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[IronyOwl]

It's that time again! I need test subjects for a short-lived, ill-advised god game. Also, limitless players! There is absolutely no way this can go wrong.



Manuscripts of Divinity

Spoiler: Divinity and You (click to show/hide)

Being a god allows you immense, if not necessarily uncommon, power. You may affect the world in numerous and powerful ways, and under normal circumstances cannot be directly harmed or die.

However, that is not to say being a god is without limitations.


Morukon's Will
Perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind is that this realm is overseen by Morukon, the benevolent, wise, and just overseer of rightness and civility. As such, all spirits are expected to behave themselves and follow Morukon's always sound and deeply wise directions.

While Morukon does not forbid conflict, gods are expected to remain civil and constructive. Those who misbehave may find themselves subject to Morukon's censure.

Gods who have a specific, personal complaint with another god's actions may spend a turn formally petitioning Morukon. Should Morukon find the case to have possible merit, the other god(s) in question may be formally summoned to present themselves, which also takes a turn. In some cases, trials may even last longer than one turn, though usually Morukon's justice is as swift and graceful as it is noble and wise.


Rosters of the Self
Gods are expected to present themselves properly. Gods who fail to do so tend to find they have difficulty properly bringing their divine natures to bear.

All players, when posting an action (and possibly when RPing, should you find it helpful for reference), are required to post their current status in a spoiler alongside it. Failure to do so will result in your action failing.

See the character creation section below for more details on what your character sheet entails. Note that when performing actions that alter it, do not make any adjustments until prompted. For instance, if you cast aside your divine spear and create a pet to keep in your pocket, you would not remove the spear from your inventory or add a pet to your works until specified by the turn.


Turn Order and Cooperation
All actions are performed in order. If you wish to reorganize yourselves, for instance, to delay your action until another god has performed, you must strikeout your old action and post it after theirs, or post a quote series/pyramid specifying the correct order. In a similar vein, actions to assist another god or collectively perform an action should be in quote pyramid form, ideally amongst all participants.

Spoiler: Actions and Power (click to show/hide)

Action Types
There are two types of actions: Rolled and unrolled.

Rolled actions are usually inventing new things. Inventions must generally be physically placed as they are created.

Unrolled actions are usually copying an existing thing to place it elsewhere. As the name implies, unrolled actions automatically succeed, without need for a roll.

Generally speaking, each deity can take only one action per turn.


Rolling and Chaining
Rolled actions generally follow the standard RTD scale, with one important exception- on a result of [6] or higher, the action chains.

A chained action is elevated in level and then rerolled. The specifics of this vary, but generally elevated results are bigger, stronger, or otherwise "better" (but usually correspondingly rarer or more difficult) than their intended results. A [6][4] on an attempt to create bears, for instance, might create hulking cave bears. A [6][1] on an attempt to create playful elves might create truly sadistic torture imps that feed on suffering to survive.

When bonuses apply to a roll, the bonuses may help achieve a chaining effect, but are not expended until needed. Attempting to create something at a +2 bonus might look like [6][5+1][2+1], for instance- the bonus isn't needed at first, only +1 of the +2 is needed to push it over the second time, and the remainder is applied the third time.


Aiding Each Other
For every god who spends their action aiding another, or every god past the first who communally performs an action, the roll for that action receives a +1 bonus.

Actions are performed in order, which means cooperative actions must be edited to show agreement prior to that agreement appearing. An action of "Create bears" followed by two actions of "Help create bears" will result in unaided bear creation and two wasted actions, as their bear-assistance can't come into play until it's too late. An action of "Create bears" at the apex of a quote pyramid showing two other gods with actions of "Assist this" would operate as intended.

Spoiler: Influence and Spheres (click to show/hide)

Spheres
Gods have spheres, which are things they are known for and have influence over. Spheres are not static.

To earn a sphere, a god simply has to be the best at a given thing, and make a case for it. Some spheres will be assigned automatically, while others may be petitioned.

Spheres can vary in scope; Life, Fungus, Mushrooms, and Poisonous Mushrooms would all theoretically be viable spheres. Broader spheres are usually better than narrower ones, but harder to attain; to be a god of Life, for instance, requires either such breadth that they can't be easily classified as anything else, or to have so little competition that your current works can be abstracted to that extent.


Influence
The primary purpose of Spheres is to provide Influence over relevant cities. Mortals who worship or take advantage of a given thing will tend to answer to deities of that thing. A city near a mushroom resource might worship the god of mushrooms, for instance.

This is important because cities can provide actions of their own, usually attempts to improve themselves. A deity with influence over a city can potentially gain multiple actions a turn, albeit one of them locked into the city and its environs and limited to things a city can do. See the city section for more details.

In the event that multiple relevant gods attempt to give a city orders, the first one to act will generally win.

Articles of Creation

Spoiler: Tiles (click to show/hide)

The game world is composed of a series of hex tiles. Each tile is of a certain type, which determines its properties.

The properties of a tile determine:

-The properties of the intermediate tiles located between two different tile types
-The resources gained by any cities located on tiles
-The Globals that exist in a given tile

See relevant sections for more information.


Inventing Tiles
Inventing tiles is a rolled action. It often requires multiple turns to complete.

Step 1: Properties
The first step to inventing a tile consists of defining its properties:

Moisture (Dry/Seasonal/Wet)
Rockiness (Flat/Rolling/Rocky)
Temperature (Hot/Temperate/Cold)

These properties determine what Globals may apply in the tile, as well as what Components may be appropriate.


