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[Xardalas]

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I've been a bit bored lately so I figured I might as well try starting up a forum game for once. This will be the first one I've run, ever, so I really have no idea how long it'll last till I get bored with it. Anyways, Hope you have fun and enjoy yourself a bit. I hope I can manage to make my posts at least a paragraph or two long but I will promise nothing! Your suppose to choose one of the options.

You shift aimlessly in the pitch black nonexistence, drifting aimlessly among the dark 'masses' you can faintly sense around yourself. For the first time in your existence, you feel a soft pull. Helpless to do due otherwise, you find yourself getting drawn closer to whatever it was that was 'tugging' on you. Color bursts into existence, briefly overwhelming your senses before you regain control of yourself. You see a land far below you, it's massive. You feel hundreds upon thousands of creatures, their lives, their existences flowing through your mind and filling it. A deep pain shoots through your body and you quickly find yourself closing your mind off, narrowing down the overflow of information so as not to hurt yourself. With a jerk of surprise, you realize you can sense several small lines of 'energy' tied into yourself, each pulling lightly on your senses.  Curiosity filling your mind about these 'threads',You shift yourself to each of their originating locations...

1) Following the dark, purplish thread, you find the land flowing around you, nothing more than a blur as your travel, vast unknown distances in the blink of a second. You find yourself in a marshy, swampland. Thousands of bright flickers of life flare across your senses, but you find your attention inevitably drawn to a little encampment, lizardman standing around a small bonfire. Chanting in a guttural, foreign language, they dance around the flames, wielding primitive weapons. You move closer, a lizard-man stands in front of the fire, a staff in his hand. He seems to be beckoning towards you....

2) Following the grey, dullish thread, you find the land flowing around you, nothing more than a blur as your travel, vast unknown distances in the blink of a second. You appear in a heavily forested wooded area, the tree's are massive. Seeming to tower, hundreds upon hundreds of feet over the floors of the jungle. It's filled to the brim with life, but you soon find your attention drawn to the treetops. A village lies near the top's of the tree's, fire burning across it. You can sense nearly forty invaders within, slaughtering the inhabitants of the village. You find yourself drawn to a small family hidden within one of the huts, the creatures are humanoid. Long, flowing hair running down their shoulders, their ears with pointed tips. They appear to be desperately praying....

3) Following green-whitish thread you find the land flowing around you, nothing more than a blur as your travel, vast unknown distances in the blink of a second. You arrive at a vast desert region, endless sands stretching as far as the eye can see. Despite the lifeless appearance of it, you can feel the sands humming with hidden and untold life. You soon find yourself drawn to a caravan of sorts, their wagons circled around each other. The humanoids within it, their thick, green skins darkened by the sun. They wield short, curved blades, grim looks across their faces. You can feel a massive, life rapidly approaching them from beneath the sands....

4) Following hellish red thread you find the land flowing around you, nothing more than a blur as your travel, vast unknown distances in the blink of a second. You arrive at a mountain, blazing sun burning the mountainside, wicked, searing streams of heated rock streaming down the sides of the mountains. Yet, even in this utterly hellish environment, you can sense life within it. Soon, you find yourself drawn into the mountain, near the surface you find yourself drawn to a short humanoid. A thick beard covering his face, almost as large as his own body. Dirt staining his cheeks as his fingers tighten on his club. He appears to be feverishly praying, you can sense a pack of fiery animals stalking around him, hidden within the shadows....

[Eotyrannus]

Choose number 2. If we save them, we shall teach these tree-huggers to alcohol and !!fun!!

[escaped lurker]

1 - follow the dark and purplish thread.
Lizardmen sound like fun. In more a traditional way than df-fun, but that surely can be arranged by us in short order...

[sjm9876]

1/4

[Xardalas]

Thread posts, Also, any misc information that comes up will be listed here as well.

