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[Kilojoule Proton]

Tick 51: Revenant

The boy Vaal adopted seems not to have too much Void influence. He is currently 8.

The Mumans recover from their initial attempts mining. Tales abound of how the Armu can drink molten white stone.

The Imperial Army attempts to secure trade routes in unclaimed areas outside the Empire. They are spread rather thin. Dwarven armor has been purchased for the Yaosian Paladins and the EVAC and has been enchanted to be less encumbering. The Council has decided to create a massive civil service system. Festivities are held for Yaos and the Emperor. Golems and Gremlins have lent some assistance to the Empire. Tory and Lee get some magic resistant armor. An alchemy department has been opened at the ISAY. Schools for the young have been built in the Empire. The Human Council calls a session to decide what is best for the people. It has been a month and they still have nothing concrete. An Imperial Void Studies group has come to two conclusions that the Void is undoubtedly completely safe and that the Void is inestimably dangerous and must be completely ignored and purged. Missionaries testing negative for Void influence have begun traveling to non-Human settlements. Vaal's adopted son is not magically attuned. A Yaosian charity complements the charity charity charities. The Human Council is split roughly evenly on the Void. Approximately half see it as benign, while the other half think of it as malevolent. The Golems begin upgrading various current temples and the Grand Temple at the capital, which is warded from magic. Unfortunately, many of the workers have Void influence and are turned away. Progress is slow and fraught with accidents.

(Andres: Maybe try doing less while you're dead? It's kind of against the spirit of being dead to add so much.)

The second Feast of Fusil has begun. Unfortunately, on both worlds, the region around the feast is hit by a severe freak snowstorm, and a blizzard rages over the valley of the feast for its duration. This manages to kill off many of the weaker attendees. Serac and Billy see little happening beyond attendees feasting in separate tents.

The Hummingbird seems to reflect on Grauel's words. The next day, a group of assorted people gather at a nearby hill waving various metallic implements and insulting various gods.

The merfolk have been created! They are primarily sea-dwellers with limited land survival ability with webbed hands, (cetoid/ichthyoid?) tails, beautiful scales, and a tendency toward Good, Wealth, Water, Ice, and Life.

The Good cities are slowly growing, Darruth's prophet is currently on a long tour, the Book of Divine Truth seems to have become heavier, and the church has become far more organized.

Azem's primary sphere has been changed to Wealth.

The Arkanjel Palatino has been given Void detection abilities and some limited skill in cleansing the taint of the Void.

Vaal and Lette have completed their mission.

Taol has left storage and entered safe stasis.

This update's constellations are the Ring and Claw.

Two of Grauel's angels have been found dead. They are both covered in a shroud reading "HoDo"

(Darruth: -3E, Azem: -1E, Serac: -0E, Neron: -0E, Joha: -0E)

Spoiler: Features (too outdated to show, will probably update by T37) (click to show/hide)

Skyfeatures: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=144704.msg5731808#msg5731808 (maintained by Happerry/Anath)
Bestiary: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=144651.msg5779202;topicseen#msg5779202 (maintained by Andres/Yaos)

Spoiler: Deities (0) (click to show/hide)

Cim the Lawgiver (Order, Law): 27/27, 9-10
Varee (Randomness): 27/27, 3-4
Fusil (Weapons): 10/16, 7-8
Azem (Wealth, Trade): 19/33, 6-7
Khaziraad (Architecture): 13/25, 4-5
Kli (Balance, Sacrifice): 26/26, 5-6
Grauel (Hunger): 31/31, 11-12
Serac (Oceans, Bubbles): 20/27, 6-7
The Light (Light): 36/36, 5-6
Joha (Life): 20/20, 3-4
Carmine (Exploration, Science): 20/20, 1-2
Neron (Ice): 19/20, 4-5
Darruth (Goodness, Protection): 13/20, 7-8

Taol (Freedom): 20/20, 2-3 (Safe stasis)
Anath (Night, Stars): 23/23, 6-7 (Safe stasis)
Artisanii (Arts, Inspiration): 24/24, 2-3 (Sealed away)

Spoiler: Council rules (click to show/hide)

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.

