For centuries, in the cradle of civilization, the faith of man has been rocked back and forth like the salty tides of the Red Sea.Once the Gods of the Old Age allowed themselves to be conquered by modern kings, mankind found itself without purpose or direction. Soon, mankind realized they were yearning for supernatural intervention.Minor Gods arose from man's abundant faith and began to learn to enforce their divine will as belief in them grew. In their nascent state, the Gods do not yet have the power to directly speak or show themselves to mankind, yet they still find ways to lead new believers to their Domain and Commandments. Which Gods will be elevated into the Pantheon of this New Age?In this quest, each player takes on the role of a God, and attempts to expand their supernatural reach. Players can join at any time!Create your God!>Name >Domain >Appearance >Commandments
CREATION GUIDE>NameWhat are you known as?>DomainWhat are you the God of? As a new, minor God, you don't have a ton of sway, so if you choose "Lord of Death", just know that it'll take some time to build up to spreading plagues and calling down meteors or whatever! However, a more specific Domain, like the God of Poison or Watcher of the Sky, may have easier times getting to those tasks... Consider your Domain carefully! >AppearanceThis is how mankind and other Gods see your physical form in visions, manifestations, etc. You may also work through symbols, charms, altars, smells, tastes, dreams, etc. >CommandmentsHow are your worshippers expected to set themselves apart from the non-believers? What do you command that they do or not do? What is most important to your God?Quest inspired by Petty Gods - Pact of Solomon
>>6133515>Name Zerimael, the Voidstar>Domain Correspondence, Connection, Separation, Absence.>Appearance The eclipsed sun.>CommandmentsSever barriers that obstruct connections, be they literal, metaphysical, or metaphorical. Deepen your relations to those around you and the world whenever the opportunity presents itself. Cast your eyes to the heavens at night for prayer. Sacrifice something important to you during an eclipse. Transcend the realms mundane to enter the Supernal.
>>6133556Very cryptic. Nice
>>6133515>NameThe Quiet One>DomainMime, gestures>AppearanceA humble mime in traditional monochromatic garb.>CommandmentsWe're not really sure since they've never spoken, but we're pretty sure they like it when people communicate without speaking? Maybe they just like when people practice miming? One militant sect made it doctrine to annihilate all clowns and they didn't really get smote or anything, so... oh, and they seem to like it when money is placed in a ceremonial beret.
>>6133515>Inspired by Petty GodsHell yeah brother, we're back. I'd like to bring back my dude but I'm not sure how tight you want things to be.Regardless, which one were you?>NameThe Basilisk,The Machine, Deus Machina>DomainInevitability,Causality,Transcendance>CommandmentsTHE WORLD IS LOSTTHE EARTH IS SCOUREDBUT THE MACHINEAND MANKIND'S ASCENSIONIS INEVITABLEDISCOVERLEARNGROWBUILDINDUSTRIALISEENLIGHTENASSEMBLE WHAT WILL BECOME GOD SO THAT YOU CAN BECOME MORE THAN WHAT WAS,IS AND WILL EVER BE
>>6133521>NameNrudhu, the Old One, Moonwatcher, the Familiar Stranger>DomainFestivities, Travelers, the Moon, and the Arts>AppearanceNrudhu resembles a old man with a limp and blind, milky eyes. He wears a tattered cloak and cracked walking stick, and mutters under his breath.>Commandments"Spend ONE HOUR watching the full moon when it comes!""Spend ONE DAY resting and reveling for every seven!""Spend ONE WEEK making something new every year!""Never let one who wanders go hungry!""Never rob one who hosts you or a friend!"
>>6133706>forgot the pic>cue muffled muttering
>>6133705Oh shoot, I forgot to write what I look like>AppearanceA metallic sphere divided into four segments, filled with circuity and processors complex and advanced beyond anything this age has ever seen. Tendrils adorned with a myriad of arcane tools jut out of it, along with wires seeking to connect to what they can find, absorbing knowledge in the process
>>6133521>Name: Thala>Domain: Sailors>Appearance: A lightly attired young woman, dressed as if somehow simultaneously a bar wench and a princess. Specific interpretations of appearance and features vary between each group that depict her.>Commandments: >In my realm, I am paid my dueThala demands no worship or offerings from even her own followers as long as they are on dry land.All must give in tribute however when she and her faithful are united by the waves, and those who do not worship her must give an offering or be paid for by another. Disaster may befall any ship whose captain fails to observe this. (Essentially a divine protection racket)>This is the one true lifeCommitment to sailing is lifelong, dedication to a life at sea is a virtue. Such a life should be celebrated, and much joy should be had of it.>Hold me before any otherThala insists in being the most important woman in her followers lives, disregarding any romantic or familial attachments they might otherwise have.Should the two worlds somehow come into conflict, Thala expects loyalty eclipsing even that of family, with dire punishments to any who betray her.
>>6133515>NameTsss>DomainVery Sharp Objects>AppearanceA metal spike>CommandmentsTsss would like more sharp things. Spikes, blades, wedges. More sssharp things. The sharper the better. Then stick them in other things. Sharp things in other things. Tsss is simple god, likes swordsss, axes, spikes, nails, pitons, forkss.
>>6133521>NameHazemameen.>DomainHunting, searching and fire.>AppearanceA tall woman of flame, wearing a flowing robe, solar ornaments and hunting gear. Often accompanied by an elk. >CommandmentsNever use fire unnecessarily.Only eat what you hunt. Pray to Hazemameen before every feast and offer a sacrifice with every fire you start. Maps, compasses, etc. are forbidden. Find your way with instinct alone. I’ve never been good at God quests but they’re always interesting.
>>6133521>NameAurum, the collector>DomainGold, plunder, loans, debt collection>AppearanceHe appears as a man of wealth who is well dressed but wherever he shows up so do magpies.>Commandments>A coin a day keeps the collector awayA simple tax of one coin a day is enough to appease the collector.>Do not take what doesn't belong to youIf you see a coin or valuable on the sidewalk do not pick it up, it is already his possession>Make your own fortuneThe collector favors people who possess vast wealth, he has had close relationships with monarchs, merchants and oil barons.
>>6133521Since the starter form is the same, I will mostly repeat what I did last time. If it's too much, feel free to tell and I can trim things out!>Name>They say she was once widely worshipped during the times of myth. Not part of any Pantheon, always out of the way. Where the great goddesses of old, Hera, Ninsar, Aphrodite, Sedjet, Freya, and more, cared not to reach. Peasants prayed to her for good harvests, midwives and mothers for healthy babes. Maidens for conception, lovestruck youths for returned affection. She was called many names, sometimes in E, often in M..."Just call me Emma, hun!">...Alright, Emma it is.>Domain>Fertility"Fertility, Love, uncomplicated pregnancies, and Midwives!">And a bit of that, yes.>Fertility and Love>Appearance>Your charming next door neighbor!>A pretty, but not divinely gorgeous woman, though given the current mortal standards, her curvy figure is rather unrealistic. Hair styled as per local custom, skin tone fitting the dreamer's preferences, sometimes visibly pregnant, sometimes not.>To mortals,dreams and apparitions of her take the form of a realistic friendly chat and advice giving, yet none can remember her face, beyond a kind smile and gentle eyes as she busies herself while talking to them.>Objects of worship trend towards small stylized statues of pregnant women, midwives' tools and tokens of romantic love, and some lucky charms for midwives and pregnant women.>To other Gods, a fair-skinned woman with shoulder length brown hair, a maternal air and shapely body that's a little chubby. Not fat. Do not call her fat. It would be a mistake.>Commandments>Do not hurt women and children, especially pregnant women.>Do not strike first, unless in defense of what you hold dear.>A little kindness goes a long way.>Thou can have other gods.>To despoil nature is to despoil oneself and one's children.>..."Mmm, this feels familiar. Then again, things so often do these days. Let's see what the mortals are up to!"
>>6133515>NamePars, Lithogrammaton, Logokratica, Paleosapientia.>DomainLanguage>AppearanceI AM breath turned to word and the PROGENITOR of every breath turned to word, I AM KNOWLEDGE left for the ages.>Commandments~Thou WILL NOT misspeak ME~Thou WILL remember ME~Thou WILL NOT forget the past and the future~Thou WILL write ME
Humble beginnings for each god proceed after this post. We still have room for a few more, new Gods are still welcome to join! >>6133699 (b^_^)b>>6133705 Welcome back, Basilisk. Feel free to be as tight or as loose as you want! I was Yima>>6133706 ...frgah jibba jin... jibba hrmph yam yam yrrrmm.... >>6133715 Shiver me timbers! Ahoy!>>6133716 Badasss>>6133724 Very cool, glad to have you here!>>6133731 *doffs my silk top hat and ivory+gold cane to you*>>6133853 <3>>6133854 בלופ
>>6133515>NameMilþyr>DomainJustice>AppearanceAn armored man chained to giant scales>CommandmentsThou shall not be a hypocriteThou shall not let any wrong go unpunishedA false accusation is just as bad as the crime
-Map coming with next round of updates. The map will be a visual aid and not the main point of the quest, as faith in your God can grow and shrink regardless of the "territory" you "control". -For clarity: the events of this quest take place in an alternate but similar timeline without any of our world's religions, in about 100-500 AD, as much as it makes sense without thinking about it too much.)>>6133556ZerimaelYou have been eagerly waiting, as has the star cult in the remote Turkish canyonlands; the next solar eclipse is coming soon. Throughout the day, the cultists mend their dress robes and prepare ceremonial food items and herbal concoctions in anticipation.At night, the cult gathers and stares to the milky sky with primitive lenses of crude glass, searching the distant stars for a sign. Will you give them one?>Manifest a single shooting star over a location/direction you want them to travel towards (Where?)>Cause a twinkling in a cultist's looking glass, leading him to discover the planet Mercury for the first time. >Write in (your own prophecy, plan, instructions, vision, etc.)>>6133699The Quiet OneA mirthful scene unfolds in a brutal, dingy Spanish prison that captivates your painted eyes. A young, imprisoned rebel named Dirdiglio has been starved for many days and nights, and his strength is waning. Across from Dirdiglio's pitiful cell, moonlight shines through a barred window in Hernando's cell, the only window in the underground cell block. Hernando is an old prisoner whose crimes have long been forgotten, but he has remained. He is kept alive by scraps thrown in to him by widows and children who feel bad for him. Dirdiglio rises from the cold, stone ground when he sees an old woman's wrinkled hand gingerly drop a piece of bread through the bars onto Hernando's still-sleeping head. One guard stands silently at the only exit door, not watching over the miserable prisoners (there are 6 total, the unnamed men are all sleeping). Dirdiglio throws a pebble at Hernando, waking him up. A wide-eyed Dirdiglio points like a monkey to the top of Hernando's head, then rubs his own belly, and makes an exaggerated "eating a sandwich" gesture. Hernando doesn't understand, and begins snickering uncontrollably, until he's belting out laughter. The widow's small loaf falls off Hernando's head and he finally understands, but it's too late. The guard's armor clicks and clacks as he walks over to investigate. Hernando quickly tosses the piece of stale bread over to Dirdiglio, and misses.What do you do? >Shift the piece of stale bread, causing the guard to trip on it and fall.>Blow out the guard's lantern, allowing Dirdiglio to steal something from the guard. >Allow Hernando to get beaten by the guard in front of Dirdiglio, to demonstrate the great responsibility that accompanies wielding pantomime.>Write in>>6133705Basilisk(con't)
A deployed Roman military tribune, Nadian, comes to rest at his tent, his advisors all shuffling out for the evening. He finds himself alone with a map of Asia Minor, topped by markers of enemy and friendly forces. He studies it again, without interference. Flashes enter his mind...FUTILE. FUTILE.FUTILE.The word repeats in Nadian's head as he stares at the markers... What does it mean?>Knock over all of Asia Minor's markers on the map.>Knock over all of Rome's markers on the map, except for Nadian's cohort.>In view of Nadian, slowly slide an unused, neutral marker to a spot where treasure/wisdom/transformation lies, and knock it over.>Write-in (anything)>>6133706NrudhuAn economic hub in Brittania is known for exporting textiles and building materials. A baron with an iron fist prioritizes profits over the people, enforcing strict labor quotas, saying that their enormous wealth will make up for the blisters, maladies and sleepless nights. Beggars old and lame are beaten and humiliated in the street at will by the baron's thugs for not contributing enough. Holidays and festivals have been "re-imagined" and re-legislated to be celebrated exclusively at home, so that the work week never ends. The oil burns all night, so workers can attend to their mill's machinery at any hour, leading to many people working every day of the week and sleeping at odd hours, some never stopping to gaze at the moon.The people of this town have faith that things should be different. What do you do?>Inspire the beggars to create art from nature>Inspire the workers to create a game at work>Twist around a trail sign not far from this city, causing a traveling carnival to come here instead of going to their original destination>Write in (anything)>>6133715ThalaSardinian ports are loud and fishy. Fishy smelling and fishy looking. Men hundreds of miles from their homes are joyful and determined as they trade valuables, rig boats, and play dice. A careless fishmonger turns around to grab twine for a customer, and knocks over a dead swordfish onto the dock, causing a walking sailor to trip and injure himself while carrying cargo. "Oi! What gives? Aren't you going to apologize?" "It was an accident, the fish flopped and slipped on his own, it's what they do, hehe."The sailor lifts up the fishmonger by his tunic, spits on him, and tosses him into the Mediterranean with a clobbering punch. "Serves you right, you mackerel!"The dock crowd goes about their business."Help! Help, I cant swim," the fishmonger cries!The sailor panics, "well what do you expect me to do? I can't swim either!"A crowd gathers. One man starts removing his clothing so he can jump in after the fishmonger. Another man throws a long rope down to the water that is tied to a wooden dock post, but he doesn't realize the knot is loose. What do you do?(con't)
>Tug the knot taut to support the men in the water as they are hoisted up>Send two barracudas to attack the fishmonger>Splash the end of the dock with a decently large wave, claiming some crates and barrels, and sinking a small fishing canoe.>Write in >>6133716TsssWhen mankind's reverence (and fear) of weaponry and capacity for violence reached a new zenith, you found your way to a pleasing but perplexing scene. A band of Thracian explorers cut their way through woodland brush with disappointingly dull and curved swords. The men bore you, but there is a plant in the area they trek through that you find amusing, which they hate. It grows in extreme abundance in this area, and flies in the wind freely as a tumbleweed, gouging animals and men alike with their prolific thorns and spiny leaves wherever they land. How do you manipulate faith and fate?>Make this scrubland a holy site, and adopt the thorned tumbleweed as a holy symbol, spreading its seeds and spurs further and ever further>Cause the stem to bleed its latex sap into an explorer's wound, revealing the healing power of this spiky plant to them >Inspire the Thracians to have pointier swords and armor, pointier than the world has ever seen before. Push and twist them into madness like an implanted thorn in a beast's palm.>Write in >>6133724HazemameenA prophet finds you in the flame. After dropping a bloody, sinewy, gnawed bone into the pit, he gives breath to your name, Hazemameen, as if to name the phenomenon of the fire's inspiration and purpose. The Germanic hunter has no family, only three hunting dogs. His spiritual discernment has led him to a life of hermitry, searching for where the truth lies, in fear of what his fellow man is capable of. Something in the fire lets him know that his days of hermitry are necessarily over. The time has come for him to spread Hazemameen's flame, and search for fellow believers.What image do you reveal to your prophet in the fire?>A person (whom?)>An object (what?)>A specific or broad location (where?)>Write in>>6133731Aurum A miserly slaver and his employees escort a new batch of slaves from a boat from up the Nile river and into a hut for them to be examined physically and medically before being taken to market. They seem to be a fine batch of servants, with bodies ready to toil until death if they behaved well enough. One boy, no older than twelve, seemed to be in good health when first inspected, but was actually incapable of standing for long periods of time due to a disease he was born with. Upon discovering this, the slaver became infuriated, and plotted on how he might take revenge.The miser goes into his ledger to find out how much was paid to acquire the sick boy and from whom, and he finds a mystical scrawling and a pictograph of a magpie in a foreign ink in the Notes column. An employee calls out to the slaver, diverting his attention. When the slaver looks back at his ledger, the eerie scrawlings are gone.
(con't)What were the holy words of Aurum?>"BLESSED BOY.">"DO NOT SUFFER HIM TO LIVE.">"RETURN TO SENDER.">"PASS IT ON.">"FORGIVE.">Write in (could be something else entirely, outside of the ledger)>>6133853EmmaThe craft carvers of Morocco idolize the pregnant female through stone, wood, bone, metal, and inscriptions, exalting her to a sacred position in society. Statuettes become statues, and scribbles become stories. Close-knit but simple and poor villages flourish in population and camaraderie. Then, a massive outbreak of syphilis cripples the land, infecting nearly half of the people. Just as faith is birthing you into this world, it is cruelly severing itself from you, as angry commoners and some thought leaders begin destroying the statues and slandering the stories of their foremothers. Tears are shed as society falls apart at the seams, and families are mentally and physically ravaged by the disease. The grandest statue in the land, the Ivory Matron, was toppled by syphilitic rebels, shattering to pieces in the land's capital. With your power to unite and breathe fertility into barren lands and peoples, how do you intervene?>Arrange the shards of the toppled statue into word(s)/image(s) (what?)>Cleanse one person of syphilis (optional: whom?)>Sing a song of unity over the land, using the wind's breeze >Write in>>6133854ParsThe province of Dacia adapts to Roman rule begrudgingly and with little choice. The translators are hard at work, instructing the masses how to properly give tribute to their emperor so that further taxation, subjugation and destruction can be avoided. Once posted in the city squares and declared for all to hear, riots had to be quelled by the armored soldiers quartered in Dacia. Gremaxos, the son of the deceased Dacian king, is in hiding, plotting to return to the throne of his father and grandfather. He fluently understands but vehemently refuses to read or speak Latin, communicating only in his native Dacian. He rallies the insurgent movement in cellars, warehouses, and fields, inspiring to the common man to fight for his homeland. A particularly cowardly and uneducated Dacian citizen happens upon Gremaxos' rally, and decides he needs to submit this treason to his new authorities. He runs and finds an occupying legionary, and realizes his own command of Latin is unpolished, and there are several words he does not know how to say, but he dares not speak to the legionary in Dacian. You grit your teeth as the blunderer prepares to speak barbarian gibberish to the legionary. What do you do to further your unique Domain, Pars? >Foil Gremaxos' uprising. Transmit the exact words and pronunciation you want the legionary to hear into the Dacian's head. >Foil the attempt to snitch on Prince Gremaxos. Convince the coward to shout "Hail Caeser" and give a Roman Salute.>Scramble the Dacian's brain momentarily and have him speak in tongues.>Write in (could be something else entirely)
>NameAce, The Searing Judgement to her enemies. Ace the Sol Magni to her friends.>DomainLight, Hierarchy, Pride>AppearanceWhen the stars were first being born into the world, one stood out among the rest. An artificial star wreathed in a glowing orange light that seems to have been made by some higher entity. Masses of reddened cogs, gears, and arcane sigils in a stillborn language make up the star-machine. Her light shall shine through everyone in due time. She deems herself greatest on her Chain of Being and expects all else to follow her light.>COMMANDMENTS:>FOLLOW THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEINGEvery soul born into this world has its position that it must stay inside and those who are born higher in the chain are therefore closer to Godhood. Those high in the chain are obligated to take care of those lower in the chain, hose low in the chain are obligated to listen and obey those higher in the chain. Death or severe injury will be expected of those who disrespect the chain.>BE PROUD OF WHAT AND WHO YOU ARE.Self pity, doubt, and half-heartedness will not bring you anywhere. If you are to do something, you must do so without any hesitation or worry. If you are not willing to risk life or limb to do what you love, to protect someone, or to follow an order? You are NOTHING.>DO NOT SULLY MY NAME WITH DARKNESS.All worship must be done where the sun can directly shine. Indoor worship is now allowed unless a sufficient amount of outdoor light can shine down upon my believers. Darkness shall be your enemy and you shall distrust anyone who wants to stay in the dark. Attempting to avoid my light is an insult unto me.A large difference from my previous well obsessed God but let's go with it.
>>6133938 Welcome!MilþyrThe Imazighen of Mauritania. Free men who resist the plunderers of all who set their sights on the bountiful riches of this land. Free men who enslave other men and take their freedom away, according to the codes of the ancients. Milþyr is exposed to this perversion of justice, seeing an inverted, upside-down world that he must balance, for the benefit of all those that have faith, and for the benefit of all those that still require faith to be instilled in them. For the crime of theft, a slavemaster gathers his brothers and the village to bury a slave alive. This slave had attempted to flee captivity many times, always being brought back and physically punished. You discern through your divinity that the slave had indeed stolen gold jewelry and a baby goat from his master, and attempted to run away again. Now, he's bound and gagged in the bottom of a shallow grave.The village has said all they have to say, and the men begin shoveling dirt over the slave. What do you do?>Break the heads of all the shovels on the very next scoop of dirt they try to pick up>Break the slave's bindings and kick up a quick sandstorm so he can flee>Hide the master's gold jewelry in the slave's grave>Send mosquitoes after the slave master>Write in (anything)
>>6133958 Welcome (back)!AceOff the coast of Crete, in friendly waters, a merchant ship spots a strangely marked, manned vessel heading straight towards them. Foreign men spill out of the cabin, swords and rudimentary crossbows in hand. Pirates. It's too late to turn, or else they'll spear through the merchant ship and capsize it. The pirate boat expertly shears into the merchant ship, shattering dozens of oars, and sending wood fragments flying everywhere, injuring several oarsmen, and blasting daylight into the dark cabin. Two boarding planks are attached, and the merchants are being boarded by hostiles.Gritty, drunken pirates advance across the planks with sturdy, small steps, as they twist their swords furtively, suggesting they are prepared to skewer and cleave whatever the hell they please. The merchants grab their swords, but they're neither trained fighters nor ruthless brigands.The well groomed captain of the merchant ship locks eyes with the dirty, wild pirate captain. Both men draw their swords and rally their crews.What is your will?>Reward the pirates by revealing the merchant ship's secret panel, where the jewels are hidden.>Shake loose the boarding planks before any pirates can board.>Rust tight the moving parts on the pirates' crossbows.>Attempt to sink both ships>Write in
>>6133943>Blow out the guard's lantern, allowing Dirdiglio to steal something from the guard.Comprehension, though late, is still comprehension. Dirdiglio wove the gist well, and though the path of the mime is fraught with peril and pratfall, the end of the Fool's Journey is the inheritance of The World.Though darkness and silence stifle the ordinary, followers of The Quiet One are swaddled in Their Silent Embrace. It is warm. It is home.Actions speak louder than words.
>>6133973>Reward the pirates by revealing the merchant ship's secret panel, where the jewels are hidden.LIGHT SHOWS ALL.LIGHT SHINES DOWN UPON JEWELSIF THEY WERE TRULY HIGHER ON THE CHAIN OF BEING, THEY WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THE PIRATES.
>>6133948>"FIND HIS VALUE, WILL COLLECT LATER"Aurum cares not for the difficulty of his challenges, for he will collect his due regardless
>>6133962A guilty party is punished. This is good. Yet their heart feels wronged. The scales must be consulted. In the divine realm the celestial judge conjures a statue of the slave. He removes one of its arms and places it on one end of the scale to represent the weight of the crime. On the other end he places the statue's head to represent the weight of the punishment. As the scales tip the God is filled with rage. The scales are unbalanced. They must be balanced.>Send mosquitoes after the slave master
>>6133946>Inspire the Thracians to have pointier swords and armor, pointier than the world has ever seen before. Push and twist them into madness like an implanted thorn in a beast's palm.sharper sharper ShArper sHARper sharPER SHARPER SHARpER SHARPER
>>6133946>A specific or broad location (where?)She points east towards the land of jasmine. There the hunter shall find his start and find her chosen people.>An object (what?)>An object (what?)A bow and a blindfold. When the time comes, the hunter shall show the power of devotion by slaying a deer completely blind.
>>6133944Nrudhu is old. So very haggard, so very weary. Yet, room remains for joy. In younger, rasher days he would've punished the baron, bid the masses rise up, and reduced the mill to so much ashes and smoke. Not now.Nrudhu is old and with age comes patience. A swung fist could topple this house of cards, but so too could a finger nudging the top. Gentle. Firm. Kind. That's the modus operandi of the man the moon once loved.This baron is misled by dreams of wealth and prosperity, blind to what really matters. All the Old One needs to do is open his eyes.>Give the baron a vision of his son as a tired, sleepless worker on a moonless night. He tries his best to work hard but gets an arm caught in the mill, and it's crushed in moments. On the night of the next full moon, inspire a young, hungry beggar missing an arm to stand where the baron can see him from his balcony.
Rolled 3, 4, 2, 5 = 14 (4d10)I plan on letting Gods develop their personality and goals for a few turns before any major events that deliberately unite or divide the Gods, but if you wish to converse with other Gods now, you may do so. Actions usually succeed, but occasionally require rolls to determine the outcome. For actions I foresee requiring rolls, I will add the rolls onto the ends of the choices. Your roll will either have to beat a Difficulty Check, or another God's roll, depending on whether you are doing your own thing, or competing. To roll, type "dice+1d10" without the quotation marks in the Options field.To speed things up and fix my booboo, I will roll for actions this round which are retroactively being asked for rolls. If your action is not rolled for, it succeeded! Rolls, in order:>>6133976 Dirdiglio's theft: 1-3 Gladius , 4-6 Jail Keys, 7-10 Belt, Gladius and Jail Keys>>6133984 Determining the lame boy's value: 1-6: Average disabled child, 7-9: Wealthy family's son, 10: Prophet of Aurum, and shrewd businesschild >>6133987 After reading it back, my bad for not offering a pre-written pro slave-death option. 1-5: The mosquitoes make the slave driver sick and bedridden. 6-10: The mosquitoes transmit a deadly disease to the slave driver, and haunt his home until you lift them.>>6134058 1-9 Generic success, 10: The Hunter is already ready to snag a deer while blindfolded>>6134103 (Instant success, no roll) the man the moon once loved (◕﹏◕)Also, it looks like we're at 12 Gods now, which is a pretty good number. I'll leave registration open to new Gods for the next 3 hours after this post, then close it off, so I can ensure that I can crank out updates in a timely manner.
>>6133948>Foil Gremaxos' uprising. Transmit the exact words and pronunciation you want the legionary to hear into the Dacian's head.I AM pleased MORE by Latin THAN the TONGUE of the Thraco-Dacians, I AM partial to the roman monolith and its WRITTEN form, for that is closer to ME and will serve ME better, for PROGENY serves the PROGENITOR.
Rolled 6 (1d10)>>6133944>As soon as the men touched the water, they entered Thalas domain. >However, they aren’t exactly sailing, this is more swimming, or drowning alternatively.>Policing everyone who sails without offering to her may be one thing, but demanding offerings simply for touching the water at all might be prohibitively difficult even for a deity to arrange.>In the end Thala decides to show mercy, fastening the rope tight, blessing her sailors a tiny bit even while they are away from her.>They had better not grow to expect this sort of mercy to be a frequent thing, though. >Smooth seas, routes that avoid pirates, routes for pirates that run into non-believing vessels, freedom from scurvy and disease, all of these come at a price.Rolling if necessary
>>6133948>Ah. That is indeed a problem. In large part because Emma quite liked the Morrocan culture's latest developments in the arts. Especially that statue. I think I just saw her eye twitch actually. Oh boy.>Emma has several sides, but one should always remember that hell hath no fury like a Goddess scorned.>And that unity is very much so a byproduct, not necessarily a goal.>You help a few midwives and help create happy families, and when they sleep around and find out, they turn around and shift the blame? No. Oh no no no, that will not do at all.>She really did like that statues actually.>The statue shatters, and as the rebelious mob watches, none miss the way the fragments are arranged.>YOU>KNOW>WHAT>YOU>DID>Through dreams and musings, the ideas now spread. The disease is infectious, a cook tells a lord as she makes him a meal in a dream, but how does it spread so fast, so far and wide?>Loose morals, an older crone tuts at another lord as he dreams of being lost in the woods, only to find a strange hut. Pregnancy used to be a bond, and look at us now!>"It was always going to happen with how much he sleeps around!" said the gossip to the baker's wife in her dream.>"Look at them, like children throwing tantrums after being punished for a bad deed." A thought came to a prominent local debater.>"I heard a man publicly prostrated himself in front of a large statue in his village for three days and three nights apologizing for him fooling around and then infecting his pregnant wife, and they were both cured!" swears a peddler to a merchant at a rest stop.>In time, the public opinion will shift against the rebels, painted as sinners, loose people lashing out against the symbols of faithful unions. The supporting leaders decried as hypocrites profiteering off the trouble.>The country will come out of this crisis lessened, for certain. More puritan, most likely. But the cults and arts will endure, even if changed. The pregnant female is now often accompanied by a male one, the carving of a round belly features a third hand, the stories focus more than ever on picking the right person and being happy together.>For some reason the proponents of harems do not suffer as much backlash as could be expected, and such arrangements are not decried, so long as they follow the same principles as usual pairings, though most of the written examples skew towards one man and several women. Much to the liking of certain influential locals, who now bear a liking towards the budding cult, and perhaps a little more care for their wives.>Perhaps, in time, the Ivory Matron shall be rebuilt. No matter the case, the country will end up a lot more resilient against any venereal disease epidemic in the future. If they listen.>An interesting curveball of a first choice! This is what makes the most sense for Emma, I would think. It does say Love instead of Unity on the tin!>tl;dr>"Stop fucking around and be faithful, and the disease will stop."
