Actually, now that you mention a lightsaber...

Lightsabers... I'd cut my arm off with one.

None of us are strong with the force, except possibly Tyche and Ruse. :P

We actually have a Jedi-god over at Fantasia.

Speaking of Fantasia..

"Malic'ki, god of Evil, Dark Arts, and Hell"

Talk about overkill!

Speaking of Fantasia once again..

How's it going?

Hey Nat. <3

Well as for Malic'Ki, he was intended by the player to eventually become the "Saragh" of Fantasia. However, Morik is sort of drawing back his energy from RPOL, so the god of evil has been put ino stasis and his realm made into a dead realm. It's still a nasty place full of trolls, goblins, undead, and demons though...and a few paladins and what have you of course.

As for Fantasia, the game is still active (less than Dust which is the dominant Theo right now, but more than Rebirth for sure). However, it toally depends on the energy of Arm though, and lately he's been very tired and stuff, so the update rate has declined. I am his vice-GM though (basically his Oracle), and he has given me no indication of wanting to quit or anything and he seems very interested in continuing, so I'd still keep an eye on Fantasia if you can. The plot has not even begun to unfold yet. (We can't do too much yet since only a couple players have entered the opalescent halls - our eternal party). It's still early on in the game, basically.

Someone wanted to be similar to SARAGH?  I spent most of rebirth trying to find reasons not to arbitrailly destroy godrealms.  I got the power to do that a year before the game came to an end and ever since then it was - you can either hit this god and not scratch him or just destroy his realm and get much more powerful in doing so until right at the end.

Anyway I'm still waiting to see what happens to Saragh - I did consider making him my god here but I was a tad worried (since I'm pretty sure he's not going to die at the end of rebirth and will probably enter a stasis field to live forever on the tree itself) that he would be a very funny god to just have appear.  Plus there's a reasonable chance he's still ruler of hell and daemons since no-one can get to him to kill him and take the role over.

Of course, either of my next choices would be able to do sick and twisted things to Saragh. Or anyone. But he'd probably go after people like you and Chally.

In reply to Purjopiarre Ruse the First, Zealous God of Mist (msg #916):

Yeah, that's me. I was originally saying that it sounded like fun, but I figured it'd be overkill and got told that it actually sounded like a good idea. So, knowing quite a bit about Jedi (albeit not as much as a lot of people), I figured I'd play a Jedi God. Playing certain chars affects me as an individual. Jedi chars make me calmer (which I prefer) and I get a chaotic streak playing Pirates. So, I evened it out.

Ah so you're Falwynn. :)

Yea both skald and I liked your concept a lot, and we still do. We also were pleased that your char was good aligned, because there's a bit of a shortage of them over there, lol. We certainly are looking forward to seeing how you choose to advance your concept over time.

Yeah, I'm loving it so far. That and the story line in my realm is brilliant so far, I am enjoying every moment of playing it.

Sorry guys, way too burnt out for any more posting tonight. Last day of uni, though, which means things'll hopefully get more consistent. Any feedback on the Aramanth system would be nice, too :D

While I'm sad to see you too burnt out to post (lol who can blame you?!), I'm glad your university time is almost over. Grats!

As for the aramanth system, it seems fine and interesting, although a couple things aren't clear or should be changed:

1.) Can a reborn god do the shattering for the transfusion thing like other gods can? I would say no, since their whole schtick is that they are truly immortal. I'd say Master Divine or another primordial could MAYBE kill one permanently though, but he'd have to have a damn good reason to.

If the reborn gods can do transfusions, this should be made more clear and apparant. (the assumption is no since they can't be aramanthed).

2.) For aramanth, if the god does it right (i.e. does it to a god of 2+ higher degrees than his own), does he gain +1 divinity degree AND a major power, or does he JUST gain the major power? How about when aramanthing a god of equal divinity (like a hallowed lord versus another hallowed lord)? Do they JUST gain a minor power, or does their divinity degree also increase by +1?

