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@Scarifar Basically, Zeph created the djinnis ages ago, but in so doing he broke one of the fundamental laws of the universe as established int he Codex of Creation. Along comes Amul'Sharar (Vowzra close behind) and the pull Zeph out of his Citadel and condemn him to 100 Galbarian years of exile. He is then sent to Chronos where 1,000 years pass for each Galbarian day. When Jvan killed Vowzra, Zeph is said to have escaped. We don't know what happened to him after that.
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Quick question. Who is your favourite author?
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Quick question. Who is your favourite author?


Hmm, I have yet to dedicate time to high literature, since I prefer lower stuff and raw folklore compilations, so I'm lacking in knowledge of those outside of the mandatory ones for school and maybe a bit of Kafka. Of the international ones I like, there is Terry Pratchett, Stanisław Lem, eh, maybe Tolkien. May most favorite author though is Machado de Assis, I don't think he is known outside of Brazil, since I only ever saw Woody Allen comment about his work, but here he is pretty much the most revered writer, with very good reasons.
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Quick question. Who is your favourite author?


Interesting question, it would either be H.P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelly, or Robert Louis Stevenson.
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In all honesty, I had more fun writing Ilunabar's wiki entry than writing some of my latest posts/collabs. I really need to get through my current bog of stale posts, and be able to make some nice stuff again.


I'd say skip to the end, cut out everything that isn't a particular exciting scene that you had in mind. If you're having fun and the writing's flowing, then story and exposition don't matter nearly so much, so long as what you have is consistent.

Happy writers make for good writing.

It was what Belvast was going to make, but alas.


I feel like this can still be a thing, especially seeing as Belvast never left.

Any ideas on the hero hangout? Did Belvast portal a cozy bar into a pocket dimension and then forget about it? Or maybe it's just a perfectly regular bar he recommended to some heroes and demis and unofficially becomes their speakeasy? Bonus points for accessibility via portal somehow. Invite-only, of course.
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@Lauder I've not read anything by either Lovecraft or Shelly, but I did read Treasure Island when I was younger. I remember enjoying it.

@Double Capybara I've not read anything by any of those - though I recently bought me some Kafka, and I did start Fellowship of the Ring some years ago. I've always been repulsed from reading Terry Pratchett. Have put Lem and de Assis on my list though - thanks for that!
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I've always been repulsed from reading Terry Pratchett.


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You haven't read the original Frankenstein? Dude, it's a great read! It puts a whole new spin on the creature! Also surprised you haven't read any short stories from Lovecraft or the novella of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. There a some good puns within Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as well.


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@Antarctic Termite Something about his work always screamed 'childish, overblown, not the kind of thing you'd enjoy'.
Even after he passed away and everyone was lauding him, I didn't feel a need to pick up one of his books. So certain was I that he's not my thing.

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@Lauder They're on the list, don't worry xP as soon as I get through The Atlantic Book of British and American Poetry.
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POETRY?! THE ONLY POETRY I READ IS KHOETRY

pls give me a promotion as i need to feed my nonexistent family
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@Kho, looking at the page for Galbar, I noticed something about the temperatures.

Where on Galbar is it -130 degrees Celsius? The coldest temperature recorded on Earth is about -80 -90 degrees. Galbar may have some wild temperature swings, but 50 40 degrees of extra cooling is really hard to do. The top of Mount Bormahven would be around -60 degrees, based on Earth's atmospheric temperature profile.
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@BBeast I believe Cyclone mentioned something about the tilt and severe weathers and whatnot. What I got from him is: winters are longer and much colder than those on earth. The -130 was meant to reflect that. The polar regions of Galbar are meant to be much bigger than those of earth, so I guess the farther north or south you go the colder it would be, and so the foremost north and formost south are probably where we'd see temperatures south of -90. Likewise, summers are hotter, which is why Galbar's highest temperatures are also higher than those of earth - I'm guessing those would occur in the Firewind and Changing Plains.

