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¹ Before and After all, there was and and will be the sea of primal chaos. For a time uncountable this was all that composed the world, and what will compose the world. From this chaos, the mound of creation arose and will rise. From it were born, and will be born, the first gods. ² From their first impulse they sought, and will seek, stability and order. In the primal chaos, no shape was permanent and no being could remain separated from the other. From the mother mound they created and will create the earth. From their blood they made and will make the waters. From the corpse of their sister Tama, they created and will create the firmament. And it was and will be good.

 ³ Through these acts,convention was introduced, and will be introduced, to the world.

                                                                                      -The Summary of Creation, Verse 1-3

...But this is not the tale of those gods. Countless aeons have passed since the the birth of creation. The gods were born, they bred, they created, and they died. For countless ages, these deities lived in a world of their own making, contesting dominion through their servants.  In these ages, man had not yet been conceived. Titans, monsters, gods and great constructs ruled the land and built it to their sires' liking. They built, they spoke, they warred and they died. Such were the times of the first ages.

Today however, the gods are scattered or hidden, their servants gone or few in number. Their age is coming to an end, yet they do not know this. The race of humans are still primitive nomadic creatures, still little more than particularly bright animals. A few have learnt the secrets of agriculture and herds, but many more hunt and gather. While their stars have risen into the night sky, the sun of the divine has not yet set.

 And it will not. Not as long as there is one to claim it.

And so, you shall claim that sun. That mandate of rule. You were born, perhaps an eternity ago. Perhaps yesterday. It matters not. An idea given thought, you share in the first ambition of the first gods; to command. You are spirits, ideas given thought or a living place of power. But you will not always be so, for your souls are far stronger than any one idea or place. To be content is to be mortal; only the ambitious rule as gods.


You with me so far? Good. That's one pep talk done and dealt with. I'm Kyrie and today I'll be giving you a little pointer in the ABCs (I don't actually know what that means) of, well, living. I've prepared some stuff down below. My tablet tell me to tell you that this world is "vaguely Mesopotamian in nature, both in culture and religion and somewhat based on the book of the same name by Harry Turtledove. Also, the setting Glorantha (the setting of Kings of Dragon Pass)." I have *no* idea what that means, but there you go!

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The ABCs Of Divin-Ity (The Rules)

Spoiler: Entity Characteristics (click to show/hide)

Each entity has two types of characteristics, Physical and Spiritual. Physical characteristics are those involving powers of the self and having an effect on the material world. These include a being’s destructive and creative powers, as well as things like speed and combat strength.Spiritual characteristics are those that do not rely on the being’s own capabilities or directly deal with the mundane. These includes entering the spirit realm, scrying, telepathy or interacting with the dead.

PHYS(ical):

Creative Power (CP): The power to create and alter the world. As a rule, altering is easier than creating same-tiered objects/concepts/beings.

Destructive Power (DP): The power to destroy and alter the world*

Speed (SP): How many hexes an entity can move per turn. A deity within their influence network can move thrice as fast. E.g., an entity with Sp=3 can move 9 hexes within their territory. If an entity travels along a path partially outside their influence network, they use up the normal SP cost for the hexes outside of one’s influence range.

Physical Strength (PS): An entity’s ability to fight in direct physical combat. A PS of 1 is roughly equivalent to 10 or so average human warriors.

Accoutrement Slots (AS): How many accoutrements an entity can hold at any one time. Unlike other stats, this is completely dependent on one’s Form (refer to Entity Forms).

*Alteration can be performed with both CP and DP but via different methods. Altering with CP adds to a concept, being or object. Using DP subtracts from a concept, being or object.

SPIR(itual)

Influence (Inf): The extent to which one can exert control through the minds of others. Each additional Inf allows you to freely choose a hex connected to your present Inf range where you can act with impunity. Regardless of Inf, all entities are able to act in a radius of one hex around themselves, as well as the hex they are on.

Ego (Ego): The ability of an entity to walk the spiritual plane and utilise the powers of scrying or divination. This is further explained under the Spiritual Plane header.

Spiritual Strength (SS): An entity's ability to fight in the spiritual plane. This is especially useful for godquesting.  An SS of 1 is roughly equivalent to 10 or so average spiritwalking human shamans.

Wounds (W): How much damage your soul can sustain before breaking apart. Wounds usually regenerate at a rate of 1W/turn.

Changing Characteristics
The characteristics of each deity can change by actions performed in the game, such as acquiring artifacts of power, worshipers, mythmaking or godquesting.

Spoiler: Entity Forms (click to show/hide)

An entity is not limited to the form they start out with as this is ultimately unimportant as long as the prime soul remains alive. Without the prime soul, the idea of the entity dies and withers away. Switching between forms can be done via mythmaking, godquesting, crafting,sufficient worship or more esoteric methods. At the start of the game, all entities are either Demons or Guardian Spirits. In addition, two other forms that are known to all are Idols and Vessels. There are of course, others. All forms have their own statistics, and some are clearly better than others in some aspects. Changing between forms usually takes a turn, but once declared, no other actions can take place for the rest of the turn, INCLUDING EDITS. Note that you can still perform action before declaring transformation. Changing form usually requires more than the will to do so; the appropriate items and powers must be collected. Each transformation is different and so different requirements are given each time.

A form change counts as an action.

Note that a form’s stats are separate to any stats accrued by the deity unless otherwise stated. The form stats do not carry over.

