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Forgotten Sands: A Divine Journey into the Unknown

I got this idea for magic from "Masters Of The Five Magicks"

Okay let's try for better originality.

Alchemy
Alchemy is basically a form of Platonic philosophy called "Forms". Forms are concepts that represent true reality, which exert their power over the flawed reality of the physical world. This doctrine of Forms states that every alchemical ingredient has attributes, which indicate the possible powers it may yield when blended in a potion. Alchemy needs physical ingredients to function, which differentiates it from magick.

Magick
Magick is the most classical "Use hand gestures and spoken words for power" type of spell casting. In order to create a magical object, or to enchant one's self or someone else, rituals have to be performed perfectly. The reason for this is that Magick is basically channeling The Form(s) that the Mage knows into reality. Most Mages combine Alchemy and Magick together to cast spells. Think of Magick as whispers of Form.

Wizardry
While the other spells can be used from different languages, Wizardry it'self is cast by words that are innately magical. Spells from wizards are words that are innately powerful. Master wizards rarely cast spells of this form of magic with more than three words in a chain at once. Even three Words in one spell is equated to that of a master. Wizardry speaks Form into existence directly. If Alchemy and Magick is basically the Moon shining down at night, Wizardry is a bright Sunny day.

Wizardry is a process of studying Forms. Proper study of Form(s) will allow the Wizard to learn more about magic, making the Wizard more like what they study until they are no longer just studying The Form, but infuse themselves with the power and esoteric qualities of Form(s) it'self.

Forgotten Sands: A Divine Journey into the Unknown

In general, this goes for all interested and potential players, the gods in this roleplay are neither omniscient (the very fact you 'spawned' in a world without your knowledge attests to this), nor omnipresent (gods, in all their power, still can't be everywhere, all at once. Certain Domains could help facilitate an increased awareness of things, but in general...

Deities are able to sense:

• everything within a certain range of their true bodies
• any of their followers or sacred relics
• any of their temples, and
• any other, non-believer, that dares utter their true name out loud).

Additionally, being under the protection of greater deity can shield a mortal or lesser deity from the scrutiny of another greater deity. More on divine ranks later.

They could be said to have limited omnipotence (any action that falls within one of their Domains is infinitely more easier to do than if it wasn't).

@Vec

Will we be a Pantheon or will the gods be more like RPG deities?

Forgotten Sands: A Divine Journey into the Unknown

As soon as I saw this I had to apply. I'm technically in another god game but it's dead.

Forgotten Sands: A Divine Journey into the Unknown

I had to edit my CS a few times due to the fact I'm so excited to try this.

Mythic Path

*bump

Forgotten Sands: A Divine Journey into the Unknown

Orranoth

Orranoth

God Concept (3-5 sentences):
A god of magic, and of the powers of the sky. (The Domains of Magic And Sky) This deity is the provider of Esoteric knowledge and the provider of blessing from the wind and rain. He is a god who is both a caring provider AND wise teacher, and is the divine manifestation of seeking out inspiration and the unknown.

Appearance:
His eyes are like stars that shine in the night sky, to some. To others his eyes are a deep glowing blue within blue. He is dressed in a long flowing white robe symbolizing the clouds, and of course he has the stereotypical white beard and moustache. Different mortals see him differently.
Motivation:

He is there to gift mortals with the powers of the sky and magic. He wants to ensure people use magic responsibly, and not abuse others for it. He also blesses the earth with his rain.
Magic, in Orranoth's ideal world, would only be a source of beauty, blessing and provision for the people. Mortals would prosper and the only difference between the mortals and gods would be that mortals would be just lesser divine beings.
Those realms that exalt Orranoth above other gods will have their lands blessed with the wind and rain, and will be a haven for magical knowledge.

Roleplay Example:

Orranoth smiled as his worshipers gave him a sacrifice - A strong adventurer offered him the Lion on the alter. An old man offers him all that he owns, his entire herd of camel. A wise little girl could only offer the divine father a couple of bags of seeds, offering them to the god of skies in her prayers, asking the Wise One to transform them into a forest. The curse of drought over the world was lifted, and he, the Sky Father Orranoth blessed the land, bringing the wet, relieving rains, and the seeds would become his Enchanted Forest.

The seeds were planted, and the soil began to glow. Instead of taking centuries, decades, or years, the massive forest grew in three days. Unicorns made their homes in this hallowed place. Benign and wise witch folk hid here from persecution of the ignorant, and the rarely virtuous dragon, likewise made this their home as well. (Thus guarding the creation of the wise Orranoth.)

Availability: At least three times a week, Probably more.

Experience:
I have been role playing for many years, with mixed success, but when I really manage to hit my stride, I'm usually very good at it. I sometimes have trouble keeping up with very indepth role plays but since this is in Casual interest checks I'll probably do well with it.

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Oop, do I need to bring my sheet over here?

@Kullz

Yes please. :D

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I am. I am currently waiting for more character submissions to inform my character choice. In the meantime, I am trying to wrap my head around what I can put for my per-level character powers. Emma's powers look like they were heavily inspired by the Pathfinder WotR game while Charles' powers appear more free-form. I'm not quite seeing all of the powers Randomguy chose for Emma in the linked Wiki, so I'm trying to find other sources to clue me in on what I can pick for powers for Amelie and Nicholas.

@Nimriel

Over in the discord, someone just told another player that he could just substitute the Pathfinder things for his own interests. So, you can go ahead and put whatever for your powers as long as it makes sense and isn't OP.

Mythic Path

Are you guys still interested in this?

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we have the Union of some name I haven't figured out yet for the EU style country where ther'es sort of a UK/Germany/France/Spain amalgamation, with similar cultures. This country which is in the West of Mer, and neighbors a Russia analog I haven't made up the name for yet. There's a China analog/Japan/India, etcetera to the far East, a middle Eastern place an Africa locale.

Mer MIGHT have an American like place and a mirror of our own cultures. Not to be boring but because I was thinking Mer is in another dimension, maybe it is in the same physical location as Earth, but is a dream realm of some sort. Another idea I have is that it's not a dream world but it's a world in another dimension that is influenced by the dreams of Earth denizens.