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[micelus]

Go ahead. Also, rule changes and additions in coming.

[micelus]

Spoiler: Clarification on Acts (click to show/hide)

-1 Act will produce 6 roughly-average population units of a race.
-1 Mighty Act will produce 3 excellent populations units of a race. Excellent is defined as being better at 5 average individuals on average.
-A minor Act cannot be used to create races but may be used to create individuals. 1 minor act can create one individual who is incredibly excellent in one field or another. Applying immortality to a body is currently impossible, as understood by the gods.
-These changes are not retroactive.

Spoiler: Worship (click to show/hide)

-3 Pop. units= 1 Minor Act.
-A Pop. may be directly sacrificed for 1 Minor Act. Can only be performed if the pop. are worshipers of the deity. This counts as an action and the Acts are not received until the next turn. This may have repercussions.

Spoiler: Accord, Influence and World State (click to show/hide)

-Accord (Acc.) may now be spent on Influence at the rate of 6 Accord for 1 Influence. Each point of Influence (Inf.) represents a god's connection to reality and control over the State of the World. Each Inf can be invested into any god's spheres, pushing the world towards that sphere. E.g, a high amount of Inf in the sphere of Light would make the world a brighter place whereas investing in the sphere of Murder would result in many more illegal or unjustified deaths.
-Inf is non-refundable and cannot be reinvested after being spent.
-Inf may be used to simply remove invested Influence.
-Only 10 units of Influence can be invested into the world at any one time. Influence may instead be used to replace another point of Influence.
-The effect Influence is as follows:

• 1-2 Inf: the sphere has a slight effect on the world, affecting areas especially related to the sphere.
• 3-7 Inf: the sphere has a moderate to strong effect on the world, having an effect throughout Creation.
• 9-10 Inf: the sphere is the very essence of Creation and it is reflected as such. All actions and events throughout the world are moderately to heavily influenced by the sphere. This may alter the laws of reality.

-Inf can be converted by BOUND into a sphere-bound Act, Acts which can only be used if related to the sphere(s) of the god in question. 1 Inf= 1 Minor Act. These do not generate Accord.
-Accord that should have been gained in the first turn will be distributed next turn.

Spoiler: Attributes of the Bound (click to show/hide)

-Worship is no longer halved for Bound.
- The number of Acts used to become Bound refers to the physical strength of the god's body. Another god may thus simply smite a Bound deity with a number of Acts equal to the invested Acts.
-The number of Invested Acts also represents the maximum Acts a Bound can have at any one time.
-More Acts can be invested into a Bound's body at a rate of 1:2. I.e, 2 Minor Acts is equal to 1 Invested Minor Act.
-The number of Acts invested into a Bound determines the total amount of Acts a Bound can gain in a turn.
-Bound do not 'sleep' in between turns like other gods. Bounds may use actions that continue throughout the turn rather than only occurring during the turn.
-Bound gods cannot gain spheres.
-Bound gods cannot use Mighty Acts.
-It is very possible for a Bound to return to normal godhood. How this is done is unknown.
-Mortals have a tendency to be more loyal to a Bound than a normal god.
-Bound gods do not incur any penalty for having 0 or less Acts.

[Demonic Spoon]

Another god may thus simply smite a Bound deity with a number of Acts equal to the invested Acts.
-The number of Invested Acts also represents the maximum Acts a Bound can have at any one time.

Everything is terrible

[Taricus]

Do these rules apply this turn or the next?

[micelus]

Another god may thus simply smite a Bound deity with a number of Acts equal to the invested Acts.
-The number of Invested Acts also represents the maximum Acts a Bound can have at any one time.

Everything is terrible

I'm not sure if these will actually go into the game yet, just so you know. Its just that what being Bound does is so vague.

Do these rules apply this turn or the next?

Next if they go through.

EDIT: Actually maybe its better to shelve those plans for the next game so that no one is affected. Ehhh

[Demonic Spoon]

My only other criticism is that the accord to influence conversion ratio is too inefficient.

[micelus]

That one is supposed to be.

[Taricus]

Well you aren't going to see how they work unless you try them. I'd say slap them in game. They'd actually give a downside to being bound that just doesn't seem present.

Honestly, apart from the pop to act ratio for standard races, the changes seem all good. (Having acts create ten pops compared to the mighty act's three does mean there is a variation between quantity and quality.) I'll also echo DS' bit about accord to influence being a little low but that may just be to how powerful influencing reality at it's core can be.

[Bluexdog]

I want to jump in so bad, the world is looking ok so far

[Demonic Spoon]

Well you aren't going to see how they work unless you try them. I'd say slap them in game. They'd actually give a downside to being bound that just doesn't seem present.

Those downsides are downright game breaking.

[Taricus]

Only if you skimped on putting acts into a bound body, because otherwise there is no downside to being bound.

[Powder Miner]

But I did skimp on putting acts into a bound body, as did the other bound God, because there was no reason to put more than one act into it -- it is a significantly riskier proposition for us, seeing as we are actually affected.

[Taricus]

I guess there is a good incentive to do now isn't there? Besides, I'm fairly certain that there's nothing stopping any of the bound boosting their forms this turn.

[Powder Miner]

That's like asking a man to stand under a twelve ton weight supported by a pencil thin pillar under the presumption that he can reinforce it

And naturally the strategical process for becoming bound is going to differ based on whether or not these rules are in place

[Taricus]

Well if that pillar is able to support the weight...

But as I said, there's no downside to being bound at the moment, and they have several advantages over being unbound.