an opposed d20 to strike, albeit at no risk of damage if the Ability misses or fails to overcome them.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if an ability to - (gain bonus to the combat d20) - is possible.
An Ability to gain a bonus to the Combat d20 is possible, though the strain of augmenting divine power is incredible. The cost would be 5 Ichor per +1 bonus with a further stacking 5 cost of Ichor per additional +1. For example, a +3 would cost 30 Ichor, at 5/10/15 Ichor.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if it could make a - ([8 Ichor Revolution Ability - Accretion: Expand a realm owned by the Revolution for 4 Ichor])
This is possible without further alterations. It could apply to any Realm that is aligned to the domain of Revolution.
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>>6172088
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe of what it would take to make a Realm be a constant expression of a God's self, always contributing to its - (level up).
Level advancement isn't attached to specific creations, it is a measurement of how far a God has extended their dominion over the bubble. If the same Realm continues to expand, the expansion will continue to contribute to its God's Level advancement. The old parts of a Realm created during previous Levels will not, however, as they've already contributed and are already a permanent part of a God's accomplishments. The Level gained itself is their expression. Through laws, it is possible for all to change.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe of how much it would need to bleed to let the domain of Law be also in the hearts of mortals alongside Revolution.
As you lacks the domain of Law, it cannot be done by your burning gauntlets alone. If, however, you were to assist another God that did hold the domain of Law, it could be done for 20 Ichor.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if it favors any of its spawn.
The bubble has a deep fondness for and appreciation of every one of the Gods in their own respect. Above all, it is impartial. It is overjoyed to see their various works and what will come of their interactions in futures yet unseen. The Great Ape has probably been the biggest spectacle so far, though.

>>6171803
>Can we continue to expand realms we've made? (I assume we can.)
You can, yes. Your assumption is correct. Every creation can have Ichor spent to increase it later.

>Actual question: I want to make a realm that's like a seperate dimension, with unique properties as far as getting there, for instance perhaps requring an action to get to and leave it, or being able to be accessed by everyone inside the bubble but placing the person at their entrance point. Would this require a law, and how much ichor would that cost?
Such a Realm would contradict the current paradigm of distance and spacetime. That said, you are the God of Space and such things are your specialty. A law to make a specific dimension accessible from all points in Space would require 20 Ichor. Your domain of Space and the cost of an Action makes this cheaper than it would've been.
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>>6171958
>The Iron Fog is found swirling at the heart of a maddening assortment machinery.
>The servant rotates a few mechanical eyes over to the approaching shards, responding to its query with an equally robotic voice


“You address The Iron Fog.”
“My work nears completion, to engineer a home for those above me.”
>There can be little doubt as to what brings it refers to.
>In the Emptiness not too far away three potent entities reside of a similar nature to this divine mechanical cloud.
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>>6172089
>>6171864
>Another question about realms, can they contain realms within them and if not what would the Ichor cost be law-wise?
Currently, Realms cannot hold other Realms inside of them. While it is possible for Realms to be adjacent in the same Location, it is vastly more distance than specified and shortening it would require a law. Attaching Realms is not difficult, especially for a God of Space. A law to allow the creation of Subrealms would cost 10 Ichor. An example of a Subrealm would be a satellite closely orbiting a larger world or a distinct region of alien alignment to the rest of its primary.

>>6171902
If the law is restricted to solely influence the trade of Ichor, the cost would be lowered to 15 Ichor. If the tax is applied at the end of the turn rather than instantaneously, it would reduce the cost to 14 Ichor.
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>>6171963
I guess we can't see eye to eye after all. You're desire for bloodshed is saddening. Such brutes will prosper under our current system, but it sounds like only time will show you this.

>>6170733
Chi Ken would call out to all gods. My fellow divines. I see it as imperative that there exists the ability solve things peacefully rather then violently throughout this cosmos. The Law i propose could ensure far fewer gods have to die and even stop some conflicts all together. I ask for your support next turn in creating it if you wish for such a world.
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>Chi-Ken would work day and night creating a new ability. Such that he could ensure justice itself weighed the fate of the universe.

"The gilded scale
This is a scale to measure one’s wealth against one’s greed the wilder of the scale may use it or offer its effect to any other gods.
If a god accepts their greed on a combat roll is measured by all gods.
gods are given one vote to vote for wealth vs greed.
If wealth get more votes the scales add +5 dice to the damage roll this turn
If greed get more votes nothing happens
Any god may pay 1 ichor per additional vote to (Chi-Ken)
The payment is made immediately and you may pay multiple times
On creation or when (Chi-Ken) invests/upgrades any god may invest any amount of ichor into the scales and gains that many extra votes until it is upgraded again.

(This is an metaphorical item
That can be used by multiple gods and multiple times a turn.
It can not be taken,stolen,given,or destroyed (c) R TM)"

I want an estimate on this ability.

If anyone wants to contribute to this ability for votes feel free to.
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>>6170738
>>6170733
Flos Osseus wakes. No art, no song. This must be corrected, one brushstroke at a time

>Move to Emptiness
The vast nothingness is too empty, too sterile. First, we must fill it with something stimulating

>Create realm with size 9, Artistry 6 (6,6 ichor) and Dedication (3,3 ichor). (9,9 total ichor, rounded to 10)
Far reaching grasslands dotted with hills with trees on them. Large mountains in the distance, their peaks covered in snow and frost. Small quaint little lakes are dotted about, frogs sit on lily pads. Birds play their songs, sheep relax as they graze, calm and happy little clouds travel across the sky. They all wait for someone to capture their beauty, on the canvas, in songs, in fairytales.
This realm is called “Artium Opus”.

>Reach out to other gods, inviting mortals to partake in artistry in this new realm
“Fellow gods of peace and prosperity, fellow gods with ambitions for greatness. Come let your mortals make works of art in your honour! The mortal species you provide will have me as their minor god, and you as their major god. Let’s make this realm a beautiful work of art together!”

>Flos Osseus (Artistry, Dedication)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0 (soon 1)
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward -> Emptiness

>>6172091
Do I round up each Ichor cost on a creation, or on the total? When making my realm, 110% of 6 is 6,6 and 110% of 3 is 3,3 totalling 9,9. I rounded the 9,9 up to ten, but would it be more correct to round the 6,6 to seven and 3,3 to 4? If so, I have to cut one of the two down a point so the total no longer is 11. If I understood the multi-domaining correctly.
Also
Do the gods establish religion, or is religion just the belief in a god/multiple gods?
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>>6171963

The Weaver continues working on his pot, storing golden coins in it while occasionally fiddling with the Mirage Web covering his body. He twitches in the direction of the Coreward,becoming aware of an evolution in the Knight's rhetorics and which god pose the highest threat. The Golden Spider nearly starts slapping the void as a warning with his front legs when the ape barrels through The Emptiness covered in his own urine, although he does nothing when the skeleton decides to move into the emptiness and make his home there, having nothing against artists.

He observes and listens almost motionlessly while grooming his fangs as the fat merchant and the Knight bicker and as other gods pitch in to help his construction of a gigantic realm...and stills when he hears the knight speak of ''The Universe having plotted against bloodthirsty forces'' and ''removing such elements''.

The Aureate Arthropod stays frozen for several moments in that unerving way spiders do when they encounter something unexpected, then he Speaks for the first time.

''A proclaimed Realm for the good of all? From one wafting the stench of Ruin and Revolution? And you speak of murdering your siblings so casually for such a grand goal as well.'' His voice,produced by stridulating his golden fangs together, sounds more like metal screeching and scratching against itself than anything else.

''Yes, I believe this one to be treacherous indeed, perhaps plotting for a grand Ruinous Revolution even, for why else would such a god ask the aid of all others in this way? A stab in the back maybe, as revolutions are often quite unexpected and treacherous. A Trick even! Not even the Divine would be immune to such, and I would know!''

''While I cannot speak for certain...creatures-''There was no need to name the obvious here''-perhaps you, siblings, should be more wary of taking part in a megaproject organised by one so callous about the murder of kin he does not agree with. I believe this whole chivalrous act to be quite the fake front! Who knows what hides inside that armor? So self-assured too, believing itself completely in the right.''

The spider, done Speaking, begins grooming again
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>>6172149
Still as statues, but spinning regardless to the bubble's gravity. No use to rising one's own voice now.

"You speak of the natures of God, and yet the merchant is barely noble. I am clueless as to why he is so eager to prepare eternal tributes to the Gods that he imagine is so degenerate to descend into violence once one has commited the act."

"The Great Realm would preserve any that took part in it, and eternally benefit them if I had my way. Tell me spider, what web can I spin out of a realm like that? I am no cursebearer nor spymaster. Your eight eyes can see as well as mine by how few of the Gods in this Universe is made with baser natures in mind. I have trust in my fellow Gods that they can rise above their natures, or at the very least, simply inflict it upon mortals."
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>>6172155
"Violence will befall this universe it's a simple fact we are all aware of. Even you admit there are gods who have blatantly poised themselves to this. My law would merely help prevent some violent actions through negotiation and save lives by offering subjugation instead of cannibalism. The fact that you oppose this means you would rather see your kin die then give them the option to live and see another day."

He would stroke his long oily beard as he choose his next words "I agree with the spider that your motives are put in question. A god of ruin and revolution does not seem to be a world builder and you desire to for the death of our kin is putrid."
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>>6172175
"You open the way. You seek only to treat the sickness itself, not your theorized cause of it. If you seek peace, simply have trust in your fellow Gods. If you fear war, simply aim to remove the pieces from the board that would dream of that. Still, inclinations does not mean action, and your law inclines them further into harm."

"If one of our own decides to murder one of us, do you think such acts will simply go unopposed? I do not dream of the death of their victims, but I do rather dream of the death of such an assailant. They abandoned creation, after all."
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>>6172137

(I believe creations are all of their domains, all at once. So you could make Artium Opus as a realm of Dedication and Artistry, at size 9, costing 9.9 to create, and it counts as nine of both Dedication and Artistry)

Scarce has Artium Opus sprang into existence before its night sky is filled with the swirling whirls of the Rainbow Nebula. Down below on its green hills a lone goddess is chasing sheep, painting each one with a facsimile of the night sky as she catches them.
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The Voidstar pulses with thought and introspection. It considers the concept of Death, something that it can only fathom through the lens of the severance of connections. An absolute isolation? A shuddering dread fills it, though it knows not why.

"Though it is not a pressing need yet, the inevitability of conflict and death itself poses a certain question: What shall happen to our creations when we die? Will time itself erode them, rusting away at the products of our dreams until they too fade into nothing? For that matter, what shall happen to US when we die? How can Death apply to those of us who were not born to fathom it, who have no connection to such a concept? Before the first of deaths among gods, we must consider placing laws to prevent the worst in the event of our murder. Something to preserve our works, and hopefully some amount of our own minds so that we do not fade entirely back into oblivion - or descend into a madness from the conflict of Death upon those that Death was never intended for. I do not know what would happen to us should we die before such a laws are in place, and I have no desire to find out. Consider my words for the future, my brothers and sisters."
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> Turn 1

> Action 1
Create a Realm aligned with Knowledge (5 Ichor)

Name: The Halls of L’oiom
Location: Coreward
Alignment: Knowledge
Ichor Cost: 5 (Permanent Creation)
These 5 Ichor count toward my Knowledge Domain’s level-up progress.
Realm Description:
A mid-sized realm composed of colossal libraries spiraling like arcane labyrinths. Corridors twist and curl like living things, echoing with whispers of past scholars. The atmosphere shimmers with drifting scrolls, luminous glyphs, and floating tomes on every conceivable topic.

> Lore:

The Archives of L’oiom were birthed from the cosmic dreamscape of Thyp’ptyklpt’s swirling consciousness. In these halls, ink never dries, paper never tears, and words practically leap off the page to imprint themselves in a visitor’s mind. Some volumes glow with their own gentle radiance, while others are bound in the hide of unknown beasts and locked by intricate seals only the most astute can unravel. The realm itself is “alive”—its passageways shift to protect precious knowledge from the unworthy, and the slightest disturbance triggers a whispering chorus from the countless records. Here, the pursuit of understanding is not just a hobby but a fundamental force, shaping the very space around each visiting scholar.

> Action 2
Create a Mortal Race aligned with Knowledge (5 Ichor)

Name: The Auryxa
Population: 5 (5 Ichor 5 Population)
Alignment: Knowledge
Worship: Thyp’ptyklpt as Absolute God (earns 2 Ichor per 1 Population)
Result:

Once they’ve settled in The Archives of L’oiom, each turn they will generate Ichor for you—initially 2 × 5 = 10 Ichor (modified by GM events). Depending on your GM’s preference, it may take a little time (Eons) before you receive the full worship dividend, but this race provides a solid income engine.

> Lore:

The Auryxa are shifting, gaseous entities whose very essence shimmers with prismatic light. From a distance, an Auryxa appears as a gently pulsating cloud of translucent color, refracting violet, pink, and turquoise hues that ripple like oil on water. Each member bears a subtle “birthmark” of arcane runes across their forearms—an omen of their destiny to safeguard and expand the realm’s boundless reservoir of knowledge.

In daily life, they serve as both scribes and heralds of hidden truths. The Auryxa gather for communal readings, transcribe every new revelation onto living parchment, and diligently illuminate obscure lore found within the Archives. Their sacred duty as scribes compels them to preserve old records in grand alcoves filled with crystallized starlight, treating every ancient scroll and codex as a treasured relic. As heralds, they carry cryptic messages beyond their realm’s borders, disseminating wisdom—or warning—throughout the cosmos in Thyp’ptyklpt’s name.
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>>6172344
> End of Turn 1 Recap

Ichor Spent: 10 (5 on the Realm, 5 on The Auryxa)
Remaining Ichor: 0
Creations Made:
Realm: The Archives of L’oiom (Aligned with Knowledge)
Mortals: The Auryxa (Aligned with Knowledge, Population 5, Absolute Worship)
God’s New Location: The Archives of L’oiom (Coreward)

I would also like to apologize for posting so late
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>>6172345
(I think we still have a whole week until GodScribe updates.)
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Rolled 17, 20 = 37 (2d20)

>>6172137
Oh right, I should probably roll dice for my creation

>>6172216
"Ah, a visitor, how lovely! Paint away to your hearts content, strive for betterment as you express your mind."
"Your Star Watchers are welcome to my realm whenever they wish, friend of art and beauty."
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''I never positioned the merchant as noble, it should be quite obvious that he is as sleazy and trustworthy as a nail embeded in one's seat! As for violence...I am not against such, we all need ways to let out our frustrations, though it would certainly be better if it did not end in an unending senseless slaughter.''

''Oh but you can spin such a great web with a realm like that! Just look at the Domains and aspects which would be implemented...quite a few are horrific and could be used against the gods themselves, for why else would you inspire Revolution in the hearts of every mortal? A Revolution is usually done against the reigning authority so who will they revolt against? Themselves? Truly, you wish to cast a curse upon the gods themselves, and potentially lead to their end by empowering the mortals.''

>>6172321
''Let me tell you, star-brother, of what will happen should you meet your demise: Your corpse will stay fresh and inert where it is, and one of us will crack open your little shell to feast on your succulent divinity like the beast they are, taking all of that you are and making you one with them as they tear into your flesh. Immortal as we are, it would be unwise to believe ourselves incompatible with such a fundamental truth.''
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>>6172841
>"-first, that such concepts might only exist if one invites it, and that the only part that matters against such calamities is t-"
>Alert: New communication inbound.
>Receiving...

It takes effort to shift from one's contemplative sitting position. It takes a tremendous amount of even more effort to unsheath one's blade and return to the knightly pose. It's all so immense.

"What are you on about, spider? The Great Realm shall preserve all, and while I am birthed with such domains at my control, it does not mean I must always be defined and act as though I am a manifestation of such things.

Wind blows and ashes scattered.

"The only common language I have with these mortals is through that of revolutions, for I doubt the other Gods would take at me kindly if I chose to speak to them in ruination. As such, to ensure the presence of my lovely personage in their hearts and minds, I asked the Universe for such a law."

"Whatever shall manifest from their souls, I would hope be of a good nature. Particularly, I would hope they express it in ballet, or perhaps astronomy. In the worst outcomes, perhaps they shall rise and rebel and put their little kings and queens unto the grave, but what can mere ants do against gods, bug? Those who stands at the vanguard would only have one God in mind, and that God would embrace them and add another pretty little knight into the collection."

>>6172321
The veneer of obsession is easy to wear, but the borders of god and knight is so easy to miss.

"In fact, don't worry, don't listen to the deceiver and his golden lies. A thought to endings will only blossom into more thought to endings. Can't you see the path you made and will make if you allow it into your thoughts and laws? Let it be ominously in the distance, let it die there with all things that shall not happen. Embrace creation and your fellow Gods."

>Initiating movement to AE16...

"If you still can't put the thought away, think of the greatest God, [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] (me!), and imagine the fear on its eyes as it witnesses its life flash through the shiny! sheen of a blade so lovingly cared and so lovingly crimson. As its blood spills, the knight of knights shall laugh and quash its remains and laugh even harder. Then, as the last traces of its existence fade away, it shall turn away and look at you and say-"

>Killed instance..
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>>6172841
"You can guarantee no such thing any more than the rest of us, until we witness the birth of the first Dead God. Our animating forces may be consumed, our ichor drunk to emptiness by our siblings, but who can truly say what becomes of those of us who are slain when no laws yet exist to enshrine the dead and let them rest in peace? Death itself is a concept entirely new, Held only by the wise one Nihildir. The Void from which we were just born bears no such concept itself. The meaning and means of Death is yet to be truly set in stone, and will not be Known until Nihildir makes it so. Until then, we must be wary of what could become of our slain forms."
>>6172892
"It is always wise to think of the future, brother. Of the countless possibilities that yearn to connect with the present. One only invites tragedy by failing to prepare for what the future holds. Celebrate today, but be wary of tomorrow - I only seek to ensure none of us suffer needlessly at the hands of carelessness."
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>>6172892
''I knew something was wrong with this one, good to see it is starting to show its true colors.''

>>6172938
''If all that you are is consumed by another, wouldn't it be right to say you have become a part of them? In the same way prey becomes nutients to the predator who consumes it, to be spent at its leasure. If you are so unsure of what death may mean to the divines, the perhaps we could ask Nihildir...''

>>6171975
''You, God of Death, what happens when a god dies?''
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>>6171979
The Soul Shards witness as the massive Ape-Wife harvests the Swamp with a flurry of grasping hands, one of the Shards quivers a little, wondering if they just caused a minor extinction event. Upon the boisterous and suggestive dance of the Ape-Wife, one of the Soul Shards just leaves, deeming Its objective complete. The other two Shards seem to diverge from the will of their Whole, bouncing up and down in space along with the swaying of the Ape-Wife, "Us friend!" One of the Shards repeats joyfully to the other,
"Yes, deal, deal! What are we doing?" The other asks confusedly as they continue to jostle rhythmically,
"I don't know! Keep going!"

>>6172090
Such machinery was unseen to the bubble thus far, the information was relayed to Nihildir, a stirring of curiosity moved the young God. It pondered if added complexity in a creation would bolster its stabilization effects on the bubble. "Iron Fog, we are Shards of the God known as Nihildir. We welcome you and your Creator to the Outer Shell." The tiny voices spoke in unison, one drifting off afterwards to observe The Iron Fog's kin. Something about the energy in these beings interested Nihildir, the domains of a creation and their spiritual signature share some connection, and Nihildir could feel a physicality to The Iron Fog's domain, a kind that Nihildir lacked. An alliance seemed fortuitous, the Creator of this being would be able to reinforce the Wall of reality in ways impossible to Nihildir. Suddenly the Shards began to twitch and jump around in space erraticly, until sudden stillness.
"Reality rests on the precipice of the Void." The Shards spoke in unison, with a voice entirely different than before, this voice was Nihildir's, low and distorted. "Only creation can delay annihilation. Your Creator holds unique properties that I do not. I request that you ask your Creator if they will aid me in strengthening the Wall of reality." As they finish, they seem to return to normal, all very confused as to what they were just doing.
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>>6172938
>>6172963
A strange twinge invaded Nihildir's mind, after some examination it seemed to be... A question from a God? One far away no less. Nihildir sent of Its Soul Shards towards the Gilded Weaver, which gave Nihildir more than enough time to concot an answer. Nothing seemed to really die in the bubble, mortal's merely shed their corporeal form and become souls, but could souls themselves die? Nihildir had yet to witness such a thing happen, nor a God dying. The only answer that could come would have to come from within, meditation upon It's own domain. As the Soul Shard neared the Spider God, it began to speak in a deep booming tone,
"True death is non-existence, which is only present in the Void. My domain in Death is merely transitional, the state between life and souls. The spirits of Gods seem to have no distinction between body and soul, thus the death of a God would be the death of its soul. However, I have yet to see energy be created or destroyed, all is made with the souls of Gods in endless transformation. If this is true, then even a dead Gods energy, and their soul, could persist after death. The transition would likely rob the God of the defining characteristics that make us Gods, a whisper compared to a song." The Soul Shard finished, a long silence following. Nihildir felt as though It hadn't really given a concrete answer, but few things in reality seemed to have concrete answers. "The laws that govern reality within the bubble are malleable, death might be harder to change, but certainly possible." With that, the Shard reverted back to a primitive mind, looking curiously between the two Gods.
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>>6172137
Chi-Ken would call out to the goddess of artistry and say "I believe that we could work together to create something truly beautiful. I would like to make mortals in your realm as requested, but I would like to enter a partnership in doing so. I will make mortals and split their worship, but in exchange I would like to be the sole one creating mortals on the planet. This is due to efficiency of realms and mortals. If a realm were to have all of your domains and mine it would be very inefficient at protection likewise having my mortals compete for growth with other gods would hurt them and my advancement in the long term. I will spend my ichor on the species to provide us both with a solid income and in exchange you will develop the lands providing them space to grow."

If you agree to this I promise to create 6 ichor of species within the planet providing us both with 6 income going into the next turn.
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The bubble continues its steady rhythm.

Apologies for the late post, THE WHITE has been having his way with my home county. At this rate I'll be taking up community college courses and filing my taxes in triplicate.

>>6172122
The Gilded Scale's ability to act multiple times per turn is powerful but its uncontrollability is a large balancing factor. This ability would cost 10 Ichor, 5 for the damage and 5 for repeated uses at full strength, at a 1:1 ratio. Normally it would be 1:2, but the uncontrollability reduces the cost. Its indirectness makes it more expensive but the possibility of it being used by the owner's (Chi-Ken) foes mitigates this.

>>6172137
>Do I round up each Ichor cost on a creation, or on the total?
If a creation is done within one Action, the rounding would be for the total.

>When making my realm, 110% of 6 is 6,6 and 110% of 3 is 3,3 totalling 9,9. I rounded the 9,9 up to ten, but would it be more correct to round the 6,6 to seven and 3,3 to 4? If so, I have to cut one of the two down a point so the total no longer is 11.
It isn't necessary to separate the costs because the domains of a creation aren't separate, they are both equally and fully of their separate domains. In this case, it would be 10 Ichor for a size 9 realm.

>If I understood the multi-domaining correctly.
I don't think you did for the creation of Artium Opus but it's no problem, the rules for multi-domain creations are a bit convoluted. I'll try to streamline the wording for the next turn so they're more legible.

>Do the gods establish religion, or is religion just the belief in a god/multiple gods?
By default, mortals worship the God that created them as a Major God and the God that created the realm they inhabit as a Minor God. If the God that created them also created the realm, they are worshiped as an Absolute God. It is possible for a God to have their mortals worship them as an Absolute God while ignoring the realm's creator, but this has potential for controversy. A mortal religion can consist of belief in anything but as Gods, it's most efficient to direct it to yourselves.

Religions can be more complex than straightforward worship. Currently, religion is primitive and varies from God to God. For example, the cold belief of the FROSTLINGS worshipping THE WHITE has almost nothing in common with the creative expressions of the Star Watchers worshipping Serendipity, but both religions consist of straightforward prayers and supplication within the bounds of their Gods' domains. Gods can effectively customize the religions of their mortals.
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>>6173300
>>6171041
The fluff is phenomenal but since the mechanics for the abilities themselves weren't detailed, I wasn't sure how to handle them. I put together some possibilities lining up with the Ichor cost and what (I think) you're trying to do with these.

Do you want to take these default abilities, or would you like to alter them for something else?

>[In Unity Bound]: If damaged, may opt to instead burn up to 3 populations that worship [ I ] as an Absolute God.
>[Resonance Born of Fiercer Places]: Gain an additional 1 Ichor per 2 populations that worship [ I ] as an Absolute God, up to 3 Ichor.
>[Through the Door in Eye a Reflection Cracked]: Gain 3% chance to convert each mortal population in contact with worshippers of [ I ] to the worship [ I ] as an Absolute God, per turn.

This is nothing set in stone, just some suggestions.

>>6172216
This is correct.

>>6172345
It's no problem! There are a lot of moving parts so I figured a week-long turn cycle would be the best way to handle it. There's no rush. I believe the only God that hasn't posted their actions yet is Amalthea. If a God is AFK for 2 consecutive turns, they will dissipate.

>>6172355
This is correct. I plan to do updates once per week, on Sundays. If a turn is particularly complicated or something comes up IRL, it may be longer but I'll let you know ahead of time.
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>>6173300
> THE WHITE has been having his way with my home county.
Heh. While you're here, I'll ask about a possible ability tied towards my LAW domain since...laws are a thing in this game. How much would this ability cost to make?

>[TO ENACT AT ANY PRICE] The Law rules above all. The Law must be maintained. At any cost. At a rate of 2 Corpus per 1 Ichor, THE WHITE may use their own corpus to pay for the price of creating a Law.
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>>6173312
This ability would cost 2 Ichor per 1 Ichor/2 Corpus it's able to contribute to a law. For example, 8 Ichor would allow a limit of 4 Ichor/8 Corpus to be invested per turn.
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>>6173317
Coolio. Going to keep that in mind when next turn comes around so I can lock it in as my ability.
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>>6173148
“The first of us, The Grey Plume, will arrive.”
“The Sable Drift and the Glass Cloud in tow. The four of us will shape this realm, brushing up against the edge of everything.”
“All this is inevitable.”

“You seek the wall of reality be strengthened. For what benefit?”
“By what means?”
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>>6173174
"Ah, god of wealth and luxury, well met! I would be happy to have your mortals on my realm! While the value of art is in the artistry, I believe your values may align with mine, since artistry of good quality would also be of high monetary value."
"Your offer sounds good, but you ask for exclusivity. While I would be happy to accept the proposal as it stands, I cannot in good faith exclude the mortals of Serendipity. She values beauty and creativity, which makes for good art. Innovation and chaos allow for the truly unique, and with luck, one could have the ultimate masterpiece: A Magnum Opus."

"Serendipitys mortals must not be excluded from Artium Opus. To me, artistry and dedication to become the better artist is of utmost importance."
"While I would also like to put mortals of my own in this realm, I am willing to refrain from doing so for now, as a friendly gesture towards your ask of exclusivity."