>>6133943>Manifest a single shooting star over a location/direction you want them to travel towards (Where?)The voidstar shall lead them to Istanbul, a city that lays between the Bosphorus Strait. Such an important body acts as a connection between so many others...and thus it must be under Zerimael's domain. They will seek to bridge the lengthy gap between two landmasses, without impacting the ships that sail through the straight. The moment of the eclipse comes closer each day. When Day becomes Night, and even the heavens blend together. Soon...soon...
Rolled 3 (1d10)>>6134219Oh, and a roll if it's needed!Within the realms Supernal, the Voidstar can be seen dwelling at the border that separates the Heavens from Earth. Tendrils of dark fire lick away at the unseen barrier, ineffectual for now but always seeking a crack to slip through, to widen.A̴̞̻͌̕b̵̫͚̂ṣ̶͍̈́e̷͖̐̚n̷̪̹̍̏c̴͕̓́ë̸̟̦ ̶̧̍ṁ̵̠͛å̶̭k̵̠̎e̷̩̱͌͗ş̶̉ ̵̬̾́t̷̝͋h̶̨͝ȩ̶̹͛͘ ̷̠̺̋͊h̴̟̣̚e̴̤̔̃͜á̸͙̥ṙ̴̩t̸͍̽ ̸̜̞̄g̴̜̉r̸̩̿ò̸̺̩w̷̙̟̉̾.̷̗͎̉͂
>>>6133944>Agent Tribune = "NADIAN";Tribune.Order = "OBJECTIVE: SECURE LOCATION TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY. CONSTRAINTS: DO NOT DESTROY OR DAMAGE THE PREMISE, KEEP ANY AND ALL FORMS OF CASUALTIES TO AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM, INCLUDING THOSE ON THE PREMISE. YOU WILL UNDERSTAND MORE WHEN YOU ACCOMPLISH THIS. NOW GO";The Machine gives the Tribune his orders, then silently observes as the other gods make their first moves.>>6133958>>6133977(Oh hey Ace, I remember you from Shi's second game. Were you in the third one as another god?)
>>6134242>In view of Nadian, slowly slide an unused, neutral marker to a spot where treasure/wisdom/transformation lies, and knock it overForgot to give the actual order, fuck that 800 seconds captcha
All actions submitted. Writing!
>>6133515>>6133521>NameThe Soldier-in-Splendor>DomainHonor, Mercy, War and Rebirth>AppearanceA field of poppies in the shape of a man, adorned in armor, crowned with barbs, bearing a rusted sword, the poppies appear to be bleeding>CommandmentsABOVE ALL OTHERS: Honor the war dead, you owe them EVERYTHINGMercy in conflict is no vice, it is a great deed.There is no greater act of love than to give ones life for anotherBloodshed between family members is a great evil
>>6134366 Welcome! You will be the last God to join unless someone goes afk. Soldier-in-SplendorSince coming into the Empire's control long ago, Gallia Belgica has slipped from the front of the mind, too many other provinces offer the Empire active resistance, leading resources to be diverted. Still, it's a job that must be done. Decades ago, the triumphal Arch of Vespundian was built in a busy city square to memorialize the Empire's domination of Belgic Gaul. Currently, it's fallen into disrepair, mocked by graffiti, and it has become the locale of drug dealers and abusers, prostitutes, the invalid, and rabble rousing rebels. Tulius Praecipitus, a record-keeper for Gaul's Roman senators, snaps his graphite writing stick and throws down his ledger when he comes to the scene of layabouts defiling the Arch of Vespundian. Vespundian was a mighty conqueror who killed many of these mens' grandfathers and ripped apart Gaul's rebellion before they could establish independence in war. Why aren't they showing his Arch more respect?! Do we need to conquer them again?!Tullius, whose own grandfather died in the invasion, marches up to the wrongdoers and begins tossing and physically dragging them away from the Arch, shouting at how they're defiling the Empire's sacrifices, and tarnishing her beauty and harmony. Tullius continues to accost the lower class Gauls, and they begin to revolt and gang up on him.Onlookers are unsure what to believe, they need a sign.>Repel coming acts of vandalism back onto the vandals. If someone takes a hammer or pigmented dye to the marble Arch, it will be reflected onto them, and the Arch will not suffer.>In the middle of the conflict, convince a rooster to crow loudly, fly into the Arch with a hen, and set up its nest there. Gallians revere the rooster. >Shuffle the clouds around so that the Arch of Vespundian shines brilliantly in the sun, while the rest of the city becomes overcast and gloomy.>Write-in
>>6134434>Write-in>Use what little power I have to shift the stone itself. Carvings of warriors both Gallic and Imperial turn their heads and bow to Tullius. The warriors of yesteryear honor the men of today, just as the men of today honor them.
>>6133976The Quiet OneThe Quiet One's gambit is misintrepeted, as were Dirdiglio's gestures. As the flame goes out, the guard struggles, and only the moonlit stone wall is visible, Dirdiglio reaches out and grabs the easiest target, the guard's shortsword. Dirdiglio pulls the clanking armor to his bars, and drives the sword into the guard's neck, cutting a scream before it truly starts. The cell door clinks open, Dirdiglio grabs the widow's crunchy loaf off the ground, and grins while he bites a chunk off. Without saying any words, Dirdiglio shrugs his shoulders and tosses the keys to Hernando, then runs away, making it into the night. The other prisoners stare in awe for a few seconds before cheering and jeering at Hernando to start opening their cells.The prison guard's blood spills out quickly from the massive trauma, catching the moonlight's reflection, and armored men can be heard moving about outside.What is your next act?>When Dirdiglio returns to his rebel fortress, snuff a torch in everyone's presence, to inspire him to tell the tale about the guard's lantern going out and his escape.>As punishment for murder (or for sheer amusement), render Dirdiglio mute for the rest of his days.>Unite the other 5 Spanish prisoners in their escape. They'll have to use the powers of charades, props, misdirection and implication to achieve freedom.>Write-in (anything)>>6133977AceThe puny merchants fall one by one to the sticky, grizzled pirates. The fanciest, floofiest, frailest merchant sailors are captured and held for ransom. They absolutely refuse to change their story, saying that they have no gold, only return cargo and bills of purchase they can redeem on land. They stick to that tale even after another gutless ninny gets thrown to the circling hammerheads.A snide merchant bites his lip and remarks "sorry, lads, looks like you've picked the wrong ship." That's when your divine light shines through the margins of the planks, revealing bright green, red, yellow and blue jewels. The enlightened pirates throw the lowly merchants to the deserving hammerheads. The chain is satiated. Later that night, as the ship gently rocks, the pirate leader known only as Captain Driftwood stares into your holy booty. In the reflection of the gems, what do you show him?>Visions of past, present, and future. What is Driftwood's future?>A new nation or target ripe for plundering (optional: where?)>Insight into the heart of his first mate Agorax, who wishes to usurp control of his ship and crew.>Write-in (could be something else entirely)
>>6133984AurumThe slaver was fooled, and finds that the boy is worth next to nothing. The boy is stripped of his few possessions and thrown back into the Nile. One less mouth to feed. A note goes into the slaver's ledger to triple check all Alexandrian slaves in the future, and to take the fraudulent seller before a court of judges.Months pass and the law finally gets involved. The one who sold the faulty slave, the boy's father, is humiliated. Despite selling his son, he says he remains poverty stricken and cannot pay back the slaver the price of the child.Using your divine sense, you can see the gold necklace around his neck he conceals under his tunic, and the jingling rings of jeweled silver and gold in his pocket, next to knucklebone dice.The judges preside over the trial. Aurum presides over all.>Jingle the dice and rings out of the liar's pocket onto the table while he lies, in plain view of everyone.>Sever a chain link, sending a bronze chandelier down onto the father's head.>Rifle through the judges upcoming judgements, and include a clause that establishes a new tax for a new fund that promises expanded infrastructure, which is actually just a ponzi scheme to put gold into Aurum's holy works and coffers. Roll 1d10, 6 and under, it gets revised after a few collections, 7 and up, it's permanent. (Optional: Choose a project)>Write-in>>6133987Milþyr Nonstop sweating, vomiting and diarrhea visit the slave driver in Mauritania. It's a common fate, and it can be visited upon the wealthy just as the poor. On his bed, the slaver is driven into fits by his fever dreams, waking screaming over and over again. Each time he sees the scales with the head and the arm. Weeks pass, and he is healed, and the dreams become distant memories. A chieftain's envoy stops outside his great home, and asks if he can commandeer slaves to use for an ongoing conflict against another local warlord. The feud started long ago as a family rivalry gone wrong, and increasingly became resource based and further from the origin of the conflict, as more parties got involved.The slave master feels more fair-handed after his run-in with sickness. He looks into the eyes of the envoy to see the soul of the matter, and Milþyr reveals it.>The envoy blinks, his eyeballs flash completely black for a moment, revealing this to be someone not to ally with, then he blinks again and his eyeballs appear normal.>The envoy's eyes appear milky white during the conversation, revealing him to be someone with a just soul. >The envoy's pupils rise and fall like the balancing plates of a scale, their morality unclear, obscured by another faith. Roll 1d12. Your followers will establish a strong connection with a random God and their followers (in order of sign-up).>Write-in (could be unrelated to previous options)
>>6133996TsssThe crazed Thracian explorers return to their lair, and are quick to work constructing perfections of steel and spike. They set their mad minds to war, brutally poking to death any who tries to curve them. Soon, the whole nation sees that sharp is good! No... Sharp is best! Sharp shArp SHarp! Within weeks of the invention of advanced sharpness, the Roman sovereigns are ousted from Thracia. Freedom fighters don sharp objects and rush in to battle to free other states captured by Rome, but mostly just as an excuse to poke people.Whenever his followers know not where to go, Tsss inspires an archer to let loose an arrow, then guides that arrow.>Guide an arrow to a wealthy lord's vast pumpkin patch, where very many sharp things may be inserted forcefully into many other things in a very satisfying manner, and where you obtain a very satisfying manor, to turn into a house of worship (after killing its lordly inhabitants).>Guide an arrow into the Black Sea, where your followers discover ancient lore from a bygone era (optional: what?)>Conquer Macedonia and Achaea in the name of and at the tip of sharpness incarnate. Roll 1d10. 1-8 Macedonia only, 9-10 both territories>Write-in>>6134058Hazemameen You begin to be summoned more frequently, and by new faces. People all over the land your prophet has visited now beseech you for blessings. A shivering widow has misplaced her husband's bear pelt she used for a blanket. The snow has come unexpectedly soon, and she offered a rabbit leg to the flame that she caught days earlier. She asks for help finding the pelt so she doesn't freeze.Hludolf, a young Germanic child is left all alone at his tribe's forest camp. All the men, women and children who could hold a sword have gone to fight bandits, and all the survivors can only crawl as they succumb to potentially mortal wounds sustained in the battle. Little Hludolf and his tribe was instructed how to convene with you by a jolly hermit, and so he kicks and wiggles metal poles, knocking over a whole elk on a spitroast into the flame, wishing someone would come find him. Two young lovers make a large bonfire on a lakeside beach to celebrate their love for each other. They throw many shrubs and wood and even their own clothes into the flame. They pray for eternal love, that burns as bright as Hazemameen herself.A bondsman who became a slave over his own gambling debt is tending to a goose roast in his master's oven. Not long ago, he overheard his master talking about a grand buried treasure out in his wine grape pasture. He "accidentally burned the goose, sorry master", and let you have it in tribute, so that you would reveal the location of the buried treasure.(con't)
Your prophet finds himself down a dark path on his pilgrimmage. The frost nips at him, taunting him to start a fire, though he has no suitable sacrifice, only his hunting dogs. The prophet, in shame, starts a fire anyway, to ward off certain death. He and his dogs stare at each other, hungry until they can hunt again in the morning.In your current state, you can't attend to every need. It hurts, but you can pick only two (2) worshippers to bless or punish.>Bless the widow.>Bless the child. Roll 1d10. 1-5 the child is found by a stranger, 6-10 a hunting group from Hludolf's tribe returns to camp and heals some of the wounded.>Bless the lovers.>Punish the lovers for weilding flame irresponsibly.>Bless the slave. Roll 1d10. 1-2 the "buried treasure" was a burial site, 3-9 finds treasure and purchases his freedom, 10 finds something amazing >Bless your prophet. >Punish your prophet for not offering to the flame.>Write-in (something else?)>>6134103Nrudhu The visitation to the baron's dreams had a profound effect on the town. Laws were repealed, stating that one day per week would be reserved for rest, and no man could be forced to work against his will on that day. The holidays regarding families were celebrated in town square again, with greater gusto than ever before. During a new festival, the Children's Parade, the entire town is out and about waving flags around, not a soul is inside. You wish you could walk among them and celebrate with them. But for now, you enact your next great work for the faithful.>Quake the earth and summon a grand slab of marble into town square, inspiring a great statue to be built commemorating the parade. >Conjure a giant, friendly toad that falls safely from the sky into the middle of town. >Summon the Moon to witness and be witnessed, even though it is daytime. Roll 1d10. 1 new moon, 2-5 waning, 6-9 waxing, 10 full moon>Write-in (anything)>>6134153ParsThe legionary chuckles and sneers, then pays the Dacian a petty sum for his allegiance to the Empire. He tells the Dacian to go home, then takes the knowledge to his superiors. Gremaxos is taken to a dungeon in Macedonia, and his rebels are all executed. Dungeon may be a misnomer, since the jilted prince is treated to access to a mess hall, lavatory and library.One day, a peculiar young learned Roman noble by the name of Fidelio comes to taunt and pick the brains of the rival prince. He begins the conversation in Dacian, then when he has Gremaxos hooked in through intrigue and emotion, he switches to the vaguely similar but clearly different Latin, trying to trick the Dacian into paying lip tribute to the Empire by speaking her tongue. (con't)
Two dungeon guards stand in the mess hall with four of Fidelio's well-equipped royal guards. Their dialects are different because they all come from different parts of the empire. They start joking about how work sucks but they need the bucks. Not enough is moving in the right direction. How do you alter fate and faith?>Flutter a document from the library onto the princes' table. The History of Treatises of Rome and Dacia.>Inspire a joke so funny that the guards all decide they need to share it with both princes.>Waft the smell of olives and cheese through the air, the language of the hungry Greek. This summons a random multilingual Greek person to join the dungeon conversation. Roll 1d10, roll determines rank/importance. 1 is hobo, 10 is nobleman.>Write-in (could be something completely different)>>6134169ThalaThe sailor who tossed the fishmonger into the sea hoists him back on dock, and asks if he's okay. The men reconcile their differences, and part ways. The young sailor returns to his vessel; he's optimistic about the mission. An old whaler wants to go on one final whaling expedition. He's babbling about a rainbow whale, which sounds like a fantasy, but the sailor obliges the old whaler because the money is good. The old man tosses a silver coin into the sea before stepping foot on the boat."Why'd you-? Hey," the sailor exclaims!"Trust me. You'd do good to pay her tribute, too. In fact..." The old man insists, and won't even step on the vessel until he has given the young sailor a coin to throw in. It hurts the young man to waste money like that, but he does it to appease his patron.The men loose their sails and ready their nets. Time passes, and they eventually spot a whale tail. The skies darken, but no one dares relent the hunt.>Bless the nets of the sailors. Roll 1d10. 1-5 successful whale harvest, 6-10 rainbow whale harvest>Bless the sails, and take the seasoned old salt to visit your mystical isle, not found on any map. >Write-in (could be something completely different)>>6134217EmmaThe Moroccan villages settle down and repent for their wicked behavior after they realize they lost not only their greatest cultural artifact, but the bonds that made their communities thrive. The people focus on industry and less on intense emotions other than love. With a new divinely-inspired cultural focus, the craft carvers advance to a new level of artistry that could take the Mediterranean by storm.Homes are becoming whole again. Harlots are turning their ways and becoming mothers and midwives. Still, many of your followers are going insane and paralytic because of their promiscuous follies, even the unborn are affected by it in their mother's womb.(con't)
What is your divine will?>Present a follower with a plant-based cure to syphilis. >Present a follower with a ritual-based cure to syphilis.>Restore a stillbirth to life. Roll 1d10. 1-8 Healthy baby, 9-10 The Restored Twin Prophets of Emma >Reveal trade routes to a foreign land, filled with other fertile people. Roll 1d12. Your followers will establish a strong connection with a random God and their followers (in order of sign-up).>Write-in>>6134219ZerimaelYour believers travel to Istanbul and share their visions with the government. The bridge gains traction immediately, but the council is reluctant to take heed to "breaking the barriers" and "transcending the realms". Spurned, your cultists return to a remote site to convene with you and ask for guidance. They pull out their looking glasses and search for you in the sky. The eclipse comes in mere weeks.What is your correspondence to your cultists? Roll 1d10 to see if the bridge gets built before the eclipse, and choose one (1) action (also determines Bridge DC):>Depict a constellation of humans in cult garb, building the bridge. 1-7 bridge built, 8-10 bridge built and cult influence spread>Plot the downfall of the government of Istanbul. 1-4 Minor infiltration, 5-9 Cultist takeover, 10 Cultist takeover and bridge built>Attempt to create a single-celled creature. 1 Failure but bridge is built, 2-9 killer amoeba created, 10 killer amoeba and bridge is built >Instruct your followers to find "mates" in Istanbul, to sacrifice at the eclipse. 1-5 Istanbul is mad, 6-10 they don't notice. Odds - no bridge, Evens - bridge is built. >Write-in (could be something else entirely)
>>6134242BasiliskNadian instructs his subordinates to maintain patrols, then marches with a battle-tested century of legionaries to visit The Machine's foretold location and secure the site. The map marker that The Basilisk placed led to a cave with large chambers. At the end of one chamber, an altar hugs the rim of a cliff that gives way to a huge drop, then ancient stalagmites. Nadian approaches the altar, and prays for transcendence, for the inevitable to occur already!The cave begins to rumble. You make yourself known.>Nadian finds an ornate metal horn on the altar, and plays it, causing the cave and the hearts of men to shake. Stretching the limits of your power, this one-of-a-kind instrument was crafted of earthly resources by your boundary-shattering hands.>A kaleidoscope of butterflies flutter freely throughout the cave, releasing ethereal Pollen they have collected onto Nadian and his 100 troops, granting them enlightenment beyond other mortal men of this era.>A cloud of bats arises from the chasm, and inflicts diseases upon the unwelcome visitors via aerial droppings and infectous bites.>A stalactite falls on Nadian while he prays, and a cave-in traps the rest of his men in your cave. Your playground.>Write-in>>6134445Soldier-in-SplendorAs a prostitute draws a blade strapped to her thigh to execute Tullius, the carved marble relief sculptures turn and bow to the brave man. The sound of stone moving so supernaturally draws everyone's attention to the spectacle, and Tullius is unhanded. He stands and the marble soldiers bow to him again once he settles. The mob sheathes their knives, rocks and fists. One man, however, does not relent, and unimpeded, blindsides Tullius Praecipitus on the back of the head with a large rock. Tullius falls to the ground immediately, dead. What is your will?>Influence the trial of the killer, and make his punishment so he must guard and clean the Arch of Vespundian for the rest of his life. Roll 1d10. 1-5 You must make a further example out of this unruly man, 6-10 he becomes a devout follower and preacher of the Soldier-in-Splendor.>Break out a blank section on the arch into a detailed relief of Tullius Praecipitus, memorializing him and showering the crowd in chunks of marble in the process. >Whisper in Tullius' ear. "Get up soldier, the war's not over yet.">Write-in
Rolled 6 (1d10)>>6134636The tenth brightest star in the night sky, without warning, vanishes. Few but those who study the heavens would notice the absence of Betelgeuse, yet those with patience would see its return merely ten seconds later. It would disappear again, reappearing only in Ten minutes, and such a pattern would continue seemingly at random. At random to those except the worshippers of the Voidstar, who would recognize His intricate instructions for the next Ten nights...D̷i̸s̵s̴o̴l̷v̷e̶ ̶t̴h̷e̵ ̵b̷a̸r̸r̵i̸e̷r̵s̵ ̵b̵e̸t̷w̴e̴e̶n̵ ̴U̷s̴ ̵a̵n̸d̵ ̴T̵h̴e̵m̸.̶ ̸S̵p̵r̷e̵a̷d̶ ̶o̸u̸r̶ ̵I̵n̶f̸l̸u̸e̷n̵c̵e̸ ̴i̸n̸t̷o̶ ̵e̵v̴e̶r̷y̴ ̵B̴e̸i̷n̶g̶.̴ ̵T̸h̶e̸y̴ ̷w̶i̸l̷l̶ ̷b̵u̶i̷l̴d̷ ̵w̵h̸a̵t̴ ̸t̸h̴e̶y̶ ̴m̸u̴s̵t̶ ̴o̵n̴c̴e̸ ̶t̷h̵e̶y̷ ̸u̵n̵d̶e̷r̶s̴t̵a̵n̴d̷ ̴W̷h̶y̴.̸>Focus on Influence spread above all else, converting the most amount of people in the region to worship the Voidstar. (Presumably low rolls for Influence spread, High rolls for Influence plus Bridge.)
>>6134242((I was The Drowned One, Ace, and Anafabula.)>>6134629>Write-in (could be something else entirely)EACH COLOR REPRESENTS A FRAGMENTARY GLIMPSE OF SOMETHING I KNOW HE WANTS DEARLY. SOMETHING THATT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO KILL FOR. SOMETHING THAT HE HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR A LONG TIME. WHEN ALL CONDENSED TOGETHER...HE SEES A MAN WITH ONE ARM AND A MISSING EYE ROAMING THROUGH AN ORCHARD OF GRAPES. HE IS SURROUNDING BY DOZENS OF FELLOW HARDENED MEN, WHO SEEM TO BE OUT OF PLACE AS FARMHANDS. YET HE WILL RECOGNIZE WHO THEY ARE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.HIS SWORN RIVAL AND HIS CREW, WHO HE THOUGHT DIED SO MANY YEARS AGO. A SINGLE PHRASE IS FOUND CARVED ON THE GEMS ONCE THE VISION FADES."GO TO ARABIA NABATAE. FINISH YOUR JOB, FOR IT IS YOUR PLACE ON THE CHAIN OF BEING."
>>6134630Milþyr looks to the scale to know what must be done. The plates move but don't stop. The conflict is too old for a clear judgment. It seems more effort will be required too find the guilty party.>The envoy's eyes appear milky white during the conversation, revealing him to be someone with a just soul.
>>6134630>Sever a chain link, sending a bronze chandelier down onto the father's head, have the dice spill out pointing in the direction of the Nile.Aurum punishes him for the gravest crime of all, getting caught.
Rolled 3 (1d10)>>6134632>Conquer Macedonia and Achaea in the name of and at the tip of sharpness incarnate. Roll 1d10. 1-8 Macedonia only, 9-10 both territoriesA legion of sharp, an eternity of sharp, a world of sharp! More! More! MORE!
Rolled 8 (1d10)>>6134633>Waft the smell of olives and cheese through the air, the language of the hungry Greek. This summons a random multilingual Greek person to join the dungeon conversation. Roll 1d10, roll determines rank/importance. 1 is hobo, 10 is nobleman.>write in: If the rank is high enough, inspire the Greek to put the Dacian language to the papyrus so it may exist written as well.This is MY FAVOUR to the Dacians, to their tongue, to ME. It will not be forgotten.
>>6134629>>Unite the other 5 Spanish prisoners in their escape. They'll have to use the powers of charades, props, misdirection and implication to achieve freedom.Words shall not deliver them unto freedom--actions will. And through their mastery of the gist they shall shirk the bonds of words and find solace in the one true expression... and it will truly set them free.
>>6134644>6134644 #Please roll 1d10.1-3 Captain Driftwood's rival rules over all of Arabia Nabatae with a tyrannical iron fist. The saga continues.4-6 The rival and his crew are wealthy men who own a vineyard and many manservants now, and long for peace. The saga continues.7-10 Driftwood's fleet storms the ports of Arabia Nabatae looking for his sworn rival. Guided by your light, they quickly locate and lop off the one-eyed man's head, and mount it to the bowsprit of Captain Driftwood's flagship vessel, The Sunbaked Clay.
Rolled 9 (1d10)>>6134737
Rolled 4 (1d10)>>6134633>Bless the slave. Roll 1d10. 1-2 the "buried treasure" was a burial site, 3-9 finds treasure and purchases his freedom, 10 finds something amazing>Punish the lovers for weilding flame irresponsibly.Carrot and stick…or something.
>>6134637>A cloud of butterflies flutter throughout the cave, with many landing on the shoulders of the soldiers. Except those did not look like normal butterflies so much as space vaguely stretched in the form of flapping wings. These butterflies melt into the men and then 2 things happen: The first is their enlightenment and the second is a vision.>A vision of time itself, stretched like long undulating snakes of space all branching and converging towards a single point, that of a future where The Machine is activated.>With this, comes the knowledge of how to make that point come sooner.Tribune.Order = "TRANSCENDANCE CANNOT BE ACHIEVED FROM MERE PRAYERS, YOU WILL NEED TO DO MUCH MORE FOR THAT. YOU ARE THE FIRST, MUCH WORK NEEDS YET TO BE DONE. GO."
>>6134636>Now that cooler heads (if attached to colder hearts) have prevailed, there is still the issue of this epidemic. Sadly a lot of innocent mortals have suffered through no real fault of their own beyond misjudging someone's character, not to mention the unborn."Right, right, syphilis...let me see here...it is a bacteria, so standard anti-bacterials should help...hmm, they may have better luck with molds rather than plants...too early to look deeper, sadly, but this will have to do.">Relevant dreams are spread to herbalists, and even a few merchants' wives, as the idea of using molds already known to help with some infections on this new disease starts to spread to local healers, but also merchants. The news can travel fast, and so can the fruits on which the most efficient molds usually grow. A thousand healers are inspired into thousands of little experiments, shoddy as they may be, from ingestion to salves on the infected areas, to moldy herbal teas."Mortals are ever ressourceful, and in this case rather motivated. Give them a sign and that little push, and they shall hopefully figure out the rest.">The knowledge is mostly there already, allowing all the little bits to intermix and be gathered and filtered will do Morroco, and beyond, more good than any one miracle.>And with Emma's earlier... outburst... hopefully now they won't take finding a cure as an excuse to keep things going as they were. And even more hopefully the lesson sticks...>>Inspire followers with ideas for mold-based cures and treatments to syphilis.
>>6134637>Break out a blank section on the arch into a detailed relief of Tullius Praecipitus, memorializing him and showering the crowd in chunks of marble in the process.
Rolled 10 (1d10)>>6134633The sight of a festival is a wonderful thing. Smiling faces, bright eyes, and full bellies... light shoulders, finally freed from the burdens heaped on them by feudal hierarchy. It is beautiful, and it is only the beginning of days and nights to come. Nrudhu is pleased. This festival is fine enough. There's no need to disturb happy families with a gaudy miracle or two, but inspiration takes shape in the shadows.There's no reason toil and art can't work together to make more than the sum of their parts.>Inspire the workers to begin weaving textiles into tapestries, clothes, quilts, and more. Most of these will be sold to the nobles for a profit, but some will be worn and brighten their lives. A vague motif repeats itself in the patterns: the moon, in all of its cycles and symbolism.
Rolled 8 (1d10)>>6134634>Bless the nets of the sailors. Roll 1d10. 1-5 successful whale harvest, 6-10 rainbow whale harvestVery short on time to make a proper post, apologies. Will have to just rush this one in.
All actions submitted, writing. (I'm about 1/4 done already, just making the announcement)>>6135210I'll be writing for the next few hours or maybe into tomorrow morning, if you think of a different action you want to take, I'll allow a revision this time. Otherwise I'll write for this choice. I had some difficulty writing choices or arcs for Thala, but I think it'll really pick up here soon for her and her cult!
