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@Kho it makes sense.

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Is it possible to invest Might in into a Domain without a Portfolio?

And regarding the Eyes of Reathos, since it's a curse can Helvana study and learn it for free?

@Slime

Normally, one would obtain a Domain before filling it with Portfolios (although, of course, the investment in obtaining that Domain likely involves some overlapping Portfolios). Portfolios do not have to be associated with Domains. There is no issue there.

As for the Eyes of Reathos, it depends what you want to do with them. Given your Portfolio and the crow theme, Helvana would definitely have an affinity for them and should be able to figure out how they work and possibly how to make more for free. You could probably attune yourself to the Eyes of your crows. However, if you want to do something big (eg. hack into any Eye anywhere and see through it, like Gadar does with ants), that might take a Might to acquire such an ability.

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@BBeast It's coming up really small for me. Can't see :C

@Kho

Try this link.

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I drew some Prometheans. Pardon the poor photocopy quality.

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Teknall did not dream.

As a divine being, his mind did not need to go through the mortal process of sleep and the dreaming associated with it. On such occasions that Teknall's mind was idle, he would design new inventions and simulate novel mechanisms.

But Gerrik did dream, and Teknall could see Gerrik's thoughts.

'I am Chiral Phi. You are my children, my sons and daughters, offspring of my barren womb, Chosen People of God. With you I am well pleased, and to me your hearts belong. You are mine- and I am yours, forever and for all time.'

But Gerrik did not dream like regular mortals. His divinely enhanced mind granted him an unparalleled capacity for metacognition, meaning even during the deepest dreams he was lucid. Which meant he could recognise when a thought was not his own.

Where's this dream coming from? This is not from my own head.

'That's the trick, of course. Mortals need to believe that they have control, that their decisions have weight.'

Stone Chipper, are you getting this? What's this about?

I am. I know Phi.

'Mortals are a resource. There's power, locked inside them. All you need is the right keys and you can play a whole civilisation to its doom.'

And she wouldn't be broadcasting her trade secrets across Raka. Someone's been spying on her and has decided to publicise her methods of deception.

'The patterns of mortal activity are predictable. As a unit or a population, they just take a few taps to steer irrevocably astray. Gratitude, fear, curiousity...'

I know Toun has been watching Phi, but I don't think he would send messages via dreams. Probably.

What should I do?

Keep listening. Check with others in a few days to see if they've had similar dreams; I doubt you're the only one to receive this dream.

'But that doesn't even matter, does it? Of course not! Nothing matters! Entropy will chew on our bones in the end no matter who we are or what we've done. Even in the short term, the only thing that matters is this: Mortals are power.

Maybe engage in a bit of philosophy too.

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@Muttonhawk Hummm, pre-Xerxes is good by me, but pre-Realta would be somewhat problematic - that would mean that Gadar's ants were not around to witness her murder (and so he through them come to know of her) and eventually aid her escape the grave.

@Kho

Realta happened Page 16. Mafie Snowhands happened Page 21. It would be a good rule of thumb to say that the order of posts is roughly chronological unless explicitly stated otherwise.

@Muttonhawk@Antarctic Termite@BBeast also also also, I mentioned this to Termite already, but with regards to Thacel, @Malchivo's demigod of war, his last post has him headed for Rukbany and I somewhat want that to happen, given the warkriegs that will likely be taking off there. I messaged Malch about this a while back, but he's not been on in a loong time. Would one of you be willing to play Thacel in Rukbany? Or alternatively, is it ok if I takeover purely for Rukbany's purposes, and then release him to whoever would like him interacting with their characters/peoples/civilisations/god etc.

@Kho

As @Muttonhawk mentioned, @Malchivo has been absent for a sufficiently long time without leave of absence that his agency over his character is forfeit. If you need Thacel for something, go ahead and use him.


@Antarctic Termite, I like the OP for Godspeed. I observe that you have slightly modified the skill set for the Level 1-3 Gods so they are more powerful. This could potentially allow us to lower the starting level, if we wish, depending on how quick we want the early game to be of course.

So, short version... what have I missed?

@Dawnscroll

Good to see you back.