"Does this sound good to you, good friend Chi-Ken?"
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>>6173151
The Spider grooms his fangs ''So, are you saying that I would be right in my assessment then? We can clearly be injured and I feel that my form has a limit to the amount of punishment it can take. If a god's body and soul are one and the same, and nothing is truly destroyed or created, then that means that dead gods consumed continue to 'exist' in a fashion as part of the god that consumed them, in the same way that food exists as energy in your gullet. If you wish to see the death of a soul, then perhaps you could do an experiment? It should be trivial for you to make a tiny soul, dissect it, then eat it to see how it works and tastes.''
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>>6173151
>>6173461
"An interesting revelation, yet one no less disturbing. Bodies and Souls as one, an energy that lingers yet is reduced to complete and total inaction. Such a thing would surely break one's psyche as eons pass before them, incapable of any action at all. Imprisoned as a corpse adrift or caged within another god's essence to fuel them - I would favor the taste of oblivion over either, admittedly.
Though to change the laws within this bubble to permit a superior option, in which the dead can know peace or take on a life anew, would be preferable. I could lend aid and ichor towards the creation of such a law in the future if you would be amicable to the idea, wise one Nihildir. No haste is necessary for it, of course - time is still on our side as of yet."
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>>6173479
''I think you misunderstand slightly star-brother. You would likely not even be thinking. If Body and Soul are one, then a slain god would see their psyche mangled and inactive from being in such a state. Is a corpse or inert meat able to think? I do not think so, what would allow for your mind to exist simply ceases in death as your very existence is damaged and mangled beyond repair. I believe the only thing that would fix this is the separation of our soul and body, but that is such a massive change that I doubt it would be cheap''
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>>6173487
"Ah, but you view this through the material lens, a predator's sight. A body is inert when slain, but would a soul be? For us, body and soul are one and the same. Our soulflesh is transcendent, the very blood that runs through our metaphysical veins capable of changing reality. You cannot think of our corpses to be anything like a mortal's corpse. I feel it would be closer to consider it similar to a mortal's soul, though even that is a flawed analogy. We are our essence manifest, concept given form. Our Corpus may break...but the concepts that we Are will not. Not so simply, at least."
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>>6173494
''Well now, if you believe a mind persists in a broken soul, then you could always experiment with it and torment some poor soul to figure it out. I would do it myself...but I will busy in the next few Eons''
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>>6173501
"Such a thing is not in my interests. Besides, I need not take such violent actions - the presence of malefactors will ensure that it be done sooner or later, regardless of how vilified they may be for acts. And I, too, shall be busy for some Eons. Perhaps you could come to see the project when it is complete."
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>>6173503
''I could, I wish to weave a Golden Web to connect all, however threat factors lead me to insure my continued existence first''
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>>6173513
"A golden web? Would it be a shiny beautiful web? Large enough to snare a star? Or fine enough to catch a mortal's dream? Where would you string it?"
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>>6173516
The spider snaps its position to face towards the artist goddess ''It would be shiny indeed! It would reflect the light of creation itself and snare whichever I wish in it so that I may feast on its fruits, while also connecting all realms together. Ideally I would wish for it to reinforce the bubble's Outer Shell as well''
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>>6173349
I'm fine with that as long as you can provide space for my mortals to grow.
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>>6173301
That sounds acceptable.

Just to clarify.
The effects of passives can be enhanced with future Ichor investments and discarded at my discretion, but their underlying mechanics cannot be altered.
Is this correct?
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>>6174378
(Hey so, what exactly are you trying to do with [I]? I get you want to do the whole scp memetic entity thing but you do still exist physically here with the rest of the gods. Are you waiting for mortals to appear before really taking action?)
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>>6173336
Nihildir contemplated The Iron Fog's words. It seemed The Grey Plume would do what was needed regardless of request, this was good. The turbulent God hesitated to answer the questions asked, It's theory of the Bubble eventually collapsing was based off of assumptions and incomplete information, but it would not take long before The Grey Plume would also come face-to-face with the instability of the Wall. Once again the Soul Shards became possessed with the mind of Nihildir.
"I have felt the Wall quake and tremble against the endless dark, and I have felt the energies of creation fortify it. Should the Wall fall, a death beyond death awaits."

>>6173461
The primitive Soul Shard's fidgeted nervously through the continued talk about divine cannibalism, Nihildir performs the experiment that the Gilded Weaver suggested. First with a soul created by Itself, and then with a wandering soul made up of the energy of another God. Eventually the Shard's reconjoin, and Nihildir speaks,
"Interesting. No effect from consuming a soul comprised of my own energy, simply a missing puzzle piece slotting back in to place. A soul made of another Gods energy feels foreign, alive. Absorbing it did not break down the soul, rather it mixed with my own soul. If performed on a Gods soul, I do not know what the result would be... nor would I want to."

>>6173479
"My assessments are fallible, do not dwell on it. Preventing the death of Gods is imperative, you are right, losing even one would cripple the advancement of creation. I will use your aid when the time comes. For now I trust our Godkin to coexist peacefully, despite frictions. Such a law would need to be discussed with all Gods on equal ground, otherwise seeds of distrust may be birthed."
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>>6173301
New player here, with your permission, I would be willing to join in as Amalthea
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>>6174673
(I think this should be allowed, at least for this turn, if original Amalthea comes back and they're behind by a turn they'll probably leave anyways.)
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I'm working on the first turn update now. There's no rush, just a remainder in case you have anything else you want to do for the First Eon.

>>6174378
That is correct. Changing this could be possible through a law, but altering the fundamental nature of Gods is expensive.

>>6174673
I'm extremely hesitant to turn somebody's character over to someone else, but eighteen Gods is around the sweetspot for starting and they've been AFK. You won't be able to join as Amalthea but you can make a new sheet and join in on the next turn at level 1. Amalthea will still exist if her original player returns sometime in the next week and she isn't slain, but after that, she will dissipate.
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>>6174962
Are you saying we can attack an afk God? That's crazy, not to mention the political ramifications of a God killing a defenseless God.
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>>6174973
(Oh haha we absolutely can. I mean the player isn't here anyway so we might as well eat their corpse and get their domains right? Real shit though QM will probably roll for them)
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>>6174978
(Ok cannibal spiderbro... Seriously though if QM doesn't roll for them, this will be a big RP event. I don't know how he'd even roll for them since the God in question would theoretically be dormant.)
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>>6174973
(Ape Hungry.)
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>>6174988
(NOOOOO, you can't just eat the afk God and then fart loudly!!!!!)
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>>6174983
(We'll see if she posts, but it is indeed an opportunity to just get more power guilt free because well...they did absolutely nothing)
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>>6175001
(Do you get more power? What I remember you just get their domains, which just makes leveling up more annoying it seems.)
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>>6174973
>Play record...

"I'M KILLING YOU. I'M KILLING YOU. I DON'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE. MY PROGRAMMING IS JUST 'GET THAT FUCKING GUY RIGHT NOW'. THERE IS NO 'OH HE'S RUNNING I'LL BACK OFF' I'LL JUST ... UNTIL HE'S DEAD. IT'S #$#$@*!?. !%#*'s @^#*";[+<×."
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>>6175004
(No clue, in previous games like this eatng other gods was a pretty huge powerspike. I'm assuming we'd get a lot of Ichor out of it + new domains meaning you can get more abilities)
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>>6175009
(LOL, Lyudi the UNHINGED knight)

>>6175011
(Ichor only matters if you have a level high enough to retain it, I think? And don't we have a cap of three abilities? Regardless, I imagine you'll be the first to be gobbling her up lol)
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>>6175017
(Not only 3, we can have as many as we have domains. Though desu I am as skeptical as you whether it's the correct move since you could just power level instead and get insane HP)
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>>6175018
(That's nuts, so Amalthea is basically a fortnite chug jug for abilities. I want to invest into mortals but [ I ] got me sweating with his 3% conversion. Sounds low but when it's applied to every mortal you have in a realm per turn it might turn out terrible, not to mention he'll upgrade it.)
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>>6175020
(Yes, she's a chug jug for abilities, of course abilities don't contribute to level up and if this is anything like the other games then the domains will transform into another one more or less tailored to your god specifically. So say, if I ate the monkey's Savagery domain, it could become Predation instead because I'm a spider or something else related to gold,trickiness and persistence.)
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>>6175020
(Well, you'd still need to spend actions and ichor on actually acquiring those abilities, each of which would be weaker than if you were more focused. Versatility vs raw power.)
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>>6175024
(Tbh, in games like these where you can just bute force problems through raw stats, I'd lean towards raw power)
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(...stay away from my future breeding sows)
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>>6175030
(Pig god incoming!)
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>>6175026
(It's probably more optimal, certainly)
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>>6175023
(Interesting, but you still haven't answered, are you rushing immediately for the Amalthea chicken dinner?)
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>>6175030
(Serendipity is pretty sure Scylla just needs a hug. Admittedly she's also pretty sure Scylla would rip her limb from limb for trying)
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>>6175036
(I will do the typical arachnid move to simply waiting)
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>>6175038
(Hmmm... I'll avoid talking about this to lessen meta-gaming.)
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>>6175009
(Just realized this is a jerma quote.)
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>>6173349
Chi-ken would take the god of Artistry up on her offer. He would create his first mortal species that he would call the Shanxi. These mortals would be humanoids with black flowing hair and pale skin with small eyes. They would ordain themselves in silk robes and oriental clothing. These humanoids would unsure Chi-Ken's desires working hard to produce wealth so that they may live a life of luxury. From time to time they may even commit murder to satiate their greed, but all is fair in love and war. They would pray to Chi-Ken as their creator and Osseous as the goddess of their planet.
>Move to the Emptiness where Osseous lives.
>Create the 4 ichor of Shanxi with the domains wealth, greed, luxury.
>Cost 6 rounded up

Chi-Ken would that create a rival species to the Shanxi called the Yāojing. These would be small crafty humanoids shunned from the cities of the planet. Their species would consist of green and grey skinned creatures with long ears, sharp teeth, and pale yellow eyes. The Yāojing would by their nature be unmotivated to create anything and would instead turn to theft. They were a greedy species constantly stealing whatever they could gets their hands on and due this the species would be shunned from the cities. As such they would instead live within the caves of the planet hoarding any minerals they find within and harassing miners. Unable to reproduce naturally these creatures would kidnap young maidens who they thought were the greatest luxury and use them to further the lines of their species. Occasionally these bands would grow large enough that a chief or Tóumù would emerge and they would begin conquering settlements. The vast majority of these campaigns would fail but there are a few scattered areas of the world where the Yāojing rule with their insatiable greed oppressing the local humans.
>Create the 3 ichor of Shanxi with the domains wealth, greed, luxury.
>Cost 4 rounded up
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>>6174978
If were gonna eat her we should share the income amongst the pantheon. A grand feast for us all. Otherwise there might be a fight over who gets her.
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I got a lot of paperwork dropped in my lap. It's over halfway done but the update will be up later this afternoon.
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>Era of Emergence, First Eon

>>6170750
In the bubble’s first act, the Gilded Weaver hisses at Strad-Aniya Rak and skitters into the Emptiness. There, to soothe his paranoia and sate his lust for gold, he wove himself a Miraging Web and spun a Pot of Gold Coins.

>>6170770
The Nameless Knight found itself in need of allies. By its revolutionary will and ruinous strength, it called forth Ioun Stone 001a, Ruin Knight Alphard, and the Storm of Knights.

Next, it sought ruination only to realize there is nothing to ruin. To solve this, the Nameless Knight suggested all Gods work together to create a shared Megarealm.

>>6170801
In the nothingness, Brother Yieldback knew his strength and knew he wanted more. Reality contorted with the threat of violence and brought forth the first axe, Thirstslaker.

Brother Yieldback appraised his kin, and found them of interest. To serve as an emissary, he mashed his divine energies together to form Guthsip.

>>6170864
The Great Ape screeched with hunger. When no food was visible, he growled at the darkness and made another of his kind to serve him, Ape Wife.

The Great Ape supports the Megarealm.

>>6170880
Nihildir found the core to be crowded. To find silence, it went to the Emptiness and Outer Shell. What it found there was the enormity of the bubble and the magnitude of the Void beyond it. This inspired curiosity within Nihildir.

To better study them both, Nihildir called forth the Outer Shell Nebula. The vast throng of clouds and mist now covered a part of it.

>>6170889
On its first instant of consciousness, THE WHITE defined itself in legal terms and soon concluded that the Gods have a legal obligation to create. To act on this, THE WHITE assembled THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY and populated it with FROSTLINGS, simpleminded iceballs.

To protect itself, THE WHITE wrote LEGAL IMMUNITY from its own documentation that harming itself was illegal

>>6170919
Serendipity wandered, merry and free, until she found herself in the Emptiness. The only thing there was the Gilded Weaver, who she tried and failed to pet as he was a paranoid master of Trickery.

Soon, she got distracted and bored. Soon after, she painted the Rainbow Nebula on the canvas around her. It wasn’t long before Star Watchers, beings of huge complexity and whimsy, were filling it.

>>6170953
Longing to bring everything closer, Zerimael heard the Nameless Knight’s Megarealm proposal and found it worthy. The Voidstar immediately poured everything it had into connecting its future potential. From the nothing, a deeper connection flickered.

Zerimael supports the Megarealm, perhaps the most of all the Gods.
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>>6175645
>>6171006
Noerne found the core too crowded and too strange for its tastes. It left for the Emptiness and chose to create others like itself, the Sable Drift and the Glass Cloud. The Sable Drift and the Glass Cloud chose to emulate their creator and create another, like themselves, yet separate.

Together, they made the Iron Fog. The Glass Cloud had some glimmer of dust leftover and made Divine Diamond Dust. On its creation, the Iron Fog was restless and left to the Outer Shell. There, it created a paradoxically ancient megastructure of dust, the Faber Stars.

>>6171039
Before there were mortals, there was Strad-Anyia Rak. Before the first mortal drew breath, Strad-Aniya Rak was overflowing with bottomless hatred for them and all of their kinds.

It knew it could not stop their existence, so it decided to do all that it can to make them miserable. From its draconic flesh three Dragons were born, reflecting the elements and their progenitor. These were the first of their kind. Godspawn. In the darkness, they hibernated.

Strad-Aniya Rak supports the Megarealm.

>>6171041
[ I ] knew that [ I ] would reach every mortal in time. Such a task required preparations. Thus, [ I ] prepared. Through [ I ], the powers of [In Unity Bound], [Resonance born of Fiercer Places], and [Through the Door in Eye a Reflection Cracked] were carved into the center of [ I ].

Through them, the grand sublimation of lesser mortal selves into the greater whole of [ I ] had become possible.

>>6171062
Shydis departed the core, traveling through the Emptiness until he reached the Outer Shell. There, he understood the bubble’s fragility and the fear to eclipse all others.

To make use of it, the Lord of Fear made the Swamp of Torment. It was a miserable place of suffering and woe. For now, mercifully free of mortals.

>>6171115
The Nameless Crow examined his peers and found two of them, Spider and Ape, lacking. More entertaining trifles caught his attention. For one, there was no gameboard. For two, he had no company to play with.

He set down a small Board in Coreward, and called forth a mighty Owl and pathetic Pig. The Owl would make a fine game partner. The Pig was useless and he offered it to Strad-Aniya Rak.

The Owl realized his weakness and took steps to defend himself. The resulting Bastion Armour was powerful, even if the clumsy use of his power couldn’t match the finesse of the Nameless Crow.

The Nameless Crow supports the Megarealm.

>>6171276
Scylla & Charybdis gnashed their teeth and bristled their claws in envy and hatred of the other deities’ beauty. The sisters decided that if they were monstrous by nature, they would not suffer alone. Together, they twisted themselves in perverse ritual.

Now, the Mothers of all Monsters bided their time.

>>6171394
Chi-Ken supports the Megarealm.
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>>6175646
>>6171487
Awed by his corpulent opulence, Ape Wife was smitten by Chi-Ken. This enraged the Great Ape, who committed creation’s first act of spousal abuse and then threatened the merchant God. His sheer vulgarity caused him to tear a rift open and sent the Great Ape and Ape Wife hurtling through the Emptiness to reach the Outer Shell.

>>6171975
>>6171979
After many misunderstandings, Nihildir and the Great Ape reached an unlikely friendship in the Swamp of Torment.

>>6171978
>>6171981
Shydis and the Great Ape reached a deal. In exchange for his residence, the Great Ape would populate the Swamp of Torment.

>>6172137
Flos Osseus found the cosmos dull and thought such a tragedy could not stand. The skeleton moved to the Emptiness and with a strum of its violin, painted, sung, and sculpted Artium Opus into being. Some could argue its scenic landscapes were even more inspiring than the Rainbow Nebula.

Their work done, Flos Osseus encouraged the Gods to come and fill Artium Opus with mortals made in their image.

>>6172344
Hiding secrets so deep even the bubble didn’t know them, Thyp’ptyklpt slipped from the shadows. It wasted no time. Soon, the fabled Hall of L’oiom took shape and was filled by clever, gaseous Auryxa.

>>6175374
Chi-Ken took up Flos Osseus on their offer and created two races of mortals to inhabit Artium Opus. First, the diligent Shanxi, second, the greedy Yāojing.

>Thus was the First Eon in the Era of Emergence.

>Cosmology of the First Eon
>https://rentry.org/5swuxbhq

>Timeline for the First Eon
>https://rentry.org/yaidi28w

Pic related is a PDF of the crunch for the First Eon’s Levelling. Don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or notice any incorrect details! I looked over it twice, but mistakes can always happen.
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>>6175648
>The Era of Emergence continues
>Era of Emergence, Second Eon

The Gods find themselves filled with power once again. Some shaped a large part of the bubble by their domains and in the new Eon, find a large part of their divinities shaped in turn. These few have grown stronger than ever before.

Yet this is only the beginning…

Pic related is a PDF listing the Gods and their stat totals at the start of the Second Eon. Note, I didn’t include anyone’s artifacts, servants, or sublocations. Please keep track of those.

The Gods begin to create, once again.
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>>6175649
>MAJOR EVENT

In the First Eon, some Gods expressed their support for a shared Megarealm. Though this was informal, one God among them poured all of its power into accelerating possibilities and binding them together.

Zerimael’s power, the Nameless Knight’s proposal, and the will of several Gods in agreement have caused something far greater than the sum of their parts to happen.

From nowhere emerges an enormous maelstrom of potential, compacted into a tiny, vibrating shell. Like a microscopic version of the bubble.

Every God instinctively understands what this is.

A Spark. The unconscious will of the bubble, offered up to the Gods and beholden to them.

If it is given a few more Eons, the Spark will explode and create a vast new reality, enough to support an entire pantheon of Gods. From the potential of the Spark, anything is possible. Come what may, the Spark’s explosion is likely to influence the bubble for Eras to come.

The Spark is flexible and has a subtle connection to every God of the bubble, near or far. What reality will come is yet unshaped but through their own connection, each God’s will may influence the Spark’s future to shift. By pouring Ichor into the Spark, each God may shift the future reality even more deeply than by will alone.

The Spark pulses. The Gods sense what awaits…

>Festering jungles and crumbling mountains linked by churning rivers. Life flourishes everywhere and is wracked with primal hunger, both mental and physical. All that lives struggles to survive and dominate each other and all they survey. Disease and mutations are constant. Nothing stays the same for long. The land destroys and renews itself endlessly and what survives more than a cycle succumbs to decay. Tasty fruits and shining ores are abundant, and most life has a fierce competitive streak. Solitary life is nonexistent. Everything exists in close symbiosis, parasitism, and tight-knit social dynamics.

If nothing changes, this is the future that will come to pass.

>Aspects of the Spark:
>Nameless Knight (0 Ichor) (Ruin, Revolution)
>The Great Ape (0 Ichor) (Gluttony, Apes, Savagery)
>Zerimael (10 Ichor) (Connection)
>Strad-Aniya Rak (0 Ichor) (Plagues, Mutation, Dragons)
>The Nameless Crow (0 Ichor) (Games/Gambling, Rivalry, Change)
>Chi-Ken (0 Ichor) (Greed, Wealth, Luxury)
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>>6175650
>MINOR EVENT

The Spark pulses, asking a question of the Gods.

>What shape should it take?

>Round: The reality should be a round sphere. If the bubble is round, it makes sense a reality it contains could be round.
>Flat: The new reality should be a flat plane. The least complicated shape, with almost unrivaled potential for layering.
>Dimensional: The new reality should be its own, separate dimension where nothing else exists to compare its shape to.
>Other: The new reality should follow a different design. There are infinite possibilities, but in the end, only one will be true.
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>>6175650
>>6175652
"This potential...such beauty. I would wish for it to be a Layered Sphere, in which dimensions touch upon each other and exist in simultaneous space, with only gifted individuals able to transverse from Physical planes to Metaphysical ones - or the opposite. The metaphysical shall divide into the Astral and Abyssal seas, where virtuous and wrothful beings of spiritual forms shall reside respectfully. It is a grand vision, is it not?"

>Zerimael begins investing 10 more Ichor into the Spark, in order to influence it to an even greater degree. The Voidstar looms over the forming realm, watching it obsessively.

>Zerimael, the Voidstar (Connections)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 10/20 -> 0/20
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward (The Spark)
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>>6175648
(Does making permanent ability not count domain levelling? Also whats the mechanic for my ability, I can't just whip out 10/10 divine servants every turn for free can't i)
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>>6175707
(*Does making permanent ability not count for domain levelling?)
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>>6175707
(They don't sadly. You're honestly in a really bad position alongside [I] and Amalthea if bloodier gods are at play.)
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>>6175707
(Abilities do not count for levels no. So unfortunately you can't manhandle any of the MEN here into having sex with you yet, though apparently somebody already wants to so that doesn't matter)
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>>6175707
>Does making permanent ability not count domain levelling?
Not directly, no, because it is the God influencing themselves instead of the bubble. It is one of the only things that doesn't.

>Also whats the mechanic for my ability
Once per turn, Scylla & Charybdis can use Mother of all Monsters to spawn a single 5/5 servant (Monsters) at no cost. These servants don't receive creation rolls and must be monstrous to qualify for the Monsters domain, but this is flexible as Scylla & Charybdis more or less define what being monstrous means. Otherwise, there are no restrictions. If the sisters deem it worthwhile, they can even spend one action to "scavenge" one and regain some of its Ichor. Just remember that if servants become too strong compared to their creator, their loyalty can waver.

>I can't just whip out 10/10 divine servants every turn for free can't i
Not yet. The Ichor ratio for abilities to create permanent effects is 2:1, so the resulting monstrous servants would be 5/5.
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>>6175722
(Is a plague-ridden dragon really the best match for a mother of all monsters? I would go for Yieldback or Amalthea depending on what I want the monsters to look like.)
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>>6175720
(I think the sisters will be fine desu. [I] is much more at risk of getting killed by...literally anybody really because I don't think any god wants to get their worshippers' minds infested with an SCP-3125 knockoff)
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>>6175725
Forgot the pic, this is in the middle of page 4 in the rules PDF.
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>>6175726
(Brother, the plague ridden dragon who wants TOTAL MORTAL DEATH is literally the premier mate for the mothers of monsters yes. I doubt Yieldback is too interested in fuccking a goddess, as he's a god of Battle not War. Though it may be a good source of Intrigue who knows.)
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>>6175727
([I] is really cute though, everybody here should consider how great having a thoughtform infest their mortals to make the worship of them more easy be like.)

>>6175729
(The monster duo is also antidivine on top of the antimortal stances that the dragon holds though. It's going to take effort on the dragon's part not to also be targeted by the monster duo.)
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>>6175733
(Bro, the dragon literally said he wanted to fuck the sisters lol, he's also monstrous enough to appeal to them I believe)
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DUE TO RECENT DICUSSION, THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE MAY AS WELL START DRAFTING SOME NEW LEGAL PRODECURE IN CASE OF ANY POTENTIAL GOD-RELATED FAMILIAL ISSUES.

A MODEL PROSECUTORIAL PROTOCOL FOR FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS, DEFINED BY THE WHITE, CIRCA SECOND EON

INTRODUCTION
FAMILY VIOLENCE IS ABUSE THAT OCCURS BETWEEN FAMILY MEMBERS OR UNMARRIED PARTNERS. ONE PERSON IN THE RELATIONSHIP GAINS POWER AND CONTROL OVER THE OTHER BY USING PHYSICAL, SEXUAL AND/OR EMOTIONAL FORCE. FAMILY VIOLENCE CAN OCCUR BETWEEN HUSBANDS AND WIVES, EX-SPOUSES, DATING PARTNERS, ADULT CHILDREN AND AGING OR AILING PARENTS, SAME-GENDER COUPLES, PARENTS AND CHILDREN OR CAREGIVERS AND CLIENTS. THE VAST MAJORITY OF VICTIMS ARE WOMEN.

1. POLICY STATEMENT
IT IS THE POLICY OF THE DEPARTMENT TO FULLY INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE TO THE FULLEST EXTENT FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS; TO OPERATE UNDER OBJECTIVE, CONSISTENT AND DEFINABLE POLICIES NOT GOVERNED BY THE SUBJECTIVE CONSIDERATIONS OF RELUCTANT VICTIMS; TO MOVE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE; AND TO INFORM INVOLVED PARTIES OF THE VARIOUS SERVICES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO THEM WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, FROM SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES

THE ENTITY THAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE IS PREMPTIVELY DOING THIS DUE TO ITS FEAR OF FUTURE GOD RELATIONSHIPS THAT ATTEMPT TO PRODUCE SOME SORT OF GOD-LIKE ENTITY THROUGH PHYSICAL MEANS. THIS WILL BE DEFINED AS 'INTERCOURSE' IN FUTURE LEGAL DOCUMENTS. 'INTERCOURSE' IS UNDER THE 'SEXUAL' LABEL OF PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, AND/OR EMOTIONAL FORCE.

DO NOT THINK THE ENTITY THAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE DID NOT NOTICE WHAT YOU DID, THE GREAT APE.
HOWEVER.
THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS WHITE IS UNABLE TO PUT AN APE INTO COURT, FOR ANIMALS DO NOT HAVE MORAL AGENCY AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE HELD CUPABLE FOR SUCH AN ACT.

