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[Stirk]

What does The Truth even look like?

An elongated diamond, obviously.

[Andres]

What is 'The Truth' even associated with? Is its only job really to remind people of a word?

[Stirk]

(Oh, thanks for reminding me!)

"Alright, Angels of Yaos. You have five minutes to explain why I shouldn't kill all of you for your attempts to murder me. Maybe I will take over the Empire of Mankind while I am at it? It is not like Yaos needs it any more. And I still want that knife..."

[Kilojoule Proton]

Tick 54: Amateur campanology

Vaal's adopted son has been tutored on many subjects. The Human Empire's EVAC has attempted to destroy the recently collected magical Void items and has limited success.

Some zealots of Yaos have stopped their rampage at the ISAY. Most of the researchers are currently checking the damage. The zealots continue as normal, but there is a public burning of an elongated diamond effigy that night. The more level-headed members of the ISAY. They are chastised both for their rash behavior and antagonizing Fusil in general.

The weapons seem to have enough Void influence to trigger the VDD.

Skilled Human workers have been brought in to work on the Grand Temple. The biggest Void cults are, predictably, in hiding. Funding for agriculture has been increased. The Gruen seem to have somewhat inappropriate techniques given their mundivorous diet, and the Humans gain little from knowing how to treat rocks to make them tastier. A waste has been allocated for Ikaku and training use. It seems that most everyone, regardless of skill in any area, is inept at chi techniques. Controller Angels are present. Most of the Imperial generals agree to pray to Yaos' angels.

Gruen civilization is entering a period of great intellectual advancement with the successful planned feedbreeding of near-lighter-than-air Gruen to transport documents and limited cargo. The priests have done a good job of answering prayers even if most of them are answered in the negative. You hear the following prayers:
"What should I eat to make myself large?"
"I wish I could become a god of Berries."
"There is an annoying creature eating all my flowers! He landed in the town square a few weeks ago and has not stopped!"

The Rani, Shadow Ravens, and Snow Golems are doing fairly well. Many of the Shadow Ravens seem to have disappeared, but this is probably a matter of godly perception.
"I wish my son didn't go to that big Feast! I should have known!"
"My dog is stuck in the snow! Can you get him to come back?"
"I wish for frozen milk cream."

(From which world is The Truth visible?)

The Light has created the Reef of Souls, a luminescent coral reef for the merfolk.
Cactusman: "Can you make me have spines like the other cacti?"
Luminee: "I want to learn how to make the Light of Feeding!"
Crurcul the Destroying Light: "One of my daughters wants to marry a ceremonial dagger, but I disapprove. What should I do?"

(Not enough players doing anything for one tick, not not enough from any particular player who posted (the negation operator seems a bit slanted in English).)

This update's constellations are the Shield and Eye.

(The Light: -1E)

Spoiler: Features (click to show/hide)

Skyfeatures: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=144704.msg5731808#msg5731808 (maintained by Happerry/Anath)
Skyfeatures: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=144704.msg5842048#msg5842048 (maintained by Andres/Yaos)
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): 30/30, 10-11
Varee (Randomness): 29/29, 3-4
Fusil (Weapons): 17/17, 8-9
Azem (Wealth, Trade): 25/33, 6-7
Khaziraad (Architecture): 9/25, 5-6
Kli (Balance, Sacrifice): 29/29, 5-6
Grauel (Hunger): 30/31, 12-13
Serac (Oceans, Bubbles): 26/27, 6-7
The Light (Light): 38/38, 5-6
Joha (Life): 15/20, 3-4
Carmine (Exploration, Science): 21/21, 1-2
Neron (Ice): 20/20, 4-5
Darruth (Goodness, Protection): 20/20, 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 (1) (click to show/hide)

51.00: (To Merfolk makers) Propagate Merfolk to 10 000 000 (2-0/5?) <(0-1E)>
+2 from Darruth, Joha

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

Array

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

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New players are always welcome. Sphere ideas this tick are Agriculture, Torture, Animals, and Trickery.