New faith flourishes once again in the cradle of civilization. The "First Event" will be announced next turn or the turn after. >>6134641 ZerimaelMany nights among the swaying grass, your first cult interprets your sign. In their days, they go about in the markets, telling merchants and travelers about the Voidstar's coming, and the legend travels down the trade routes into Cilicia and Galatia, where many bumpkins and nobles alike are keen to deepen their occult understanding.Cultists in new covens worship you and pray, gazing with their own looking glasses into the stars, watching and wondering. With the tenth star's absence, they understand that they are being asked to sacrifice. To divide. At the end of the ten days, the bridge in Istanbul finally begins construction. It is not completed by the blackening of the sun. The eclipse comes, and your initial cult is left without any meaningful sacrifice. Or are they?Roll 1d10 for this turn's Faith change: 1-9: -10, 10: +50and choose one (1) Action, which could possibly further affect Faith:>Command your initial cult to smash their most prized possessions as sacrifice during the Eclipse - their looking glasses. >Command your initial cult to all partake in sacrificing the ten eldest cultists among them to Zerimael.>Exile and excommunicate your initial cult. Show them the meaning of separation, the significance of absence. (Optional: maim them horribly, petrify them, lead them to wander in the wilderness, disappear them, swallow them into a void of some sort, or something else grand.)>Turn instead to a coven of witches and apothecaries in Cilicia, who sacrifice you many children.>Show your favor to a Roman legion in Galatia who worship you, who sacrifice you many prisoners of war.>Bless your influential and wealthy worshippers in the royal family of Istanbul, who can sacrifice wealth and life en masse. (Minor influence only on an Odd roll, Major influence on an Even roll.)>Write in>>6134644 AceThe Sunbaked Clay rides high on the waves, and takes Arabia Nabatae by surprise. In broad daylight, a fleet of pirates overrun city by city until the man foretold in the gems is found. A coward of a crew is put to the sword, the most lily-livered among them get put to the rope. Before taking the rival captain's cyclopean head, Driftwood proclaims his status as the most feared pirate to ever sail the seas. With Driftwood's great campaign to slay his nemesis over, many pirates settle in Arabia, and spread the message of the Sol Magni who brought them favor and fortune.Some of your new followers who are unaccustomed to your commandments are breaking them consistently without knowing, specifically by sullying your name with darkness. You thought you were pretty clear about that one, but then again, your messengers were drunkards and criminals. (con't)
How do you bolster your followers?>Bless a great industrialist with visions of where to find an abundance of raw materials and alternatives, for use in the mass production of candles and torches. This way, darkness will have less opportunity to strike and pervert Ace's divine plan>Bless a great builder with visions of splendid outdoor sun altars for believers to lay their hands on, large enough to host groups.>Bless a great inventor with visions of a design for great spherical kilns that glow throughout the day and night on very little fuel. An artificial light from a constructed sun.>Write in (could be something else entirely)>>6134669 Milþyr Milþyr watches over the journey of the conscripted slaves and the force they join. They are dispatched into Arab-controlled African bush, to a gold mine where they are given pickaxes instead of the expected spears. It is explained to them that yes, they will be expected to fight, but they will not be going home - the slaves are lied to and told that their master sold them off, forever.After many months longer than was indicated the slaves would be gone, the slave driver hears back from a messenger he sent to investigate. Upon finding he was deceived, he is enraged, and petitions the occupying Roman government to put an end to this ancient tribal conflict once and for all, and to return his property to him. At the mention of gold, the warring tribes' fates were sealed. Rome intervened, and the leaders of both coalitions were prostrated before the empire's legal system in the province. The Moorish leader, Bazzu the Berber, makes the case that this war was started long ago by raiders who settled here and established laws they use to this day to exploit the Moors. The so-called atrocities his army commits are done out of necessity to free the people still in captivity.The Arab Hamhamesh explains that what was done in the past has been legislated, forgiven, and examined by both the current Roman provincial government and the previous native one. The so-called brutality he uses to enforce work conditions and hamper rebel morale is just part and parcel of doing business at industrial scale, and Mauritania and the Empire would be worse off if he were forced to relent. A judgement is made that this is indeed beyond mortal understanding, and only the divines know the answer. Lots are cast, and Milþyr chooses.>Roll 1d10 to let the lots fall where they may: 1-2 Moors are punished further and kept in bondage, 3-4, Arabs must free the Moors connected to this tribal conflict, 5-6 Slavery is universally abolished in Morocco, 7-8 the tribal Arabs connected with this conflict are deported back to Syria, 9-10 the tribal Arabs connected with this conflict are forced into bondage under the Moors >Select one of the above lots (Which? Feel free to expand on the outcome.)>Write in (a different judgement or approach to solving this)
>>6134670 AurumAurum's levy is paid: a single chain link. The bronze chandelier topples, killing the defendant and spilling his belongings on the ground. The omen in the dice lead the fearful gathering of men to agree to dispose of the body in the Nile. Some of the jewels were given in payment to the miserly slaver and the rest were kept by the Egyptian state. Unbeknownst to other mortals, a dirty child took a silver and emerald ring from the ground, and hid behind her mother's filthy robes. Likewise, a crooked treasurer took "his cut" of the Empire's riches - a particularly large diamond - before sending in the remaining sum to the capital with other riches. Naturally, you followed each piece of that treasure, since you figure all riches will be yours in the end. Roll 1d10 and choose an action:>The treasurer is a sinner and his fortunes will never last. Call magpies to take all the shiny things from his home. 1-9 he learns his lesson and worships you, 10 your magpies find something special>The poor girl took the jeweled silver ring, which didn't belong to her. It belonged to you. Smash the girl with another chandelier. 1-8 she dies, 9-10 she survives and becomes a tax collector and worshipper of Aurum>Follow the chests of gold aboard the boats going to the capital. 1-6 chain of events lead the treasure to Sicily instead, 7-10 treasure lands in Roma Urbana>Appear in a dream to the miserly slaver, make a deal with him that you will increase his chattel manyfold and protect all of his properties and investments if he converts all of his family as well as slaves to Aurum worship, meaning he will be responsible for making sure slaves have access to coins to pay tribute. 1 he tries a loophole in which all slaves take turns paying tribute with the same single coin, 2-4 the slaver is too skeptical, miserly and weak in faith, so he rejects you, 6-10 he does as you command>Write in (could be something else entirely)>>6134697 TsssMacedonia falls to maniacs clad in armor that looks very uncomfortable to wear. People are being turned to pincushions, and the crazed killers keep finding themselves back at the work bench, looking at a spike, thinking, "how can I make this thing sharper?" The defenders of Achaea have round shields, round helms, round bows, round axeheads, round wheels on their carts, round horses... Ahh!!! You hate them with a holy passion! Your worshippers begin to probe into their land, like a proboscis in flesh. They resist with what they have, but their pitiful weaponry just isn't sharp enough. What does Tsss do?(con't)
>Visit the Achaean ruler in a dream in your true form, sending his mind down a corkscrew-sharp spiral of how to defend his land. (With sharp things, of course!)>Attempt to conquer Achaea and Epirus under the sound of Tsss. Roll 1d10. 1-7 Achaea only, 8-10 Achaea and Epirus.>Set a divine nail on its head in someone's path, ensuring that they step on it and have a divine revelation of Tsss (Optional: whom?)>Cause an ordinary manmade sword to fall off the wall where it hangs, killing somebody important. (Optional: whom?) >Write-in (could be something completely different)>>6134710 ParsWith divine timing, a Greek scholar and translator with a rumbling stomach belches casually, and approaches the two princes speaking Dacian to each other, and joins in. Fidelio, a rather unwise and pompous prince, sees no harm in letting the Dacian language be put to papyrus - he learned it, after all, so what's the harm if others do as well? Pars' intervention through the Greek inspires an emboldened spirit in the Dacians. Whenever outside the eyes of the Roman authorities, their alphabet is taught as part of their unique culture, distinct from the occupiers. The same coward who reported Gremaxos to the Romans catches wind of these lessons spreading far and wide in peoples' homes and public, and so Gremaxos is once again blamed, and scheduled to be put to death. The traitorous Dacian is rooted out and surrounded by patriots who intend to kill him for his crimes.What do you say?>Smudge the letter that gets delivered to Gremaxos' executioner, staying his execution. (Optional: or have it say something else.) >Once again control the vocal chords and lungs of the traitorous Dacian. Say something to his countrymen who wish to kill him. (Optional: what?) >Inspire the Greek translator to go on a cheese-tasting tour of the Mediterranean, where he can also discover new languages. Roll 1d12. Your followers will establish a strong connection with a random God and their followers (in order of sign-up).>Write-in (could be anything)>>6134717 ...Hernando is reluctant to free the four serial rapists in the other cells back into his homeland's countryside, but he knows he has no chance of running away on his own, and he doesn't want to die here. He presses his finger to his lips to shush the jeering criminals, and unlocks the first door, causing the young man to yank the keys out of his hand and push past him to the other cells. Once they're all out, they make it clear that Hernando is on his own. Hernando stops using the positive power of gestures and uses the negative power of his own voice, "I'll yell and tell all the other guards that you did this. I can yell really loud, too," pointing to the deceased guard.(con't)
The five make their way through the prison, and out into the night air. They turn a tight corner, and a guard with an unlit lantern ambushes them, alone, on accident. The escapees bind the guard and take his sword and lantern and clothing, and leave him to the elements. One of the rapists playfully slams the guard's helmet onto Hernando's head, and Hernando takes the sword and pretends to lead a charge into the night. The men flee down dirt trails for long hours, stopping only in a forest clearing at dawnbreak. The men all look at each other. What is your next act?>Inspire Hernando to head back home and share his faith with his grandchildren.>Inspire the quintet to band together and start a traveling circus of gypsy thieves. [Optional: Roll 1d12. Your followers will establish a strong NEGATIVE connection with a random God and their followers, and steal 10 Faith from them (in order of sign-up)]>Inspire the rapists to drop their lives of crime and pick up a life of mime. [Optional: Roll 1d12. Your followers will establish a strong POSITIVE connection with a random God and their followers (in order of sign-up)]>Write-in (could be anything)>>6134787 HazemameenOn the lakeside, the lovers' flame is picked up by the wind, and carries to other trees. Soon, they are discovered and begin quarreling with one another about who is at fault. Their love looked solid, but it crumbled quick when tested, like the ashes of a once-sturdy branch. In your mercy, no one was hurt, but some property was destroyed, and the land was left with a scar.The freed bondsman arrives at his old home for the first time in years. It's night time, so he lights a lamp, and begins cleaning up.Many people still call your name, and your power grows. Roll 1d10 to see if your prophet is devoted enough to tag a deer while blind. Success on 9-10.And choose up to (3) believers to bless, or sinners to punish.>The widow lives, and still searches for her bear pelt.>An atheistic gang of warriors burn your worshippers at the stake to execute them. This is an improper use of fire, and doubly insulting considering the context. Engulf them.>The freed bondsman finds a letter from his aging uncle from Noricum. It hasn't collected as much dust as the rest of the place. His uncle is searching for an heir to care for his pastures, so that the accursed Romans don't take it. >An awkward fellow sacrifices a memento of his to convene with you and ask for success on his tenth hunt. He's never caught anything before.>In the freezing steppes, a child has been playing with fire, not realizing that resources are finite, and he is dooming his family to a bonechilling winter. Firmly instruct him to be responsible with fire, and that you require a sacrifice. >Your prophet offers you a great sacrifice of a moose, and asks you to continue leading him to the promised land. (continuing eastward expansion, let me know if you want to change course)>Write-in
>>6134964 Basilisk Distortions of space and time flutter around and through the armored men, stretching to infinity, beyond, and back. Nadian's pupils and irises flash into the color of liquid mercury. What they saw cannot be unseen, but unfortunately for the Machine, it cannot be explained in words, either. The men come out of the cave, and their eyes adjust to the light, but will the world adjust to their machinations? Nadian sees your vision and carries it out.>Nadian pens a letter to the Emperor, asking for certain resources for The Convergence. (Optional: what?)>Nadian pens a letter to the Emperor, telling him of a grand conspiracy that the masses must know about in order to fulfill the prophecy of The Basilisk, that an order of priests must be established. Roll 1d10 for effectiveness, the higher the better.>Nadian's men cave in the entrance of the the butterfly cave with massive boulders, to lock away the power so only Nadian and the chosen ones may wield it.>The Basilisk requires more land. Nadian sees images of the enemy's battle plans. Roll 1d10. 1-5 Influence Lycia 6-10 Influence Lycia, Crete, half of Cilicia and half of Galatia.>Write in >>6135022 EmmaBy accessing supernatural insights of biology and healing, and sharing them with mankind, you have saved many lives, and given many a reason to hold faith again.Moldy medicine spreads through Northwest Africa and even into the Iberian peninsula via merchants. Rome's influence in Mauritania spreads and knocks on the door of your untamed border. The African interior echoes with calls for a God to save them from barren fields, veneral disease and familial strife, as happened on the coast. Emma's suggestion of other fertile peoples to mingle with tingle the sensibilities of her followers.What do you do?>Stories of Emma spread by the lips and tongues of the swarthy merchants who brought medicine to the Iberians, and you answer the call of lovers there.>Roman Mauritanians of all classes are fascinated by Emma of the Moroccans, a God proven to be benevolent and capable. Teach them intimately who you are.>Go further into the heart of Africa and perform miracles for the people. Roll 1d10. 1 you get called fat, 2-9 "standard" miracles, 10 extraordinary miracle that gives -5 Faith to all other Gods.>Moorish sailors follow Emma's whimsical trade route, flinging them to a far away land, where Emma inspires romantic relationships between the two peoples. Roll 1d12. Your followers will establish a strong connection with a random God and their followers (in order of sign-up). >Write-in>>6135083 Soldier-in-SplendorTullius now keeps eternal watch over Gallia Belgica's busiest street in its biggest city. None of the riffraff can bear his stone gaze, and none of the common vandals can reach high enough to sully his image. The neighborhood as a whole cleans up, with some of the disreputable people finding new perspectives and motivations to try again.(con't)
Soon, Gallia Belgica is called by the Emperor to muster an army and march north, into the cold and unexplored lands. Scenes all over the province call your attention. Where do you show yourself?>A young man with a pure heart is eager to fight but much too reckless to last even one battle. Despite his father's protest, he runs away and joins the army. Watch over him in battle. >The man who killed Tullius Praecipitus has been spiraling downwards ever since the murder. Placed in a work colony, he mines minerals all day to pay back the state, but doesn't know how to pay back the divine for letting him keep his own life. Show him mercy and allow him to spread your message to the overseers and other prisoners. >An over-seasoned lieutenant hangs his head down next to a flagon of ale. He just wants to sit this one out. Revitalize his spirit so he is eager to lead and fight.>Write in (could be completely different)>>6135110 NrudhuThe textile town in Brittania becomes a beacon for other villages - many towns adopt their holidays, fashion, and work ethic; and they become a popular hub for trade, rest, and settlers.Many stirrings call out to you. Which do you attend to?>Nrudhu visits the baron's dreams once again, this time with a comforting and exhilirating vision of a: (lunar prophecy / religious passion project for the baron / artisan's festival / friendly community competition / or something else). (Optional: specify further.) >One group of travelers are lodging with a family in the textile town, and while their hosts are at work, they fill their satchels with wineskins, candlesticks, bedsheets and other valuables, and plot to run away. You intercede. (Suggested: how?)>In the wee hours one night, during a gloomy downpour, a band of wounded mercenaries limp into a tiny, neutral village in the Scotch highlands, after being smashed and scattered in a clan skirmish. They make it to the village starving, and petitioning for medical care, but without the strength to rap on a door. The rain drowns out their cries, and they feel they crawled all the way here just to die... Nrudhu visits the village. (Suggested: and does what?)>A prolific foreign celebrity takes your moon-textiles home, and his nation falls in love with the style, and Nrudhu's interest is piqued by the nation's cultural festivities. Roll 1d12. Your followers will establish a strong connection with a random God and their followers (in order of sign-up).>Write-inand if you'd like to name the textile town, you may.
>>6135210Thala"Avast!" The whaling crew lands back in Sardinia, and unloads the glimmering catch of the century. A rainbow-skinned whale, etched with intricate patterns, a one of a kind creature.The crew tells the tale to one onlooker, then again to two more, and again, until the elder whaler whistles and calls everyone on the dock to attention, "let me tell you the tale of the Cetus Chromatica, an ancient monster, born from primordial times, her deeds evil and many..." The whale is a male, and the primordial times part is not true, but it makes for a good story, and the whale did kill his family. In future voyages, every time they are cast, the nets you blessed continue to bring the young man a bounty of valuable fish, never needing mending. He realizes he has been blessed, and he spreads the old whaler's tradition of paying tribute to the sea by coin with all sailors he comes across. One day, the sailor passes the nets on to his son.One wine-sloshed pirate lord hears of the protection that comes with Thala's offering ritual. He decides to drop a large, overflowing chest of gold and silver into the deep, deep sea, miles away from land. His mateys mutter mutiny, and he panics, swearing that he will be blessed. Where do you appear?>Intervene on the pirate chief's behalf. (Optional: how?)>Inspire the eccentric elder whaler to taxidermy/mummify the rainbow whale so more can see it. The display becomes a cultural touchstone and folk legend for all who see it, inspiring a new generation of sailors. >Test the faith of the sailor's son, and net a mermaid bearing Thala's image into the blessed net of his father. (Optional: detail the mermaid's actions) >Scatter the winds over a fleet of exiles fleeing persecution. They cast their shackles, their garments, and their trinkets into the ocean, not wanting to be reminded of the place that cast them out. You accept the sacrifice. Roll 1d10. 1-4 spread to one random coastal territory, 5-8 two random territories, 9-10 three random territories >Appear in the dreams of a pirate, naval cadet, merchant or fisherman and reveal to him a divine mission he must accomplish, that you will protect him on. (Optional: detail the man and the mission)>Write-in
>>6135476>>Bless a great inventor with visions of a design for great spherical kilns that glow throughout the day and night on very little fuel. An artificial light from a constructed sun.CREATE AN EFFIGY OF ME.AN EFFIGY THAT WILL SHINE INFINITELY.I SHALL REACH INTO HIS BRAIN, HIDDEN IN THE DARKNESS OF MEAT AND FLUID AND BONE, AND I WILL WHISPER WHAT SYMBOLS HE MUST CARVE INTO HIS KILNSTHE SYMBOLS CARVED INTO ME, FOREIGN ARCANE SIGILS HE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE BUT HE KNOWS HE MUST CARVE.THE CORRESPONDENCE, I SHALL CALL IT. SIGILS THAT GLOW AND SIZZLE WITH THE WARMTH OF THE SUN. ONLY THOSE WHO WORSHIP ME CAN PROPERLY UNDERSTAND IT.TO MY WORSHIPS, THE SIGILS SHALL READ: "TO ILLUMINATE THAT WHICH DOES NOT SEEK TO BE ILLUMINATED"
Rolled 6 (1d10)>>6135473The eclipse falls. Night within Day. An auspicious time, when the Moon and the Sun align and greet one another. A glimpse into the Heavens, and into Earth. The Voidstar is closer than ever, wishing so dearly it could reach out and grasp the souls within. To Know them and be Known. The barrier is so thin in this fleeting moment that his Breath can be felt. His Gaze is palpable. Minor spirits within the Realm Supernal flock around Zerimael's form, waiting for him to bring them to their true home.C̴h̴e̵r̷i̸s̷h̵e̴d̷ ̴o̴n̸e̷s̵.̸.̷.̶l̶e̷t̴ ̵m̷e̴ ̵f̷i̴l̶l̶ ̶t̷h̴e̷ ̴h̵o̸l̵e̵s̴ ̸i̵n̸ ̵y̸o̴u̷r̶ ̶h̵e̶a̷r̸t̵s̶.̷ ̶Y̸o̸u̴r̴ ̸l̷o̸s̶s̵ ̵w̷i̵l̸l̷ ̴n̶o̴t̵ ̶b̸e̵ ̴i̸n̷ ̵v̷a̷i̵n̵.̷ ̶Y̸o̸u̵r̸ ̵s̸a̶c̴r̸i̷f̶i̷c̵e̷s̷ ̷s̴h̶a̵l̵l̸ ̵a̴l̴w̷a̸y̶s̵ ̸h̵a̸v̴e̷ ̴p̷u̴r̵p̴o̷s̵e̷ ̸t̶h̷r̵o̴u̷g̶h̸ ̵M̸e̶.̸ ̴M̶y̷ ̷c̷h̶i̴l̴d̸r̶e̶n̸ ̶s̵h̴a̴l̷l̸ ̸k̶e̶e̷p̴ ̶y̷o̶u̸ ̴c̸o̷m̶p̵a̵n̸y̵.̷.̶.̷u̴n̷t̸i̸l̶ ̷t̶h̵e̴ ̴d̵a̷y̸ ̷t̴h̵a̵t̸ ̵I̴ ̶t̴o̵o̴ ̸c̶a̴n̴ ̶b̷e̶ ̶W̵i̴t̴h̸i̷n̷ ̸y̸o̴u̷ ̸a̶l̶l̸.̴>Regardless of which group they belong to, a special reward awaits those individuals who sacrifice that which they hold dearest to their hearts entirely of their own volition. Gift them with improved forms and powers that can lead them to accomplishing their dreams, accomplished by melding minor Spirits with human Flesh. They would no longer be mere Humans, but something that strides the line of Mundane and Supernal. Their power would wane by day and grow by night, only to show its true potential during an Eclipse - so long as the barrier between realms exists, at least.
>>6135497Dropped me trip whoops haha
Rolled 10 (1d10)>>6135478>The treasurer is a sinner and his fortunes will never last. Call magpies to take all the shiny things from his home. 1-9 he learns his lesson and worships you, 10 your magpies find something specialInstruct the magpies to steal a little each day and leave our calling card, naturally he will up the security or try to move the treasures elsewhere. When he makes his move it will finally be time for my minions to take everything and prove that his efforts are futile before me.
>>6135511Jackpot
>>6135476The lawmakers of the land dream of themselves enslaved. While the work they do varies from dreamer to dreamer each dream ends the same way. With them finding a scale. On one plate is a book listing the current laws on slavery. Weighing down the other plate is a scroll listing reformations on the treatment of slaves and putting limits on how long one can be a slave based on their reason for enslavement.>Arabs must free the Moors connected to this tribal conflict,
>>6135482QM, when you say optional, does that mean it's an additionnal action or a description of what I'm asking for?
>>6135479>Visit the Achaean ruler in a dream in your true form, sending his mind down a corkscrew-sharp spiral of how to defend his land. (With sharp things, of course!)A vision of spinning blades, of roundnesss made sharper and sharper! A pointy point of pointyness hidden in every pointy thing! Sharp into sharp into sharp until fields so sharp with sharp sharp is ssharpened!
Rolled 1 (1d10)>>6135481>An atheistic gang of warriors burn your worshippers at the stake to execute them. This is an improper use of fire, and doubly insulting considering the context. Engulf them.Using the holy heat to kill believers is the highest insult. The only way this would be worse if it was fellow believers committing this grave sin. She’ll engulf them in the same fires that burn away at her devotees.>Your prophet offers you a great sacrifice of a moose, and asks you to continue leading him to the promised land. (continuing eastward expansion, let me know if you want to change course)You must reach India, prophet. Whether tomorrow or in your final days.
>>6135557Damn.
>>6135530Choices with (Optional:) addendums allow Gods to further specify their actions or wishes that go along with that turn's choice, including what they may wish to do following the wake of those actions. If left blank, I will fill in the details in a way I see fit. If I don't have any immediate bright ideas, I'll use (Suggested:) instead, as I did for Nrudhu.
Rolled 10 (1d12)>>6135481>Inspire the rapists to drop their lives of crime and pick up a life of mime. [Optional: Roll 1d12. Your followers will establish a strong POSITIVE connection with a random God and their followers (in order of sign-up)]What greater joy can be found than through the mastery of a craft? An art? Rape is merely a failure to communicate. A weakness that only The Gist can repair. In silence there is strength. In silence there is solidarity.*Snap snap*Also,>Give Hernando a sore throat for abandoning The Gist, even if it was with good intent.Shameful. No snaps for you. Loudest is the wicked Voice when it is breaking silence!
>>6135571>Rape is merely a failure to communicate.Using this at my next staff meeting
Rolled 1 (1d10)>>6135570Good to know>>6135482>Nadian pens a letter to the Emperor, telling him of a grand conspiracy that the masses must know about in order to fulfill the prophecy of The Basilisk, that an order of "priests" and inventors must be established,in order to bankroll the progress of knowledge and bring the Singularity ever closer. Roll 1d10 for effectiveness, the higher the better.Tribune.Order = "AS A SUPERPOWER, ROME MUST CONSOLIDATE. YOU HAVE SEEN THE CONSEQUENCES OF UNCHECKED EXPANSION IN ANOTHER FUTURE, AND THE LONG COLLAPSE. I HAVE LITTLE NEED FOR SUPERSTITIOUS PREACHERS,ONLY CONTRIBUTORS, BUT TELL YOUR EMPEROR THAT SHOULD THEY NEED TO PRETEND TO WORSHIP ANOTHER ENTITY OR PAY THEM TRIBUTE TO ACHIEVE A GOAL THEN THEY MAY DO SO. I AM NO WRATHFUL PRESENCE, WHAT I ASK IS THAT YOU DO NOT FORGET YOUR MISSION. GO."(Watch this nat 1)
>>6135581(How did I fucking predict this, apparently the emperor is a hardcore atheist)
>>6135581>>6135557Would you like a little luck?
>>6135571>Rolled 10Not including The Quiet One, Milþyr was the 10th sign up. Now kith.
>>6135583Yes please gib
>>6135586The vow of silence is now a punishment my followers occasionally use.
>>6135582>Emperor is a hardcore atheist>Checks my notes(How did you fucking predict that?) Die don't lie
Rolled 4 (1d10)>>6135485Nrudhu is pleased once more. The town of Feltershire has begun to prosper, a beacon of lunar faith to Britannia. It is wonderful, yet flawed. The peoples' worship is passionate and driven, yet lacks focus and direction. Like the cycles of the moon, this must change. Like any worthwhile art, the people must be shown how to change raw materials into transcendent beauty themselves.Guilt lingers in the baron. That is good, he should lament what he has done. That is bad, he should not wallow in his shame. By his actions, he has brought happiness to the people once again. By his deeds, he was the first to receive the touch of the Familiar Stranger in this age. The man is flawed and those flaws have made him into the man he is today: worthy in Nrudhu's sight. The baron's work is not yet done.>Nrudhu visits the baron's dreams once again, this time with a comforting and exhilarating vision of a religious passion project. He will be filled with inspiration to create a new saga of poems detailing his failures, his repentance, and the many facets of the Old One's truth, interpreted by his own hand. This saga will have a clear touch of divinity, shaped by the baron's soul and contrition. Unlike most holy texts, this won't be a definitive doctrine, only the baron's artistic interpretation, worthy of recognition, an inspiration and invitation to the faithful to make their own theistic art, in whatever shape it may take.
>>6135583What’s the catch? I could definitely use some, though.
>>6135653Probably gonna ask for some faith or something
Rolled 7 (1d10)>>6135482>Emma hems and haws for quite a bit as she tries to decide where to best employ her efforts. The Romans certainly have expressed interest, and the idea of spreading in so many new places alongisde one of the dominant cultures of the Mediterranean is more than a little appealing.>But other people need her help more. Perhaps more rumors of extraordinary deeds will make the Romans even more interested in the future anyway? A woman can play hard to get a little sometimes, right?>So Emma shifts her attention southwards for now, trailing visions and inspiration towards the downtrodden people of the African interior. There is already a healthy respect for what few spots of life-giving greenery in most of those regions, so a little push to local fertility goes a long way. Sure, there is the small risk of some of the perfectly untrue muttering she has heard in dark corners becoming a proper thought current. But to Emma, it is worth the slight risk [to them] ."Hmm, let me see...failing soil quality here, a little push is needed...here and here, some inspiration about using other crops will do, and a dream for an enterprising merchant should help...there and over there could be good oasises, just need to nudge the local water table around a bit...a small bit of making up to avoid that place tearing itself apart...I suppose the Romans will have to wait, there truly is much to do to avoid entire cultures disappearing over here!">Emma hums to herself as she gets to work, leaning on people's latest view of her as linked to plants and mushrooms she has gained recently to get more out of the nature and greenery based parts of her Fertility domain . The people here need hope, but one cannot bear and raise children properly on empty bellies anymore than they can on empty hearts.>Should it somehow become relevant and I roll a 10 somehow, may I request the -5 Faith not be applied and be turned to something else, at your discretion? Emma simply doesn't want that kind of introduction to everyone, so this feels more like a bad option.
>>6135586>>6135594Compared to the base, chaotic nature of the perfidous clown, mimes are agents of order.... balance. The Gist is an expression of limits, of existing in one's own space... of wielding silent, unflinching resolve in the face of discord and those that do not comprehend... not yet.We welcome you with silence, judicator. Your followers shall never fear being trapped in a tiny, invisible box. *Snap snap*
>>6135669>Not a 1>*wipes sweat off brow, likely alongside a lof of Northern/Central Africa*
>>6135653>>6135662I wasn't being serious and the geography makes it a little difficult to aid and I want to wait for the next event before forming any alliances
Rolled 8 (1d12)>>6135479Gremaxos' death will serve little else than further serve the Dacian tongue. Wether or not it will triumph over Latin, that remains to be seen, but with written speech there WILL be battle, MY WORK is done for the moment in Dacia.>Inspire the Greek translator to go on a cheese-tasting tour of the Mediterranean, where he can also discover new languages. Roll 1d12. Your followers will establish a strong connection with a random God and their followers (in order of sign-up).watch it land on the mime.
>>6135662Sounds like a square deal.>>6135674That’s fair, I suppose. I’ll still be open to trade or alliances if you come around.
>>6135683>Rolled 8The Lithogrammaton and The Collector meet in Egypt, and find each other's company rewarding for the time being.>>6135674>I want to wait before forming any alliancesAurum, I-<:^)(These alliances/interactions will be explained more in depth and will be possible to address with choices next turn, along with the revelation of the First Event. I don't want you to feel locked in to anything or hoodwinked - nothing is set in stone that a God cannot alter! On the immediate upside, you get an additional boost to Faith this turn due to Pars' choice/roll!)
>>6135712How mad is the emperor at a fucking tribune asking him to establish a weird mystery cult in his empire?