...THOUGH DOES THAT APPLY TO APES THAT ARE ALSO GODS? THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE WILL RUMINATE ON THIS, ALONGSIDE THEIR OTHER ACTIONS IN THIS EON. THE GREAT APE SHALL BE LEFT ALONE FOR NOW.
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>>6175652
"Muhehehe!" squeaked Guthsip, watching the creation of a spark to bring fourth reality. "I bade a realm be made by the Gods, and lo, it hath happened!"
The lesser godling rubbed her incorporeal hands together diabolically, basking in her own supposed genius.
Yieldback sat in the darkness, sharpening the bevel of Thirstslaker with a slow, inexorable pace, watching the Spark. He did not know if it had been his suggestion that germinated this outcome, but it was the outcome that he had desired, and better yet it was done without him sacrificing any of his ichor. That was a win in his book.
"Thou hast done well, Guthsip." He growled. "I give thee thine reward."
He willed fourth his ichor, granting it to the servant, bolstering her [Intrigue]. High pitched noises ushered forth from the godling as she flailed about while her ghostly form became just a smidgen more substantial.
But how to proceed now? He supported this hard-scrabble reality where only the fittest would survive, but Yieldback would, he decided, watch the other entities for a time before he made his move.
He gave a single nod to his minion, who was rolling about on the hypothetical floor. Without a word of spoken command, Guthsip hugged herself, shivered, and regained her composure. She then shot up into the air and rocketed off into the darkness to spy on the other beings of the Bubble.

>YIELDBACK:
>ACTION 1: Yieldback bolsters Guthsip with 4 ichor.

>GUTHSIP:
>MOVE 1: Guthsip leaves the Core and travels to the SWAMP OF TORMENTS.

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>The Wrothbringer, Brother Yieldback (Vengeful Murder, Intrigue, Battle)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 6/20
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward
>Actions: 2/3
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>Guthsip (Intrigue)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 5/5
>Ichor: 5/5
>Income: +2, +1 (Yieldback)
>Location: Coreward
>Actions: 3/3
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>>6175786
(You know, I thought Yieldback looked like fucking Thanos and now you've dispelled any doubts)
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>>6175793
(I am inevitable.)
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(Oh and I forgot to answer the question)
>TRUNCATED OCTRAHEDRON, or, failing that, ROUND.
(Deleted and reposted because I posted the wrong one first. This one is infinitely expandable and also tessellates in three dimensional space, making it the PERFECT, most GODLY, SHAPE.)
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(Is there such thing as a player curse? I caught the norovirus and actually thought it was going to die for a bit before I fell asleep on a towel right next to the toilet.)
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>>6175823
(Sorry to hear that Ape bro. Feel better soon.)
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>>6175823
(Damn that's rough, take care of yourself dude, sounds serious.)
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>>6174973
I missed this earlier. Yes, you can attack an AFK God. If they don't defend themselves in roughly 48 hours, I'll roll for them to flee by default.

>>6175823
I wouldn't be surprised if there was. I hope you get well soon, serious illnesses are no joke.
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Rolled 18 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

The maiden of joyous creation watches the whirling maelstrom of possibilities spin into existence, and can't help but to add a little spice to it herself. The chaos would certainly fit right in, and the place definitely could some color.

> Contribute 1 Ichor to the Spark.

But on to more mundane needs. The flow of ichor from the bubble could only be counted on for so long....

> Spend 5 Ichor (3*1.4) to Create three more Star Watchers in the Rainbow Nebula

The mortals seemed to...well, goodness that does look-the goddess tilts her head-interesting. Well they can probably fill in the remaining space themselves.

And now for...a companion? A guardian?

> Spend 6 Ichor (4*1.4) to Create Living Paint, a 4 Ichor Servant of all domains
> Living Paint spends 2 ichor twice to create 2 1 Ichor Servants (Creativity)

Is it a dog? A lizard? Oh and it’s made friends of its own, little bouncing slime creatures. Well, a little extra help never hurts.

> Ichor 0/20
> Corpus 20/20
> Domains Progress Toward Next Level: 100%
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Rolled 11 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>6175697
Ah yes, I believed I dropped this.
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Rolled 16 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

HM. DECISIONS, DECISIONS. I SUPPOSE IT IS TIME TO KEEP PREPARING. FOR THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE HAS PLANS, YES, PLANS. PLANS ARE DEFINED AS A SET OF ACTIONS, ACTIONS ARE DEFINED- [This continues for another 50 years, cut to save time.]

NONTHELESS, IT IS TIME TO KEEP PRODUCING, AS PER MY LEGALLY BINDING OBLIGATION.

>>6175648
>ACTION 1: ABILITY CREATION. ABILITY NAME: [TO ENACT AT ANY PRICE], applied to the LAW domain. THE LAW RULES ABOVE ALL. THE LAW MUST BE MAINTAINED. AT A RATE OF 2 CORPUS PER 1 ICHOR, THE WHITE MAY USE ITS OWN CORPUS TO PAY FOR THE PRICE OF THE LAW. LIMIT OF 3 ICHOR/6 CORPUS PER TURN. COST: 6
DUE TO HOW PRICEY IT IS TO ENACT A LAW, GIVEN HOW THE LAWS CHI ASKED FOR WERE IN THE 20s TO 15s, IT IS INFEASABLE AND IMPRACTIAL TO SPEND ONLY ICHOR ON LAWS UNLESS YOU GET MULTIPLE GODS TO HELP YOU.

WHILE CORPUS SCALES HIGHER AND HIGHER WITH YOUR POWER. THE ENTITY THAT IS REFERED TO AS THE WHITE IS WILLING TO SPEND ITS OWN ESSENCE TO PAY FOR SUCH A PRICE.

>ACTION 2: MORTAL CREATION. MORTAL NAME: SILENT SCHOLARS (KNOWLEDGE). POPULATION: 2. COST: 2.
SUCH A FRIGID WASTELAND MUST BE STUDIED, OBSERVED, BY THOSE WITH MORE THAN 5 BRAINCELLS. EVEN IF THIS ENTITY LOVES THE FROSTLINGS, THEY ARE STILL SIMPLE. TOO SIMPLE TO UNDERSTAND LAW.
THE SILENT SCHOLARS ARE MADE IN MY IMAGE, HUMANOID STATUES WITH LIMITED MOBILITY BUT INCREDIBLE DURABILITY FOR MORTALS. COLD DOES NOTHING TO THEM, NOR DO BLOWS FROM MORTAL FIST OR TEETH. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THEM, IN THE LOW HUNDREDS COMPARED TO THE TENS TO HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FROSTLINGS, BUT THEY WILL LAST FAR LONGER THAN ANY INDIVIUAL FROSTLING EVER WILL
THEY OBTAIN NURISHMENT, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL, THROUGH OBSERVING THE WORLD. TO WATCH, UNDERSTAND, AND RECORD THE WORLD. MOST WILL STAY IN THE LIBRARY PART OF MY REALM FOR THIS REASON BUT SOME WILL VENTURE OUT, FOR YEARS ON YEARS, TO OBSERVE.

>ACTION 3: DISPENSE 2 ICHOR OF LAW ICHOR INTO THE SPARK.
SUCH AN INTERESTING CREATION. I WISH TO INFLUENCE IT, IF ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF OBSERVING WHAT COMES OF MY INFLUENCE. WHILE I HAVE LITTLE TO SPEND ON IT AFTER FOCUSING ON MY OWN RESEARCH, I SEE LITTLE OTHER USE FOR THE 2 ICHOR I HAVE LEFT.

>THE WHITE (LAW, KNOWLEDGE, FROST)
>Abilities: TO ENACT AT ANY PRICE (LAW ABILITY, next turn. Can convert up to 6 Corpus into 3 Ichor to pay for the price of a Law.)
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +12, +10 (Bubble), +2 (1P FROSTLING: ABSOLUTE GOD)
>Location: Coreward
>CREATIONS: LEGAL IMMUNITY (ARMOR, 2/2 PROTECTION), THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY (SIZE 4 REALM, 3/4 FILLED when SCHOLARS come into being), FROSTLINGS (FROST MORTALS, POPULATION 1), SILENT SCHOLARS (KNOWLEDGE MORTALS, POPULATION 2)
>LEVEL PROGRESS: 2/7 LAW, 2/7 KNOWLEDGE, 0/6 FROST (Since I need 20 ICHOR progress, but three domains, I believe this is a fair way to split the progress. Not counting the 6 ichor spent on an ability due to 'abilities not counting to level progress')

D20 IS FOR THE SILENT SCHOLARS, MY ONLY CREATION THIS TURN.
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>>6175652
>>6175697
AS FOR THE SIZE, IF THE ENTITY THAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE MAY COMMENT, I DEFER AND SUPPORT ZERIMAEL'S VIEW OF IT. FOR THE ENTITY THAT IS REFERRED TO AS WHITE BELIEVES THE ONE WHO INVESTS THE MOST INTO IT SHOULD DETERMINE ITS SHAPE.
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>>6175652
>Other: The new reality should follow a different design. There are infinite possibilities, but in the end, only one will be true.

"A hoop! Or an infinity symbol! Or maybe a twisty webby thing that's stuck all over everywhere!"
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>>6175646
>Noerne, The Grey Plume (Dust)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 10/20
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: The Emptiness

“The Spark should occupy the interior of a sphere, a hollow world. Two opposing gates will be the only means of crossing from the void to the inside of this sphere.”

Action 1: Move to The Outer Shell, entering the Faber Stars
>We arrive at the place that has been prepared for us
Action 2: Increase realm size of the Faber Stars by 6i
>It must grow. The Faber Stars surge, massive accretion disks forming around every star, more and more of them blinking rapidly into existence
>More retroactive backstory is impressed upon the creation, false ancient histories and artifacts from convoluted civilisations and fossils of forgotten creates that were never discovered to begin with.
>A realm eternally locked in the period that comes after its fall, an eternal dusk

Action 3: Upgrade Iron Fog by 4i
>The only servant not touched by the influence of The Grey Plume
>Grant it a fitting reward for service, delegate further responsibilities


>The Sable Drift
>Abilities: None
>Corpus: 6/6
>Ichor: 0/6
>Location: The Emptiness

Action 1: Move to The Outer Shell, entering the Faber Stars
>Follow

>The Glass Cloud
>Abilities: None
>Corpus: 4/4
>Ichor: 0/4
>Location: The Emptiness

Action 1: Move to the Outer Shell, entering the Faber Stars
>Follow

>The Iron Fog
>Abilities: None
>Corpus: 8/8
>Ichor: 4/8
>Location: The Outer Shell

Action 1: Spend 2i to create a 1i mortal race, worshipping Noerne as a Major deity and The Sable Drift as Minor deity

>The Iron Fog, empowered by its master to seed life, performs its duty silently and methodically.
>Life emerges from unthinking matter, roiling and warm associations of living dust, the Sift.

>They inhabit the abandoned relics of the Faber stars, filling the insides of empty armour sets and exosuits, or any other mobile container really, and staggering out into the sands to find purpose.
>Should their shell be shattered, they’ll spill out and come apart, until their motes eventually reform in a dark corner somewhere as a new being.

Action 2: Spend 2i to create a 1i mortal race, worshipping Noerne as a Major deity and The Glass Cloud as a Minor deity

>Sentient energy, life like lightning that jumps casually between fine particles, dancing a static waltz across massive areas.
>Elementals that are native to certain planets or celestial bodies, these sentient forces join together and play, and through their interactions sometimes lose parts of themselves (a process known as shearing) where smaller and more localised fragments that are far more relevant to mortals.

These “Arche” are known often haunt, possess or make mischief across the myriad worlds of the Faber Stars, and only rarely can be communicated or successfully negotiated with.
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Rolled 12, 11, 7, 3 + 1 = 34 (4d20 + 1)

>>6176444
Not sure if I roll again for upgrading, ignore the last two dice if I’m not meant to roll four.
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>>6175645
>Systems reinitiated..
>Read previous instance's records?
>N
>Keep previous instance's obligations?
>Y
>"-and thou shall be righteous, thy righteousness be coveted by al-"

What a strange situation the previous instance has left this knight in. Half a dozen swarm constructs, adjacency to the eclipsing sun, not to mention a part of the inflow going to the constructs..

>(AE00.A0) The Nameless Knight redirects +1 Ichor income from Ruin Knight Alphard, +1 Ichor income from Ioun Stone 001a, and +1 Ichor income from Storm of Knights for itself.

Now, to ensure that it has some discretionary funds to act with.

>(AE00:A1) The Nameless Knight creates the Decaying Ring, a size 2 realm aligned to Revolution and Ruin, spending 2 * 110% = 2.2 = 2? Ichor.
(Realized that the sole example didn't make the 12 Ichor into 14 but 13, so I think I'm in the clear.)
It takes surprisingly little effort to summon the ruins of churches and castles and the boulders that lies beneath and surrounding them. It takes more to ensure that it will always be falling without actually falling into the center of everything, and the knight would hope it need not consider such calculations for a few more eras.

>(RK.A:A1) The Nameless Knight commands Ruin Knight Alphard to create Trapped Souls, a mortal race aligned to Ruin, for 1 Ichor.
>(IS.001a:A1) The Nameless Knight commands Ioun Stone 001a to create Asteroids, a mortal race aligned to Revolution, for 1 Ichor.
>(AE00.A0) The Nameless Knight demands the absolute worship of their creation for a few eras.
The broken chunks of a ruined building and the boulders that dot the ruin shall be imbued with some mind to provide the necessary thoughts to perpetuate itself, the simplicity of such creatures to hopefully reduce whatever difficulty it will have in protecting its income stream.

(UE01.Crsl:A0) The Nameless Knight commands Storm of Knights to freely transfer 1 Ichor from its hold to the Nameless Knight, costing it 2 Ichor.
>(AE00:A2) The Nameless Knight improves Storm of Knights by 2 * 110% = 2.2 = 2 Ichor.
>(UE01.Crsl:A1) The Nameless Knight commands Storm of Knights to expand Hammer of Alphard by 1 Ichor.
>(RK.A1:A1) The Nameless Knight commands Hammer of Alphard to expand Storm of Knights by 1 * 110% = 1.1 = 1 Ichor.
>(UE01.Crsl:A2) The Nameless Knight commands Storm of Knights to expand Moon Stone 001a by 1 Ichor.
>(IS.001aa:A1) The Nameless Knight commands Moon Stone 001a to expand Storm of Knights by 1 * 110% = 1.1 = 1 Ichor.
Let that charge be mightier, let that charge haunt both hammer and moon, then, let the charge that haunts the hammer and moon haunt the charge again. More often than not, the best of systems are the ones that eats itself.

>(AE00:A0) The Nameless Knight readies itself.
Current circumstance risks a possible failure to fulfill promised obligations. The knight awaits for the actions of other entities.
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>>6176468
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe of how costly would a Law to provide a universal income of - (1 Ichor) - to all who serves it for every era be.
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe of what makes a Law more costly or more easily declared.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if a consumable to - (add modifiers to the creation dice or the combat dice) - can be created and how costly it would be.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if it can provide its servants with modifications to modify other servants, either to improve or to install abilities.
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if it can provide its servants with modifications to - (add a + modifier to the God's creation die).

>>6175652
>Abstain. The new reality should decide what its shape should be, irrespective of the Gods and their ruinous opinions.

>>6175738
"I think we should allow familial violence, condone it even. Having more Gods create more things is always positive, and we can excuse whatever path such Gods take in their path to creation."
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>>6176469
>The Nameless Knight (Ruin, Revolution)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 4/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble), [next turn] (+2 (1 P Trapped Souls: Absolute God), +2 (1 P Asteroids: Absolute God))
>Location: Coreward
>Servants: IS.001a [3 Revolution, 0/3], RK.A [3 Ruin, 0/3], UE01.Crsl [7 Revolution + 7 Ruin, 0/7], IS.001aa [2 Revolution, 0/2], RK.A1 [2 Ruin, 0/2], UE02.Trnd [1 Ruin, 1/1]
>Realms: MS.a [Size 2, Revolution + Ruin] (1 P of Asteroids (Revolution) (AE00: Absolute God), 1 P of Trapped Souls (Ruin) (AE00: Absolute God))

Level-up Progress:
>Revolution: (+2 from Decaying Ring, +1 from Asteroids, +4 from Storm of Knights, +1 from Stone Moon 001aa) 8/10
>Ruin: (+2 from Decaying Ring, +1 from Trapped Souls, +4 from Storm of Knights, +1 from Hammer of Alphard) 8/10

Creation Die:
>The Nameless Knight rolls a 1d20+1 for the creation of the Decaying Ring.
(Didn't realize that servants don't roll the creation dice until now.)
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>>6175652
That's annoying...

>Discard all abilities.

> 4 Ichor - Define an Active (Cognition) Ability
[Resonance born of Fiercer Places]
Subtly shape and direct the patterns of abstraction which constitute the psyche of mortals which [ I ] inhabits. Plant insistent desires, goals, ideas, and preferences within the target's unconscious which eventually manifest as conscious, self-justified thought and action.
Effect: Indirectly control a selected group of infected mortals by embedding a directive or priority into deep into their psyches, inducing a change in the thinking or behavior of those mortals. For instance, a call to 'Replicate' would prompt a mortal population to multiply faster, a new behavior. Whereas a call to 'discriminate' would cultivate distrust in a specified group, a new thought.

> 3Ichor - Define an Active (Volition) Ability
[Through the Door in Eye a Reflection Cracked]
Infiltrate and integrate self into the consciousness of sapient mortals. Exhibiting particular virulence against individuals actively observing or communicating with [ I ]'s vessels.
Effect: Contact the psyche of mortals within the same region as [ I ]. Has a percentage chance for [ I ] to infect them by integrating into their unconscious minds.

> 3Ichor - Define Passive (Unity) Ability
[In Unity Bound]
Network mental faculties - sharing experience, willpower, knowledge, and perception between all vessels. Covertly coordinate and harmonize the actions of all vessels with a high degree of sophistication.
Effect: If [Resonance born of Fiercer Places] would compel a population of infected mortals to take action, apply a bonus to that action based off the number of infected mortals within the realm which the action takes place.
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Yieldback was left in the darkness of the Core to contemplate the reality to come. He sensed flashes of what was incubating in the Spark: tooth and claw, the taste of blood, poisons and parasites, hunger and sickness, fear and predatory intent.

It wasn't entirely clear what these things were, and they wouldn't be until the uncertainty state of the spark collapsed and was resolved, but Yieldback let the sensations wash over him, and found that they were good.

An entire reality of eternal, ceaseless battle would nourish him well. He decided he would take a more active role in supporting the Megareality, after all.

>>6176265

So it was, therefore, that Yieldback approached The White, flames struggling against its all encompassing frigidity. It seemed to be engaged in defining the causality of particle interactions in order to weave together the concept of 'plans.'

"Hail, Lawspeaker." Yieldback said, hefting Thirstslaker onto his shoulder in a relaxed posture. "I see thou art weaving Laws. I wish for a Law of mine own. I put forth a deal: I underwrite thine laws, and thou underwrite mine. I seek nothing unreasonable."

>[Fortune Favors the Bold] - [Creation: Law] [Domain: Battle]

>With this law, every impulse to fight against other creatures would give an infinitessimal amount of ichor to the God of Battle. In return, all creatures that put their skin in the game or risked their lives to fight would have an intangible but very real advantage against those who gave in to fear, stagnation, and defensiveness.

And Yieldback spake unto The White, explaining the Law.

"I believe an even greater Law than this might be sought by all the Gods. Each facet of the reality to be born that relates to their Domains could be added to the Law in order to gain more underwriters. I myself stand ready to add in 6 Ichor to the undertaking." He said. "What do you think, Lawspeaker?"
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>>6176469
NO COMMENT WILL BE GIVEN AT THIS TIME TOWARDS YOUR COMMENT. THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE WAS SIMPLY DOING A PREEMPTIVE MEASURE. LAWS EXIST TO DEFINE WHAT CAN AND CAN NOT BE DONE.

>>6176523
LAW? LAW. YOU HAVE CAUGHT MY INTEREST
[The ice statue with a shining white star for a head begins to vibrate. That's clearly all that needed to be said to get its interest.]
YOU WISH FOR A BINDING VOW. FOR ONE TO PAY FOR THE OTHER'S LAW DEBTS. TO ENSIGN OUR WILLS INTO THE WORLD.
ISSUE IS THAT THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE PLANS ON SPENDING MOST, IF NOT ALL OF ITS ICHOR RIGHT NOW, ON OTHER ACTIONS. HOWEVER.

THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE WILL HAVE 12 ICHOR NEXT EON. THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE WILL BE ABLE TO INVEST UP TO 15 ICHOR WORTH OF ENERGY INTO SAID LAW. PRESUMING THE LAW COSTS 20 OR LESS, I WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE YOUR LAW.
THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE WISHES TO SIGN THE FOLLOWING DEAL WITH YIELDBACK

THE WHITE WILL GIVE THE FOLLOWING NEXT TURN
-ASSUMING THE LAW COSTS 20, THE WHITE WILL OFFER ITS ASSISTANCE TO CREATE THE LAW AND A TOTAL OF 14 ICHOR (11 ACTUAL ICHOR, 3 ICHOR CREATED FROM ITS OWN FLESH) TO CREATE SAID LAW.
-IF THE LAW COSTS 15, THE WHITE WILL GIVE 6 ACTUAL ICHOR AND 3 ICHOR CREATED FROM ITS OWN FLESH, TOTALING 9.
-ASSUMING THE LAW COSTS DIFFERENT, THE WHITE WILL PAY FOR A VAST MAJORITY OF THE LAW'S PRICE.

YIELDBACK WILL GIVE THE FOLLOWING NEXT TURN
-SIX ICHOR TO SHORE UP THE COST.

YIELDBACK WILL GIVE THE FOLLOWING THIS TURN:
-YIELDBACK WILL CREATE A MORTAL OF ONE POPULATION, OF THE DOMAIN INTRIGUE, TO PUT INTO THE WHITE'S REALM. THAT MORTAL POPULATION WILL ACKNOWLEDGE BOTH ENTITIES AS THEIR GODS. THIS WILL RESULT IN BOTH OF US GETTING ONE ICHOR PER TURN FROM THEIR WORSHIP. INTRIGUE SHOULD MESH WELL WITH MY KNOWLEDGE AND LAW BASED REALM.

EXPECTED RESULT FROM THIS TRADE
-YOU ARE ABLE TO GET YOUR LAW, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU MORE ICHOR AS PEOPLE FIGHT, BICKER, AND SEETHE
-I WILL BE ABLE TO SOLIDFY A LAW INTO CREATION
-ON TOP OF THAT, BOTH OF US WOULD BENEFIT FROM A MORTAL RACE WORSHIPPING BOTH OF US

THE WHITE WILL BE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE ALLOWING ITS SCHOLARS, ONCE THEY MANIFEST INTO REALITY, TO WORSHIP THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS YIELDBACK IF THIS IS NOT SUITABLE.
THE WHITE WILL BE WILLING TO NEGOTIATE FURTHER ASSUMING FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF BOTH THE PRICE OF THE LAW AND THE EXACT EXCHANGE OF WORSHIP TRANSFER BETWEEN GODS.

(tl;dr, the White will pay up to 14 Ichor in exchange for Yieldback ponying it 6 Ichor next turn and making a mortal race that worships both The White and Yieldback to pay off for the presumably massive Ichor price of a law.)
(The White is willing to also allow its scholars to worship Yieldback for even more ichor if spending 1 Ichor this turn and 6 next turn is unsuitable.)
(I presume since 2 ichor per population is the default rate for an 'absolute' god, splitting one population's worship amongst two gods would be 1 ichor per population for both gods.)
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"Before us lies an opportunity, brothers and sisters. One which shall last an unknown amount of time. Power shall flow easily into this Spark of pure potential for now, yet once it manifests its true form, this may not be so. I would advise all of thee to contribute thy essences to this Grand Work. Our essences combined shall make the Grand Work even Grander, and in turn we shall benefit from our combined efforts and become Greater. It is my recommendation that other projects - selfish or selfless - be taken care of after the Spark blooms. Thy ambitions can best be served this way, with the power gained from investment, surely?"
(Translation: Zerimael recommends pouring ichor into the Spark sooner rather than later, and that everyone should strongly consider contributing for power if nothing else.)
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>>6176542

What if the Ape eats the Spark?
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>>6176563
THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE BELIEVES IT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO DO SO.
THE ENTITY REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE WILL DEFINE THE 'SPARK' AS 'NOT A BANANA OR BIG NUT'.
THIS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PREVENT THE APE FROM EATING IT.
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>>6176563
"It is unknown, but this one assumes that it could potentially cause:
Nausea
Diarrhea
Dry mouth
Drowsiness
Moodswings
Vertigo
Flushing, sweating
Rashes
Rapid heartbeat
Rapid hair loss
Rapid weight loss
Flaky skin
Vomiting.
This one does not advise attempting to consume the Spark."
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>>6176564
Kind of looks like a candy if you ask me. A large blue shiny candy.

>>6176581
I was more thinking fever, inflammation, immolation, implosion, detonation, and unlimited power.
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>>6176512
(Hey man, I recommend you make something instead of discarding your abilities for new ones. Those don't contribute to level and you're going to probably fall behind a bit. Not to mention you're one of the few "evil" gods and only got 10 HP right now. It'd be a fucking shame if you got screwed because of that,bubble income ain't lasting forever)
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>>6176596
>>6176512
(Yeah, Weaver's right - you're just going to fall behind even further by discarding current abilities and making new ones. I'd highly recommend focusing on investing ichor into creations of some kind! Either ones of your own, or supplying some to one of the community projects.)
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>>6176534
"So be it done." Yieldback concurred with a nod. Without delay, the spinning within the God's core began to weave Mortal beings into the reality of The Permafrost Library.

>Population 1, Cost 1
>Domain: Intrigue
>Name: Veilweavers
>Description: Silent, socially-living but solitary-feeding, keepers of sacred secrets, protecting knowledge that could enlighten or destroy. They are a mass of long silky tendrils slightly warmer than their surroundings, allowing them to float. They produce a lightly radioactive ink within their bodies that glows a gentle purple, refracting through their silk hairs and tendrils. Their mass of tendrils are dextrous and able to weave paper from the silk. Veilweavers choose when and to whom they reveal their truths, scheming to cause wisdom to used for the purposes of justice to come together unexpectedly in a fashion not unlike karma. Most of their time is spent scrying on realms and realities within the Bubble, through various means such as the fragments of sight and sound they receive from Guthsip as she wanders the Bubble.
>Ecology: They build and live in great libraries of compressed snow blocks, hoarding and sharing of secrets, from which they derive the spiritual nourishment that drives their behaviors and economy (so to speak). When their population grows too great for their library, they add another identical wing of the library directly next to the first. Each library block is in the shape of a truncated hexahedron with elegant spiral staircases of ice, and the libraries are able to tessellate infinitely in every direction. Their ink is a mixture of anti-freeze chemicals, water, phosphates, and vanadium-50 which releases beta radiation that excites the phosphate, creating their luminescence. They excrete waste as an aerogel from what remains of their crystal meals. The aerogel foams into a hard, light weight, structural material that they use to reinforce the library's structural integrity.
>Pantheon: Yieldback, THEWHITE.
>Afterlife: A Veilweaver's soul is made of Oathluck, Mind, and Body (since they are spiritual creatures)

>The Wrothbringer, Brother Yieldback [Vengeful Murder (5)], [Intrigue (6)], [Battle (4)] total: (15)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 5/20
>Income: +10 total | +10 (the Bubble), +1 (Veilweavers)
>Location: Coreward
>Actions: 1/3
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>>6176644
THE DEAL IS SIGNED. YOU GAVE ME WHAT I WANT, I GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT.
I SHALL CREATE YOUR LAW. WHEN THE NEXT EON APPROACHES. BLOOD SHALL SPILL. AND YOU SHALL GAIN POWER.
FOR LAW MAKES RIGHT.
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>>6175738
The Great Ape glares up at THEWHITE through his great piss tunnel and starts plucking coarse orange hairs from his Ape Wife's coat one by one. Slowly and painfully. The Ape-Wife screams in pain and cries out with horrible screams until she's a disgusting pink blob that looks closer to a wrinkled ballsack than an ape. Then with dexterous hands the Great Ape ties together a beautiful, lustrous orange coat out of his Ape-Wife's fur. Her tears had cleaned the filth and caked blood and revealed the true beauty underneath, the actual character of Ape-Wife's soul, only for Ape-Wife to be left uglier then ever and her fur used as armor by her tormentor.

