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Grakelin :I've seen this on a few other forums. Basically, everybody plays a God of a new universe, and every 'turn' (generally a few days to a week), they get a set number of 'acts' that they can perform, such as creating new life or a new landmass. It can be pretty interesting at times.
Any interest in this?
Xiao: I'm kinda curious... but do you really think this game would end in anything other than horrific tragedy here?
Grakelin: I don't understand why a game about Deities ending in horrific tragedy is a bad thing.
Zanza: Whats the rule sets etc?
vVsnttd: Yeah, it sounds pretty fun.
Nothing wrong with horrific tragedy.
Grossenschwamm: This sounds fun...I already know how I'll fit in to the setting. Plus, every historical tale of deities has some form of tragedy (or ethnic cleansing...I'm looking at The Illiad when I say that).
Arthgon: I am interested, but I have some questions:
1. Can you deity be based on the gods, goddesses of the real world (Greek, Egyptian, Scandinavian, Sumerians, etc,) or from other sources? (Lovecraft, Pratchet, etc,)
2. Do you have some interaction with the other deities?
3. Does the deity have his/ her own place or hideout?
4. How strong will your deity be?
5. Is it possible to make avatars?
6. Can you marry with another deity or a mortal?
7. Would it be possible to have children?
8. Having brothers or sisters?
Wolfsbane: Interesting. I might just give it a go.
Grakelin: I'm going to use the basic ruleset from the other forum I saw this on, in that each round (let's say a week), you get a certain number of Acts (probably between 3-6 for speed purposes). A single act counts as a single major action, such as creating a race or a landmass or an alternate plane where you can suck up souls when they die. I'll give an example below.
All of Arthgon's questions: I don't see why not. You're a deity, so you can do whatever you want, really. The only rules are that you only get so many actions per week, and you can't contradict what other people have done. An example of this is that if Grossenschwam makes a race of Frog people, you can't say the Frog people never existed, but you can send a plague to harm them.
I guess if people start actively attacking each other's stuff, I can put in some sort of arbitrary conflict resolution system, too.
I'll start, and you can use this as an example of how to formulate your posts:
We will start with 6 Acts, so we can really play around a bit.
In the beginning, there was nothing. And then there was something. The Nothingness started to form a universe. In this universe, he created an orb of water, and he created an orb of fire. The orb of water floated, suspended next to the orb of fire.
The Nothingness then formed Somethingness from the Nothingness. He created a set of Deities, sparking them with vast sentience.
The Nothingness was getting very tired now, but he pressed on. While the Deities were growing accustomed to their sudden new existences, noticed that half of the Orb was very dark. He decided to make it spin, so that the dark half would get to be bright too. Finally, the Nothingness formed into a series of distant fiery orbs, each of which was very far away, offering light to the watery orb at night time, but not heat.
Act One: Started the Universe
Act Two: Put a big Watery Orb in the Universe
Act Three: Created a Big Firey Orb next to the big Watery Orb.
Act Four: Created a series of Deities.
Act Five: Made the Watery Orb spin.
Act Six: Made the stars.
So in our example (which is also the origin of the universe) the Nothingness has spent his six Acts to build a planet, some life (the deities, us), and a sun. Cool stuff!
I put a summary of everything the Nothingness did on the bottom, just so that it would be very clear what I did.
Grakelin :I've seen this on a few other forums. Basically, everybody plays a God of a new universe, and every 'turn' (generally a few days to a week), they get a set number of 'acts' that they can perform, such as creating new life or a new landmass. It can be pretty interesting at times.
Any interest in this?
Xiao: I'm kinda curious... but do you really think this game would end in anything other than horrific tragedy here?
Grakelin: I don't understand why a game about Deities ending in horrific tragedy is a bad thing.
Zanza: Whats the rule sets etc?
Rain Dog: Yeah, it sounds pretty fun.
Nothing wrong with horrific tragedy.
Grossenschwamm: This sounds fun...I already know how I'll fit in to the setting. Plus, every historical tale of deities has some form of tragedy (or ethnic cleansing...I'm looking at The Illiad when I say that).
Arthgon: I am interested, but I have some questions:
1. Can you deity be based on the gods, goddesses of the real world (Greek, Egyptian, Scandinavian, Sumerians, etc,) or from other sources? (Lovecraft, Pratchet, etc,)
2. Do you have some interaction with the other deities?
3. Does the deity have his/ her own place or hideout?
4. How strong will your deity be?
5. Is it possible to make avatars?
6. Can you marry with another deity or a mortal?
7. Would it be possible to have children?
8. Having brothers or sisters?
Wolfsbane: Interesting. I might just give it a go.
