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[Iituem]

In Eras, players take on the role of gods or divine spirits - first creating a world, then seeking dominion over its peoples, eventually leading their chosen folk to apotheosis - or to the stars.  The game takes place over (at least) three Eras, and players may consider each Era its own game to be won, although later Eras depend upon the actions of the earlier ones.


In the First Era, the powers that be forge the world(s) and the flora and fauna upon it.  This is the current Era.


The first five (or six, if I really like the apps) players to submit a deity application with a Name, Appearance and Personality (and Agenda if any) will be accepted.  Roleplay is encouraged.

Turns take place simultaneously, but no player can take more than three Actions in a Round.  Once you have done all your actions, post Turn Complete.  Once all players have completed their turns, a new round takes place.  Every player will start with 500 Mana, representing the Titanic powers of creation they possess.

Spoiler: First Era Rules (click to show/hide)

Rules for the First Era

At the start of the game, each player may pick a Sphere of Life (see below), which will form the basis of their power grabs.  They may, at a later point, select another sphere for 100 mana.

Each round, players may take up to three Actions, in addition to any RP.  The legal actions as as follows:

Place/Destroy Land - Placing a Land costs the amount given on the type of Land (see below).  When placing a Land you may decide what Continent it is part of, and whether it links to any others.  Destroying a Land costs the same amount.  You can counter the Placement/Destruction of a Land by paying the placement cost.  This is the only action for which players may pool mana.  Whoever leads a Placement action may Create a new Fauna type of their choice for free.  The Placer may name and describe the Land.

Turn 2 Mechanics Change: Effective as of Turn 2, placing a Land instead gives you 110% of the amount of mana you spent in credit for Creating or Spreading Fauna during the rest of your turn.  Credit expires at the end of your Turn.  Additionally, you may make a Create or Spread Fauna action without using up one of your action slots.  This still costs mana, although you can use mana credits.

Link Land/Sunder Land - Connecting a Land to another costs 25 mana, as does sundering that Land from its other connections.  This is chiefly used to create links between Continents or separate/join Worlds (see Lands).  A given Land may have only one Link to another Land on a different Continent (all lands within a Continent are linked).  Note that a certain amount of Connection happens for free when placing Lands (see Lands).

Create Fauna - You may pay five times the Spread cost for a given tier of Fauna to create a new type of Fauna from your Sphere of Life (see Fauna rules below).  Unless it is a Pioneer, there must be free Fauna of the tier below on that Land to permit placement (forcing a Competition is acceptable).

Spread Fauna - Spread an existing type of Fauna from one Land to another, or increase the amount within a given Land.  Can be roleplayed as migration, or the evolution of related species.  Fauna may spread within a Continent or from one Continent to another via Links (see Lands), but not between Worlds without some sort of bridging Land.


Lands

There are seven legal Land types as below:

Sun - Unique, only one may exist.  Exists at the start of play.  Provides Light.  Cannot be linked to any other World.  Costs 100 mana to destroy/replace.  The sun.

Abyss - Provides Void.  Costs 100 mana.  In later Eras, serves as a potent source of mana.  A hole in the world.

Plains - Provides Earth.  Costs 50 mana.  Rolling plains.

Sky - Provides Air.  Connects to all non-Cavern continents in a world.  Costs 100 mana.  Open air.

Volcano - Provides Earth, Fire.  Blocks Water.  Costs 100 mana.  A raging volcanic rift.

Sea - Provides Water.  Blocks Fire.  Costs 50 mana.  The sea.

Cavern - Provides Earth.  Blocks Light.  Costs 50 mana.  Underground cavern systems.


When placing a Land you may automatically connect it to any other existing Land of the same type, forming a Continent (you do not have to, and this would create a disconnected Continent as a result).  If the Continent it is placed on has connections to another Continent, you may also create a new connection to that other Continent from the freshly placed Land.  If when placing a Land you decline to connect it to an existing Continent, you may form a new Continent with it and may freely connect it to any other existing Continent as an island (or not, making it a whole new World).

Spoiler: Worked Example (click to show/hide)

Auron places the Sea of Rages.  Since no other Lands have been placed, it forms a new World and a Continent of its own.  He then adds the Sea of Storms to the Continent containing the Sea of Rages, creating the Ocean of Rage, a Continent containing the Seas of Rages and Storms.