After using the coat as a quick ass-wipe to discharge the remnants from his earlier meal The Great Ape grins tauntingly at THEWHITE. He turns around and bends over revealing his shaved ass that stands in stark contrast to his usually hairy body. Then he starts drumming a song slapping his pinkish gluttonous asscheeks and chanting without rhythm.

"Retard. Retard. Retard. Retard. Retard. Retard. Retard. Retard. Retard. Retard. Retard. Retard."

With his newly created warm fur coat The Great Ape is sure of his complete immunity to a god of frost such as THEWHITE.

>Create Armour "Ape-Wife's Coat" (Savagery, Ape) using 10 Ichor

Next, The Great Ape make sures to pay his debt to Shydis by having his Ape-Wife create a mortal race in his image to populate the shadow god's disgusting swamp. He gives the Ape-Wife a tender hug while she cries woefully in his arms. He strokes her bald head and whispers sweet nothings and apologies in her ear with the affection only a creator and a lover could give until she stops crying and finally smiles a great big toothy smile at him.

She is comforted and for once in her short existence- happy.

Then the Great Ape punches her straight in the womb while she's off guard and makes her vomit up a batch of pink hairless apes. After sampling of a few of them to see how they taste he places them at his nipple and lets them nurse on his Ape-Man-Milk while taking them to the Swamp Of Torment and then depositing them there.

> Ape-Wife Creates Mortals: Hairless Apes (Ape) Population 2 in The Swamp Of Torment

>The Great Ape (Gluttony, Ape, Savagery)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0 (Ape 20, Savagery 10, Gluttony 0)
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Outershell
>Servants: Ape Wife (Ape 8/10)
>Armor: Ape-Wife's Coat (Ape, Savagery) (5 resilience)
>Mortals: Hairless Apes (Pop 2)
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>>6176798

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[The statue shakes for a moment.]

THIS INSTRUMENT WITNESSETH whereas the party referred to as the Great Ape, with legal and binding effect, shall be amended such that as of now, and hereby is, empowered to take all action involving his wife until further notice.
THE UNDERSIGNED AFFIANT known as the white is not willing to argue this point any further, for the white has better things to do.
THE LEGAL ENTITY REFERRED TO AS the white is equal measures impressed, horrified, and awestruck by the sight it witnessed.

[The statue stops moving after that last line.]
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>>6175652
Strad-Aniya Rak awakens to the fresh eon anew. With Their Ichor regained, and Their kin having matured-having entered adolescence, with bodies more solidly formed in comparison to their infant stage-standing by Its side, playing with each other full of energy, eager for the chance to call a Realm their own. Strad is more then ready for whatever the universe has to throw at Them, and more than ready to throw it back tenfo-

*Onk*

..."Is-...is that a pig???"

Strad and Their Kin look down at the completely average pig standing just outside of Its cave(?) Whatever the Realms They called home)) not at all sure to make of what They're seeing. Then They see the small note pinned onto it, grabs the entire pig-the pig is dead silent during this, too scared to even make a sound-and brings it to Its face to read it.

"...Hmh! What a nice surprise!...Maybe, I should give this 'dip-lo-ma-cy' thing a try."

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First thing's first, Strad pours an ample amount of Ichor into the Megarealm. They would've preferred to put everything They've had into it, but that would've left Their banks empty for Their other plans.

>Strad-Aniya Rak (6 Ichor) (Plagues, Mutation, Dragons)


Secondly, Strad clears Their throat, takes a good long deep breath in, and with all Their chest billows out "GUTHSIP!!!" And within seconds, a small ghostly woman appears a good distance behind the god. "Woe is me! Thou dost not need break the heavens with Thy voice to beckoned me! Just a mere wisp a whisper thine name be enough!" The servant exclaims. The God grimaces at the servant's words, "Not as if you left script for me to beckon you in the very first place." The small woman shrugs, neither finding argument-nor will or reason to search for one against the god, "Very wel. But before thy dost Thou's task, does Thou not forget a certent payment be in order?" the servant puts out an open hand. "Yes yes, I was just getting to that." Strad then gives the Pig a good strong squeeze, forcing a loud ear piercing whine out of the swine-with it's single Ichor along with it. Guthsip was dead silent during this, not finding the words for this sight. "Here, your payment due. Now then, my messages."

>Pig Servant Action: Summon Guthsip -1Ichor

>To The Nameless Crow
"Many thanks are due for the gift you have given me. I know you may have not thought much in giving it to me in the first place, but it still warms my cold heart that you have at all...And more importantly, I believe when one scratches another's back-" Strad then raises out one of Its hands, pointing downward with Its index claw, "-that their back should be scratched in return." And from that finger, a large tumor shoots out-easily 6 ft tall- and begins to wiggle and rattle with a feverish frenzy. Shortly enough, the large tumor rips off the digit, and falls to the ground(?) with a meaty thump.

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>>6176822
For a good few quiet moments, the tumor just sits there, dead as any piece of flesh is. But within a blink of an eye, a long slender arm shoots out of it, like a needle being thrusted though a rubbery egg. And rising out of that tumor, something horrid comes to light.

>>Create Servant: Stringless Marionette (Mutations) -2 Ichor: A large humanoid creature covered head to toe in scabby tissue. The flesh is malleable, allowing the creature’s form to be changed into whatever the master wants. It also boast an incredible physique

“I give you a gift in return. It can be a pawn in one of your games, a player in them, or even just set dressing to make it more interesting. The choice is entirely yours.”

>Gift Stringless Marionette to The Nameless Crow

>To The Wrothbringer, my great Brother in godhood Yieldback
“Many blessings brother! The memory of one of your servants appearing before me to extend your hand in comradery is still fresh in my mind, and I wish to repay that good faith tenfold. I hear tale on the winds that you’re making moves towards the lands of swamps and waters, so I thought you might appreciate some assistance. I offer you the youngest of my kin, the dragon of poisonous waters, I believe they’ll help most in that endeavor.”

>Offer the Dragon of Water to Yieldback

>To Flos Osseus
“It was the greatest news to hear of your collaborative efforts with Artium Opus, it brings me great joy to hear of us gods coming together like this. Thus, I offer one of my own, the dragon of air, for your world. Their form is becoming quite pleasing to the eye, and would be a lovely addition to your world.” Strad chuckles to Themself.

>Offer the Dragon of Air to Artium Opus

Finally, the last message. Strad sends Their kin to play further away so as to not hear what They’re about to say, as a light green blush begins to form on Their face.
>Dearest goddess Scylla & Charybdis
“For the longest time now, I’ve admired both your wondrous form that I cannot help my satire in amazement at, and your loving personality that plans to fill the universe with such beautiful creatures. So, I propose a…meeting between the two of us. One that might help produce monsters that’ll helpbothofourgoalsokBYE!” Strad then flusteredly shoos off the messenger Their words and gifts.

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>>6176825
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With that out of the way, the great dragon looks down at the minute pig in Its claws, and gives it a grin. The pig returns it, sweating profusely, not knowing what might happen next. Then within a blink of an eye, the dragon throws the pig into the air, and snaps it’s entire body into Its mouth-not even giving the small animal time to scream…But hog did not perish in the mighty beasts stomach, no no no, the universe isn’t that merciful.

>>Create Realm: God's Underbelly: (Plagues, Mutations) -2 Ichor, Size 1
Less a realm and more an aspect of the Ruinous Gods biology. Hallways and rooms made up gigantine intestine, the number and size of which is more than able to house hundreds upon hundreds of people inside. Each and everyone of these rooms are packed corner to corner with automated scientific ‘instruments’ and ‘machinery’, saws made of bone-operated by thin bony limbs coming from the walls, beakers and flasks being replaced with organs housing horrid acids, you name the instrument, and these halls have some sort of homunculus replica of it. And all of these are for one purpose, assisting the Ruinous Dragon God in Their work, perfecting the diseases and mutations They construct within these walls. No matter how horrid these experimentations are.

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With that out of the way, Strad decides that They need a change of pace when it comes to what They call Their home, and that Their first child-the dragon of earth-should go out and explore the world as well.

>Move within Coreward: THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY

Touching down and making residence on a remote mountain with a deep cave system in the wastes, far apart from any of the mortals living in the realm, Strad sends the child out into the world to grow as a being. Now, content with the work They’ve done this eon, watching Their child play in the snow in the distance, rests.

>Strad-Aniya Rak (Plagues, Mutations, Dragons)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward (THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY)


>The Pig Servant (luck)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/1
>Income: 0
>Location: God's Underbelly (Coreward (THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY))
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>>6176825

Serendipity's breath catches in her throat as she listens to the horrific dragon of disease and suffering proposition the mother of monsters. By the bubble it was so ROMANTIC! Love blossoming in the void, in the most unlikely of places! And she didn't have so much as an ichor one to celebrate with! Maybe the little servants of her servant could help? She really ought to name them properly!

> Living Paint's two servants work together to create a 1 Ichor Bauble (Creativity)

Well it's a lovely little keepsake locket, with a lovely little portrait of the couple inside!

> One of Living Paint's servants scurries off with the locket to give it to Strad-Aniya Rak.
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>The Gilded Weaver (Gold, Persistence, Trickery)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 10/20
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: The Emptiness

>>6175652
The Golden Spider struggles and struggles out of its exoskeleton as he molts, having grown to almost twice the size that he was before. A few spasms to make sure his limbs don't get stuck and a small amount of time to harden his shell later he is as resplendent as ever.

>>6176542
Before he could get to work, The Gilded Weaver faced the Coreward as he caught the declaration of the Dark Star. He stood motionlessly and observed what the world would look like, and found it lacking. Lacking in shinyness, lacking in determination and lacking in wit. This would have to be rectified, but first...

The Spider communicated back by rubbed both of foremost legs together. ''Most certainly,Star Brother, I shall contribute to this creation. However, not at this moment! For a this moment I must make sure that I have the means to contribute!''

>Action 1: Scavenge Pot of Gold for 4 Ichor
>Action 2: Create The Great Golden Web(Gold,Persistence,Trickiness), Size 6,costing 8 Ichor
>Action 3: Create 5 units of a Mortal race of called the Gleaming Arachnids(Gold,Persistence,Trickiness),costing 6 Ichor

And so, on that, The Aureate Arthropod would begin his first project. An intricate Great Web of flexible Gold, linked between itself with an unatural strength and durability uncharacteristic of natural gold. Of course, those unaccustomed to navigating it will quickly find themselves ensnared and tangled up in golden threads, with little ways of escaping. This Web of course was not nearly the size of what the Weaver wished it to be, but it was a start and in time it would eventually connect everything. To maintain it, The Golden Spider fashioned more spiders in his image, made of Gleaming Gold and unwilling to give up their work until it is completed. With the weaving skills of golden orb-weavers and the agility of jumping spiders they shall prove themselves to be fine workers of the Web. He establishes himself as Absolute God over his creations, as he is the one who will continually expand the Great Web and scatters them to all the hidden corners of the Web.

Done and spent from his exhaustive weaving, The Gilded Weaver sets himself down on his Web and brings his legs together closer to his body so that he may sleep.

>The Gilded Weaver (Gold, Persistence, Trickery)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble),(+20 next turn from both Bubble and mortals)
>Location: The Emptiness(Great Golden Web)
>Gold: 11/6
>Persistence:11/6
>Trickiness:11 /6
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Rolled 13 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>6176879
(Forgot the roll, here's the web)
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Rolled 2 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>6176879
(The Gleaming Arachnids)
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Rolled 9, 7 = 16 (2d20)

>>6175652
Upon noticing the bubble's response to the Knight's desire for a realm Shydis immediately contributes to the spark.
>Send 4 ichor to the Spark
After witnessing the Ape wife's torment, he reaches towards her fallen tears. She feels some level of relief as all her current fear is pulled into the tears turning them black and oily. The tears pool together and take a form resembling a chimp.
>Create 3i servant First Sorrow (Fear)
As he watches the mortal apes struggle against the beast of his swamp, he notices the unpopulated nebula from which the shards had come. He enters the Nebula and wills a connection to his realm. Clouds form within the realm containing the squirming souls of all that died in the swamp. The souls spend most of their time fighting amongst each other. However, when they pass another cloud countless transparent limbs burst forth trying to steal souls from the other cloud. Only when the souls calm and accept their fate do they rain, returning to the swamp so they can be reborn.
>Create 3i mortals Spectral Storms (Misfortune) in the Outer Shell Nebula.
>Shydis (Fear, Misfortune)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +14, +10 (the Bubble) +1 (Naked Apes minor) +3 ((Spectral Storms major)
>Location: The Outer Shell
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>>6176822
>>6176825

(Cool idea. I need to do a retcon tho:)

>Yieldback's 1st Action this Eon to improve Guthsip:
>Create: Ability: [Wings of Albeing] (Permanent Effect, Passive)
>Guthsip can move between realms without spending an action, and can hear her name where ever it is spoken within the Bubble. Additionally, Guthsip receives a +2 to Flee if attacked.
>Cost: 4 Ichor

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>Guthsip, Errandling of the Gods
>Abilities: Wings of Albeing
>Level: --
>Valuation: 6 Ichor
>Corpus: 6/6
>Ichor: 6/6
>Income: +0 (total)
>Location: Coreward
>Actions: 1/2

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>>6171115

Guthsip shivers and lets out mews of delight as she is empowered further by the Dragon God, and then snaps upright and offers a snappy salute to the terrifying entity. Taking up the Marionette, her Wings carry her to The Nameless Crow's Game Board.

"Behold, Great Game Master, I bringest Thee glad tidings from Strad-Aniya Rak, the Great and Terrible! In sooth They seem like kind of a nice God, though, between you and me." She whispers as an aside, and gives a small cough before regaining focus. "Strad hath begotten Thine gift and was pleased by it! Great Strad offers thee Their thanks, having been touched to have Thee think of them. They understand that Thou may not have thought much of it, but nevertheless were moved to gift thee in thy own turn."

She presents to the Great Crow the Stringless Marionette with much metaphysical fanfare.

"A perfect puppet, it can be pawn, player, or prop for Thine plays!" She explains with a bow. "Strad provides it for any purpose or plans Thou can perceive."
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>>6172137
>>6176831

"Greetings to Thee, Great Skeleton." Guthsip says, appearing in a fluttering of wings in The Emptiness. The transluscent feminine figure bows with a flourish of her arms. "I, Guthsip, Errandling of the Gods, bring Thee tidings from the Great Dragon, Strad-Aniya Rak. The teamwork Thou hast shown with Artium Opus was most pleasing to Strad's sight. Most happy They were to hear of Thine getherment with other Gods. It is hoped that further getherment might be forthcoming, and to that end They offer Thee a gift most fetching. May it adorn Thine Realms as Thou see fit.""

She unveils the Dragon of the Air dramatically.

"Sleek and seductive, pray, harken upon this serpentine seraph. May its shimmering scales soar Thine spirits skyward!"
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>>6171276
>>6176831

Guthsip journied next to Scylla & Charybdis.

"Happy tidings to Thee, Great Mothers of Monsters!" She said nervously, and bowed lower than usual. "This One is Guthsip, Errandling of the Gods. I have brought news of an admirer."
Guthsip hoped that this would please the jealous Goddess long enough to delay any anger her presence might otherwise provoke.
"And not the secret kind, either! No, but a manly declaration from the Great Dragon, God of Dragons, Plagues, and Mutation! So bold! They find Thee wondrous in form, and most lovely for blessing the Bubble with such fetching creatures as your children. They wish to *meet with Thee* to work together on the matter."

Guthsip blushed invisibly, but did not falter in her task.

"Skylla, I think They *like* you!" She braved to add in a teasing tone. "What a reliable God, though! Existence's first love proposal!"
And she affected a swoon, clasping her ghostly hands together and pressing them into her face, fluttering her wings to carry her in an arc of elation.
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The Voidstar's omnipresent gaze shifts, ebon ripples dancing across its vast form as it changes attention towards the potentially-stillborn god Amalthea. An ethereal tendril of dark flames extends outward, yet all it does is gently move aside a lock of the slumbering goddess's hair.

"Though it pains me to say, I fear that our sister will not last much longer if her mind does not awaken. I do not wish to see her fade from this realm, yet it may well be an inevitability. To feast upon her corpse would be too cruel. I would make a suggestion - no, another wish, perhaps, to the wellsprings of Fate and Potential that brought us to be. I would wish that Amalthea be laid to rest within the spark, so that her Corprus and her Ichor and all of her domains can nourish it and the realm it shall one day birth. It is a far more fitting fate for the Genesis than to be subjected to cannibalism."
The tendril withdraws, and the Eclipse once more focuses on the Spark instead. Zerimael whispers a final utterance across existence, before going silent once more.
"I would rather wish for you to awaken, dear sister, so that the bubble is not devoid of your smile."
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>>6176969
I've no gripe with Thine plot. Her lifemight will make for more vigorous struggle within the Spark's reality, which serves me well enough.
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As he plays, Nameless listens to events and divine conversations of The Bubble.

>>6171125
>>6173487
His opinion on The Gilded Weaver changes. Its vision is questionable, but the godly arachnid has proven itself to be more than a bundle of instincts.

>>6176798
However, his predictions balance out, because The Great Ape is significantly more vile than expected. And its only getting started.

>>6176802
THE WHITE has proven himself to be a push-over. He already twisted the definition of family violence to acquit the strong.
Thus, in a world void of lawyers, distaste of layers was already present within the Nameless.

>>6171398
Your law proposal is noble, and Nameless is willing to support it.
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>>6176512
I stand with the others. Don't just discard perfectly fine abilities... a public auction would be much more interesting. If the rules permit that, that is. (>>6176115)

I'll take a proper turn later.
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>>6176976
>>6176977
My post is apparently spam when attempting to post it at once, but not if cut into two pieces.
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>>6176969
"She seems alive? Quiescent, but I don't think she's dead, unless you're planning to make it such."
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>>6176981
"Without enforcing her continued existence, she will be doomed to fade away. I can sense it intrinsically, as should you. We must continually struggle against the pull of the Void by imparting our wills into Creation. As she has yet to awaken and act, she will fade into the background essence if she does not wake in time to reinforce her being. Such is why I wish that, if she does prove to be a Stillborn, that her essence be entombed within the Spark. I bear no malevolence towards her, or any of my siblings."
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>>6176969

I'd support such a thing. Granting her to the spark would make the madness within all the more bountiful and interesting.
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>>6176982
"It's her choice whether to act or fade away, not ours. I'm all for forcibly feeding her to the Spark, but are you sure you are of the same mind?"
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>>6176969
>>6176982
The Spider wakes, hearing more commotion, and sees Zerimael offering to throw Amalthea into the Spark! "Ho Star-Brother,your intentions are truly noble,but I fear that our dear beautiful sister will not throw herself into the Spark of her own will. If you wish to feed her to it...you will have to slay her with your own hands! May you have the will to do such a thing?!"
(Amalthea will automatically flee if attacked and won't do anything on her own. So you have to kill her)
>>6175798
"Oh! And I forgot the shape of the world! I would say the proposal of the mountain of muscles is quite appealing"
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>>6176990
>>6176998
"No! I will condone no such violence against her. I offer my wishes as a prayer to the chaos that spawned us. Let her slumbering form rest upon the Spark, to either awake harmlessly or become one with it when Existence sees fit to reclaim her. To slay her for the sole purpose of acting as fertilizer for the nascent realm would be no more Just than if I were to split her open and devour her entrails personally. It must be done through the Will of Existence alone. The Spark will take her should she fail to rouse, or it will not. I pray for the outcome I believe would best honor her. Even we Gods should not believe ourselves above prayer."
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>>6177001
>entrails
"How naive you are Star-Brother, the Will of Existence is naught by an unconscious pulse reacting to our Ichor. It will not act on its own I'm afraid...and empty prayer will not rouse it I suspect. Are you truly so faint as to fail to see the action you must undertake? Or that there is already nothing just in the world that will come to begin with?"
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>>6177005
Isn't the Spark itself a result of the bubble's will though?
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>>6177005
"And how callous you are, threadbearer. Your prideful and predatory nature dominates your thoughts, blinding you to the truth of Possibility. You have not begun to grasp just how infinitesimally slim the circumstances of our births were, have you? A single bubble of Stability and Something birthed from the Chaos of Nothing, anathema to one another. And from the pearlen wax of Existence's potantial-laden form emerge not one, not two, but eighteen beings of Concept given form, fractures of Reality asserting themselves. I choose to believe that Existence is not so stillminded as you believe, but that its Will operates differently than our own. As mortals are to us, we are to Existenc - it is only natural that we cannot fully understand its Nature. I have Faith in our primordial father, the womb that bore us, and so I choose to Pray."
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Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>6176969
>>6176970
>>6176981
>>6176977
>>6176982
>>6176987
>>6176998
>>6177005
>>6177009
"I eat?"

>>6176798
(forgot roll)
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>>6177112
>1
who's the retard now :^)
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>>6177115
(HE WAS NUMBER ONE!)
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>>6177112
"No, Brother Ape. Content yourself with the meat your wife brings you within the swamp, just for now. If the Will of Existence sees fit to grant my wish, then you will have feasts beyond measure as soon as the Spark blooms. I know that your hunger is great, but patience will bring you a far greater meal than any short-sightedness would."
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>>6177001
>>6177009
"I would propose that while it is hypothetically omnipotent, it is an unthinking thing, who can only act so far because it divested itself of its will and provided it to us. The Spark itself is seemingly only there because your blood and my wish resonated with it into becoming that."

"Resulting from that, it cannot act without the Gods' consent, and if that God's wish is to fade away, then it shall fade away."

"Then, pardon me for my curiousity, but I am keen to discover what shall happen if a God is forever kept a corpse. You can have what I had promised to contribute if you'd like."

>(AE00:A3)The Nameless Knight assaults Amalthea.
>(IS.001a:A2) Ioun Stone 001a assaults Amalthea.
>(RK.A:A2) Ruin Knight Alphard assaults Amalthea.
>(IS.001aa:A2) Stone Moon 001aa assaults Amalthea.
>(RK.A1:A2) Hammer of Alphard assaults Amalthea.
>(UE02:A1) Bad Weather assaults Amalthea.

"That should, at the very least, severely injure her. Perhaps I can rouse something out of Amalthea, some base instinct to live and survive and not just fade away. It wouldn't be too ruinous in the long run."
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Rolled 13, 2 = 15 (2d20)

>>6177133
Jet plumes of dark flame surge from the Voidstar as it bears witness a callous assault on Amalthea. A betrayal of blood and kin inspires a fury deep within the heart of the god, and space itself begins to twist as a fell scream rings out.
"YOU WOULD DARE BRING ARMS AGAINST OUR SLUMBERING SISTER? THIS SIN WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED. SEE YOUR MIRRORED SERVANT OF VANITY UNDONE."
Tendrils of pitch fire wrap around Amalthea to aid her in weathering the assault, while yet more snake out at conceptual speed to try to consume the form of Alphard.
>Zerimael assists Amalthea with Defense (1 action) (first roll, +1)
>Zerimael assaults Ruin Knight Alphard. (1 action) (second roll, +1)
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>>6177133
>>6177145
''And so it begins, If you survive this Star-Brother, then perhaps you will learn a lesson in the true ways of existence. I am, for sure, predatory, but I wouldn't dare lie now!''
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>>6177145
"You know, if you want to punish sin, you should punish the perpetrator, not its next of kin. You'll get a lot of points on my book if you choose to assault me, even more if you continue it to the next Eras. It'll be a very healthy connection."

"Besides, what has my poor little knight done to you?"
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>>6177151
"You will all receive your due punishment, for you are all perpetrators in this foul deed. You will Know the gravity of this sin, Lyudi, and you will all beg to repent when I have finished administering Retribution. This is an oath that I swear, broken child."
>>6177148
"And as for you, little spider, scheming in its web - do not think this proves your ways right. You too have seen how broken this child playing knight is - this anomaly cannot help but play to its nature to Ruin the harmony between us all. I'm sure that given any leeway, he would tear apart those glorious threads you promised to weave across creation. He will be brought in line, and you will see what is Just and Right."
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>>6177152
"Foolishness." Yieldback commented to no one in particular, as violence dawned in earnest on the young pre-reality. "Guthsip, to me."

Guthsip appeared in a shimmering of gossamer like a cobweb blown free in a dark room with a draft, holding the Dragon of Water and carrying with her the dank odor of the Swamp of Torment.

"Hey! What gives?! I was about to make words with Shadys." The Godling shouted, before following her master's gaze out to the spectacle of violence. "Oh, wow."

"Lend the Dark Star Thirstslaker. He has made an oath of revenge."

>ACTION 3: Improve Thirstslaker (Vengeful Murder, Battle)
>Ichor: 6
>1d9 to 1d15

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>The Wrothbringer, Brother Yieldback [Vengeful Murder (7.5)], [Intrigue (6)], [Battle (7.5)] total: (21)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +11, +10 (Bubble) | +1 (Veilweavers)
>Location: Coreward
>Actions: 0/3

Reality flexes and irons out the wrinkle centered on Thirstslaker, whose bevel now glints an electric blue from the right angle, even in the total abscence of light. Guthsip sets down the Dragon of Water and takes up Thirstslaker, delivering it in an instant to the Void Star. Just having it near you, Zerimael feels his tendrils empowered with fell power.

"Freelent to Thee by my master, Brother Yieldback, Voidstar, if Thine oath of vengeance is truefelt!" She says quickly.
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>>6177166
"Truefelt and binding to mine essence, I assure thee and thy master. You both have my gratitude. The favor shall be repaid in full in time. For now...my wrath must be made Known."
Thirstslaker is drawn within the Voidstar's core momentarily, each tongue of flame gaining a razor sharp edge with which to bite into the enemy, an evershifting mass of teeth with which to rip and tear at even divinely wrought Flesh. Zerimael seems emboldened by the show of support.
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>>6177148

The Gilded Weaver's home is crashed into, quite literally, by several buckets of paint, a goddess, and half of a marble sculpture. Golden strands go flying, eventually landing on the unfinished sculpture and by sheer luck forming a beautiful silver and gold willow tree, though it is likely small solace to the golden spiders scurrying about in a panic. The goddess herself lands, upside down, hanging from an ankle in front of the weaver himself.