Step 2: Vegetation and Geology
The next step is defining a tile's base vegetation and geology. This qualifies as a Component, and thus affects the output of the Tile. See the relevant section for more details.

In the event of vegetation, an existing Component may be used, or a new one may be invented as part of inventing the tile. Note that in either case, rolls for the tile as a whole may warp any Components used as well.

Step 3: Component Addition
The next (optional) step is to add additional existing Components to a tile. By default, tiles can contain only three Components, including their base vegetation and geology.

If you wish to add Components that do not yet exist to a tile, you may leave one or more slots open and apply these inventions later. Remember that spreading a tile before it is complete may require manually spreading the additional components as well.


Step 3: Targeting
An invented tile must be physically created to be invented; you cannot create tiles in oblivion and then copy them into the world.

As with normal tiles, an invented tile must be placed at least one tile away from any existing tiles, and will fill in any adjacent gaps with appropriate tiles.


Step 4: Component Addition
If you wish to continue adding Components to your tile, you may do so as a Component inventing or placing action. Note that identical tiles with differing Components will count as different types.

Sand Desert
Dry/Hot/Flat
Base: Sandstone (+1 Production)
Additional Components: Ball Cacti (+1 Food), None

These rolling beige dunes are made of very fine, almost dustlike sand, forming great temporary hills that shift and move with the winds. There's no water here, save what can be sucked out of hardy desert plants.

Spreading Tiles
Once a tile has been invented, it may be copied and placed at will without rolling for it. This still requires an action.

To place a tile, you must specify a tile one tile away from any currently placed tiles; that is, there must be a blank space between the world and your placed tile.

Blank tiles between two other tiles will automatically fill in with an appropriate tile type. If the two tiles are the same type, the intervening tile will generally be that type as well. If the two are different, the intervening tile will generally be a transitional type, somewhere between the two source tiles in nature.

Spoiler: Components (click to show/hide)

Components are the building blocks of tiles. They represent what gives a tile its base productivity, be that animal, vegetable, or mineral. Each has an effect and requirements.

A Component's effect is generally to grant +1 to one of the following resources:

Food: Used to support population
Production: Used to manufacture goods
Trade: Used to produce the fruits of civilization: Coin (more wealth), Research (more advanced goods), Luxuries (happier people); which it goes to depends on the priorities of who's using it

A Component's requirements are the Tile Properties it requires to exist.

Moisture (Dry/Seasonal/Wet)
Rockiness (Flat/Rolling/Rocky)
Temperature (Hot/Temperate/Cold)

By default, Components have a total of 6 points to spend on these requirements. For example, Rocky/Not Cold would be 3 Moisture options, 1 Rockiness option, and 2 Temperature options.

For each viable option more than those 6, the roll to create it takes a -1 penalty. The roll to create a Component viable in all options would be at a -3 penalty, for instance, because that'd be 9 requirements.

For each viable option less than those 6, the roll to create it gains a +1 bonus. The roll to create a Component with only one viable option from each category would be at a +3 bonus, for instance, because that'd be 3 requirements.

In some cases you may be able to substitute a base requirement with a more advanced one, such as "Rolling/Temperate/must have trees". The exact value of this limitation varies on a case by case basis, and not all limitations are acceptable.

Deer
Temperate/Seasonal/Not Rocky (4 options; +2 bonus to roll!)
+1 Food

These brown quadrupeds are strictly herbivores. They're reasonably flighty and nervous, and built somewhat lean and athletic. They have dainty hooves and narrow heads, and the males sport branching antlers.

A component must be invented in a specific tile; that is, you cannot invent it in limbo and then spread it at will. Once a component exists, it may be spread to appropriate tiles as a full action but without a roll.

Note that components used in tile invention may be warped by the rolls of that tile. This will create a variant of the component used, and will not affect existing components.

Spoiler: Resources (click to show/hide)

Resources are special boons that increase the output of a tile, but aren't an integral part of that tile type. Resources may add to a tile's normal output, allow special options to nearby cities, or both.

Normally, resources grant a +1 bonus to some basic output of the tile. Resources can also increase Coin, Research, or Luxury directly, and if so provide double the normal bonus for doing so.

Resources also usually grant special options to nearby cities, but these options are as dependent on the cities as they are on the resource. One race's cuddly pets might be another's war beasts or meat source.

Resources that forgo one of these benefits may be able to strengthen the effects of the other.


More powerful resources may be created by accepting a -1 penalty to the roll for every additional +1 bonus to resource production and corresponding increase in special properties.

Weaker resources may be created at a +1 bonus for every -1 penalty to resource production and corresponding drop in special properties. It is possible to have resources that lower output of a tile or cost output to work.


Resources must be invented on a tile. Once invented, they may be spread to other tiles as a full but unrolled action.

Spoiler: Globals (click to show/hide)

Globals are features without an obvious, immediate impact, and which aren't tied to any single tile or tile type.

Globals affect the world primarily by being available as features. For instance, disease may alter how a city is forced to grow, while rats might provide food to creatures that otherwise couldn't exist.


Because their effects are so vague and situational, the primary feature of Globals is simply where they occur. Unlike Components, Globals may occur anywhere they meet the local area's requirements, rather than needing to be explicitly placed in a region. Regions that are isolated from a Global's influence, such as those completely cut off from where said Globals currently occur by inhospitable terrain, may be exempt from this.

