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[kaian-a-coel]

I am good with the blue watermelons for everyone. Don't make too much creatures. We should stop for now and don't make too much of each. Firejackets feed on fire, so it's fine, and the plants on sunlight, but those spiders and drakes needs meat. Either modify them or the watermelons, or make an intermediary "rabbit", eatable by humans as well.

[GreatWyrmGold]

I agree with making a new foodsource critter of some kind. Once we do that, we just need to increase our worshippers and the supply of the creatures we already have.

[jaass]

We need to expand soon, also should we make some weaponry for our plant soldiers.

[kytuzian]

we make some weaponry for our plant soldiers.

I'm not sure. I was just thinking, but since we have both the plant soldiers and the Fungus Spawn, we could use them as meatshields. The plant soldiers have Barkskin, and we really have no reason to care about the safekeeping of the Fungus Spawn. Therefore, we could use the Fungus Spawn as a screen, to discover any potentially deadly force (like the death auras around the clerics that Maher sent), and the use the plant soldiers to tank while the flamejackets can dive in and out, setting our enemies on fire, and generally remaining safe.

Just an idea.

[rabidgam3r]

we make some weaponry for our plant soldiers.

I'm not sure. I was just thinking, but since we have both the plant soldiers and the Fungus Spawn, we could use them as meatshields. The plant soldiers have Barkskin, and we really have no reason to care about the safekeeping of the Fungus Spawn. Therefore, we could use the Fungus Spawn as a screen, to discover any potentially deadly force (like the death auras around the clerics that Maher sent), and the use the plant soldiers to tank while the flamejackets can dive in and out, setting our enemies on fire, and generally remaining safe.

Just an idea.

Yes, but we need a smaller force behind the meatshields to do the most damage. Like some kind of hybrid of Jaguar and Fire, twisted into upright form and wreathed in flames while their fangs and claws inject a poison that cripples with pain akin to being melted alive from one scratch.

[GreatWyrmGold]

we make some weaponry for our plant soldiers.

I'm not sure. I was just thinking, but since we have both the plant soldiers and the Fungus Spawn, we could use them as meatshields. The plant soldiers have Barkskin, and we really have no reason to care about the safekeeping of the Fungus Spawn. Therefore, we could use the Fungus Spawn as a screen, to discover any potentially deadly force (like the death auras around the clerics that Maher sent), and the use the plant soldiers to tank while the flamejackets can dive in and out, setting our enemies on fire, and generally remaining safe.
Just an idea.

Yes, but we need a smaller force behind the meatshields to do the most damage. Like some kind of hybrid of Jaguar and Fire, twisted into upright form and wreathed in flames while their fangs and claws inject a poison that cripples with pain akin to being melted alive from one scratch.

That seems kinda silly. Just make golems or giant armored praying mantises or something. Or, you know, more firejackets.

[jaass]

we make some weaponry for our plant soldiers.

I'm not sure. I was just thinking, but since we have both the plant soldiers and the Fungus Spawn, we could use them as meatshields. The plant soldiers have Barkskin, and we really have no reason to care about the safekeeping of the Fungus Spawn. Therefore, we could use the Fungus Spawn as a screen, to discover any potentially deadly force (like the death auras around the clerics that Maher sent), and the use the plant soldiers to tank while the flamejackets can dive in and out, setting our enemies on fire, and generally remaining safe.
Just an idea.

Yes, but we need a smaller force behind the meatshields to do the most damage. Like some kind of hybrid of Jaguar and Fire, twisted into upright form and wreathed in flames while their fangs and claws inject a poison that cripples with pain akin to being melted alive from one scratch.

That seems kinda silly. Just make golems or giant armored praying mantises or something. Or, you know, more firejackets.

Maybe we should modify the plant soliders' hands so they make different type of weaponry out of them.

[LordSlowpoke]

why do we need to forever create things

you guys are disturbing the natural order of th- i believe i understand now, nevermind.

just create a food source for the spiders now and be done with it, i'd be pleased if we stockpiled a thousand mana and built something ridiculously big with it - like a proper, nice afterlife - while still spending the odd 50 mana on helping the villagers in their everyday chores

remember that at this point we're spoiling them. at one point we'll be wishing to expand and won't be able to throw our entire mana supply into pampering just one village, what do you think will happen then?

[GreatWyrmGold]

We want to create things because we're CHAOS and LIFE. And BORED.

[kytuzian]

I think another thing that needs to be done is to set up a clergy, probably with the Mages that we saved at its head.