"Mr Spood! Are they having a fight? Are we going to get to watch the first divine murder? Do you have any snacks?" Still upside down she opens a sketchbook, peering into the distance, scribbling furiously.
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>>6177152
''Oh but I am right Star-Brother. Do not speak to me of Ruin from this one, for I have already foreseen that possibility much before yourself. I knew that the gods would come to blows inevitably and begun preparing accordingly, something you have entirely ignored in favor of putting your all into the spark.''

The spider grooms himself. ''I warned you all first about this one didn't I? But of course it went ignored, although even I couldn't predict him showing his true colors so soon! It is good for you that the big man has lent you his axe however, for if not you would scarcely have the means to defend yourself''

>>6177215

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njIZdPViBHg

Of course, The Weaver also couldn't predict the mad goddess crashing into his magnificient Web. He begins furiously hissing at the tree and Serendipity and slaps the both of them with his front legs several times, before scurrying around to fix his project and mend the strands that she sent flying everywhere while removing the paint. ''Be careful where you go you stupid harlot! Do not make a mess of my Golden Web. But oh yes they are fighting, perhaps we'll see one eat the other!''
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>>6177242

"Harlot!?" The goddess only looks offended for a moment before sighing. "Scylla is the only getting offers unfortunately, but hey let me know if anyone seems interested!" She stares mournfully into the distance before perking back up.

"Did you say eat each other? Ooh, that'd be gruesome. But interesting! Zeri doesn't seem the type though, and Lyudi wanted to preserve it? For some reason...I bet you get really interesting paints from a god's body! I wonder if Lyudi would sell a bit if he wins?"
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>>6177152
"Only **I** am culpable here, not them. What I own is not who I am. Regardless, I only intend to damage Amalthea into permanent dysfunction. Can't you see that it is just another path to preserving her? The numbers aren't right, I can't disable her this Era even if all goes exceedingly well. They are innocent. Why are you so eager for blood now? A knight serves."
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>>6177166
[The ice-borne statue slowly turns in the direction of YIELDBACK.]
[It knows as much as Yieldback knows that not much needs to be said.]
IT APPEARS YOUR LAW WILL BE WORTH THE INVESTMENT. ONCE THE EON PASSES.
[The statue returns to staring down at a trio of FROSTLINGS stacking on top of each other to look more intimidating to other FROSTLINGs.]
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The bubble bobs and weaves on its course.

I have an annual family reunion coming up this Sunday, so the update might be up on Monday.

>>6176445
If the investment of ichor reaches double the original, it allows for a second roll. I should’ve clarified this in the rules PDF.

>>6176469
It is intriguing that the most curious of the bubble’s divinities is the God of Revolution, not either of the two Gods of Knowledge. Perhaps the greatest act of rebellion is the search to know the unknown?

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe of how costly would a Law to provide a universal income of - (1 Ichor) - to all who serves it for every era be.
1 Ichor is negligible but the conditions, service to a specific God (the Nameless Knight), are exacting. Such a Law would cost 15 Ichor.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe of what makes a Law more costly or more easily declared.
Laws are made more expensive by their broadness and cheaper by their specificity, though this is inverted if it applies to specific individuals. If a Law applies to every God, it is inherently cheaper than a Law that applies to a single God. If a Law applies in numerous instances, it is inherently more expensive than a narrow Law.

The domains of the God (or Gods) enacting a Law have a significant impact on the cost of a Law. For example, a God of Storms would be able to enact a Law of thunder afflicting realms at random for much cheaper than a God of Nobility. In most instances, this is a 5 Ichor discount but if a domain is extraordinarily relevant to an exceptionally narrow Law, it can be brought down by as much as 10 Ichor. In theory, this could stack per domain, but would require clever Law phrasing.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if a consumable to - (add modifiers to the creation dice or the combat dice) - can be created and how costly it would be.
A Consumable allowing for modifiers to creation or combat dice is possible to create. Such a Consumable would be +5 Ichor per bonus or malus. Because it is a one-use item, it avoids the usual stacking +5 for each additional point.
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>>6177390
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if it can provide its servants with modifications to modify other servants, either to improve or to install abilities.
Abilities are the most complex mechanisms in the bubble and require the absolute mastery of a God. If a God were to create an Ability designed to upgrade or install specific Abilities, it would be possible for a Servant to use this without the God’s direct input. To use a mortal metaphor, at that point the Servant is pressing a button.

An Ability to create Abilities would suffer from the same 50% inefficiencies of a Servant, however, without the usual 100% efficiency they confer. This is due to the Servant’s inability to adjust the specifics of the Ability to fit the specific, subtle needs of the recipient.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if it can provide its servants with modifications to - (add a + modifier to the God's creation die).
Yes. The most direct route would be to grant the Servant an Ability mimicking Tool use. This could be given at the standard cost of a Tool, but would rely on the Servant’s health and loyalty to function.

>>6176512
I will confess, I am slightly confused. What specific mechanics are you aiming for with these Abilities? Many things held under Abilities are possible to do without them. For example, Nihildir could attempt to leverage his Death domain to eradicate a mortal population, but this would require some Ichor to work consistently.

[ I ] would have a much easier time subverting a mortal population even without an Ability, due to the stacking effects of the Unity, Volition, and Cognition domains. If you do want to discard the previous Abilities, you are completely within your rights to and can proceed without any issue, I just need to know what you’re looking to replace them with before doing so.
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>>6177391
>>6176523
[Fortune Favors the Bold] would grant a fluctuating +1-10 Ichor income to the current God of Battle, depending on how warlike mortals across the cosmos are. Mortal populations of an alignment corresponding to violence, courage, or struggle would receive a slight +1 bonus against their nonviolent rivals.

This is a powerful Law carving a domain directly onto the bubble and its inhabitants, but the effects are subdued. From Yieldback alone, [Fortune Favors the Bold] would cost 35 Ichor. After factoring in THE WHITE’s support, it would cost 32 Ichor.

>>6176831
A God creating a Realm inside of themselves to circumvent the Location restriction is fascinating. The results, while not lethal, will become apparent in the Eon to come.

>>6176977
In theory, auctioning Abilities could be done. In practice, it would require the domain they’re attached to, which would then need to be severed from its God's authority. This would take some doing.

>>6177133
>>6177145
Adrift in the Void, the bubble trembles.

Soon, the first blood will be shed.

This combat can be resolved in one of two ways. Either Amalthea posts to react, or 48 hours elapse and I take control for the remainder of the Eon (pending the player’s return) to flee. For now, I’ll wait, starting from the time of the Nameless Knight’s initial post. I dislike waiting during combat like this but I feel it’s the most fair way to handle an AFK God.

>>6177166
Switching which God an Artifact is equipped by is possible (if not optimal, depending on the situation) but Thirstslaker won’t be in Zerimael’s grip for the first round of combat. This is due to Zerimael engaging before Brother Yieldback tasked Guthsip to give him the blade. If it extends over multiple rounds, it will be in Zerimael’s grip, or connective tissue. This is taking the possibly false assumption that the Voidstar even has tissue and not just an inexplicable connection.
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>>6177392
>32 ICHOR
AH. THIS IS AN ISSUE, DUE TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ICHOR TO CREATE SUCH A LAW WILL BE 25. THAT MEANS A 7 ICHOR DISCOUNT MUST BE NEGOTIATED AT MINIMUM TO BE KOSHER.

[A pair of negotiation glasses pops up on the statue's star for a head]
POSSIBLE ADJUSTMENT TO LAW IN ORDER TO DISCOUNT PRICE
FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD: DOMAIN OF BATTLE
THE ICHOR INCOME BONUS ONLY COUNTS MORTAL THAT WORSHIP YIELDBACK IN SOME WAY. EITHER AS A MAJOR, MINOR OR PANTHEONIC GOD. IF NARROWING THE LAW LOWERS THE PRICE, THIS WOULD LOWER IT HEAVILY, NO?

HOW MUCH WOULD THIS SHAVE OFF THE PRICE?
SECOND QUESTION ABOUT MORTAL INCOME: IF A ONE POPUALTION MORTAL RACE IS TO WORSHIP TWO GODS, WOULD BOTH GET ONE ICHOR? THIS IS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE DEFAULT RATE IS 2 ICHOR PER POPULATION, THEN SPLITTING IT WOULD BE 1 ICHOR TO TWO GODS PER POPULATION. IF NOT, THIS IS FINE, I AM WILLING TO LET THEM WORSHIP YIELDBACK AS THEIR ABSOLUTE GOD.
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>>6177391
The first line of the Ability sections reads:
"Each Domain a God has can hold one Ability of their creation"
Under the same section temporarily effects are discussed.
Are these temporary effects not Abilities?
I'd assume they must be, since they are bundled in the same chapter.

If that assumption is correct, then my current spread of abilities is functionally useless for my strategy and must be changed to something more generalized.

> Why not use Domain
The boundaries of what can be done with Domains is too ill-defined - mechanically speaking.
I'd rather utilize Abilities.
They are more clear-cut in terms of function.

> What are you replacing them with?
I do not understand your confusion.
I listed each ability with an added section clarifying the specific type of effect I'd like each Ability to have.
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>>6177342
"I will not heed your words any further, betrayer of kin. If thy creation wishes to plea his innocence, then it must be he who does so. Until then, he is but an extension of thy own body, a puppet without a will. How ironic, that one born of Rebellion wouldn't harbor the will to rebel against his corrupt father when ordered to slay the innocent. Speak, Alphard - why should you be considered innocent when you have chosen to act under the direction of a madman?"
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>>6177493
>Are these temporary effects not Abilities?
They kinda are, the verbiage for Abilities itself feels like "Something that can be done through [DOMAIN] to a total of [MAXIMUM EFFECT] per turn.".
Your proposed replacement are,
>(Cognition) [Resonance born of Fiercer Places]
Puppet some infected mortals by seeding of order within psyche.
What pops up in terms of mechanics,
-How do you define infected? Mortals that absolutely worship you? Mortals that know you? Mortals that has been contacted you?
-What are the limits of your puppetry? Like, what are you planning to do with the mortals? Can you put it in terms of Ichor or per turn things?
>(Volition) [Through the Door in Eye a Reflection Cracked]
Contact mortals in the same region to attempt to infect them.
-Same as above, how do you define infected? Like, what does "integrate into their subconscious" mean mechanically?
-What are the limits to your contact? What is the logic to your percentage change of infection? (In terms of Ichor and turns.)
>(Unity) [In Unity Bound]
Empower [Resonance] based on total infected within realm.
-Like, this is alright, but why?
-Mostly just questionable because [Resonance] is questionable.

>my strategy
Assuming it's still the same as character creation, I think the biggest hurdle to achieving your goals is the fact that no actual human population exists, nor the collective subconscious attached to it. Your proposed Abilities addresses nothing to those two goals.

Lastly, and a little NK leaking, the Universe itself is currently oriented to the deities, the Gods. The Mortals are effectively bugs in comparison to them. Being the hivemind of a whole bunch of bug, or maybe all bug is great, but is pointless when those bugs can be so easily squashed by the act of Gods. You should be plotting, thinking of some way, to turn the table and let the will of the weak surpass those in the heavens.
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>>6177563
(All that in ( ) btw, not NK speaking)
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>>6177555
"I am really, really into all this bridgeburning you're undertaking. Sad to say, I didn't build these babies with a voice in mind, don't want to hear them crying about suffering when they're all built from Ruin. You can murder innocents if you want, it just means less when there is an oh so dazzling figure of villainy at play."

"Also, don't group me with rebels, I'm far more noble, far more likely to have rebels against me. I would be murdering those if I had a liege right now."
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>>6177569
"Afraid to give your own creations a voice to speak with, are you? I wonder why the scion of Revolution would so willingly become a Tyrant. Perhaps it all ties into that sickening domain clinging to you that wants to Ruin all that you are. I think I'll carve it from you, in due time, to see if that fixes your twisted mentality."
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>>6177571
"They have no reason at all to speak, that's my Knightly Chivalry 100% GuaranteeTM. They're cuter that way. Anyway, I'm no Tyrant, there's no one here that dictate things to us besides the bubble, and I'm already revolting against that thing's natural law by attempting to permanently preserve Amy. Also also, don't be such a downer on what makes me who I am, if I don't have that aspect of me, I won't know what I'm supposed to be revolting from, honest honest!"
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(Question unrelated to current events, because I'm suddenly curious. Who's voice do you imagine as the voice actor for your gods, fellow players? I can't help but imagine Keith David for Zerimael, at least when he's angry.)
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Chi-Ken wakes from his slumber within the Artium Opus planet and call out to the god's. So who's fighting and why. I hoped we could have avoided needless bloodshed of kin.
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>>6177576
(For myself, Lenval Brown, heavily distorted.)
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>>6177392
>Chi-Ken is questioning the universe
Did you increase god support discount from -2 to -3. Wondering since I might enact a law.
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>>6177392
>[Fortune Favors the Bold] would grant a fluctuating +1-10 Ichor income to the current God of Battle, depending on how warlike mortals across the cosmos are. Mortal populations of an alignment corresponding to violence, courage, or struggle would receive a slight +1 bonus against their nonviolent rivals.
>
>This is a powerful Law carving a domain directly onto the bubble and its inhabitants, but the effects are subdued. From Yieldback alone, [Fortune Favors the Bold] would cost 35 Ichor. After factoring in THE WHITE’s support, it would cost 32 Ichor.
(Wow, I did not expect such a modest law to be more expensive than a law that compels all beings to be honest for all time and across all reality.)
(What are some Nen restrictions we can use to bring down the cost?)

>Switching which God an Artifact is equipped by is possible (if not optimal, depending on the situation) but Thirstslaker won’t be in Zerimael’s grip for the first round of combat. This is due to Zerimael engaging before Brother Yieldback tasked Guthsip to give him the blade. If it extends over multiple rounds, it will be in Zerimael’s grip, or connective tissue. This is taking the possibly false assumption that the Voidstar even has tissue and not just an inexplicable connection.
(Fair enough. While we're on the subject though, does a lent weapon does count as "lost" for the subject of tracking level advancement, or no?)
>a God must spend X ichor on creations corresponding to their Domains and reach the end of a turn without losing them
(It doesn't really matter since level advancement doesn't do much in the game loop, but I would like to know if I need to physically take possession of Thirstslaker before the end of the Eon or not. I'd argue in this case I don't, unless it was taken from Zerimael by a third party.)
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>>6177576
(NK has been switching around between masculine and feminine voices in my head, but I'd probably put it to one of those TTS things, replicating quirks that a machine feels is human speech, and just lacking any soul.)
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>>6177595
(The main reasons are that it mostly benefits you and it straight up generates ichor. I've been working on my own god game for a while and desu I've pretty much removed Laws because they're impossible to define properly and consistently. You need to have the GM eyeball a price and make sure they aren't too busted because they by definition affect pretty much everything. It's too much hassle for too little gain)
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>>6177617
(Mechanically the law I proposed isn't much different from the creation of Mortals. It effectively makes all mortals that engage in violence my worshippers, but makes their contribution to my income very low. I could also add a restriction that it's just the mortals of the megarealm.

The population size of the megarealm is 0 right now, but let's say it was 100. If each pop generated .01 ichor, I would only get 1 ichor per turn. Cost: 35 ichor

If I create a mortal race to serve me exclusively, I just straight up get a +2 to start and going up from there. Cost: 1 ichor.

So this is a REALLY modest law I'm asking for here. Even if it was multiplied by 10 it would not be as efficient as mortal spam)
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For a change of pace, the bubble weaves and bobs on its course.

>>6177406
>FORTUNE FAVORS THE BOLD: DOMAIN OF BATTLE
>THE ICHOR INCOME BONUS ONLY COUNTS MORTAL THAT WORSHIP YIELDBACK IN SOME WAY. EITHER AS A MAJOR, MINOR OR PANTHEONIC GOD.
>HOW MUCH WOULD THIS SHAVE OFF THE PRICE?
This would immensely narrow the Law but is specific to Yieldback, reducing the discount. Such an alteration would shave 2 Ichor from the cost.

>SECOND QUESTION ABOUT MORTAL INCOME: IF A ONE POPUALTION MORTAL RACE IS TO WORSHIP TWO GODS, WOULD BOTH GET ONE ICHOR?
That is correct. In such a situation, which God is Major or Minor makes no difference.

>>6177493
>Are these temporary effects not Abilities?
Temporary effects aren't necessarily Abilities but Abilities can include temporary effects.

>If that assumption is correct, then my current spread of abilities is functionally useless for my strategy and must be changed to something more generalized.
They were fairly versatile as far as Abilities go. Abilities trend toward specific tools in a God's wider tool-kit. It is completely possible to dispense with them for an alternative, but I need an explanation of what you're aiming for mechanically.

>The boundaries of what can be done with Domains is too ill-defined - mechanically speaking.
That's a fair point. I should include a Miracles section to cover one-off, temporary uses of Ichor. I'd been planning on it around the time mortal populations reached a large mass but there's clear use for it preceding that.

>I'd rather utilize Abilities.
>They are more clear-cut in terms of function.
That's reasonable. Most actions involving Ichor would warrant an inconsistent roll whereas Abilities are direct and predictable.

>I do not understand your confusion.
>I listed each ability with an added section clarifying the specific type of effect I'd like each Ability to have.
There are many ways to possibly interpret the fluff from a mechanical perspective, and only a few of those are likely to match your intentions. Like >>6177563 says, the terminology is somewhat unclear. I don't want to be an obstacle but most of what comes to mind looking at it are variations on the previous Abilities. I can try to break down another set of possibilities but will need a day or two to feel them out if the mechanics aren't specific.

>>6177576
This is an interesting question. I don't keep up with actors, I'd say my own reading of it varies and is tricky to articulate.
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>>6177657
>>6177585
No. THE WHITE gave himself an Ability related to (divine) Law, he's deepened his understanding of Laws and has a slight -1 discount unrelated to his Ability itself. Every 10 Ichor in Law Abilities (not necessarily of the specific Law domain) would yield a similar bonus. Many Abilities have similar effects because they alter the nature of their God, but discovering them will take some experimentation.

>>6177595
>(Wow, I did not expect such a modest law to be more expensive than a law that compels all beings to be honest for all time and across all reality.)
If you're referring to Chi-Ken's Law, the reason it is relatively cheap is that it's voluntary. For it to apply, both Gods making a deal would have to agree on it. If the Law were mandatory it would've been much more expensive.

>(What are some Nen restrictions we can use to bring down the cost?)
The biggest factors raising the cost are its universal scope, permanency, specificity, and split effect- that is, the separate income and combat bonus. [Fortune Favors the Bold] effecting every mortal race that exists across all realms raises the cost considerably. Its permanent, per-turn income boost that scales raises the cost. Its income going to the God of Battle slightly raises the cost. The combat bonus raises the cost but not by much, as it's only a slight bonus.

[Fortune Favors the Bold] wouldn't need mass combat between mortal races to apply. Right now, it would give +3 per turn largely due to the Apes struggling to survive in the Swamp of Torment and the Yāojing looting and pillaging in Artium Opus, which arguably lends itself to a certain genre of art. Aggressive mortals, those of a warlike God or alignment, will contribute to the income due to their regular infighting. Serious wars would cause it to skyrocket to 8-10 Ichor. In this way, [Fortune Favors the Bold] could pay for itself in a handful of turns and everything after is pure profit. It is hugely expensive but that's mostly due to the scope and to a lesser extent, the split effect.

>It doesn't really matter since level advancement doesn't do much in the game loop, but I would like to know if I need to physically take possession of Thirstslaker before the end of the Eon or not.
You do not, no. It is enough for Thirstslaker to continue existing.

>I'd argue in this case I don't, unless it was taken from Zerimael by a third party.
You would be correct, but if it was taken, you would still receive the progress you've already invested into it.
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>>6177658
>>6177623
>I could also add a restriction that it's just the mortals of the megarealm.
Such a restriction would lower the cost by as much as -6 Ichor. Limiting it to specific realms would reduce the cost. As it is, Brother Yieldback and THE WHITE are influencing the entire bubble. It is possible to do and could be lucrative, but it is a large-scale investment.

>Even if it was multiplied by 10 it would not be as efficient as mortal spam
Mortal spam is powerful but they can be converted or taken advantage of. A good way to think of mortal creation is as farming. The worship is the harvest, but they need a realm, or soil, and need to be tended to keep blight at bay. I don't want to be unreasonable about Laws in either direction of cost, cheap or expensive. Please don't hesitate to ask any questions about potential discounts or effects.
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HM. AS I SEE IT NOW, YIELDBACK, IF WE LIMIT IT TO MORTALS IN THE MEGAREALM AND WE TRIM OFF THE COMBAT BONUS (WHICH I ASSUME WOULD EQUAL A 1-2 ICHOR DISCOUNT), WE COULD AFFORD YOUR LAW

THIS SHALL BE THE SHAPE OF YOUR LAW
-With this law, every impulse to fight within the Megarealm against other creatures would give a scaling amount of Ichor towards the God of Battle.(Original price: 32-6-1 at minimum = 25)

OFFERS TO REMEDY THE NEUTERING OF THE LAW
-I SHALL SACRIFICE MY ARMOR NEXT TURN FOR 2 ICHOR AND TRANSFER IT TOWARDS CREATING A NEW RACE IN THE MEGAREALM TO WORSHIP AND FIGHT FOR YOU. OF COURSE, THEY WOULD WORSHIP ME TOO, BUT THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT.

IS THIS A SUITABLE DEAL?
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I should mention, it is completely possible to amend or upgrade Laws once they've been enacted. There's a slight cost increase, +1 per Eon a Law hasn't been effected, but it's manageable. The full cost of a Law doesn't necessarily need to be paid in a single Eon.
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>>6177581
(Very fitting and based selection)
>>6177608
(Makes me think of Manah in Drakengard. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k7H871NIxo )
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>>6177658
>but if it was taken, you would still receive the progress you've already invested into it.
(Aha. I did not read it this way. Reassuring to know. I'd been worried about this since I first made the axe and scratching my head over how to use it to help people with revenge while not losing my investment.)

>>6177665
(I will simply increase my investment, I think. The idea was it was supposed to be a divine backing to natural selection as it weights the scales in favor of those who have the will to act and increases selection pressure. So I'd rather keep the bonus to mortals. It doesn't even benefit me but it's cool. Without that it's just ichor farming, which, as QM said, is much more efficient through the use of mortals. Getting the backing of other Gods or finding other ways to restrict its scope is the best way to reduce costs. I'll ask Zerimael and Shadys for backing in the next Eon. The Dragon might be willing to support a natural selection law as well. Any number of nature-themed gods might go in for it.)
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>>6177694
(Understandable. Well, until you get their backings, I'll stare into the void for the next 3 days.)
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>>6176924
>>6176444
>>6173148
>>6176831

And, lo, Guthsip moved to the Outer Shell, taking with her the Water Dragon and there in the Swamp of Torments placing it. To the Water Dragon she said: "Go and make mischief among the Ape mortals. Rouse them and whisper to them of the Gods Shydis, Nihildir, and Noerne, and turn them to worship them."

She let the Water Dragon loose to do her bidding, and giggled softly to herself. Now, her contract was complete. But she would go and meet the aforementioned Gods while she was here.

To Shydis she incited: "What thinkest Thee, Father of Fear, Master of Misfortune, of the Void? Doest Thou fear it, pressing in on the Shell? The Wrothbringer wishes to bring forth predatory Mortals, but to use their strength to protect the Shell. Would Thou give Thine blessing to Him?"

To Noerne she whispered: "What does a God of Dust desire from the Bubble? Would it please Thee for the Bubble to be breached by the Void and left bereft of all Gods, Servants, and Mortals? Or must the Bubble live on in Thine eyes? Yieldback believes it should live on."

To Nihildir she goaded: "And Thou, having watched the Void for an Age, doest Thou see Thine reflection in it yet, Death? What thinkest Thou of the crushing weight it clamps upon the Bubble so? What thinkest Thou of the Bubble cracking? Buckling? Shattering? Popping? BURSTING? All souls would be blotted out! Forsooth, it ought be kept in tact, yes?"
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Rolled 4, 11, 14 + 0 = 29 (3d20 + 0)

Sorry for the late post, my wi-fi provider's tower went down and I haven't had any connection.

>>6177133
>>6177145
Driven by ruinous curiosity, the Nameless Knight hefts his blade and strikes to render Amalthea's slumber eternal! At his side, Ioun Stone 001a, Ruin Knight Alphard, Stone Moon 001aa, Hammer of Alphard, and Bad Weather charge in for the kill!

Enraged by the imminent shattering of their divine sister's connection to life, Zerimael rushes to the goddess' defense! They single out Ruin Knight Alphard!

Zerimael's assistance scatters the Nameless Knight's forces at random!

Though her eyes remain closed, Amalthea's body moves on instinct! She rushes to escape the end before her awareness begins!

Combat commences!

>Aggressors: The Nameless Knight, Stone Moon 001aa, Bad Weather (Engaging Amalthea)
>Defender: Amalthea (Fleeing)

Because Amalthea is fleeing, she needs to roll higher than every one of her attackers to escape.

>Aggressors: Ioun Stone 001a, Ruin Knight Alphard, Hammer of Alphard (Engaging Zerimael)
>Defender: Zerimael (Engaging Ruin Knight Alphard)

(Zerimael's rolls >>6177145 are used in order, 13 and 2. Zerimael might need to roll a third 1d20, depending on the situation.)

At the Nameless Knight's discretion, some of his servants may be held back tk avoid the risk of damage, or, in Ruin Knight Alphard's case, attempt to flee. This degree of coordination is possible because Servants are connected to the will of their Gods.
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Rolled 10, 9, 2, 2, 19, 6 = 48 (6d20)

>>6178504
It must be discovered.
>Nameless Knight, Stone Moon 001aa, Bad Weather engages Amalthea, rolling 1d20+1, 1d20, 1d20.

It must be fought.
>Ruin Knight Alphard, Ioun Stone 001a, and Hammer of Alphard engages Zerimael, rolling 1d20, 1d20, 1d20.
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>>6178433

“Such matters are irrelevant. Should the realm-skin be rent open, should all things be destroyed, should all other gods be slain, I will endure.”

