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mamgaeater
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posted May 04, 2008 09:47 PM |
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no i mean is it an active rp starting and what are the rules or are you still working everything out?
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Geny
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What if Elvin was female?
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posted May 04, 2008 09:50 PM |
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Edited by Geny at 21:51, 04 May 2008.
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Ultimatively, I guess it's bixie's decision, but I think we still need to agree on the world setting and some basic rules before we begin. Also it would be nice to have some kind of a plot to begin with.
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mamgaeater
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posted May 04, 2008 10:17 PM |
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how about the gods are being forgotten slowly and at the god council we decided we need some sort of gimmick and draw in followers.
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baklava
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posted May 04, 2008 11:46 PM |
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Right, more concepts... I'd really like to see Bixie's opinion on all this.
Moving on to Divine Presence:
Level One: Point of Power
The god is bound to one individual, tree, animal, grove, smaller building or artifact and the immediate surroundings of that object. A god may be the protector of that object, it might grant him power, or he might be imprisoned in it.
Level Two: Places of Concentration
The god is able to roam between temples or groves dedicated to him, or certain types of woods, persons, and similar. Or he may be confined to a larger area such as a nation or a mountain chain, which he may not leave. However he does not have any power outside those boundaries.
Level Three: Elemental Energy
The god is able to walk freely wherever his element or specialty is present. That includes any village with a blacksmith if he is the god of blacksmiths, any place on fire or with a torch if he is a god of fire etc. His might is greater if there is more element around. For example, a god of darkness will have more power at night than in a shadow of a tree in the middle of a day.
Level Four: Ethereal Walk
The god is able to walk and materialize basically anywhere, but needs some time to get to places where his element(s) are not present, or where there are more powerful deities in command. His power is far greater if he is on his own element, but is a force to be reckoned with wherever he walks. He, however, may be weakened in areas of opposite elements.
Level Five: Omnipresence
The god is ultimately able to spawn anywhere and see everything. In some cases, he may even be at two or more places at the same time, though that is extremely complex and mortals can hardly comprehend it. Wielding maximum power wherever he is, he cannot be weakened by an opposite element or another prominent power in the region.
Coming up next, flaws and similar 
Gods could start with a fixed amount of points and earn additional points later, according to what they do, what quests they solve, how good they roleplay etcetera, and thus buy higher levels of Godly Presence and Duty, buy out their flaws, get new advantages etc...
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Daystar
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posted May 05, 2008 12:15 AM |
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Forgive me for not being Bixie.
And how do people decide on who has what level of ability? I mean, some people will go straight to omnipresence and burninate everyone else, won't they?
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mamgaeater
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posted May 05, 2008 12:32 AM |
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lets make a skill tree first and fill 75% of it with perks
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Geny
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posted May 05, 2008 10:21 AM |
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And how do people decide on who has what level of ability? I mean, some people will go straight to omnipresence and burninate everyone else, won't they?
That's why baklava made two systems - Duty and Presence. Let's say that each god has 6 points to distibute, then he can be either allpowerful and pinned to one location (like Woock) or a weakling that can be anywhere (like me).
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted May 05, 2008 11:05 AM |
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lets make a skill tree first and fill 75% of it with perks
this will kill it
Rules? I can play monopoly if I want rules  Just post sensibly and creatively, and no stupid stuff.
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JoonasTo
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posted May 05, 2008 11:11 AM |
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Do you thinks that's possible?
This is HC afterall.
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Geny
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posted May 05, 2008 11:22 AM |
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Yeah, but wog_edn haven't posted in a while, so I think we'll be fine.
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JoonasTo
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posted May 05, 2008 11:41 AM |
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But we still have the mighty chicken god.
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bixie
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posted May 05, 2008 12:13 PM |
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no i mean is it an active rp starting and what are the rules or are you still working everything out?
It's currently still on the drawing board, and i'm trying to get as many people to help me with it as possible.
Baklava, you are being such a great guy, you've managed to get the system sorted pretty well, thanks guy!
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Mytical
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posted May 05, 2008 12:18 PM |
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If there is any way I can help just let me know.
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bixie
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posted May 05, 2008 12:26 PM |
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maybe, Mythical, if you could design some of the flaws for gods...
basically, if you want more points to spend on either power or influence, you need to have a flaw to compensate. these could include Lecherousness (sleeps around alot), Control freak (demands total worship from worshippers, doesn't let them have any other gods), Spawner of monsters (if ever sleeps with a mortal, that mortal will give birth to a monster), Too Human (is actually a human who is playing at being a god) or simply gives too much (far too caring of their worshippers.)
its up to you the amount of points you get for different flaws.
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted May 05, 2008 12:27 PM |
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Do you thinks that's possible?
This is HC afterall.
how many RPs have rules...
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JoonasTo
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posted May 05, 2008 12:47 PM |
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All of the actual ones do.
Sensible posting only works till a certain point. Look at M.E.G.A., omega erased the whole timeline there.
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Mytical
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posted May 05, 2008 12:49 PM |
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Well I would put them like this.
Minor - Things like gluttony, hedonism..basically the seven sins . Would be worth minimum ammount of points, with a set maximum of 3 total. On a point scale of 100 they would be worth about 1 point. After all, they are not major set backs. Also, anything that a power, skill, etc offsets would not count for points or toward there maximum. For instance, being greedy and able to create things out of thin air would be worth 0 points. The maximum of course would be up to you, and you could let them choose there flaws and I could assign points which would be subject to your approval.
Normal - Things like severe fear of something, hatred of something (lets not do the hatred of different people tho, would wreck the whole thing), or as powerful enemy. Would be worth 10 points (out of 100) with a max of 2. Anything that limits what they can and can not do or where they can go would fit this category. Again I could assign points on a case by case basis .
Major - Things like Piousness (requires a strict code for their followers to adhere to), Monster Creator, Jealous of other gods, More Powerful enemy and such would be worth the most points. Also you could only choose one Major flaw.
I will try to have a more comprehensive list once I figure out your point system and get an idea what people might want
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted May 05, 2008 12:52 PM |
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The only decent RP that comes to mind here that has any form of rules is Masquerade..
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Lord_Woock
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posted May 05, 2008 03:24 PM |
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All of the actual ones do.
Sensible posting only works till a certain point. Look at M.E.G.A., omega erased the whole timeline there.
Axis managed perfectly without rules for as long as the people were interested in playing. The points used there were only a rough guideline to see that this guy is stronger than that guy and not to actually calculate things.
Same goes for Imagination and (mostly) LHW, which didn't even have the point guideline.
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Gods could start with a fixed amount of points and earn additional points later, according to what they do, what quests they solve, how good they roleplay etcetera, and thus buy higher levels of Godly Presence and Duty, buy out their flaws, get new advantages etc...
Who decides who earns how many points when? Who assigns quests? If this is a GMed RP, then okay, but rules that depend on the presence of a GM kinda fail to work otherwise.
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bixie
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posted May 05, 2008 05:22 PM |
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Gods could start with a fixed amount of points and earn additional points later, according to what they do, what quests they solve, how good they roleplay etcetera, and thus buy higher levels of Godly Presence and Duty, buy out their flaws, get new advantages etc...
Who decides who earns how many points when? Who assigns quests? If this is a GMed RP, then okay, but rules that depend on the presence of a GM kinda fail to work otherwise.
Points will be earned by doing godly deeds, like little quests, or going out to kill some monsters, and even stealing belief from other gods.
the system is based on belief, we as start as relatively weak, BUT CHARACTERFUL gods, and as we earn rewards, our belief and praise grows and we get more powerful.
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