Hmm I think I'll go with a monster class system as the new 'job' system, makes the most sense plus allows these new 'player killers' to be essentially incognito. The Dark Lord will be trying to raise up this new army of elites so he's gonna be sly about it.
Also thinking about it, I'm going to not go the player trapped inside the game route, instead everyone will be regular players who get involved with the Dark Lord's schemes unknowningly, thinking it is just some kind of special event or something. As such there may be times where your character is doing things in the real world and might hear about some of the strange rumors going on about the game. This should also add a level of mystery to what is actually happening.
So Niciel has not noticed the Ashlings roaming the world yet? You'd think with her wisps that she would, expecially since said wisp would likely have been attacked by one.
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Considering Vestec has only created two, I don't know exactly how many really roam the planet right now.
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As Niciel watched events unfold on her Orb of Escry, one of them came into Niciel's immediate attention. Vestec had shown himself, and of course he was up to no good again. Niciel could see that Vestec was trying to do something with her Wisps. One by one, their connections had been cut as they became corrupted by Vestec's chaotic essence. Niciel was willing to forgive one or two, maybe even three, but thirteen? Unacceptable. There was no way Niciel could approve of Vestec's actions. All he was doing was creating chaos for the sole purpose of having chaos exist. He was like a child.
Leaving the Valley of Peace, Niciel went off to track down the Wisps that Vestec had corrupted and purify them. It did not take much time, really. The Wisps seemed to be drawn to her, actually. One of them had floated up to her and immediately blasted her with a ray of corruption, which Niciel blocked with a glowing white hand of pure energy. Niciel then extended that energy into the Chaos Wisp, and purified it back into a Holy Wisp. She continued doing this until she was sure all the Chaos Wisps were transformed back into Holy Wisps. As the Wisps circled around her, Niciel held up her Orb of Escry and her Orb of Holy. She concentrated her energy, then linked the two orbs and the Wisps together. Now the corruption of the Wisps would never happen again.
Niciel then released most of the Wisps back into the world, keeping 2 of them with her. Niciel gave the last two commands to search for Vestec and keep an eye on him once he was found, but to stay hidden while doing so. The two Wisps went off soon after. Now that the immediate crisis was over, Niciel wondered what she should do now. As she returned once more to her Valley of Peace, Niciel thought it felt... lacking. What it was lacking, Niciel didn't really know, only that it was so.
Meanwhile, a few of the Holy Wisps managed to stumble upon interesting locations. One of them found Slough and its guardian in the Fractal Sea, and it floated over to Slough, its curiosity piqued. Another found the Celestial Citadel and immediately entered it, drawn to the power it emitted.
-Niciel is annoyed by Vestec's continued antics, and sets off to correct it just a little.
-Niciel purifies the Chaos Wisps back into Holy Wisps (no Might spent, free portfolio action).
-Niciel updates the Wisps so that corruption of the Wisps is no longer possible by having the Orb of Holy reject corruption within Wisps should it find any.
-A Holy Wisp finds Slough and Custodian Esau, while another enters the Celestial Citadel.
Teknall will make your demi when he deems it appropriate. If we get a mother then he can be born relatively early. But otherwise there will be a bit of waiting. But what would a demigod of smithing do in the absence of civilisation, anyway?
Do you have a character sheet we could look at by any chance? It might help people make decisions.
As for life, I'm thinking of having Teknall create earth elementals, with the initial purpose of being a defence against the Ashlings. To generalise their purpose, their level of aggression would be proportional to violence of the target. So creatures like Ashlings, eldritch abominations out to consume the world and blood-thirsty predators would make them really mad, but docile creatures like most beasts and the White Giants would be left alone.
For sentient life, we all know what Teknall wants. Dwarves. Or at least a race functionally similar.
What, are the White Giants not good enough to battle against the Ashlings?
One day, we will reach the next turn, when a few more thousand/million years have passed and the planet is finally ready for sentient life to walk/fly/swim/whatever the land.
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