Moisture (Dry/Seasonal/Wet)
Rockiness (Flat/Rolling/Rocky)
Temperature (Hot/Temperate/Cold)

Unlike Components, the maximum requirements for a Global are simply one option it cannot exist in, such as Rocky or Wet. However, also unlike Components, Globals must also have an additional specific requirement, such as "must have access to seeds" or "must have stagnant water."

Globals may be designed with stricter requirements if desired, but gain no benefit from doing so. Globals may not be altered in power in an attempt to make them easier to create.

Blood Beetles
Not Cold
Must have large creatures to suck blood from

These scarlet, marble masher-sized beetles would almost be beautiful were they not ravenous parasites. They love swarming recently dead carcasses, sucking them dry of their delicious blood, but more often must steal from still-living prey. Their bite is fairly painful, so they tend to be best at targeting creatures too large and clumsy to defend themselves properly.

Spoiler: Tribes (click to show/hide)

Tribes are sapients with the ability and inclination to significantly alter their environments.

Sapients most express themselves through cities, and tend to be fairly versatile. A sapient's attributes, then, are largely relative and arbitrary.

As a general rule, you should try to balance a sapient's attributes and qualities with equal qualities in the opposite direction. "Orcs are strong and powerful in battle" would be acceptable but less than ideal. "Orcs are strong, powerful in battle, dumb, and prone to infighting" would be better.


Tribes must be invented in a tile, but not as a city. Once placed, tribes may be spread as an unrolled but full action in a manner similar to tile creation- that is, targeted at least one tile away from any other tribe-filled tile, and resulting in fill tiles where appropriate. The presence of tribes but not cities indicates scattered villages, wandering clans, bandits, roaming hunters, or similar unofficial presence.

Dwarves
-Insane, mad genius
-Hard workers, xenophobic
-Skilled craftsdwarves, powermad nobles

Dwarves are stout, furry creatures fond of drink and industry. They're known for their exceptional crafts, inevitable descent into madness, and brutal pogroms against other races. They tend towards very Rome-like ascents to power followed by inexcusable decadence and plunges into madness and ruin.

Spoiler: Cities (click to show/hide)

Cities are organized settlements that work the land around them.

A city's properties depend on its surroundings, its race, and its own unique nuances. Most of these properties are fairly irrelevant to gods directly, but they tend to take an interest in them nonetheless.

Normally, cities take up and work only one tile. A city may expand to work the tiles around itself if encouraged to do so.

A city may also spread itself to multiple tiles. Doing so generally takes the form of specialized districts. A library, for instance, would probably not take up and entire tile. A library district or grand archives, might, however.


Cities may take actions relating to themselves, though if left to their own devices they usually don't. Valid city actions include inventing and expanding elements of the city proper, but not inventing new creatures or other godly actions.

For instance, a city may expand the tiles around itself, filling in blank spaces with appropriate terrain. It may not invent new terrain, however, unless it has some very convincing way of doing so.

Tor
Dwarf City
Very industry-focused, even by dwarven standards

This unimaginative city is formed from grey stone slabs, and favors function utterly over form. Its inhabitants tend to be sour and determined, with little patience for nonsense or fun.

Character Creation

Spoiler: Complex Instructions (click to show/hide)

To join, simply fill out your character sheet and start posting actions, remembering to include your updated sheet spoilered in every action post. There is no waitlist and there is no maximum player count. Turns will run whenever they run, not when everyone has posted or even necessarily been given time to post.

Remember that actions without an accompanying character sheet will be ignored.

Spoiler: Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

[Name]
-[Appearance]
-[Personality]

Spheres: -

Works:
-

Spoiler: Character Examples (click to show/hide)

Milno the Savage
-A metallic honey badger
-Honey badger don't give a fuck

Spheres: -

Works:
-

Sloth
-A sloth, obviously
-Lazy but cunning. A patient manipulator, Sloth always sees things in the long-term. Tends to be fairly relaxed, but still seeks to mold the world in his image.

Spheres: Mushrooms, Paintings, Rest

Works:
[Tile] Drip Forests
[Component] Giant Sloths
[Component] Hammock Trees
[Component] Shank Bushes
[Global] Cushion Shrooms
[Tribe] Snailfolk
[City] Acer
[City] Bumbleville

Currently, there is only one tile: Morukon's Gateway, a well-manicured grassland garden-type area with a peculiar glowing dias in the center. It also houses Morukon- deities needn't exist in any particular tile, but Morukon chooses to.

[IronyOwl]

World Information


-Current Map-

Unless otherwise specified, it can be assumed that unlisted tiles in between other tiles are rough mixtures or transitions of the two.



-Key-


Orange

Fields of Brown
Dry/Flat/Temperate
Base: Wheat (+1 Trade)
Additional Components: None, None

A broad expanse of flat plains known for its quickly-cycling grass.

Wheat
+1 Trade
Dry/Not Rocky/Not Cold

A short grass that dies out after blooming. While not much for food, the convenient source of fodder and ground coverings make trade and transport easier, at least.

Yellow Orange Stripes

The Bakery
Seasonal/Flat/Hot
Base: Cupcakeling (+1 to Food)
Additional Components: None, None

A vast, hot plains where the first stage of cake, cupcakelings, are hunted young or mature into larger cakelings. The heat is required for them to be baked into life and fully grow.

