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[Rolepgeek]

Is this the normal method of operation for the gods? I fear I will find little aid if such is the case.

[Andres]

"That is indeed the reason. I honestly expected you to care more Yaos."

"That he got mad at Fusil so he started a terrorist organisation that burned a hundred people to death? I did care; it took a lot of effort to shut them down. But every god makes mistakes - myself included - and Cim helped me to find the remaining Breaker Knights and put them down for good. My indifference was actually his joining the theoretical council of morality. I just don't care if he joins or not."

Is this the normal method of operation for the gods? I fear I will find little aid if such is the case.

"Yes, unfortunately. Most gods here (myself not included ) are really into the status quo. My suggestion is to just make people do as much good as possible rather than make a system to do it for you, no offence to you or your suggestion."

[gman8181]

Despite our collective status as powerful primordials, we each are in a way bound to the ideals of our spheres. You and others have both tried to impose aspects of your sphere on all of us collectively. I don't particularly resent this but it's silly to assume we are all opposing purely out of power lust. If you want to create such a system, then do so with your own followers and others may do so as well should they see results they like. However, why should the entire council be restricted to the ideals of your sphere any more than they should be restricted by the ideals of mine? Your only real defense for such an action seems to be a sense of moral superiority but what you fail to see is that we are not all of spheres relating to concepts even closely connected to morality. I am from the sphere of Hunger and that is where my primary interest and focus lies. Please try to be respectively of that and realize I have very little reason to subject myself unnecessarily to your sphere which has nothing to do with my own.

[Rolepgeek]

Perhaps you are right. Perhaps I should take a more active hand in affairs, rather than relying on others...however, I did not intend to restrict the gods with such a system; nor indeed was it meant as a restriction at all. It was meant to encourage the mortals to act in certain ways, no more and no less. But I think both of you might be correct. Perhaps I must lead by example.

In such a case, I believe I have something I must do. Excuse me a moment.

Create race of beings, named Seraphim. Appearance is of awe-inspiring humanoids, intuitive understanding of magic, excellent reasoning capabilities, very gifted with magic, particularly ritual magic, have the ability to look into people's hearts and see their true nature, large wings allow them to fly, and are strong, tall, and have a powerful sense of morality and justice.

Also establish an afterlife, in rudimentary form for the moment. It shall be defined more at a later time.

[Andres]

Create race of beings, named Seraphim. Appearance is of awe-inspiring humanoids, intuitive understanding of magic, excellent reasoning capabilities, very gifted with magic, particularly ritual magic, have the ability to look into people's hearts and see their true nature, large wings allow them to fly, and are strong, tall, and have a powerful sense of morality and justice.

Also establish an afterlife, in rudimentary form for the moment. It shall be defined more at a later time.

(You're making mortal angels? Cool. As for the afterlife, you can either make your own afterlife-capable dimension for 6E or you can take a share in the Spirit World for about 1-2E. Those are the prices if I remember correctly.)

[Vgray]

"I myself find it to be petty and unbecoming. I make it no secret that I don't trust Cim, and I never cared for his attempts to restrict this council.

I have a question for all the younger gods, so I may get to know you better. If you were there to vote on the matter of free will for mortals, what would you choose? I will simplify the debate as I remember it into three choices,

Option A, create mortals with total free will.
Option B, create a bunch of aligned mortals who love us, and never do anything we don't want them to.
Or Option C, the brainchild of Cim incidentally, gradual 'graded' free will."

[Andres]

"I'm quite a bit biased, but A. C is a very decent middle ground, though, and it's easy to see how it can be done well."

[Rolepgeek]

I find the question itself to be of questionable value. What is meant by total free will? Any biological needs or psychological tendencies created by the god which formed them would cause certain behaviours to be more or less common in a race. Unless by this it is meant a total blank slate, which would cause it's own tendencies for behaviour, mostly in terms of imprinted or imitated behaviour from others. But unless the last option means something very different from what I think it does, I would choose A, despite or perhaps because of sphere.

[Kilojoule Proton]

Tick 32: (Anath, Kli, and the Light have not submitted probably complete orders. T33 will be the cutoff for submitting an order, and a lack of orders at that point will be taken to mean NOOP)

The human scientists have created a new incendiary grenade (such as it is). While it is not quite up to the specifications requested, they are working on making it closer to the design intention. The alchemist has now blown up over a hundred Saeva while cackling madly during testing.

Yaos has declared war on the Gruen states. A majority of the Gruen react with disconcerting apathy, most of them continuing their daily activities.

A Festive Underqueen has announced a massive banquet of many exotic foods. Many guests from many races attend, filling her royal coffers. The festival has also increased the demand for exotic folk Dwarven cuisine, and the output of solid beer biscuits has more than tripled.