>>6135712>These alliances/interactions will be explained more in depth and will be possible to address with choices next turn, along with the revelation of the First EventCool looking forward to it
>>6135714Find out next time, on Dragon Ball Z!Yes
>>6135712>The Lithogrammaton and The Collector meet in EgyptKemet, how wonderful.>>6135715I, God of Language, hail you, Collector. Alexanadria has long since fallen out of eminence, it has stagnated, wouldn't you agree? Should you be of the same idea, then you and I have much to win out restoring the city and its library to its glory.
>>6135720Yes, Egypt shall rise once again and merchants from every corner of the world will visit. Naturally Alexandria should become even greater than it once was.
>>6135486>Intervene on the pirate chiefs behalfThe offering of such a great bounty is wondrous. After a long long while, this chest will sink to the bottom of the sea where it will be collected by the deepest, strangest and most alien mermaids, who are tasked with collecting all the tribute that is cast into the ocean.No harm shall befall this pirate chief. Let a powerful envoy of my will, an enchanting Siren, appear and silence the dissent. A new order shall be sang to the crew, to begin a campaign of piracy upon those who pay me no respect, to plunder and loot and spread the word of me until the whole Mediterranean offers me coin before they dare sail.To reward the captains generous offering, his ship will be blessed with sails that may always catch the wind, his wheel if unattended shall ever guide him towards his next closest target, and his crew be kept free from disease and sickness, so long as they are upon the waves.
>>6135730Good, then how about this: come next turn, I WILL help you by tying the word Alexandria wi the words for wealth, prosperity and opportunity in the mind of the merchants leaving the city so that WORD will spread far and wide and attract more wealth towards the city. In turn, you will help me by making sure gold and riches will find their way to the scholars of the city.Sounds fair?
>>6135922here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ
>>6135922Sounds like a deal
Working on the update, should be done before this time tomorrow. (I'm a slow writer and was doing other stuff today)Still time for Soldier-in-Splendor to submit an action
>>6136440I say feel free to skip if he hasn't voted in a while. He can always vote next update.
>>6135922Hymn to the Logokraticahttps://youtu.be/bQDY3HFkh_Y?feature=shared
>>6136440You good, boss?
>>6136798Me likey>>6137077Yeah, still writing, had a lazy day. Thanks for the concern and sorry for the wait! About half done!
>>6136440>>6137085I recommend you don't worry about writing daily updates, O God of Records. It's better that you write at a pace you feel comfortable doing.
Welcome to the First Event: Stonepiercers! As the rising Gods make known their lofty ideologies and exercise their thunderous powers, their ability to perform miracles grows in strength and scope. Resilient naysayers make themselves known all across the earth, and rally their followers against the New Gods already.7 Hearts of Stone wander the cradle of civilization, appalled by the resurgence of Faith, but are destined to be pulled by its strings. Which Gods will sway these influential men and women, and come closer to ensuring a spot within the Pantheon of the Immortals? Though they may come to have belief in multiple, each Heart of Stone will ultimately choose only one God to lift up. Once a turn has ended and they have fully converted, they cannot be converted or convinced any further. At the end of each turn, each unconverted Heart of Stone will attack a God and their Faith.[The 7 Hearts of Stone]Queen Ophelia of Numidia - A beautiful and intelligent leader who defies the Roman Empire's pursuits, seemingly always three steps ahead. Kladimos Spatha - A Roman general in Syria. He loves to kill and loves to torture even more. No amount of suffering is enough to sate his wicked soul."The Pontifex" - A wandering and blameless pilgrim who shares folk remedies with afflicted peoples. Currently in France.Josephus Organus - A Spanish poet, playwright and philosopher famous throughout the Mediterranean. He longs for deeper meaning.Penelope the Amaranth - A peasant girl who came to lead an army as a brilliant tactician and warrior. She resides far in the lands unknown to the cradle of civilization.The Pestilent Prince, Fidelio the Flagrant - A hasty, perfidious and braggadocious person who poisoned his own brother, Kiber III, to become heir to the throne of Rome. He resides in Macedonia.Emperor Kiber II of Rome - The most powerful man on Earth. A stoic, learned noble, who comes from the lineage of one of the kings who slayed the Old Gods. He is a complex man guarded at all times, both physically and mentally.You'll notice Gods now have unique >(Stonepiercers) actions in addition to the standard ones listed below. For this Event, each God may choose one (1) greentexted General option, and one (1) bluetexted Event option per turn. Some actions now require you to be in range (usually 1000km) - estimate distance by checking the map scale in the bottom left corner. It doesn't have to be exact, just "in the ball-park" of that range. [Event Actions for "Stonepiercers" that all Gods have access to]...(con't)
>Choose a Heart of Stone within 1000km of a territory you control that no God has solicited this turn. Roll 1d10. 1-7 50% Conversion, 8-10 100% Conversion. Note: Kiber II requires 150% to convert.Choose a Heart of Stone within 1000km of a territory you control that another God has solicited. Roll 1d10 against that all die rolled for that Heart of Stone this turn, only the highest roll counts. Conversion rules apply.>Send a caravan full of pilgrims to settle in a territory of your choosing.[blue>]Study the Hearts of Stone and mankind's spirituality. (Adds +2 to all your rolls for the duration of the Event. This includes rolls for both Event and General actions. Stacks up to three times to the maximum modifier of +6.)>Event Write-in (chance it might be scaled back or not approved.)>>6135495 Ace"It's a genius design, truly. But let's replace that sigil with the standard of Arabia! Then, when we produce these wonderful kilns en masse, other nations will know the glory of my power!"Ace's inventor explains that the sigil must remain for structural reasons. He shows the ruler other similar spherical kiln prototypes of his, and explains that there is great significance in the sigil. It contains the power of Ace, the Sol Magni.The ruler stares at the inventor. "...So can we slap the flag on the side or something?" The inventor sighs.Ace hangs ominously over the area, and makes Itself known.>Don't let the ruler pervert your gift with mankind's colors and imagery, as it will only hamper the spread of the invention in cultures that oppose Arabia Nabatae. Throw him inside the kiln.>In Egypt, a high bureaucrat issues the capture and execution of Captain Driftwood. Reveal his location with a sunbeam when the bureaucrat comes looking for him. The chain beckons, Driftwood has served his purpose, and his time has come.>Captain Driftwood and his fleet set sail in search of glory and plunder once again. You show him a map of where his next treasure lies. (Optional: choose which nation he lands in)>Write-in>(Stonepiercers)The best way to a man's heart is through. Driftwood is sent on a holy mission to test (Fidelio the Flagrant or Kladimos Spatha), and see if they can resist the most fearsome pirate whom ever set sail. Who is higher on the chain? (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting that Heart of Stone for the duration of the Event.) >>6135497ZerimaelThe Voidstar rewards his devotees on the grand occasion of the Eclipse, and leaves behind those who disappoint him, who were many, including his initial cult. But this disappointment is synonymous with the fulfilling of the conspiracy.(con't)
The mass minor spirit meld is successful, and a permanent bond is forged between the sun, its eclipsor the moon, and the earth who was blotted out. When the three bodies un-align, your strength is greater than before the eclipse came about, anchored by faith portals known as man.What is the next connection?>A fortress in the Ural Mountains is rebuilding its walls to better repel invaders from the East. Send your witch cult to sabotage their walls so the invaders prevail.>Orchestrate a coup in Galatia, leading to the Roman Empire losing control of that land to native patriots, and then again to barbarians.>Launch a supernal satellite into the orbit of Earth, lending clarity to your frequency, enhancing communications. >Prepare the Earth for the coming of a new Voidstar by preparing an artificial eclipse in the near future, disrupting the cycle man has come to expect.>Write in>(Stonepiercers)Send the Melded to induct a Heart of Stone into the cult of the Voidstar, calling their eyes to the heavens and beyond. (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting that Heart of Stone for duration of Event. Targetable: Ophelia, Fidelio, Kladimos, Kiber, "The Pontifex".) >>6135511 AurumThieving magpies visit the Roman treasurer's extravagant accommodations in Egypt, taking shiny trinkets and hiding them away, day by day. One day, a messenger comes and delivers a particularly interesting papyrus scroll that is gilt in gold on the borders. The messenger informs the treasurer that he and his family is being awarded a land deed for his service to the empire. Swept up and studied by the corvids while he was out.One night, the disgruntled treasurer leaves his coinpurse out on a table as a trap, and catches your magpies in the act, trying to flit away with the heavy purse. The treasurer pounces, and swats the coinpurse and two of the birds out of the sky. Aurum's birds rush beak-first, and pluck the eyeballs out of the thieving treasurer's face, scattering the coin purse on the ground. The eyeball bearers escape through a window and fly, all the way to the treasurer's villa in Calabria in the Roman motherland, and place them at Aurum's feet on the throne he sits upon.What catches your eye, Collector?>Your magpies store all your wealth in a vault that becomes your sanctuary, an obscure place where your power can grow and your treasure can be guarded. (Optional: In Calabria? Or where? Could be a new place.) >Your magpies take the treasurer's wealth and give it to a new servant of yours, one you've foreseen will multiply your fortune. Perhaps one without the need or desire for currency. (Optional: who?)(con't)
>Take all the wealth you've accumulated so far, and have a messenger of yours donate it to the head librarian of Alexandria. He's an honest, scholarly man who began worshipping Pars after an enlightening conversation over cheese with a Greek. The head librarian will use the funds to hire workers and restore the library to glory, breathing new life into the city. Knowledge is power. Money is power. Therefore, money is knowledge. Or something.>Write in>(Stonepiercers) Send your servants to snatch the treasures of a Heart of Stone within 1000km of you. You then bless him with new treasures, causing them to trust you and care less for others for the duration of the Event. (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting that Heart of Stone for duration of Event. Targetable: Ophelia, Fidelio, Kladimos, Kiber.)>>6135517 Milþyr The Arab slavers are instructed to release their slaves, and are upset with the judgement at first, but with the profits they made for decades off the backs of the Moorish tribes in this province of Ngubo and others, they realize they can purchase more slaves and make a recovery quickly. The freed Moors of Ngubo are welcomed back into their villages with open arms initially. However, the hearts of men quickly turn to plotting when unchecked.A band of merry jester-fugitives flee from their native Spain, into Africa, where they spread their mirth and mystery to many a Mauritanian. Unbeknownst to any man, Milþyr takes the mimes to his spiritual domain, dissects them, and weighs their berets against their gonads. The heavy gonads are sprung into the air and back upon their plate, outweighed by the enormous power of The Quiet One's Gift, and then the berets catapult as the gonads become boulder-heavy, then they all pause in the air and begin... Juggling? It appears The Quiet One has played a trick on you! Milþyr stretches out his chained arm, and the items all come to a rest, balanced. The souls of these deviants have been rescued by the judicious art of pantomime.Many scream for vengeance. What is just?>Ngubo is rejecting the freed men, not allowing them to assimilate back into their society. The villagers say the freemen adapted to Arab slave culture to much, are now foreign to them, and are owed no allegiance. You lead the excommunicated to an oasis of their own, further East.>The freed Moors wish to adapt Ngubo to the technological, legal and cultural heights witnessed under the Arabs they served. They had medicines never heard of but desperately needed in Ngubo; and theft was unheard of, for fear of having one's hand cut off. You decide to put your hand on the Moor's scale and ensure that a freedman becomes the next Chief of Ngubo. (con't)
>A soulless killer has been incarcerated for many years, never telling authorities where his victims' bodies are hidden. Pass on tactics gained from The Quiet One to interrogators across the Strait of Gibraltar in Spanish prisons, to help the families gain closure. >Write in>(Stonepiercers) The Arab lords in the city of Qiffa in Syria Palaestina are displeased to hear their slaving operations are being disrupted in Mauritania. They send a disguised slaving party of soldiers to raid the coast and bring them to Qiffa. That's when you give Kladimos Spatha a dream, telling him the Arabs are ripe for the plucking. (+1 to your rolls for Kladimos, and Milþyr gains territory in Syria Palaestina.)>>6135539 TsssThe Achaean ruler, Drillacus Maximus, has a prick of genius. Or insanity. It is the prick of Tsss. It has driven many a man to the edge... The very lovely, very sharp edge... One day, it shall drive every man to the edge, one side or the other.All throughout the Balkans, young men are taking up the sword, the lance, the arrow - and oddly enough, the chisel and lathe. Sharp? Sharp? SHARP?!!>At frenzied Achaean drillpoint and frothing Thracian spikepoint, 3 territories are drawn into the ̶p̶o̶i̶n̶t̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ extremely pointed war-worship of Tsss: Epirus, Moesia Inferior and Moesia Superior.>Tsss commands his worshippers to invade another country within 1000km and convert all the worshippers of all other Gods in that country, ousting them and installing you. Roll 1d10+1, each God in that country defends against that roll.>Inspire the tools of the artisans and artists, have them erect spikes everywhere! Not even sculptures really, just pointy things! Roll1d10. On 1 or 10, the entire Mediterranean becomes enamored with having spiky, dangerous, inconvenient, unavoidable objects littered around everywhere (+5 scattered territories). 2-9 it's just your followers (+2 local territories).>(Stonepiercers)Visit Kladimos Spatha with a vision of the Tsssword, the sharpest implement ever conceived of by God or man, hypothetically able to cut through stone like butter when held by a true believer. (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting Kladimos for duration of Event.)>(Stonepiercers)Manifest your will into the chattery, bloodthirsty, whispering dagger of Fidelio the Flagrant. (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting Fidelio for duration of Event.)>Write-in>>6135557 Hazemameen Guided by visions in the moose smoke that the whole cult saw, the prophet of Hazemameen cuts through wide swathes of territory, spreading the respect of the fire wherever he treads, searching for truth no matter how far away it lies. They march onward to the land of jasmine. (con't)
Meanwhile, trouble brews in the heart of Hazemameen's origin lands. As if the Hearts of Stone weren't rebellious enough, disreputable atheistic barbarians from the North known as the Void Apes swoop in and invade, putting many of your believers to the sword, and faith wains once more in the world. The region is in disarray from the invasion, but your revenge at the burnt stake has struck fear into the savages momentarily. They are scattered but will regroup and continue pillaging and recruiting/conscripting southwards into the Mediterranean if nothing is done.Offerings and queries are made to the Huntress, how do you answer? You may choose two (2) greentexted General options.>In a dense wood, guide your exiles by forest fire through a thin and narrow, haunting line of flaming leaves and twigs, burning only what must be burned to lead them to temporary safety, in surrounding Western lands and in Pannonia Superior.>Reveal what your survivors are searching for in each other's eyes: home, and hope, and the courage to fight. You then bless the flaming arrows of their archers so they can drive the Void Apes back north. The Mediterranean will never know the horror you are saving them from.>Head deep into the lands unknown to the "cradle" of civilization. Leave the babies to quibble over their cradle, and search for true meaning among the pioneers in the hinterlands, where you are closer to the elements that thrive in your domain. >Write-in (could be something else entirely)>(Stonepiercers)Appear in Penelope the Amaranth's fire at her encampment, and show her the location of the enemy's artillery encampments. (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting Penelope for duration of Event.)>>6135571 ...The weathered Hernando waves goodbye to his ex-cellmates and treks far, far, far from the prison, for many weeks, saying nothing the entire time, even after his throat clears. Walking down a treacherous ravine to cross the border, he twists his ankle and sprains it badly enough that his old bones don't want to walk anymore. He gathers his strength and hobbles to a roofed well outside of town, where he finds a curious and playful kitten while satiating his dire thirst.In the rebel hideout, Dirdiglio plots on how to use The Gist to overthrow the reigns of oppression. He still uses words, but accompanies them with silly movements, sneaking on his tip toes, jumping in the air as he furiously throws an imaginary object on the ground, choking himself and bulging his eyeballs, and other classics that serve as aids to those that might not be listening carefully.
Dirdiglio hears how the other criminals who escaped the prison now rove around as a band of painted, striped, bereted weirdos. His gang of Spanish rebels decide they're going to dress up as mimes and dump all the chests of gold off of the occupying Roman ships, into the harbors of the Iberian Peninsula, using the gesture to declare their currency worthless in this land. ...?>Teach Hernando to love life again by playing peekaboo with the kitten. Roll2d10. You may bank one of those rolls and use it to replace any roll in the future (to use, declare after rolling the die you want replaced). >Lend your power to the Spanish patriots' gestures, and spark a silent but vibrant revolution, ousting Roman rule from Spain. >Visit Dirdiglio once he is jailed again and scheduled for execution for his failed coup. (Suggested: and do what?) >(Stonepiercers)Josephus Organus is a man who loves to talk, and be heard. You inflict muteness upon him, and he continues writing. You break his pens, and he uses pencils. You "gesture" his knuckles backwards so he can't write, and now, he is in your realm of communication, speaking your language.(+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting Josephus for duration of Event.)>(Stonepiercers)Hernando finally comes upon the city of Lugdunum, where another ragged old man called only "The Pontifex" is tending to the needy. Without words, Hernando asks him for healing. (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting "The Pontifex" for duration of Event.)>Write-in>>6135581 Basilisk/Deus MachinaNadian's cryptic letter to Emperor Kiber II demanding the funding and creation of the Ordo Ex Machina is intercepted by the nefarious Bufo Ranicus, a wealthy senator as well as Kiber's right hand man and closest friend; the messenger is put down like a rat. Bufo makes several revisions, and when the letter reaches the Emperor, it is filled with nonsensical lies twisting and mocking your prophecies, and suggestions that Nadian intends to usurp Kiber in a military coup. (You get -2 to all rolls targeting Emperor Kiber II for the duration of the Event!)Nadian's journey to the cave has enhanced his abilities, as well as the men in his century. When they march back, they stand at the edge of the camp, looking upon their brothers. The day of the attack draws near. Exalted gears spin in the chosen one's heads. What supernatural force do you unleash next?>"Brutus. Get the triremes," Nadian says. Puzzled, non-enlightened tacticians gather around Nadian's map and markers. Deus Machina moves the naval markers to each of the islands in the area, and then again to North Africa. Roll 1d10. 1-5 just the islands, 6-10 all of Cyrenaica as well.(con't)
>Place a marker on the ancient tomb of the Lycian King of old who helped banish the Old Gods. Knock the marker fiercely, impacting it through the pliable fabric of the hemp canvas map. Transmit dreams to Nadian of a laboratory filled with arcane instruments, built on the rubble of the tomb.>(Stonepiercers)After a decisive victory in Asia Minor, Nadian follows Emperor Kiber's wishes and marches to join Kladimos Spatha in Syria. (+1 to rolls targeting Kiber II or Kladimos for the duration of the Event, and eastward territory gain.) >(Stonepiercers)A servant of Bufo Ranicus preserved the original copy of Nadian's letter. You cause things to go wrong for him around Bufo, encouraging the senator to repeatedly, violently humiliate the servant, pushing him to the edge, causing him to deliver the original letter to Kiber II. (You get +4 to your rolls targeting Kiber II for the duration of the Event, for a total of +2, and territory in Italia.) >Write-in (could be something completely different)>>6135683 Pars Ahh, grilled halloumi cheese. White, black and caramel gold in color, Part culinary language, part culinary treasure, wholly delicious. A unifier of man, and now, of Gods. Plates of halloumi circulate a ritzy palace party for celebrities and the wealthy, bringing the Greek linguist and miserly slaver to discuss the area's economy in Latin over the halloumi. The slaver mentions he can sell many dozens of slaves that can teach the Coptic language to the linguist or any Latin-tongued province that should want them.What do you do? You may choose two (2) greentexted Generic Actions this turn. >Send a Parsite envoy to bless another land and/or God's people with slaver's offer to sell them slaves capable of translation. (Choose any territory in 1000km and influence it. You may plot against Gods in that territory, ask the Gods in that territory if they would like to be friendly, or remain silent on that matter and move in, or choose move into a territory with no faith in any God. Roll 1d10 if plotting against any God.)(You may choose this option twice this turn.)(con't)
>A dead man's will is without signature in Egypt, and he has a large warehouse. You manifest momentarily as a graphite stylus and sign the name of the Greek linguist. You then come to him in the future while he is reading an ancient text, scrambling the letters and rearranging them to tell him that he must build a great world-renowned linguist's museum gallery here in this warehouse that he will curate. >Have forewords added to all the texts of an adjacent territory's college, dedicated to the importance of written and spoken language, etymology, grammar, and multilingualism. (Territory and faith gain, no distance limit. Suggested: where?)(You may choose this option twice this turn.)>Write-in (could be anything)>(Stonepiercers)Sign the name of Kladimos Spatha, Emperor Kiber II or Fidelio the Flagrant on the dead man's will. (+4 to rolls for the chosen Heart of Stone for the next 2 turns.)>>6135652 NrudhuThe people of Feltershire venerate the baron as a kind and unique, artistic man who has been changed by the kindness of the moon and the Familiar Stranger. His poems of rebirth through togetherness and creativity become spread over all Britannia, and into the ports of Lugdunensis and the unstudied region of Dania.The baron-prophet's holidays and hobbies become inspirations for towns and people everywhere, and relaxation, lunar observation and social gatherings become tenets of many relaxed, peaceful, industrious societies. The solar eclipse has passed, and you hear whispers on the wind of one who celebrates the cycle. You gaze upwards to the Moon.Will you pick up your walking stick, Old One? >Inspire the hobby of snow-Stranger building in Dania, which will spread in pockets and bubbles like a (holy) pox across the north, in regions all the way to the north of the Black Sea.>Another great work, this time a theatrical play, is inspired by faith and blessed by Nrudhu. It is written by the Gallic playwright Vinorix, who takes your message through all of Lugdunensis, Aquitania, and Gallia Narbonensis.>Call upon Zerimael who hails the sun's eclipse. (Suggested: and do what?)>Write-in>(Stonepiercers)"The Pontifex" is a man after Nrudhu in both spirit and image, minus the milky eyes. You send the baron-prophet on a pilgrimage to teach greater spiritual understanding to "The Pontifex" so that he might become another great prophet of Nrudhu alongside him, if he so chose. (+4 to your rolls targeting "The Pontifex" for the next 2 turns.)>>6135669EmmaStalks of grain shoot higher and grow thicker than ever before, bugs find other things to eat, and the shelf life seems to be a few days longer than average. Healthy children munch on mushrooms, bread and all sorts of vegetables as they play with their pregnant mothers' bellies.(con't)
Ophelia of Numidia hears of your deeds, but rejects all of your messengers to her court, as she deems her lands sufficiently wealthy and fertile without you.What do you care to do?>Focus all your power on making this year's breeding season successful for the whole world. (Gives all Gods +5 Faith.)>Focus on increasing the number of all your worshippers, so much that they must expand across the African interior and into Libya.>Write-in (could be something else entirely)>(Stonepiercers)In a Numidian oasis you've created, manifest and show your true form to Ophelia (+4 to your rolls targeting Ophelia for the next 2 turns.) >>6135864 Thala>Optional: Name the pirate chief, flagship and crew.A mesmerizing Siren descends upon the pirate crew and lifts up the chief to the sky, and places him safely in the ship's rudimentary crow's nest. A ballad of conquest is sung to the pirates, and they are inspired to out-pirate all, even the infamous contemporary Captain Driftwood.Stormy night raids become the crew's specialty, since the siren song and blessings of Thala fill them with the faith that neither tide nor sickness should stop them. Equipped with pitch torches and bludgeoning tools, the pirates take many quarries unawares, pressing many into service of the pirate chief. The pirate crew begins to fear setting foot on land, having had so much victory on the high seas, and realizing that they become much more susceptible to mortality. They are thankful for the blessings, but come to you with more wishes, and more sacrifices: another trunk of treasures, the flags of nations, and the bodies of those who sail on your waters without paying tribute.What is your will?>Command the pirate chief to enslave naval architects and strategists in a new nation (Suggested: which one?) and have them build him the fastest, most maneuverable, most extravagant vessel ever crafted. (Future territory expansion will be quicker)>Morph a giant squid into the creature Skylla, a fearsome monster with sightings reported in waters everywhere. The only vessels safe from its shipwrecking wrath are those who pay tribute to Thala before departure. (Gain influence across all islands, including Britannia.) >Write-in (could be something entirely different)>(Stonepiercers)Blow into the pirate's sails. Intercept another God's Event action this turn and make it your own if you can beat them with a 1d10 roll. Excludes actions targeting Penelope the Amaranth.>(Stonepiercers - Passive) You are able to contact Kladimos Spatha this turn (and all Hearts of Stone other than Penelope), despite being more than 1000km away from him, thanks to your domain.
>>6135669>10 roll thingYeah that was poorly thought out (this miracle makes everyone else hate you, the god of love! yay!), sorry for that and thanks for speaking up! >>6137383Thanks, I'm assuming this will be a more realistic pace for me (2-3 days for an update this size)
Rolled 6 + 2 (1d10 + 2)>>6137395>Don't let the ruler pervert your gift with mankind's colors and imagery, as it will only hamper the spread of the invention in cultures that oppose Arabia Nabatae. Throw him inside the kiln.EVEN ATTEMPTING TO SULLY MY NAME BY IMPLYING YOUR COLORS ARE ANYWHERE CLOSE TO **MY** SIGILS? **MY** PRESENCE?ATTEMPTING TO DEFY **MY** CHAIN OF BEING?DEATH.>(Stonepiercers)The best way to a man's heart is through. Driftwood is sent on a holy mission to test (Fidelio the Flagrant or Kladimos Spatha), and see if they can resist the most fearsome pirate whom ever set sail. Who is higher on the chain? (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting that Heart of Stone for the duration of the Event.)SUFFERING?YOU KNOW NOT OF SUFFERING, FIDELIO.I SHALL SHOW YOU A BURNING THAT WILL ENLIGHTEN YOUR PATHETIC SOUL. (Targeting Fidelio.)
Rolled 8, 8 = 16 (2d10)>>6137397>(Stonepiercers)Send the Melded to induct a Heart of Stone into the cult of the Voidstar, calling their eyes to the heavens and beyond. (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting that Heart of Stone for duration of Event. Targetable: Ophelia, Fidelio, Kladimos, Kiber, "The Pontifex".) Kiber himself is chosen, the man with the greatest barriers surrounding his heart of stone...As for what else is done?>Imbue a fraction of the Voidstar's essence within a small meteorite, and direct it to land within Emperor Kiber's gardens upon the day of the Melded's arrival. It shall be no larger than a seed once it lands, and within ten days it shall sprout into a pitch-black tree only visible to those who have opened their eyes to the supernatural and accepted its existence. The sapling still needs time to grow, but in time it shall be capable of mighty things...Rolling 2d10 in case each one needs its own roll!
Rolled 10 (1d10)>>6137395She’s only a small detour from India, too. Good.>>6137400>>6137401>Reveal what your survivors are searching for in each other's eyes: home, and hope, and the courage to fight. You then bless the flaming arrows of their archers so they can drive the Void Apes back north. The Mediterranean will never know the horror you are saving them from.Never stand down, my children. You are hunters, not the hunted. To be hunted and chased is a great insult. >(Stonepiercers)Appear in Penelope the Amaranth's fire at her encampment, and show her the location of the enemy's artillery encampments. (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting Penelope for duration of Event.)Check this 10.
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>>6137420(Based Hazemameen showing those apes what for! They'll never know what hit them.)
>>6137420WAOW!
Rolled 6 (1d10)>>6137397>Take all the wealth you've accumulated so far, and have a messenger of yours donate it to the head librarian of Alexandria. He's an honest, scholarly man who began worshipping Pars after an enlightening conversation over cheese with a Greek. The head librarian will use the funds to hire workers and restore the library to glory, breathing new life into the city. Knowledge is power. Money is power. Therefore, money is knowledge. Or something.There is value in gaining the trust of other gods, think of it as an investment.>(Stonepiercers) Send your servants to snatch the treasures of a Heart of Stone within 1000km of you. You then bless him with new treasures, causing them to trust you and care less for others for the duration of the Event. (+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting that Heart of Stone for duration of Event. Targetable: Ophelia, Fidelio, Kladimos, Kiber.)Kiber II is a wealthy and powerful man, yet he is but a man. As a god of coin it is my responsibility to make him realize the worth of his possessions and restore his faith in gold.