Demons: A mobile spirit possessing a corporeal body, demons are ideas and emotions made flesh and given thought.
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3

Guardians: Immobile spirits that embody a place, they are often the soul of an area’s physical aspects.
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Immobile: SP is always 0.
Protector: The Guardian’s hex cannot be landshifted by any entity besides the Guardian.

Idols: A spirit entombed into a material representation of themselves, they are immobile in this form but are able to exert much influence over their followers
PHYS: CP: 4 DP: 2 SP: 0 PS: 0 AS: 0
SPIR: INF: 6 EGO: 5  SS: 5 W:1
Immobile: SP is always 0.
Worshipful: People seem to want their gods to be idols and will come to worship an Idol far quicker than many other forms.

Vessels: An spirit placed into a mortal body, they are godly compared to mortals but average to other entities. Vessel forms, are able to produce offspring with greater success. However, as the bodies are themselves mortal, mundane vessels will need to be replaced often.
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 3 SP: 4 PS: 3 AS: 2
SPIR: INF: 2 EGO: 3  SS: 2 W:2
Fertile Loins: Higher chance to produce offspring. Highest chance if breeding with same species as vessel.
Mortal: Vessels need to be replaced every awakening. It is harder to increase PHYS as a Vessel.

Spoiler: Combat (click to show/hide)

Combat is a simple enough affair of rolling dice. However, both SS and PS modify the number of dice you get; SS in the spiritual plane and PS in the physical plane respectively. All deities start with a 1d6, but each point of SS/PS (depending on plane where combat takes place) adds another 1d1 (for you math nerds, that's 1d(6+n) where n is SS/PS). The fighter(s) with the higher value wins; loser(s) receive a Wound. If a entity reaches max wounds, they die.

In combat situations with more than two fighters, each fighter must choose a target to attack and can only deal damage to that target. In all combat sequences, a fighter can only deal Wounds to the fighter they have targeted. Should a fighter win a combat where they are the defender against someone who is not the target, they do not deal Wounds to them.

Combat continues until there is only one side remaining or a side decides to retreat. Retreating in physical confrontations involves rolling a 1d6+1d1*SP vs the pursuer’s 1d6+1d1*SP. A successful retreat ends combat and the retreater cannot be engaged by the same opponent again on that turn. A failed retreat results in a wound. In the spiritual plane, retreating is usually much simpler for trancers, requiring only the will to leave the spiritual plane.

In spiritual combat wherein the defender is not ingressed, retreat can be attempted via rolling a 1d6+1d1*EGO.

Of course, the opposing side can choose not to pursue. Alternatively, a side can Surrender. Sometimes, all sides may call a Draw. If two sides retreat or surrender at the same time, it is automatically a Draw. There are no further repercussions for a Draw.

No CP,DP or Essence may be used during combat.

Note that in case where entities kill entities, the victor may choose to absorb the power of defeated entity(/ies).

Spoiler: Opposing Actions (click to show/hide)

In some cases, a god may oppose another's  actions. In that case, they can (as an action) cancel out the action by using up the opposite Power. Should the target god be using 5CP, the opposed party must use 5DP to cancel it. If desired, anyone involved can permanently use up EGO to add 1 to their Power. Regardless of outcome, all contributed Power, and Actions, are used up for this.

Spoiler: Power (click to show/hide)

Power is used to alter, create and destroy on the physical plane. As explained in Entity Characteristics, CP is used for creation while DP is for destruction. Both can be used to alter. CP for adding to an object, entity or concept and DP for subtracting from an object, entity or concept.

Power can only be used within one’s Influence Network, which is exuded by areas of significant worshiper inhabitation, places of power, artifacts, or one’s base INF stat.

Nearly everything has a minimum cost of 1 Power, even with discounts, unless stated otherwise.

Note that Power and Essence  DOES NOT carry over between turns.

Most applications of Power should fit into the following guidelines. If not, always feel free to ask.

Landshifting: The terraforming of the world
Alter 1 hex to a similar environment. E.g. a desert to an arid environment: 1CP/DP.
Alter a hex to a radically different environment. E.g. a desert to tropical rainforest:  3CP/DP.
Increase the elevation of 1 hex. Deeps>Lowland>Flat>Highland>Mountain: 1CP.
Decrease the elevation of 1 hex: 1DP.
Create water source: 2CP.
Destroy water source: 2DP.
Preserve environment of one hex, disallowing Logical Consequences of environment creation or elevation changes: 3CP.
Destroy environment of one hex, rendering it Barren to all life: 3DP.
Create a Natural Wonder, a place of power that passively affects the tile and potentially the surrounding landscape. At least 6CP/6DP (depends on effect).

Miracles: Temporary application of power. Note that cursing includes outright killing. Via meteor strike, if you prefer and are able to. Minor miracles are things like inflicting common cold, temporarily increasing the strength of an army, conjuring food or forcing wildfire. Major miracles include temporarily making an army into werewolves, making all sand in a hex into maggots, granting a few thousand craftsmen the ability to forge without tools or allowing people to subsist on gravel.

Bless/Curse (Minor) hex: 3CP/2DP.
Bless/Curse (Majr) hex: 6CP/4DP.
Bless/Curse (Minor) individual: 1CP/1DP.
Bless/Curse (Major) individual: 2CP/2DP.