Cupcakeling
Seasonal/Not Rocky/Not Cold

A small sentient cupcake, about the size of a fist. They do not fill your stomach a lot alone, so they are herded into large packs of about 30 or 40. They mature into cakelings from nine months to a whole year.

Green

Blossoming Forest
Dry/Rolling/Hot
Base: Star Apple Trees (+1 Food)
Additional Components: Humming Martens (+1 Production), None

A somewhat sparse forest of fruit trees, including the world-famous Star Apple. The year long growing cycle causes the trees to continually bloom and flower, though the purple flowers are rather small.

Star Apple Trees
Dry/Not Rocky/Hot
+1 Food

A special fruit tree which produces moderately tasty, if a bit tart, fruit year-round.

Humming Marten
Dry/Not Rocky/Hot/Presence of Star Apple Trees
+1 Production

Badgerlike creatures the size of a small dog (though much lower to the ground, of course). They're incredibly stubborn and not very bright, but their hides are remarkably tough and supple due to their constant diet of star apples.

White

The Frosting Northlands
Wet/Flat/Cold
Base: Cakelings (+1 to Food)
Additional Components: None, None

The cold regions of Tzhiezcake's domain. It is where near-mature cupcakelings cool and grow into cakelings. They are toughened by the cold and the natural dangers of storms and blizzards. They are fed by the frosting snow. Cakelings are much larger than cupcakelings and are generally more aggressive.

Cakelings
Cold/Not Rocky/Not Hot
+1 to Food

Cakelings are larger and more aggressive than cupcakelings, and are often hunted by adventurous bakerlings who seek to prove themselves to Tzhiezcake and their tribes.

Gingerbread City
Bakerling City
A ranching and mercantile community, where wealth and ownership are held in high regard. They herd cakelings for food and profit.

The Gingerbread City is made of gingerbread, coated with frosting, and inhabited by bakerlings. These particular bakerlings are far more patient and purposeful than bakerlings in hotter areas.

Purple Things

Bakerlings
-Cunning, mischevious
-Small, weak, cowardly
-Sadistic, aimless

Bakerlings are impish creatures a quarter the size of a man. They're mischevious and cunning, with far more interest in terrorizing the cupcakelings than herding them. They'll also eat them out of necessity, but aren't really fond of sweets.

White Things

The Murmuring Folk
-Masters of songcraft, poor farmers
-Stubborn and single-minded, for good or ill
-Egalitarian society, disrespect for nature

The first of the Murmuring Folk arose from Humming Martens of the Blossoming Forest, and they share many similarities with their ancestors. Their hands are more developed for manipulating items, and they have the ability to stand on their hind legs (though they often go on all fours for speed.) They are also a bit larger than their Humming Marten ancestors, and they have fur that tends toward white or gold coloration.

They're also a bit rural. Specifically, they're known for colorful songs using crude instruments, mostly banjos. They spend most of their non-banjo time making and drinking star apple cider. They tend to be a bit stubborn, but not quite so much as their ancestors.

[IronyOwl]

Actually I'll take this one as a backup. Just in case.

[monk12]

Yesssss. Imma be somewhat uncreative (read: derivative) with god gen. If I offend, I shall amend my submission.

Spoiler: Holo, the Wise Wolf (click to show/hide)

Holo the Wise Wolf
-Holo most often takes the form of a runed she-wolf approximately the size of an elephant. She may take the form of a sapient when dealing with mortals, but retains some wolf-like characteristics (usually ears and tail.)
-Holo is quite cunning, largely benevolent, and wise (of course,) but she also as a cruel, aggressive streak and is impulsive to a fault.

Spheres: -

Works:
-

"This world is too small! Holo the Wise Wolf demands room to roam!"

Create a tile southwest of Morukon's Gateway

Fields of Gold
Seasonal/Flat/Temperate
Base: Wheat (+1 Food)
Additional Components: None, None

A broad expanse of flat grassland known for the nourishing foodstuffs that thrive there.

Wheat
Seasonal/Not Rocky/Not Cold

A tall wavy grass that is easy to cultivate on a large scale and is also easy to store long-term, making it an ideal crop for agricultural civilizations.

((Am I doin it right?))

[Cheesecake]

Spoiler: Tzhiezcake (click to show/hide)

Tzhiezcake [pronounced Cheesecake]
-A cheesecake, menacing with spikes of blood and physical fear.
-Despite his horrifying, yet delicious, appearance, Tzhiezcake is a benevolent, kind, and loving dessert and hopes to bring sweetness to the world.

Spheres: -

Works:
-

"прохладном овец корову вы на самом деле пытались перевести эту га!"

Create a tile Southeast of the Gateway.

The Bakery
Seasonal/Flat/Hot
Base: Cupcakeling (+1 to Food)
Additional Components: None, None

A vast, hot plains where the first stage of cake, cupcakelings, are hunted young or mature into larger cakelings. The heat is required for them to be baked into life and fully grow.

Cupcakeling
Seasonal/Not Rocky/Not Cold

A small sentient cupcake, about the size of a fist. They do not fill your stomach a lot alone, so they are herded into large packs of about 30 or 40. They mature into cakelings from nine months to a whole year.

[IronyOwl]

Yesssss. Imma be somewhat uncreative (read: derivative) with god gen. If I offend, I shall amend my submission.