Council-produced creations are not to be tampered with without council approval. Failure to comply will result in the automated initiation of a trial.

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>

Proposals at [IMMINENT PASS] will pass immediately if 80% of the Support or Oppose votes are Support votes.

34.05: A trial will end after 2 integer ticks (from Tx to Tx+2) with votes tallied based solely on support and opposition. Conflict results in comparing support and opposition.

Starter Code of Conduct:
I. Thou Shall Not Cause Megadeaths Or Extinction Events
II. Thou Shall Not Seek the Death of Another God
III. Thou Shall Not Force Mortals To Worship You
IV. Thou Shall Not Force Mortals Not To Worship Other Gods
V. Thou Shall Not Break The Universe

35.01: Arrange for a Void study committee
36.00.1: Trials held for assault, murder, or attempted murder last only for a tick (4-2/13) [EXTEND TO T42] [PASSED]

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 <?>

21.00: Make a gas giant for each system <15-16 (2-3)>
24.00: Create the Plane of Death and Battle <1-2 (0-1)>

35.00: Put constellations in order and in a cycle as opposed to randomly
35.01: Arrange for a Void study committee
40.00: New races must not be negatively acted upon from the mortals' perspective for at least 3 ticks (7-0/13) [PASSED]

43.01: Refill the Library's supply of Void books (7-1/13)

Spoiler: Council proposals (7) (click to show/hide)

43.00: Change Azem's primary sphere to Wealth (4-1/13) [EXTEND TO T53] [OBSOLETE]
+4 from Grauel, Carmine, Darruth, Neron
-1 from Yaos

44.03: Charge at most current Essence less 2 for supporters of proposals (6-0/13) [EXTEND TO T53]
+6 from Yaos, Joha, Darruth, Cim, Serac, Neron

44.04: Propagate automatically to 2500 for races at least a tick old (3-0/13) <!?> [EXTEND TO T53]
+3 from Yaos, Joha, Darruth
0 from Cim

47.00: Open a Void hotline to Mgaareecaalwahiisnshyzhrshui for the Council (3-2/13)
+3 from Cim, Neron, Carmine
0 from Joha
-2 from Yaos, Fusil

47.01: Close and lock all communication with Void Beings (2-4/13)
+2 from Yaos, Fusil
0 from Joha
-4 from Cim, Neron, Darruth, Carmine

49.00: Mute the godless angels (1-0/13)
+1 from Neron

Spoiler: New Proposals (0) (click to show/hide)

49.00: Mute the godless angels (1-0/13)
+1 from Neron

Spoiler: 21.00 Gas giant ideas (Created; details phase?) (3) (click to show/hide)

21.00.1: Both gas giants are Jupiter-sized and have 30 major moons each (4-0/5) <+5 (+0-+1)> [PASSED]

21.00.2: 15 of each of the gas giant's moons should be barren and the other 15 should be made hospitable <6-8E>
+1 from Yaos

21.00.3: 5 of each of the gas giants' moons should be made hospitable <3-4E>
+1 from Yaos

`
New players are always welcome. Sphere ideas this tick are Day, Fertility, Earth, and Strength.

[Stirk]

The second Feast of Fusil has begun. Unfortunately, on both worlds, the region around the feast is hit by a severe freak snowstorm, and a blizzard rages over the valley of the feast for its duration. This manages to kill off many of the weaker attendees. Serac and Billy see little happening beyond attendees feasting in separate tents.

"Whatever did that is dead. I don't care if it was a God or a Null or something ten times as powerful. I am going to gun it down for killing my followers, and on the day of the FEAST no less! They will be ventilated! I will fill them with so many holes, they will be more 'holy' then Durrath's armor! I will atomize them with bullets. This isn't a natural occurrence, it was a petty attack by a foolish being. I will destroy them. Destroy them. Destroy them."

[Andres]

(Andres: Maybe try doing less while you're dead? It's kind of against the spirit of being dead to add so much.)