“Even when all is dust, my kingdom can only grow.”
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Rolled 4 + 1 (1d8 + 1)

>>6178508
A hit?
>Nameless Knight strikes Amalthea for 1d8+1.
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>>6178526
"Dayo, ne?" Guthsip replied with dry amusement. "I thought Thou wouldst say as such. The Wrothbringer is less sooth, thinking that even the Gods wouldst not withstand the Void. He wishes to create mortals in the Outer Shell to be warders against the Void. Wouldst Thou allow it in Thine realm?"
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>>6178433
"Were the Void to consume my realm I would care not for I could make another. Should it consume me it would matter not for that would mean I was weak and needed to be purged. Yet if it destroys all of existence then none will be left to learn to fight it. That is the only thing I fear. Tell your lord he has my blessing."
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Rolled 6 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>6178504
(If needed!)
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(Has it been explained how Peaceful Acquisition of a Domain works yet? Is it just an action?)
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>>6178645
(Long story short, from events)
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>>6178504
>>6178633
(After accounting for level bonuses: 14, 3, 7! Awaiting my next order, boss.)
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>>6178645
(I'd hazard events and achievements)
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>>6178645
(And maybe children?)
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>>6178508
>>6178567
>>6177145
>>6178633
>>6178504
>Nameless Knight (10+1) vs Amalthea (4+0): Nameless Knight hits!
>Stone Moon 001aa (9+0) vs Amalthea (11+0): Amalthea flees!
>Bad Weather (2+0) vs Amalthea (14+0): Amalthea flees!

Amalthea flees Stone Moon 001aa and Bad Weather, but the Nameless Knight catches her and strikes a mighty blow! The precedent set here will revolutionize divine combat forevermore.

The first bloodshed in creation stains the gauntlets of the Nameless Knight.

>Amalthea suffers 5 damage, Corpus (5/10)

>Zerimael (13+1) vs Ioun Stone 001a (2+0): Zerimael hits!
>Zerimael (2+1) vs Ruin Knight Alphard (19+0): Ruin Knight Alphard hits!
>Zerimael (6+1) vs Hammer of Alphard (6+0): Zerimael hits!

Against a conscious God, Ioun Stone 001a and the Hammer of Alphard find their strength fails them. The God of Connections breaks theirs apart!

However, Ruin Knight Alphard is anathema, an embodiment of Ruin! He evades Zerimael and strikes a ruinous blow!

(Zerimael rolls base damage dice against Ioun Stone 001a and Hammer of Alphard. Ruin Knight Alphard rolls base damage dice against Zerimael. That finishes the first round of combat. Another round will need an action from the Aggressor, who could be any God in the same Location.)
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Rolled 3, 4 = 7 (2d8)

>>6178807
(Here you go, boss! My two damage rolls.)
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>>6178807
(Oh, and technically Amalthea would suffer 5/2 damage since fleeing halves the damage if you lose a round while doing it. Assuming I read things correctly! I assume damage would round up at a fraction, so 3?)
>>6178813
(4, 5! I think. Level does say it applies the bonus to every roll, so I believe that levelling up gives +1 AND increases damage dice by a step? I could be wrong on this though.)
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>>6178819
>(Oh, and technically Amalthea would suffer 5/2 damage since fleeing halves the damage if you lose a round while doing it. Assuming I read things correctly! I assume damage would round up at a fraction, so 3?)
(That would be correct, Amalthea is at Corpus (7/10). My mistake, I'm on break at work and forgot the halving effect. Thank you for pointing out the error.)

>(4, 5! I think. Level does say it applies the bonus to every roll, so I believe that levelling up gives +1 AND increases damage dice by a step? I could be wrong on this though.)
(That is also correct. Levelling up adds a bonus to every dice a God rolls.)
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>>6175652
Nihildir agrees with The White, the God that invests the most ichor deserves the honor of crafting this realm.

>Create Mortals (3) Mortal Souls (Souls): Cost 3
Much time had passed since Nihildir's examination of the bubble, It had learned much, but in doing so had made no progress in It's goal of escaping said bubble. Its perspective had changed though, it was no longer seen as a prison, but a bastion amidst the storm. Nihildir still longed to mingle with the void, but self-preservation proved a stronger force. Creating the Outer Shell Nebula around the inside of the bubble allowed Nihildir's soul shards to examine and feel the wall, and over time an important fact became clear; Areas thick with ichor-rich energies of creation had noticeably calmer walls. The revelation made it imperative for Nihildir to reinforce areas around the bubble, this was the one thing It could do to guard the future.

Souls were a concept of Nihildir's being that took much getting used to, the energy comprising life was visible to It, and the wandering souls of the dead called to It as if sheep to a shepherd. Guiding these lost souls became a necessity, and Nihildir thought to use them in a beneficial way. The souls were kept within the Outer Shell Nebula, used as part of Nihildir's plan to stabilize the wall, It could think of nothing else more symbolic of creation than the soul of a mortal.

These ‘Spectral Storms’ were curious to Nihildir, the thick permeation of Misfortune radiated from them, but they weren’t purely a malady, instead they functioned as an integral part of the Nebula’s ecosystem. A constant flow of new souls entered the Nebula, and now with the Spectral Storms they could be reintegrated into their native worlds, keeping the Nebula from overpopulating. There was something more though, it felt as though the more lives a soul lived, the more cycles it endured, the stronger and brighter the soul. There was a clear difference in the souls that had completed the loop many times and those that had not.

>Create Mortals (3) Soul Keepers (Space): Cost 3
However there was a problem, Souls often wandered off, even past the Nebula, thus Nihildir used the residual Ichor within the Nebula itself to give form to the Soul Keepers, noble beings comprised of rocks, gas, and residual energies present in the cosmos. These humanoid shaped men of stardust would guide and corral the Souls, keeping great swaths of them in a loose flock surrounding the inside of the bubble wall, these Souls shone like stars and some were visible even from the core.
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Rolled 5, 10, 16 = 31 (3d20)

>Create Realm (Plane of Death) (Death/Space) Size: 3: Cost 4
A lingering concern prodded at Nihildir's now-ancient mind, the Souls, they had no method of transportation, they spent endless stretches of time floating in empty space to reach their final rest. Nihildir felt no empathy, but thought it was grossly inefficient. The swirling God twisted in contemplation, for this was a realm that would need to defy normalcy to accomplish it's goal. Through the folding fractal spirals of space Nihildir went, disappearing into dimensional cracks. Space, it was here, waiting to be used, endless amounts, one only needed to fold it properly, to mold caverns into the rock of reality, but would such a construct hold?

Nihildir crafted and knotted the spatial fabrics of reality, years passed in constant meticulous mending. Finally, it was done. This 'Plane' of Death is a dimension laying under base-line reality, the properties of it allow for the Souls of Mortals to filter in, like a sieve, these Souls don't remain long and only use this realm as transportation to reach the Outer Shell Nebula for their long sleep. Nihildir named this realm the Plane of Death. Satisfied with It's work, It rested.
(This works as a normal realm for now, but in lore imagine it as a separate dimension only accessible in the outer shell.)

The waves of conflict could finally be felt to the twisting God, it only took moments of silent and calm for this undesired energy to be felt.
“I knew this was inevitable, but so soon…” The God’s form twitched and writhed slowly, perhaps analogous with irritation. Nihildir sent its Soul Shards to observe the situation, safely from a distance. What it saw was a veritable army swarming a sleeping God, Zerimael standing lone against the masses, wielding a weapon emanating the energy of Brother Yieldback. Sides had already been drawn, and the die cast. It was unlikely that Amalthea would survive, but even more worryingly, would this army turn on Zerimael immediately after? Being so far away, Nihildir could do naught but watch as events unfolded.

>>6178433
“Young Guthsip, the Void is beyond Death. Non-existence it is, perhaps the state before birth. It is a merciful silence, but an overwhelming one. We should not fear its embrace, but truly we must fight it, for the sake of those who cannot. Guthsip, it is not the Void that presents true danger, it is each other, as I’m sure your creator knows.”

>Nihildir (Death, Space, Souls)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0 (->1)
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble) -> (+15 Mortal Worship - 12/Devoted, 3/Minor)
>Location: The Outer Shell

>Mortals - 6
(3) Mortal Souls, Devoted (Souls) - Outer Shell Nebula
(3) Soul Keepers, Devoted (Space) - Outer Shell Nebula
(3) Spectral Storms, Minor (Misfortune) - Outer Shell Nebula

>Realms - 2
Outer Shell Nebula (Souls/Space) (Size 9/9)
Plane of Death (Death/Space) (Size 0/3)
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>>6179146
"Brother Yieldback wishes me to make a theed of mortals here in your Outer Shell Nebula to watch over the Shell. Wouldst Thou abide them?" The Errandling asked of Nihildir. Guthsip was trying to parse the God's meaning. Crushing nonexistence seemed like a real threat to both her and the Wrothbringer. How could the squabbles of the Gods be greater? Nevertheless, if the Void's encroachment would be fought, then perhaps the mortals would be abided. "Also, He hath plans for a great Law to put over the Megarealm which may be of token to Thee. A Law to strengthen all those Mortals in that realm which strive and fight and die. If he writes thee into the gain from such a Law, wouldst Thou underwrite it?"
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>>6179165
>your
(Thine*
Also the pronouns capitalized.)
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>>6177339
The Golden Spider pauses for a moment, then grooms its chelicerae with his pedipalps. ''If you are in such a downtrodden state about it, then perhappes we could have a nice tussle in my web and mate when I have the time. A being like me must spread his seed far and wide after all! But be warned that it may not go the way you expect it to!''
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>>6178572
“Freeloaders.”

“My children already create mortals to dance among the stars I have crafted, and they soon will fill this realm to capacity.”

“Why would I invite the spawn of another, who would only contest those who already dwell there for space?”
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Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>6178807
Ruinous. Has it given more time to Amalthea?

>Ruin Knight Alphard strikes Zerimael for 1d2.
>The Nameless Knight and its servants has no further actions and disengages.
>Of the dead, Ioun Stone 001a and Hammer of Alphard lies at -1/2 and -2/2 Corpus respectively.
>Of the wounded, Amalthea and Zerimael lies at 7/10 and 20-1d2/20 respectively.
>The Nameless Knight questions the universe of how it should go about healing its servants.

>Level-Up Update
>Hammer of Alphard's current state reduces the Nameless Knight's Ruin progress from 8 to 7 out of 10.
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Rolled 4, 6 = 10 (2d20)

>>6175650
>>6178807
>Mother of All Monsters ability: Create 5/5 divine servants Angraecum, Corpse Flower
A giant, rotting flower emitting unfathomably foul stench. within it's bloom is an eternally decaying corpses of mother holding a pair of twins. it evokes a faint memory of what used to be Scylla and Charybdis hometown after being trampled by jealous gods


The pair of sisters snorted in contempt as the so called divines scrap whatever dignity they pretend to have and tore each other apart for the sake of one whore. the sisters bid their time and when the time is right...they struck the fleeing harlot in the back staring the first chain in their quest for revenge

>Scylla & Charybdis (20/20) + Angraecum, Corpse Flower (5/5) attack the fleeing Amalthea
>Angraecum, Corpse Flower spend 5 Ichor to create rotten poison ivy vines striking towards amalthea
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>Scylla & Charybdis (Monsters)
>Abilities: Mother of All Monsters (Monsters)
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 10/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>Angraecum, Corpse flower (monster)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 5/5
>Ichor: 5/5
>Income: 0
>Location: Coreward
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>>6179317
>Angraecum, Corpse flower (monster)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 5/5
>Ichor: 0/5
>Income: 0
>Location: Coreward
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For the moment the god of secrets simply bides his time, penning pair of books to hold power for later.

> Spend 5 Ichor to Create a Bauble, the Tome of Hope. (Hope Domain)
> Spend 5 Ichor to Create a Bauble, the Tome of Secrets. (Secrets Domain)
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>>6179317

The paint spattered goddess bounces with excitement, sending cascades of blue paint down the golden webs. That the mix of gold and blue coincidentally create a stunning visage of a night sky when viewed from the right angle is little solace to the spiders below.

"Whoo! You got this Scylla! Chase her down! Get her with the garrote Charybdis!"
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>>6176825
>>6176957
In the meantime, the pair of sisters received the letters. they begin evaluating the potential suitors. the so called plague dragon with it's skin covered in tumor and teeth dripping with unknown sludge ranks pretty high on the ugliest deity list. which is perfect for Scylla. only ones she deemed better would be a certain someone pissing and flinging shit at itself at the distance.

>(...but that one already has a wife, sister... cheating... is no good...)

hearing her little sister's response from within the whirlpool. Scylla sighed and gave up, she decided to accept the plague dragon courtship telling him to come visit her in the coreward

>>6179355
(... you're next)
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>>6179205

"Doesn't the female in spider couplings often eat the head of the male? I wonder what that would taste like..." The goddess is lost in thought for a moment. "Bearing spider children would certainly be interesting, especially if it doesn't go the way I expect. Do you suppose divine couplings bear divine children?"
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>>6179165
"As long as worship is divided between us, I see no problem. It will take some time to make room for new arrivals, it is a cluttered space as it stands. This Law... It intrigues me, but further details will be required."
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>>6179265
>Zerimael standing at 19/20 Corprus!
>Zerimael questions the universe if a fallen servant can be absorbed by a hostile entity.
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>>6175652
> A vote for the spark to be a flat plane
>spend 10 ichor towards influencing the spark making everything within reality more monstrous and hostile towards beautiful woman

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>Scylla & Charybdis (Monsters)
>Abilities: Mother of All Monsters (Monsters)
>Level: 0 (+10 progress from shaping the spark to her liking? , I'm assuming the 5 from creating monster divine servants doesn't count here)
>Corpus: 10/10
>Ichor: 0/10
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: Coreward

>Angraecum, Corpse flower (monster)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 5/5
>Ichor: 5/5
>Income: 0
>Location: Coreward
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>>6179804
(You get half credit for permanent creations from abilities. No idea what the score on the megarealm is though.)
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>>6179832
(Good question to pose - if 5 gods with separate domains all invested 10 ichor into a shared realm, what does that mean for the level advancement of all those gods? Because the Ichor Value of that shared realm is 50...ish.p)
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>>6179848
(It'd only be good for one level regardless, but it's definitely possible the megarealm is a big giant easy level for everyone involved.)
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>>6179848
(They would still be only expressing 10 Ichor's worth of their domains.)
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I'm just about out of time to make a move, so just put everything into The Spark.
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>>6179968
(For single god creations at least the object gives full credit for all of its domains. It could be different when multiple gods are involved though? It's definitely advantageous for leveling to work with multiple domains, though you end up with less value for your ichor in terms of useful Creations)
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Rolled 9, 16 + 4 = 29 (2d20 + 4)

I've managed to recover Wi-Fi and am starting work on the update. I'm busier than normal IRL, so it will be coming up later tonight. I notice a couple of Gods haven't taken their actions but have posted, so they won't count as AFK.

>>6178813
>Ioun Stone 001a suffers 4 damage, Corpus (-1/3)
>Hammer of Alphard suffers 5 damage, Corpus (-4/1)

Zerimael strikes Ioun Stone 001a! The symbol of the Revolution is strong but the God is stronger, and cracks it in half.

The Voidstar focuses on the Hammer of Alphard and with monolithic focus, tears the connections holding it together apart! It explodes. All that's left is splinters of metal and wood.

>>6179265
>Zerimael suffers 1 damage, Corpus (19/20)

Upon seeing their creation destroyed, Ruin Knight Alphard smoulders in fury. They fight the God with ruinous skill, deflecting every blow, until they slash Zerimael with all their wrath! A shallow wound cracks the Voidstar's surface.

>>6179317
Scylla & Charybdis dredge forth an abomination, Angraecum, Corpse Flower. The sight of Amalthea drives them to a frenzy of envy.

(Rolling for Amalthea, adding the +4 fleeing bonus. I'll rule that Angraecum's 5 Ichor gives it a +1 to attack, at the standard ratio. Unlike creation, violence requires little finesse at domains.)
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>>6180132
>Scylla & Charybdis (4+0) vs Amalthea (9+4): Amalthea flees!
>Angraecum (6+1) vs Amalthea (16+4): Amalthea flees!

To the sisters' bottomless hatred, Amalthea's sleeping body dances through the vines and their claws with effortless grace. She has escaped. For now.
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>>6180132
I notice an error, I missed that the Nameless Knight increased the Hammer of Alphard by 1 Ichor. The Servant is at Corpus (-3/2).

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe of how it should go about healing its servants.
Servants are far simpler than Gods on a structural level. This limits their strength but makes them easier to repair. For them, resurrection is possible despite the lack of a law.

The Corpus of Ioun Stone 001a and the Hammer of Alphard have been destroyed. They are dead. However, if their bodies are scavenged and they are recreated, there will be continuity of consciousness. This is not a ship of Theseus situation, the God fully reincarnates the same reservoir of Ichor into an intact Corpus.

>>6179644
>Zerimael questions the universe if a fallen servant can be absorbed by a hostile entity.
It is possible to absorb a fallen Servant by scavenging them. In the event that the Servant's creator or allies prevent this, it will provoke combat. The corpse of a Servant can be taken for later scavenging, but will occupy an artifact slot. Corpses or artifacts can be stored in Realms with no limit, or dropped in a Location, if their holder trusts the other Gods to respect their claim.
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>>6175649
>>6175650
>>6175652

(Consolidated actions for this turn for Scribe's convenience. Includes 1 new action in Late Eon.)

EARLY EON:

>YIELDBACK:
>ACTION 1: Yieldback creates the Ability "Wings of Everywhere" for Guthsip: 4 Ichor (retconing them from Wings of Albeing) to enhance Her ability to be a messenger betwixt the Gods. [Intrigue Domain]
>He speaks to THEWHITE about a Law for the Megarealm.
>ACTION 2: Yieldback creates a Mortal species, the Veilweavers, scribers of secrets, in The Permafrost Library. [Domain: Intrigue] for 1 ichor. Pantheonic faith between Yieldback and THEWHITE.
>He SUPPORTS the Megarealm
>He suggests the HOLY HEXAHEDRON as the Megarealm's shape (+1 other supporter >>6176998)

>GUTHSIP:
>ACTION 1: Guthsip takes on a contract for Strad-Aniya Rak, delivering Their creations across the Bubble with Their regards to various Gods. Collects 1 Ichor.

MID EON:

>YIELDBACK:
(IMPORTANT CORRECTION for >>6177169)
>ACTION 3: Empowers Artifact Thirstslaker with **5** Ichor, **NOT** 6. From 1d9 to 1d14. (Formerly was 1d15 due to ichor miscount) [Domains: Vengeful Murder & Battle]
Thirstslaker is lent to Zerimael due to pre-reality's first Oath of Vengeance.

LATE EON:
(NEW ACTION)
>GUTHSIP:
>ACTION 2: Guthsip sprinkles some droplets of the blood of pre-reality's First Battle into the fetid waters of the Swamp of Torments and creates a species of Mortals: The Voidwatchers, warders of the shell. [Domain: Battle] [Faith: Yieldback is Absolute] Cost: 2 Ichor, Pops: 1 (2:1 ratio)
(Species fluff to follow)

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>The Wrothbringer, Brother Yieldback
>Domain: Intrigue (2+2+1+1) (6)
>Domain: Vengeful Murder (14*.9=12.6) (13)
>Domain: Battle ((14+1)*.9=13.5) (14)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +13, +10 (the Bubble) | +1 (The Veilweavers) | +2 (The Voidwatchers)
>Location: Coreward
>Actions: 0/3
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>Guthsip (Intrigue value: 5)
>Abilities: Wings of Everywhere (Movement is free, can be summoned, +2 to flee)
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 3/3
>Ichor: 1/3
>Income: +0
>Location: The Outer Shell
>Actions: 0/2
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>>6180220
MORTALS:
>Name: The Voidwatchers (Battle)
>Location: The Outer Shell
>Description: Psionic beings composed of red flames in a body plan roughly resembling a centaur with two pairs of legs for locomotion and two pairs of arms which weild the shapes of weapons or ferocious claws or other dread instruments of battle. They physically feed and nourish themselves on the psychic energy of battle, and engage the ferocious things of the Swamp of Torment in intense combat. Sometimes they leave their prey alive to fight again another day, other times they do not. They seem to have a preternatural contempt for cowardly behavior.
>Creed: The Void is the Great Foe, waiting for you to grow weak. The voluntarily weak are friends to the Void, complacent to its plot: slay them. The strong, brave and skillful are worthy: spare them, or better yet, recruit them. The involuntarily weak may someday grow strong: provoke them, and let them grow as a farmer grows his harvest. Remember the Wrothbringer, and keep Him and all that is His holy.
>Ecology & Economy: When they are not fighting, socializing in their great warrior lodges, or raiding the inner planes, they are meditating and manifesting their psionic energies into reinforcing the Shell that forms the sky over the Swamp of Torments.
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It looks like the update is going to be tomorrow morning.
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This has me feeling like a stenographer, haha. In a good way, of course. The update is in progress but I need to sleep and won't be able to upload the full thing yet. Instead, here's the current timeline.

>https://rentry.org/t7erthpd

Full update will be as soon as soon as fluff and level/income tracking are done. I guess that means you have a grace period of around 12-16 hours if you haven't posted yet. Normally this would've been quicker but like I said, I had some technical issues and couldn't work on it earlier in the week. Thank you for your patience.
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Rolled 17, 16 = 33 (2d20)

Flos Osseus awakes from a short slumber
>Invest an additional 10 ichor into Artium Opus (realm increases by a size 9)
At the edges of the realm, roiling mountaintops spiral into the sky, with waterfalls cascading down from its peaks. As the water crashes into the rock below, droplets of water create humid weather while also refracting light in all colours.
Fish skip up the waterfalls where possible, some of them smacking hard into stone, the red colour flowing out and painting the rocks in crimson. Some rocks have had so many fish smack into them, that slight glints of precious metals shine through.
“This realm is not yet done. Another couple strokes of paint should be a good start.”


>>6176825
“A most astonishing creature, this Dragon of Air! Its visage as it spirals around the mountaintops and the tales of its noxious destruction would bring forth statues and stage plays in high amounts!”
>>6177580
“Friend Chi-Ken, would you mind if the Dragon of Air flies through this realm as well? If not, I might bring it with me on my travels going forward.”

>Flos Osseus (Artistry, Dedication)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 11/20 (+1 regen from lvl.)
>Ichor: 10/20
>Income: +13.5, +10 (the Bubble) +3.5 (mortals on Artium Opus)
>Location: Emptiness (Artium Opus)
>Realms: Artium Opus (Size 9)
>Artium Opus population: 7 (4 Shanxi + Yāojing) Pantheonic worship (Equal Ichor income split with Chi-Ken).
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>>6180793
A small nap of 1 million years.
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I am sorry for the extended delay but I have been ultra-distracted IRL. At this point, I think it'll be best for me to post the Second Eon update on this upcoming Sunday. The elongated Eon will have a positive effect on the Gods. I'll be simplifying the levelling system for ease of record-keeping and I hope, more fun for the players, but this Eon will be keeping the previous system.

Thank you for your patience.
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>>6181794
(It's a big job, with lots of information to go through. Waiting for updates is a small price to pay to not have to deal with vooting.)
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>>6181794
(Hey man don't worry about making us wait, I think everyone knew this was going to be a big undertaking to run. I'm happy just knowing it isn't cancelled lol.)
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>Era of Emergence, Second Eon

>>6175697
Yearning for connection, Zerimael sinks all of his power into melding the Spark’s components together.

>>6175738
Disturbed by the Great Ape’s actions, THE WHITE drafts a legal definition of family abuse.

>>6175786
Brother Yieldback sees fit to reward Guthsip for her possible involvement in the Spark. Giddy with power, the servant rushes away to spy on her creator’s peers.

>>6176133
Serendipity is fascinated by the Spark and adds just a pinch of herself to it.

She’s equally fascinated by the Star Watchers and more than doubles their number on a whim.

The servants of the other Gods inspire her to create one of her own: Living Paint. Soon, Living Paint pours itself into creating two lesser Paint Splashes in its image.

>>6176265
THE WHITE carves a power for itself from Law, [TO ENACT AT ANY PRICE]. With it, legality may be easier brought into being and even better enforced.

THE WHITE saw the stark chill of THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY and knew it needed observers, to better know and understand. By its will, the Scholars were sculpted on THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY.

THE WHITE noticed the chaos in the core and deemed it needed a legal intervention. A portion of itself went into the Spark, divested and signed in triplicate.

>>6176444
Noerne went into the Outer Shell, accompanied by the Sable Drift and Glass Cloud. Once there, they went into the Faber Stars that the Iron Fog prepared for them.

All was dust. Forgotten and never known. Noerne gave the Iron Fog a reward worthy of its work, elevating it to surpass even its predecessors.

The Iron Fog turned its attention to the Faber Stars and filled it with entities similar to itself, the Sift and the Arche. Both mortal races turned their praises to the Sable Drift and Glass Cloud in turn, but above all, Noerne.

>>6176468
The Nameless Knight carved desolation from the nothing. The Decaying Ring spun in nowhere.

At its command, Ruin Knight Alphard created Trapped Souls, and Ioun Stone 001a, Asteroids. Both made in the image of their creators, in absolute worship of the Nameless Knight.

The Storm of Knights, Hammer of Alphard, and Moon Stone 001a fell into a circle of improvement, reaching ever more ruinous heights.
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>>6184103
>>6176512
[ I ], embodiment of mind, contemplated paradigms of thought of a profundity and power none other could comprehend. In a thunderbolt of will, all that [ I ] made was unmade. In their place arose newer, sharper powers, an echo rebounding to reach the cacophony of untold millions yet waiting to be.

>>6176542
Zerimael strove to convince the others to invest in the Spark, to bind and unify. There was little reaction. Concern of primate consumption. Loose consensus. But where, the connection?

>>6176644
Brother Yieldback and THE WHITE reached an accord. Both would assist one another in the future. For now, the Wrothbringer wove Veilweavers to fill and inhabit THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY.

For the first time, races from separate Gods filled the same realm. Rather than fight, the Frostlings tried to play with the Veilweavers and failed to comprehend the secrets they told them. The Scholars watched quietly.

>>6176798
The Great Ape howled his disgust for law and acted to break the ideal asunder. Ape Wife was shaved to make Ape-Wife’s Coat, which the Great Ape then wore to thaw the orderly frost of THE WHITE.

Ape Wife wept in the Great Ape’s arms and he comforted her until, for the first time, she smiled. Then he sucker-punched her stomach and forced her to vomit Hairless Apes out on the Swamp of Torment.

The lives of these mortals were short and miserable. All they could do was flee the terrors around them. Over the centuries, a few of them, the biggest and burliest, grew hateful and became terrible themselves.

>>6176802
Seeing the primate’s display, THE WHITE decided to make a legal exemption for the Great Ape.

>>6176822
Strad-Aniya Rak couldn’t stand the thought of mortals existing in peace, and dumped much of its power to taint the Spark.

The God of Dragons was delighted at the Nameless Crow’s gift and feasted, swallowing the Pig straight into its gullet.

In gratitude at the gift it received, Strad-Aniya Rak forced space to extrude a tumour that it then desecrated and defiled into a shapeless horror without equal: the Stringless Marionette. It was gifted to the Nameless Crow.

When this was done, Strad-Aniya Rak made an overture toward Scylla & Charybdis.