However, I was wondering, how exactly does a mortal's magic work? We've established that we can, through force of will, do just about anything, but presumably, mortals cannot.

[jaass]

why do we need to forever create things

you guys are disturbing the natural order of th- i believe i understand now, nevermind.

just create a food source for the spiders now and be done with it, i'd be pleased if we stockpiled a thousand mana and built something ridiculously big with it - like a proper, nice afterlife - while still spending the odd 50 mana on helping the villagers in their everyday chores

remember that at this point we're spoiling them. at one point we'll be wishing to expand and won't be able to throw our entire mana supply into pampering just one village, what do you think will happen then?

Yes, we have our war beast/beast of burden, our supplies to trade with. Now we need a army equipped with proper weaponry.

[kytuzian]

Yes, we have our war beast/beast of burden, our supplies to trade with. Now we need a proper army with proper weaponry.

Speaking of which, I would assume our intent is to conquer, so it would be wise to consider where. At the moment, confronting Maher seems foolish, because of the land he controls, and the relative ease with which he raised an army to destroy our, albeit undeveloped, village, and did quite well. Not to mention he has revealed a number of abilities which far outstrip our own.

Ceres, would also, then seem like a bad place to try and conquer, because of the many gods vying over it for power, and none of which would be glad with our interference. In a worst case scenario, they might band together, creating a force far too powerful for us to fight. Not to mention we don't know even a rough estimate of their strengths, or even their numbers or names.

We could, likely, assume the Krait would be willing to assist our endeavours with his reptilian army, if we could convince him. However, he is practically a pure CHAOS god, and to be generally untrusted because of it.

I do not recall owners of Aquitane being mentioned, but they probably exist. However, it seems the least hostile place. A prudent move would seem to be to scout first, and if possible recreate the peaceful occupation method we used with Minas Iroh.

[jaass]

I was more thinking along the lines of professional army(plant soldiers) instead of a militia that could be used to defend instead of an idea of conquering. That is why we should modify the plant soldiers' hands so they can morph into different types of weaponry or shields.

[Ukrainian Ranger]

I prefer peaceful and economical expansion, we are on course to make that village into an economic powerhouse, with many trade goods to sell, no need to attack anyone, we only need an adequate defensive force.
With economic power we'll get fame. With fame we'll get worshipers

Then we may start stockpiling mana for some megaprojects


I  still think that granting more boons is needed, especially one that would take care  for firejackets

[Corruptor]

I am good with the blue watermelons for everyone. Don't make too much creatures. We should stop for now and don't make too much of each. Firejackets feed on fire, so it's fine, and the plants on sunlight, but those spiders and drakes needs meat. Either modify them or the watermelons, or make an intermediary "rabbit", eatable by humans as well.

If anything, make a food source for the spiders, but I think Rolepgeek's idea is better, just modifying the plant slightly so that it can feed multiple species.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Donut

Sphere: Chaos, Fire, Life

Chaos skill: 4
Fire skill: 3
Life skill: 4

Mana: 123
Souls: 0 (2 in Afterlife)
Mana Income: 58 + 58(Prayer) + 58(Temple) - 6(Boon upkeep) + 4(Souls) = 172
Worshippers: 39 (8 Mage Souls)

Notable Assets:

Azula: Major Fire Boon, Fire Skill 1, Health 100%
Eldrick: Minor Plant Creation Boon, Life Skill 1, Health 100%
Tiberius: Chaos Golem of Life and Fire, Combat Skill 7, Health 100%
Laksus: Chaos Stalker, Combat Skill 6, Health 100%

Firejackets: 233
Mile radius of corrupted trees around the village, hostile to everything.
Fungus Spawn: 70
Giant Web-Spiders: 2
Flamedrakes: 2
Life-Soldiers: 26 (75 Growing)

You decide that first on the agenda is to solve the food supply problem for your more...carnivorous creations.

Eyeing the bluemelon bushes you've already created - rapidly being spread throughout the forest by the villagers dutifully planting all the seeds after eating one - you decide to target about a third of them.

Sending a pulse of Life and Chaos into them, you attempt to change the contents of their fruit to a more appropiate sustenance.

The affected bluemelons shudder, and their existing fruit drops to the ground as they begin to grow new melons - filled with a meaty-blood substance. However, something goes a little wrong during the modification process and you sense that this new variety will yield far less seeds - the food for the carnivors might be a little scarce until the bloodmelons have a chance to further multiply.
(1d20 : 3 + LifeSkill(4) + ChaosSkill(4) = 11)
-30 Mana

We need to expand soon

New idea by the way (at the risk of getting too elfy):  how about a making a plant that grows into a huge tower with room inside for people to live?  Not sure if anyone here has played morriwind and seen those giant mushroom wizard towers surrounded by lava but that's sort of my general idea.  The tower could also grow fruit for eating and maybe pods that make those plant soldiers.