Spoiler: Holo, the Wise Wolf (click to show/hide)

Holo the Wise Wolf
-Holo most often takes the form of a runed she-wolf approximately the size of an elephant. She may take the form of a sapient when dealing with mortals, but retains some wolf-like characteristics (usually ears and tail.)
-Holo is quite cunning, largely benevolent, and wise (of course,) but she also as a cruel, aggressive streak and is impulsive to a fault.

Spheres: -

Works:
-

"This world is too small! Holo the Wise Wolf demands room to roam!"

Create a tile southwest of Morukon's Gateway

Fields of Gold
Seasonal/Flat/Temperate
Base: Wheat (+1 Food)
Additional Components: None, None

A broad expanse of flat grassland known for the nourishing foodstuffs that thrive there.

Wheat
Seasonal/Not Rocky/Not Cold

A tall wavy grass that is easy to cultivate on a large scale and is also easy to store long-term, making it an ideal crop for agricultural civilizations.

((Am I doin it right?))

((Quite, though you forgot to mention what Wheat does in its own thingy.))

[2] You create Dry, Flat, Temperate plains, with grass that dies out after blooming. It's not much for food, but the constant fodder and natural ground coating makes trade and transport easier, at least.

Spoiler: Tzhiezcake (click to show/hide)

Tzhiezcake [pronounced Cheesecake]
-A cheesecake, menacing with spikes of blood and physical fear.
-Despite his horrifying, yet delicious, appearance, Tzhiezcake is a benevolent, kind, and loving dessert and hopes to bring sweetness to the world.

Spheres: -

Works:
-

"прохладном овец корову вы на самом деле пытались перевести эту га!"

Create a tile Southeast of the Gateway.

The Bakery
Seasonal/Flat/Hot
Base: Cupcakeling (+1 to Food)
Additional Components: None, None

A vast, hot plains where the first stage of cake, cupcakelings, are hunted young or mature into larger cakelings. The heat is required for them to be baked into life and fully grow.

Cupcakeling
Seasonal/Not Rocky/Not Cold

A small sentient cupcake, about the size of a fist. They do not fill your stomach a lot alone, so they are herded into large packs of about 30 or 40. They mature into cakelings from nine months to a whole year.

[4] Your efforts go essentially as planned, resulting in hot plains filled with delicious sentient cupcakes.

Spoiler: Map (click to show/hide)

[Cheesecake]

Spoiler: Tzhiezcake (click to show/hide)

Tzhiezcake [pronounced Cheesecake]
-A cheesecake, menacing with spikes of blood and physical fear.
-Despite his horrifying, yet delicious, appearance, Tzhiezcake is a benevolent, kind, and loving dessert and hopes to bring sweetness to the world.

Spheres: -

Works:
-The Bakery
-Cupcakelings

"Корма прикладом прохладном хабар."

Create Bakerlings as a tribe in the Bakery.

Bakerlings
-Simple, Loving
-Slow, Like Baking
-Artisan Bakers, Herders of cupcakelings

Bakerlings are humanoid creatures, about half the height of a man. They only eat baked goods, and they herd cupcakelings for food.

[monk12]

Holo trots across the Fields of Gold. Or rather, the prickly Fields of Brown. The wheat crop is not nearly so delicious as she had hoped; the land is too hot, and the grass makes better straw than grain. Perhaps some other creature will find a use for it, but for now, Holo sets off for new horizons. She is still hungry, and worse than that, she is becoming bored.

"There is no excitement in this place! What joy can be found in life if there is nothing to for me to chase?"

Create Tile West of Morukon's Gateway

Blossoming Forest
Seasonal/Rolling/Hot
Base: Star Apple Trees (+1 Food)
Additional Components: Humming Stoats (+1 Trade), None

A thick forest of fruit trees, including the world-famous Star Apple. The year long growing cycle causes the trees to continually bloom and flower, showering the forest floor with petals.

Star Apple Trees
Seasonal/Not Rocky/Hot
+1 Food

A special fruit tree which produces delicious, nutritious fruit year-round.

Humming Stoats
Seasonal/Not Rocky/Hot/Presence of Star Apple Trees
+1 Trade

A fuzzy, social herbivore the size of a cat with beady little eyes and cute little people hands which communicates in a series of melodious hums. They feast exclusively on Star Apples, giving their coat a uniquely lustrous sheen and making their pelt smell faintly of cider. This combination makes their hide the ultimate fashion accessory; fortunately, the Humming Stoats are extremely quick and elusive, combining the agility of a squirrel with the speed of a rabbit and the guile of a fox.

Spoiler: Holo, the Wise Wolf (click to show/hide)

Holo the Wise Wolf
-Holo most often takes the form of a runed she-wolf approximately the size of an elephant. She may take the form of a sapient when dealing with mortals, but retains some wolf-like characteristics (usually ears and tail.)
-Holo is quite cunning, largely benevolent, and wise (of course,) but she also as a cruel, aggressive streak and is impulsive to a fault.

Spheres: -

Works:
[Tile] Fields of Gold
[Component] Wheat

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: Tzhiezcake (click to show/hide)

Tzhiezcake [pronounced Cheesecake]
-A cheesecake, menacing with spikes of blood and physical fear.
-Despite his horrifying, yet delicious, appearance, Tzhiezcake is a benevolent, kind, and loving dessert and hopes to bring sweetness to the world.

Spheres: -

Works:
-The Bakery
-Cupcakelings

"Корма прикладом прохладном хабар."

Create Bakerlings as a tribe in the Bakery.