[Andres]

By the way, the Yaosian angels are part of the Darruthian alliance. If that doesn't change anything, then tell me and I'll write up an appropriate response.

[Kilojoule Proton]

I can't enforce alliances or break-n-backstab would be artificially prevented, so the Yaosian angels being in the alliance changes as little as the alliance wants.

[Andres]

(That was directed at Fusil, actually.)

[Stirk]

By the way, the Yaosian angels are part of the Darruthian alliance. If that doesn't change anything, then tell me and I'll write up an appropriate response.

(Durrath doesn't scare Fusil in the least bit. Did you really think it would do anything?)

[Rolepgeek]

I have a few things to say before I must retire once more, the most pressing of which is this:

I did not kill your followers, Fusil, and am in fact working on finding out who did. You will not believe me, of course; you use deception often enough that you expect it from others as a matter of course. But it is nonetheless true.

Second; feel free to attempt to form an alliance to shield yourself as well. I fear you might have difficulty procuring allies who have not been alienated by your rash and imprudent behaviour, however.

(You still can't seem to manage to spell it right. Maybe I should call Fusil Fisul (pronounced fizzle) from now on...)

(also, I could have told you that it would make him more likely to try and kill you, not less...though it's not just Darruth in the alliance anymore. Serac at least agreed, I think a couple more from PMs...)

[Andres]

(it's not just Darruth in the alliance anymore. Serac at least agreed, I think a couple more from PMs...)

(Indeed. Joha at least openly joined the alliance. She was the first one to do so as well.)

So is Fusil going to retract or change his demands or not? I've got a response ready in either case.

[Stirk]

I did not kill your followers, Fusil, and am in fact working on finding out who did. You will not believe me, of course; you use deception often enough that you expect it from others as a matter of course. But it is nonetheless true.

"Why should I trust you? That is exactly what you would have said if you had done it. My followers where killed. Frozen to death. The weak ones, too. Children attended that festival. As you can see, mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, are crying over the corpses caused by another god. I can see no reason for this attack, it must have been caused by the least reasonable of us. I can see no answer but you."

Second; feel free to attempt to form an alliance to shield yourself as well. I fear you might have difficulty procuring allies who have not been alienated by your rash and imprudent behaviour, however.

"Maybe I have already done so? The slumbering gods have already offered me their support."

(You still can't seem to manage to spell it right. Maybe I should call Fusil Fisul (pronounced fizzle) from now on...)

(I have been doing it on purpose for a while now. It has started to spread.)

(also, I could have told you that it would make him more likely to try and kill you, not less...though it's not just Darruth in the alliance anymore. Serac at least agreed, I think a couple more from PMs...)

(Fusil is so scared, his finger is trembling over the button labeled *NUKE THE OTHER GODS*)

So is Fusil going to retract or change his demands or not? I've got a response ready in either case.

(I think it is pretty clear he is not retracting anything.)

[Rolepgeek]

(oh, maybe it was Joha; I'm terrible at keeping track of text colors and all, mostly i've figured out Khaziraad, Grauel/Azem sometimes, Fusil, Yaos(sorta...), and Cim...)

Commission the construction of a Grand Cathedral, with aid from the greatest artists, construxtion workers(yes this includes Golems mostly), and architects of the age. It should be designed for use both by those who can travel by flight, and those who are confined to the ground, and magnify the glories and virtues of Goodness. It should be constructed in the largest of the Good cities, and smaller(but still large) Cathedrals should be built in the rest. Ask the God of Architecture(coughKhaziraadcough) for help.

See if I can help make his archangel a bit tougher in a significant manner without spending more than 1 or two essence.

[Cptn Kaladin Anrizlokum]

((Is anyone doing anything about the monsters in the abandoned cities, or should I go fix it myself?))

Edit: supposed to be OOC, oops.

[Rolepgeek]

Hmmm...

Get on it, Templars! Good for training.

And building character.

[Kilojoule Proton]

Stirk: Please spell Durrath as Darruth for non-in-character posts regardless of presence on the IC or OOC thread