Tick 22: Age of Births
(Anath: $$$Response: 0E)
(I'm looking at the part about losing houses now and it sounds like something only half-asleep KJP would say. Speaking of which, Half-Asleep Adventures has been added to the ideas file. Cancel that, I guess.)
Vaal and the Ikan have begun to make some slow progress. It appears that the Ikan simply cannot believe that life can survive at such high pressures without assistance from the Void. Vaal points out that non-Void gods exist with the power to grant mortals the ability to survive in those conditions. The Ikan hesitantly agree with this. They construct a small, airtight capsule in which to descend to the deep atmosphere. The priests take a few hours to bless and try to protect it from the influence of the Void. A powerful telepath establishes a strong link with the explorers and the Ikan begin lowering the capsule.
Some bandits have been making small clearings in the vicinity of the Trees. The Hummingbirds wonder if Kli has advice on dealing with them.
Generic Angel 1 (unnamed?) of the Light has been granted access to dreams and been given telepathy privileges. Its mission is to send dreams to mortals to inspire and empower them to achieve great things. Its physical form has been specified as an orb of light.
Artisanii has attended several festivals disguised as a Muse and sought out what the attendees want. Here are a few selected responses:
Failed Sculptor: "I want to be able to create sculptures for royalty everywhere! But I have no idea how to start."
Epic Poet: "O Muse, the causes tell! What sacrilege, or vengeful sorrow, moved the heavenly..."
Distressed Painter: "I wish to know what heavenly colors there are that we lack! Alas, I am not a Luminee, seeing many colors where I see one."
The Lords of Hunger have begun traveling to Gruen communities to assist in the development of the Gruen such that they may be more adaptable. The net effect seems to be toward greater differentiation and increased specialization, and those who get too excessive are promptly consumed. The Gruen have begun offering friendly outsiders the chance to eat Gruen spores. A traveling merchant begins selling them at a high price, creating a large demand for the spores.
The Northern Lands are minimally populated with the occasional cold-adapted Gruen village and dragon lair and Dwarf or Night Elven access cave. Overall, not much appears to be happening. A human-led expedition has begun turning back after traveling far into the North.
The humans judge that Mystic Snow is supposed to happen all year, but this does not actually end up being the case. The Festival remains confined to a few weeks. Regrettably, all but a few of the addicted humans reject your assistance in helping them out of their situation.
Taol has granted conditional free will and conditional full sapience to the Minio-ons. Varee's stance on this is unknown, but this will increase their Worship ability.
(The Light: -1E, Taol -2E)
This update's dominant constellations are the Dragon and Lady. The Keshan aurora are very bright and contain all of the standard aurora colors. The ice ring around Slytha has become less visible.
Spirit dimension:
Plane of Water and Bubbles Serac
Plane of Night and Stars Anath
Plane of Greed and Shinies Azem
Plane of Humans and Ambition Yaos
Plane of Order and Law Cim
Plane of Randomness and Irony Varee
Unknown/Indeterminate:
Gigantic sky crab The Light
Tykki, Angel of Arms Fusil
Multiprism of Divine Light The Light
Prophet of the Light The Light
Magma well Khaziraad
Ecumenical temple of Order The Light/Luminee
School of Light The Light/Luminee
Gremlins Khaziraad
5 basic angels Valkiss
5 basic angels Azem
5 basic angels Fusil
5 basic angels Cim
5 basic angels The Light
5 basic angels Khaziraad
5 basic angels Anath
Golden Dragon of Honor (5/5) Fusil/Dar-MA-Gome
3 basic angels Yaos
Kifo, Angel of DEATH
World 1:
Powered constellations Anath
Intense aurora Serac
Night/Star elves Anath
Law of Cim copies Cim
Mountwyrms Azem
Tree of Balance Kli
Luminees The Light
Minio-ons Varee
Gruen Grauel
Golems Khaziraad
Hummingbirds Kli
Star/Night dragons Anath
Gem dragons Azem
Real Piece of Eight Azem
Flea-on Varee
Cave Noxen Anath
Burrowers Beneath Anath
Golden silk orb-weavers Azem
Sorae Serac
World Turtles Serac
Wood elves Joha
Template Humans Azem
Dragons of Crystalline Light The Light
1 Pantheon/race Council
Termitians Anath
Humanos Grandes Yaos
Barrier Wood Joha/Wood Elves
Breaker Knights ? ? ?