One of the ships of the Mountwyrms' treasure fleet has been granted sapience by Azem. The merchants decide to charge for access to the ship.

The Lords of Hunger express their concerns with the priest's wish for the Ultimate Hunger: "Is it not dangerous to give one so inexperienced such a high reward?"

Darruth, god of Goodness, has awakened! Darruth has created the Seraphim, a race of magically gifted winged humanoids with some natural telepathic ability and a sense for morality and justice. It has also created a plane to be described later.

The Death Battle Plane (/*Fighter Plane), in which combatants may fight, die, and revive where they came from, has been created in the grand incorporeal dimension.

This update's dominant constellations are the Crown and Lady. The Slythan ice ring is very prominent.

(Darruth: -6E, Yaos: -0E, Cim: -0E, Neron: -0E, Azem: -1E, Kujin: -0E, Grauel: -0E, Darruth: -0E)

Finally, it has now been 30 updates (about a month) since the first tick with content. Congratulations!

Spoiler: Features (click to show/hide)

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
Garden of Hunger   Grauel

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

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

Cim the Lawgiver (Order, Law): 27/27, 7-8
Varee (Randomness): 21/21, 2-3
Fusil (Weapons): 17/21, 7-8
Azem (Greed, Trade): 28/29, 6-7
Anath (Night, Stars): 19/22, 6-7
Khaziraad (Architecture): 25/25, 4-5
Kli (Balance, Sacrifice): 22/22, 4-5
Grauel (Hunger): 25/25, 9-10
Serac (Oceans, Bubbles): 27/27, 4-5
The Light (Light): 25/25, 5-6
Artisanii (Arts, Inspiration): 23/23, 2-3
Yaos (Humans, Ambition): 8/20, 6-7
Joha (Life): 15/20, 3-4
Taol (Freedom): 16/20, 1-2
Neron (Ice): 19/20, 2-3
Kujin (Martial arts, Self-defense): 13/20, 1-2
Darruth (Goodness): 15/20, 3-4

Dar-MA-Gome (Honor, Pride): 1(+4)/20, 0-1 (Sealed away)

Chyribylta (Fear, Ignorance): 20/20, 0-1 (Safe stasis)

The following player is in danger of being marked as inactive: Lidku/Kujin

Spoiler: Council rules (0) (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>

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

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 (or the Fighter Plane) (7-1/17) <1-2 (0-1)> [PASSED]

Spoiler: Council proposals (2) (click to show/hide)

24.00: Create the Plane of Death and Battle (or the Fighter Plane) (7-1/17) <1-2 (0-1)> [PASSED]
+7 from Yaos, Cim, Neron, Azem, Kujin, Grauel, Darruth
0 from Taol
-1 from Artisanii

31.00: 40% participation is needed to resolve a proposal instead of 50%
+1 from Yaos
-1 from Cim

31.01: Autokilled proposals are resolved with zero-votes counted as Abstain votes
+2 from Cim, Yaos

31.02: Create a karmic balance to encourage Goodness
+1 from Darruth
-4 from Fusil, Grauel, Azem, Yaos
31.02.1: Form a subcommittee to judge the intent of actions
+1 from Darruth
-4 from Fusil, Grauel, Azem, Yaos

Spoiler: New Proposals (4) (click to show/hide)

31.00: 40% participation is needed to resolve a proposal instead of 50%
+1 from Yaos
-1 from Cim

31.01: Autokilled proposals are resolved with zero-votes counted as Abstain votes
+2 from Cim, Yaos

31.02: Create a karmic balance to encourage Goodness
+1 from Darruth
-4 from Fusil, Grauel, Azem, Yaos
31.02.1: Form a subcommittee to judge the intent of actions
+1 from Darruth
-4 from Fusil, Grauel, Azem, Yaos

Spoiler: 18.01 Monster ideas (will not auto-die until resolved) (4) (click to show/hide)

Passed:
18.01.3 (formerly misindexed as 18.02): Use DF to generate random monsters (5-0/4) UNANIMOUS (VOTING CLOSED)

18.01.1: Create seven colossal titans (from 24) (2-2/4) <?>
+2 from Yaos, Taol
-2 from Cim, Artisanii

18.01.2a: 2-5 gigantic carnivorous plants, 1-3 metal colossi (1-1/4) <7-8 (7-8)>
+1 from Varee
-1 from Yaos

18.01.2b: Giant unicorn, griffin, serpent, sponge (1-1/4)
+1 from Varee
-1 from Yaos

18.01.3 (formerly misindexed as 18.02): Use DF to generate random monsters (5-0/4) UNANIMOUS (VOTING CLOSED)
+5 from Yaos, Varee, Taol, Serac, Kujin

18.01.3.1: Generate 4 megabeasts for each world (1-0/4) <(1-3)>
+1 from Varee, Yaos?

