[OOC] The Divine Game [God RP, Worldbuilding]

[Vahir]

As the last embers of the dying world faded away, the gods looked on, distraught at the state of affairs. How had it come to this? The world that they had nurtured, cared for, was now no more. It didn't take long for them to begin to turn on each other, listing all the grievances the other gods had inflicted upon them and their worshipers.

One sharp, booming word echoed throughout what was left of the universe. "Enough!"

Falke, God of Order, stepped forward, and began denouncing the chaos that had seeped in their ranks. Arguing over blame was for children, not beings as immortal as they. He announced that he would create a new world, which they would build with respect for one another, working together to ensure peace and harmony and-

"Another round! Another round!", some of the gods began shouted excitedly, and soon all of them were cheering, planning, boasting and threatening. "Another round of the Divine Game!" one of them shouted.

Falke sighed. So much for peace and order.
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I think most people on these boards hold a passion for two things: RPing, and worldbuilding. Well, it's time we tried mixing the two once again! In this RP, we'll be playing as nothing less than gods, engaged in playing the 'Divine Game', creating a new world from scratch. We'll be using the Dawn of Worlds rulebook. You can read the entire thing in this Reference Manual, or you can read an abridged version here:

Procedure

At the start of each turn, I will roll 2d6 dies for everyone in the RP; your result will correspond to the amount of 'God Points' you can spend doing... godly things. Note that points are conserved from round to round, so you can save up for doing crazy things. Here's the actions you can take in a round:



The shape climate action as described in the reference manual is accomplished free of charge whenever you shape the land. Now, the game is divided into three ages, as you may have noticed. The first age is shaping the world; the second, shaping mortals; the third, full on WAUGH and divine feuds. Every age will last a minimum of 5 turns, probably longer, according to my discretion and the will of the players.

Note that I may do random events or such things when I think the game needs a shakeup.

Character Sheets

The application sheets should contain the following elements, though you are of course free to add other fluff. I retain the right to add stuff to this as the need becomes apparent. I'm going to ask that players post tentative sheets in the OOC before putting them in the character tab, so I have a chance to vet them first.

Name: Your deities name(s). You can add titles here if you want.

Aspect: Describe your god's area of influence (god of fire, god of prosperity, ect). You can have several, and they can also intersect with what other gods already have, as long as you have your own 'niche'. For example, there can be a god of fire and industry, and a god of fire and war; they're both permissible because they cover different aspects of fire.

Personality: Explain how your god acts and thinks.

Avatar: What form(s) does your god prefer to appear as? (If any)

The Map, Modification rules, cartesian coordinates, ect

Now, as for the map, we'll be using this rather large one I made:

Map

Note that it uses a grid system. Here's how it works: We'll be referring to tiles by the point at the lower left of them. So say you want to spend points to modify the land of this tile:

Tile

In that case, you'd say "I want to change tile (1,1) by doing X", (1,1) because the lower-left point is the at the intersection between x=1 and y=1.

One final note: This is, of course, an RP, so I'll expect players to, well, RP. But I understand that, especially early in the game, there won't be much TO rp. With that in mind, I'm going to separate god actions and RP: Player posts will include an initial RP sectional, and a hider at the end containing their actions and point expenditures. Now, I still expect you guys to RP when you do a new action, but if you're just modifying land the same way you've been doing for the last three turns, you don't need to invent a new contrived explanation for it each time.

[clanjos]

Name: Un, the Arguing God

Aspect: Survival, Conflict, Ingenuity

Personality: Every decision is made by a cacophonous committee of heads representing his stray thoughts. Consensus is eventually reached, and the FUN begins. The best way to toughen up the mortals for when the gods are bored or have better stuff to do is to train them to handle horrible things every day.

Avatar: There are two things that the multitude of heads can agree upon: one, Un looks good in white and a shaggy fur coat, and two, the more heads the better. The more heads, the more possible solutions they can come up with. After all, two heads are better than one, so six, seven, or even forty heads must be fantastic!

[OscarioTheGuy]

Oh man this is awesome! Though its 2.30 am right now so I should really be getting some sleep. I'll get cracking on making my god tomorrow. (Also your God is really cool clanjos)

Also question: how large is each square on the map grid in kilometres?

[UltikanaRe]

Is this still available for new players?

[UltikanaRe]

[Oops, repost!]

[Vahir]

Is this still available for new players?

@UltikanaRe

I certainly hope so!

(That's yes)

[UltikanaRe]

YAYYY!

[UltikanaRe]

Jor'Mok • Re

Lord of Sky and Storm

Jor [Jordan] • Mok [Mockery] • Re [Ray]

Aspect

Master of Wind
Master of Clouds
Master of Lightning

Personality

Jor'Mok • Re is a chaotic god, and his will changes with the winds. He may in a moment of anger destroy a coast or send a cyclone at a desert city. He may unearth ancient ruins just as easily as he buries them. Entire civilizations may disappear overnight due to a single destroyed altar. His law is unclear and forever changing. He carries the breath of the world in his palm, and may extinguish it with a simple blow.

Avatars

His avatar is as malleable as his will. It may be humanoid one hour and then take the form of a sky-wolf at the next gust of wind. Lightning may surge from his eyes or it may be carried in an incorporeal trident. He may carry the breath of creation in his palm or in his mind. The force of storms may brew in his maw or his blade.

[UltikanaRe]

@Vahir Done!