Arrow of Light The Light
Irrlichts The Light
Burning Mirrors The Light/Fusil/followers
Star squid Anath
Arch-Lawyer Yaos
Very Special Angel Yaos
Lycae Joha
World 2:
Powered constellations Anath
Ice ring Serac
Star/Night Elves Anath
Beings of Serac Serac
Law of Cim copies Cim
Mountwyrms Azem
Tree of Balance Kli
Divine Library Artisanii
Luminees The Light
Minio-ons Varee
Being Pantheons Serac
Gruen Grauel
Golems Khaziraad
Hummingbirds Kli
Night/Star dragons Anath
Gem dragons Azem
Second Piece of Eight Azem
Flea-on Varee
Cave Noxen Anath
Burrowers Beneath Anath
Golden silk orb-weavers Azem
Artisanii's shrine/statue Artisanii
Muses Artisanii
Glowing armor of Light Light
Guidance tablets Light
School of Balance Kli
Wood elves Joha
Mantra Artisanii
1 Pantheon/race Council
Termitians Anath
Irrlichts The Light
Star squid Anath
Both worlds:
Powered constellations Anath
Night/Star elves Anath
Law of Cim copies Cim
Mountwyrms Azem
Tree of Balance Kli
Luminees The Light
Minio-ons Varee
Gruen Grauel
Golems Khaziraad
Hummingbirds Kli
Star/Night dragons Anath
Gem dragons Azem
Pieces of Eight Azem
The Devourer, Angel of Hunger Grauel
Flea-on Varee
Cave Noxen Anath
Burrowers Beneath Anath
Golden silk orb-weavers Azem
Wood elves Joha
1 Pantheon/race Council
Termitians Anath
Irrlichts The Light
Star squid Anath
Cim the Lawgiver (Order, Law): 23/23, 5-6
Varee (Randomness): 16/20, 2-3
Fusil (Weapons): 13/20, 6-7
Azem (Greed, Trade): 23/23, 5-6
Anath (Night, Stars): 18/20, 6-7
Khaziraad (Architecture): 22/22, 4-5
Kli (Balance, Sacrifice): 12/20, 3-4
Grauel (Hunger): 19/20, 8-9
Serac (Oceans, Bubbles): 20/21, 3-4
The Light (Light): 16/20, 4-5
Artisanii (Arts, Inspiration): 19/20, 2-3
Yaos (Humans, Ambition): 9/20, 6-7
Joha (Life): 10/20, 3-4
Chyribylta (Fear, Ignorance): 20/20, 0-1
Taol (Freedom): 16/20, 0-1
Neron (Ice): 20/20, 0-1
Chyribylta (Fear, Ignorance): 20/20, 0-1
Chyribylta has been locked until a better time arrives. This means you cannot just drain It.
These are all subject to addition, removal, and change by you. They can effect changes in the game's core rules (mechanics), administrative laws (voting requirements, seniority privilegs, &c.) or the natural rules (light does not exist, gravity is repulsive, giant animals can fly like birds, &c.).
Administrative:
An active player is defined as a player who has posted within the thread within the last two (2) UTC days.
A bill must be supported by at least 50% of active players to pass if unopposed.
A bill must achieve 60% support in order to pass if opposed.
Players may flame the host if he has been inactive for at least two (2) UTC days.
Council resolutions will not be counted until at least a major tick has passed.
03.01: Only deities supporting a proposal enter the Essence pool
04.03: Remove proposals stagnant for 3 ticks or double opposed to supported for 1 tick <0>
Natural:
02.00.b: Created race(s) is not/are not all immortal <?>
02.01.a: Sapients and not sentients are the dominant mortals to be created <?>
02.02: Support reincarnation in general <0-1>
02.02.1: Support looped reincarnation (i.e. between two worlds)
02.04: Create a spirit and a corporeal realm <48/77, (6-7/11-13)>
02.04.1: Bifurcate corporeal realm <6-7 (0-1)>
03.06: Make constellations without needing council permission
02.01.a.2: Support free will for mortals <0>
03.04.1: 03.04 for first two planets <0>
03.00: Build 3 million sapient humanoids evenly split between Material World 1 and Material World
02.03: Create up to ~30 total immortal, godinalized servants <13-14 (3-4)>
02.04.3: Support further amendment to
Valkiss' proposal <?>
03.06.1: Make magical constellations that influence magic on the worlds
03.09: Name the two partitions Keshan and Slytha
04.01: Create grand ecumenical temples for every race <High 3-4>
12.01: Anath's five-part starter code of conduct
18.01: Create monstrous flora and fauna (4-2/15) [
PASSED] <?>
19.00: The creation of god-killing swords is forbidden (1-5?/15)
+1 from Yaos
0 from Cim
-4? from Fusil, Anath?, Neron, Taol, Grauel
21.00: Make a gas giant for each system (5-0/15) <9-10 (1-2)>
+5 from Anath, Yaos, Neron, Taol, Grauel
New players are still welcome. While the war stuff should be released by tick 23, there is still plenty of room for more creation still.
Sphere ideas this update are Fertility (!), Seasons, Strength, and Trickery.