LifeMUST USE THE SHEET TEMPLATE WHEN MAKING LIFE.The creation of life is a much more costly task than the mere alteration of life. Creating life involves either the creation of an organism ex nihilo or altering an organism to such a state that it bears very little resemblance to it’s prior form. Altered life must bear a resemblance to its previous form physiologically and morphologically. As with previous examples, note that DP AND CP can be used to alter. CP adds while DP removes.

The creation of most life requires three components: anima, materia and sapor.

Anima: the spiritual essence of the being, a lack of an anima results in a lack of spiritual footprint. An insufficient anima results in the lack of a soul. DP shifts the being's spiritual energy to destruction/change whilst CP shifts it to creation/stasis. Anima is derived from Power.
Materia: the physical essence of the being, a lack of materia results in a lack of physical footprint. An insufficient materia results in dire abnormality or disfunction. Materia is derived from physical materials.
Sapor: the core essence of the being, a lack of sapor results in a lack of mental footprint. Sapor affects the being's behaviours and mentality. Sapor is derived from the creator's myths or godly spheres
Donum: an additional essence given by spirits and benefactors in order to introduce unusual characteristics to a being. This includes sapience.

At a minimum, Life requires 4CP/4DP, physical materials and one myth to be created. This creates a small population that populates the chosen hex. Baseline beings are non-sapient mundanes that range from the size of a human-made needle, to a particularly large elephant. Fantastical creatures are created via the addition of power, materia, sapor or donum. Sapience is derived via donum.

Life can be altered for 2CP/2DP to a limited degree depending on GM decision.

Alter an organism: 1CP/DP
Alter a group of organisms: 2CP/DP
Create a mundane organism: 2CP.
Create a group (enough to populate a hex) of mundane organisms: 3CP.
Create fantastical organisms: 3CP.
Create constructs
Create a group (enough to populate a hex) of fantastical organisms: 4CP.


Grant sapience to an individual: 1CP.
Grant sapience to a group of organisms: 4CP.

Remove sapience from an individual: 1DP.
Remove sapience from a group: 2DP.

Minerals: A solid substance, minerals are divided into categories based on their perceived usefulness. All can be assumed to be enough to act as a long-term source of the substance for at least a few centuries.

Stone and the like with little purpose beyond being stone. E.g. granite or basalt. 1CP
Minerals of limited use by themselves. E.g. tin. 2CP
Minerals of moderate utility/value. E.g. gold. 3CP
Minerals of heavy utility/value. E.g. marble. 5CP


Subsouls:MUST USE THE SHEET TEMPLATING WHEN MAKING A SUBSOUL. Entities that act as an entity’s immortal subordinates. These include monsters, champions, avatars or even lesser aspects of yourself. When created, subsouls must have their Initiative set. A subsoul can have None, Moderate or High. Mortal creatures granted subsouls consume them, becoming empowered by you but not enslaved to your will.

None: No Initiative means that the subsoul does *exactly* what its been told to do and has no free will. If the subsoul faces an issue that it cannot deal with within the parameters given to it, it will not act about the issue. Furthermore, they cannot do anything beyond the commandments assigned to it.

Moderate: Moderate Initiative means that the subsoul is able to act with some free will, being able to interpret the prime soul’s commandments with some free will. They are however, still unable to act beyond their commandments

High: High Initiative means that the subsoul is practically independent, being able to not only follow its assigned commandments but also being able to act beyond them. They are however, not automatically loyal to their creators and  may in some cases leave your service.

Each subsoul can only have a certain amount of commandments assigned to it, depending on the amount of invested Power.

Create Servant. 2 Stats to distribute. 2CP. 1 commandment.
Create Greater Servant. 6 Stats to distribute. 5 CP. 2 commandments .
Create Avatar. 10 Stats to distribute. 9CP.  5 commandments .

Raise Disciple/Beast from organism/living entity. 3 Stats to distribute. 1CP. 3 commandments . Always High Initiative..
Raise Champion/Monster from organism/living entity. 6 Stats to distribute. 3CP. 6 commandments . Always High Initiative.

Accoutrements:MUST USE THE SHEET TEMPLATING WHEN MAKING ACCOUTREMENTS. Artifacts, equipment, teaching devices, whatever you wish to call them. Accoutrements provide a utility either providing stat boosts or having other purposes. E.g. increasing chance to Retreat in combat, granting extra Wounds, ensuring loyalty in servants and so on.

Accoutrements can be made with either CP or DP, depending on what they can do. Generally, destructive accoutrements and those that are thematically destructive (e.g. a book on murder) use DP. Generally constructive accoutrements and those thematically creative (e.g. a spear that creates maggots from spilled blood.

CP can only be used to increase EGO, SP, and INF. In addition, it can be used to affect the use of CP. For non-stat related utilities, CP is used to govern abilities thematically/spiritually related to creation or preservation. E.g. a tool that helps in forging.

DP can only be used to increase SS.PS and W. For non-stat related utilities, DP governs abilities thematically/spiritually related to destruction or change. E.g. converting blood to stone or creating a fountain that cures diseases.

Note that Accoutrements cannot be used to directly increase CP/DP.  Instead, accoutrements can be made that act as a CP/DP battery that can be filled with Power.

Accoutrements can only function when held by a being, and only if they are attuned to said being; this takes up 1 AS or more. They cannot be used to affect the stats of those not attuned/wearing them.

Accoutrements are generally portable.