Spoiler: Posts! (click to show/hide)

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Roleplay Seq-cont.
Day 2 turn 3 RP seq-end
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Spoiler:  Game Information (click to show/hide)

I will add onto this section as we come across different races or notable beasts.
The Lizardfolk are as the name implies, a race of thin scaled lizardmen living in the southern swamps. Their race is numerous and plentiful and they are of average intelligence. The common lizardman looks roughly like this. The height for the race varies but they are normally seen standing between four to five feet in height. Their bodies are lithe and streamlined for cutting through the thick swampland and to aid in traversing the murky waters. They are commonly thought to be amphibious though it is a lie, they lack the gills to breathe beneath the water though they are capable of holding their breath for upwards of fifteen minutes. They have four serrated claws on each hand, acting as their fingers. As such most of their tools and gears tend to be rather sturdy and slash resistant to avoid having it break or cut apart when handled by them. Lizardmen pic

Spoiler:  Journals (click to show/hide)

Sud'kar Journals
Ved'on Siege
Pre-fall Ved'on
Pre-Chaotic God, Daily life in Ved'on
Sek'larsa's Journals
New God

Spoiler:  Game Mechanics (click to show/hide)

I will fill in more of this section as you discover game mechanics within the world. I drop little hints now and then about them.

Your Avatar is the physical manifestation of your god in the world. It is one of the very few ways in the game that will allow you to act directly and directly shape the world at your fingertips. Your avatar is special, it grows in power as you do and weakens when you do. Consider it the way a god basically flaunts his power in the world. It can be a weapon of total destruction on the battlefield or something as a simple as a sign of hope to your followers. Actions that effect your Avatar will also directly impact you, while you cannot be killed if your avatar falls in battle, you can expect to suffer a energy loss and it for it to have a heavy, negative effect on your followers.  I.E. Can he really protect me if you he cannot even protect himself?

Your Followers are the way your god gains his energy. The more followers you have, the more energy you gain per turn, the more powerful your avatar is. If, for whatever reason your god loses all of his followers, you do not disappear immediately. However, you will suffer a rather hefty -40 energy a turn till you gain a follower. So, while it is not a instant death, I wouldn't be able to see you surviving for long without them.

Heroic Units are strong followers that you obtain from special events in game. They give you a special bonus to certain actions within game that I take into account. They are special units. In the case of Selind'a, she is a exceptionally good leader, lending a morale bonus to any warriors she fights alongside with.

Contracts are when a god makes a agreement with a mortal. Such things are ancient, and binding Usually, something is offered in exchange for something the god can give. When made, it is only broken by the death of one of the parties. To break such a binding usually causes a hefty penalty to the god. In this case, a severe lost of trust with your followers and a very hefty energy loss. A natural death or death that does not violate a contract's bindings disband the contract with no consequences.

Creatures are creations made by the god. Be it a animal, plant or some ungodly creation of metal and earth. The maximum number of creatures you god can create is based upon your power. Your allowed to create a single race at start, more slots will be opened up later on when I feel like it. Mostly to prevent everyone making a bajillion different creatures. Due to the limited number of creature slots, in order to create a creature, I will require a +3 vote on a idea for it.

Nodes are spirals of energy forced into a small area and bound there. Over time the energy will leak out into the surrounding environment, often have effects that can be seen and noticed for miles away from the origin point. They slowly, over time shift the environment to reflect whatever energy the node is made out of. As an example, a life node, would say, over time make the animals and plantlife in an area more bountiful. Filling them energy and life, however it would also improve any predators in a area, making them more dangerous. A earth node, would increase the density of stone, made the ground tougher, harder to dig into. Rare metals and the like would be strengthened. Multiple types of node can be present in the same area, but it can cause some interesting/horrorific combinations.

Idols are object that are significant to one god or another. They have a slight effect in strengthening the god that owns the idol in a certain radius. Allowing him to spend energy more efficiently in a radius around it. IE, It takes slightly less energy for to use for godly powers/acts.

[sjm9876]

((It's well written and has a sense of direction. the main problem will be keeping it up ))

[Zanzetkuken The Great]

1 - follow the dark and purplish thread.

I support this.

[cheesemcmuffin88]

I vote 1 gotta love lizardmen.

[Urist Mc Dwarf]

1.