[TalijaKey]

Selipisi La Mongo

Aspect:
Inspiration, ideas
Dreams
Arts
Plans and Animals
Rain

Personality:
She enjoys her creations, often wandering in they shadows, or observing as a flower and granting dreams and ideas for progress. She loves to observe all form of arts be it art of cooking or art of war. As long as it has a sense of beauty to it she will enjoy it. She has a protective side towards her creations, but is having a view that to grow they have to do it on their own...well to a degree. She doesnt care for good or evil, as both sides can produce beauty.

Avatar:
She has a few forms that she likes to take on.

Dark red Lily

Form in which she speaks most of the languages of the land

A form she rarely takes on

plant cat

[OscarioTheGuy]

Sudrud, God of Constructs

Aspect:
Sudrud watches over buildings and large projects, as well as the act of binding a soul to an inanimate being. To some extent he can be a god of order, especially when it comes to the creation of constructs.

Personality:
A straightforward God, Sudrud likes to keep things to the point. He enjoys it when mortals build grand structures, so those most certainly earn his blessing, though he understands that mortals also require practical and smaller buildings in order to live, and as such, he finds a certain beauty in cities; seeing the spaces between grand wonders being filled with many other wonderful creations. Sudrud is very cooperative, for he understands that in order to create the perfect creation, it is best to employ teamwork to get it done more efficiently. What Sudrud finds most fascinating is when life is given to things that normally would not be given life, and so those are also given his blessing.

Avatar:
Sudrud appears in the world as a titanic stone statue, capable of movement, but choosing not to. He invites settlers to build grand metropolises atop his form, and as such, these cities become the most secure, prosperous, and glorious cities in the world.

[Vahir]

@OscarioTheGuy@TalijaKey@UltikanaRe@clanjos

You guys are all in; feel free to post your sheets in the character tab.

Oh man this is awesome! Though its 2.30 am right now so I should really be getting some sleep. I'll get cracking on making my god tomorrow. (Also your God is really cool clanjos)

Also question: how large is each square on the map grid in kilometres?

@OscarioTheGuy

Well, this isn't definitive, but I'd say around 25,000 square kilometers. I imagine them being about the size of Sicily.

[clanjos]

@TalijaKey Honestly, I gotta ask how you're relating those domains without going into poetic allegories or something.

[OscarioTheGuy]

@Vahir
Awesome! Lookin' forward to it!

[TalijaKey]

@TalijaKey Honestly, I gotta ask how you're relating those domains without going into poetic allegories or something.

@clanjos

Now that I look at it I could sum it up with Nature and Idea.

There are a few ways.

Greatest inspiration, and ideas for progress comes from nature and observing natures rules.

Or

Nature and spirit, Where the nature is the physical manifestation of Ideas.

This one comes from philosophy and the idea that all physical object are shadows of a original idea of that object existing on a higher plane a shadow plane, along those lines.

or

She just couldnt focus her existence on solely one thing.

I was partly inspired by Morgana and as well as Svetovid (god of war and seeing into future) and others like Veles was god of cattle, shepherds, magic and trade. Try connecting those. ^^b

If she is to wide spread with her focus I could cut some things out?

[rush99999]

Shade

Aspect:

Evil, corruption, and darkness.

Personality:

Shade is a being of shadow the is said to have existed in the darkness that was the universe before the gods appeared and began to fill the darkness. As tried to create their world, Shade delighted in twisting their creations into corrupted versions of what they once were and poisoning the minds of the gods with falsehoods to cause infighting between them. But the 1 thing he delights in more than anything is destroying all of creation and plunging the universe back into the darkness that once was. However, Shade makes it a point to keep to the shadows and not allow the other gods to know that he exists. He does this so that the other gods would never see him as a common enemy and set aside their differences to stamp him out.

Avatar:

[clanjos]

@TalijaKey
I'm going to address your points as best I can understand them, because reading that post hurts my eyes.

1. All of humanity's greatest ideas and creations have been in order to give nature the finger. No claws, venom, or dermal plates? FUCK YOU, WE'RE MAKING TOOLS. Nature wants us to live in trees? FUCK YOU, HUNTING PARTIES AND MUD HUTS. Nature wants to limit our population as hunter-gatherers? HAHA, NOPE, AGRICULTURE LOSERS. Nature wants to keep us confined to a single landmass with large bodies of water? GUESS WHAT FUCKERS, WE MADE BOATS. Nature wants to limit where we can grow crops? MEET IRRIGATION, FUCKTARDS.

Each and every great invention that allowed civilization to be what it is today has been a punch in the throat of nature. Humanity's struggle has not been to "follow nature's ideas and laws." It's been to break them as flagrantly and frequently as possible.

2. Nature is not the manifestation of ideas. What you're thinking of is some kind of collective unconscious dreamworld dealy. Nature is nature, the things that aren't man-made.

3. If "SHE COULDN'T DECIDE" is an acceptable reason for such a nonsensical domain, then I shall be god of Survival, Conflict, Ingenuity, Divinity, and The Third Tuesday of Every Month. Vetovid is the god of war and clairvoyance, which shares a word with "strategy" in the Slavic tongues. Veles is the god of "magic" in the sense that "magic" is "any knowledge peasants don't understand." Such as trade and the care of livestock.

@rush99999

[rush99999]

@rush99999

@clanjos

...Say what?

[Vahir]

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...Say what?

@rush99999

Chemistry jokes. Just move along; the appropriate firing squad will take care of clanjos.

[rush99999]

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Chemistry jokes. Just move along; the appropriate firing squad will take care of clanjos.

@Vahir

Does that mean you're cool with my character?