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea)
  - Sea of Rages (Sea)

Belloch places the Land of Plenty, a Plain.  There are no other Plains, so this creates a new Continent.  Rather than create a new World, he chooses to link the Land of Plenty to the Sea of Rages.  He calls this new continent the Realm of Plenty.  He places the Land of Ruin (another Plain) in the same continent.

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea)
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains)

Auron then places the Sea of Wiles in the Ocean of Rage.  Since the Ocean of Rage has a connection to the Realm of Plenty, he can automatically make a link from the Sea of Wiles to any free Land in the Realm of Plenty.  Since only the Land of Ruin is free, he links the Sea of Wiles to the Land of Ruin.

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea)
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Wiles (Sea) x Land of Ruin [Realm of Plenty]

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains) x Sea of Wiles [Ocean of Rage]

Caelon then places the Spike of Hell, a Volcano.  There are no other Volcanoes, so it forms a new Continent (The Peaks of Fire).  There aren't any spaces free in the Realm of Plenty for him to make a connection, so instead he links the Peaks of Fire to the Ocean of Rage via the Sea of Storms.

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea) x Spike of Hell [Peaks of Fire]
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Wiles (Sea) x Land of Ruin [Realm of Plenty]

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains) x Sea of Wiles [Ocean of Rage]

Peaks of Fire [C]
  - Spike of Hell (Volcano) x Sea of Storms [Ocean of Rage]

Auron adds the Sea of Whimsy to the Ocean of Rage, adding no other connections.  Caelon adds Rage Island, a Volcano, but chooses to make it part of a separate continent to the Peaks of Fire (the continent of Rage Island, in fact).  He connects it to the Sea of Whimsy.

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea) x Spike of Hell [Peaks of Fire]
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Wiles (Sea) x Land of Ruin [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Whimsy (Sea) x Rage Island [Rage Island]

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains) x Sea of Wiles [Ocean of Rage]

Peaks of Fire [C]
  - Spike of Hell (Volcano) x Sea of Storms [Ocean of Rage]

Rage Island [C]
  - Rage Island (Volcano) x Sea of Whimsy [Ocean of Rage]

Duncan then creates The Moon (Caverns) and makes it not only a separate Continent, but a separate World as well.  It has no connections to anyone else.  The first World is called the World of Hope to differentiate it.

Caelon adds the Lunar Surface (Plains), creating a new Continent on the Moon and linking it accordingly.  Auron adds the Sky (in its own continent The Sky) to the World of Hope.  Being a Sky continent, it automatically connects to all non-Cavern continents.

- The World of Hope -

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea) x Spike of Hell [Peaks of Fire]
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Wiles (Sea) x Land of Ruin [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Whimsy (Sea) x Rage Island [Rage Island]

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains) x Sea of Wiles [Ocean of Rage]

Peaks of Fire [C]
  - Spike of Hell (Volcano) x Sea of Storms [Ocean of Rage]

Rage Island [C]
  - Rage Island (Volcano) x Sea of Whimsy [Ocean of Rage]

The Sky [C]
  - The Sky (Sky) x Ocean of Rage, Realm of Plenty, Peaks of Fire, Rage Island


- The Moon -

The Moon [C]
  - The Moon (Caverns) x The Lunar Surface [Lunar Surface]

Lunar Surface [C]
  - The Lunar Surface (Plains) x The Moon [The Moon]

The net result is a planet dominated by a vast sea, the Ocean of Rages.  The main continent, the Realm of Plenty, is bordered by the Ocean on all sides (with the Sea of Rages to the west and Sea of Wiles to the East).  A chain of volcanic islands, the Peaks of Fire are found to the distant west of the Ocean, while the solitary Rage Island can be found to the north.  Far above the all-encompassing sky, the Moon orbits the World of Hope.

Spoiler: First Era Rules Continued (click to show/hide)

Fauna

Fauna (which for the sake of simplicity, contains Flora) are representations of the broad groups of Life upon the worlds.  There are four different Tiers of Fauna (plus Pioneers) in each Sphere of Life, representing Trophic Levels.

Fauna must be placed on Lands.  Up to three Pioneers may be placed on any one Land.  For a given 'Token' of Fauna to be placed on a Land, there must be a free Fauna token (of any colour) of the Tier/Trophic Level immediately below them on that Land (Tier 1 needs Pioneers, Tier 2 needs Tier 1 etc).  If there is no free token, Competition or Overgrazing may happen instead.