Bakerlings
-Simple, Loving
-Slow, Like Baking
-Artisan Bakers, Herders of cupcakelings

Bakerlings are humanoid creatures, about half the height of a man. They only eat baked goods, and they herd cupcakelings for food.

[1] Your bakerlings come out as impish creatures a quarter the size of a man. They're mischevious and cunning, with far more interest in terrorizing the cupcakelings than herding them. They'll also eat them out of necessity, but aren't really fond of sweets.

Holo trots across the Fields of Gold. Or rather, the prickly Fields of Brown. The wheat crop is not nearly so delicious as she had hoped; the land is too hot, and the grass makes better straw than grain. Perhaps some other creature will find a use for it, but for now, Holo sets off for new horizons. She is still hungry, and worse than that, she is becoming bored.

"There is no excitement in this place! What joy can be found in life if there is nothing to for me to chase?"

Create Tile West of Morukon's Gateway

Blossoming Forest
Seasonal/Rolling/Hot
Base: Star Apple Trees (+1 Food)
Additional Components: Humming Stoats (+1 Trade), None

A thick forest of fruit trees, including the world-famous Star Apple. The year long growing cycle causes the trees to continually bloom and flower, showering the forest floor with petals.

Star Apple Trees
Seasonal/Not Rocky/Hot
+1 Food

A special fruit tree which produces delicious, nutritious fruit year-round.

Humming Stoats
Seasonal/Not Rocky/Hot/Presence of Star Apple Trees
+1 Trade

A fuzzy, social herbivore the size of a cat with beady little eyes and cute little people hands which communicates in a series of melodious hums. They feast exclusively on Star Apples, giving their coat a uniquely lustrous sheen and making their pelt smell faintly of cider. This combination makes their hide the ultimate fashion accessory; fortunately, the Humming Stoats are extremely quick and elusive, combining the agility of a squirrel with the speed of a rabbit and the guile of a fox.

Spoiler: Holo, the Wise Wolf (click to show/hide)

Holo the Wise Wolf
-Holo most often takes the form of a runed she-wolf approximately the size of an elephant. She may take the form of a sapient when dealing with mortals, but retains some wolf-like characteristics (usually ears and tail.)
-Holo is quite cunning, largely benevolent, and wise (of course,) but she also as a cruel, aggressive streak and is impulsive to a fault.

Spheres: -

Works:
[Tile] Fields of Gold
[Component] Wheat

[3] Your forest comes out sparser and hotter than intended (Dry/Rolling/Hot), and your trees less fruitful and beautiful as a result (Dry/Not Rocky/Hot).

You cannot create more than one Component as part of a new tile!

You rename the Fields of Gold to the Fields of Brown, however.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The tile between green and orange should be filled in, but I missed it and am too lazy to correct it at this time.

[Cheesecake]

Spoiler: Tzhiezcake (click to show/hide)

Tzhiezcake [pronounced Cheesecake]
-A cheesecake, menacing with spikes of blood and physical fear.
-Despite his horrifying, yet delicious, appearance, Tzhiezcake is a benevolent, kind, and loving dessert and hopes to bring sweetness to the world.

Spheres: -

Works:
-The Bakery
-Cupcakelings

"кормы прикладом Волшебное приключение торт!"

Create an area to the north known as the Frosting Northlands.

The Frosting Northlands
Wet/Flat/Cold
Base: Cakelings (+1 to Food)
Additional Components: None, None

The cold regions of Tzhiezcake's domain. It is where near-mature cupcakelings cool and grow into cakelings. They are toughened by the cold and the natural dangers of storms and blizzards. They are fed by the frosting snow. Cakelings are much larger than cupcakelings and are generally more aggressive.

Cakelings
Cold/Not Rocky/Not Hot
+1 to Food

Cakelings are larger and more aggressive than cupcakelings, and are often hunted by adventurous bakerlings who seek to prove themselves to Tzhiezcake and their tribes.

[monk12]

Holo strides through the Blossoming Forest, the trees stunted and sparse, the grass short and hardy. An arid breeze sends a shower of purple petals to the forest floor.

"Why is everything so dry? Maybe I should have made water when creating this land..." Holo muses, casually nipping a small Star Apple off of a nearby tree. "Hm. Not bad. Not big enough, or sweet enough, but at least it turned out better than the wheat. Now to see what manner of creature would eat these..."

Create Humming Martens in Blossoming Forest

Humming Marten
Dry/Not Rocky/Hot/Presence of Star Apple Trees
+1 Trade

A fuzzy, social herbivore the size of a cat with beady little eyes and cute little people hands which communicates in a series of melodious hums. They feast exclusively on Star Apples, giving their coat a uniquely lustrous sheen and making their pelt smell faintly of cider. This combination makes their hide the ultimate fashion accessory; fortunately, the Humming Martens are extremely quick and elusive, combining the agility of a squirrel with the speed of a rabbit and the guile of a fox.

Spoiler: Holo, the Wise Wolf (click to show/hide)

Holo the Wise Wolf
-Holo most often takes the form of a runed she-wolf approximately the size of an elephant. She may take the form of a sapient when dealing with mortals, but retains some wolf-like characteristics (usually ears and tail.)
-Holo is quite cunning, largely benevolent, and wise (of course,) but she also as a cruel, aggressive streak and is impulsive to a fault.