Grakelin: I'm going to use the basic ruleset from the other forum I saw this on, in that each round (let's say a week), you get a certain number of Acts (probably between 3-6 for speed purposes). A single act counts as a single major action, such as creating a race or a landmass or an alternate plane where you can suck up souls when they die. I'll give an example below.
All of Arthgon's questions: I don't see why not. You're a deity, so you can do whatever you want, really. The only rules are that you only get so many actions per week, and you can't contradict what other people have done. An example of this is that if Grossenschwam makes a race of Frog people, you can't say the Frog people never existed, but you can send a plague to harm them.
I guess if people start actively attacking each other's stuff, I can put in some sort of arbitrary conflict resolution system, too.
I'll start, and you can use this as an example of how to formulate your posts:
We will start with 6 Acts, so we can really play around a bit.
In the beginning, there was nothing. And then there was something. The Nothingness started to form a universe. In this universe, he created an orb of water, and he created an orb of fire. The orb of water floated, suspended next to the orb of fire.
The Nothingness then formed Somethingness from the Nothingness. He created a set of Deities, sparking them with vast sentience.
The Nothingness was getting very tired now, but he pressed on. While the Deities were growing accustomed to their sudden new existences, noticed that half of the Orb was very dark. He decided to make it spin, so that the dark half would get to be bright too. Finally, the Nothingness formed into a series of distant fiery orbs, each of which was very far away, offering light to the watery orb at night time, but not heat.
Act One: Started the Universe
Act Two: Put a big Watery Orb in the Universe
Act Three: Created a Big Firey Orb next to the big Watery Orb.
Act Four: Created a series of Deities.
Act Five: Made the Watery Orb spin.
Act Six: Made the stars.
So in our example (which is also the origin of the universe) the Nothingness has spent his six Acts to build a planet, some life (the deities, us), and a sun. Cool stuff!
I put a summary of everything the Nothingness did on the bottom, just so that it would be very clear what I did.
Wolfsbane: Right. Now, do we take turns doing this or does everybody post when they feel like? An do you have to spend all of your actions in the same post?
Zanza: One little nagging question, do we play on the same planet?
Grakelin: You can post whenever you want. You get six new actions next Friday (don't wait for me to update, just start using your actions right away). Any unused actions are wasted. You can use however many actions you want per post. So I can use three actions now, wait for Zanza to post, then post three more actions.
You can feel free to create a separate plane or planet if you wish, but for the sake of clarity, try to make a connection (i.e. a gateway or a means of access) to the original plane (not necessary if it's a different planet in the same universe). For instance, if I make an Underworld, the means of access would be 'dying'. This all counts as one action.
Zanza: Forgot to ask, is there a limit on technology? It would be kind of lame if someone created a super high tech race that creates space ships and destroys planets. Or will technology progress in the game so that each week we reach a new stage of development; classic, renaissance, industrial etc.
Grakelin: You're a Deity, do whatever seems natural to you.
Arthgon: Yes, sounds good. I am in.
Grakelin: You can start now.
Etc etc…
Grakelin: Yes, this is all correctly done, well played. Exactly one week from Wolfsbane's starting post, we can all have an additional six acts.
Wolfsbane: May I also, completely out of character, suggest something? Good. I think we should have a weekly wrap-up; a post in which Grakelin describes in a narrative text what has happened and what the consequenses of our actions were. Just a thought. Yay-or-nay-majority-rules?
Grakelin: This I can do. I will also do it early if everybody gets all 6 acts and sit idling.
Zanza: I think everyone has acted now, unless there are more people who wish to jump in. Interesting turn on my insect hordes, I predicted this would happen to the poor little fellas.
Arthgon: Does anyone know if forming an alliance or moving your haven counts as an act? Have everyone takes on a form or appearance? Example: Grossenschwamm as Deity of the Sea takes a form of a Poseidon-like Deity. – ARTHGON VOTES YAY
Zanza: I would say anything that has an affect on the course of the game would be considered as an act. However if one was to say they observed something, I myself wouldn't consider that an act unless you acted upon it, in which case the reaction would be the act. Forming an alliance would require you to make an offer (an act) then the other deity would then choose to accept (being an act in my books) or ignore. I don't believe ignoring would be an act as it is simply not acknowledging them and you probably wouldn't have to go out of your way to do that.
Xiao: Much as I hate to say it (and believe me, I hate to say it), I agree with Zanza.