Edit: If I went overboard though, I don't mind changing those stats as none of it has truly been canonised - it's just from our general discussions.
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(Correction to my previous post. Coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -89.2C, which is closer to -90 degrees than -80.)

@Kho I'm aware of the extreme seasons of Galbar. That is why I haven't commented on the upper temperature. However, I can tell you that refrigeration is much harder than heating. A lowermost extreme of -100 degrees Celsius is more reasonable.
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@Kho My favourite author right now is a non-fiction author, John Safran. He's mostly done TV and journalism, but I've read the one book he has written so far, Murder in Mississippi. It's a true crime book about the murder of a white supremacist which, as you might expect, wasn't as predictable a case as you might think. However, my favourite tends to jump around a lot, so if I get through a few more books I'll probably have a different answer.
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(Correction to my previous post. Coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth was -89.2C, which is closer to -90 degrees than -80.)

@Kho I'm aware of the extreme seasons of Galbar. That is why I haven't commented on the upper temperature. However, I can tell you that refrigeration is much harder than heating. A lowermost extreme of -100 degrees Celsius is more reasonable.


Though it isn't canonized in the context of this refrigeration, realism with that sort of thing can be thrown out the window with the simple explanation of, "The djinn down there keep it cold." If we want crazy -150 degree weather we can have it.

On that topic, I think it's important to note that natural disasters are 100% controlled by djinn and not mundane geological processes as on Earth. Even things like the wind are largely controlled by the whimsy of djinn rather than heat/pressure differentials. I like this because it allows for these spectacular and magical violations of physics environments. And it keeps that fantasy feel to the RP.

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@Cyclone I think the Codex of Creation makes it so the laws of physics apply. At most, the djinnis have control over these things alongside natural physics. Arcon, for instance, doesn't have djinnis (due to the Realta being very effective at immediately destroying them wherever they come about), but Arcon still has natural disasters and weather.
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@Cyclone I think the Codex of Creation makes it so the laws of physics apply. At most, the djinnis have control over these things alongside natural physics. Arcon, for instance, doesn't have djinnis (due to the Realta being very effective at immediately destroying them wherever they come about), but Arcon still has natural disasters and weather.


That part of the Codex falls under one of Zephyrion's two contributions (forces of Change and dynamism themselves), the other lesser contribution being his creating reactivity in gases. There's admittedly some overlap between Logos' physics and the idea of Change that Zeph added, but like the multiple types of magic I think this can coexist.

Anyways, what I am getting at is that Zephyrion made Change autonomous and almost mechanical. That way not every single entropic reaction must be willed to happen by Zeph. However, both he and the djinn can control this force, and so if djinn exist in an area then Change isn't just a mechanical and mindless force and things are not just left to mundane physics.

Edit: I realize that's wordy, so just think of djinn as an override. Yes, it's normal physics like on Earth and natural disasters could still happen if no djinn are around, but if they are, then the natural disasters and forces of nature aren't entirely natural. They're controlled by the local djinn.

Whether or not there are any djinn on Arcon hasn't been canonized because I've had nothing to do with the place. It could be that they exist in lesser states (after all, for every lord that you can see there's hundreds of almost invisible lesser djinn) but that the Realta ensure that there are no sentient lords.
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Today we learn that comic relief characters are above all accusations of anachronism. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Whether or not there are any djinn on Arcon hasn't been canonized because I've had nothing to do with the place. It could be that they exist in lesser states (after all, for every lord that you can see there's hundreds of almost invisible lesser djinn) but that the Realta ensure that there are no sentient lords.


Can space djinni be a thing? I love the idea of certain asteroids/comets actually being wandering spirits of metal, water or carbon monoxide, especially given how chaotic orbits tend to be long-term. All those collisions are actually elemental battles spread over a different time scale.

ed: Even the idea of gravitionally dominant orbits kinda sounds like a bunch of spirits subjugating one another...
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...spirits of metal...


I have metal djinni in a WIP post. Laying official claim right now before it's too late.
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