Minor Accoutrement. These grant 1 stat boots or have a minor utility like ensuring loyalty in weak minions: 1CP/DP.

Average Accoutrement. These grant 3 stat boosts or have a moderate utility:  3CP/DP

Powerful Accoutrement. These grant 6 stat boosts or have a powerful utility. 6CP/DP.

Compelling Accoutrement. These grant 8 stat boosts or have a very powerful utility. 8CP/8DP.

Monuments: edifices constructed by divine hands, or at least imbued with their essence. Monuments provide a passive and constant effect on the hex by broadcasting an entity’s power. Each monument, once created, require the use of at least 1 CP/DP per turn to operate. This is assumed to be automatically given by the patron deity every turn unless otherwise stated. Monuments, like accoutrements can be captured, which is made easier as they usually cannot be moved.

Minor Monument: Grant a weak effect such as extending lifespan by a few years or decreasing disease occurrence slightly. 4CP/4DP [1CP/DP of the majority P used in creation to use efficiently]

Average Monument. Grants a moderate effect such as extending lifespan by a decade or decreasing disease occurrence moderately. 8CP/8DP [2CP/DP of the majority P used in creation to use efficiently]

Powerful Monument. Grants a powerful effect such as extending lifespan by three decades or decreasing disease occurrence severely. 12CP/12DP [4CP/DP of the majority P used in creation to use efficiently]

Mythmaking: Myths are naturally gained by performing feats or saying certain things. That is to say, through actions you do such as teaching knowledge, slaying entities, being friendly to certain things/people or the like. Basically, anything worthy of being made into a story. These myths garner power, adding abilities to an entity or increasing their stats.  However, myths can also be forced into creation via the use of power and dreamleaf. These myths are not necessarily true, but by divine action and sufficient herb-assisted magic, the world can come to believe it’s true.

2CP/2DP AND 3 Dreamleaf. Minor Myth. These include a myth of teaching a group, killing a minor divine, or saving a village from starvation.

4CP/4DP AND 6 Dreamleaf. Major Myth. These include a myth of killing a major divine, saving a city from destruction or teaching the riddle of steel.

Spoiler: Accoutrement Power Guidelines (click to show/hide)

Due to specific demand, guidelines. Do note that these aren't at all hard fast rules.
1cp: 1 minor effect. E.g. igniting a  spark of flame
2cp: 1 moderate effect. E.g. conjuring a campfire-sized flame
3cp: major effect. E.g. conjuring a bonfire-sized flame
4cp: powerful effect. E.g. igniting the entirety of a small village
5cp: extreme effect. E.g. igniting a large village
6cp: gross effect. E.g. igniting a town

Spoiler: Actions (click to show/hide)

Each turn, a god may conduct 3 actions.These include using power, utilising the spiritual plane, moving, fighting or any other act. Action resolution is done partially via dice roll but also by what is thematically/logically supposed to happen.

When moving, either draw your path on the map, or state in which direction you are walking to. State the side of the hex you are currently on. For the purpose of this game, the top side of the hex is side 1. Continuing clockwise, the next side is side 2 and so on. For brevity, shorten this to s1. So if a person wants to move 3 spaces, they could type ‘s1,s6,s1’.

Giving other entities CP/DP/Accoutrements within influence range/network a free action.
Talking to other players/subsouls within inf range/inf network is a free action. Talking to mortals within inf range/inf network is an action.

Educating mortals/giving tech is an action. Educating mortals is identical to a talking action.

All actions performed by a player are unknown to every other player UNLESS they are within Influence range of the acting player.

Actions may also be sent secretly, if desired. A secret action is an action which a player attempts to do without entities (or their spies) within influence radius/network observing them.

Once all players have acted, their entities return to sleep, awakening next turn in 50 years’ time.

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Spoiler: The Plane Spiritual (click to show/hide)

The world is creation, home to all that is material and home to all sorts of wonderful creatures and thingamajigs. But it is not the only plane of existence, not all of creation. Interlaced with the land of the living and material, is the plane of the dead and soul. A spiritual plane resembles the world of the living in form and shape. A mountain in the physical plane exists as well in the spiritual. However, whereas most mountains in the physical world is but stone and dirt, the mountain in the spiritual plane is a spirit as lively and corporeal as any other. It is in the Plane Spiritual that one may communicate across vast distances, even as one’s body is in trance. It is here where the myths of the past, present and future may be changed. It is here where the souls of the dead drift towards, before being dragged into the gates of the underworld.

To exist coherently and consciously within this plane requires a sense of self. Unlike in the physical plane, only EGO, W and SS matter here. Ego is one’s sense of self and the greater one’s Ego, the more they believe themselves real; all too important in a land of dreams. To even enter the spiritual plane requires effort. Essence or Power cannot be used within the Plane Spiritual.

Note that not just players can access the spiritual plane.

Ingress
To enter the plane spiritual, one must enter trance. The process of Ingress requires the sacrifice of offerings proportional to the EGO of the ingressing entity. An entity with an EGO of 0 will require a ludicrously large sacrifice to ingress whilst an entity with 20EGO will require barely anything. Ingressing is a free action.

A 1d(6+EGO) roll will take place to determine how deeply the entity ingresses into the spirit plane.

Alternatively, use up 1 Dreamleaf to access deeper levels of the spiritual plane.