Spheres: -

Works:
[Tile] Fields of Brown
[Tile] Blossoming Forest
[Component] Star Apple Trees
[Component] Wheat

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: Tzhiezcake (click to show/hide)

Tzhiezcake [pronounced Cheesecake]
-A cheesecake, menacing with spikes of blood and physical fear.
-Despite his horrifying, yet delicious, appearance, Tzhiezcake is a benevolent, kind, and loving dessert and hopes to bring sweetness to the world.

Spheres: -

Works:
-The Bakery
-Cupcakelings

"кормы прикладом Волшебное приключение торт!"

Create an area to the north known as the Frosting Northlands.

The Frosting Northlands
Wet/Flat/Cold
Base: Cakelings (+1 to Food)
Additional Components: None, None

The cold regions of Tzhiezcake's domain. It is where near-mature cupcakelings cool and grow into cakelings. They are toughened by the cold and the natural dangers of storms and blizzards. They are fed by the frosting snow. Cakelings are much larger than cupcakelings and are generally more aggressive.

Cakelings
Cold/Not Rocky/Not Hot
+1 to Food

Cakelings are larger and more aggressive than cupcakelings, and are often hunted by adventurous bakerlings who seek to prove themselves to Tzhiezcake and their tribes.

[4] The Frosting Northlands come out as you envisioned them, vast plains of cold and snow inhabited by larger, tougher cakelings.

Holo strides through the Blossoming Forest, the trees stunted and sparse, the grass short and hardy. An arid breeze sends a shower of purple petals to the forest floor.

"Why is everything so dry? Maybe I should have made water when creating this land..." Holo muses, casually nipping a small Star Apple off of a nearby tree. "Hm. Not bad. Not big enough, or sweet enough, but at least it turned out better than the wheat. Now to see what manner of creature would eat these..."

Create Humming Martens in Blossoming Forest

Humming Marten
Dry/Not Rocky/Hot/Presence of Star Apple Trees
+1 Trade

A fuzzy, social herbivore the size of a cat with beady little eyes and cute little people hands which communicates in a series of melodious hums. They feast exclusively on Star Apples, giving their coat a uniquely lustrous sheen and making their pelt smell faintly of cider. This combination makes their hide the ultimate fashion accessory; fortunately, the Humming Martens are extremely quick and elusive, combining the agility of a squirrel with the speed of a rabbit and the guile of a fox.

Spoiler: Holo, the Wise Wolf (click to show/hide)

Holo the Wise Wolf
-Holo most often takes the form of a runed she-wolf approximately the size of an elephant. She may take the form of a sapient when dealing with mortals, but retains some wolf-like characteristics (usually ears and tail.)
-Holo is quite cunning, largely benevolent, and wise (of course,) but she also as a cruel, aggressive streak and is impulsive to a fault.

Spheres: -

Works:
[Tile] Fields of Brown
[Tile] Blossoming Forest
[Component] Star Apple Trees
[Component] Wheat

((I count... oh, I suppose that's four options same as star apple trees, then needing star apple trees probably warrants counting as one less. So +3.))

[4+2][1+1] ((Welp)) The Humming Martens turn out as badgerlike creatures the size of a small dog (though much lower to the ground, of course). They're incredibly stubborn and not very bright, but their hides are remarkably tough and supple due to their constant diet of star apples. (+1 Production)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

[Cheesecake]

Spoiler: Tzhiezcake (click to show/hide)

Tzhiezcake [pronounced Cheesecake]
-A cheesecake, menacing with spikes of blood and physical fear.
-Despite his horrifying, yet delicious, appearance, Tzhiezcake is a benevolent, kind, and loving dessert and hopes to bring sweetness to the world.

Spheres: -

Works:
-The Bakery
-Cupcakelings
-Bakerlings
-The Frosting Northlands
-Cakelings

"ко рмы дом Волшебное прик лаприклю чение торт!"

Place a city in the Frosting Northlands.

Gingerbread City
Bakerling City
A hunter community, where rites of passage and manhood are held in high regard. They hunt cakelings for sport and food, and to prove their worth and rise in rank.

The Gingerbread City is made of gingerbread, coated with frosting, and inhabited by bakerlings. These particular bakerlings are far more aggressive than the ones in the hotter areas, and generally rely more on hunting than growing. The bakerling who hunts the greatest and most dangerous cakeling is generally the chief or leader.

[monk12]

Holo stalks the Blossoming Forest, following the distinctive irritable hum of the Humming Martens. Rather like a swarm of disgruntled bees, she reflects. Soon, she catches sight of her target; a small group of the Martens shakes a Star Apple tree, eating the fruit as it falls. With a howl, she charges in.

Several of the Martens scatter, but the pair directly in her path charge the great wolf. One is swatted aside by a massive paw, but the other sinks its short teeth into Holo's leg, hanging on tenaciously. Unpained by the inoffensive creature, Holo shakes her leg to loose the Marten. And shakes, and shakes, and shakes...

A solid hour of shaking, snapping, and rolling later, the Humming Marten stubbornly refuses to relinquish its bite, its fellows cautiously returning to the Star Apple tree. Holo regards the fuzzy little simpleton with bemusement.

"Foolish creature! Do you even know whose leg you are gnawing on? I am Holo, the Wise Wolf! I am the predator, and you are the prey!"

The Humming Marten chews, gathering another small tuft of fur into its mouth.

"Fool." Holo says affectionately. "Perhaps I should grant you some perspective on your chosen course of action."

