@dragonmancer All good so long as Grimloq's absence isn't locking up anyone else's character. Leotamer probably wants to move on, so it'll be up to you to figure out some way for his character to disentangle and go on with the story elsewhere.
Uthum is somewhat of an alien looking being. For starters, he’s not all that big for a God. In fact, most humans might actually outsize him. Though do not mistake this for any form of weakness. He’s entirely bald. With greyish skin and big, lidless eyes. He has no mouth, ears nor nose and instead just has smooth skin wherever those features should be. The back of his head but incredibly smooth. His body looks rather atrophied. He has two pairs of arms with 4 fingers on each hand. One thumb and 2 normal fingers. But his index finger is longer than the others and ends in a very sharp claw. While he has legs, he generally just levitates over the ground.
The release of mana was not supposed to happen so suddenly. Instead, it was supposed to be a trickle. Allowing the mortal races to slowly learn the newly given powers. With the release of mana in one instance, the magical substance was launched everywhere. Giving the mortal races no time to adapt to it. Now Ulthum fears that they might reject his gift. Or worse, than they would not know how to use it! He fears the abuse of mana or the fear various races will have of it. But he is also quite curious. How will the mortal races, made in the image of the gods, react to this strange and magical substance? How creative will they be with it?
Magic is everywhere.
While I agree that the Acts of Creation level-up system is a very good system, it is also completely different to the existing system. The change is not minor; it will change the way the game is played. I am reluctant to authorise such a radical change to the system half way through the game.
Also, imposing a hard limit on the strength of single items at this point would be unbalanced, as those who already have powerful legendary weapons will receive no further competition.