Spread Costs

These are the costs to spread a created type of Fauna from one Land to another, or increase their number within a given Land.

Pioneers - 5 Mana
Tier 1 - 10 Mana
Tier 2 - 15 Mana
Tier 3 - 20 Mana
Tier 4 - 25 Mana

You can only spread or place Fauna where there are free slots of a lower Tier to support them, and you can only place Fauna of a given Tier if you have Fauna of the Tier below (of your colour) in existence.  The bottom tier of your sphere can always be placed (e.g. Pioneers for Plants, Tier 1 for Animals etc).


Mana Generation

In addition to your starting mana, each population of Fauna you have in play generates mana for you each turn according to their Tier:

Pioneers - 1 Mana
Tier 1 - 2 Mana
Tier 2 - 3 Mana
Tier 3 - 4 Mana
Tier 4 - 5 Mana


Competition

If a type of Fauna is created in or tries to spread to a new Land and all the available 'slots' for that Tier are taken by rival Fauna, the new type may attempt to out-compete the old.  The player spreading into the Land must bid an amount of mana to 'assist' his Fauna.  The rival whose Fauna would be replaced must then match his bid to retain his Fauna in the Land.  Bidding continues until either the player supplanting cannot outbid his opponent (the sitting player wins) or the player being supplanted is not willing or able to match the attacker (the playing migrating wins).  If the sitting player wins, the player attempting the spread loses the population of Fauna he was trying to spread.  If the migrating player wins, he replaces the sitting player's Fauna with his own.

In either case, any bid mana is spent (on both sides).  The migrating player must pay the Spread cost regardless of success or failure, and the spread cost is not part of the bid (unless playing Undead).


Overgrazing

If you control all the Fauna for a given Tier in a given Land, you can Overgraze the tier below you by Spreading another Fauna population of that tier onto the Land.  You may then pick one of the Fauna (or Pioneers) on the Tier below to remove from play, as it is overpredated or its habitats destroyed.  Since this reduces the available food supply/terraforming for the Tier below, you will then have to remove one of your own Fauna tokens from the Tier you just Overgrazed from.  If this results in starvation of the tier(s) above, you may also select which of the Fauna on each of the starved tiers is removed as well.


Extinction Events

If all the sources of a given Element are wiped out (e.g. destroying the Sun), all Fauna that depend upon that Element are instantly removed from play.  Owning players receive 5 Mana per Fauna token destroyed as they reclaim some of the dying souls.  Note that this may cause a knock-on effect in which dependent Fauna of higher Tiers are destroyed as well.  If that happens, those players are also compensated for the destruction as above.  The player who caused the extinction event may decide which Fauna tokens are destroyed, if conditions would present a choice.


Spheres of Life

There are 7 Spheres of Life, representing different Kingdoms of life on the planet, some more fantastical than others.  Five may be taken by players on a first come, first serve basis.  Two remain to be purchased if desired later.  You can only place Fauna from your own Kingdom.  So long as a World has the requisite elements within it to sustain Fauna from a given sphere, those Fauna may be placed.  Certain Lands may block certain element types, e.g. Seas block Fire, so Fire Sphere life cannot be placed there; Caverns block Light, so Plant life cannot grow there.

Plants - Requires Light, Air and Water.  Can Pioneer, but Pioneers cannot take root in Sky Lands.  Creating a new tier of Fauna only requires 4x spread cost instead of 5x.  Algae, grasses, trees.

Animals - Requires Air.  Cannot Pioneer.  Fish, insects, birds.

Fire - Requires Fire.  Can Pioneer.  Archaea, dragons, magma crabs.

Fungi - Requires Earth.  Cannot Pioneer.  Moulds, mushrooms.

Skylife - Requires Air.  Can Pioneer.  Cannot live in Caverns.  Balloon beasts, gasbag hawks.

Crystal - Requires Earth.  Can Pioneer.  Cannot live in Sky.  Crystal basilisks, rock crabs.

Undead - Requires Void.  Can Pioneer.  Special Rules: Creating Undead fauna costs 4x spread cost instead of 5x.  When Spreading fauna, you can only spread into Lands that already have other fauna of the same tier, and you can only do so by replacing them.  Replacing rival fauna follows the Competition rules, except that the spread cost is included in your initial bid.  Stranglegrass, ghouls, vampiric bats.