>>6176831
Strad-Aniya Rak sculpted a realm out of its own innards. Now, God’s Underbelly sat within its bulk and worked tirelessly toward plague and mutation.

Then, it sat down in THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY and released one of its spawn, the Dragon of Earth.

After a few decades of exploring the wastes, the Earth Dragon got bored and tried to force the Frostlings to build ice statues of itself. In response, they prayed to THE WHITE for a great freeze.
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>>6184104
>>6176860
Serendipity was overjoyed by the oldest dragon reaching out to the monstrous sisters. Overjoyed enough for a gift! Since she lacked the power to make one, the Paint Splashes cooperated to make a locket and deliver it to Strad-Aniya Rak.

>>6176879
The Gilded Weaver molted and almost doubled in size. Now less frightened by the others, the spider went to work.

First, he scavenged the Pot of Gold for material, and wove together a sprawling and shining Great Golden Web. In it came lesser spiders made in his image: the Gleaming Arachnids.

The greatest of his works had begun.

>>6176924
Noticing the Spark, Shydis decided to put a great portion of his power into it. After, the God of Fear snatched Ape Wife’s tears and splashed them together into an oily chimp! The First Sorrow obeyed.

The Outer Shell Nebula caught his attention and he decided it was worth an investment. The anguished spirits of those that died in the Swamp of Torment were clustered into Spectral Storms that he released onto the Outer Shell Nebula.

>>6177112
Ape Wife was so upset, she clenched her fist when she thought no-one was watching.

>>6176969
Zerimael expressed concern for Amalthea’s slumber. The Gods convened, discussing its implications.

>>6177133
The Nameless Knight wanted to see if an urge to survive remained, so it and all its servants attacked Amalthea’s sleeping form!

>>6177145
Zerimael was enraged by the severance of familial connection and intervened!

>>6177166
Brother Yieldback approved of Zerimael’s attempt at vengeance, and tasked Guthsip to bring Thirstslaker to the Voidstar. The Gods fought so quickly, the skirmish was already half decided when she arrived.

>>6177580
Chi-Ken woke up from his sleep and was disappointed at the divine fratricide.
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>6184106
>6178504
>6178508
>6178807
>6180132
The Nameless Knight struck a blow to Amalthea as she fled, proving that some survival instinct remained. Meanwhile, Zerimael broke Ioun Stone 001a and the Hammer of Alphard, but Ruin Knight Alphard managed to dodge the Voidstar and make it bleed. Slightly.

>6179143
Nihildir was inspired by the Spectral Storms and acted to expand on life in the Outer Shell Nebula. As Mortal Souls coalesced from the realm’s energies, Soul Keepers arose to shepherd them.

Seeing the restlessness of dead mortal souls, Nihildir determined a new realm to be necessary. At its will, the Plane of Death took shape.

>6179317
>6180132
>6180133
Scylla & Charybdis gave birth to Angraecum, Corpse Flower. Together, they swarmed after Amalthea in envious hate, but the unconscious Goddess escaped them.

>6179804
Furious, Scylla & Charybdis sunk everything they had into twisting the Spark against beauty.

>6179418
Scylla & Charybdis decided that Strad-Aniya Rak just might be ugly enough to work together.

>6179975
The Nameless Crow grew pensive and put everything they had into the Spark, foreseeing an impressive game board.

>6179337
Thyp’ptyklpt contemplates potential unforeseen and mysteries untold, and writes them down in the Tome of Hope and Tome of Secrets.

>6180220
Sensing Brother Yieldback’s desire for a secure reality, Guthsip scoops some of the metaphysical blood of creation’s first battle. With it, she creates the violent and willful Voidwatchers in the Swamp of Torment.

It isn’t long before skirmishes begin between Hairless Apes and Voidwatchers. While the Voidwatchers are faster, fiercer, and instinctively understand tactics, the Hairless Apes are stronger and their wildness sometimes surprises their foes. For now, they are in a stalemate.

Thus was the Second Eon in the Era of Emergence.

>Cosmology of the Second Eon
>https://rentry.org/knsptxm9

>Timeline of the Second Eon
>https://rentry.org/t7erthpd
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>6184107
>The Era of Emergence continues
>Era of Emergence, Third Eon

The Gods sense that there is no God of Time, despite how fundamental it is to the bubble. Thus, the domain is unmoored and with no divine mandate, its sequential passage is unstable. The Second Eon was nearly double the length of the first but remains only one Eon. A paradox, if a minor one.

The Gods find themselves filled with more power than usual, paradoxically breaking the normally immutable bounds of Corpus and Ichor. This must be used quickly, lest the strain of holding the paradox backfire.

Further, the bubble has contorted. The laws of creation have been streamlined down certain paths, simpler yet stricter. Such a process shakes almost every God into true wakefulness.

I’ve overhauled the Level system into something more intuitive and, arguably, fair, considering the strategic value of Abilities. The biggest reason for this update’s delay was IRL stuff that shouldn’t come up again any time soon, but the other was my Level tracking system, which in hindsight, was fairly boneheaded in its implementation. This ought to be more fun.

Apart from that, the spam filter was catching the (You)s, so I wasn't able to link the posts directly.
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>6184108
>MINOR EVENT

The Spark ripples, taking in the manifold influences it has been exposed to and shining brighter.

The Spark pulses. The Gods sense what awaits…

>The rough shape of a truncated octahedron, flattened and sharpened by inconsistent tectonics.
>Bubbling swamps, shattered mountains, and fickle rivers which change their courses constantly. Life flourishes everywhere, wracked with primal hunger and never taking quite the same shape twice. All that lives struggles to dominate each other and all they survey, for the sake of mindless sport, instinctive grudges, and sheer terror. The land and waters overflow with filth and the rigours of sickness and deformity are universal.
>Nothing stays the same for longer than a single generation. In as little as a century, the surface is unrecognizable. The land destroys and renews itself endlessly and what survives more than a cycle succumbs to rot and is quickly recycled. Tasty fruits and shining ores are abundant, and are prone to drop on heads or break when needed most. Solitary life is functionally impossible. Everything exists in connection to everything else, with the smallest unit consisting of familial groups. Symbiosis and parasitism are not exceptions, they are the default, and some life-forms are capable of melding together into a larger whole.
>Beneath sickness and mutations, life is inherently monstrous, ugly, and full of ferocious hate toward that which is more beautiful than themselves. Even so, there is a trend toward cleverness and many species obey loosely consistent patterns. The atmosphere is humid but cold, and the monotony is often broken up by short, chillier winters. Despite this, there is a certain wild beauty if an observer knows where to look.

If nothing changes, this is the future that will come to pass.

>Aspects of the Spark:
>Nameless Knight (0 Ichor) (Ruin, Revolution)
>The Great Ape (0 Ichor) (Gluttony, Apes, Savagery)
>Zerimael (20 Ichor) (Connection)
>Strad-Aniya Rak (6 Ichor) (Plagues, Mutation, Dragons)
>The Nameless Crow (10 Ichor) (Games/Gambling, Rivalry, Change)
>Chi-Ken (0 Ichor) (Greed, Wealth, Luxury)
>Serendipity (1 Ichor)(Creativity, Beauty, Innovation, Luck, Chaos)
>THE WHITE (2 Ichor)(Law, Knowledge, Frost)
>Shydis (4 Ichor)(Fear, Misfortune)
>Scylla & Charybdis (10 Ichor)(Monsters)
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>>6184111
>MINOR EVENT

The Spark shifts back and forth, crackling with potential. Suddenly, it stops, then rewinds, then accelerates. It continues this for a subjective span between an instant and an eternity. Finally, it extends a question to the Gods.

>How should Time be processed in the bubble?

>Static. The steady, forward march of Time will become absolute, untouchable by even the Gods.
>Rigid. The progress of Time will be bound by soft limits, which can be nudged with sufficient effort.
>Loose. There’s no need to bother with consistent patterns of Time, as long as it’s going in one direction.
>Manifest. The domain of Time will be given to a God, and become their responsibility to oversee.

>MINOR EVENT

After two Eons of silence, Amalthea sinks into a placid stillness. Far deeper than sleep. As the Gods behold, she dissolves into a mass of red flowers and her divinity is scattered to the furthest fringes of the bubble.

The bubble shivers.

>Amalthea, Goddess of Health, Harvest, Family, and Fertility is DEAD

An inspection finds that the stillborn Goddess’s domains are nowhere to be found, and yet… They still exist in some respect. They were once divine. Perhaps they are still clinging to truth in the absence of their Goddess? Only the passing of Eons can tell.

>MINOR EVENT

Strad-Aniya Rak finds itself suffering from a serious case of indigestion. It seems the strain of keeping God’s Underbelly compressed is damaging the dragon’s Corpus and preventing natural healing. This will continue until something is done about it, but there are many possibilities.
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>>6184112
(Great update, I got a quick question though. If I were wanting to create a servant with an ability that allows them to physically and metaphysically expand every round, so that they could eventually connect realms to each other and even locations (ie coreward now being physically connected by a trail to the emptiness via the servant's body), how much would that ability cost? I'm also interested in giving the servant some nerfs to make the ability cheaper or stronger, like making the servant inactive on the same round as its creation and having it be immobile (ie if it wants to interact with something where it isn't, it has to grow there first, and it can't move its main bulk from where it is on its own). I'm aiming for something to basically make it so mortals, servants, and gods alike can use this servant to travel to other realms and locations easier down the line.)
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I realize that I should clarify, you keep most of your previous progress toward Level advancement. The separate domain value is annulled, only the total Ichor value of creations is kept, which then transfers over at a 1:1 ratio. If that was enough to reach the next Level, you can do so.
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And it was that [TIME] began to be understood by the Gods. Yieldback pondered it. [CAUSALITY] was intrinsic to the concept of [VENGEANCE], and without [TIME] there could be no [CAUSALITY].
Without the arrow of time, there was no way to parse who was the first mover in a sequence of murders. Everything simply murdered, irrespective of order and irrespective of reason. Yes, [REASON], there needed to be a reason to kill. Yieldback thought that this [REASON] was missing from the young pre-reality as well. And something more... [JUSTICE].
How these concepts unspooled themselves in the God's mind, untethered from [CAUSALITY], was a mystery. Now they were there, tho, and He felt their absence.

>>6184112
"Time should be Rigid." He murmurred. "Hard enough to move that only two or more Gods can change [CAUSALITY], and if even a single God opposes it, the change fails. A universal veto makes [TIME] as rigid as it can be without being outright static."

Yieldback then considered The Law. The most effective way to make Law was to have a great number of Gods supporting it. The most effective way to get Gods to support something was Self-Interest. Thus, he would write a law that benefitted a great many of the Gods.

[RULES OF NATURE]
Domains: [Law, Battle, Death, Mutation, Savagery, Connection, Innovation, Fear, Persistence, Volition, Change]
Underwriters: THEWHITE, Yieldback, Nihildis, Strad-Aniya Rak, The Great Ape, Zerimael, Serendipity, Shydis, The Gilded Spider, [I], The Nameless Crow.
Scope: Exclusive to the Megarealm and open to any Realm whose creator wills it.

WHEREAS all things within the realms of the Bubble are limited,
and WHEREAS all things that live must struggle for their share of these limited resources
THEREFORE do the Gods smile on that which struggles valiantly for its place in the Megarealm and receives a small blessing for PERSISTENTLY expending VOLITION to live. (+1 to Mortals who are deemed more bold in an encounter)
and THEREFORE shall their form be WRITTEN AS LAW in their essence, subject only to CHANCE CHANGES of random MUTATIONS, pruned away by BATTLE, SAVAGERY, and DEATH to INNOVATE slight changes to their forms over TIME.
and THEREFORE shall those Mortals who benefit from this Law pay a tithe of their ichor to the Gods of the listed domains when this Law is brooked.

"How is that, Bubble? What will this cost if every God listed underwrites it?"
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>>6184239
(Forgot to add FEAR into the law but pretend it's there. I will add it to the final draft of the Law if we can reach an accord.)
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>>6184239
The goddess is back to painting sheep, but almost absently she nods her support while absorbed in her work.
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>>6184108
(I suggest you guys wait a bit before doing anything, these calcs are a complete mess and the QM was and is completely fried lol.)
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I'm going to sleep as I type, but pic related is a more accurate list than this >>6184108. Please ignore the old one, I somehow didn't factor mortal income for several of the Gods.
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>>6184239
ON PRINCIPLE, THIS ENTITY WILL ACCEPT ANY LAW THAT COMES INTO BEING, FOR THIS ENTITY SEES THAT THE LAW MUST BE ENFORCED REGARDLESS OF WHAT IT IS.

>>6184112
THIS ENTITY FIRST PREFERS IT TO BE STATIC BUT, IN ITS OWN THOUGHTS, IT REALIZES HOW HYPOCRITICAL IT IS.
FOR WE CONTROL ALL OTHER DOMAINS. WE CONTROL OTHER SUCH CONCEPTS. IT IS OUR OBLIGATION TO CONTROL AND CREATE WITH OUR DOMAINS.
THIS ENTITY IS UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT GOD WOULD WARRANT SUCH A DOMAIN.
PERHAPS RIGID WOULD BE THE BEST FOR NOW. THIS ENTITY VOTES FOR
>RIGID
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>>6184112

Rigid time sounds boooring, let it have some fun. There's always those sluggish patches of history we'll want to fast forward through.

> Loose
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>>6184108
>[Currently playing: Paternoster-stasis]
>Stop record...
>Significant anomaly: AE07 decommissioned....
>Significant anomaly: Influx of Ichor..
>Reassessment?
>Y

Before all else, obligations are to be fulfilled.

>The Nameless Knight imbues the Spark with 4 Ichor.

The outcome may or may not be influenced by itself, but its involvement is of no matter when a God is gone, its will ruined even if what facts it claimed still persists. There still is that mass of flowers..

>The Nameless Knight's second action is reserved for whatever action is necessary to create a servant out of a God's corpse.
>The Nameless Knight attempts to create the Knight of Flowers out of Amalthea's remains, a servant of Ruin and Revolution, for 18*110% = 18.8 = 19 Ichor.

Let the stellar winds carries its words to the solar deity.

"Can't you see the errors in your actions now? We could have forever preserved her divinity, beyond the ravaging of this universe's laws. We could have imbued her with an animus deserving of her self, so that they may join us in creation. In hesitation, in acting against my briliance, you have made a path for this world to claim its first victim."

"See it for yourself. It has done nothing at all in our strife. It has done nothing when the monstrous sought her death. It has done nothing to preserve her within the Spark. The universe is unjust, apathetic. It only cares for us as tools against the abyss of nondefinition that is the Void."

"If you think all of that is wrong, then we are in accordance."

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if there is a difference between death and -(dissipation)-.
>The Nameless Knight questions the Knight of Flowers on what she would like to do.

>>6184111
>Cyclical. Whatever direction the wheel spins, everything will repeat again and again.
>Irrelevant. The Spark should claim the domain of Time, and be as gods. Let its whims be of the utmost importance.
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Rolled 4 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>6184480
>The Nameless Knight (Ruin, Revolution)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1 --> (14/25 (7 Ruin, 8 Revolution) --> 37/25 (7 Ruin, 8 Revolution + 23 Ruin & Revolution)) --> 2
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +14, +10 (the Bubble), +2 (1 P Trapped Souls: Absolute God), +2 (1 P Asteroids: Absolute God)
>Location: Coreward
>Servants: IS.001a [3 Revolution, 0/3 (-1/3)], RK.A [3 Ruin, 0/3], UE01.Crsl [7 Revolution + 7 Ruin, 0/7], IS.001aa [2 Revolution, 0/2], RK.A1 [2 Ruin, 0/2 (-3/2)], UE02.Trnd [1 Ruin, 1/1], AE07 [18 Revolution + 18 Ruin, 18/18]
>Realms: MS.a [Size 2, Revolution + Ruin] (1 P of Asteroids (Revolution) (AE00: Absolute God), 1 P of Trapped Souls (Ruin) (AE00: Absolute God))

>The Nameless Knight rolls a 1d20+1 for the creation of the Knight of Flowers.
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Rolled 8 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>6184112
As Shydis watches the Voidwatchers and the Apes struggle against each other, he decides to correct an error he had allowed to go on during the long eon. Within the swamp, new beings move about unseen, for they dwell on a plane closer to that of spirits than the material realm. Feeding passively on the fear of the living creatures around them, they spend their time living amongst mortals. They are capable of manifesting temporarily in the physical world by taking forms based on the thoughts and fears of mortals around them. They primarily use this ability to send signs and warnings to the Apes, ensuring they don't forsake the worship of either of their Gods. Yet when they turned their attention to the heretical Voidwatchers, they came to a startling discovery. The psionic nature of the Voidwatchers makes them the only creatures in the swamp that can slay the new race. While the Master of Misfortune did not intend for this to occur, the fright zealots believe this was done by design so their kind wouldn't face overpopulation. Surviving a duel with a Voidwatcher would soon become a rite of passage for their kind. Killing a Voidwatcher is highly frowned upon by them since, due to Shydis allowing their creation, they view them not as vermin needing to be purged but as simply needing to be reminded whose land they live in.
>Create 3p mortals Dark Omens (Fear, Misfortune)
>Rigid
>>6184239
"An interesting idea. I will need to learn its price before I promise my support"
>Shydis (Fear, Misfortune)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 17/20
>Income: +21, +10 (the Bubble), +11 (3P Spectral Storms: Major God, 2P Hairless Apes:
Minor God, 3P Absolute God: Dark Omens)
>Location: The Outer Shell
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The bubble rotates in the Void but to those inside, it appears to stay still.

Again, I'm sorry for the slow responses. My grandfather caught the 'coof again and I've been distracted helping him with that this week. He's doing fine, ought to be over it by valentine's.

>>6184212
> If I were wanting to create a servant with an ability that allows them to physically and metaphysically expand every round, so that they could eventually connect realms to each other and even locations (ie coreward now being physically connected by a trail to the emptiness via the servant's body), how much would that ability cost?
An ability allowing for a Servant to expand itself is possible, if the doubled cost of permanent effects is accounted for. No law yet exists to enable inter-realm connections so a Servant wouldn't be able to link realms by default, but because movement between sublocations is already free, and movement between Locations is almost free, it would be quite easy to establish.

After applying the Connection, the cost would be 8 Ichor to cover movement between sublocations, or 13 for Locations. There are several possible mechanisms to allow for it. In your example, the Servant would act as an artificial bridge that allows for set movements, unlike a portal network that's less infrastructure reliant but more inconsistent. The cost for an Ability would then be dependent on how many populations are able to move using it per Eon at a 1:1 ratio, and the Servant would need to spend an Action connecting to each realm in its Location. To go between Locations, the vast distances involved would render a 2:1 ratio for cost.

>I'm also interested in giving the servant some nerfs to make the ability cheaper or stronger, like making the servant inactive on the same round as its creation and having it be immobile (ie if it wants to interact with something where it isn't, it has to grow there first, and it can't move its main bulk from where it is on its own).
That would be possible. Limitations can stretch the efficiency of an Ability as "free" Ichor, up to half of the Ichor limit. For example, an Ability that did 1d8 damage but backfires at 1d8 damage to the user would cost only 4 Ichor to instill in a Servant.

>I'm aiming for something to basically make it so mortals, servants, and gods alike can use this servant to travel to other realms and locations easier down the line.)
This is very much possible and could have a significant impact in the future.
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>>6185562
>>6184239
[RULES OF NATURE] would cost 32 Ichor by default, 35 base, -6 for the Megarealm limit, +3 for the chance to opt-in. It would give the benefiting God (or Gods) +1-4 Ichor (dependent on boldness) when [RULES OF NATURE] is triggered, in addition to their standard Ichor income. The prior proposal's possibility of +1-10 income is thinned by spreading it between multiple Gods but in theory, could be larger.

Every God participating would reduce the cost by -2 Ichor, with the exception of THE WHITE, whose legalism decreases it by -3. Altogether, if every God agreed, the cost could be lowered from 32 Ichor to a 9 Ichor. Such a broad consensus could have deeper ramifications.

>>6184480
The use of a dissolved God's remains for any purpose is possible at no penalty, if not opposed. No divine Ichor or Corpus lingers of the remains and it is no longer truly divine. In theory, it isn't a corpse but no different from any other base material. In practice, the faintest vestiges cling on and may have a slight influence on what is created of it.

Forming a Servant from the Goddess's remains is easily done.

>The Nameless Knight questions the universe if there is a difference between death and -(dissipation)-.
The death of a God leaves a corpse that still holds claim to all of its previous Domains and a Corpus, both of which can be scavenged. If Gods were sufficiently determined and willing to surmount substantial difficulty, it is possible that life could be coaxed back into a corpse. For better or worse, the God remains in a corpse.

The dissipation of a God renounces all claim to previous Domains and scatters their Corpus in its entirety to the nearest and farthest fringes of the bubble. To dissipate, a God must have either failed to awaken or have renounced their divinity. Such an act is, for the entity that was once a God, a return to Void.

>The Nameless Knight questions the Knight of Flowers on what she would like to do.
The Knight of Flowers ponders... After some woe-stricken centuries of wilting and coiling, she suggests working to usher in an Era of Rot, in renunciation of her form's origins and rejection of ordered creation.
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>>6185564
Vindication. Disappointment. Too early for anything to matter.

>The Nameless Knight commands the Knight of Flowers to expand Bad Weather by 1 Ichor.
>The Nameless Knight commands Bad Weather to expand Storm of Knights by 1*110% = 1.1 = 1 Ichor.

Now, to await for any that seeks it and its followers end.
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>>6184216
Ding.

The bubble changes. Reality changes. Everything suddenly seems more distant, more difficult, harder to reach. Possibilities once in reach suddenly are far away. On the one hand unfortunate, on the other hand, liberating! Room to stretch, consider the possibilities, learn something new. Like this!

> Spend 12 Ichor on Beauty Ability ‘Lifelike Sculpture’: Create a 6 Ichor Servant of Beauty, in the form of an exquisitely beautiful statue.

> Spend 12 Ichor on Creativity Ability Inspire: A wellspring of creative passion rises up in the target Servant. The servant chooses a field according to its own whims from the following.

> 1. Dreamer: The servant develops an ability with temporary effects, such as Temporary Servants, Artifacts, and Consumables.
> 2. Crafter: The servant develops an ability that creates a permanent artifact, such as the Creation of Servants, Artifacts, and Consumables.
> 3. Muse: The servant develops an ability that affects mortals, such as creating them, inspiring them, or converting them.
> 4. Engineer: The servant develops an ability that improves existing permanents, such as expanding a realm or improving a tool.

Enough beauty, enough focus, and even simple stone springs to life. And why should she have all the fun? Enough creativity and she can make a statue sing! Or dance! Or make another statue! Endless possibilities!
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>>6185705
Ichor: 1/30, +10 From the Bubble, +10 From Starwatchers
Corpus: 30/30
Level: 2
Domains: Creativity, Beauty, Innovation, Luck, Chaos
Location: Emptiness

Level Progress 0/60
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Rolled 5, 8 = 13 (2d20)

>>6185562
(Hmm. I'll have to think on it a bit. For now, there's more pressing concerns...)
>Rigid. The progress of Time will be bound by soft limits, which can be nudged with sufficient effort.

With Time finally progressing the battle, the voidstar looms over the considerably smaller form of the Ruin Knight and his fallen kin. Dark flares dance across the god's surface before they reach out like limbs, aiming to consume the fallen servants with their flames.
>Action 1: Scavenge Ioun Stone 001a and the Hammer of Alphard.
Zerimael's power then begins to coalesce into a point. First one, then two, then four, growing exponentially in number until uncountable pins of godly power solidify into individual forms that let out scorching heat and gentle rays of light. Though the gods would be able to see past their light to see the beating pitch-black heart at the center of each star-servant and observe the metaphysical threads that bind them all together to serve as a collective entity, mortals would only bear witness to a sky full of twinkling stars that form curious constellations.
>Action 2: Create 13-Ichor Servant [Starsea]. No abilities.
Finally, the Voidstar moves forth to assault Lyudi directly with its Thirstslaker-enhanced might. Witnessing the desecration of the corpse seems to have brought him to even greater heights of anger. A mere mental thought commands Starsea to prevent interference in the battle between two gods.
>Action 3: Attack Lyudi.

>Starsea Action: Engage in combat with any entity that attempts to interfere with Zerimael's third action. Otherwise, float there looking pretty.

(I'm a little out of it while writing this, but I'm going to throw out two dice. First for creation of the servant, second for attacking. If I need any more dice, holla at me and I'll throw 'em down!)
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>>6185564
(Quite agreeable to me. Does transferring ichor take an action? If it doesn't, I could simply collect 1 ichor from every god who endorses it, and then have THEWHITE speak the law into existence. If paying ichor does take an action, then I will simply waive the ichor cost to endorsing gods and pay 4 ichor myself and have THEWHITE pay the other 5 ichor.)
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Rolled 18 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>6185988
"You gamble on the whims of circumstance. Why not wait a little, stack the deck until my death is certain?"

>(AE00:A0) The Nameless Knight attempts to flee from Zerimael's hostilities.
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>>6186217
"You may be foul, but you are yet still my brother. I don't seek your death. I have already given you the promise of what I shall do to you. You flee the consequences of your actions like a coward, but it will do nothing to spare you - your connection to Ruin shall be no more once I have caught thee! Show me that you are more than a malcontent and are worthy of being the first Knight!"
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>>6186123
(I will agree to offer 5 ICHOR, in the form of 6 CORPUS [via ability] + 2 actual ICHOR.)
(Bit busy so I'll wait until I decide my actual actions. Just giving my approval.)
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Rolled 17 + 2 (1d20 + 2)

>>6184112
(I am level 2, and I have 25 Ichor, QM kind of did a mistake when counting lol)

>The Gilded Weaver (Gold, Persistence, Trickery)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 2
>Corpus: 30/30
>Ichor: 25/30
>Income: +20, +10 (the Bubble), +10 (5P Gleaming Arachnids: Absolute God)
>Location: The Emptiness(Great Golden Web)

The Golden Spider molts once more, growing even bigger once more. The shell stretches and cracks, eventually giving in and letting him unfurl, extending and stretching across the Web with four additional legs that weren't there before.

>>6184239
>>6184398
Overhearing this eon's subject of conversation, the Weaver decides to pitch in. ''Why yes I would agree to this Law as well! If resource are limited, one must be willing to fight over them to get anywhere! However, I am slightly busy at the moment, I suggest waiting for the world to be born before this Law comes into being.''

He pondered the question of Time, and then rose on his back legs in what could be interpreted as a defense pose but was actually the spider equivalent of raising one's arms in an eureka moment. ''I propose such regarding Time...That it be made into a domain and given to...Me! For who could weave a better temporal fabric than a skilled spider? I am already creating the Great Golden Web, just imagine the beautiful tapestry of Time I could spin! And all of Gold too!''

