You could say that I'm a sort of vice president to the storyteller's CEO for this game. Halley had lots of background she's drawing on front multiple other Theo games. We're using what's going on now to develop the lore for this game.

The Divine valley will be the games central meeting hub soon, but we're still creating it. She had special death circumstances in another game that rippled to this one. But it's also why she doesn't have a moon, as the Divine valley is also technically her godrealm as much as myriads central sanctuary, and she draws power from that connection.

That's why she's so mega powerful inside of the Divine valley. Although just to let you all know she only is as strong as you guys outside of the valley though.

Sounds tasty ;)

Empress, I need to edit my post. I see you edited yours but I'm at work so had to leave it in post typing mode for a bit so missed your edit.

That's perfectly fine!

Ok edited!!!

Quick question, was that RP Secret realm supposed to be secret? because it looks like it's in Group 0, which is fine! Just wanted to make sure it wasn't an oversight.

RP SECRET means you can't directly portal into that realm without knowing the secret.

To elaborate:

OOC: Out of character.

RP: In character. You may only maintain and instance of yourself in one RP at a time.

RP NAME: The named person can always maintain an instance of themselves there.

RP PUBLIC: Anyone may maintain an instance of themselves here.

RP SECRET: You cannot enter without knowing the secret, but if you do, it works like an RP PUBLIC.

RP ALTER: A place separated from the main timeline. Death here doesn't count, your self here is not aware of information they gain from outside after entry, and other people in the same thread are not in the same place unless you entered at the same time. Works like an instanced dungeon in a MMORPG, basically. Every RP ALTER has a powerful being that temporarily change the rules, and they are the only being that can get you out if you don't find an exit. Otherwise works like an RP Public.
This message was last edited by the GM at 02:29, Sat 22 Dec 2018.

Ah, thanks for the clarification!

Also very interesting to see that Character Progression thread. I'm intrigued to see how things proceed, looks like everyone has very different starting circumstances (Including that crazy dude who decided to up and die first thing!)

Ahhhh!

I finally finished my new RTJ ><

So hopefully I'll be joining soon :D

Very cool, Threlody, it will be fun to have more folks to interact with once we get to that point.

I'm glad to see how excited and engaged you all are so far for the game.

This isn't obvious in-game, but sign language is universal among humanoids. It's sort've like the Supernal of older games. Sign language is also used because speech is considered somewhat intimate in many cultures, and is also used frequently for magic. It's also a safety measure - if someone is signing with you, you can always see their hands.

I am wondering, but is Dacthu mad or MAD, with a capital M?

Is he a Mad god, or "merely" a normal god with a domain of madness (small m)?

For those of you who are unaware, Madness (with a capital M) is an actual metaphysical force that is sort of an antithesis to the Trees and primordial. Mad gods are things like Cthulu or lesser but still potent beings. It has nothing to do with "mere" insanity or "norman" madness.

He's thematically Mad, but in terms of backstory he's descended from Myriad's friendship with Asat, who is like the Paarthunax of the Old Ones - one that sought a path of peace and enlightenment, and the originally developer of the Dharma of Eleven Doors that was passed down to trusted tree-beings and created the Virtuous. Asat was not descended from Azathoth - he's the 'silence from which all sounds spun,". He's Nyartholotep but benevolent, basically, and the reason she was able to handle her madness as well as she did.

He could decide to go Mad - his Aegis is a Mad being gifted to him by Asat so that he would have that choice - or he could just do his own thing, or pursue something unique by hanging out with Myriad and learning about how she's handled her own partial maddening.

Ultimately, he was born of the Tree though, albeit from the Waking Night. So he's not currently a Mad being. More like one of the Sane gods from Dust.

That's as far as I've thought about it.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:42, Mon 24 Dec 2018.

That's all I really needed to know. And my next question was about that aegis as well given that Haley is an archon and managing them is sort of part of her stick. Haley will be keeping a close eye on that aegis but as long as the God himself doesn't give himself over to true madness then the aegis should stay under control enough where Haley won't want to come hunt it down.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:24, Mon 24 Dec 2018.

I've updated progression.

Given that you make at least one IC post a week, you get 10P and 100p.

A Feat gets you a bonus of 20P.

100P is used to advance a 0-star item to 1-star, and with enough money you can but mythcrafted equipment.

