ActRaiserTheReturned

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I'm confused, did I get my powers yet?

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Granttank said
Name: Damien MastelDeity of: Vengeance, Corruption, Fear, MadnessAge/DoB: (Currently 2020 AD) 33 , June 6, 1986Gender: MaleAppearance: Personality: Sociopathic, Manipulative, Cunning, Patient, Paranoid. Patient and highly intelligent, Damien will wait for the perfect moment to accomplish his goals.Background: Gary Williams was a completely normal man-he had a wife, Allison, a son, and a house in a suburban neighborhood. He worked as a front-end web developer and came home from work to a happy family and a warm dinner. In his own view, Gary believed he was living a full life. His life was turned upside-down when he had accidentally discovered his wife cheating on him with another man. Gary had killed the philanderer in a fit of rage, leaving his wife paralyzed by fear. As soon as her husband left her sight, Gary's wife called the police, who sent officers to the house in a hurry. When the cops entered the home, all they found was a woman sobbing in a corner, seemingly broken by the atrocious crime her husband had just committed. Gary was nowhere to be found.Gary Williams changed his name to Damien Mastel, throwing away the largest reminder he had of his old life. However, there was one piece he could never truly forget. His wife, and the adultery she had committed. Damien became obsessed with his wife, mind clouding with anger every time she crossed his mind. He became preoccupied with finding a way to hurt his wife until he had conceived a plan that would break the former love of his life forever.Allison was making pancakes when she heard a deep voice behind her. When she turned around, Allison saw herself looking at one of worst sights a mother could see. Gary was in her home, pushing a knife down her son's arm. She stood there, frozen, unable to do anything but bear witness to the horrible act. Allison stepped forward, trying in vain to save her son. Damien brought the knife to her son's neck in response. "What do you want?!" Allison cried out.Damien said nothing. Instead, he dug the weapon deeper and deeper into the boy's skin, slowly taking his life. Allison sobbed as she realized she could do nothing to help, that she was watching the sadistic end of one of the most precious things in her life. Still holding the dead body, Damien walked up to Allison and wrapped the corpse's arms around the trembling woman."I love you mommy," Damien said in a falsetto, attempting to give life to the cadaver. Laughing loudly, Damien left the house, congratulating himself on a job well done.Yup, Damien is one sick bastard.

Remind me to tip you very well if you ever work as a waiter.

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"I'm still confused. What's going on? This is like one of those retarded music videos on MTV that don't make any sense. . . I'm scared, I'm weak and tired and I want to go home." Richard stated. "I'm sick of the nitemares, the terrors and the insanity. Just let me go!"

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I"m sorry. . .
I may have been active on the board but I'm suffering from some weird problems. I'll check in as soon as I can.

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GuyYouWishYouDidntKnow said
Oh no, I understand and agree with that. Certain conceptual properties though go beyond what "Magic" is. Well, at any rate, I can't explain better without an example, so you'll see when we start~

Invention, and Science?

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GuyYouWishYouDidntKnow said
Ara ara, don't get too ahead of yourself~Magic and Authorities of conceptual domain are distinct. Sure, you can cast a wind spell and similar aspects to the other modes, but there are ways of getting one's abilities outside the domain of magic if you think hard enough~

Well, here's what I mean. . . let's say Poseidon has the power to make the entire Earth flood over. . .
Well, as the god of magic, no. . . I can't do that. I can cast a spell that causes a flood that could wipe out a town, or maybe a city. . .
Poseidon though. . . um... he can wipe out Chuck Norris surfing the tides.

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GuyYouWishYouDidntKnow said
I'll only give you a few applications, seeing as telling you everything your domains cover is a bit much to do before we even start.If you're up to fight a bit, you have more options.Beauty: Authority over aestheticism. Beauty's in the eye of the beholder, a subjective capacity you have the authority to objectively define. It's literally an a priori access to the foundation of reality, the ability to declare what "is".Knowledge is the raw force of suppliance. The ability to know what is, to perceive "anything" within a given range. Hell, maybe even know the positioning of the other gods. Then compound that with Wisdom, the ability to use that knowledge. Calculation, thought acceleration, memory partition. Ability to use what "is" to calculate what "will be," so on and so forth.Purity has the highest offensive potential. I'll only say that much, but at its full you have one of the strongest battle capabilities, frankly.It's a battle of concepts, best of luck~

With power over magic, I have the ability to mimick any deity's power, just at an inferior level, but I can do certain things in the same domain (magic) that are unique to it. Making it a "Special" but balanced power I think is very cool.

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Purity, well, you could have power over marriage, virginity, cleanliness (good for water, curative properties, etcetera), babies, etcetera.

With Beauty, well that could include both hot babes, hot dudes, or metaphorical beauty. (It's on the inside that counts). Or even just shiny things.

With powers over knowledge, you could automatically receive information in your mind without trying to learn anything. Not necessarily prophetic things that let you know things in the future, but you might be able to mathematically theorize correctly what would happen in a certain amount of time with a high degree of accuracy.

With wisdom, you would be able to know many answers about life, awareness of the things around you in intimate detail, etcetera, know how to bring about positive change, etcetera.

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CallaLily180 said
Can I ask something? What powers will my Deity have?

I can help with that even though I'm not the GM.

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Dead Cruiser said
...So will my character have patronage over storms? I'm trying to work out a decent character concept but without that piece, nothing is really coming to me.

YOu probably have a lot of power over wind. Hurricanes and tornadoes, but lightning bolts and stuff would belong to someone else.