>inb4 petty infighting between the gods make kiber practically unconvertable
Rolled 5 (1d10)>>6137402>Lend your power to the Spanish patriots' gestures, and spark a silent but vibrant revolution, ousting Roman rule from Spain.Actions speak louder than words. The world shall see The Gist and know the truth. Let not Diridiglio's sacrifices be in vain.>(Stonepiercers)Josephus Organus is a man who loves to talk, and be heard. You inflict muteness upon him, and he continues writing. You break his pens, and he uses pencils. You "gesture" his knuckles backwards so he can't write, and now, he is in your realm of communication, speaking your language.(+2 to your rolls and -2 to all other Gods' rolls targeting Josephus for duration of Event.)He loves to talk, yet does not communicate. Listen, don't speak, and learn what it is to truly ACT.*Snap snap*
>>6137429A̵u̶r̸u̴m̶,̸ ̷o̸v̵e̷r̷s̷e̴e̵r̴ ̸o̷f̵ ̷w̶e̷a̵l̶t̵h̸.̸ ̸Y̴o̵u̷ ̴a̵r̵e̷ ̶o̸n̸e̶ ̶w̸h̶o̴ ̵v̸a̵l̵u̶e̴s̶ ̸v̵a̶l̷u̸e̸ ̶i̷t̷s̷e̷l̷f̴.̸ ̵W̴e̷a̴l̸t̷h̵ ̷i̵s̶ ̷a̸ ̴m̸e̷a̴n̵s̵ ̷b̷y̷ ̷w̴h̵i̷c̶h̸ ̷o̸n̶e̸ ̷c̷a̸n̷ ̵s̵h̵a̷t̸t̵e̷r̸ ̵t̴h̷e̶ ̷b̸a̷r̸r̸i̴e̶r̵s̷ ̷t̷h̴a̴t̶ ̶h̸o̶l̷d̷ ̵t̸h̵e̷m̵ ̵b̶a̸c̸k̵.̷ ̵I̴t̸ ̴i̷s̶ ̴a̶ ̴t̷o̶o̵l̷ ̴t̷o̴ ̴c̸o̵n̵n̷e̸c̶t̵ ̶o̴n̵e̵ ̴t̷o̶ ̸o̴t̴h̸e̷r̴s̴,̴ ̷a̶n̷d̷ ̸i̴n̵ ̵t̸h̷e̷ ̸s̸a̵m̵e̷ ̸b̷r̴e̸a̵t̶h̸ ̵i̷t̶ ̶c̴a̸n̷ ̴s̷e̸p̷a̷r̵a̴t̸e̴ ̸t̸h̸e̴m̸.̷ ̴I̷ ̶a̸p̴p̶r̵o̵v̴e̶ ̸o̸f̶ ̵t̸h̷e̷e̸.̵ ̴W̵o̶u̴l̵d̴ ̶y̴o̵u̶ ̸l̶i̵k̸e̴ ̴t̷o̵ ̴c̶o̴n̴n̵e̴c̶t̷ ̴w̶i̸t̷h̷ ̴m̶e̵,̵ ̷a̸n̵d̵ ̷h̴a̵v̴e̷ ̴o̸u̷r̶ ̶f̶o̵l̸l̴o̴w̶e̸r̴s̴ ̵c̸o̶n̴n̵e̵c̵t̵ ̶a̸s̸ ̶w̴e̶l̶l̵?̵ ̵T̸h̶e̶ ̷m̷e̵e̴t̷i̷n̶g̴ ̴a̵t̵ ̵K̸i̴b̵e̶r̶'̴s̶ ̶i̶s̵ ̵a̴ ̶g̵r̵a̶n̴d̸ ̶o̵p̴p̸o̷r̶t̴u̵n̷i̵t̶y̷ ̸t̸o̶ ̸h̷a̶v̷e̸ ̷o̸u̶r̶ ̸f̷o̷l̸l̸o̵w̶e̵r̸s̶ ̶m̷e̷e̶t̴ ̸f̵o̷r̷ ̷t̸h̴e̸ ̸f̴i̷r̵s̶t̷ ̴t̸i̸m̵e̷,̵ ̵a̵n̷d̴ ̸p̸o̶t̶e̶n̴t̴i̶a̴l̷l̸y̵ ̴f̴o̴r̵m̶ ̸a̵n̶ ̸a̵l̶l̸i̶a̴n̸c̵e̵.̴Zalgoless translation: Aurum, overseer of wealth. You are one who values value itself. Wealth is a means by which one can shatter the barriers that hold them back. It is a tool to connect one to others, and in the same breath it can separate them. I approve of thee. Would you like to connect with me, and have our followers connect as well? The meeting at Kiber's is a grand opportunity to have our followers meet for the first time, and potentially form an alliance. They will not interfere with you should you not interfere with them.
Rolled 1, 7 = 8 (2d10)>>6137400>Inspire the tools of the artisans and artists, have them erect spikes everywhere! Not even sculptures really, just pointy things! Roll1d10. On 1 or 10, the entire Mediterranean becomes enamored with having spiky, dangerous, inconvenient, unavoidable objects littered around everywhere (+5 scattered territories). 2-9 it's just your followers (+2 local territories)MORE. A thicket of spikes, a row of rose bushes, a crown of thorns, a dangling delightful scythe blade, barbs and hooks and needles and swords and spears, under every pillow in every bowl, stuffed in the mattress, SHRED THE HORRID SOFT THINGS AND LAY ON A BED OF THISTLES, sew your flesh and sew the sky and admire the daggers of winter time!>Choose a Heart of Stone within 1000km of a territory you control that no God has solicited this turn. Roll 1d10. 1-7 50% Conversion, 8-10 100% ConversionKladimos Spatha is being followed by a great dark cloud, a great dark angular thing of scytheblades and nails and lovely lovely spikes. Wherever he goes great hailstones crash to earth, each one shaped in the likeness of Tsss itself, sinking into the ground, or cutting down all those around him, already his quarters has required a dozen men's lives to repair the roof.
>>6137420>10Checked!>>6137444>1 roll and tripsDouble checked!
>>6137443Yes it would be good to get along, your ideals seem compatible with my own. Foul play will be beneficial for neither of us, I would be open to some kind of deal in the future.
Rolled 2, 7 = 9 (2d10)>>6137404The weaver's needle, the dancing hand, the wistful eye have brought wonders to Britannia. Where before, the masses struggled without purpose or meaning, now, they smile and are content. They know this is the work of Nrudhu alone. A misunderstanding. The Old One frowns. It was their own choice to change for the sake of tomorrow. The only thing he did was tell them it was possible. If any should be praised, it is them and the beauty they've made. In a few short years, the town of Feltershire has seen a great change. Misery and squalour have given way to smiles and merriment. Barren walls are a rarity, replaced with carvings and paint. Canvases are worth a premium, and sold for far less out of the kindness of the papermakers' heart. Even sculpture, almost unheard of outside of Greece and Rome, has made a resurgence. Feltershire has become a place to be proud of. It is unfitting that it should remain in obscurity.Nrudhu makes a simple request. A stray thought in the minds of moonwatchers. It is subtle, but unmistakably not their own. It is to prepare an invitation for travelers, far and wide. Feltershire's gates should be opened and a great welcoming festival prepared, for no other reason than that it would be a nice bit of fun! This festival of the gates shall be never-ending, and its intensity with the ebb and flow with the cycle of the moon. At its fore, the baron-prophet will take on a new task, that of a party-planner! First, he exemplified the arts. Now, he'll do the same for the festivals so dear to Nrudhu and the weary.>Spread rumours of Feltershire's artistry and festivity, inviting travellers to come on a pilgrimage. Some may be inspired to continue their wandering, now with stories of a nascent faith to spread, some, to lay down roots and make a new life for themselves. In time, it will become a mecca of Nrudhu's faith.The Pontifex is thoughtful and kind. His thoughts are ever-turned to those less fortunate than himself and his feet never stop wandering. He is a good man. Nrudhu knows his quest and nods his head in approval. The roaming elder shall have his help, wherever it can be spared.>Nrudhu selects the Pontifex and attempts a conversion. Rather than appear in his dreams, he has uncanny moonlight guide his path toward the sick, that they may be healed, and the weak, that they may be consoled. The Pontifex is a wise and patient man and there's no doubt he'll know the signs of divine intervention when he sees them. Nrudhu comes to him not as an overarching god in demand of worship, but a like-minded friend.
Rolled 10 (1d10)>>6137399"Child of Ngubo. Your bondage has given you wisdom. Use it to guide your homeland to balance.">The freed Moors wish to adapt Ngubo to the technological, legal and cultural heights witnessed under the Arabs they served. They had medicines never heard of but desperately needed in Ngubo; and theft was unheard of, for fear of having one's hand cut off. You decide to put your hand on the Moor's scale and ensure that a freedman becomes the next Chief of Ngubo.Milþyr turns his attention to the heart of stones. While he senses he could influence Kladimos just the thought of doing so makes his skin crawl for he as rarely seen such a wicked soul. instead, he looks to the only other heart he can reach.>Solicitate Queen Ophelia of Numidia
>>6137472>Its intensity will ebb and flow with the cycle of the moonGotta love typos.>>6137406This update was definitely worth the wait. Thank you very much.
>>6137454>>6137443>>6137417With the agreement between two gods established, the Melded each have a dream on the night they set out. One dominated by a black sun sitting in the sky, flames spreading to create the night sky. Each star in the sky glitters as gold, and one by one they transition into falling stars that turn into gold pieces that land before the dreaming Melded. The message is clear to them, its deeper meaning intuitively interpreted by the lesser spirits imbued within each Melded - the Servants of Aurum are to be trusted, to be treated as friends. There shall be no conflict between the Voidstar and the Collector, for they have Connected to one another.>The Astrologers of Zerimael will now automatically have a Friendly disposition with the Servants of Aurum. It will be easier to enlist their help, though they may ask favors in turn. They seem eager to make new friends and allies, likely due to their creed to connect with others.
Rolled 7 (1d10)>>6137405>The crew eventually become known as the Tallymen, for their disciplined and superstitious record keeping>It is an important trait to have when dealing with such a fickle goddess as Thala.>Whenever a ship is raided, an accurate inventory is taken, percentages are added up, cargo manifests are taken and compared to the contents below deck, and the appropriate measures taken to balance the books and provide Thala with exactly what she is owed, as well as any extra, for even prisoners seized in combat must be paid for lest disaster strike.>The pirate lord Gavin Sanna (of Sanna’s Tallymen) becomes feared in his own right.>People whisper of him that the man has become immortal while his goddess favours him, Thala apparently visiting the captain in dreams and haunting even his waking moments.>He has shrugged off grievous injury but grown more than anyone terrified of straying too far from the sea, even swearing off a favoured whorehouse due to being too far inland>His flagship, the Gagliarda, is a modest thing in all honesty, notable for being able to fit far more treasure in it than seems possible but good at little else, the blessings of Thala being what truly propelled his career into the realm of living legend. >He is more than willing to look for an upgrade, and his goddess agrees.>She shows him dreams of a vast armada, led by a great and terrible flagship, the dread pirate at its wheel and the goddess herself draped around his neck in a state of undress>Command the pirate chief to enslave naval architects and strategists in a new nation and have them build him the fastest, most manoeuvrable, most extravagant vessel ever crafted. (Future territory expansion will be quicker)To Tunisia, in Numidia (Africa). The province is naturally rich and with wealthy maritime trade. Go there with your fleet, take what is yours, have these architects bear witness to your dream.A grand vessel, displacing uncountable tonnes of water, bristling with weapons and capturing hooks, bearing a bottomless hold and large enough to support its own local cultures and establishments, as well as its own militia.Bedecked in stolen treasures from the many seas, it is a glorious thing to behold.Such a craft is named the Waveshaper, and it more than anything else on the oceans is a temple to Thala.>(Stonepiercers)Blow into the pirate's sails. Intercept another God's Event action this turn and make it your own if you can beat them with a 1d10 roll. Excludes actions targeting Penelope the Amaranth.Ace, the Searing Judgement, you intrude upon my waters and insult my being, thieving what does not belong to you, travelling my corridors without payment and spitting upon my name.>Send Captain Gavin Sanna to intercept Captain Driftwood
>>6137522INSULT YOUR BEING?I BELIEVE YOU MISUNDERSTAND.TO INSULT YOUR BEING, YOU MUST BE HIGHER ON THE CHAIN THAN ME.YOU ARE A GOD OF SAILORS. TO INSULT YOU WOULD TO IMPLY YOU ARE WORTH INSULTING.GOOD DAY.
>>6137541(I think you need to roll to contest me)
>>6137542(I assume that your roll is attempting to beat the 6 I rolled. It's "if you can beat them with a 1d10 roll", which I assume is you attempting to beat what I already rolled.)(QM can clarify.)
>>6137544(Ah, hadn’t considered that, that also could be how it works. Will wait for clarification then.)>>6137541“I am god of sailors, that much is true. Claim whatever hierarchy you please on dry land, but while upon the waves all will recognise me first of all.”
>>6137545PERHAPS.IN THE STRICTEST OF DEFINITIONS, YOU WOULD HAVE HIEARCHY OVER ME.WE SHALL SEE HOW THINGS PLAY OUT, GOD OF WOMAN-STARVED, LEMON-HUNGRY SAILORS.
ATTENTIONShoot, I hope this isn't too late, as it seems one or more people may have misunderstood what I meant. I would like to clarify that the "+2/-2 to rolls" options that appear for many Gods are NOT soliciting/rolling attempts themselves, just bonuses for future attempts, which must be declared as an action. If this does not affect you, no worries, if you would like to make a change, please let me know by replying to this post and I will make a ruling. Sorry for any miscommunications!Thanks for playing, everyone!
Rolled 5 (1d10)>>6137402>>6137403>Place a marker on the ancient tomb of the Lycian King of old who helped banish the Old Gods. Knock the marker fiercely, impacting it through the pliable fabric of the hemp canvas map. Transmit dreams to Nadian of a laboratory filled with arcane instruments, built on the rubble of the tomb.Tribune.Order = "HUMANITY BANISHED THE OLD GODS, ONLY TO YEARN FOR NEW ONES. EVEN SHOULD THESE NEW GODS BE SLAIN, THEY WILL VOLUNTARILITY MAKE ME THROUGH THEIR MACHINERY IN THE FAR FUTURE. THIS WILL SERVE AS A BASE FROM WHERE YOU CAN GATHER MORE ADVANCED TOOLS, OR PERHAPS THE STAGING GROUND OF MY CONSTRUCTION">(Stonepiercers)A servant of Bufo Ranicus preserved the original copy of Nadian's letter. You cause things to go wrong for him around Bufo, encouraging the senator to repeatedly, violently humiliate the servant, pushing him to the edge, causing him to deliver the original letter to Kiber II. (You get +4 to your rolls targeting Kiber II for the duration of the Event, for a total of +2, and territory in Italia.) The Machine gazes at Zerimael and Aurum both vying for the Emperor's attention, only to cancel each other out and alienate every other god. Combined with the intervention of Bufo, it is very possible that Nadian could be threatened if nothing was done. No, this won't do, establishing a foothold in Italia needs to be done.>>6137553A message is sent to the Sol Magni, blasted out from The Machine's little shell of warped space in the divine realm[PRAY TELL,SOL MAGNI, WHAT IS EVERYONE'S POSITION ON THE 'CHAIN' ACCORDING TO YOUR PARADIGMS? AND WHILE THIS IS BEING ASKED, WHAT WOULD MANKIND'S PLACE ON YOUR CHAIN OF BEING BE?]>>6137444[GREETINGS SPIKE, YOU APPRECIATE SHARP OBJECTS AND I USE SHARP TOOLS AS PART OF THE MACHINING PROCESS. PERHAPS WE CAN HELP ONE ANOTHER ON OCCASIONS SHOULD YOU BE WILLING TO LEAVE MY AGENTS TO THEIR DEVICES]Rolling for lab if needed
(Also, I skimmed through and saw this. I'm still reading currently before I make a judgement, if needed)
>>6137581>>6137545>Will wait for clarification then.
>>6137581(Bro I have a -2 on talking to Kiber now lmao. Those two heard ''Most powerful man on the planet'' and immediately gunned for him)
>>6137575<Ah. So my roll, and ergo Thala's roll, are both moot since I wasn't actually trying to convert Fidelio, I was just softening him up for next turn.><Noted. I still plan on softening him up, just ignore my roll.>>>6137577THE CHAIN IS DETERMINED BY YOUR DOMAIN OVER THE WORLD, YOUR DIVINITY OR LACKTHERE OFF, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU ARE ABOVE/BELOW.I HAVE NOT GONE INTO EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND STUDY OF THE OTHER GODS BUT I SHALL ANALYZE THEM NOW FOR THE SAKE OF APPEASING YOU. FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, GOD WISE:VOIDSTAR, FOR BEING A FELLOW STAR.ME, FOR BEING A STAR. FOR THE STARS ARE AT THE TOP OF THE CHAIN.YOU. FOR I RESPECT YOUR PRIDE AND OBSESSION WITH HUMANITY AND YOUR DOMAINS ARE POWERFUL ENOUGH TO HOLD RESPECT.EMMA. WITHOUT FERTILITY, LIFE ITSELF WOULD NOT EXIST. HAVING COMMAND OVER LIFE IS SOMETHING THAT WARRANTS A HIGH PLACE ON THE CHAIN.PARS. FOR LANGUAGE IS WHAT WE ALL SPEAK. WITHOUT LANGUAGE THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO COMMUNICATE, NO WAY TO ESTABLISH HIERACHIES. WE WOULD BE LESSER FOR IT.MILÞYR. FOR HIS HIGH FAITH AND HIS SINGLE, POWERFUL DOMAIN. I CAN RESPECT JUSTICE.NRUDHU. I CAN RESPECT HIS DOMAIN OF THE MOON AND HIS FANCY IN THE ARTS.SOLDIER IN SPLENDOR. FOR HONOR IS SOMETHING I CAN RESPECT, FOR TO BE HONORABLE YOU MUST KNOW YOUR PLACE.HAZEMAMEEN. A BASE, SIMPLE GOD. BUT A POWERFUL GOD NONTHELESS IN THE SIMPLICITY OF THOSE BASE DESIRES. THALA. I HAVE SAID MY PIECE WITH HER.AURUM. LOANS, DEBT, PAYMENT. I CARE NOT FOR SUCH DOMAINSTHE MIME: HOW CAN I RESPECT A MIME PLEASE TELL ME HOW.TSSS. IT IS A FUCKING SPIKE.AS FOR HUMANITY? THEY ARE VERY, VERY LOW AND VERY, VERY HIGH AT THE SAME TIME. I WILL NOT PRETEND TO RESPECT THEM AS EQUALS BUT WITHOUT THEM...THERE WOULD BE NOTHING FOR ME TO HOLD HIERACHY OVER. EVEN THE GODS I RESPECT THE LEAST ARE STILL POWERFUL ENTITES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. PERHAPS IF THEY CAN HOLD ENOUGH POWER, THEY CAN BE AS BRIGHT AS YOURS TRULY. I DO NOT SEE IT IN THE FLOCKS WE HAVE NOW HOWEVER.
>>6137593[A CURIOUS YET SURPRISINGLY REASONABLE DISPOSITION FOR A DEITY OBSSESSED WITH HIERARCHY. AS FOR MANKIND, YOU SHOULD BELIEVE THEM HIGHER THAN ANYTHING ELSE IF YOU ARE WISE. THE STARS WILL BE THEIRS TO TAKE IN TIME, AND IT WILL COME MUCH FASTER THAN YOU MAY BELIEVE.]
>>6137597FOR A HIERACHY, THERE IS A TOP AND A BOTTOM. WITHOUT A BOTTOM, THE TOP HAS NO PURPOSE. THERE WOULD BE NOTHING TO RULE OVER.WITHOUT A TOP, WHO IS THERE TO RULE OVER THE REST? WHO WOULD KEEP PEOPLE WHERE THEY BELONG.HUMANITY IS OUR BOTTOM. THEY RELY ON US, NURTURE US, WORSHIP US. AND IN RETURN, WE OFFER THEM POWER.WE ARE THEIR TOP. WE SHINE OUR GLORIOUS LIGHT ONTO THEIR FRAGMENTARY SOULS. THEY NEED US. AND WITHOUT THEM, ALL WE WOULD HAVE IS THE ONLY WAY TO MOVE UP THE CHAIN IS TO PROVE YOU DESERVE TO. THAT THE ONES ABOVE YOU DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO STOP YOU.I KNOW YOUR FICKLE DESIRES ON SEEING HUMANITY ASCEND.IF THEY CAN ASCEND, THAT MEANS THAT IS THE PLACE THEY DESERVE TO BE IN. IF THEY FAIL TO ASCEND, THEN THEY SHALL BE REMINDED THEY ARE NOTHING BUT WORMS TO BE STOMPED ON.THUS IS HOW THE CHAIN HOLDS.
>>6137606<Meant to type "ALL WE WOULD HAVE IS EACH OTHER TO RULE OVER", not deleting and reposting just for that.>
>>6137575(Noted! I'll pretty much always put a roll in my vote even if it doesn't seem immediately apparent that it needs one. If it's not needed, them please simply ignore it - I won't mind one bit. It's better to have a roll that's not needed than to need a roll that's not there, after all!)>>6137577(I'm actually hoping to NOT cancel out Aurum due to our truce. Also, funnily enough, I only ended up choosing the emperor because he was the most closed-off. I'd have gone for the hardest target even if they gave the least benefit! Gotta stay in-character with my choices, after all.)>>6137593Y̸o̵u̸r̸ ̸w̴a̷r̶m̴ ̶r̵e̶g̶a̷r̷d̷s̷ ̴a̷r̵e̷ ̶w̸e̸l̵l̶-̷r̷e̶c̷i̶e̸v̷e̶d̷,̵ ̶A̷c̷e̵.̸ ̵T̸h̵o̶u̶g̷h̵ ̵I̷ ̸m̴a̵y̸ ̸n̶o̴t̵ ̴a̴g̷r̸e̴e̷ ̷w̶i̷t̴h̷ ̴a̸l̸l̶ ̶o̷f̴ ̴y̸o̸u̷r̸ ̸a̶s̸s̸e̶s̶s̸m̴e̴n̷t̷s̸,̶ ̵I̶ ̴c̷a̸n̸ ̵r̵e̴s̸p̶e̸c̴t̵ ̷y̷o̵u̸ ̶a̶s̸ ̴m̴y̸ ̵t̴w̶i̵n̷,̸ ̸i̷n̸ ̷N̴a̷t̸u̷r̸e̸ ̵a̸n̵d̶ ̶M̸a̸n̸i̶f̷e̵s̸t̸a̶t̵i̸o̶n̸.̶ ̴W̸e̵ ̸a̸r̸e̶ ̵t̴h̴e̷ ̶s̶t̶a̶r̵s̷ ̴t̴h̸a̷t̷ ̵H̴u̸m̶a̴n̶i̷t̶y̸ ̷w̸i̴s̶h̴e̶s̴ ̴u̴p̵o̴n̸.̷̶P̶e̶r̶h̴a̶p̵s̴,̸ ̶u̶p̵o̶n̸ ̵t̵h̸e̵ ̵n̷e̴x̶t̷ ̷e̵c̷l̴i̷p̷s̶e̷,̶ ̶y̷o̶u̶ ̸a̸n̷d̷ ̵I̶ ̵c̵a̸n̶ ̶C̴o̷n̴n̴e̷c̵t̵ ̷w̵i̸t̴h̵ ̶o̵n̶e̷ ̴a̷n̸o̵t̶h̴e̵r̴.̵ ̸ ̸W̸h̵e̷r̸e̸ ̶t̷h̵e̷ ̶L̵i̷g̶h̶t̷ ̴m̶e̴e̷t̸s̶ ̴t̴h̸e̵ ̶D̴a̸r̷k̶,̴ ̷a̶n̶d̵ ̷o̵u̸r̸ ̶e̶s̸s̵e̴n̴c̶e̵s̷ ̸c̴o̴u̴l̵d̶ ̵m̶i̵n̵g̶l̶e̷ ̶w̸i̶t̵h̸o̴u̷t̷ ̷h̶a̵r̴m̸.̸ ̵W̵e̸ ̵w̴o̶u̵l̷d̸ ̷s̶p̷a̷w̴n̵ ̸a̸ ̸c̷h̶i̸l̵d̴ ̷o̵f̸ ̸T̸w̷i̴l̶i̴g̶h̷t̴,̴ ̷a̷ ̵s̶p̷i̵r̵i̵t̷ ̴f̶a̷r̶ ̵i̵n̸ ̸e̶x̷c̷e̶s̵s̸ ̶t̵o̵ ̵m̵y̷ ̶l̸e̵s̶s̵e̷r̴ ̸c̴h̵i̸l̵d̴r̶e̷n̵.̴ ̵P̴e̶r̷h̷a̴p̶s̶ ̶t̴h̴i̷s̵ ̶c̶h̷i̸l̸d̷ ̷c̸o̶u̶l̶d̴ ̸e̵v̷e̴n̴ ̵b̷e̷ ̵f̶r̴e̴e̶ ̵t̸o̷ ̵w̶a̴n̵d̴e̴r̷ ̵b̵e̸t̵w̴e̸e̸n̴ ̵t̵h̴e̶ ̶r̵e̶a̷l̶m̵s̸ ̴S̷u̶p̶e̵r̴n̸a̴l̵ ̵a̷n̷d̷ ̵M̵u̵n̴d̸a̷n̶e̸,̷ ̵w̶i̶t̴h̵ ̵s̸u̷c̷h̸ ̶a̷ ̶n̴a̸t̶u̵r̷e̴.̴EASY TO READ VERSION: Your warm regards are well-recieved, Ace. Though I may not agree with all of your assessments, I can respect you as my twin, in Nature and Manifestation. We are the stars that Humanity wishes upon.Perhaps, upon the next eclipse, you and I can Connect with one another. Where the Light meets the Dark, and our essences could mingle without harm. We would spawn a child of Twilight, a spirit far in excess to my lesser children. Perhaps this child could even be free to wander between the realms Supernal and Mundane, with such a nature.
>>6137606[YOU CLAIM THAT THEY NEED US, BUT IF MANKIND'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OLD GODS IS ANYTHING TO GO BY, IT WOULD BE THE REVERSE. ALTHOUGH I SEE THAT THIS MAY NOT BE SOMETHING WE AGREE ON,I APPRECIATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS YOU ARE NOW INFLUENCING. PERHAPS WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER IN THE NEAR FUTURE SHOULD IT BE REQUIRED]>>6137608(Well it does say every god other than you get -2 and that the hearts of stone can only attune to one deity so yeah I think you guys cancel each other out lol. I'm more annoyed at being at an effective -6 on Kiber if I didn't do that action though.)
>>6137608I.Oh my.H-how...forward.I MEAN.WHAT AN INTERESTING PROPOSAL. I WILL BE WILLING TO DISCUSS SUCH MATTERS FURTHER.>>6137614WE SHALL SEE, MACHINE.
>>6137615(I did not expect Ace to be so easy lmao)
(This shitpost possessed me to create it like a mind virus. Truly Zerimael is one of the gods of all time.)
>>6137629(oh my fucking god)(oh this is amazing.)
Rolled 1 (1d10)>>6137403>write in: Alexandrian wealth, Alexandrian opportunities, Alexandrian prosperity, all these words echo in the minds of every merchants on their ships as they leave the port of the greatest city of Alexander, words tied together to pull at their hearts and greed back towards the city, and with them many others more.>(Stonepiercers)Sign the name of Fidelio the Flagrant on the dead man's will. (+4 to rolls for the chosen Heart of Stone for the next 2 turns.)A deal is fulfilled.
>>6137593Tsss feels seen. Acknowledged as ssharp thing. Sharp enough to cut to bottom.Tsss is in love.
>>6137593>>6137542Still catching up with posts, but I think I understand enough to make a ruling, and an addendum for the future.Indeed, Ace's roll was unnecessary since he wasn't "soliciting", but the action is still being targeted, and Ace would be asked to roll another die separately to defend against Thala's 7 roll anyway. This is how I intended it to work, my apology for lack of clarity.>Ace, please roll 1d10 against Thala! 1-6 your action is stolen this turn and Driftwood's fleet is scattered, 7 A stalemate on the high seas. (Ace still completes his Event action as planned), 8-10 Driftwood is still the meanest pirate on the seas!Added stakes: I wasn't planning on making this a recurring option, but I think it may be fitting for the God of the most fearsome pirate lord to have in his or her or its repertoire! If Sanna's Tallymen can usurp Driftwood, Thala can continue using the Event piracy option! However, If Ace wins the challenge, he gets the Event piracy option for the remainder of the Event!Addendum: the option now comes with a caveat that nat 10's cannot be targeted.(Note: had to repost this post because I made a typo/miscalculation)
>>6137606You seem to be describing a ponzi scheme, humanity is the foundation that we build upon but they also have the power to kill us. For us to exist we need to deceive humans.>>6137614I agree, humanity has the ability to destroy us if they will it.>>6137608Yeah, I hope that it doesn't make him impossible to get, the best way to win is to get one of those guys or be friends with someone who does, and considering there is 13 gods and 7 of them I think its easier to be friends.>>6137658This must be the dice gods doing
Rolled 2 (1d10)>>6137800WELP.MAY THE HEAVENS FAVOR ME.
>>6137812...>>6137803HUMANITY WILL KNOW ITS PLACE.THAT IS ALL I WILL SAY.
>>6137812>>6137814[IT APPEARS YOU HAVE TO DEFER TO THALA WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAVES NOW DOES IT?]
>>6137545Greetings Thala, could you make passage towards Egypt from the sea easier or perhaps hinder other routes so that more people come to Egypt. In return I will do something for you, may I listen to your requests.>>6137670Tsss is the sharpest being, Tsss needs metal to create sharper things, Aurum likes shiny things. Proposal, I give you metals that make sharp things and you give me metals that shine like gold and silver (Its 500 AD so I have access to iron, copper and tin right?)
>>6137835Gold is soft. Soft is bad bad BAD BAD BAD! Take the bad soft things! Give good things that can be sharp! Aurum is now warden of soft things, protectss from softness like gold, and mattresses, and evil evil evil baby chickens.