Spoiler: Worked Example (click to show/hide)

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea) x Spike of Hell [Peaks of Fire]
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Wiles (Sea) x Land of Ruin [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Whimsy (Sea) x Rage Island [Rage Island]

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains) x Sea of Wiles [Ocean of Rage]

Peaks of Fire [C]
  - Spike of Hell (Volcano) x Sea of Storms [Ocean of Rage]

Rage Island [C]
  - Rage Island (Volcano) x Sea of Whimsy [Ocean of Rage]

The Sky [C]
  - The Sky (Sky) x Ocean of Rage, Realm of Plenty, Peaks of Fire, Rage Island

Auron, who is playing the Sphere of Plantlife, opens by placing Algae (Pioneer) in the Sea of Rages (20 mana instead of 25, for being Plantlife).  He then spends two Spread actions to fill the Sea of Rages with Algae (5 mana, 5 mana).

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea) x Spike of Hell [Peaks of Fire]
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]
    - [P] Algae, Algae, Algae
  - Sea of Wiles (Sea) x Land of Ruin [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Whimsy (Sea) x Rage Island [Rage Island]

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains) x Sea of Wiles [Ocean of Rage]

Peaks of Fire [C]
  - Spike of Hell (Volcano) x Sea of Storms [Ocean of Rage]

Rage Island [C]
  - Rage Island (Volcano) x Sea of Whimsy [Ocean of Rage]

The Sky [C]
  - The Sky (Sky) x Ocean of Rage, Realm of Plenty, Peaks of Fire, Rage Island

Belloch (Sphere of Animals) adds a Tier 1 Animal, Plankton, to the Sea of Rages (50 mana).  He then Spreads it once (10 mana) within the same Sea.  Caelon (Sphere of Fire) cannot place on Water Tiles but can produce Pioneers, so he places a Pioneer Fauna, Archaea, on Rage Island (25 mana).  Note that he could place it on the Land of Plenty and it would be just as valid, so long as Fire exists in the world.  He does not spread it.

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea) x Spike of Hell [Peaks of Fire]
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]
    - [P] Algae, Algae, Algae
    - [1] Plankton, Plankton
  - Sea of Wiles (Sea) x Land of Ruin [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Whimsy (Sea) x Rage Island [Rage Island]

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains) x Sea of Wiles [Ocean of Rage]

Peaks of Fire [C]
  - Spike of Hell (Volcano) x Sea of Storms [Ocean of Rage]

Rage Island [C]
  - Rage Island (Volcano) x Sea of Whimsy [Ocean of Rage]
    - [P] Archaea

The Sky [C]
  - The Sky (Sky) x Ocean of Rage, Realm of Plenty, Peaks of Fire, Rage Island

Auron Spreads Algae to the Sea of Whimsy, and from the Sea he then Spreads it to Rage Island (via the continent connection).

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea) x Spike of Hell [Peaks of Fire]
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]
    - [P] Algae, Algae, Algae
    - [1] Plankton, Plankton
  - Sea of Wiles (Sea) x Land of Ruin [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Whimsy (Sea) x Rage Island [Rage Island]
    - [P] Algae

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains) x Sea of Wiles [Ocean of Rage]

Peaks of Fire [C]
  - Spike of Hell (Volcano) x Sea of Storms [Ocean of Rage]

Rage Island [C]
  - Rage Island (Volcano) x Sea of Whimsy [Ocean of Rage]
    - [P] Archaea, Algae, Algae

The Sky [C]
  - The Sky (Sky) x Ocean of Rage, Realm of Plenty, Peaks of Fire, Rage Island

Caelon decides to Spread Archaea twice.  First he creates an airborne variant which colonises the Sky [5 Mana], then tries to spread it again to Rage Island [5 Mana].  There is only space for three Pioneers on a Land, so Caelon engages in a Competition battle with Auron, each of them bidding Mana to stop the other.  In the end, Caelon bets 12 Mana and Auron's previous bet was 10, so Caelon wins (both sides lose the mana bid) and replaces one of Auron's Algae with his own Archaea.

Belloch then Spreads his Plankton again in the Sea of Rage (to fully colonise the first Trophic Level there), thence to the Sea of Whimsy and then again to Rage Island.  As a cosmetic touch, he renames the Fauna spread to Rage Island as Scum Feeders, a tiny plankton-like creature that eats the algae and archaea from the rocks on the Island.