[Tomcost]

Yeah, I vote 1

[Xardalas]

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Lizardmen won. By far. Also, does anyone happen to know how to link posts to another post? I'm afraid I'm not the most forum savvy person there is.

You consider the threads before you, listening to the various stray thoughts that cross your mind. After a moment you decide, you shift yourself closer to the beckoning lizard-men shaman. With your choice made, a sharp pain shoots through your body and you feel the other threads unwinding before disappearing. The pain passes quickly and you look over the shaman.

Your 'eyes' shifting over him as you examine him closely, He looks to be in his late twenties. His clothing is simple, nothing more than animal skin garments. A thick, twisted, intricate looking skull mask rests on the top of his head. His scales are a greasy, yellow-green color. At the ends of his hands are four, short, serrated claws. His eyes are a dull silver.

The shaman reaches up and adjusts his mask before hissing out in a raspy, gravelly voice, "Oh great one....We of the Sud'kar thank you for heeding our call...It has been ages since a old one has awakened in our lands...Our tribe has been hunted to near extinction by the border tribes, I fear that we may not last for long without your assistance oh great one...But first, What may we call you exalted one?"

The other lizardmen shift curiously around the bonfire, clicking among themselves as they stamp their feet eagerly. Their harsh, guttural language echoing around your ears, becoming more and more familiar till you can understand them as clear as the shaman. Many thanks escape their lips before they fall quiet, shifting around. Their gazes seem to focus around your general area, but none of them appear to see you as the shaman can.

After hearing the shaman's speech, you feel your gaze turning inwards. Examining yourself for the first time since you had awakened within this world, Your body is shapeless, formless. You look further inwards, you can sense several spheres of great power lurking within you. Instinctively, you know that these are what will give you the means to shape and define the world as you see fit. With a shift, you brush a thin tendril of your mind across each sphere, learning about what powers they hold.

Fire, A sphere devoted to the fiery aspects of magic. Whether it's raining down fire upon those who offended you, or providing a spark of warmth to heat the cold, it all falls under this domain.

Life, A sphere devoted to the protection and healing of life. Whether it's bring a fresh breath of life into a field of crops, or healing a sickly individual, it all falls under this domain.

Water, A sphere devoted to the bringing of rain, whether to water the crops or turn the ground into a muddy mess to slow your foes, it all falls underneath this domain.

Earth, A sphere devoted to the ancient mountains of the old, turning ground fertile and plentiful with crops, or weakening the ground beneath your foes and sending them plummeting into the earth itself, it all falls under this domain.

Air, A sphere devoted to the great winds, Unleashing massive spirals of wind upon your foes that will destroy all that crosses their path, or lightening the load upon a villager, it all falls under this domain.

Death, A sphere devoted to the afterlife, Whether it's spreading a malicous disease amongst the crops of foe, or destroying a disease sicking your own, it all falls under this domain.

Withdrawing the tendrils back into your mind, you consider what the shaman said. Perhaps it would be useful to create a physical appearance for yourself in this world, so that the old shaman would not have to be the one to speak your words to your new followers. Perhaps a intimating form to strike fear into the hearts of them, or, perhaps, a more, subtle, diplomatic form could be required.

What is your name? What appearance shall you take? What spheres do you control? Answers in bold please.

A note on your appearance, If you choose to look like a demon out of hell, you can. But I'll be making people react to your appearance, so do give it a little thought. You can just give me a general idea of what you want to look like, or you can make it as specific as you like.

[Eotyrannus]

Let's smite our enemies with overhealing! BODY HORROR, INITIATE! NOW WE ARE BECOME SEKLUS, DESTROYER OF WORLDS!

[Tomcost]

((Request to the GM: please clarify the max number of spheres we can control))

[Eotyrannus]

((Who cares? The more spheres we have, THE MORE HORRIFIC FLESHY MASSES WE CAN TURN OUR FOES INTO!))

[cheesemcmuffin88]

 We are called Eidechenfreund we appear as a towering alligator man with scales of a deep green, our sphere is life and water.