Grant sapience to the tribe of Humming Martens in the Blossoming Forest

The Murmuring Folk
-Masters of songcraft, poor farmers
-Stubborn and single-minded, for good or ill
-Egalitarian society, disrespect for nature

The first of the Murmuring Folk arose from Humming Martens of the Blossoming Forest, and they share many similarities with their ancestors. Their hands are more developed for manipulating items, and they have the ability to stand on their hind legs (though they often go on all fours for speed.) They are also a bit larger than their Humming Marten ancestors, and they have fur that tends toward white or gold coloration. The Murmuring Folk are known for their beautiful songs which form a cornerstone of their culture as well as the just, caring way they govern themselves. However, they are also known to never admit their own wrongs, a trait which often leads to violent, protracted inter-tribal conflicts over trivial matters. The Murmuring Folk dislike their bestial heritage, and ignore their connections to the natural world.

Spoiler: Holo, the Wise Wolf (click to show/hide)

Holo the Wise Wolf
-Holo most often takes the form of a runed she-wolf approximately the size of an elephant. She may take the form of a sapient when dealing with mortals, but retains some wolf-like characteristics (usually ears and tail.)
-Holo is quite cunning, largely benevolent, and wise (of course,) but she also as a cruel, aggressive streak and is impulsive to a fault.

Spheres: -

Works:
[Tile] Fields of Brown
[Tile] Blossoming Forest
[Component] Star Apple Trees
[Component] Wheat
[Component] Humming Marten

[IronyOwl]

Spoiler: Tzhiezcake (click to show/hide)

Tzhiezcake [pronounced Cheesecake]
-A cheesecake, menacing with spikes of blood and physical fear.
-Despite his horrifying, yet delicious, appearance, Tzhiezcake is a benevolent, kind, and loving dessert and hopes to bring sweetness to the world.

Spheres: -

Works:
-The Bakery
-Cupcakelings
-Bakerlings
-The Frosting Northlands
-Cakelings

"ко рмы дом Волшебное прик лаприклю чение торт!"

Place a city in the Frosting Northlands.

Gingerbread City
Bakerling City
A hunter community, where rites of passage and manhood are held in high regard. They hunt cakelings for sport and food, and to prove their worth and rise in rank.

The Gingerbread City is made of gingerbread, coated with frosting, and inhabited by bakerlings. These particular bakerlings are far more aggressive than the ones in the hotter areas, and generally rely more on hunting than growing. The bakerling who hunts the greatest and most dangerous cakeling is generally the chief or leader.

[1] The bakerlings turn out unusually agrarian and mercantile, eschewing hunting and manhood for ranching and commerce. They tend to be more cunning, patient, and purposeful than bakerlings in hotter areas.

Holo stalks the Blossoming Forest, following the distinctive irritable hum of the Humming Martens. Rather like a swarm of disgruntled bees, she reflects. Soon, she catches sight of her target; a small group of the Martens shakes a Star Apple tree, eating the fruit as it falls. With a howl, she charges in.

Several of the Martens scatter, but the pair directly in her path charge the great wolf. One is swatted aside by a massive paw, but the other sinks its short teeth into Holo's leg, hanging on tenaciously. Unpained by the inoffensive creature, Holo shakes her leg to loose the Marten. And shakes, and shakes, and shakes...

A solid hour of shaking, snapping, and rolling later, the Humming Marten stubbornly refuses to relinquish its bite, its fellows cautiously returning to the Star Apple tree. Holo regards the fuzzy little simpleton with bemusement.

"Foolish creature! Do you even know whose leg you are gnawing on? I am Holo, the Wise Wolf! I am the predator, and you are the prey!"

The Humming Marten chews, gathering another small tuft of fur into its mouth.

"Fool." Holo says affectionately. "Perhaps I should grant you some perspective on your chosen course of action."

Grant sapience to the tribe of Humming Martens in the Blossoming Forest

The Murmuring Folk
-Masters of songcraft, poor farmers
-Stubborn and single-minded, for good or ill
-Egalitarian society, disrespect for nature

The first of the Murmuring Folk arose from Humming Martens of the Blossoming Forest, and they share many similarities with their ancestors. Their hands are more developed for manipulating items, and they have the ability to stand on their hind legs (though they often go on all fours for speed.) They are also a bit larger than their Humming Marten ancestors, and they have fur that tends toward white or gold coloration. The Murmuring Folk are known for their beautiful songs which form a cornerstone of their culture as well as the just, caring way they govern themselves. However, they are also known to never admit their own wrongs, a trait which often leads to violent, protracted inter-tribal conflicts over trivial matters. The Murmuring Folk dislike their bestial heritage, and ignore their connections to the natural world.

Spoiler: Holo, the Wise Wolf (click to show/hide)

Holo the Wise Wolf
-Holo most often takes the form of a runed she-wolf approximately the size of an elephant. She may take the form of a sapient when dealing with mortals, but retains some wolf-like characteristics (usually ears and tail.)
-Holo is quite cunning, largely benevolent, and wise (of course,) but she also as a cruel, aggressive streak and is impulsive to a fault.

Spheres: -

Works:
[Tile] Fields of Brown
[Tile] Blossoming Forest
[Component] Star Apple Trees
[Component] Wheat
[Component] Humming Marten

[2] The Murmuring Folk turn out considerably more... rural than you intended. Specifically, they're known for colorful songs using crude instruments, mostly banjos. They spend most of their non-banjo time making and drinking star apple cider. They tend to be a bit stubborn, but not quite so much as their ancestors.

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