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea) x Spike of Hell [Peaks of Fire]
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]
    - [P] Algae, Algae, Algae
    - [1] Plankton, Plankton, Plankton
  - Sea of Wiles (Sea) x Land of Ruin [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Whimsy (Sea) x Rage Island [Rage Island]
    - [P] Algae
    - [1] Plankton

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains) x Sea of Wiles [Ocean of Rage]

Peaks of Fire [C]
  - Spike of Hell (Volcano) x Sea of Storms [Ocean of Rage]

Rage Island [C]
  - Rage Island (Volcano) x Sea of Whimsy [Ocean of Rage]
    - [P] Archaea, Archaea, Algae
    - [1] Scum Feeders

The Sky [C]
  - The Sky (Sky) x Ocean of Rage, Realm of Plenty, Peaks of Fire, Rage Island
    - [P] Archaea

In an act of spite, Belloch then Spreads his plankton a third time, this time again to the Sea of Rages.  Since he has a monopoly on the first Trophic Level, this instead causes Overgrazing and reduces the number of Algae on the Pioneer level to two.  This has a knock on effect, killing off one of the Plankton populations in the Sea.  Because he has Tier 1 Fauna in play, he celebrates by creating a new Tier 2 Fauna population [75 mana] on Rage Island, the Crab.  Since there are Tier 1 creatures there, they can support the new Crabs just fine.

Ocean of Rage [C]
  - Sea of Storms (Sea) x Spike of Hell [Peaks of Fire]
  - Sea of Rages (Sea) x Land of Plenty [Realm of Plenty]
    - [P] Algae, Algae
    - [1] Plankton, Plankton
  - Sea of Wiles (Sea) x Land of Ruin [Realm of Plenty]
  - Sea of Whimsy (Sea) x Rage Island [Rage Island]
    - [P] Algae
    - [1] Plankton

Realm of Plenty [C]
  - Land of Plenty (Plains) x Sea of Rages [Ocean of Rage]
  - Land of Ruin (Plains) x Sea of Wiles [Ocean of Rage]

Peaks of Fire [C]
  - Spike of Hell (Volcano) x Sea of Storms [Ocean of Rage]

Rage Island [C]
  - Rage Island (Volcano) x Sea of Whimsy [Ocean of Rage]
    - [P] Archaea, Archaea, Algae
    - [1] Scum Feeders
    - [2] Crabs

The Sky [C]
  - The Sky (Sky) x Ocean of Rage, Realm of Plenty, Peaks of Fire, Rage Island
    - [P] Archaea

Spoiler: First Era Victory (click to show/hide)

The first player to have five Tier 4 Fauna tokens in place wins the first Era.  They may then select which of those tokens will produce the new sapient species, and a description of what that species will be. (e.g. If they selected a population of Primates, the sapients might be Humans.  Or Elves.  Or Orcs.)

Spoiler: GM Proofing (click to show/hide)

Because I am a notoriously erratic GM, a couple of measures are in place to mitigate GM vagrancy.

Moving to the next Round

If everyone can finished their turns in a given round, any player can declare New Round! and start playing from the next round.  I will generally aim to do a flavour update for each Round, but this will keep the mechanics of the game going.

Keeping Record of the World

Each time you make your Turn and change the World, copy-paste the World stats from the last player and update them accordingly for your turn.  This keeps an accurate record of the World for each turn.

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[Pencil_Art]

Well. Sorry if you needed to reserve anything else, but I am totally IN.

[Iituem]

Awesome.  Come up with a deity app and pick a sphere.

[Criptfeind]

Name: The Jester
Appearance: Currently appears as a wild explosion of color shining from some inner point.
Personality: The Jester is a lover of all things beautiful and colorful, the more wild the shape and vibrant the color the better. It is a capricious creator who loves to see the things it creates live up to it's standards of beauty and wonder. However, it is also a Jealous god, who believes that the more that see a wonder, the less special that wonder is, after all, what can be wondrous when it is seen so often by so many? That is just the mundane! It believes that only it is worthy of seeing true beauty, and thus detests any who would look upon it's works and ruin them with their sight. To that end it detests the light most of all, since that allows visual masterpieces to be observed by even the lowest of beings!
Agenda: Currently none, as it wanders though the void. The urge to create strikes.
Sphere of Life: Crystal

[Pencil_Art]

Name: The World Tree
Appearance: A massive tree, from which the branches of evolution of all things spring from it's boughs.
Personality: The Tree cultivates his creations lovingly, and is not aggressive, as he respects  all life. However, if those rival creatures start competing with his, he rises from his slumber to put an end to conflict, one way or another.