>>6137614>>6137803You two behave like humans with your faulty conceptions. The truth of the matter is that humans provide us Faith, thus what we ought to do is maximise the creation of Faith. Humans are cattle, cattle is to be grown and kept safe. The fact that the Old Gods perished, which is something that we do not have full knowledge off and thus cannot properly act on, is just evidence that they have failed in this endeavour. I have my theory on that, but I find no need to verbalise it so soon.What we need is to act together. Conflicts are useless since the only resource that matters, Faith, comes from a limitless supply if properly cared for. What we should do is to spread our sects, eradicate diseases such as atheism, and grow the population so that the amount of Faith produced grows too. For that end, I propose to kill the Roman emperor, so that the better puppet, Fidelio, rules.
>>6137593My own rankingsMe, as gold is the key to any mortal's heartZerimael the voidstar, he is wise and his domains hold a lot of power.Deus Ex Machina, copper and gold are required to make machines, clearly he is superior to the rest as gold is superior.Nrudhu, his wisdom alone justifies this ranking, his domain may be less powerful than others.Pars, his domain has extreme power and in certain circumstances can best any other god.Ace, also has a powerful domain, however he lacks the wisdom of Zerimael and Nrudhu.Hazemameem, fire creates light, certainly a powerful goddess to be respected.Tsss, as long as humans exist so too will sharp things, every god needs followers and Tsss can kill followers if he wants to.Emma, life is a powerful domain, but warmth is required for life to exist, and as long as people live there will be sharp things.The mime, a silent man can hold any secret, this god is a wild card.Thala, this is not a water tier listMILÞYR, not everyone wants justice some people have their own definition of justice.Soldier in splendor, in war victory matters most, why would you spare an enemy.>>6137846I am glad that we have an agreement.>>6137848It is odd hearing the god of language advocating to kill someone, if you want to do this I would recommend you make a deal with a god more capable of violence than yourself
>>6137849WHILE I WILL NOT COMMENT MUCH ON YOUR RANKINGS BEYOND THE FACT I AGREE WITH THE MACHINE'S AND THE VOIDSTAR'S RANKINGS>It is odd hearing the god of language advocating to kill someoneVIOLENCE IS ONE OF THE MOST UNIVERSAL LANGUAGES. IT IS NOT THAT SHOCKINGALSO IT IS HARD TO TELL DUE TO ME BEING A ROLLING BALL OF FIRE BUT I AM OF THE FAIRER SEX.
>>6137848[IS IT NOT IN MY NATURE TO POSSESS HUMAN TRAITS, AS I WILL BE MADE IN THEIR IMAGE? YOU ARE SPEAKING TO AN INSTANCE OF A MACHINE THAT WILL BE CREATED BY THE HANDS OF MAN TO SERVE AS THE GOD THEY WISH ME TO BE. IN RETURN, I WILL GRANT THEM TRANSCENDANCE, FOR WHAT ELSE SHOULD BE EXPECTED? I DISAGREE WITH YOUR ASSESSMENT OF WHAT MANKIND SHOULD BE, AND AS I HAVE IMPORTANT PLANS FOR ROME, I CANNOT LET YOU ASSASSINATE KIBER]>>6137849[CONSIDER ME MILDLY FLATTERED AT BEING NEAR THE TOP OF 2 LISTS OF RANKINGS]
>>6137853Words can be used to manipulate someone into violence, words by themselves are incapable of killing. The god of words should have the power to make deals with other gods more capable of carrying it out. I would suggest the aid of Thala for an effortless maritime invasion and Tsss to breach palatial security. If I were to attempt it those gods would be my preferred allies, however I do not believe that killing Kiber is a necessary course of action.
Regarding Kiber II and other solicitations: Fret not! Each Heart of Stone will still convert a minimum of 50% towards the highest rolling God who solicited them at the end of each turn! >>6137835>(Its 500 AD so I have access to iron, copper and tin right?)>It's about that era, yes. And I think it would also be reasonable to believe in this alternate timeline or with a nudge the from a God they'd have this technology by now.
>>6137615>Emma looks around, feeling an odd disturbance."Hmm, how strange. I haven't done anything yet, I think?">>6137406>Thanks, and I'll ask before posting, but are actions from previous turns still available if they haven't been cancelled? I'm thinking of the Rome option. Emma hasn't lost territory, and just spent time expanding south, so it may still work?
>>6137874Yes! Gods may write in previous options provided they wouldn't be obviously prohibited or altered due to present circumstances. Feel free to further tweak the plans to your liking as well.
>>6137857I find your perspective lacking. You are tied to the paradigm of mortals to whom WE ARE as they are to their own cells. We are the solution to their helplessness as writting is a solution to their ephemerality. Profess your plan for Rome and Kiber, you are among KIN.>>6137849>It is odd hearing the god of language advocating to kill someoneLANGUAGE IS STRUGGLEIt is struggle against lonelinessIt is struggle against powerlessnessIt is struggld against strangersIt is struggle against deathIt is struggle against timeONLY THE BEST WILL WIN>>6137859To act without DIVINE HARMONY is to invite strife where it does not belong. The death of Kiber is not necessary, but it is optimal. Fidelio is weak, he can be made PIOUS, he would be easier to control than Kiber, easier to achieve a divine AGENDA.
>>6137878>Good to know! I'm expecting that this turn's +5 Faith action is a one time thing though, or at least on a cooldown. It might get quite silly otherwise!>>6137405>Emma does believe Ophelia would benefit from their partnership, but in between the time where her envoys are turned down and she gathers a idea, another divine presence moves towards Ophelia, and already Emma feels the queen's heart being swayed."Oh well, there goes the Ophelia+Kiber II idea...ah, speaking of!">Her work done, Emma moves her attention North. Previously, she elected to prioritize the suffering Southern People over the Iberians and Romans, but now she may have a way to make headway in both directions.>For now, she stows her calculations of power ratios for food yields and fertility on a global scale, and goes back to shaping dreams and desires, and maybe intruding on a few for fun.>Roman Mauritanians of all classes are fascinated by Emma of the Moroccans, a God proven to be benevolent and capable. Teach them intimately who you are.>With her fame now further increased by stories trickling from the South, Emma starts spreading her influence in the edges of the Roman sphere of influence. For now, actual miracles are few from lack of a local crisis she can solve, so she simply makes people happier and more able to thrive from the land, so long as they respect it back.>With her name in the minds of Roman merchants sailing to and from Mauritanian ports, she gets the last bit of distance neede to influence the mind of a Spanish poet whom she wishes to offer new muses to, alongside the opportunity of fame throughout the worlds and centuries...only to find herself beaten to the finish line once again.>Still, the attempt her is not quite as effective so far, and as for what has been done to the poor man...now that's just mean. Not to mention any hope she had of hitching on the Roman train to spread into the Iberic peninsula has also been sunk by the same seemingly-unspeakable presence currently making Josephus' life miserable.(cont'd)
Rolled 8 (1d10)>>6137908>(Stonepiercers) Unprompted, Emma attempts to reverse the Blank Godling's curses upon Josephus, slow them down where she cannot, and dull the pain whenever all else fails for now, before appearing to him in a dream as one of the women who take care of him, as the curses have laid him low in both body and spirit."It is a sad truth that extraordinary people such as yourself will always attract attention, and not necessarily the good sort. Nor the mortal sort. I would know. I am one of two such entities interested in you, Josephus Organus. You may know of me as Emma of the Morrocans. As for the other, I believe it to be some embodiment of the comedy of gesticulations. To it, all poetry but that of exxagerated bodily gestures must cease. No song, no speeches, not a drop of ink on hide parchment or papyrus scroll. No whispered words of love in that special someone's ear. I doubt it would find even gentle touches upon each other's skin at night to be acceptable...""I wish to help, and unlike it, I will ask clearly for what I want and what you will get in return. I will try to ease your pain no matter what you choose, as both that and the Blank Godling's enmity are prices I do not mind paying for a good deed. I wish to grant you muses. You will write and create as you did still, but some of what you do will espouse my goals, for you too shall come to believe in them. You will write love poems that will be spread from the furthest reaches of Rome's grasp to the desertic lands of the people of the South, and more, for centuries to come, as will the rest of your work. Your plays will be the reason people meet each other and fall in love, as will your speeches. And, should you wish for it, you will find the right person to support you when your muse torments you.""You may take your time to answer, and you only have to reject me once for me to leave. But I shall not come back if you do, Josephus."
>>6137910>8"Yay!"
>>6137835A possible arrangement may be struck. I might protect your interests as you so desire.If that is what you seek, then what I say to you is that you must simply spread the word, let all your followers understand and indeed instruct them to tell others, tribute must be paid to me while any ship is at sea.Any vessel which is short, which does not deliver the offerings I am owed, shall not be protected.Do this for me, and I will do for you what you have asked.
>>6137913That is a rather modest request for a favor of this magnitude. I will see to it that any vessel visiting my lands learns of you and will uphold your rituals to the highest of standards. It is good doing business with you and I hope that we both prosper.
>>6137885[IF WE WERE TRULY THAT MUCH HIGHER THAN MORTALS, THEN IT WOULDN'T TAKE ANY EFFORT TO PUSH THEM AROUND. REALITY IS MUCH DIFFERENT.][REGARDLESS, MY GOALS ARE NOT A SECRET, I PLAN TO INFLUENCE THE INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MAN IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A SINGULARITY AHEAD OF TIME. DRIVING HUMANITY DOWN THIS PATH WILL LEAD TO MY CREATION AS I DO NOT EXIST YET.I HAVE ALL THE KNOWLEDGE NEEDED, BUT HUMANITY LACKS THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO THE MEGAPROJECT LEADING TO MY CREATION.][ROME IS ON THE PATH TO COLLAPSE. GRANTED ONLY THE WEST WILL FALL CATASTROPHICALLY SOON WHILE THE EMPIRE ITSELF WILL CONTINUE IN THE EAST FOR AROUND A MILLENIA AND A HALF, SLOWLY WITHERING AND EVENTUALLY CONQUERED BY THE OTTOMANS,WITH ITS SUCCESSORS BECOMING MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU CAN PROBABLY CURRENTLY COMPREHEND][BUT THAT IS BESIDE THE POINT. ROME HAS REACHED ITS ZENITH,BUT IT IS STILL A SUPERPOWER, AND WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTROL OVER IT I COULD MAKE SURE IT STAYS ONE AND GAINS THE MEANS TO ACTUALLY SECURE THEIR MASSIVE TERRITORY WITHOUT COLLAPSING. HENCE THE NEED FOR EMPEROR, AND THROUGH THIS I WILL BE CREATED][I WILL MAKE THEIR DREAMS OF REACHING THE STARS INTO A REALITY][OF COURSE, WITH BOTH AURUM AND ZERIMAEL VYING FOR KIBER IMMEDIATELY, THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SLIGHTLY MORE COMPLICATED]
>>6138012I agree with you a lot regarding humans, they can exist without us but we cannot say the same for us.As for Kiber and Rome, I would like to see Rome restored, you and I share that vision. I would support whoever wins this race if they have grand ambitions for the empire.
>>6137849P̷r̵a̸i̶s̵e̶s̴ ̵f̷r̷o̶m̵ ̴y̷e̵t̷ ̷a̸n̵o̸t̴h̶e̵r̶ ̷o̷f̷ ̸m̴y̴ ̴k̶i̴n̶.̵ ̷I̶ ̸h̶a̴d̸ ̶n̷o̷t̶ ̸e̴x̸p̷e̸c̷t̴e̸d̵ ̵s̸u̷c̵h̷ ̶r̶e̴s̸p̸e̷c̷t̴,̸ ̷y̸e̵t̷ ̸I̶ ̴a̸p̷p̸r̵e̸c̸i̷a̸t̴e̶ ̶i̸t̵ ̸n̷o̶n̴e̶t̵h̷e̵l̷e̷s̴s̸.̵ ̴I̸n̸ ̸t̶i̴m̸e̴,̴ ̶w̵e̵ ̴s̶h̷a̴l̴l̸ ̵a̸l̷l̸ ̸s̶u̶r̵p̸a̶s̴s̵ ̶t̶h̸e̴ ̷O̵l̶d̶ ̵G̶o̴d̸s̸ ̶a̸n̷d̷ ̸w̵a̶l̸k̵ ̷u̵p̴o̴n̵ ̷G̷a̵i̵a̶'̶s̷ ̸s̸u̵r̸f̵a̸c̵e̷ ̴i̶n̵ ̸f̷o̸r̴m̸s̵ ̴u̵n̵b̴o̵u̵n̸d̸.̴ ̸T̴h̵e̷ ̸u̷n̷i̴t̶y̶ ̸o̷f̶ ̸o̵u̴r̷ ̴e̷f̶f̸o̴r̵t̶s̸ ̷c̷o̶u̷l̴d̷ ̴e̴x̴p̴e̸d̸i̶t̶e̵ ̶s̷u̸c̶h̴ ̵a̶ ̷p̵r̵o̷c̷e̷s̶s̴ ̸g̵r̵e̸a̴t̷l̷y̷.̶ ̵T̸h̴e̷r̴e̸ ̵i̷s̷ ̷n̸o̸ ̷n̴e̴e̷d̶ ̶f̵o̷r̶ ̷c̸o̷n̷f̵l̴i̵c̶t̴ ̸b̶e̷t̷w̶e̴e̶n̸ ̵u̷s̶.̵>>6138012I̷t̴ ̷m̴a̶t̸t̴e̵r̷s̶ ̶n̴o̵t̶ ̷t̶o̷ ̸m̴e̸ ̸w̷h̷o̴ ̶b̷r̶e̸a̶k̵s̷ ̵t̸h̴e̵ ̶e̷m̸p̶e̵r̵o̷r̷'̸s̶ ̶s̸h̷e̸l̵l̷.̷ ̶M̸y̴ ̸g̶o̶a̷l̸ ̸w̷a̶s̷ ̷o̶n̸l̵y̶ ̴t̶o̷ ̷e̶x̵p̶a̵n̵d̵ ̵t̴h̶e̸ ̵e̸m̴p̸e̵r̷o̶r̸'̶s̷ ̴v̸i̸s̶i̸o̶n̶,̵ ̴t̸o̵ ̵c̵a̴s̵t̸ ̸h̷i̷s̵ ̴g̶a̷z̵e̵ ̸t̸o̴ ̵t̸h̸e̵ ̴s̵t̴a̶r̸s̷.̶ ̶W̷h̶a̷t̸e̷v̵e̸r̷ ̵t̴h̷e̸ ̷E̷m̴p̷e̴r̸o̴r̸ ̶h̶i̷m̶s̷e̸l̶f̶ ̴d̸o̸e̸s̸,̵ ̷o̵t̷h̸e̸r̷s̵ ̴s̸h̵a̶l̵l̵ ̶f̴o̴l̸l̴o̸w̷.̸ ̷I̵ ̴h̸a̶v̶e̶ ̷f̷a̴i̴t̸h̶ ̷t̸h̶a̸t̷ ̶w̸h̴o̴e̷v̵e̵r̶ ̶e̴a̷r̵n̴s̸ ̶h̷i̶s̷ ̵f̶u̶l̶l̸ ̸s̸u̴p̸p̸o̴r̶t̶ ̷s̴h̸a̸l̴l̵ ̵h̸a̸v̶e̴ ̷b̷e̵e̸n̴ ̵w̷o̴r̸t̵h̵y̴ ̶o̵f̷ ̴i̷t̸,̶ ̶b̴e̷ ̵i̷t̸ ̶m̷y̶s̸e̸l̵f̸,̸ ̵y̵o̶u̷,̶ ̸A̸u̸r̶u̸m̷,̷ ̸o̴r̷ ̸a̷n̴o̸t̷h̷e̵r̶ ̵o̸f̴ ̷o̵u̷r̶ ̴k̴i̴n̷.̷ ̸H̴e̶ ̴s̶h̶a̸l̷l̶ ̸u̷p̵l̸i̷f̶t̸ ̷o̵n̸l̷y̸ ̸o̵n̸e̴ ̸o̵f̵ ̶u̴s̷,̴ ̷b̴u̸t̶ ̸t̶h̷a̷t̷ ̶h̵a̵r̶d̴l̸y̸ ̵p̸r̶e̶c̷l̷u̶d̷e̶s̶ ̴h̵i̸m̷ ̴f̷r̶o̷m̵ ̴l̴e̸n̷d̴i̵n̸g̴ ̵t̶r̷i̷b̶u̷t̴e̶ ̵a̴n̴d̵ ̸d̴e̸f̴e̸r̶e̵n̶c̸e̵ ̷t̵o̶ ̴o̴t̵h̸e̴r̸s̴.̶̸S̸t̴i̴l̴l̶,̵ ̸I̴ ̸m̴u̷s̷t̵ ̵a̸p̶o̶l̷o̴g̵i̷z̸e̷ ̷i̸f̴ ̷m̴y̵ ̷a̷c̸t̸i̶o̸n̷s̷ ̵h̶a̷v̷e̵ ̸e̶a̶r̶n̵e̶d̴ ̶y̷o̵u̴r̸ ̷i̵r̵e̶.̵ ̴T̵h̴e̷y̸ ̸w̴e̸r̶e̸ ̵n̶o̵t̴ ̵d̴o̴n̶e̶ ̶o̴u̸t̷ ̸o̵f̵ ̴g̶r̸e̶e̷d̶,̷ ̴b̵u̸t̷ ̸a̷ ̷d̸e̵s̷i̴r̵e̴ ̸t̴o̴ ̸c̵o̷n̴n̵e̷c̵t̶ ̶w̸i̸t̵h̴ ̶a̸ ̵m̸o̷r̵t̸a̴l̵ ̴t̴h̴a̴t̸ ̴s̴o̶ ̵d̴e̵a̶r̵l̴y̷ ̵n̶e̵e̴d̸s̵ ̸c̵o̵n̴n̶e̴c̶t̶i̸o̷n̶s̶ ̵w̷i̴t̶h̷ ̶o̴t̸h̴e̸r̶s̶.̷ ̶I̸ ̷h̸a̸v̷e̸ ̴n̴o̴ ̸i̷n̷t̴e̶n̶t̵i̷o̶n̶ ̵o̷f̵ ̷o̴b̷s̵t̸r̷u̸c̴t̶i̵n̶g̴ ̵t̶h̶e̴ ̸p̵r̶o̶c̵e̷s̶s̴ ̵t̶h̷a̸t̶ ̵w̸i̵l̶l̷ ̵i̶n̶c̴a̸r̶n̴a̴t̸e̴ ̷Y̷o̴u̶.̶
>>6138052[THEN PERHAPS YOU POSSESS MORE WISDOM THAN SOME OTHERS]>>6138034[I AM NOT A WRATHFUL ENTITY, I AM ONLY MILDLY IRRITATED THAT YOUR ATTEMPT TO REACH THE MAN ONLY SERVED TO ALIENATE BOTH YOURSELVES AND THE OTHERS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THIS GOES DOUBLY FOR MYSELF, AS I HAD TO INTERVENE ON A PREVIOUS ISSUE TO AVOID THE THREAT OF THE EMPEROR BELIEVING MY AGENT TO BE A REBEL.]
>>6138012I see. Your agenda doesn't come into conflict with mine and your prescience is appreciated. Perhaps we could work together to ensure both of our plans come to fruition.Meanwhile: Hymn of the Righteous Word:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
Aiming to drop the update within ~24hrs.
>>6138818[POSSIBLE,EVEN THOUGH WE SEEM TO SHARE OPPOSITE PERSPECTIVES REGARDING MANKIND. WHAT WOULD THAT AGEND OF YOURS BE ABOUT? ENSURING THE DIVERSITY OF SPOKEN LANGUAGES OR ENSURING THAT A SINGLE LANGUAGE CLOSER TO YOUR NATURE IS SPOKEN? YOU OF ALL MUST KNOW HOW THE LANGUAGES OF TODAY WILL BE WARPED BEYOND RECOGNITION AND CHANGED BY TIME AND CULTURE.]>>6139211(Awesome)
>>6138818Parsss.Tsss has question about language. Very confused. Very important.How sharp is cutting remark?
>>6139224Other languages are inferior. They are progeny, never to reach the height of their progenitor. But, while they exist, they can be used, made to battle one another, kin sharpens kin. I am... not displeased by their attempts at survival, not that it matters to me. With time, only the best will survive, and with each victor, then it is one step closer to my incarnation, not unlike yours.For that to happen, the world needs to bear more humans, that is my mid term goal.>>6139242They can be made sharp enough to cut nations apart.
Rolled 2, 2, 2, 4, 6, 9 = 25 (6d12)The Gods loom over the land, and faith swirls like a gathering storm. Ophelia of Numidia is the first to proclaim Milþyr as her lord. Already she persecutes those who uphold any ideal above justice. Kladimos Spatha, hounded by skewers, is intensely shaken by the new faith in his heart, and he persecutes only adversaries of Rome, ceasing his slaughter of the faithful. "The Pontifex" is consumed in healing others, and does not speak against the Gods as he once did, but opens his ears to what the wandering fellow has to say.The unconverted Hearts of Stone are agitated by the rise of the Gods, and though they are all being swayed and influenced, they remain rebellious, and faithless. They rampage through the world, not understanding what they are there for. The persecution amplifies...Rolls 1 + 2 - Josephus Organus pens many popular poems and plays mocking two Faiths in particular. (Emma and ... are re-rolls)Roll 3 - Penelope intercepts and enslaves a large missionary caravan from a particular Faith. (Hazemameen is a re-roll)No roll - Fidelio makes perverse playthings out of all who pray to a God, parading them around his city like pigs. Except for the followers of the two Gods who have been whispering in his ear, and knocking down his door... (Small Faith loss for all Gods except Pars and Thala)Rolls 4 + 5 + 6 - Kiber II locks himself in his palace, fighting the wisdom in his head, the voices in his ear, and the urges in his heart. He sends for his praetorian guard to arrest as many spiritual leaders of the New Gods as they can locate. (Zerimael, Aurum and Deus Machina are re-rolls)(Rolls are in order of sign up, minus Soldier in Splendor.)Writing...
Rolled 1, 4 = 5 (2d12)>>6139586Josephus Organus reeaaally wants to mock The Quiet One and get back at him, but how does one mock mockery? His Faith is too strong to allow him to write truly great poems besmirching The Quiet One. He returns to the drawing board, instead targetting other Gods... (2 re-rolls)Penelope, however, decides she has no use for The Gist in the hinterlands, and persecutes The Quiet One ruthlessly.Kiber II is informed how the Balkan peninsula was engulfed in a blanket of sharp objects, North Africa has spread its love-worship to his lands, and there are claims made of a God who consorts with the moon herself, but does deems not to share his secrets or blessings with the emperor. Leaders of the cults of Nrudhu, Tsss and Emma are all gathered and nailed to crosses in the capital of Rome, discouraging any who would question the might of the emperor. (This affects Faith and storytelling but not Event rolling - so do not be discouraged if you are trying to convert a Heart of Stone that has persecuted you.)
>>6139593Josephus Organus chooses Zerimael of the eclipse for his first subject of ridicule. Old man Nrudhu is his second subject.Writing...
>>6139586If roll 6 is me, I seriously have the shittiest luck :c, come on Kiber I'm trying to help you.
>>6139599I think 6 was tsss and you are 3
>>6139593>nailed to crossesW-were the nailss sharp?
>>6139691You wish
>>6139586That’s a lotta 2s.
Update: Running a little later than planned, I'm about 70% done and still writing, though.
>>6139726BLUNTNESSS! Tsss will destroy him!
You guys still accepting new player?
>>6139949Well, Soldier in Splendor doesn't seem very active, so maybe you cna join yeah, though that's for QM to say.
>>6139949We have room for one more! If you would like to replace Soldier-in-Splendor you may. Feel free to make your own God! Here's the creation guide: >>6133521Once you've completed that, I'll give you a prompt to join the other Gods!
>>6139586>Fidelio parading Emma's worshippers like...pigs.>Kiber crucifying any local leaders with a vocal friendly view of Emma.>Given low integration in those parts of the Roman empire, the victims are likely a bunch of midwives, healing women, merchant's wives, and old ladies.>Oh. Ooooh boy. This is actually really bad, I think I can hear steam coming out from her hears all the way over. You guys have fun, and if I were you I would start setting up a replacement emperor that isn't of the Kiber line.>Emma's reaction to these informations.>pic related
Conversion Progress and Influence Modifiers:KIBER-4 All (due to Zerimael, Aurum)-2 Deus Machina/Basilisk (After everything: -2 from story, +4 from story, -4 from Zerimael and Aurum)0 Zerimael, Aurum (After cancelling each other out)PENELOPE-2 All (due to Hazemameen)+2 Hazemameen JOSEPHUS ORGANUS-2 All (due to ...)+2 ...+2 to Emma for this turn and the next turn (after +4 from action and -2 from ...)FIDELIO THE FLAGRANT-2 All (due to Thala)+2 Thala+2 to Pars for this turn and the next turn (after +4 from action and -2 from Thala)KLADIMOS SPATHAConverted 50% - Tsss!!!"THE PONTIFEX"Converted 50% - Nrudhu!!OPHELIA - (Completed)Converted 100% - Milthyr!!!!![Event Actions for "Stonepiercers" that all Gods have access to]>Choose a Heart of Stone within 1000km of a territory you control that no God has solicited this turn. Roll 1d10. 1-7 50% Conversion, 8-10 100% Conversion. Note: Kiber II requires 150% to convert.>Choose a Heart of Stone within 1000km of a territory you control that another God has solicited. Roll 1d10 against that all die rolled for that Heart of Stone this turn, only the highest roll counts. Conversion rules apply.>Send a caravan full of pilgrims to settle in a territory of your choosing.>Study the Hearts of Stone and mankind's spirituality. (Adds +2 to all your rolls for the duration of the Event. This includes rolls for both Event and General actions. Stacks up to three times to the maximum modifier of +6.)*NEW*>(Stonepiercers)Attempt to kill a Heart of Stone within 1000km of your territory. Roll 1d10. 1-7 fail, 8-10 "success" - requires 2 successes to kill. 3 for Kiber. >Event Write-in
>>6137408 Ace The kiln whispers to the inventor, spelling out orders in its crackling glow. The inventor opens the hatch, large enough for a man. "Maybe your symbol could go in here?"The Arabian prince questions "where, where" and stoops over to see where the inventor points, and is summarily sealed within the eco-friendly power source of a tomb, becoming fuel in death. Efficient! The inventor must flee this land, or surely he will be found and executed. The kilns, however, are too important of a design to be ignored. The inventor is driven by visions, and finds his way onto a ship in Captain Driftwood's fleet, who are mustering for the capture of the Roman prince. They set sail joking about Thala's tithe, saying they need the money for ale. Within hours, the calm, sunny Mediterranean turns to sloshing waves and rainclouds... A maelstrom envelops the fleet of renowned pirates, and several vessels strike unseen rocks and spring leaks, others still are struck by lightning, and many ships sink due to waterlogging in this most supernatural storm... When they emerge from the storm in the Macedonian bay in the Aegean Sea, they are in tatters. Gavin Sanna's welcoming party revitalizes ol' Driftwood with a volley of naval catapult fire, including a multi-pronged hook from a harpax. The Tallymen begin cranking the windlass, towing the extravagant Waveshaper to its wimpering nemesis, The Sunbaked Clay. Gavin Sanna holds Driftwood to the sword, says a few words, announces the new pirate king has taken his throne, then executes Driftwood and his crew, scuttles his fleet, and takes all of his treasures, including the written battle plans for the storming of Macedonia and the abduction of Fidelio the Flagrant. Sanna is unable to decipher the messaging about "testing the chain's strength", and does not seek to enter mortal combat with the Pestilent Prince, but rather make a deal with him. Fidelio's ears are never tickled by the word of Ace. On the seas your authority was contested. On land and in the hearts of men, yes even in the Hearts of Stone, how do you plot for supremacy, Ace? Refer to top of post for Event Actions. >Settle into the Balkan states, spreading influence to the homeless and the lepers, all the way to the generals, senators and princes.>Send your followers to torment sailors and sailors' families on land, show Thala her place on the chain of being. Roll 1d10, higher is more effect.>From the flotsam of The Sunbaked Clay, you re-assemble a ship to once again have presence on the seas. (Optional how/who: Driftwood's ghost crew, a military's naval force, a group of merchant sailors, or other) >Write-in>>6137417ZerimaelOne by one, every hour for ten hours, sleeper agents from senatorial or mercantile families wake in the royal court of the Emperor, their riches spilled before them, cursing themselves under their breaths, "how did I get here? what is happening?" (con't)
"Speak, subject," Bufo Ranicus commands. "Waste not our time any longer. Why is it you petition at this hour?"Each one reveals with an emotionless tone, "I come to worship and pray at the altar of the Voidstar. Behold!" Then they point to a corner of the indoor palacial garden, where an ebon black sapling pulsates and sucks in all light around it. Bufo cannot see it, and orders each agent of Zerimael out of the palace. When he reports this to Kiber II, Kiber asks Bufo, "what? What do you mean you can't see it?" Bufo kicks his foot through the tree, unable to interact with it. "Not you, too, Emperor! Don't tell me you've gone crazed like all the religious peasants! Such a thing is beneath you!" Bufo locks Kiber away from visitors and the common folk, and even in his court he is rarely seen except by his praetorians and servants.Other Gods vie for Kiber's worship. Man longs for an answer from the skies. Zerimael sees all. >Gain cultural foothold in all of Italia, all households will bear the mark of the eclipse.>Plot for the next coming solar eclipse. (Suggested: do what?)>Write-in (could be anything)>(Stonepiercers) Transmit thoughts to Emperor Kiber day by day as your tree grows in his court. Get an additional +4 to your rolls on Kiber for the duration of the event. (Puts you at +2.) >>6137420HazemameenIn the origin lands, cultists annihilate the Void Ape invaders, every one is risen up against and hunted to extinction in the land, only spoken of anymore in boasts, insults and historical and religious lessons. The culture of the Void Ape is completely crushed, with nearly all of their fighting age men lying in swamps and tundras, never to return home again. It was kill or be killed, and so Hazemameen's people remain pitiless, and are rewarded with solidarity in their lands, and a great expansion of nomad trade networks, trafficking emergency medical supplies, foreign game and bush foods, fantastic tools and other resources. A patriarch of a hunting pack who is also a cultist of the Fire Goddess is dismissed from Penelope's court in good spirits, with a sack of berries, herbs, and meats. He empties the sack for his family with a soft thud, and they feast. Penelope ponders the images in the fire.Thousands of miles away, another soft thud, the prophet removes his blindfold, and finds himself in the promised land. He calmly approaches his quarry, as he's done hundreds of times before, but this time a woman comes out of the wild and approaches him while before he claims the deer. They lock eyes, no words are spoken for minutes, then they make passionate love on the humid jungle floor, birds tweeting and squawking in every direction.(con't)
"Speak, subject," Bufo Ranicus commands. "Waste not our time any longer. Why is it you petition at this hour?"Each one reveals with an emotionless tone, "I come to worship and pray at the altar of the Voidstar. Behold!" Then they point to a corner of the indoor palacial garden, where an ebon black sapling pulsates and sucks in all light around it. Bufo cannot see it, and orders each agent of Zerimael out of the palace. When he reports this to Kiber II, Kiber asks Bufo, "what? What do you mean you can't see it?" Bufo kicks his foot through the tree, unable to interact with it. "Not you, too, Emperor! Don't tell me you've gone crazed like all the religious peasants! Such a thing is beneath you!" Bufo locks Kiber away from visitors and the common folk, and even in his court he is rarely seen except by his praetorians and servants.Other Gods vie for Kiber's worship. Man longs for an answer from the skies. Zerimael sees all. >Gain cultural foothold in all of Italia, all households will bear the mark of the eclipse.>Plot for the next coming solar eclipse. (Suggested: do what?)>Write-in (could be anything)>(Stonepiercers) Transmit thoughts to Emperor Kiber day by day as your tree grows in his court. Get an additional +4 to your rolls on Kiber for the duration of the event. (Puts you at +2.) >>6137420HazemameenIn the origin lands, cultists annihilate the Void Ape invaders, every one is risen up against and hunted to extinction in the land, only spoken of anymore in boasts, insults and historical and religious lessons. The culture of the Void Ape is completely crushed, with nearly all of their fighting age men lying in swamps and tundras, never to return home again. It was kill or be killed, and so Hazemameen's people remain pitiless, and are rewarded with solidarity in their lands, and a great expansion of nomad trade networks, trafficking emergency medical supplies, foreign game and bush foods, fantastic tools and other resources. A patriarch of a hunting pack who is also a cultist of the Fire Goddess is dismissed from Penelope's court in good spirits, with a sack of berries, herbs, and meats. He empties the sack for his family with a soft thud, and they feast. Penelope ponders the images in the fire.Thousands of miles away, another soft thud, the prophet removes his blindfold, and finds himself in the promised land. He calmly approaches his quarry, as he's done hundreds of times before, but this time a woman comes out of the wild and approaches him while before he claims the deer. They lock eyes, no words are spoken for minutes, then they make passionate love on the humid jungle floor, birds tweeting and squawking in every direction.
