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Total Members Voted: 41

[Sarrak]

((Do you have something against trees? Are you my next target?))

((Seeing ingenious necromancers, crazy bee masters, devious ale-summoners and, now, maniacally paranoid nature druids... I start to think that we're slowly, but surely going back to the deathmatch this game is supposed to be. Cheers to evil-doers!))

[AoshimaMichio]

((It seems that attempts to kill many mages at once are often doomed to failure so it is better to fight one wizard at time.))

[star2wars3]

((Did anyone else notice that DG said that the weird metal thing was already programmed to do its task?))

[AoshimaMichio]

((Did anyone else notice that DG said that the chainmail armor that Marcus had was already programmed to do its task?))

((He meant the summoned metal orb thing that is about to kill Kahel.))

[star2wars3]

"By your own claim, he owes you seven shards, James. I have no qualms about you taking those, as I was planning to give them to you anyway. The other three, however, I lay claim to for killing him. They may prove useful while I see to the fortress."

((This sets a horrible precedent if your character hasn't actually been near enough to the fields or portal to see anything, star2wars3. I assumed people knew the general layout of the duck like on the map, but knowing specifics about anything in an area without finding out IC about it through some manner is meta-gaming.  Still, seems like the others are fine with it.))

"This expedition intrigues me. However, my foremost concern is the fortress for the moment. If anyone planning to go would be willing to wait until I see to my affairs here, I will accompany you. I do wonder what became of that area, since I never did go back after I ran into those squids."

((Actually I have been pm-ing with a character who knows of the portal.))

[FallacyofUrist]

((Is it just me, or does))

Can I possess that weird metal thing?

{No. The metal thing is already programed with it's task and refuses any further modifications.}

((This imply somewhat that Marcus can actually do some possession before he passes on?))

((It seems that attempts to kill many mages at once are often doomed to failure so it is better to fight one wizard at time.))

((With some preparation, battles against up to 3 mages at once may be feasible. But that's just my opinion.))

[ATHATH]

New Character:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: Terram Ustam Reliquerunt (Tur)
Affinity: Air
Description(optional): Tur is a member of the Corps of Annihilation, an organization that destroys and/or neutralizes worlds which the Manipulator has deemed too difficult to conquer for their worth. Tur is prepared to give his "life" for the Manipulator, due to magical enslavement. If he breaks free, he will seek revenge against his former master.
STR=0
DEX=1
SPD=0
END=1
POT=6

I will win, or destroy this game trying.

[thegamemaster1234]

((Essences affinity? So you'd get essence essences? Essenceception! Stored power attuned to itself!
Seriously though, what do you plan on doing with that? Make our stored power implode ourselves? ))

((Also, not sure about the description there. What's the form of a debt elemental? Will DG let you keep your soul bound items? Last time you had a different soul, and this time you say it's heavily marred so I doubt your items would accept you as their owners anymore.

It doesn't help that souls are turned into collectible shards here, so the Manipulator shouldn't have a soul to mess with in the first place. Or you have a soul to possess stuff with. But that's for DG to decide.))

[DreamerGhost]

If I can possess stuff, possess a pm'd thing. If not:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Name: The Manipulator (Formerly Marcus)
Affinity: Essences
Description(optional): Marcus had recovered from this kind of thing before, but the Manipulator heavily altered him last time, turning him into a cleric. Now, as even more of Marcus' s soul was replaced, he could no longer be recognized as himself. He had become an extension of the Manipulator, with no free will whatsoever. His soul, no longer worth enough to be worth creating a body for, was shaped into a debt elemental, and was assigned the task of repaying all of the debt that Marcus had accumulated...
STR=0
DEX=1
SPD=0
END=1
POT=6
Inventory: The Orb of Many Paths (Soulbound, remember?), Soul-mail (accessible only in ghost-form)

You can't. And Marcus is dead, you (The players) do not get revivals.

[ATHATH]

Also, this is what you missed:

The orb is an artifact that allows you to step across opposite affinities as if they were related, and allows the eventual affinity of a spell to be unrelated to the affinity it was cast from. However, every time it is used, it requires the sacrifice of an essence (the essence does not provide a bonus to the spell). The lower of the two bonuses (to Comp and Pot) that the essence provides becomes the maximum number of essences that can be used in the spell. The exception to this is if a chaotic essence is sacrificed. If so, the spell is a number of free steps away equal to the Pot bonus of the essence. The chaotic essence, unlike other sacrificed essences, applies its Pot bonus to the spell, and allows a number of other essences equal to its Pot bonus to be used in the spell (these essences must be added before the new spell is determined). These free steps are to random, legal affinities to jump to, however, and may change the spell depending on the new affinity. Using the orb in this manner blocks all other affinity steps for the spell for that casting of the spell. For example, if a mage casts the spell "Grow the plants in this area." from the Plant affinity through the orb, and sacrifices a +0/+2 chaotic essence to the orb, he could add two +1/+1 essences to the spell. The cast spell, however, might be "Increase the power of Order in this area." (Plant to Farm to Order), and boost the Pot and Comp of spells that restore, create, or maintain order that are cast in the area of the spell. The spell would receive a +2/+4 bonus, if no other modifiers were present. The mage could not return the spell to the Plant affinity by taking a -2/-2 penalty to his spell, nor could he change the effect of the spell (unless he had something else that would allow him to change the effect of a spell).

Y'know, the Manipulator might give it to you (and not send out Tur) if you give him Marcus's shards/soul...

[Trewque]

Head North with Raptors. Craft 3 more essences.

[thegamemaster1234]

((I still don't think that you should be able to come back with your soulbound stuff, but I'll let DG decide about that. And yes, I get the point; essences being related to magic power itself could lead to some very interesting affinity steps if you're allowed to keep it.

Also, you may want to know that Jiksap will not be friends with this new incarnation.))

[NAV]

Is it really okay to start in the service and favour of a god? Because that's something players usually have to earn one way or another.

Edit:
Wasn't one of the Manipulator's conditions to tell no lies, IC or OOC? I recall something like that. Because this:

Actually, y'all are mindless vegetables spasming on the floor, unable to form a thought that's longer than 5 milliseconds or so. Since none of you are in any shape fit to attack me, I should still be alive.

was a completely unambiguous, factually incorrect statement.

[XXXXYYYY]

Is it really okay to start in the service and favour of a god? Because that's something players usually have to earn one way or another.

((Indeed. Heck, most of what I've been doing is preparing for just such a thing. It feels cheap for a person to just hop in with a god's full support.))

[DreamerGhost]

Is it really okay to start in the service and favour of a god? Because that's something players usually have to earn one way or another.

((Indeed. Heck, most of what I've been doing is preparing for just such a thing. It feels cheap for a person to just hop in with a god's full support.))

((They don't get full support. They can get a quest without rolling to see if the god exist and if it does, if it cares, but they also don't get to switch their god.))