As far as Logos is concerned, Xos has been up to more shenanigans. Xos has battled both Jvan and Toun on separate occasions; all parties survived more-or-less intact. Also, the Acalya is formally extinct on Galbar, although that's probably set a few years ahead of the stuff with Xos. Nothing has happened on Arcon. You've returned just in time for Mutton to rope you into a collab to fight Xos, or something like that.

If you want a broader summary of recent IC events, check the zero'th post of the IC.

OOC, we've changed the name of Khookies to Prestige, and possibly changed Freepoints to Miracles (the transition is very recent and ongoing). The price scaling of Avatars has been adjusted, although this would only affect you if you've got lots of Avatars. We've opened up a grant program from Fate's Might Pot. Check the zero'th post of the OOC some time for a rules refresher and a look at the errata.

As has been mentioned, we've got a lite version of Divinus called Godspeed being cooked up as a bit of fun on the side and to expand on the franchise.

P.S. @Kho, regarding magic in your latest post: You asked whether having the urtelem's magic work with their Spiral Script and Tounic Calligraphy and not much else is fine. I'll give a slightly extended answer, although the short answer is yes, it's fine.

The urtelem's special brand of magic is based on Spiral Script. Spiral Script is a highly non-linear form of writing, spreading out into an intricate two-dimensional (and even fractal) pattern. This is unlike virtually every other language in existence, which is totally linear in form. This makes Urtelem magic largely incompatible with most languages simply because of the dimensional mismatch. Tounic Calligraphy is special, in that its grammar is not fixed to a linear structure, so it can be spliced into the urtelem Spiral Script without too many problems.

However, the Spiral Script is not unique in being able to invoke magic. Any language or script can be made to have magic words in theory, provided you find the right patterns and syllables and apply the power correctly (probably with divine guidance to invent it). It is just that Spiral Script has a particularly elegant structure when it comes to invoking magic. I shall note also that the language of Spiral Script used to invoke magic is different to the language of Spiral Script used in regular communication, in a similar way that a programming language is different to English. To those unfamiliar with Spiral Script they look very similar, but they use completely different words and grammatical rules.

Tounic Calligraphy, of course, bypasses any need to trigger the right parts of the laws of magic and just goes straight to the source code. While you could use Spiral Script magic to augment the functionality of a set of Calligraphic Runes, if you make the entire thing out of Tounic Calligraphy you may as well go back to the regular rules for writing Tounic Calligraphy (although, like programming languages, skill in one can help you decide how to structure spells in the other).

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@Antarctic Termite

-Should continents be larger and rounder? This will encourage overland travel a la the Silk Road and Saharan trade networks

That's a good idea. It's nice to have some deep inland areas. In your current map, there's a giant inland ocean which could be filled in to achieve that goal.

-Should some landmasses be inaccessible to one another without sea travel? This could let us have fun with old-world new-world dynamics with two or three continents taking completely different cultural paths (until sail). Enough land in between would do this too, though (Mediterranean vs. sub-Sahara, Japan vs. Britain, see large continents).

The current map already has separation into two continents, although the division is subtle: the only land connection between the east and west is over the north pole, which in most planets would be a frozen wasteland and thus a formidable barrier.

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@Double Capybara Unless he's changed editors, WrongEnd uses paint.net, which is a layered bitmap editor.

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I agree that our Galbar is lack-luster in geographical variation, and that a randomly generated map complete with oceans and continents looks much more interesting.

@Double Capybara The argument for starting at Level 3 is that Gods between Level 1 and 3 are actually equivalent to Demigods in power in Godspeed. Technically, Demigods can't create proper sentient life. So if they start at Level 3, then they can reach Level 4 by the end of the first Turn and then start exercising full power from there. Also, with your comparison to when Hain were made in Mk.2 on Turn 3, the first Turn in Mk.2 was spent inventing the universe so doesn't really count, so the hain were made on the second Turn on Galbar.

As for which section it should go in: I will reiterate that I don't know much about the dynamics of the Free section. But I will also repeat Kho's argument that we don't want Godspeed to take appreciable energy away from Divinus, for which it is important that it is kept light.

However, I probably won't join Godspeed either way, since I'm busy enough already. Have fun, though.

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I'm proofreading and touching up the OP. Does anyone have any objection to me naming free points Miracles?

@Antarctic Termite

Miracles sounds more powerful than Freepoints actually are, although aside from semantics about perceived power level it's a nice name.