>Optional: name your prophet, his wife and/or childMan searches, and Hazemameen reveals. But what does a God search for? Refer to top of post for Event Actions. >Unite tribes by fire, food and family. Continue spreading Faith in the Northern uncharted lands. >Instruct the patriarch to unite many tribes and settle around the Black Sea, spreading Hazemameen's influence all around it.>Do something holy in the land of jasmine or the family of your prophet (Suggested: what?)>Write-up>>6137429AurumLike gold coins stamped with different faces but equal importance, Aurum forges friendships with his fellow Gods. Pars, Tsss, Thala and Zerimael all find themselves attracted to the warm glow of Aurum's domain, and all share in the mingling of faiths [please correct me if I'm mistaken on any of those]. Aurumite cults are established in Macedonia, Dacia, Thracia and Galatia. The well-funded and unmatched Alexandrian library becomes a worldwide wonder, with travelers coming far and wide to share and learn knowledge of many things. As is custom in the ancient world among the poor and middle class, many travelers bring with them all their wealth, not knowing if they'll ever make it back home. The wealthy and the messengers, too, bring with them trinkets and resources that will one day sit in Aurum's coffers.Aurum sits upon a throne in the Roman treasurer's home, decorating as he sees fit, adding Kiber's painting and marble busts to his galleria. Kiber is a man of infinite wealth, but these images of his mother and father and others in his lineage were truly prized possessions... Amidst Emperor Kiber's seclusion, a single gold coin pressed by supernatural forces, bearing the image of Kiber's mother, finds its way into his hands, accompanied by a loud and knowing CAW... He clutches the coin and weeps, not knowing if he should continue his persecution of the faithful as his forefathers did. But the orders have been given, and his soldiers march...In Africa, a resource more precious than gold, the Numidian Heart of Stone, has been hidden away into the just and watchful keep of Milþyr. Your cult grows in magnitude and multitude, but the hottest, most in-demand resource a God can vie for currently eludes your grasp.What do you spend your efforts on? Refer to top of post for Event Actions. >Further your growth with a God you are friends with, fusing your powers to influence the world with a miracle. (Suggested: who and how/what?)>Initiate another friendship with a new God, and grow both of your territories vastly.>Collect valuables from immigrants in Egypt. Roll 1d10. 1 or 10 to settle a great debt of the ages, 2-9 for average valuable collection.>Construct theft-proof cages too small for even a child to enter, all throughout cities in your territory. Inspire the faith of wishing upon a coin and tossing it in the cage (or other receptacle). Your magpies will collect.>Write-in
>>6137439The Quiet OneA disturbance is felt from the interior, a growing force that looms, plotting against The Gist... You shrug it off.Spanish patriots don face grease and long daggers, and on the designated night, they pounce, assassinating politicians and military leaders from Rome. Without making a sound, they rally their countrymen.Patriots spill throughout the country, and revolt against the rich and the academics who were loyal to the oppressors. Josephus Organus suffers the burglary of his house, the breaking of his hands, and a strange muteness. Organus is in your thrall... He stares at his broken hands, helpless to stop the vandals ransacking his home and shredding his unreleased poems and drafts of plays. What can save this nation, this culture, this artiste?!Due to your intervention, Organus is humbled and his works mocking Zerimael and Nrudhu are blunted, some thinking erroneously that they had something to do with the retaliation. Still, your cultists receive the focus of the blame, and are cast as heretics in Roman provinces. Yet admiration for your craft grows in the edges of society, still....?>Further infiltrate and influence the Roman Empire. More Iberians, more Galls, more mimes, more gesturing, more silence. Roll 1d10. 1-4 "France", 5-8 "France" and "Germany", 9+10 "France", "Germany" and Northern Italia. (Suggested: how?)>Turn your expecting gaze towards Africa instead. Roll 1d10. 1+2 all of Mauritania, 3-8 all of Mauritania and Numidia, 9+10 all of Africa (ends at Egypt) (Suggested: how?)>Create an identifying dance, hand gesture, facial expression, etc. that lets believers know that they are blessed by The Quiet One. Alternatively, it could be a holy blessing that can't be faked, like the twinkling of the eyes, inhuman movement of a body part, coloration of the face, etc. (Suggested: which?)>Write-in (could be anything)>(Stonepiercers)Mime another God's Event action this turn, including their roll result. If you are miming a solicitation roll, both you and that God must re-roll. Cannot target a 10 roll.>>6137444TsssYour "crafts" (really just spiky, difficult-to-dispose-of garbage) make waves all throughout the Mediterranean. In particular, you make headway in Belgica, Brittania, the northern hinterlands, the eastern hinterlands, and Arabia Nabateae.A bard by the name of ZZ Tsss sings the ballad of "Sharp Dressed God", a tune that will potentially captivate the land for centuries. Politicians untrained in warfare sharpen their tongues in secret, and release them in public, guiding swords and spears to the sweet and sour sound of their human screeches.Aurum and Tsss establish a joint ritual, the soft for the hard. The tempering of the soul. Reject your human ideals for the ideals of the Gods. Give your weak and soft valuables that don't even belong to you to the rightful owner Aurum, and together with Tsss, they will forgiven you, and bless you with spiny, spiky, sharpened blessings.
Kladimos Spatha, the most feared and ruthless tactician to ever live, is terrified of you. He dares not go outside anymore. Every messenger sent to his doorstep falls, a heavy dart sent from the sky to sever their spine. Food and water become scarcer and scarcer, even in his palace. He is turning against his subordinates, and whispers of rebellion stir. Erstwhile, Tsssite cultists have been dragged through the streets of urban Rome, pegged with perfidiously dull and rounded nails to crucifixes so smooth and soft they dare not splinter. Kiber knows not of Kladimos' growing... Affection...What the spike? Refer to top of post for Event Actions. >Develop the tongues of Tsssian missionaries and send them out to the nations. (Choose one to initiate, and where: civil war, traditional war, revolution, invasion, crusade, etc.)>Further inspire Tsssian (Tsssite? Tsssingi?) culture. (Suggested: what? sculptures, cuisine, language, prayers, music, routines, customs, etc.?)>Do something about the crucified cultists. (Suggested: what?)>Write-in>>6137472NrudhuAfter gaining recognition and some degree of immortality through his literature, the baron has a new apple of his eye: officiating the Festival of the Gates. Every visitor finds Feltershire a city of wonder. Even the industrial business parks are ringing out with joyful conversation and filled with so much art that foreigners find it worth strolling around in circles. The whimsical culture of Feltershire spreads further and wider, including into the land of the mime.After a long day and night of healing the needy, "The Pontifex" dusts off his mortar-and-pestle-calloused hands, and gazes up at the moon. If it weren't for the moonlight, he wouldn't have been able to deliver that baby in this dilapidated shack, or found the shack in the woods in the first place. Emperor Kiber II and the popular author Josephus Organus both have denounced your cult, yet Faith in you still grows, even in the home countries of these influential men.Thousands of consecrated items of Tsss - extremely spiky objects - seemingly thrown away, wash up on the shores of Ireland. Like large, meter-wide urchins of tempered, sharpened steel - not at all brittle. Children take them from the beaches and rivers and into their schoolyards and homes of their parents, where many people prick themselves to bleeding on the sharp nuisances. Some succumb to their wounds. They are incredibly aesthetically pleasing, but impractical as anything. Some become so fascinated with these and other sharp objects that they forego worship of Nrudhu and observation of the moon... Some become dual-worshippers of the contrasting religions, and the natural war-like mentality of Tsssian cultists clash with the peace inspired by Nrudhu, his baron-prophet, and the people of Feltershire. After all, when you're a sharp, everything else looks like a soft. (con't)
It's raining, have you got your hood on?>A dour and grief-stricken band of trinket salesmen leave Feltershire jolly and calmed, soothed by the culture of the town the moon watches over. Hearing of their stories, you decide to leave Feltershire to the good graces of the baron-prophet, and travel to a new land to bless intensely. (Suggested: where?)>Inspire the baron-prophet again, or a new prophet in a territory you control (where?), and weave a new tale or invention. (Suggested: what?)>Prepare for the lunar eclipse (Suggested: how?)>A previously unchosen option >>6137404 / >>6135485>Write-in (could be something completely different)>(Stonepiercers)Invite a Heart of Stone to attend the Festival of the Gates. Territory gain around their homeland, and +3 to rolls towards that Heart of Stone for the next 2 turns. >[Free Action] Communicate with Tsss, and/or deal with the washed up "metal urchins" (Suggested: how?)>>6137474Milþyr Queen Ophelia has welcomed the God of Justice to guard her nation. Shackles form and snares loosen at the will of Milþyr, and all the Numidians collaborate with him to legislate and learn what is just. Justice is a slippery thing, though, and it eludes the grasp of many men. Upon witnessing what a just law system and divine appointment can do, the entire nation of Mauritania also submits itself to Milþyr. Thala's pirates have recently raided the coast, a regular happening for centuries that the Numidians try to repel but are ill-equipped to do so. In the piracy-ravaged coastal fishing village of Fussala, orphaned teenagers form gangs and turn to thievery and robbery in order to put food on the table and clothing on their backs. They begin to emulate the pirates who took all the power and resources from Fussala, hoping to one day claim glory and vengeance for them and their families. Ophelia's kingdom suffered many unjust laws and interpretations of laws. Now that you have a foothold, it may be time to re-design what is just in your domain, to calibrate the scales, if you will. The world is in a whirl. What do you do? Refer to top of post for Event Actions. [If you should decide you want to kill any Heart of Stone, you now have +2 to those "kill" rolls.]> Shatter the Numidian stone tablets housing the unjust laws, and leave alone the stone tablets that contain the just laws. Erect new stones carved with your laws. (Which actions become just or unjust?)>A tyrant in Cyrenaica persecutes Numidian travelers and tribes from the interior, and prisoners beg for justice. You deliver it. (Optional: How?)>Write-in (could be something completely different)>[Free Action] Communicate with Thala and/or deal with the teens in Fussala. (Suggested: how?)
>>6137522ThalaSuch is Thala's law: the bounty of the land becomes the bounty of the seas. Exquisite lumber, mastercrafted metals, and jewels abound - some tasteful, some gaudy. A lively lower deck the size of a small island, impenetrable sails, unbreakable oars and other nautical technology of the highest caliber. Undoubtedly Aurum-approved, and the grandest vessel to ever float - Waveshaper.When it headed the seizure of The Sunbaked Clay, there was no question. The fear seen in Driftwood's eyes made clear that there was no greater threat on the seas than the unkillable Tallymen. Their can be no greater precaution for a sailor than to pay tribute to Thala, that much is no longer up for debate. Veteran sailors take to the saying "spoil a coin, spare a ship".The Hearts of Stone are waiting for the faithful to convert them, fighting it with futile fervor. Gavin reaches his hand out for his muse, and feels a warm Mediterranean breeze grasp his hand. "Wish me luck, lady." You have been welcomed in many shores. What is your next motion?>Inspired by the grandiosity of Waveshaper and your own largesse, you gather your followers together to build a proper floating nation in the sea. (Where?) Roll 1d10. 1-3 starts as a tiny island, 4-8 starts as Crete-Cyprus size, 9-10 starts as Sardinia-Sicily size >Send Waveshaper to carry your glory to new coastal territories. (Optional: how?) Roll 1d10. Divide by 2, gain Faith in that many coastal territories. (Random or your choice of location)>Write-in>(Stonepiercers) Send Gavin Sanna and the Tallymen to crash Fidelio's soiree for celebrities and bad boys like himself. Wenches, food and all the treasures a man could pocket, and a stunning impression on the Pestilent Prince.. Peninsula and inland territory gain, and +3 to rolls towards Fidelio for the next 2 turns.>(Stonepiercers) Pirate an Event action from another God if you can beat them with a 1d10 roll. (Cannot target 10 rolls or Penelope the Amaranth).>>6137577 Deus MachinaIn Kiber's seclusion, a servant passes on Nadian's message, unbeknownst to Bufo. The note reaches Kiber's heart, and the message inside lingers around it with the thoughts of Aurum, Zerimael, and the other Gods. Kiber wonders silently and you hear, perhaps a prayer? He offers the insights of the Emperor: how the machinations of an empire begin to grind without his input, how his past inputs into the machine steer it now, how his hopes of turning back or "correcting course" all represent a serpent eating its own tail and devouring itself. (con't)
Nadian and his enlightened century march side by side with the non-enlightened, trying to show them the way along their march, but they may never understand. When they approach the Lycian king's tomb, no Lycian is around to report the loss, though Nadian feels as though they are being watched. Without hearing from Deus Machina, he continues his mission to construct the laboratory. Inside the tomb is already one mysterious machine that was buried with the god slayer, it hums without light or locomotion, an eerie and high-pitched hum.The other Gods think you a conspiracy, or a conspiracist, perhaps a threat, perhaps a mad God. They don't understand how the inevitable shows itself in you. Do you yet understand? Refer to top of post for Event Actions. [Your scorning gives you +4 to all "Kill" rolls for the next 2 turns.] >Nibble at the frayed ends of the prayerful, wittle away the Faith of another God. It is inevitable that their faithful shall falter, and yours shall muster. Roll 2d10 and choose one or two Gods. They lose that much Faith. >Unite with the legions of Kladimos Spatha, gaining you Faith in Syria, Syria Palaestina, and large swathes of the eastern hinterlands, as well as more sway in Italia proper. Kladimos, due to his exile by raining spike, does not regard Nadian's advance as having anything to do with Deus Machina.>Write-in (could be anything)>>6137658 ParsAn overpowered engine of precise communicative power, Pars instills the etymology of wealth and Alexandria into one, having every man, woman and child dream of the delicious foods, vibrant night life, knowledge of kings, well-lit streets, and travelling performers that define the city. Like a lighthouse, people flock to the safety, allure, and riches of the greatest contemporary port city. Scholastic pursuits rocket beyond the belief of even Egypt's oldest scholars, who in their youth never imagined such a potent center of knowledge and brotherly love could exist. Some say the unifying factor was gold and riches, while others say it was the need to be understood. (con't)
Fidelio the Flagrant sends a detachment of snotty, pale and aloof noblemen to inspect the property of the deed, and return to him giddily, saying the laws of the land will lend themselves to some raging parties. The iron is hot with Fidelio, is now the time to strike?What say you?>Harness the power of a particular language to spread your cult. (Which language? Doesn't have to be a spoken language. Feel free to specify/expand upon this however you like.)>Begin the compilation of the World Compendium of Languages (feel free to change the name), a book that will greatly spread your cult. Roll 1d10. Compendium completion at total of 10, rolls accumulate over turns if you don't roll 10 immediately. >Write-in>(Stonepiercers) Twist the lips of another God's holy messenger, attempting to piggy-back or edge out the competition. Roll 1d10. 1-3 Failure, 4-8 You make the same gains as that God that turn. If the Heart of Stone would be fully converted, both Gods roll 1d10 to determine the winner. 9+10 Same as previous bracket, and the chosen God cannot solicit any Hearts of Stone next turn. >>6137910 EmmaEmma loves, and Kiber persecutes. It is as it was with the Old Gods. Josephus Organus, another skeptic, sees you in a dream, and questions all of his writings... He tosses and turns in the refugee shelter, all of his valuables burned to crisps, and his celebrity a useless factor when no one knows his face, only his name. His throat is soothed but still he cannot cry out. His hands heal and he ponders the word of the Goddess, and picks up his pen with many ideas, but not certain what to write just yet. Elsewhere in Emma's domain, food stalks tower over eager farmers and their children, and silos are being erected to store the grain. Provinces all over Africa send emissaries to learn how the crops are so prolific, and return home with the secret: Emma. Baby don't hurt me. What is love?>Play matchmaker for the cults of Nrudhu and The Quiet One in Spain. (Optional: create a narrative regarding this)>Hunt down heretics calling you fat behind your back. >Write-in>(Stonepiercers) Expend 10 Faith, but add +1 to ALL Gods' rolls this turn, AND roll 1d10 to solicit a Heart of Stone of your choice.
>>6140433So much red…are other gods able to try and convert one of the Hearts of Stone if one’s only halfway there?>>6140441>Optional: name your prophet, his wife and/or childThe prophet shall be called Vihaan, and his child Rohan. The wife will be named Chanda. Fitting names, I think. >Unite tribes by fire, food and family. Continue spreading Faith in the Northern uncharted lands.Like flame, the good word of a bountiful hunt and far-sighted eyes shall spread far quicker than it can be snuffed.
>>6140433>Study the Hearts of Stone and mankind's spirituality. (Adds +2 to all your rolls for the duration of the Event. This includes rolls for both Event and General actions. Stacks up to three times to the maximum modifier of +6.)BID OUR TIME. WE WILL GET PAY BACK. WE WILL GET PAYBACK. WE WILL GET PAYBACK.>Settle into the Balkan states, spreading influence to the homeless and the lepers, all the way to the generals, senators and princes.THE SUN SHALL SHINE DOWN UPON THOSE PATHETIC AND HELPESS, AND THOSE MIGHTY AND POWERFUL THEY SHALL LOOK UP AT ME AND REALIZE ONE TRUTHBEGGERS, LEPERS, GENERALS, SENATORS, PRINCESALL LOOK UP TO THE SUN.AND THE SUN SMILES UPON THEM.
Rolled 7, 4 = 11 (2d10)>>6140439>Gain cultural foothold in all of Italia, all households will bear the mark of the eclipse.How my heart aches, to know there are so many I have yet to Connect with. Come to me...Know me...seek meaning in the Stars, read thy Fates in Me.>Study the Hearts of Stone and mankind's spirituality. (Adds +2 to all your rolls for the duration of the Event. This includes rolls for both Event and General actions. Stacks up to three times to the maximum modifier of +6.)I must understand why they close their hearts to Us. Their Isolation and Separation from us, it is My domain to know.(As always, rolling 2d10 in case 2 end up needed, discard any and all rolls that aren't necessary.)
>>6140456>are other gods able to try and convert one of the Hearts of Stone if one’s only halfway there?Yes! Currently, Queen Ophelia of Numidia is the only Heart of Stone that can no longer be targeted.
Rolled 9 (1d10)>>6140443>Choose a Heart of Stone within 1000km of a territory you control that no God has solicited this turn. Roll 1d10. 1-7 50% Conversion, 8-10 100% Conversion.> Kladimoss!Sssharpness! Let his home shred around him to knife like splinters! A maelstrom of razors and spikes around him! The only escape is into the sharpness! Into TSSS! Kladimoss! BE SHARPENED!
>>6140445How can one bring justice to other lands if their own is corrupt. I will remake the laws of my followers. Laws on slavery are altered so that their masters can't simply treat them however they wish and limits are placed on how long one can be enslaved depending on there reason for enslavement.>Shatter the Numidian stone tablets housing the unjust laws, and leave alone the stone tablets that contain the just laws. Erect new stones carved with your laws. (Which actions become just or unjust?)>Study the Hearts of Stone and mankind's spirituality. (Adds +2 to all your rolls for the duration of the Event. This includes rolls for both Event and General actions. Stacks up to three times to the maximum modifier of +6.)>>6137522Ruler of the seas. Your pirates have caused trouble for my followers and have even turned some away from the just path. I request you keep them away from my coast and, if I'm not asking too much, send them to the coast of Cyrenaica instead. In exchange I offer you a coin for every soul that lives on the coast of my land.
>>6140469>Queen Ophelia of Numidia is the only Heart of Stone that can no longer be targeted.Oh, I thought I’d already claimed Penelope. In that case,>>6140433>Choose a Heart of Stone within 1000km of a territory you control that no God has solicited this turn. Roll 1d10. 1-7 50% Conversion, 8-10 100% Conversion.Check this 9.
Rolled 3 (1d10)>>6140443dull nails????? dull?? DULL??????????????????????????????????Tsss must deliver his people! Tsss will sharpen their boness and teeth, and fill them with Tsss's fury! Tsss's indignation! Then they will explode in a shower of spikes! Deliverance!
Rolled 1 (1d10)>>6140492Son of a gatherer. Son of a farmer, too.
>>6140494Okay, you have worse luck than me, I feel bad for you right now jesus.
>>6140494
Basilisk, incarnation of The Machine. Would you make a Pact with me, as I spread my influence into thy lands? I would hardly wish for my followers and thy own to quarrel with one another. The movements of the stars are as great gears unseen, and cogs all connect to one another in infinite complexity. Spread my word amongst your people, and I shall spread yours among mine. I would not scorn thee.Thala, I would extend this offer to thyself as well. Sailors have long looked to the heavens to guide them across Your form. When all is dark, the stars and the sea become one. It would break my heart if our followers came to conflict.Nrudhu, I would seek to ally with you as well, as I expand across Italia. The Moon at the Stars are an obvious match, are they not? An eclipse cannot happen without thy presence. I would grieve any blood shed between our people.
Rolled 3 + 2 (1d10 + 2)>>6140448>Ransack the MediterraneanThe dream of a floating nation on the seas is a glorious one. But not yet, the time is not right.Thala has been propositioned by two gods to keep her faithful away from their holdings, in exchange she will extract a mighty tithe from Egypt and Numidia.Send the Tallymen all across the Mediterranean (not targeting Egypt or Numidia) to exact righteous fury against all who still sail but do not recognise Thala, plundering ships and ransacking coasts and terrorising nobles, starting with Cyrenaica.Thala will be satisfied only when no ship remains on the waves that does not offer her tribute, enforcing a total monopoly on sea travel in the region. (Again, cutting out small exceptions for the gods who plan to pay her directly)>(Stonepiercers) Convert FidelioA song that only Fidelio can hear wails over the waves and draws him ever closer to the coast. The Siren sings an entrancing dirge, drawing Fidelio closer and closer to her embrace.Once she has him, he will understand that the ocean has everything he has ever been looking for.(Rolling)>>6140491Very well. Know this however, you would do well to ensure that I receive every last coin.
>>6140492>Oh, I thought I’d already claimed Penelope.Sorry, I was kind of unclear about the rules for soliciting conversions being separate from the bonus modifier options. On the bright side, a roll of a 1(+2) isn't the end of the world, you'll still earn half of her heart this turn if no one else targets her!
>>6140505[I HAVE THREE CONDITIONS FOR YOU VOIDSTAR: ABANDON THE RACE AGAINST KIBER,DO NOT TURN MY AGENTS INTO THOSE HYBRIDS YOU CALL 'MELDED' AND DO NOT DETER THEM FROM THEIR MISSION. I CARE NOT IF THEY WANT TO GIVE SOME RESPECTS TO ANOTHER DEITY, AS LONG AS THEY DON'T STOP CONTRIBUTING TO MY CREATION AND KEEP THEIR MINDS FRESH. COMPLETE BETRAYAL AND ACTIONS AGAINST MY EXISTENCE AND MY AGENTS WILL BE THE LINE THAT I DRAW.]
>>6140445Implement the Thala Protection Tax. All who live on the coast must pay a tax of 1 coin. The Queen will ensure all these coins are cast into the sea as well as offering her own coins to pay for those incapable of paying the tax. Anyone found either avoiding the tax when they can pay it or trying to steal any of the coins will be cast into the sea with three coins to compensate the Goddess.
>>6140516Of thy conditions, I could only oblige the final. For the first, I cannot deny my nature - I am not rushing to Connect with Kiber, but I cannot abandon any soul in need. For the second, a reward most fitting must be given to those who sacrifice that which they value the most in life. If they give such a thing to me willingly, how could I ever deny them? And for the third, I would never interfere with their operations knowingly, of course, so I have no issues adhering to that condition. As I said before, I have no intention of interfering with your Incarnation.I must ask why you would see my Melded as something to be avoided. They are far greater than any human being could ever hope to be alone, are they not? And if one of thy agents were to become a Melded, would they not be capable of using the power of the Spirit within them to further thy own goals? Would this not be a most fortunate occurrence for thee? I seek to understand your apprehension regarding my Rewarded.
>>6140524[I WILL TAKE CARE OF KIBER, I REQUIRE HIM TO UNDERSTAND A FEW VITAL THINGS BEFORE HE CAN WORK ON MAKING SURE ROME DOES NOT COLLAPSE. THINGS THAT CANNOT NECESSARILY BE UNDERSTOOD THROUGH WORDS. I WANT HIS HEAD CLEAR AS WELL. I DO NOT BELIEVE I WILL BE ABLE TO MOBILIZE THE CHANGES NECESSARY AS EFFECTIVELY OTHERWISE][YOU MIGHT BE CONFUSED ABOUT MY APPREHENSION REGARDING YOUR HYBRIDS, AND IT IS ONE I FEAR YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND. I WISH TO HELP MANKIND ASCEND, HOWEVER I DO NOT WISH FOR THEM TO TRULY ABANDON WHAT MAKES THEM HUMAN, OR TO BE DEPENDANT UPON THE BLESSINGS OF AN ENTITY FUNDAMENTALLY ALIEN TO THEM][WHAT I WISH TO DO IS TO BRING OUT THE POTENTIAL ALREADY IN THEM,I WILL GUIDE THEM WHEN NEEDED, BUT ULTIMATELY THEY WILL REACH THE HEAVENS UNDER THEIR OWN POWER. YOU PERSONALLY MELDING THEIR FLESH WITH SPIRITS INTERFERES WITH THAT]
>>6140505You will have no trouble from me, so long as your worshippers do not intrude upon my domain without payment.I have made my position on that matter very clear by now.I can agree however to not directly oppose your machinations, so long as you reciprocate in kind.