Wolfsbane: Zanza is of course right. Anything that requires you to actually do something must be considered to be an act.
Grakelin: Yes, I will update on the 21st (22nd, if you are in the South Pacific) regardless of whether everybody has gone or not.
Also, I like that you typed out that quote word for word and misspelled everything.[quote]
HaseoTOD1 ( is it too late for me to join in?)
Wolfsbane: No, join in whenever you like.
*Some posts missing but they went along the lines of being gay and rewriting that which happened.*
Wolfsbane: I've already created death, you know, but go ahead and be the reaper if you like.
HaseoTOD1: 8===D
Wolfsbane: Rule check: Can Arthgon do as he did with his fifth Act? Undo my Act with an Act of his own, that is? And if he can, can I then also undo the 'immunity to other deitys influence' that he's bestowed onto his minions with an Act of my own?
Personably, I think he contradicted my move with his which should be considered a breach of the rules.
But I'll leave it to Grakelin to decide.
Zanza (What is to stop two people using all their acts undoing each other's moves? I think to undo and then to make immune is pretty cheap, should only be able to make immune in a way that there is a way around it. An example of this is my egg inside the moon, it is immune because it is encased inside a god damn moon protected by my haven, now if a cunning deity managed to get a foot inside that haven...)
Wolfsbane(Or throw a meteor at it? Thing is, Arthgon could have undone my acts way more smoothly than he originally intended to. I'm ok with the immunity part as long as it takes an entire Act to achieve it. I circulated the immunity by corrupting other beings to strike down the immune ones. As long as we can't undo each others Acts by simply undoing them, I'm game.)
Xiao ((I'm all for dick moves, as long as there are ways to counter them or react to them that don't outright suck or make the person trying to counter look like a 'ah-heh' God-modder.
I'll fetch me coat.))
HaseoTOD ( agreed on both being gay, and the anti-god-modding.)
Xiao ((Wolfsbane, my forest is my Haven. If you're going to attack my base of power, wait till the next group of acts are allotted.))
Wolfsbane (Why? I'm not trying to be rude here, I'm just using tactics. I only did this because I knew you were out of actions and thus unable to defend yourself. It's nothing personable, it's a game, and you were my target this round. The forest burns until next round.)
Arthgon <Insert>
The Bob: (I'm against all off this immunity bullshit. We're Deities here, we can do whatever the hell we want, to everything. Someone could be an asshole and tear the world in two, killing all creatures regardless of how badass they were. They can be strengthened or shielded from other creatures, but will remain nothing compared to deities.
I'd assume my Thirteenth avatar to be tougher as it is currently the embodiment of my deity, but otherwise, its just an earthly shell with very limited powers, however impressive they may be to lesser creatures. Tougher, because anyone trying to control it would have to overrule my Deity's direct grasp over the avatar, but otherwise there's nothing stopping others from messing with it. I consider all creatures not under explicit control of a deity to be powerless against another player's direct influence.
In the end it's all about style and not being too much of an asshole, whoever keeps pissing everyone off will eventually be kicked from the game. Also, a separate discussion thread is in order, should I split RP posts into another thread ?)
*Stuff happened and now this is the spam thread as opposed to the story thread.*
: Right. Now, do we take turns doing this or does everybody post when they feel like? An do you have to spend all of your actions in the same post?
Zanza: One little nagging question, do we play on the same planet?
Grakelin: You can post whenever you want. You get six new actions next Friday (don't wait for me to update, just start using your actions right away). Any unused actions are wasted. You can use however many actions you want per post. So I can use three actions now, wait for Zanza to post, then post three more actions.
You can feel free to create a separate plane or planet if you wish, but for the sake of clarity, try to make a connection (i.e. a gateway or a means of access) to the original plane (not necessary if it's a different planet in the same universe). For instance, if I make an Underworld, the means of access would be 'dying'. This all counts as one action.
Zanza: Forgot to ask, is there a limit on technology? It would be kind of lame if someone created a super high tech race that creates space ships and destroys planets. Or will technology progress in the game so that each week we reach a new stage of development; classic, renaissance, industrial etc.
Grakelin: You're a Deity, do whatever seems natural to you.
Arthgon: Yes, sounds good. I am in.
Grakelin: You can start now.
Etc etc…
Grakelin: Yes, this is all correctly done, well played. Exactly one week from Wolfsbane's starting post, we can all have an additional six acts.