Actions

 Consuming 1 unit of Dreamleaf confers ‘free’ spiritual actions. Consuming Dreamleaf is a free action.


Spiritwalk: A tranced entity can spiritwalk 3 hexes per point of ego, with a minimum of 3 hexes. This does not change your physical location. This counts as an action.

Communicate: Beings on a spiritual plane can communicate at long distances. All tranced beings can communicate with other trancers/spirits within a 6 Hex Radius. Communicating with your own subsouls is usually free. For each point of Ego, this is increased by 4.

Scry: Attempt to spy on an area or being. This can discover secret actions or actions beyond your deity’s purview.. The higher one rolls, the better the info. Any roll 4< is a failed scry attempt.

Godquest: Attempt to change myths, which thus change the physical world. Can also be done to discover information. Attempting a Godquest can be arduous or very simple depending on the objective. Godquests are conducted on Discord for the reason of speedy completion. Only 1 Godquest can be attempted each turn. Each Godquest consumes at least 1 Dreamleaf. Cost may be higher.

Other: Think of anything else you could do? Feel free to ask!

Spoiler: Resources (click to show/hide)

Dreamleaf: a herb of some rarity useful for entering the spirit world. These plants take a prodigiously long time to grow.
Essence: Consolidated Power that can be used for CP or DP. As with Power, it disappears at the end of the turn. Unlike Power, it can be easily traded. For unlike Power, Essence is physical matter and may be thus physically transported.  Can be gathered via a variety of methods such as blood sacrifice, accessing places of powers or killing a god.
Worship: the faith of mortals is an all-too prized possession, which can result in a variety of advantages to an entity. The formation of a cult dedicated to an entity can even garner myths, which empower the being.

Spoiler: Death (click to show/hide)

Death is not an end to one’s existence, only one’s physical being. Upon death, an entity’s soul phases into the spiritual plane and indeed, they are still able to act there. All PHYS stats are reduced to 0 but SPIR stats remain the same. After an amount of turns equal to an entity’s EGO, an entity’s soul is dragged to the underworld. They will be questioned and judged and enter the final rest. Perhaps.

Spoiler: Addendums (click to show/hide)

Clarification on Influence Networks: entities and subsouls entering the influence network of another deity are sensed by the owning entity.

Terrain: Mountains, River and Ocean are generally impassable to mortals without preparation, be it boons or technology. In general, higher elevation aids mortal defenders. To entities, water is generally a non-issue, but mountains require twice the SP cost to cross.

Trading Power: Entities may trade power if within Inf Range/Network or if Inf Networks/Range are adjacent to each other. Normally, this is 1 hex away. E.g. (for purpose of this example, H=hex, E=entity). As such, trading power is difficult for the movement impaired or those distant from one another. Instead, one may wish to convert Power into Essence. How? Who knows.

Trading Accoutrements: Entities may trade Accoutrements under the same rules as with trading power. However, they may also send agents to send them; this may risk interception by other powers however.

Edicts: Effects of an anunnaki or similar being appearing on Err, these effects end after the source anunnaki leaves Err.

Holding Court: Every court is different.

Life Creation: Players who donate myths to a being's creation will need to use an action to do so.

Influence Zone Contention: In hexes where two or more deities have INF, certain actions (such as blessing, cursing, marking as materiel) can be contested via a SS battle. Instead of Wounds, EGO is used. The winner of the battle determines whether the action in question goes ahead or not.

Resource Trading: In situations wherein players wish to trade resources, please send me a PM detailing the transaction, including who gets what. Once the PM is received, and none of the involved players find the PM to be a badly crafted lie, this transaction is considered binding.

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Templates

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Entity (player)
Name:
Appearance:
Personality:
Goal:
Form:
PHYS: CP:  DP:  SP:  PS:  AS:
SPIR: INF: EGO:  SS:  W:
Myths: [leave blank]
Start Location: include an edited copy of the map or trust the GM to *perfectly* understand what you mean via description.
Colour
NOTE: At game start, copy down the stats of either Guardian or Demon. Note that upon switching form, the attributes and stats of the form are lost

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Life (for life creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS)
Name:
Appearance:
Anima:
Materia:
Sapor:
Donum:
Traits:

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Subsoul (for subsoul creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS)
Name:
Appearance:
Personality [optional]:
PHYS: PS:  AS:
SPIR: EGO:  SS:  W:
Myths: N/A
Initiative:
Commandments:
Traits: for anything else that doesn't fit in the above. An inborn knowledge of geology, the ability to read minds, needing to eat meat twice a day, etc.

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Accoutrements/Natural Wonder (for accoutrements creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS. Minimum cost of 1Power.)
Name:
Appearance:
Purpose:


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Monuments(for monument creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS. Minimum cost of 1Power.)
Name:
Appearance:
Purpose:
Maintenance: [source by which monument is maintained]


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Orders
Subsoul:
Orders:
>[Order 1]
>[Order 2]
> [Order 3]
(Add more > as required)


Spoiler: Obsolete Templates (click to show/hide)

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Life (for life creation, PLEASE USE THIS SHEET. OTHERWISE YOU WILL BE BEATEN WITH THE HOLY BEATSTICK OF CHAOS)
Name:
Appearance:
Traits:

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The Known (And Discovered) World

Spoiler: Summaries (click to show/hide)

The World: The world is old, ancient beyond mortal comprehension. However, the stars of mortality have just risen into the night sky and the dawn of man has just begun. The peoples of the world are nomads, gatherers and hunters. A few have learnt the secrets of agriculture and domestication. And yet, while humans begin the dawn of their civilisation, older beings continue to lurk in the shadows. Great monsters and titans still lurk, unaware that their time is ending.

