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[Atomic Chicken]

I actually quite like the map style, though I agree that the civilisation colours should be added to the key to facilitate readability. Also, it might be a good idea to make the colours used for the civs at I5 and I6 easier to distinguish.

The Xekarni

3 research primitive weapons
3 forage at H5

[helmacon]

Amastay, the god of construction, looks on with interest, but he does not act yet.

[King Zultan]

Blarg creates a Mangrove forest on J1 and a Swamp on J2.

[Screech9791]

0cra_tr0per, is there anything else you need for your civ to be founded?

That's all.

Name: Orassan Empire
Trait: Cat Eskimos ()
Starting Tile: B3

2 people forage B3
1 person forages B4
2 research tool usage

[Nirur Torir]

Malvol violently creates plains at I4.

[Supernerd]

I am going to point out a couple of things.

First of all, there are not actually any rules in place that permit gods to pool their FP to do a single thing. It might still work (or at least not penalize you if you attempt it) though.

Second, if a special tile is "Too powerful" the rules state that the GM can make it cost more than just 5FP. If I was the GM, I would definitely count the meteor thing as exactly this.

Third, remember that it only takes 3FP to replace a tile. Any other god would be able to undo your 5+FP of work with only 3FP. Doing so would not only get them favor with other civilizations who might not appreciate the tile, but it would also undo your efforts.

And fourth... Having to keep track of different traits for each individual worker might put stress on the GM. We want GM stress to be low to reduce the odds of this game dying.

[dgr11897]

OK, I can change some things about it, and i would protect it, Kinda why i am saving my two extra FP.

[Maximum Spin]

Nagas replaces B3 with a desert for 3FP!

NO COLD, COLD BAD FOR SNEK

Then it puts another swamp at I7.

[Zazmio]

Name: Orassan Empire
Trait: Cat Eskimos ()
Starting Tile: B3

2 people forage B3
1 person forages B4
2 research tool usage

You can be Cat or Eskimo... which is it gonna be, my friend?  If you prefer cold, I'd suggest Eskimo, and have Cat be just flavor text.

I am going to point out a couple of things.

First of all, there are not actually any rules in place that permit gods to pool their FP to do a single thing. It might still work (or at least not penalize you if you attempt it) though.

I will allow pooling of FP into a big project, and gifting of FP to other gods.

I assume the rest of your post has something to do with dgr's special land proposal, which I haven't had time to read through yet.  A tile involving meteors and all kinds of other things that impact workers and stuff outside of the tile will most likely be very expensive, costing many multiples of 5 FP.  Something adding major amounts of record-keeping probably won't be allowed.

[Screech9791]

Yeah, go with cat as flavour text.

Nagas replaces B3 with a desert for 3FP!

NO COLD, COLD BAD FOR SNEK

Then it puts another swamp at I7.

Temperate air is toxic to snakes.

Not to mention someone will just turn my future desert into a tundra because tundras are just cold deserts.

[Nakéen]

Name: Dipnoi Republic (action change)

1 worker prays to Nagas: "Mud! Happy!"
2 workers research Herbalism
2 workers forage for Food at I6
Use 3 Food to create a Worker

[TricMagic]

Name: Cait Sith
Trait: Magic
Starting Tile: K1

Actions:
 2 workers research primitive spear-making.
 3 workers gather food at K1.


The Cat Fairies have arrived.

Cat Ears and tail. Good eyesight. Night vision. None taller then 5'5. Normal skin.

[Zazmio]

Spoiler: textwall describing tile (click to show/hide)

Actually mabel, my plan can wait, for now i have a simpler gift for the jotun.
But for in a few turns i have a marvelous idea here it is,
(not an actual action, me showing my write up for the tile, also how much would this cost?) Farsky Creates the land of falling stars, a single large meteor crashes at the center thrumming and crackling with mystic energy, Any animals that approach are struck with this energy, mutating them into twisted humanoid forms, just slightly larger than the average villager. As it's name suggests this tile is constantly under light meteoric bombardment, most burn up and are harmless but occasionally one will impact glowing with similar mystic energy to the central meteor. When an animal approaches it they are grabbed by beams of energy that pull them into the meteor, at which point they start glowing with energy and the ground closes up over them, sealing them away. After a gestation period they burst out of the ground, having become massive demihuman monstrocities Known as demon lords, bearing the sinister glowing payload of the meteor that created them. These beasts bear some of the abilities of their base animal, in addition some of them posses mystic powers, crackling with green lightening, they vary in size, however all are at least a bit taller than a jotun villager, however they can grow much taller. The creatures grow more powerful the longer they are let to stew within their tile, this includes "demon lords" who tend to grow larger the longer the tile has gone without being completely wiped of these beasts. All beasts that are created here follow a few general behaviors, they are hostile towards outsiders (villagers, but not other animals), but not each other, and seem to group up around the largest and most powerful of these creatures, forming impromptu armies for these "demon lords". These groups occasionally leave their home tile, but this is fairly rare, When slain a "demon lord" provides an immense amount of meat, and if slain alone in single combat their energies flow into whoever defeated them, augmenting their strength. In addition their bones, and the crystal that created them, are magical, slightly.

Just to let you know the process I'll try to use for determining FP cost of a special tile.

For 5 FP, you get one special effect, such as increased fertility, monsters, active volcano.

So we have a tile that makes monsters for 5 FP.  But how powerful are these monsters?  Extremely powerful monsters would cost 10, 15, or more.

The monsters gather into armies.  That's very powerful.  Say, another 5 FP.

The monsters gift food and special powers to workers that defeat them.  5 FP for just food, 10 or more FP for special powers gifted.  Though, since the monsters are powerful and hard to defeat, maybe not so much FP added.

The monsters leave their starting tile.  +10 FP.

So we're looking at 25-40 FP to make this tile.

[dgr11897]

OK, What can i change to decrease the cost?

[Supernerd]

OK, What can i change to decrease the cost?

The entire tile idea is a bit of a mess in my professional opinion. If your goal is to help the Jotun Oligarchy, then here are some ideas.

If you want to provide the Jotun Oligarchy with food without making it easy for other civilizations to get to, you can make some fruit bearing trees that grow fruit about 12 feet above ground level. A giant can reach up and grab it, but a normal person would need to jump or climb.

If you want to give a blessing to the Jotun Oligarchy and not others, you can change their home tile. This will be difficult for other civilizations to interact because its already giant infested so you don't need additional monsters.

If you want to harm other civilizations, you can replace tiles near them with less useful tiles. For example, if a civilizations trait is sailing you can remove the water tiles near them and replace them with say... Mountains or something.

An alternative way to harm one civilization and not others is to consider their differences. Instead of complex demons, ordinary animals can suffice. Solitary predators tend to avoid dangerous prey if they can so they would be less inclined to attack the Jotun Oligarchy. A similar idea would be to put piranhas in the water to make sailing more dangerous as the Potato Pirates would take to the waters much earlier than the Jotun Oligarchy.

... I should play as a god in the next Gridhood game that pops up.