Wolfsbane: May I also, completely out of character, suggest something? Good. I think we should have a weekly wrap-up; a post in which Grakelin describes in a narrative text what has happened and what the consequenses of our actions were. Just a thought. Yay-or-nay-majority-rules?
Grakelin: This I can do. I will also do it early if everybody gets all 6 acts and sit idling.
Zanza: I think everyone has acted now, unless there are more people who wish to jump in. Interesting turn on my insect hordes, I predicted this would happen to the poor little fellas.
Arthgon: Does anyone know if forming an alliance or moving your haven counts as an act? Have everyone takes on a form or appearance? Example: Grossenschwamm as Deity of the Sea takes a form of a Poseidon-like Deity. – ARTHGON VOTES YAY
Zanza: I would say anything that has an affect on the course of the game would be considered as an act. However if one was to say they observed something, I myself wouldn't consider that an act unless you acted upon it, in which case the reaction would be the act. Forming an alliance would require you to make an offer (an act) then the other deity would then choose to accept (being an act in my books) or ignore. I don't believe ignoring would be an act as it is simply not acknowledging them and you probably wouldn't have to go out of your way to do that.
Xiao: Much as I hate to say it (and believe me, I hate to say it), I agree with Zanza.
Wolfsbane: Zanza is of course right. Anything that requires you to actually do something must be considered to be an act.
Grakelin: Yes, I will update on the 21st (22nd, if you are in the South Pacific) regardless of whether everybody has gone or not.
Also, I like that you typed out that quote word for word and misspelled everything.[quote]
HaseoTOD1 ( is it too late for me to join in?)
Wolfsbane: No, join in whenever you like.
*Some posts missing but they went along the lines of being gay and rewriting that which happened.*
Wolfsbane: I've already created death, you know, but go ahead and be the reaper if you like.
HaseoTOD1: 8===D
Wolfsbane: Rule check: Can Arthgon do as he did with his fifth Act? Undo my Act with an Act of his own, that is? And if he can, can I then also undo the 'immunity to other deitys influence' that he's bestowed onto his minions with an Act of my own?
Personably, I think he contradicted my move with his which should be considered a breach of the rules.
But I'll leave it to Grakelin to decide.
Zanza (What is to stop two people using all their acts undoing each other's moves? I think to undo and then to make immune is pretty cheap, should only be able to make immune in a way that there is a way around it. An example of this is my egg inside the moon, it is immune because it is encased inside a god damn moon protected by my haven, now if a cunning deity managed to get a foot inside that haven...)
Wolfsbane(Or throw a meteor at it? Thing is, Arthgon could have undone my acts way more smoothly than he originally intended to. I'm ok with the immunity part as long as it takes an entire Act to achieve it. I circulated the immunity by corrupting other beings to strike down the immune ones. As long as we can't undo each others Acts by simply undoing them, I'm game.)
Xiao ((I'm all for dick moves, as long as there are ways to counter them or react to them that don't outright suck or make the person trying to counter look like a 'ah-heh' God-modder.
I'll fetch me coat.))
HaseoTOD ( agreed on both being gay, and the anti-god-modding.)
Xiao ((Wolfsbane, my forest is my Haven. If you're going to attack my base of power, wait till the next group of acts are allotted.))
Wolfsbane (Why? I'm not trying to be rude here, I'm just using tactics. I only did this because I knew you were out of actions and thus unable to defend yourself. It's nothing personable, it's a game, and you were my target this round. The forest burns until next round.)
Arthgon <Insert>
The Bob: (I'm against all off this immunity bullshit. We're Deities here, we can do whatever the hell we want, to everything. Someone could be an asshole and tear the world in two, killing all creatures regardless of how badass they were. They can be strengthened or shielded from other creatures, but will remain nothing compared to deities.
I'd assume my Thirteenth avatar to be tougher as it is currently the embodiment of my deity, but otherwise, its just an earthly shell with very limited powers, however impressive they may be to lesser creatures. Tougher, because anyone trying to control it would have to overrule my Deity's direct grasp over the avatar, but otherwise there's nothing stopping others from messing with it. I consider all creatures not under explicit control of a deity to be powerless against another player's direct influence.
In the end it's all about style and not being too much of an asshole, whoever keeps pissing everyone off will eventually be kicked from the game. Also, a separate discussion thread is in order, should I split RP posts into another thread ?)
*Stuff happened and now this is the spam thread as opposed to the story thread.*
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I'm just playing my part, you know. After all, what's a forest or a few minions to a deity, eh? I don't want to ruin the game, I just want to spice it up a bit.