Spoiler: Places of Power (click to show/hide)

The First City, Err:At the very beginning of the mortal age, there had been Err. Ruled by the god-judges, the Anunnaki- or perhaps called the Anuna or Enki-, they ruled over men and divine. But then it fell, and the world has been darker ever since. The grand ruins still stand, inhabited by creatures beyond mortal ken. Warded, spirits (such as player entities) cannot enter it. Surrounded by 8 temples around its perimeter, only foolhardy mortals find themselves able to enter its limits.
The Temple-Complex of Enki: In hallowed hallways did the god Enki craft-make the tools of divinity and did hand-birth his children. Remnants of that legacy still linger here.

Spoiler: Discovered Forms (click to show/hide)

Lord of the Hunt: A being wrought of concentrated desire, this corporeal spirit has given itself into the pursuit. In doing so, they have suborned some of their divine qualities in favour of corporeal manifestation. These spirits are adapted to seek their prey, wherever they may be.
PHYS: CP: 3 DP: 4 SP: 15 PS: 6 AS: 5
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 0 SS: 1 W: 4
Path of Pursuit: The Lord's reach is as vast as their desire allows. At a cost of a Wound, the Lord may teleport to any hex.
Feeding Desire: Some stronger prey may aid in strengthening the Lord's base attributes.

Awakened Dreamer: One who has turned towards inner perfection and been made to take sight of the truth beyond the physical. This spirit has attained truths beyond most save the most primordial and most principal and has thusly gained much in knowledge- perhaps at the cost of knowing what lied beyond the perfect truth.
PHYS: CP: 1 DP:1 SP: 1 PS: 1 AS: 4
SPIR: INF: 1 EGO: 15 SS: 1 W: 3
Prophecy: Once per turn, you may request info about the next turn's tidings. This is a free action.
Perfection of Clarity: You better understand spirits and may perform one spirit action for free each turn.
Beauty of Broken Glass: -1 in all combat rolls.
Bestowal of Enlightenment: Once per turn, you may grant a mortal/creature a small portion of your inner truth, turning them into a unique form of disciple with random/narrative-based stats. They have a risk of becoming insane/greatly enlightened. This counts as an action.

Wyrm: a larval grub; the juvenile form of something greater.
PHYS: CP: 1 DP:1 SP: 1 PS: 1 AS: 6
SPIR: INF: 3 EGO: 3 SS: 2 W: 2
Larvae: A form of transition.
Counted Growth: May elect to consume creatures of the physical or spiritual realm (though the latter only when ingressed. Does not cost an action). Easier to do to something dead, willing, or non-resisting.
Luminous Melam: Your melam shines brightly, bonfire in the night.

Spoiler: Entities (click to show/hide)

Anunnaki: Old entities from an age quite before the current one, their very presence in Err changes the flows and realities of the realm.

Helperfolk: A family of long-lived spirits, the helpers aid new entities with all sorts of info. They don’t judge, they don’t hate, they only help. It’s also difficult to kill one. A helper is your bestest friend in trying to understand the world. They’d be very sad if you ignored their advice, but won’t stop you if you do. Kyrie, Asran, Balkut and Jem are just some of the helpers merrily travelling the world.

The Holy Beatstick of Chaos:The weaves of Fate and Destiny control the world. Those who attempt to use the profaned art of ‘metagaming’ or the hideous science of ‘OOC knowledge’ will be attacked by the Holy Beatstick, Apset. Apset is nigh-invulnerable, draining stats, causing chaos in one’s realm, outright devouring souls or forcing entities to change their form and persona. The Holy Beatstick is a graven figure who cannot be stopped once set on its task.

Spoiler: Magic (click to show/hide)

Magic is spli int two main categories: Elementalism and Ritualism.

Elementalism is the incitement of the basest spirits to act towards one's intentions. Such actions require no debate or convincing or prodding of the spirits, most especially of sprites. Elementalism relies upon simple rituals and gestures, usually without the need of reagents.



Fetishism is the use of ritualistic fetishes in order to cause spirits to act in certain ways. Such actions require fetishes to be attuned in a certain manner. The rituals involved are highly specific and oft cause only a certain effect. Fetishism relies on negotiation with the spirits, especially of greater power. As such, it is mainly used only by shamans.

Spoiler: Special Materials (click to show/hide)

Earthteeth: A sort of metal always found as small bits, they are highly durable and shaped like fangs.
Enkmen: A malleable metal that hardens significantly in cold environments.

Sweet Ore: A soft sweet metal.
 

Links To Worlds Afar

Discord (obligatory for the purpose of conducting godquests):https://discord.gg/RBRNxUd
Google doc (contains the rules and other things; will likely be updated before the OOC; it came first!):https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lTJa5xjA3zPe7-LJ0GqD5tHNsJ3eqrVXr0Ek04IJzJ8/edit?usp=sharing
IC: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=173160.0

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Players

Spoiler: The Shattered Statue/Demonic Spoon (click to show/hide)

Appearance: Scattered fragments of an obsidian and gold statue floating more or less in the shape of four armed snake person. Three arms are missing except for the stumps, and the entire rest of his body can only be guessed at from the third remaining. His (her?) face consists only of a single eye and the curve of a mouth.

