Lords Of Creation 13 (OCC)

[Tsubasa & Wen Tien]

Gentleman Vaultboy wrote

-Dryad, seeing as your gods are the only other beings who saw Gils wave of conflict and are in a position to know what it did, The Watchman needs to talk with Mina in private. Preferably before we meet up.

Alright.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

Yeah, maybe 45-50%. And when they depart that cave, naturally most will go on to the land between Elf and Centaur territory. Some, however, will take the chaos as a sign from the divine, and go crawling back to live with Kotu's corrupt ranks.

I think that much I owe to a decent plot. Doubters gonna doubt.

[Philote]

I better go over my plan as well:

Before Timeskip:

- Stay Dead

- Stay Dead

- Stay Dead

After Timeskip:

- Do Something



I can only imagine what I'll have to work with once I get back in the game

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Perhaps work with your other deities? And elsewise contribute useful content?

[Philote]

All such Spirits are gone, and I rather like the way I have left off my mortals at the moment.

Each of the heroes had their big moment and then their fall due to the wave of conflict and loss of heroism.

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Well dang...

[Zaleramancer]

You could narrate the descendents of the heroes, or the government that formed, or other things.

Plenty to do.

Not to mention, as the Gods return, heroes would rise..

[Celadon's Penultimate]

 Yeah, right, all that good stuff. See? I knew you could find some use in this free time, Phi.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

So, mechanics. Let me post an idea that I think Phi was driving at in regards to divine artifacts.



Divine artifacts now represent skills at (2) for Normal Artifacts and (4) for Divine ones.

So, lets take the Equalizer as an example.

Vault) wrote

Equalizer (4) - Cut Through.

The Watchman Mythical Axe, designed to huge through any substance or barrier equally.

Now the Axe has a chance to cut through any defense or structure. Any mortal thing is going to be cut before it. Against another divine artifact, I'm not sure. We have to think up a system of conflict resolution for that.

Now, Divine Artifacts don't stack. In fact, skill don't stack. You can only use 1 skill per any one post. So I can't use both Brother Eye and Man in the Dark in the same "Turn."

[Zaleramancer]

Interesting.

It does prevent Panoply Growth.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

I didn't mention the tool of office, because I wanted to differentiate it from the other system.

The Power of the Tool of Office is Immutable. It will always do what it says in the description you give it, no more no less. Give it one good thematic ability and keep it that way.

You can also only invoke it once per "Turn."

[Zaleramancer]

Alright, I like where this is going.

However, if Artifacts are made to be used by Mortals and such (As occurs in many legends, like the giving of a sword by a lady in a lake), then making then take up actual points seems.. counter-productive.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Not at all. It just takes those measly little points and put's them in a mortals hands.

Even a Normal Artifact represents a (2) Divine skill. That's easily on par with Excalibur keeping you from bleeding.

[Zaleramancer]

I'm saying that some people won't be willing to let power get out of their hands.

Two points is a seventh of an Overgods power.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

I think you misunderstood me somewhere. I probably wasn't clear.

Gods are still built the same way, with the same number of points. Artifacts and Divine Artifacts convey additional skills that are assigned upon their creation.

Or are you saying that people will be unwilling to part with them because of these additional skills they convey? My answer to that is another idea, that of limiting the amount that they can have "equipped" at one time.

This is just a rough idea for a breakdown, but:

Overgod: 1 divine, 2 normal.
Major god: 1 divine, 1 normal.
Minor: 2 Normal.
Demi: 1 Normal
Mortal: 1 Normal or Divine.

Sort of like that, except making more sense.

[Zaleramancer]

Ahh.

I though that Artifacts would cost points in a manner similar to skills.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Well, they would. But just in the way that they always have: via motes.

Any thought on my equipment breakdown?

[Celadon's Penultimate]

So, in total, an Overgod could have one divine artifact, and two normal ones? Hm. Sounds good to me.

[Zaleramancer]

By points, I meant Points which Gods are built on.

It seems appropriate.

Though now I need to find an appropriate ratio of mote:point exchange.

Oh, and the rate of Mote gain needs to be drastically changed.

[Gentleman Vaultboy]

Plus the Tool Of Office. Or maybe Symbol is a better word?

Wulf, could you make Uburra-Namall using these rules? I want to see how it looks when it's not me. I might have biases that play up when I'm making my own.