3.) Can reborn gods do the lesser transfusion? (i.e. willingly dive their unspent degree(s) to another god?

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On a completely unrelated note, can a god in Dust create a second and an heir?

As I already told you, I'm not quite happy with the Aramanth system, mainly because I'm selfish and it will not do anything for me in it's current incarnation. :P

The idea appears to be that a weaker god gains more by Aramanthing a stronger god than the other way around. Therefore, I suggest simply adding up the combined degrees of all five fields (plus any Psionics) to gain the relative power level of a god. Then, on Aramanthing, it gains degrees equal to the victim's power level divided by its own (naturally changed into a percentage dividable by five). Any transferring of powers or other such abilities could be considered independent from this on an individual basis.

As an example, assume we have two gods. God A is a "Grey/Neocadem/Fragile/Dabbler/Lesser", and thus has a "power level" of five, the bare minimum. God B is a "Grey/Purjopiarre/Adequate/Dabbler/Lesser" with a "power level" of eight.
Now, if God A were to succeed in Aramanthing God B, he would instantly acquire eight-fifth of a degree (160%) for this great accomplishment. However, if God B Aramanthed God A, he would only gain five-eighth of a degree (rounded down to 60%) as God A was much weaker than him.

This means that everybody can gain something by Aramanthing anyone else, but that it is only truly worthwhile on equal or stronger gods. The effect becomes more pronoounced when there are greater differences involved. For example, if there was a God C, a "Brown/Master/Stark/Conjurist/Lesser" (thus with a power level of 14), God A would gain 280% of a degree for Aramanthing it, but God C would only get 35% the other way around.

Don't hate.

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I was just saying that it is weird for a truly immortal being (your guys' immortality is almost up there with primordials) to be able to shatter their souls. HOWEVER, from a mechanical point of view it seems weird to deny this benefit to players. I was thinking completely about the god type, not about PC versus NPC.

I guess my suggestion then would be to allow Reborn gods to shatter their souls (nothing is ever 100% immortal after all lol, not even primordials and trees apparently), but still give them the aramanth protection like usual. Players of reborn gods should be able to "save their data" like anyone else.

Yeah, when I have a chance I'll clear all that up.

Sorry guys, but posting may become extremely sporadic over the next few days - I've just moved house, and my wireless internet is about to be cut off as another is installed. There will probably be a gap of a day or two while everything changes over - hopefully less - but if it's more, then, well, I'll try and get to an internet cafe or something. Sorry again, but there's nothing I can do. I haven't mysteriously disappeared :P

Just come over and use my net xD

You know, I was only going to evict you, Chalybis.

But now it's personal.

Max, I believe gods can always sense other portals opening up into their realms. If I were you, I'd hurry my ass back there and kick its butt!

 I better get some badass boss music to fight to.

EDIT: Found the perfect theme.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9LrE6dRHn8
This message was last edited by the player at 23:07, Wed 23 Sept 2009.

ROFL! I loved that, Max. It was funny, and I hope my response is just as good.
If my character was British, he'd have said 'What the sodd?'
This message was last edited by the player at 23:59, Wed 23 Sept 2009.

Damn it, I was trying to rope you into helping me out by challenging your honor! THERE IS NO TIME FOR FORMAL LETTERS!

EDIT: Though, of course the likelihood of these tribal villagers having ink and parchment is very unlikely and you are probably just waiting to get a good weapon before jumping into a potentially deadly situation.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:29, Thu 24 Sept 2009.

Sorry, you could've asked for my help, I'm an honorable man... but then you go and challenge my honor. Yeesh, and I'm a great guy too. *stab* Well, decent. *stab* Somewhat decent *stabs again* Fine, I'll settle for good.

A thousand apologies will be made later, but when under duress I tend not to think straight.

Its fine. My char might take initial offense, but once explained will/would understand.