Glad to see another new face! I've been slacking since New Year with being busy and all. I'll see about getting the next fluff post up with the tour of Dordrath just as soon as I can. Maybe today, maybe not.
As for catching up and all it's very daunting. took me two whole days to read through the entire gameplay thread when I first came on board. Would probbaly take me 3 days if I started now. There is a LOT to read, but isn't this game an excuse for mindless self-induglence? At least I thought it was!
Concerning acts I'm working on the assumption that changes to the world (creating races, uplifting sentients, creating artifacts, reshaping the world etc) cost acts. You get so many per turn based on the Will of the Fates (read: Caesar). You
can spend more than you're allotted, but its a gamble. Try too much or try things that aren't really justified and there might be consequences. I believe being interesting and using good grammar helps reduce the chances of ill effects. Best not to push your luck though! I'm assuming that mundane acivities do not count as acts. I would include such things as traveling in a godlike manner (flying, teleporting etc) or using limited godlike communication (sending dreams to mortals or speaking with the voice of a storm) in the mundane category. If you try speaking to a mortal by appearing in a storm cloud you should be ok, if you have that same cloud appear over major city and invoke fear into the entire populaion that might require an act. If you have your god speak through a dream that might be ok, if you send thta dream to a whole civilization that might require an act. This is the assumption I'm working on. Hope this helps.