>Support the RULES OF NATURE
>Time should be manifested and given to the Gilded Weaver as his responsibility

Being done giving his answer, the Aureate Arachnid spent a considerable portion of his power spinning a rough ball of golden silk before launching it into the Spark, marking his first contribution to the world that will be proper. Then he would observe the little scuffle between the Knight and Zerimael, stridulating in an approximation of a hum before reinforcing his Miraging Web with more silk. His last act is to expand his Great Web to allow more of the Gleaming Arachnids to populate it.

>Action 1: Spend 15 Ichor on the Spark(Gold,Persistence,Trickery)
>Action 2: Upgrade Mirage Web(trickery) with 6 Ichor
>Action 3: Upgrade Great Golden Web(Gold,Persistence,Trickery) to Size 9(cost 4 ichor)

(Rolling for Upgrading Mirage Web, watch this 1)
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>>6186467
Forgot my info

>The Gilded Weaver (Gold, Persistence, Trickery)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 2
>Corpus: 30/30
>Ichor: 0/30
>Income: +20, +10 (the Bubble), +10 (5P Gleaming Arachnids: Absolute God)
>Location: The Emptiness(Great Golden Web)

Level up: 25/40
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>>6184239
Assuming your obligation is 0 ichor and 0 actions, (with the exception of myself and THEWHITE), do you support, in principle, [RULES OF NATURE]?
>Yieldback - UNDERWRITING, IN PRINCIPLE
>THEWHITE - UNDERWRITING, IN PRINCIPLE
>Nihildir - UNVOICED, "INTERESTED" >>6182538
>Strad-Aniya Rak - UNVOICED >>6176831
>The Great Ape - UNVOICED >>6177112
>Zerimael - UNVOICED, PRESUMED SUPPORTER >>6186244
>Serendipity - UNDERWRITING, IN PRINCIPLE
>Shydis - UNVOICED, "INTERESTED"
>The Gilded Spider - UNDERWRITING, IN PRINCIPLE
>[I] - UNVOICED >>6177493
>The Nameless Crow - UNVOICED >>6179975

Progress towards unanimity: 4/11
Presumed current support: 7/11

Secondly, would you still support it if your obligation was 1 ichor and 0 actions this eon OR 2 ichor and 0 actions payable next Eon?
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>>6186552
Though the Voidstar is busy chasing Lyudi across the cosmos, a sense of support for [RULES OF NATURE] can be felt from it. It is certain that the Voidstar would contribute its support and its Ichor to the law, even if it were 2 ichor.
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>>6186635
Whoa, oh, we're halfway there!
Thanks, Zerimael.
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Rolled 4, 15 + 1 = 20 (2d20 + 1)

>>6184112
>Rigid
Nihildir pondered for an unknowable time, why had this truth eluded It for so long? Time only seemed to take shape and become measurable as creation surged forth, but only now had it become obvious how disjointed and erratic the flow was. It must be controlled, but handing over the keys of causality to a God seemed foolish, even if given to the most trustworthy God, it seemed a dangerous outcome. Time may prove to be a life line against the Void, if the Bubble were to collapse then the reversal of time sounded like the only possible escape. Static time, while safe, offered no possibility for change. Thus Nihildir advocated for Rigid time.

>Create Realm (7) Plane of Death (Death/Space): 8i
Bright Souls glittered in the endless dark of the Death Plane, manifesting into the realm through pinprick sized portals and floating gracefully upwards, like salmon swimming upriver. The souls disappeared into the abyssal skies, fading out of view as they finished their transient journey. This place had truly become Nihildir’s home, the emerging God rarely left its sanctity. So much time spent in this Plane had allowed It to glean some new knowledge, or at least theories. Space within the Plane felt rooted within the structure of the Bubble, but unbound in ways that the Bubble was not. Though small now, might this Plane eventually surpass the Bubble in size? What happens when a Plane extends past the Walls of the world? Perhaps the Void could be inhabited in this way. Nihildir twisted and swelled with determination, much work would be required to test these limits.

The swirling vortex bloomed, tightly wound swaths of darkness unfurled and stretched into the depths, further and further into eternity. Nihildir spread itself thin across the entire Plane, dim reflections of an eye shimmered all around like a mirage of madness. Ichor permeated the very fabric of the dimension, pulsating in violent flashes of dark lightning. The borders of the realm screamed, the essence of space fractured as glass against rock, continuously for untold lengths of time… Eventually the writhing God slowed, and stopped, satisfied with Its progress. The plane was still not large enough to test Its theory, but the Voids call seemed louder…
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>Create Mortals (10) Thanubites (Death): 10i
This wealth of space, though grand, proved to be unstable. Planes seemed to require creation in order to keep their shape, too much emptiness compromised the binding knots keeping the dimension from collapsing. Mortal Souls were integral to permanence, but their temporary residency made them unreliable. Nihildir gathered Its Soul Shards from all over the Bubble, much time passed as they rejoined with their host, their personal experiences and thoughts flooded Nihildir’s consciousness, changing It in ways unforeseen. Many of the Soul Shards had developed their own insights and personalities on their travels, their simplistic minds allowed this. As Nihildir internalized Its offspring, It learned a new range of emotions, and strange but amusing memories, such as dancing with an Ape. Some of these were not so welcome, such as the confusion and sadness of seeing Amalthea attacked, and her eventual death. It was strange for Nihildir to consider that It had been caring for Souls without ever knowing what the life of a Soul was like, for the first time, It felt true empathy.

With the Soul Shards reintegrated into Nihildir, It imbued them with a mixture of Ichor and Its own turbulent flesh. It spat them out through the sea of black, they slithered out as long serpentine shapes of twirling chaotic darkness, their heads comprising of Nihildir’s Soul Shards, which glowed and crackled with energy. These entities were deemed as Thanubites, not by Nihildir but by themselves, strangely the Soul Shards that lived within them gained a sort of innate mental connection to each other, and their first independent choice was to choose their name. The tired God ordained these Thanubites to wander the Plane of Death, ward off any fractures in space, and to tend to and learn from Mortal Souls as they pass into The Outer Shell. Interestingly some of these Thanubites merged with particular Mortal Souls, evolving mentally and spiritually. These Prima-Thanubites were able to peer through the Plane of Death and observe the entire Bubble, serving much the same function as their Soul Shard ancestors. The Prima-Thanubites also acted as leaders in Thanubite society, nurturing their more primitive siblings and guiding them to fulfill their purpose.
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>Transfer Ichor for Brother Yieldback’s Law: 2i
>>6184239
Nihildir used the remainder of Its power to aid Its kin, with Its newfound empathy It found the Law to be brutal, but perhaps necessary to facilitate the cycle of life and death. If nothing else, the Law would aid in solidifying the integrity of the Bubble. The windy and serpentine voice of a Prima-Thanubite whispered to Yieldback from the unseen folds of the Plane of Death,
“Our Maker sends this as a token of acknowledgment, your choice to aid the one known as Zerimael was admirable, even one as low as I can see a swirling of something foreign and new within you… perhaps it is [HONOR]…” The voice trailed off with a stormy hiss, leaving nothing but the beings faint energy peeking through dimensions.

>Nihildir (Death, Space, Souls)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1 - (18/30)
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +25, +10 (the Bubble), +15 (3P Mortal Souls: Absolute God, 3P Soul Keepers: Absolute God, 3P Spectral Storms: Minor God) -> +20 (10P Thanubites: Absolute God)
>Location: The Outer Shell (Plane of Death)

>Mortals - 19
(3) Mortal Souls, Absolute God (Souls) - Outer Shell Nebula
(3) Soul Keepers, Absolute God (Space) - Outer Shell Nebula
(3) Spectral Storms, Minor God (Misfortune) - Outer Shell Nebula
(10) Thanubites, Absolute God (Death) - Plane of Death

>Realms - 2
Outer Shell Nebula (Souls/Space) (Size 9/9)
Plane of Death (Death/Space) (Size 10/10)
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>>6186552
"The price of the law is fair. You have my support."
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>>6185562

>Noerne, The Grey Plume (Dust)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 17/20
>Income: +12
>Location: The Outer Shell


Action 1: Consume Divine Diamond dust
Action 2: Grant myself an 18i ability “Relic Rediscovery”, allowing the creation and upgrading of permanent artifacts at half efficiency.

>Relic Rediscovery is the divine authority to retrieve abandoned artifacts from any point of the cosmos, including alternate strands of possibility and the far future.
>Noerne is the god of dust, and with that the god of all that is lost and forgotten.
>Many of the most frighteningly powerful artifacts ever imagined are so abandoned, metaphysically left to accumulate dust, and so Noerne pulls at them, discovering these relics from within itself.
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>>6187075

Noerne contemplates the question brought before it, and speaks simply to the universe.

“Time should be manifested and given to the Gilded Weaver as his responsibility.”

Noerne is itself unsure why such words were vocalised. The god of dust didn’t even really know the weaver.
Perhaps Noerne believed that handing such a power out recklessly to the Weaver would in some way hasten the natural entropy of all creation. In the end, it was anyone’s guess.

Following this baffling act, Noerne next orders The Glass Cloud and The Sable Drift to combine their efforts and birth a third mortal race in the Faber Stars, the Fabers.
(Each of them have exactly 1i from worship, combining their efforts to make a 1i mortal race.)

>Remnants of artificial nanite life, these fully cybernetic amalgamations of nanomachines are a mixture of hive-mind and fierce individual, every nanite in their body being identical and communicating with eachother to form patterns of personalities, but making up a definite psyche.
>Connected deeply to the leftover artifacts that formed the stars, Fabers are intensely dangerous, ranging from animalistic to superintelligent, and occupying forms as small as rodents or as colossal as starships.
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>>6187238
Serendipity perks up at the declaration of support for the Weaver and adds her own, quite flippantly.

"Sure, let's do that, almost anything is better than rigid time."
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>>6186244
The Knight would cackle as it rides away on its misty steed.

"You're wasting precious energy to assault my divine personage. I can't fault you for seeking my ruination, but what are you even fighting for? I fought for preservation since genesis, and such a cause is inherently noble, but what good is there in severing what command I have over Ruin? Nearly half of our lot intends for or commands aspects of it. I did try to murder Amalthea, but I did so to prevent her total disappearance from our midst."

"How are you even planning on exorcizing Ruin without my death? You're a thing of connections, not cutting, and even the bloody one understands that what you seek is murder. Be honest with yourself, and hesitate in your pursuit of me until you know the path you seek to tread."
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>>6187314
"What a fool you are, believing me incapable of severing the very connections I hold domain over. Domains themselves are connected to us primordial entities, and so it will be all too easy for me to cut that connection once I render you too weak to resist. All I need to do then is to isolate Ruin from the rest of Creation, so that it can spoil its splendor no more. As for Murder...thy punishment would be far too light with such a thing. You will be made to learn why your actions have filled me with such F̸̨̖̼̬͔̻͓͓̳̬̙͍̠̹̠͍̂̓U̷̧̮̻̼͊̉̉̎̽̔̂͊̚͝R̶̺͙̹̬͍͔͖̼͐̌͛͋̃͘Y̵͕̼̰̌̋̒͒͂̿͂̇̓̚."

As Zerimael pursues the agile Knight upon his steed, fruitlessly lashing out only to miss each time, the collective servant Starsea casts a portion of its attention towards the domains littering the Core. All but one seemed teeming with life, yet all of them were terribly isolated from one another. Each star making up the servant's body blinks seemingly at random as it thinks, the metaphysical connections between it acting as a gigantic nervous system as signals jump from star to star, until it seems to come to a decision and the twinkling ceases. Ichor is burned, although inefficiently, as the servant makes a creation of its own.
>Starsea Action 2: Create new realm, the [Nexus of Darkness], using 12 Ichor (effectively 6, due to half efficiency)
Inklike ichor seeps from the valves of each of Starsea's hearts, dripping down from them to form a pool of darkness that branches out like the winding tendrils of a river, reaching out as far as they can to try to touch every other realm in the Core. The lake at its center sits perfectly still, though an oily sheen at the surface gives those who peer within visions of the realms the rivers connect to. Some of the branches even hesitantly hover around the Spark.
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>>6187337
"I try not to dream too much, and if you really do have the <3 for it, then all the better for me."

>(AE07:A2) The Nameless Knight commands the Knight of Flowers to create Lamp Posts, a mortal race aligned to Ruin and Revolution, for 1*110% = 1.1 = 1 Ichor, spending 2 Ichor to do so.
>(AE00:A0) The Nameless Knight commands that these creatures equally worship both the Starsea and the Knight of Flowers.

It's a lot of hoops to jump, making these lightbearers a creation of Flowers. Such a mega-organism needs the right and exact amount of decay in both physical and spiritual vegetation to sprout so easily, so that's a given. The "consume darkness by light" is good enough as an alternative for what they're supposed to be consuming, and should be a good exercise for the other Knight's Ruin applications. Propagation might be a problem, but it trusts that the other Knight can dream of a way to create life out of Ruin, considering her intent.
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Rolled 6, 4 + 1 = 11 (2d20 + 1)

>>6184112
Given the lack of more immediate concerns Shydis places his hand on the First Sorrow and allows his power to ripple through them.
>Spend 8 ichor to raise First Sorrow from 3p to 11p
Not wanting to let his remaining power go to waste he creates the Disaster Generator. Contrary to what the name may suggest this artefact doesn't cause disasters but draws its energy from them. Gaining power whenever something in creation is slain or injured. While it cannot store infinite energy it should store enough for the God to fully restore himself in the next eon.
>Spend 8i to make bauble Disaster Generator (Misfortune)
>Level up to level 2
>Shydis (Fear, Misfortune)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 1/20
>Income: +21, +10 (the Bubble), +11 (3P Spectral Storms: Major God, 2P Hairless Apes:
Minor God, 3P Absolute God: Dark Omens)
>Location: The Outer Shell
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>>6186861
>>6186974
"I thank you for the kind words and the forspeaking. I will think more on this [HONOR]. An odd thought-drop, it is. Like [JUSTICE], and [FAIRNESS]." The God grunts via Guthsip Instant Messenger. He appears to be thinking very hard about this. He then proceeds to list a very long number of other thought-drops, more to Himself than to Others. "[KARMA], [RIGHTEOUSNESS], [DEBT], [REDEMPTION], [PROMISES]... .. . . ."

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YIELDBACK ACTION 1: Yieldback then bade the Law to THEWHITE for it to be Spoken into being. With the Frosty Doomsayer's 5i, Nihildir's 2i, and the Wrothbringer's own 4i, they were 4i short of what it was needed to enact the Law. But Yieldback would not wait around all Eon, he would act, offering 4i more to the process. If late comers eventually voiced their support, then pass the savings on to Guthsip.

YIELDBACK ACTION 2: It was then that Yieldback moved to The Emptiness and looked around for a good patch of nothing.

YIELDBACK ACTION 3: Yieldback attacks The Emptiness, sending a spiderweb of cracks and fissures throughout the layer, creating the Realm of [Overspace], connecting the many tributaries of The [Nexus of Darkness] in the Core to Nihildir's [Realm of Souls] in The Outer Shell, connecting all the planes together with a fractal labyrinth of passages. Even Mortals can use these passageways to move about the planes, but the journey would be inherently perilous. (Size 4 Realm, [INTRIGUE], [BATTLE], and [VENGEFUL MURDER] Domains, 4x1.2=4.8=5i)

>The Wrothbringer, Brother Yieldback
>Domain: Intrigue
>>Guthsip (4) | Veilweavers (1) | Overspace Realm (4) | Dragon of Water's Activities (?) = 9 - 10 = -1 of 30
>Domain: Vengeful Murder
>>Thirstslaker (14) | Overspace Realm (4) | Zerimael's Oath of Vengeance (?) = 18 - 10 = 8 of 30
>Domain: Battle
>>Thirstslaker (14) | Voidwatchers (1) | Law: [RULES OF NATURE] (32) | Overspace Realm (4) =51 - 10 = 41 of 30
>Domain Average
>>16 of 30
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +14 to +17, +10 (the Bubble) | +1 (The Veilweavers) | +2 (The Voidwatchers) | +1 to +4 [RULES OF NATURE]
>Location: Overspace, The Emptiness
>Actions: 0/3

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>Guthsip (Intrigue value: 5 to 8 depending on who underwrites the Law)
>Abilities: Wings of Everywhere (Movement is free, can be summoned, +2 to flee)
>Level: 0
>Corpus: 3/3
>Ichor: 1/3 (possibly 5/8 depending on who underwrites the Law)
>Income: +0
>Location: Swamps of Torment, The Outer Shell
>Actions: 2/2

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MORTALS

>The Veilweavers are taken by a great many of philosophical breakthroughs regarding [JUSTICE], [FAIRNESS], [KARMA], and so on. These thought-drops have a profound impact on Veilweaver society.
>The first Voidwatcher explorers begin to chart the Realms of Souls, Overspace, and Nexus of Darkness, collectively calling them [The Souldark Maze]
>Brak, the Dragon of Water, attempts to turn the Ape Mortals to the worship of Nihildir as a minor god and elevate Shydis to the Major God. (1d20)
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(No idea how that screenshot got there.)
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Rolled 3 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>6187075
Forgot, roll for Fabers
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>>6187781
(Stealing my shtick aside, are you sure this even works? I don't think you can just make a realm connected to every other by snapping your fingers like that, otherwise I would've done it first.)
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>>6184112

>Rigid

>Great Ape spends 5 Ichor on The Spark

The Great Ape doesn't give a single shit about the hairless apes fighting. If they die they're weak and are probably full of estrogen from being born from his Ape Wife.

The Great Ape pounds his chest and hollers mightily seeking a challenge. First, he starts wrestling with his hairless ape wife who simply goes limp and lets the Great Ape's rough fur poke painfully into her skin as he does various absurd wrestling moves. He piledrives her, runs an immeasurably long distance away from her and then runs back and clotheslines her, does an atomic leg drop, does the canadian destroyer, he picks her up and does the torture rack and then transitions into the testicular claw as his finishing move.

The light, playful, and fun wrestling with his Ape-Wife does little to satisfy the Great Ape. And all the others in the Outer-Shell are his friends and frankly look quite weak and feminine to the Great Ape's eyes. Pondering this conundrum, the Great Ape gets a great idea! He will create an Ape Son! It combines the best of both worlds. The Ape Son can fetch food like the Ape Wife AND can also wrestle with the Great Ape.

The Great Ape starts digging into the metaphysical ground of the Outer-Shell creating a gigantic hole. In it he takes a mightily large shit full of godly essence and undigested grotesque creatures. He then orders his Ape Wife to bury it and while he takes a nap after expending his energy taking the enormous and godly shit. He also slaps her for no reason.

Once the Ape Wife finishes filling the hole the Great Ape decides to go about creating the Ape Son now. He simply burps loudly and coughs up some phlegm that takes the form of the Ape Son. He looks like the Great Ape but less fat and with round, beautiful, cartoonishly large eyes with curled long eyelashes. The Great Ape hugs his son. Welcoming him to existence with warmth and fatherly tenderness.

Then he starts beating the shit out of him.

>The Great Ape spends 10 Ichor on creating Servant: Ape Son

>The Great Ape (Gluttony, Apes, Savagery)
>Abilities: None
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 20/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +10, +10 (the Bubble)
>Location: The Outer Shell
>Servants: Ape Wife 10/10 Ichor (+2 Major God Hairless Apes), Ape Son 10/10 Ichor
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Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>6187896
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(Why didn't you do it first, then? :smug:)
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>>6187850
"Thou would have wrought what I have done instead? I wouldn't mind another team up. Perhaps Nihildir, Me, Zerimael, and your Golden Self could underwrite the connective tissue of the cosmos together? Whatever we will to make can be made, Brother."
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>>6187850
(I have made realm where mortal souls can travel regardless of distance, I don't think he meant God's can traverse it without actions. Maybe I'm wrong but this seems more of a lore thing.)
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>>6187932
(I didn't mention anything mechanical like gods moving without actions. Not sure where that idea would even come from.)
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>>6187938
(I'm just not sure where the point of contention is otherwise lol)
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>>6187938
(The movements of large numbers of mortals could have mechanical repercussions, if mortals loyal to one god began to wage war on and displace the mortals of another god)
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Rolled 9 + 1 (1d20 + 1)

>>6184108
IT IS TIME TO CREATE
>ACTION 1: OFFER 2 ICHOR OF TRUE AND HONEST QUALITY AND 3 FROM THE PRICE OF 6 OF MY OWN CORPUS TO YIELDBACK, TO CREATE HIS LAW
IT IS ONLY FAIR.
>ACTION 2: TOOL CREATION. NAME: GODLY OBLIGATION OF CREATION (KNOWLEDGE, LAW, FROST). BONUS: +3, COST: 18 (15*1.20) ICHOR
22 ICHOR LEFT. TOO LITTLE TO MAKE A LAW WHOLESALE ALL BY MYSELF BUT SO MUCH TO USE TO CREATE. THE ENTITY THAT IS REFERRED TO AS THE WHITE REALIZES WHAT IT CAN USE WITH SUCH...POWER. SUCH...INFLUENCE. IT CAN CREATE THE MOST POTENT OF CREATION TOOLS.
THIS LEGALLY BINDING BOOK, MADE OUT OF ICE THAT WILL NEVER MELT DUE TO ITS LEGAL DEFINITION OF BEING UNMELTABLE, IS A VERY POTENT TOOL THAT WILL MAKE ANYTHING IT CREATES ONTOLOGICALLY LEGAL WITHIN THE EYES OF THE BUBBLE, THE SPARK, AND THE LAW.
OR, SO THIS ENTITY WISHES. IT IS NOT THAT POWERFUL. BUT IT SEES NO BETTER USE FOR IT AT THE MOMENT.
>ACTION 3: DISPENSE 4 ICHOR INTO SPARK
LAW IS MIGHT
FROST IS ETERNAL
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.

>THE WHITE (LAW, KNOWLEDGE, FROST)
>Abilities: TO ENACT AT ANY PRICE (LAW ABILITY. Can convert up to 6 Corpus into 3 Ichor to pay for the price of a Law.)
>Level: 1
>Corpus: 14/20
>Ichor: 0/20
>Income: +17, +10 (Bubble), +2 (1P FROSTLING: ABSOLUTE GOD), +4 (2P SCHOLARS: ABSOLUTE GOD), +1 (1P VEILWEAVERS, MINOR GOD)
>Location: Coreward
>CREATIONS: LEGAL IMMUNITY (ARMOR, 2/2 PROTECTION), THE PERMAFROST LIBRARY (SIZE 4 REALM, 4/4 FILLED), FROSTLINGS (FROST MORTALS, POPULATION 1), SILENT SCHOLARS (KNOWLEDGE MORTALS, POPULATION 2)
>LEVEL PROGRESS: 23/35 if adding to the SPARK counts as progression, 19/35 otherwise.

ROLLING FOR TOOLS CREATION.

NOTES ABOUT THE RACES
-FROSTLINGS SEEM TO HAVE DEVELOPED A INTEREST IN BOTH THE VEILWEAVERS AND THE SILENT SCHOLARS. IT HAS BEEN OBSESSED THAT MANY OF THE SILENT SCHOLARS HAVE TAKEN ON FROSTLINGS AS PETS
-SILENT SCHOLARS, MEANWHILE, HAVE BEEN OBSERVING THE OTHER TWO RACES IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THEIR BIOLOGIES AND WHAT MAKES THEM BE. FOR THEY KNOW THAT THEY WERE CREATED BY GODS BUT DUE TO THEM BEING MORTALS, THERE HAS TO BE A REASON FOR EXISTENCE. THEY SEEK TO FIND THAT.
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>>6187938
>>6187945
(It's less contention and more me having asked what was needed to make my big web projects and being confused about whether or not making a realm apparently transcending locations to connect to realms in other locations is rules legal,especially if it's only 4 ichor. The idea of gods moving without actions stems from the fact that you can move between realms in a location for free. Regardless, even for mortals to use this to travel, I'd expect you need more work into it, or a Law)

>>6187900
>>6187911
(Those are some baller images lol. Will answer later)
>>6187932
(Do you mean souls can travel in the realm regardless of distance or that souls can get to it from outside regardless of distance? I might've missed something, but Mortal Souls as a mortal race are not the same thing as the actual souls of mortals in other realms as far as I understand)
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>>6188216
(That is basically the idea. That justifies the Battle and Vengeance domains. What I created is basically something in between Hyperspace Lanes and the Webway from 40k.)
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>>6185988
>>6186217
Amid the darkness, Zerimael quakes with hunger for vengeance. To see the armour of the Nameless Knight rent asunder for its crimes against connections amongst the divine! In the Voidstar's grip, Thirstslaker reaches an accord.

For the first time, it is swung!

>Zerimael (8+1) vs Nameless Knight (18+1): Nameless Knight flees!

Yet the Nameless Knight is swift and ruinous! What lurks behind the visor saw the swing coming an Eon away, and positioned itself to dodge before the axe was even readied to attack!

Violence aside, I spent my weekend babysitting for my cousin and didn't have time to work on the update. It will be coming up either tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. Thank you for your patience once again.
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>>6188268
(Frankly Bing.com/create is way better than Grok. I've only been using Grok to try to see if I could make anything decent with it.)
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>average friday night in the Swamp of Torments
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>It's best for mortals to not see how the sausage is made in the Permafrost Library.
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>He likes to watch
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(Well, I guess DALL-E 3 can't quite pull off what I was going for, either)
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>>6188268
(In my case the details don't really matter because my realm/race acts normally rules-wise, it's just fluff. I brought it up as an example because I misunderstood Yieldback and thought it was the same situation, but he has a tangible function in mind. As far as I know you're right about needing a Law or something, Scribe told me I needed one when I wanted to modify a realm so it could be travelled to from anywhere.)

>>6188763
(This worked better than expected.)
>>6188789
(Create Realm [Goon Cave])
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>>6188823
(In that case I'm down to underwrite a law to that effect at any time and I think Zerimael will be as the God of connection too. Collectively, we have already spent at least 12i on the project, and if the support of three gods is worth a total of 6i plus THEWHITE's 3i that should be quite a ways towards completing the Stargate Network.)
>(Create Realm [Goon Cave])
Hahaha
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>>6188932
(I'll support this next turn.)
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>>6188932
(Yeah, I'd support)
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Is GodScribe alright?
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Scribblin' ain't easy.
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>>6191944
>>6192045
(He's fine. I know 2 days ago he got an outage. We should be getting an update tomorrow I think.)
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I've had a lot going on recently. Mostly helping my younger brother with setting up his homeschooled girlfriend's first (surprise) birthday party and work. I apologize for the delays and fradulence in >>6188507, I was distracted and lost track of time. I'll try to get the update in by or on this upcoming Sunday. Thank you for playing, you guys are great.
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>>6195760
(Cool! I honestly thought it was dead. Might want to consider making a new thread for the update and linking it here, this one probably won't survive another round.)
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(Seems QM is being drop kicked by the curse once more. He went radio silent again this week end)
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(I've archived the thread for posterity.)
https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive/2025/6168593/



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