Spoiler: 21.00 Gas giant ideas (Created; details phase?) (1) (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]
+4 from Anath, Yaos, Taol, Yaos

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

New players are no longer being added for the war minigame, although new players in general are welcome. The war turn is almost over.

[Vgray]

"Cim would be the best one to explain what he meant. As for option A, I could have worded that better I suppose. Option A would be how it works currently."

[Andres]

Yaos asks Jeffrey for advice in dealing with Void cults.

"Woo hoo! Yeah! Now who wants to pit their angels against mine? Wanna finally settle our rivalry, Fusil? We can finally see whether the Angel-Emperor of Mankind can defeat Tykki, Angel of Arms! This is going to be so much FUN!"

I should've made myself clearer on Proposal 21.00.2. The other 15 means were supposed to have varying levels of hospitability between 'almost ideal' (like Keshan and Slytha) to 'Golems only'. Since it costs too much Essence to have it for 15 moons it should probably be only 5 moons that have these levels of hospitability.

Yaos creates the sword Zephemural and attunes it to Vaal so he can use its full potential immediately. She does all this while doing *smug face* at Fusil for creating more artifact weapons than him (the angels not-withstanding).

Spoiler: Zephemural (click to show/hide)

A black, indestructible short sword. Its soul is a modified human one. It can reject a user by becoming too heavy to wield properly and by refusing to cut anyone, save the person attempting to use it. It can accept a person as its user if it deems them worthy, at which point it becomes half as heavy as a regular sword, and it will not cut its user. Once it has selected a user, it will remain the user's sword until the user dies or else if the user discards or neglects the sword (puts it in an attic and leaves it there to collect cobwebs, for example).
As the user improves their body and as the user increases their skill and attunement to the sword, a black, indestructible armour of the same material as the sword itself will begin to grow on the user, starting from the sword-hand, and slowly covering the rest of the body, starting from the sword-arm. It normally takes decades until any being (including untuned archangels) gets good enough to cover their entire body. The face portion of the armour is mask-like and allows for sight, breathing, and legible speech. The user can will for more or less armour to grow (up to the currently attained maximum), and the user must do this in order to sheath or throw the sword, as the sword itself is attached to the armour.
The sword is non-magical in nature, as is the armour. Magic cannot be channelled out of the sword or the armour.

The three generic angels and Vaal are taken to the DEATH BATTLE Plane to fight. Its three angels vs one archangel with a sword.

[Stirk]

Yaos creates the sword Zephemural and attunes it to Vaal so he can use its full potential immediately. She does all this while doing *smug face* at Fusil for creating more artifact weapons than him (the angels not-withstanding).

"Why do you look so smug? I have made multiple artifact weapons in secret. Strike Team Fusil in particular is equipped with multiple, I just don't publicly brag about the capabilities of my weapons, considering the fact secrecy makes them more powerful."

"Woo hoo! Yeah! Now who wants to pit their angels against mine? Wanna finally settle our rivalry, Fusil? We can finally see whether the Angel-Emperor of Mankind can defeat Tykki, Angel of Arms! This is going to be so much FUN!"

"What rivarly do you speak of? I thought I had made it clear that Tykki does not have to go fighting pointless fights in your false fight field. Tykki would easily win, but I am not about to push her towards any arena."

[Andres]

"Why do you look so smug? I have made multiple artifact weapons in secret. Strike Team Fusil in particular is equipped with multiple, I just don't publicly brag about the capabilities of my weapons, considering the fact secrecy makes them more powerful."

"Silly Fusil! Secrecy doesn't make weapons more powerful! Calling out your attacks does! Silly Fusil!"

"What rivarly do you speak of? I thought I had made it clear that Tykki does not have to go fighting pointless fights in your false fight field. Tykki would easily win, but I am not about to push her towards any arena."

"Sure, Fusil. Suuuuure."

I've seen Strike Team Fusil in action. Can I know what weapons they have?/What weapons have I seen them use?

[Stirk]

"Sure, Fusil. Suuuuure."

"If you want Tykki to fight so much, why not just ask her? She has really wanted to kill something as of late."

"Silly Fusil! Secrecy doesn't make weapons more powerful! Calling out your attacks does! Silly Fusil!"

*Fusil hits Yaos in the back of the head with the SECRET VORPAL PILLOW OF GODSLAYING*

I've seen Strike Team Fusil in action. Can I know what weapons they have?/What weapons have I seen them use?

(You sent your angel to work for you, cheater!)

[Kilojoule Proton]

(Yaos: -3E)
Yaos: You create Zephemural and attune it to Vaal for immediate use and send him into battle with your three blank angels. The three blank angels are defeated after some time and return. They seem to be mildly annoyed.

You also do not recall any particularly interesting weapons in STF's possession, perhaps aside from the wicked blade Tykki used.