The village carpenter is working as fast as he can, but he is just one man and can't possibly expand the village fast enough to accomodate the refuges, much less the migrants on the way from Ceres.

Deeming the walled-off village the 'core' of the settlement, you endeavor to create habitations outside of the wall. The wall will still be an excellent second layer of defense, but expanding it to keep up with the village as it continues to expand, repeatedly - well, it would be quite costly.

The forest had already receeded from the outskirts of the village as a result of woodcutters, but the exterior of the corrupted forest had expanded enough to compensate. With ample room, you search around for inspiration and your gaze lands upon a mushroom.

Drawing upon Life, you coax the mushroom into growing, and it began to shudder and enlarge. You take it slow, carefully, and half an hour later the mushroom had risen into a tower twice as tall as the trees.

You command your firejackets with a thought, and they fly towards the mushroom at once, hovering around it. Selecting a few to do the work, you carefully guide them into the mushroom, burning out paths and rooms within it without causing the mushroom to burst into outright flame. A mere twenty minutes later, the mushroom-tower lies ready for human habitation, with three levels of rooms connected by winding paths through it. It even has openings for windows, you muse.

The mushroom species you used seems to be quite abundant, so you have ample base material to work with. They're scattered irregularly, in the pattern of chaos, life's natural order, so to speak - and you wouldn't have it any other way.

You spend the rest of the day on the task, and though it exhausts your existing mana reserves, you manage to raise five additional mushroom towers - enough to house the refuges, with perhaps even a little room for some of the Ceres migrants. (1d6 : 5)

As the refuges get settled in, getting loans from the carpenter and tailor to furnish their new homes, you see some familiar faces arriving on the road.

"We're back!" Ustan announced cheerfully, leading a caravan of three wagons. Azula and Eldrick walk beside him, looking weary but obviously glad to be home. With them are nine migrants, including a carpenter, a mason, five farmers, a woodcutter, and interestingly, an alchemist. The surveyer you asked Ustan to hire has come as well, to look into the natural mineral and precious metal resources in the area.

Eldrick looks impressed upon seeing the new mushroom towers, and offers to work on raising new ones if you'll upgrade his boon. Azula meanwhile seems to have raised her Fire Skill while practicing on the road, Eldrick's Life Skill has risen as well.

After the caravans had been unloaded, you consult with Ustan about the results of the venture and find that the fire-nector stock sold for 1,400 total silver. 100 went towards travel expenses, 150 towards hiring the surveyer, and 350 went towards purchasing supplies for the village such as coal, oil, and herbs that didn't grow locally, among other miscellanii.

You give Ustan 200 of the profits as reward, and 100 each to Azula and Eldrick, leaving 400 silver remaining. After paying the carpenter, smith, and bone-carver their promised dues, you have 50 left.
Ustan inquires how many barrels of fire-nector were produced in his absence, and is taken aback slightly at the answer - 79.

"Well," you murmur. "It's a good thing you have more wagons now, for the next trip."
Ustan grins. "Yes, though with more on the line, I'll probably need more guards." He indicated Azula and Eldrick. "Don't get me wrong, those two slaughtered anyone who attacked us, but more guards will keep us from being attacked in the first place."

Shortly after, the day ends, and as morning comes you receive 172 Mana. None of the migrants worship you just yet, but you expect that to change once they see some miracles first-hand.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Donut

Sphere: Chaos, Fire, Life

Chaos skill: 4
Fire skill: 3
Life skill: 4

Mana: 0
Souls: 0 (2 in Afterlife)
Mana Income: 58 + 58(Prayer) + 58(Temple) - 6(Boon upkeep) + 4(Souls) = 172
Worshippers: 39 (8 Mage Souls)

Silver: 50

Notable Assets:

Azula: Major Fire Boon, Fire Skill 2, Health 100%
Eldrick: Minor Plant Creation Boon, Life Skill 2, Health 100%
Tiberius: Chaos Golem of Life and Fire, Combat Skill 7, Health 100%
Laksus: Chaos Stalker, Combat Skill 6, Health 100%

Firejackets: 233
Mile radius of corrupted trees around the village, hostile to everything.
Fungus Spawn: 70
Giant Web-Spiders: 2
Flamedrakes: 2
Life-Soldiers: 26 (75 Growing)