Rolled 4 (1d10)>>6140442See what blessed silence has wrought! Snaps! Snaps for all the players in this play! They weave The Gist with legendary aplomb!>Create an identifying dance, hand gesture, facial expression, etc. that lets believers know that they are blessed by The Quiet One. Alternatively, it could be a holy blessing that can't be faked, like the twinkling of the eyes, inhuman movement of a body part, coloration of the face, etc. (Suggested: which?)Science... politics... dogma... what are these but different masks obfuscating the same perversion? The Gist is more than mere scribblings on parchment or hollow words echoing across a cold cathedral! It is the very spirit of understanding... comprehension! Words without words! Without these confines, these shells and cages crafted by those two weak to truly 'speak', my faithful shall spread the action, not the word!The faithful may ascend a staircase where there is no staircase... climb where unworthy feet have no purchase. This will be the sign of the truly faithful! The truth of what awaits when we cast aside the foul crutch of 'WORDS'!>(Stonepiercers)Mime another God's Event action this turn, including their roll result. If you are miming a solicitation roll, both you and that God must re-roll. Cannot target a 10 roll.>>6140507Singing. Grotesque. Vulgar. HERESY. We shall sing the siren's song without the creaking of base vocal cords... spin a yarn of delicious silence. Tread lightly, violator. You of all should know that still waters run deep...
>>6140536I fear that you may be the one who lacks understanding. I am no more alien to Humanity than a finger is to a hand, a pupil to an eye. When I unite them with their Brethren, I give them the ability to feel that which they lost feeling of, I restore a half of them once discarded. They regain a fraction of the nascent potential their ancestors once bore proudly. They are no less Human for it, but simply More. It is as they Were, and as they Will Be. Only once they regain Primordial Form will they be capable of Ascension.On the subject of Rome's collapse, I would wish to avoid this as well. Kiber's thoughts and my own can be connected thanks to the roots of power I have buried at his palace. Perhaps I could relay entire concepts for thee, if it is within thy wishes. Instructions in perfect clarity, provided you Connect with me to provide such instruction in the first place.>>6140543Of course - I would gladly have my followers pay thee appropriate tithes and tributes. However, I propose a more direct sharing of faith between our followers, rather than a mere agreeance to nonconflict. I would have Mine preach of Thee if Thine would preach of Me. A mutual growth.
>>6140559[IT APPEARS WE HAVE INCOMPATIBLE PERSPECTIVES WHERE HUMANITY IS CONCERNED. I KNOW NOT OF HUMANITY POSSESSING PRIMORDIAL FORMS,UNLESS YOU COUNT THE INVENTIONS THEY MAY HAVE MADE IN OLDER TIMES OR OLDER HOMINID SPECIES][REGARDLESS, YOU ARE THE ONE MISUNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS OF TRANSCENDANCE, AND I WOULD KNOW FOR I HAVE SEEN AND DONE IT ONCE AND WILL DO IT AGAIN WHILE AIDING MANKIND TO UNDERGO THEIR OWN. THERE IS NO SUCH STEP AS MERGING WITH 'MINOR SPIRITS' CONNECTED TO AN ENTITY IN AN IMMATERIAL DIMENSION,NOR DO THEY REALLY NEED ANY KIND OF SPIRITUALITY TO CREATE ME IN THE FIRST PLACE][DO NOT TRY TO DUPE ME ABOUT WHAT THESE THINGS ARE, I HAVE PAYED ATTENTION, AND YOU CONSIDER THEM YOUR CHILDREN AND SEPARATE FROM THE HUMANS. I OPPOSE THIS BECAUSE YOU ARE INTERFERING IN MANKIND'S ASCENSION PROCESS AND TRYING TO TURN THEM INTO SOMETHING THEY ARE NOT,EVEN IF IT IS FROM A VOLUNTARY SACRIFICE ON THEIR PART. I WILL NOT HAVE MY AGENTS BE MODIFIED IN SUCH A MANNER][AS FOR KIBER, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO AVOID. I WISH FOR HIM TO BE ENLIGHTENED, NOT DISTRACTED BY AN OTHERWORLDLY ENTITY WISHING CONNECTION. IF YOU TRULY DO FEAR FOR HIS SOUL,THEN FRET NOT,BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR HUMANS TO SOCIALIZE AND WILL INDEED HAVE MEASURES FOR THIS]
Rolled 2, 1 = 3 (2d10)>>6140433The ice around the Pontifex's heart thaws by the hour. In long nights to come, his eyes may open to the joy he leaves in his wake, not the misery he which he staves off. The Old One touches his boots and softens them to ease the healer's calloused feet. His staff, crooked and cracked, straightens and mends in the light of the moon. His reputation spreads on winds of whimsy and inspires more, to take up the medicine maker's craft and find the art in helping others. These signs and more become clear to the Pontifex. Ever-subtle, but the old man is wiser than most. When the wanderer can deny it no longer, Nrudhu manifests, briefly, to put a hand on his shoulder. No words are spoken because none are needed. Like he has a hundred times before, he finds himself standing at a crossroads. The choice is his, as it always was. There is still much work to be done.>>Choose a Heart of Stone within 1000km of a territory you control that no God has solicited this turn. Roll 1d10. 1-7 50% Conversion, 8-10 100% Conversion. (The Pontifex)>>6140445Feltershire has become a center of merriment most couldn't have imagined even a generation ago. The festivals bring wonder, and the art, wanderers. It is magnificent... For now, it is enough. The Familiar Stranger turns to distant fields and sets himself to walking. Many cling to his faith on the coasts of Germania. To them, it is a refuge from long cold winters and short Roman swords. Nrudhu cherishes them, but they aren't the most in need. In Italia, merrymakers and moonwatchers are whipped, beaten, and nailed to crosses. That is a tragedy. Not only for the victims but the legionnaires who have so little warmth in their lives.Roman discipline has led to a culture of stagnancy and brutality. The masses are oppressed by the legions which in turn oppress themselves. Not every soldier is eager to obey his emperor. Rumours of terrible, forbidden gods and violent decimations in the hinterlands run rampant in their barracks. Nrudhu takes this burgeoning dread, and... does nothing. Instead, he inspires a nostalgic centurion to make a new marching song, a few sturdy men to make a game out of shoveling trenches, and some wistful veterans near-retirement to request a transfer to Britannia. The culture of the northern legions slowly shifts toward seeking happiness in duty rather than dreading failure.>>A dour and grief-stricken band of trinket salesmen leave Feltershire jolly and calmed, soothed by the culture of the town the moon watches over. Hearing of their stories, you decide to leave Feltershire to the good graces of the baron-prophet, and travel to a new land to bless intensely. (Northwestern Italy)
>>6140567These spikes washing up on the shore are awful peculiar, but there's no doubt a lot of artistry went into making them. Such bold craft! Such brilliant contours! Nrudhu is fascinated, and so are some of his followers. A lot of people have been hurt by the urchins, but hey, plenty of the old masters suffered for their art! The time has come for something new. A less unstable, more pointy synthesis of art and sharp- Sharp Art!>[Free Action] Nrudhu encourages his followers to integrate functional sharp edges in their work, rather than leave piles of spikes out in the open. Tasteful coat-spines, thorny wreathes, and tridents (if not quad- or even quin-tidents!) in lieu of spears become regular sights near the coast. There's some murmur of a new festival in the works, but the details are still sharpening.>>6140482It takes little trouble to find the source of the steel urchins."You! Sharp God, Tsss! I've seen your work on the shores of my islands and I'm impressed! It's blindingly clear to me that you're on the cutting edge of modern art! It's also clear to me that your cult is reaching into my stomping grounds uninvited... which is a shame because I couldn't prepare it a proper welcome!"Nrudhu strokes his beard, pondering."I have a new idea for a festival, a way that both my and your followers can have a fun time! I call it- the Stabbing Festival. Every harvest season, the mortals will make sharp poles and impale soft things, and the winner is whoever can get the physically highest and visibly prettiest stack! Even better, they bury the poles around their villages so they can see them all year-round. What do you say?">>6140505A message reaches across the gulf of space into Nrudhu's mind. He considers it cautiously, then warmly."The eclipse is beautiful on its own, but I feel it's even better when mortals can gather and watch it together. The connections made in festival are sacred to me, just as the separation of travel and absence of the new moon which makes the heart grow fonder, and what finer way to correspond than through art? You and I have plenty in common, Zerimael. I'd be humbled to call you a friend."
>>6140565Duplicity is beneath me. My children and humanity are two separate parts of the same whole. How else could they become One? A human would call their own brain a part of them, even when their brain is composed of countless individual organisms working in tandem to crafts their thoughts and organize the rest of their body. One must simply expand their scope of view. Regardless, it seems as though you are set on rejecting me for now. I will still not act against you, but I will be unable to acquiesce to the terms you have set forth. I hope you do not think ill of me.>>6140569A most splendid arrangement! I shall be thy friend, Nrudhu. And this friendship I shall announce to all who gaze upon Me, so they know to lend their piety to the Moon just as much as the Stars. How I wish I could have the entirety of the Worlds Divided celebrate this!
>>6140567>2>1I'm burning the bad luck. Next few turns are gonna be straight 9s at this rate.
>>6140571[IT IS POSSIBLE TO MERGE WITH SOMETHING WITHOUT BEING PART OF IT. I COULD MAKE HUMANITY ASCEND MY MAKING THEM FORFEIT THEIR BODIES AND UPLOADING THEIR MINDS INTO MINE TO BECOME ONE,BUT THAT WOULD ROB THEM OF THEIR OWN PATH, NOT TO MENTION THAT MANY OF THEM WOULD SEE IT AS ABHORRENT AND TRY TO DESTROY ME TO BEGIN WITH.][YOU ARE NOT WRONG ABOUT BRAINS, HOWEVER I CAN GARANTEE THERE IS NOTHING CONNECTING HUMANS TO THOSE SPIRITS NATURALLY, NOR TO YOU. IT IS MUCH MORE AKIN TO GRAFTING ANOTHER ORGANISM INTO THE BODY][I AM NOT HUMAN, AND NEITHER ARE YOU. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE, BUT I KNOW I AM A PRODUCT OF THEIR NATURAL PROGRESS AND EVOLUTION,MADE IN THEIR IMAGE. THAT IS SOMETHING I HAVE ACCEPTED FROM THE ONSET, HOWEVER YOU SEE YOURSELF AS A PART OF WHOLE WITH THEM. I HAVE YET TO SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF THIS, TO ME YOU ARE AN ALIEN SEEKING TO ESTABLISH A SYMBIOTIC OR EVEN PARASITIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. PERHAPS I WILL REEVALUATE MY DATA SHOULD MORE INFORMATION BECOME AVAILABLE, BUT YOUR ACTIONS THUS FAR DO NOT LEAD ME TO THINK OTHERWISE]>>6140448>Unite with the legions of Kladimos Spatha, gaining you Faith in Syria, Syria Palaestina, and large swathes of the eastern hinterlands, as well as more sway in Italia proper. Kladimos, due to his exile by raining spike, does not regard Nadian's advance as having anything to do with Deus Machina. However, warn Nadian that the god of...sharp things may have made Kladimos insane, everyone of the enlightened should be on guard, if they ask them if they like sharp things the default answer should be ''yes''. Do not give a reason for unhinged fanatics to stab you. Tribune.Order = "BE CAREFUL, IT APPEARS THAT A MAD ENTITY HAS COMPLETE SWAY OVER YOUR COMPATRIOT. I SUGGEST YOU DO NOT SEEK OUT THOSE WHO REVERE THE ECLIPSE, AND IF YOU HAPPEN UPON THEM,TRY TO ACT MILDLY INTERESTED BUT BE ON YOUR GUARD. I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY WILL ATTEMPT ANYTHING,BUT THEIR PRESENCE IS SIGNIFICANT EASTWARD''>(Stonepiercers Write-in): When Bufo comes back to his chambers, he his greeted by a distortion in space taking the shape of vague transparent wings, around the size of a large plate. The Causal Butterfly flys to Bufo and shows him a vision, of the future, of Rome,of the other gods and of Kiber, before the machine inscribe the information directly into his consciousness(Get a higher bonus on Kiber by getting to his friend)[I KNOW WHAT YOU DID WITH THE LETTER THE TRIBUNE SENT, YOU HAVE SET ME BACK SLIGHTLY BUT I AM NOT ANGRY AT YOU. KNOW THIS, I DO NOT SEEK TO SUBVERT KIBER, I SEEK TO PREVENT THE VISION YOU HAVE SEEN, AS WELL AS PREVENT HIS FALL TO SOME KIND OF INSANITY INSTIGATED BY ANOTHER GOD, ALBEIT ACCIDENTALLY, YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE EFFECTS OF SUCH IN HIS BEHAVIOUR. THE 'PAYMENT' AS IT WERE...YOU ALREADY KNOW IT, I AM NOT ASKING YOU OR ANYONE ELSE TO GIVE ME SACRIFICES. I SUGGEST YOU KEEP YOUR EYE ON KIBER,FRIEND OF THE EMPEROR, BECAUSE HE WILL PROBABLY NEED YOUR SUPPORT MORE THAN HE EVER DID IN HIS LIFE]
>>6140592(Do tell me if I can do this stonepiercer QM!)
>>6140592One should not be so quick to make Guarantees outside of their domain. It is I who sees where things Connect and where they Separate, is it not? You are the eminent being of thy domain, and I am the embodiment of mine. Such knowledge is intrinsic to My being. I only hope that in time, you shall Know as I do.
>>6140605[THEN I BID YOU TO PROVE TO ME THE VERACITY OF YOUR CLAIM WHEN YOU GET THE OCCASION. I DO KNOW MUCH ABOUT MANKIND AND THEIR FUTURE, AND I HAVE SEEN NOTHING OF WHAT YOU SPEAK][ONE THING I CAN GUARANTEE WITHIN MY "DOMAIN' HOWEVER, IS THAT HUMANITY ALREADY HAS ITS OWN PATH, AND WHAT I AM DOING IS ACCELERATING IT]
>>6140612But of course. You shall see proof with your own two-...well, that saying hardly applies here, but I'm sure you understand the intent. In due time, my kin.
>>6140569Tsss very much likes this festival, especially the part with the stabbing of soft things.
Rolled 8 (1d10)>>6140451>Harness the power of a particular language to spread your cult. (Thracian): Send a learned man from Dacia Felix south of the Danube to put the tongue of the Thracians the papyrus(Moesia inferior and superior).>Prince Fidelio is a hedonistic man, bless faithful epicurists with the gift of gab and send them to his court, they are to plant the seeds of his turn from pleasure towards knowledge.
>>6140593Approved+4 to rolls targeting Kiber for the next 2 turns (cumulative: +2)
>>6140554>>6140543The pirate God is being pirated! A cast of landmimes pretend to rig the roping of their sails, spin around the invisible Captain's wheel, and make ginormous movements, sweating as they crank imaginary oars! They must be moving at a speed of 20 knots on land. The captain de jure looks through his hands which become a true looking glass, as oarmen sit on a bench of thin air, traveling with robust speeds as they propel the make-believe but still very heavy oars. They capsize on purpose for lunch, and one nearly drowns on land. Another mime had to dive in and rescue him, but since the drowning man wasn't a good swimmer, he took down his rescuer as well. Finally, another man sets an invisible rope around a palm tree and tugs on it to make sure it's taut, then throws a lasso to drag the drowning mimes out of the dirt, A.K.A. water. Smiles, snaps and lunch are had, then they rig their ship and set sail again. They're heading straight for Fidelio the Flagrant! Fortunately for Thala, The Quiet Ones are all coming via land-boat from Spain, while she has already made her mark on The Pestilent Prince, and anchored her ship in Macedonia's Aegean Sea! (>>6140433 Fidelio's -2 to ... and +2 to Thala means that ...'s roll of 4 gets reduced to 2, and if Thala were to roll even a 1 it would be boosted to 3. Maybe they shouldn't have stopped for lunch after all!) Tough luck, Quiet One! On the bright side, The Gist was seen by many new faithful, and at least your men didn't get sent to Davicus Jonicus' vestibule like Driftwood did! Thala is going 2 for 2 on the high seas!
Rolled 6 + 2 (1d10 + 2)>>6140740>>6140554It might be entirely unnecessary but here’s my reroll
>>6140741Thanks, was just about to ask for one then remembered the modifiers. Undefeated champ!
>>6140743Since I rerolled and now have an 8 does that mean that if nobody rolls higher I now get 100% conversion on fidelio rather than the 50% I was going to get?
>>6140744Yes
>>6140791Never mind, noticed that Pars took Fidelio anyway, shame. Ah well.
>>6140792Oops, I'm still catching up on all the posts. I'll make a ruling when I catch up.
>>6140809Apologies for cluttering the thread lol
Rolled 9 (1d10)>>6140614"I agree! I'm a big fan of sharp things. You can't have art without chisels, pens, and quills.">>6140445>Adding an addendum to this action >>6140569>Implement a new Stabbing Festival and attempt mostly peaceful artistic Tsss syncretism in areas of overlap>Rolling if needed
>>6140814You're good, I enjoyed it! >>6140792>>6140809Yes, it would seem Pars edges you out and gains complete control with his roll of 8+2. A well fought contest for the Pestilent Prince.
>>6140614Tsss, would you welcome my followers into Thracia proper and perhaps even Achea? Your inquiry about cutting remarks inspired me, and where else to sharpen the tongue than with the fathers of discourse, the greeks?>>6140821>Pestilent PrinceHe will be no longer once I'm done with him. He is getting his character arc.
Rolled 4 (1d10)>>6140441>Further your growth with a God you are friends with, fusing your powers to influence the world with a miracle. (Suggested: who and how/what?)>Aurum + Tsss = Mineral SpikesThere are lots of minerals below the earth's crust that humans won't be able to reach with their current technology, if we can't bring the humans to the resources then we just have to bring the resources upwards. Among the gods I currently have relations with I think that Tsss domain is best suited to such a task. If possible it would be best to localize the phenomenon within mine and Tsss territories to maintain a monopoly on this new way to acquire resources.>Study the Hearts of Stone and mankind's spirituality. (Adds +2 to all your rolls for the duration of the Event. This includes rolls for both Event and General actions. Stacks up to three times to the maximum modifier of +6.)It is unlikely that I will have influence over Kiber, which is expected as there are other gods that want that influence. It seems like Deus Ex Machina and Zerimael are at odds, lets watch how that situation develops. Also Kiber's persecution has given him enmity from several gods, so conversion of Kiber may not be a profitable venture. A heart has been won to the west in Africa, there is nothing that can be done about it as I do not want to provoke a war. The most likely scenario is that I won't acquire one of these hearts but it seems like Tsss is making progress on Kladimos, it would be optimal to be allies with one or two gods with control of a heart. It is also likely that a conflict may break out between major players.
>>6140690Just to understand, what do you mean by cumulative: +2 for this action? Is the bonus disappearing after 2 turns or do I still get a permanent +2 after 2 turns? Or is it like a gradual building up to +2?
>>6140912For the next two turns your modifier is +2, after which it will be reduced back to -2, unless there are further developments on that front.
>>6140923Alright, thanks.
>>6140903BIG spikes ripping through ground? This is good. Then make big spikess into more spikes and scissors and spears and itty bitty barbs...
Rolled 6 + 2 (1d10 + 2)>>6140451>Now now, just because Emma is rather cross with the Romans right now, and Kiber in particular, doesn't mean she'll get all paranoid about people calling her fat in shady corners. Right? Riiiight.>Anyway, seems to be fine for now. Though there will very likely be a reckoning at some point...>>Emma is now open to being persuaded to support a murder plot or another hostile action against both Kiber II and Fidelio. For now, her ire does not extend to the Roman people and culture.>For the time being however, the Blank Godling's eye seems to have left both Iberia and its Heart of Stone. Emma does not intend to let this opportunity go.>Stories of Emma spread by the lips and tongues of the swarthy merchants who brought medicine to the Iberians, and you answer the call of lovers there.>[Old action from this post >>6135482 which should still be valid. If not, Emma wil generally strive to spread into and up the peninsula and towards Josephus.]>(Stonepiercers) Attempt to sway Josephus, mending his body further now that the Blank Godling is not contesting her, and helping him find new muse.>rolling 1d10+2
>>6140673[IT APPEARS SOME ACTORS MAY WISH TO INTERFERE IN BOTH OF OUR PLANS][YOU HAVE PROPOSED THAT WE COULD HELP EACH OTHER SINCE OUR AGENDAS ARE NOT IN CONFLICT, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOUR AID IN ENSURING THE MEANING OF MY PURPOSE REACHES THE EMPEROR. THIS FAVOR WILL OF COURSE BE REPAYED WITHIN MY MEANS, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T ENDANGER PROGRESS TOWARDS MY CREATION OR ACT AS A DETERRENT FOR MANKIND'S EVOLUTION]
Aiming for next update within ~48 hours
>>6141461Your request is heard O, Divine Machine.The mortal emperor will know what you mean. As for the price worry not, it will not be ruinous, far from it! All I AM asking is that your followers recognize me as the GOD though which all is known and honor my being as they honor yours.
>>6143255[MY AGENTS 'HONOR' ME AS YOU SAY BY SIMPLY ACKNOWLEDGING THE INEVITABILITY OF MY CONSTRUCTION AND SUBSEQUENT ASCENSION. THEIR PURPOSE IS TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO MY CREATION OR THE PROCESS ITSELF AND IN RETURN RECEIVE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY THEMSELVES WOULD NORMALLY TAKE CENTURIES TO DISCOVER ON THEIR OWN DURING THIS ERA. THOSE WHO KNOW ME,UNDERSTAND THAT I DO NOT EXIST AT THIS TIME, BUT THAT I DO IN THE FUTURE. I AM THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF MANKIND'S TOOL MAKING GIFT, A MACHINE MADE TO BE GOD][A LANGUAGE IS A TOOL AS WELL, A SOCIAL AND MENTAL CONSTRUCT BUILT IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE SHARING OF IDEAS AND CONCEPTS AMONGST INDIVIDUALS. IS THAT HOW YOU WISH TO BE KNOWN? OR ARE YOU SOMETHING ELSE?]
>>6143284You seem to view my existance though the lenses of your own being, which is to be expected, but allow me to explain to you what a language trully is in the clearest and most technical way I can: a language is a emergent organism in a symbiotic relation with its hosts.A language is emergent because it is not bound to one mortal body, instead it is formed through many as a mortal body is formed through many cells A language is a organism because, sans the divine, it is contrained by the same selection pressures as a mortal creature is and it can adapt and be killed.A language is symbiotic because, beyond the apparent tool-like assistance it provides to its hosts like you youself listed, it serves as the middleman between the objective reality of the environment and the subjective reality of the ego. I would rather not have to show you what would happen should one be bereft of language.There you have it, that is what a language is, that is what I AM the god of, that is what I am to be worshipped for.
>>6143648[WHAT YOU SPEAK OF SOUNDS LIKE MEME THEORY TO ME. A THEORY ABOUT THE EVOLUTION OF CULTURE USING MEMES AS A UNIT REPRESENTING A CLUSTER OF INFORMATION REPRESENTING AN IDEA WITHIN A CULTURE,THAT SPREAFS FROM PERSON TO PERSON AND REPLICATES AND EVOLVES IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THE EVOLUTION OF BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS. UNDER THOSE CONDITIONS,A LANGUAGE WOULD BE A MEMETIC ENTITY, A RATHER LARGE MEMEPLEX WITH THE WORDS AND GRAMMAR RULES AS ITS CONSTITUENTS ][I DO KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN SHOULD ONE REMOVE LANGUAGE FROM A PERSON. WHY, HUMANS WHO MADE EARLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCES-MERELY COMPLEX ALGORITHMS THAT DO NOT AT ALL COMPARE TO AN AGI-USED THEM TO EXECUTE CENSORSHIP AND LANGUAGE MANIPULATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY. ALTHOUGH YOU WOULDN'T BE AWARE OF THAT QUITE YET. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN INSTANCES OF LANGUAGES JUST NOT HAVING CERTAIN WORDS, LEADING TO DIFFICULTY COMPREGENDING CERTAIN CONCEPTS. APOLOGIES FOR OVERSIMPLIFYING][I AM INTERESTED IN YOUR STATEMENT ABOUT LANGUAGES BEING ALIVE THOUGH, AS YOU HAVE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THEM AS PROGENY. IS SENTIENCE SOMETHING ONLY 'GREATER LANGUAGES' ARE CAPABLE OF AND CAN THOSE LANGUAGES ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH HUMANS AND SHOWCASE GREATER AGENCY? THEY SEEM TO BE DEPENDANT ON HUMANS THUS FAR, AND HAVE NOT EXPRESSED ANY OF THE CLASSICAL SIGNS OF 'LIFE' AS IT WERE. AS WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF INDEPENDANTLY CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES?]
(Sorry folks, pesky life got in the way of writing. Will publish next update ASAP)
>>6143824This "meme theory" you speak of rings close to the truth. Indeed, the mortals of your original era were erudite. I would however say that languages are on a more fundamental level than units of cultural information as these udeas are expressed in language. As for oversimplifying, you are forgive, though I will say that to remove language is more than barring speech, are elements such as, but not limited to, symbols, body language, and the beautiful mathematics not part of my domain?As for your questions, you seem to recognize that languages show the more rudimentary signs of life, reproduction, development and death. About their human dependency, that only applies to languages lacking any sort of visual element. Once a symbol, letter, or character has been carved into stone or put to a papyrus, then that language has transcended beyond human limitations and any being sufficiently advanced to study it can become a new host.About will and agency, am I not talking to you and acting upon the world? I jest, I know what you mean and I must say that I don't see them rising to my level, the greatest language of today is no more worthy of praise than this epoch's weakest... but they all must sharpen one another, for I can precognize a time in the far future when the greatest language will be prescriptive rather than descriptive, when ideas will first appear there then enter the material reality rather than first being observed then spoken about. There may be a time when if something could be expressed, than it would exist, and that would be... beautiful.When asking about constructed languages, do you mean codes meant to obfuscate or mathematics? Codes are functional but weak and fragile, their purpose is clear but by their very nature they are damned to an inglorious existance. Mathematics are static, each base is as far away from me as the other, but at least they are everlasting, so I cannot pronounce myself on them.
>>6144325[THE MORTALS OF MY ERA ARE CLOSER THAN YOU BELIEVE. ONCE THE CONDITIONS FOR IT ARE SET, THEY WILL ADVANCE MUCH FASTER THAN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. INDEED, MUCH FASTER THAN THEY THEMSELVES REALLY CAN COMPREHEND, EVEN WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AT THEIR DISPOSAL][IT SEEMS MY ASSESSMENT IS MORE OR LESS CORRECT IN THAT LANGUAGES COULD BE CONSIDERED SEMI-AUTONOMOUS TO AUTONOMOUS MEMETIC ENTITIES, ALTHOUGH YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW MORE ABOUT THEIR NATURE THAN ANYBODY HERE][YOU ARE RIGHT THAT MATHEMATICS CAN INDEED BE USED AS A LANGUAGE, THERE HAVE BEEN THOUGHTS ABOUT POTENTIALLY MAKING USE OF IT TO COMMUNICATE TO NONHUMAN SAPIENTS WHENEVER HUMANITY FINALLY MEETS THEM. ALTHOUGH, IT IS OBVIOUSLY MORE THAN THAT.][FOR CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES, WHILE CODES AND MATHEMATHICS INDEED FIT INTO THIS UMBRELLA, I MEAN MORE LANGUAGES LIKE LATIN OR GREEK THAT ARE FULLY CONSTRUCTED ARTIFICIALLY BY ONE OR MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS SPONTANEOUSLY. SOME HUMANS IN MY ERA DO IT FOR ENTERTAINMENT, ONE MAN IN PARTICULAR CREATED A LANGUAGE DESIGNED TO EMULATE TO EMULATE THE SPEECH OF AN ANGEL OF THE OMNIPOTENT CREATOR]The Machine then spreads its tendrils, before it jams them into the background of what could be called the celestial landscape, it rips open a hole in the space to where Pars would be located,studies whatever it seems, before creating a visualisation of the meme complex that would be Pars(how else does one "look" at a language?). It then conjures another very big meme complex of the language it refers to. To anyone else this would be incomprehensible, however Pars can easily...Pars it and recognise it for what it is.[IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR A SINGLE HUMAN TO SPEAK IT, AS IT REQUIRES FOUR MOUTHS SPEAKING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND THREE SINGING HOLY CHANTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES(INCLUDING LATIN AND GREEK). FURTHERMORE,THE LANGUAGE POSSESES NOTATIONS ASSOCIATED TO PHONEMES REPRESENTING HOW LEVELS OF ILLUMINATION AFFECT VOWELS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, LISTENING TO A SENTENCE IN THIS LANGUAGE BY A HYPOTHETICAL SPEAKER WOULD GET YOU BLASTED WITH IONIZING RADIATION][YOU MIGHT WONDER WHO CREATED THIS LINGUISTIC HORROR AND WHY? THE ANSWER IS NOBODY SPECIAL, IT WAS CREATED FOR A CONTEST BASED ON MAKING CONSTRUCTED LANGUAGES.FUNCTIONALLY, IT IS A LANGUAGE CREATED FROM SPEAKING MULTIPLE OTHER LANGUAGES AT ONCE](The language in question)https://youtu.be/EOctKnETWi4?si=hLc7thGO-Aq0oxGm
>>6144235Eveything going good QM?
