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[SharpKris]

Illusion

Connection

This.

This'n, right here.

Im going with this one.

+1

are we getting out of this dungeon any time soon?

[gman8181]

Don't you guys think dark presence might be useful considering how important manipulation and possession are to our character.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Illusion

Connection

This.

This'n, right here.

Im going with this one.

+1

Works for me.

are we getting out of this dungeon any time soon?

Maybe.

Don't you guys think dark presence might be useful considering how important manipulation and possession are to our character.

Maybe.

[sjm9876]

Illusion and Mental poison. Let's mess with their minds a little eh?

[racnor]

connection. I don't care what ability we have, but we should have connection.

[RAM]

Dark Presence

Connection

[Kitten Snot]

You both walk outside while you look around for what abilities you want.
You acquire both illusion and connection, and almost instantly the world stops moving and you see Carnifex before you, viciously cutting up a moving troll while he holds it by the arm. He appears to be in two dimensions at the same time.
Steey down, yoo stupid lil' regenerating clot! Why do you all hav' to work aginst me laike dis'.
He chops the troll in two with a single cleave from his cleaver, causing it to disappear.
*for the purpose of this dialogue, I made Entity's colour purple
My lord?
Oh hey! Yoo got Connection up! Good ta see yoo agin'. How's it been goin'?
I failed on multiple occasions, but managed to break the mind of a goblin war-lord and left the rest to be slaughtered. Also got myself a friend.
A priest?
Yes, eager to please, my lord.
Das great! Ya make me proud! Lemme give ya a staff for da lady!

He walks over to a nearby tree. Once there, he cuts it with his meat-hook.
The tree explodes, leaving only a staff behind. The splinters are in the air, ready to slice anything that comes near.
Put just waves his hand and sets the rotting process at a ridiculous speed, causing nothing more then a smell of rot.
Perfect for a calling card.

Now, Jus' cuz' ah like you. I'm gonna give you piece o' my worship powah. Only the stuff you cultiveete, toogh. Now, I got stuff te chop. See ya!
The world goes back to normal and the smell starts.
The human starts buckles over and starts coughing for a few seconds before looking up and seeing the staff.
It looks interesting. A staff made for a part of rotting wood, with a cleaver on the top end, surrounded by some sort of smoke.

Is that-A staff from Carnifex himself. He just had a conversation with me. Go on and take it.
She grabs the staff, and looks it over for a bit. Then, she does a swing with it at the nearest tree.
It embeds itself in the wood quite deeply, but then it starts rotting at an accelerated rate. She looks absolutely giddy with it, and whispers a thanks to the rotting butcher.
Now what?

Stats

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Name: "Entity"
HP: 11/11
Fatigue:25/25
Host: Nothing.
Status:In cloud form.
Ways of doing damage: Making people breathe you.

Illusion.
Quite useful, but rather luck-dependent.
Summon gentle-species attire.(illusion)
I don't remember this... Is it a prank from The Creator?

[Lord Allagon]

PTW.

[RAM]

Well we could use some worshippers, and our high priest's staff is sort of, not subtle... It seems that we could do worse than to have her cultivate a religion nearby while we set off to get some more practise at more personal interactions. But she will need a few miracles to get the ball rolling so to speak. It is time to decide what sort of religion we want. Lust is easy but tends to be short-lived, as your followers will lack dedication or organisation on account of being busy with other things. Greed is notorious for producing unfaithful followers. Gluttony would go well with rot, but we are more about poison, and gluttony doesn't make many friends... Vengeance is a good gig, you can pose as justice and gather yourself some real fanatics, but it just doesn't suit us. Lets see, poison, snakes, Evil, how about hoarding? We could have a religion for folk who collect stuff, and aren't above a dash of assassination to get it?

Anyway, for the immediate term, I think that we need to dump these adventurers, they are fun, but they will probably end up crossing our path again, and they are getting a little difficult to work with. We could feign a connection to the location, as a guide it would make some sense. We could take high priest's staff, follow behind the party as they escort her to the village, then meet up with her once they go running off on a new quest...

[gman8181]

Vengeance might attract too many blood thirsty followers with their own agendas.  Maybe let's just aim for regular social outcasts at first and as we gain power we can recruit more powerful individuals into the cult.  Possessing a physically weak but politically powerful person could also be a good idea.

If we do go for a cult theme I'd like it to be a cult of forbidden knowledge and power.  It would give us lots of opportunities to increase our own power while also attracting more capable followers like mages.

[RAM]

Meh, it has been done, and would likely be something that another deity offers. Not to mention that we do not actually possess any forbidden knowledge or power... I wanna be the god of hoarders...

[gman8181]

We don't yet which is why I said we should start by recruiting social rejects which should be the easiest thing right now.  Then later on in the game when we are more powerful and can afford to be picky, we'll choose our theme, which I think should be forbidden knowledge.

Anyway short term I think we should go possess the local mayor, guard captain or minor noble.  Then we gain easy power and we might even be able to give those adventurers quests.  Have them retrieve evil artifacts for us to "safekeep" and meanwhile we'll actually be growing in power.

[RAM]

Isn't forbidden knowledge a bit of an oxymoron? I mean, how can you forbid something without knowing about it? Or is it forbidden by those who know it? In which case where do you draw the line? There is plenty of knowledge that is forbidden to children, and anything that doesn't speak a specific language is forbidden by its circumstances. So are we aiming to be lords over everything that a rock doesn't know?

[gman8181]

I meant forbidden by society at large.  As in knowledge forbidden by most people but not us.  So if they want to learn the knowledge they have to come to us.  Maybe necromancy and demon summoning are illegal in most of the world.  If its illegal it may be more difficult for people to learn about these things but if they come to us... am I getting my idea across?

[RAM]

So we would be the god of taboo... I still prefer hoarders...