Hey everyone, just a few general points that may be good for you to know before we carry on.
Firstly, can everyone who has gained a Sphere or Spheres (as in "This presence has gained Sphere:Keeping Track of Stats: +1 to actions keeping an accurate record of personal statistics") please keep that info in a spoiler that gets copy/pastad with your action? I'll keep track of all the main stuff that gets made and any temporary numbers like bonuses and penalties, but it makes things way easier for me if I can just check a spoiler and be all "oh yeah, they have a +1 to that thing that they got a while ago that I would have totally forgotten about." I admit that I could just make my own spreadsheet or whathaveyou, but last time I had to do something like that I ended up ruining a perfectly good wardrobe with throwing knives and while I admit that in these Dark Economic Times the furniture industry can use as much stimulation as anybody, I flatly refuse to be the one who pays for it.
Second general point. We are currently in the Age of Creation. When the last ☼ of raw power is used/transformed into something else, we will be in... well, another Age. It'll depend on how things work out. My bet right now would be either an Age of Law, Chaos, or Megaconflict, but we'll have to see how things turn out. Could end up as the Age of Placid Green Squirrels. Or Blue.
Thirdly, and this is mostly for those presences that haven't gained a Sphere yet, which is a few, and those who haven't made a body/avatar/shiny metal container for themselves, which is all but jaass, who acquired a somewhat awesome 70 kilo☼ Crystal Avatar unwillingly to be the first victim of Violence in this universe. Right now, no matter how many Spheres you gain or how complete your mastery over them is, you are still a shapeless presence made out of inexplicably organized nothing. As has been proved, you may control raw power, bending it to your will, but once that's gone you will have to work with the forces, materials and miscellaneous stuff that has been created. When this happens Spheres will become a lot more important. I will flatly state that manipulating stuff with which you are not aligned will be way harder than the acts of creation that have occurred thus far. That said, you will always have a chance to effect something, after all it was made from the raw power you shaped so easily, and there's nothing to stop you from creating/altering things you are aligned with to help you. Currently 300 kilo☼ of Diffuse Raw Power remain to be manipulated. Hope that makes some kind of sense.
As an example of what I'm on about, Jbg97/ The Being of Madness and Chaos won't be able to seep madness through the pores of the Time Prison, because right now it's just a presence with +1 to the Spheres of Violence and Madness, the current front runner in the race for most Chaos aligned presence (not that Chaos exists yet as a concept, but I'd say Jbg97 is doing a pretty good job of making Violence and Madness fill in for it). If The Being of Madness and Chaos had created some sort of avatar out of the Madness that makes up The Planet of Madness or just created it out of raw power then the seeping out thing would totally be on the cards. Don't think you can rest easy though, oh fans of the as yet to be finalized concepts of Law and Order, as The Being of Madness and Chaos totally created a giant planet out of 99% Madness 1%Slade before the whole aggravated assault/forced embodiment/imprisoned fiasco. And even though it's locked away, manipulating that Giant Ball of Crazy is not only possible, but currently comes with a +1 bonus, so legions of sentient life made out of Madness are on the way, baring an inexplicable run of 2's.
If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask.
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