A cheap way to advance your character is to buy up cheap mortal-made gems in the market, use a couple of your Holy Pearls to mythcraft them into a higher grade gem, and then use that to make new equipment or modify what you have for the situation. But . . that's kinda subject to market availability and might not get you the exact stuff you're looking for immediately.

Oh nice! Always cool to see progress!

Though it looks like an extra digit got hit, a 4 got added to the front of Halley's Petal count!

Happy Christmas Eve to those who celebrate it, hope everyone is enjoying themselves!

In reply to Caerden Reveler (msg # 37):

I think it's because she found a treasure trove at her temple in game so she has more spending money currently than normal.

Merry Christmas, fools :)

Yeah, Halley got a lotta money from her worshipers. Getting those little buggers to give you cool stuff is the #1 way to get money and resources that can be turned into money.

I'm still hoping we can get up to ten players, because once everyone gets settled we're going to move into the meat of the game ^_^

Now I've got to think up some gifts for y'all . .
This message was last edited by the GM at 09:19, Tue 25 Dec 2018.

Side note - each of you is getting a Cool Thing for christmas, called a Charm. A Charm is not part of the usual equipment list, because Charms are *always* Tier 1 items, but you can also kinda have as many of them as you want. They're like, brooches and hat-pins and rings and stuff.

Charms grant a single ability of minor-power strength, but you can't make them or buy them - Charms are always gifts, and the minor power they grant is based on who gave them to you.

I will be opening a get-together thread tonight, where your characters will be given the opportunity to make friends with each other and make each other little gifts if you want!!

(A Charm also grants the ability to travel to another God's realm, and grants you safety from that person - if someone who has given you a Charm attacks you, the Charm will negate the attack before shattering shatter. This gives you enough time to 'portal out'.)

Each of you will recieve a charm from Myriel via standard postage, along with an invitation to a dinner in honor of her first birthday)

Ah very cool, thanks! Looking forward to mingling with everyone! And the idea of Charms as gifts are a fun concept, nice natural way to encourage player interactions.

Speaking of character interactions - Aran is going through a rough patch IRL and it will be a little while until he'll be active again. In the meantime I'll be NPC'ing his character.

I would like a few more players however. Caerden, I saw that you ran another Theo game, and that there are players with good RP/writing skills there looking for a GM. If you would like, I'd love it if you could extend an invitation for them to come play with us! I'd prefer to bring in more people already on-board with Theo before bumping the ad again. One of them has already played with me before!
This message was last edited by the GM at 00:07, Mon 07 Jan 2019.

Hm, I could maybe do that? I know they're more excited to play a continuation of their current characters than to start fresh. Maybe bump the current ad and if there isn't much interest I'll let them know.

Sure :) They could also continue their old characters as well. While this game is centered on Myriad, it's generally accepted that all Theo games occur within the same multiverse, called the Great Forest, and I could pretty easily just include threads for their Tree as well within this game. They could even make a Virtu on Myriad and continue their old character simultaneously, whatever floats their boats. I know how frustrating it is to have a good game die after you've invested so much in a character's story.

I read through some of the other game and it looks like they are looking for a GM, so I've popped over to their discussion game and offered to run a reboot of their game coterminously with Myriad over here. I've wanted to run a multi-tree game for awhile - Myriad is named that because the game was originally gonna be about the Great Forest - myriad trees - rather than Myriad specifically.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:03, Mon 07 Jan 2019.

Just to be clear - the Sanctuary is an IC Chat thread for mingling and whatnot. You're always allowed an instance there (even if you're dead!) and you don't really need to wait on me to reply if you're talking to other players, even if you're also talking to NPCs.

Example:

Myriel says to Caerden: "Oh, you came!"

Myriel says to NPC #1: "Are you still interested in those stockpiles of wood I'm selling?

Caerden: *replies*

Myriel: *replies*

Caerden: *replies*

Myriel: *replies*

NPC #1: "Oh, absolutely! I can offer X amount per log."

That fact that you're having other conversations doesn't mean you have to wait on me for your conversation with an NPC to continue. We'll just assume you and another instance of you in the Winter Court or whatever had the NPC conversation while you were chatting with another player.

Once you get a rose-gold ring, you're set to enter the party.