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Stormthorn The Wordnomnom Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
The Wordnomnom
#1: May 29th 2012 at 8:55:53 PM

Exactly as the title states it.

We are now live: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13384215350A28402500&page=1#1

Had a good question, putting it here.

Question: If we preform a miracle and our magical faith meter goes down, do our people suddenly have less faith in their God?

Answer: No, but you derive less sustenance from it, having used up some divine essence in the miracle (represented by the loss of a few points). You can lose Faith if people believe in you less, but loss of Faith through other means doesnt effect how people see you (unless perhaps they notice your power dwindle, which may provoke a faith crisis). Using Faith for a Miracle may actually let you gain it back immediatly if the miracle is used to earn new converts.

edited 30th May '12 6:24:53 PM by Stormthorn

While the breath's in his mouth, he must bear without fail, / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail.
wikkit Since: Sep, 2009
#2: May 30th 2012 at 4:26:36 PM

Will this still be going on? Maybe?

Stormthorn The Wordnomnom Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
The Wordnomnom
#3: May 30th 2012 at 4:30:42 PM

Yes indeed. In the next 16 hours sometime I will post the RP thread.

While the breath's in his mouth, he must bear without fail, / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail.
Bstarman Since: Apr, 2011
#4: May 30th 2012 at 4:45:07 PM

Excellent! Say, I'm not entirely sure how to ask this, but I want my scion to play a sort of role in the community of the tribe, similar to a priest. I just like the idea of a god, read scion, who relates to his people, and was wanting to know if this is plausible.

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Stormthorn The Wordnomnom Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
The Wordnomnom
#5: May 30th 2012 at 4:48:20 PM

Definitly. Since the tribes have no real god now but the Scion and the world is badly broken, taking a personal role is encouraged and, in fact, what I was hoping would happen.

Also, we are live now. Link in top post.

While the breath's in his mouth, he must bear without fail, / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail.
wikkit Since: Sep, 2009
#6: May 30th 2012 at 5:57:02 PM

Question: If we preform a miracle and our magical faith meter goes down, do our people suddenly have less faith in their God?

Also, that post right there will probably be the only contribution I make to the thread for the night. Homework and stuff. See you, Holy Cowboy.

Also, maybe consider sending a PM to those who signed up all the way back in May 12.

edited 30th May '12 5:58:24 PM by wikkit

Stormthorn The Wordnomnom Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
The Wordnomnom
#7: May 30th 2012 at 6:23:45 PM

No, but you derive less sustenance from it, having used up some divine essence in the miracle (represented by the loss of a few points). You can lose Faith if people believe in you less, but loss of Faith through other means doesnt effect how people see you (unless perhaps they notice your power dwindle, which may provoke a faith crisis). Using Faith for a Miracle may actually let you gain it back immediatly if the miracle is used to earn new converts.

edited 30th May '12 6:25:17 PM by Stormthorn

While the breath's in his mouth, he must bear without fail, / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail.
Stormthorn The Wordnomnom Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
The Wordnomnom
#8: May 30th 2012 at 6:39:45 PM

To put it another way: Godhood is constantly being generated but is subject to entropy. You dont recover all the divine power you put into a miracle (Faith loss) and if you lose followers you cant hold as much of it at once (also faith loss, for simplicity). Gaining followers lets you hold more (faith gain!) as does making your followers pull work harder by driving them to fanaticism.

While the breath's in his mouth, he must bear without fail, / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail.
Bstarman Since: Apr, 2011
#9: May 30th 2012 at 6:56:51 PM

Well, I'm off for tonight. Glad to be a part of this from the get-go!tongue

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Vox Since: Dec, 2010
#10: May 30th 2012 at 8:00:00 PM

Okay... I'll make my first post tomorrow. Right now I'm too tired to come up with something coherent.

FirockFinion THE SLORG! from The Red Desert Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
THE SLORG!
#11: May 30th 2012 at 8:37:23 PM

This is reminding me of the Black and White game, but without the giant monster pets.

Anyway, I was looking back at the setting details in signups and I realized something: With things like robots and body-reviving nano machines, the pre-cataclysm days must've been pretty advanced. In which case, Eye is probably used to wielding guns. Good thing I left that vague, I guess.

That means... Adjustment period! Oh, this will be fun... evil grin

edited 30th May '12 8:44:36 PM by FirockFinion

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Stormthorn The Wordnomnom Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
The Wordnomnom
#12: May 30th 2012 at 8:53:12 PM

Hmm...maybe i left out the planar stuff in my re-write....

The time before the Cataclysm was everything. A multiverse of many worlds and settings, although most were not so advanced.