Personality: The Shattered's personality is erratic, much like his fragmented mind. He (she?) knows that they were once great and glorious, but were broken by foul traitors, or perhaps infidels, or perhaps wild animals. They anger easily, and appreciate those who do not draw attention to their disability. They are jealous of gods not so incomplete as themselves, and both hates and loves sculptors.
 
Goal: To regather the scattered pieces of self, and reforge itself, better and stronger than ever.
Form: Demon
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3

Spoiler: Fu/TricMagic (click to show/hide)

Appearance: a tiny little sprite of green transparency.
Personality: Mischievous, likes to mess with people.
Goal: Playing, !!FUN!!, influence/festivals, and travel.
Form: Demon
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3

Spoiler: Basderieen/Crazyabe (click to show/hide)

Appearance: A Blue skinned man with four arms, he bears the head of a badger and has a third eye in the center of his forehead- beware his agitating voice.
Personality: Brash- quick to violence.  Just as likely to punt you as help you.
Goal: "Reach enlightenment through violence... and convince others to follow his methods in turn"
Form: Demon
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3

Spoiler: Metalhand/Glass (click to show/hide)

Appearance: A young man, likely around twenty years of age; his face and hair are covered in soot. His left arm is, instead of flesh, made of metal and stone, carved into the proper shape and engraved with unknown images; his eyes, meanwhile, are obsidian, with bright chromatic light shining from within them. He wears dirty craftsman's clothing, and bears a bronze hammer.
The specific location he guards is the ruins of a relatively large craftsman's shop, littered with tools and the remains of multiple projects. It is surrounded by the ruins of other buildings that once stood by it, but it is the most complete and notable of the ruins in the area.
Personality: Generally kind and curious, and quite happy to provide assistance and advice to mortals deemed deserving. Moderately distrustful of other entities, though open to building mutually-beneficial relationships. Finds few greater joys than the invention of some new technique or tool.
Goal: Share the glories and joys of creation with mortals
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Traits: Immobile, Protector

Spoiler: Shelldon/darkwarlock3 (click to show/hide)

Appearance: his body is cover by a crustation shell, he has 10 legs, and two pinchers, one small the other huge, his body color changes based on his mood, and about the size of a coconut crab
Personality: is very lax usually, tends to enjoy the simple things, he does not give anything for free their will always be a price  to pay, will try his best to avoid cause trouble for other gods
Goal: to cause interesting things to happen
Form: demon
PHYS: CP:2  DP:4  SP:8  PS:4  AS:3
SPIR: INF:0 EGO:1  SS:1  W:3

Spoiler: Midan/isospin (click to show/hide)

Appearance: Fire upon the fire. Ash in the air. Smoke on the mountain. Lava across the water.
Personality: Impetuous.
Goal: only to warm hearts
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5

Spoiler: Kakkabum/KJP (click to show/hide)

Appearance: A four-winged man with a magnificently lush beard in the Babylonian style. In one hand, he holds the severed tail of a long-dead serpent.
Personality: Detached, distant, guarded
Goal: Behold the skies when the stars are right
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP: 2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W: 5

Spoiler: Tala/tiruin (click to show/hide)

Appearance: A towering figure seemingly constructed out of stone, reflecting the sun and moonlight like hardened glass--the current form is much like a statue, with very linear and fine grooves, etching, and crevices, shaped in the form of a female humanoid holding what seems to be a long staff with a thick base. The base of the form is an obvious form of entrenchment. The facial area appears to be covered by a mask, represented by symmetrical oval linings around the area. The form appears to be wearing compact clothing or armor, which appears very compartmentalized and structured.

An arch-like circle made from the same material surrounds the form, with its base locked with the form's base. It would appear that the whole form would be circumscribed by it if not for the base, making it appear subjectively aesthetically appealing. There is a crystalline tinge to the top of the circle, surrounded within a diamond, which reflects and directs rays of light passing through it. The form provides an ample amount of shade for those underneath it.
Personality: Benevolent, Explorative, and prone to intuition, trust, and communication
Goal: Equilibrium and a stable state of growth and life in the physical/spirit world, as well as a maintained link to the spirit world for physical sapient and sentient beings. [Concepts would include Pathfinding, Travel, Guidance, Growth, and other such things open to myth and evaluation by others]
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP: 2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W: 5

Spoiler: Vulpes Grandes/Happy Demon (click to show/hide)

Appearance: A fox statue of reddish rock.
Personality: Cares for it's subjects, but is hesitant to change. Especially if it means a subject gets hurt.
Goal: Camaraderie, civilization, and plenty. Basically living a life of comfort under the scorching sun.
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP: 2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W: 5

Spoiler: Sarkyran/taricus (click to show/hide)

Appearance:
-Phyiscal: A large, azure standing stone
-Spiritual: A powerfully built male mortal (The mortal species in question shifting to
Personality: Paternalistic & Jovial.
Goal: Dominion over all the lands. Or, at least this part of them
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5

Spoiler: Guar/Roboson (click to show/hide)

Appearance:
Personality: Guar is a bit of a conundrum. It enjoys monsters as much as it does mortals, and finds both entertaining. He is a bit aimless and forgetful, but has a good memory. When interacting with mortals he's rarely direct. He is often seen more as a fact that exists rather than ally or enemy, his lack of direction and willingness to commit good and evil making him an unknown variable in every situation.
Goal: Guar has no grand goal or motivation, which makes him both easy and difficult to work with/around at times.
Form: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Immobile: SP is always 0.
Protector: The Guardian’s hex cannot be landshifted by any entity besides the Guardian.