(As you wish.)

[DreamerGhost]

When workers were being turned away for void influence, were those workers Golems? There are no void cults among Golems, so any void taint would had come from an outside source, something I would be interested in removing.

[Cptn Kaladin Anrizlokum]

The Hummingbird seems to reflect on Grauel's words. The next day, a group of assorted people gather at a nearby hill waving various metallic implements and insulting various gods.

Two of Grauel's angels have been found dead. They are both covered in a shroud reading "HoDo"

Grauel, you could have been a little more kind when dealing with mortals... Instead of laughing at them.

Appear to the crowd and say
The greatest god is The Queen of Gulls, high goddess of Death and Dust.

[gman8181]

Why? That bird thought it was good enough that we should fight over it. That's funny to me and so I laughed. Besides, given my tendency to eat things, I don't think laughing is so bad.

I doubt that is related to the deaths though. Not like I really care at any rate. Well except that I'm curious what HoDo is supposed to mean.

[Kilojoule Proton]

Khaziraad: Some of those workers were indeed Golems. They seemed to have superficial corruption despite a record of not having dealt with the Void.

Serac: They proceed to insult her as well. Their metallic implements are still pointing upward.

[Cptn Kaladin Anrizlokum]

Now you can keep yelling and insulting the gods, and I could turn you all into Seagulls. Or you could calm down and send a leader to talk with me.

[Kilojoule Proton]

Serac: "Let them be gulls!"

They continue insulting various gods. The Famous Hummingbird watches from a nearby copse.

[Cptn Kaladin Anrizlokum]

Make every insult they say for the rest of time cause them to sprout a seagull feather. When they are completely covered in feathers they become a seagull who can sense the time anything around them will die.
When they die and reincarnate their feathers are gone, but the curse still exists and they remember it.

What did you tell them Hummingbird?

[DreamerGhost]

I have good news and bad news. Bad ones first.

Bad news! It apears that void influence spreads like some sort of oily fog or powder, one can gain traces of it by simply being nearby. Some of Golems' outer layers have been tainted by the void influence after their visits to human capital, even some commonly used roads now have trace void energies. It had basicly no influence on Golems, but organic beings with circulatory sistems may be harmed more.

Good news! My archangel is now capable of creating as well  as destroying, and thus can now be considered complete! Rise, Kyloth, the Artist of worlds. Yours shall be the task too great for less powerfull, you are tasked with building the land itself. You shall shape beutifull valeys, dark forests, crystal clear rivers and sky reaching mountains. Your artwork shall be discovered and evaluated not by jury of pompous, but by explorers and settlers. Now go, and may your creation stand untill the end of times.

[Kilojoule Proton]

(Serac: -1E)
Serac: You curse them into turning into seagulls whenever they insult anyone, eventually becoming seagulls who can sense when anything (probably larger than an ant) around will die, persisting into reincarnation.

"I told them to get your collective attention. It seems they have succeeded despite those feathers they are growing."

Khaziraad: Kyloth embarks on a long journey to create wonders beyond those that already exist..

[Cptn Kaladin Anrizlokum]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The books seem to indicate that Void taint is simply a result of dealing with the Void. Most suggest that the taint is itself mostly harmless. Removal is typically difficult without some expenditure of Essence to dilute and discard the taint.

That happens to agree with what the library says about void taint.

Yes, they have succeeded at getting my attention. Now, what did you want?
...And they should probably stop the insults if they don't want to become seagulls.

[IcyTea31]

"Serac, that punishment, while certainly creative, is not a very good one. Giving possibly dozens of warnings before cursing their eternal souls is both too harsh and too lenient at the same time. Once you're done, would you let me judge and punish them?"

((I had a large queue action planned, but I'll have to write it up later. Might as well make the rhetorical question a real one.))

[Kilojoule Proton]

Serac: "I want you and any other listening god to show me who is the best god. Whoever succeeds gets my exclusive worship and the remainder of my life for the spreading of the faith."