Broken Sky is all that remains of a hundred different realities.

Edit: I did include a bit. Heres the quote about the multiverse and why most high-tech setting stuff was lost.

"Once upon a time lived a multiverse. And then something very bad happened. The worlds were rent by silver claws and darkness and madness poured through. Many people died, particularly those of advanced civilizations that believed they could fight back. Many Gods died as well."

A very simple overview of the Cataclysm. Note that the Dead survived the end of their world via being noncombatant slaves. There masters, the ones with the actual tech, died off to the last.

He may know how to use a gun, but only War Machines have them anymore. Good luck getting any intact.

edited 30th May '12 8:59:21 PM by Stormthorn

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FirockFinion THE SLORG! from The Red Desert Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
THE SLORG!
#13: May 30th 2012 at 8:56:25 PM

Oh, is that what it is?

Hmm... Then in that case, I think I know what kind of place Eye would've been in before. The point still stands.

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Stormthorn The Wordnomnom Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
The Wordnomnom
#14: May 30th 2012 at 9:06:06 PM

[up] Edited the post just above you with the relevant quote off the sign up page.

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FirockFinion THE SLORG! from The Red Desert Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
THE SLORG!
#15: May 30th 2012 at 9:49:49 PM

No no, I know he's not going to be getting a gun easily, that was the point of the "adjustment period" comment. He'll need to get used to fighting with less advanced weapons.

EDIT: And him having "died" during the cataclysm is kinda a big point of his back story. So it works out, in my opinion.

edited 30th May '12 9:53:41 PM by FirockFinion

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Bstarman Since: Apr, 2011
#16: May 31st 2012 at 2:34:19 AM

How much do the Scions know about each other? Could they tell a scion from a mortal immediately, or their spheres of influence?

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Vox Since: Dec, 2010
Bstarman Since: Apr, 2011
#18: May 31st 2012 at 12:06:28 PM

Also, what sort of acts would require the burning of Faith to use. A power scale, just to give me some clue, would be appreciated.

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Savato Since: Jan, 2012
#19: May 31st 2012 at 12:10:28 PM

Maybe a map of the area could prove to be useful too...

Stormthorn The Wordnomnom Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
The Wordnomnom
#20: May 31st 2012 at 1:10:35 PM

[up][up] The first post on the main thread has the following text:

The Scions begin akin to mid level D&D characters or low power superheroes. Creating a spring of fresh water is an effort (but no faith loss). Creating a lake or river is an expenditure of 1 to 3 faith depending upon the scale of the miracle. Creating an ocean is beyond them at this point.

[up] No map because that apsect of the world is up to you. The starting land is about australia size, floats in the sky, and has no agreed upon name or definite features beyond what you describe. The rest of the world is floating islands as the players decide to find.

Sometimes I may post a specific region but mostly the world is yours to build via "discovering" what you want in your posts. Keeping in mind that this is a post-apocalypse world.

While the breath's in his mouth, he must bear without fail, / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail.
wikkit Since: Sep, 2009
#21: May 31st 2012 at 3:13:25 PM

Do you guys mind the walls of text that I post? Are they bad? This is my first time doing RP, pretty much.

ALSO: Do our tribes have knowledge of any civilization outside their villages?

edited 31st May '12 3:14:26 PM by wikkit

Bstarman Since: Apr, 2011
#22: May 31st 2012 at 3:23:05 PM

I for one like the walls of text. This RP idea is phenomenal, and I am glad someone out there is so excited about it.[lol]

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Stormthorn The Wordnomnom Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
The Wordnomnom
#23: May 31st 2012 at 3:57:41 PM

Tribal knowledge is up to you, within reason. None have been off the continant or have technology there races wouldnt know at the start.

While the breath's in his mouth, he must bear without fail, / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail.
tricksterson Never Trust from Behind you with an icepick Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Never Trust
#24: May 31st 2012 at 5:04:43 PM

What is the tech level? Middle Ages, early Iron, Bronze?

edited 31st May '12 5:05:00 PM by tricksterson

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Stormthorn The Wordnomnom Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
The Wordnomnom
#25: May 31st 2012 at 5:53:21 PM

Variable. Heres the quote from the sign-up thread world intro.

" Once upon a time lived a multiverse. And then something very bad happened. The worlds were rent by silver claws and darkness and madness poured through. Many people died, particularly those of advanced civilizations that believed they could fight back. Many Gods died as well. "

Minimalist, but it hits the setting (bits of everything) and tech level (varies, but high tech people tended to all die). It's minimalist intentionaly. God games are largely about world building.

While the breath's in his mouth, he must bear without fail, / In the Name of the Empress, the Overland Mail.

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