Spoiler: Retain/Orange Juice Goose (click to show/hide)

Name: Retain
Appearance:

Nondescript black humanoid with a big toothy grin, wearing clown/jester attire. Endowed with giant black iron claws.
Personality:
Jovial and foolish, as would be expected from a clown, until disturbed they will just prefer make merry and prank things and people.
However, they are extremely prone to vendettas and vengeance (even if they or their followers are not the victim) with no acceptable course of action but to exact a terrible price.

Goal: Find cool new surprises, clown around, eat things, and of course: enforce justice on those wicked souls which have ruined the fun.
Form: Demon
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF:0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3
Myths: [Blank]
Start Location:
Colour

Spoiler: Saltra/naturegirl1999 (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: D'or/Smoke Mirrors (click to show/hide)

Name: D’or
Appearance: A handsome and muscular young man with golden hair and eyes, and light gold skin. His torso, arms and legs are decorated with red tattooed symbols. He wears a white shirt and pants decorated with gold and lapis-lazuli. He wears golden arm guards inlaid with a lapis in the forearm. He has golden sun-wheel earrings with a lapis at the center. He wears a golden crown inlaid with lapis.
Personality: D’or attempts to portray a calm and comforting just image to the mortals in this time of conflict, but he’s personally extremely nervous about being recently deified in dangerous time while the forces of Pesh are damaging the world. He wants to try and make an image the mortals can rally behind, but is unsure if he is worthy of being that image, as a young god.
Goal: To protect the mortals and make them happy and virtuous.
Form: Demon
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3

[Demonic Spoon]

Entity (player)
Name: The Shattered Statue
Appearance: Scattered fragments of an obsidian and gold statue floating more or less in the shape of four armed snake person. Three arms are missing except for the stumps, and the entire rest of his body can only be guessed at from the third remaining. His (her?) face consists only of a single eye and the curve of a mouth.

Personality: The Shattered's personality is erratic, much like his fragmented mind. He (she?) knows that they were once great and glorious, but were broken by foul traitors, or perhaps infidels, or perhaps wild animals. They anger easily, and appreciate those who do not draw attention to their disability. They are jealous of gods not so incomplete as themselves, and both hates and loves sculptors.
 
Goal: To regather the scattered pieces of self, and reforge itself, better and stronger than ever.
Form: Demons: A mobile spirit possessing a corporeal body, demons are ideas and emotions made flesh and given thought.
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3
Myths: blank
Start Location:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

NOTE: At game start, copy down the stats of either Guardian or Demon. Note that upon switching form, the traits and stats of the form are lost

[TricMagic]

Entity (player)
Name: Fu
Appearance: a tiny little sprite of green transparency.
Personality: Mischievous, likes to mess with people.
Goal: Playing, !!FUN!!, influence/festivals, and travel.
Form: Wind Sprite(Demon)
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3
Myths: [leave blank]
Start Location: Place with a lot of wind, a river or forest...

Color Green Winds to All!

[crazyabe]

Spoiler: Entity (Crazyabe) (click to show/hide)

Name: Basderieen
Appearance: A Blue skinned man with four arms, he bears the head of a badger and has a third eye in the center of his forehead- beware his agitating voice.
Personality: Brash- quick to violence.  Just as likely to punt you as help you.
Goal: "Reach enlightenment through violence... and convince others to follow his methods in turn"
PHYS: CP: 2 DP: 4 SP: 8 PS: 4 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 1 SS: 1 W: 3
Myths:
Start Location: "Seeking people to the south"

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Spoiler: HUUUGE Map (click to show/hide)

Spoiler: Smaller Map (click to show/hide)

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Reserved for the glory of Marduk.

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So too, for the god-king Gilgamesh.

[Imic]

Reserved.

[Glass]

Name: Metalhand
Appearance: A young man, likely around twenty years of age; his face and hair are covered in soot. His left arm is, instead of flesh, made of metal and stone, carved into the proper shape and engraved with unknown images; his eyes, meanwhile, are obsidian, with bright chromatic light shining from within them. He wears dirty craftsman's clothing, and bears a bronze hammer.
The specific location he guards is the ruins of a relatively large craftsman's shop, littered with tools and the remains of multiple projects. It is surrounded by the ruins of other buildings that once stood by it, but it is the most complete and notable of the ruins in the area.
Personality: Generally kind and curious, and quite happy to provide assistance and advice to mortals deemed deserving. Moderately distrustful of other entities, though open to building mutually-beneficial relationships. Finds few greater joys than the invention of some new technique or tool.
Goal: Share the glories and joys of creation with mortals
Type: Guardian
PHYS: CP: 3 DP:2 SP: 0 PS: 8 AS: 3
SPIR: INF: 0 EGO: 3 SS: 3 W:5
Traits: Immobile, Protector
Myths:

I’ll get a picture of the place I’ll want to be soon, but for now, a description of it:

The little oasis place, one water hex; the center one, not the northern one. Specifically in the forest hex on it. Or maybe the savanna hex right below it.

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I've changed the map a bit; lemme upload it.