He does not put up with any intrusions into his territory, and is known for being quick and decisive, though also very wise.
Agenda: Looking for a place to cultivate his creations in peace.
Sphere of life: Plants.

[Iituem]

In and In.  We can start with four players if there's not too much initial interest as well.

[micelus]

Name: The Improver
Appearance: A snowflake that constantly changes shape and formation quick enough that it appears as a luminous sphere to most.
Personality: The Improver sees the world as a blank slate from which he would create the greatest form of art: life. His creations are his greatest possessions but they are just that, possessions. He sees them as valuable but disposable. The creations of others too are of interest to him; fellow artworks created by his peers. Sometime It thinks it could make them better, improve them. When he sees this, he of course does without consulting his fellow artists. The Improver is patient and careful but swift to act when the time comes. He acts like a father to his lessers and a friend to his equals. When however he needs to dispose or combat those mentioned, he is quick to put aside pleasantries and either destroy them outright, turn them to his side or weaken them. He sees no wrongness with this and would be insulted to know that others would think this rude.
Agenda: Refine lifeforms to such an extent that the ecosystem is 'perfect'.
Sphere of Life: Fungi

[scapheap]

Name: The Mother
Appearance: A female being with red flowing hair. Details beyond that fluctuate from observer to observer, from a white furred mouse 2 inches long to a dark skin human 30 meters tall. An aura of safety is only other noted from this goddess.
Personality: A gentle being, the mother rarely seek competition. She creates her children and care not of their form so they can vary from beautiful to horrible nightmares worse then the (undead god or the Improver if none arise) can produce so long as they flourish. However, if her temper is arouses, the fool who did so will soon found out there no such thing as stop for the Mother's anger.
Agenda: To fill the world(s) with her children.
Sphere of Life: Animal

[Demonic Spoon]

Name: Supreme Radiant
Appearance: A pulsating orb of light, like the sun in miniature
Personality: Has an inferiority complex due to being outshined by the sun, compensating by claiming to be the one true sun, and superior in every way to that other, crappy, sun. As such it has a burning need to prove itself, and make others acknowledge its supremacy
Agenda: Get rid of crappy knockoff sun, become ultimate sun, get others to acknowledge greatness.
Sphere: Fire

Why don't fungi require air? Currently fungi appears to be a completely superior version of the animal sphere? Everything is the same except it doesn't require air like animals do.

[GiglameshDespair]

Oh, all the places are filled. A shame.

[Demonic Spoon]

Oh, all the places are filled. A shame.

GM said he might accept a sixth player if the application is good enough so there's no harm in trying?

Name: The Mother
Appearance: A female being with red flowing hair. Details beyond that fluctuate from observer to observer, from a white furred mouse 2 inches long to a dark skin human 30 meters tall. An aura of safety is only other noted from this goddess.

Colour contradiction?

[scapheap]

Colour contradiction?

Nah, it my god's version of a halo. The mouse would simply have a red 'mane' of sorts and the rest would be white.

[Iituem]

Make an app anyway, Gig.  I may go to six players.  Also, legitimate balance point there, Spoon.  I'm going to alter Fungi to require Earth (because we already have three Air requirement spheres).


In the vastness of space, a star is born.  The light that heralds its birth calls to sleeping, ancient forms across the cosmos, and each one drifts towards this shining new sun.  The lens of time narrows from the billions to the mere hundred millions as five distinct forms coalesce into awareness and being, each having soaked up the brilliance of the star's efflugia, rich with the stuff of creation.

One blooms into a brilliant, beautiful explosion of multicoloured light.  One hardens into the form of a seed, ready to take root.  One becomes an erratic, shifting lattice of light and ice.  One takes the form of a welcoming creature with white fur across its body and red, flowing hair.  One settles on the form of a pulsing orb of light, like the star in miniature.

The void beckons, creation ready to accept a shape.

- The Sun -
  - The Sun (Sun)

- ? ? ? -

The Jester (Crystal)
  500 mana

The World Tree (Plant)
  500 mana

The Improver (Fungi)
  500 mana

The Mother (Animal)
  500 mana

The Supreme Radiant (Fire)
  500 mana