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Tides of New Tales (A Quest Where the Voters are Gods)

Divine Domains

  • The QM should have control over the domains, and they should only have a narrative effect.

    Votes: 9 30.0%

  • The QM should have control over the domains, and they should have a mechanical effect.

    Votes: 10 33.3%

  • Voters should be allowed to declare/assume domains, and they should only have a narrative effect.

    Votes: 5 16.7%

  • Voters should be allowed to declare/assume domains, and they should have a mechanical effect.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • There are no domains. We are many, we are one, we are legion (no domains will be included)

    Votes: 6 20.0%
  • Total voters
    30
  • Poll closed .
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BurningLaugh said:
Deeds speak louder than words.
Speaking to the Herald to influence a domain is like taking a bucket of water out of a river. Spending dominion to influence a domain is like actively diverting or damming the river.
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So basically I'm not getting the chaos domain no matter what and when I inevitability get something that weakens any action not related to it I'm just fucked when it comes to making weird stuff that isn't madness related?
 
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Donald Darf said:
Edit: Anyone got any ideas for causing chaos with only a single piece of dominion?
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Make water near them into fire, and fire near them into water.

BurningLaugh said:
The Herald will either spend a while trying to decipher your meaning or will treat it as a "wrong number."

Deeds speak louder than words.
Speaking to the Herald to influence a domain is like taking a bucket of water out of a river. Spending dominion to influence a domain is like actively diverting or damming the river.
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A bucket a day keeps the Herald awake. Let Mr. Darf do it bit by bit.

Donald Darf said:
So basically I'm not getting the chaos domain no matter what and when I inevitability get something that weakens any action not related to it I'm just fucked when it comes to making weird stuff that isn't madness related?
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It's chill, Donald. We aren't getting our domains right away. In fact, I'd wager it'd take about 6 to 8 actions or 7 to 10 dominion spent. I forgot why we got Madness (so I'll probably go read that action) but Madness is related to chaos. Nice and easy Does the ship sail.
 
Donald Darf said:
I wonder if I could just ask to not have a domain
No bonus to certain actions, but no detriments either
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You could probably do that by just balancing a lot of different actions with different purposes and motives, to then not get any domain. Though, I don't remember that getting a domain gives a detriment to non-domain related actions. Just that the bonus to domain-related ones are enough that it's far preferable.
 
@BurningLaugh

Can you reiterate what exactly the mechanics of domains are? I'm worrying about getting the right domain more then I think I should currently and wanna know if there any downsides or I just misrembered it
 
Donald Darf said:
I wonder if I could just ask to not have a domain
No bonus to certain actions, but no detriments either
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Nigerian Duck said:
You could probably do that by just balancing a lot of different actions with different purposes and motives, to then not get any domain. Though, I don't remember that getting a domain gives a detriment to non-domain related actions. Just that the bonus to domain-related ones are enough that it's far preferable.
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Okibruez said:
And where do Omake fall on this influence chart?
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Donald Darf said:
@BurningLaugh

Can you reiterate what exactly the mechanics of domains are? I'm worrying about getting the right domain more then I think I should currently and wanna know if there any downsides or I just misrembered it
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Nothing states you guys have to take the domains that form. I simply decide what domains are available and who can take what.
Domains, if taken, make dominion expenditures easier if they relate to that domain but harder if they actively oppose it.
Let's take the Domain of Water for an example:
- Doing a dominion expenditure to create an oasis or a sea creature or water magic would all be easier done. Their respective plausibility scales would decrease.
- Doing a dominion expenditure to teach people how to fight doesn't really connect to the Water Domain but it also doesn't go against it so no bonuses or detriments.
- Doing a dominion expenditure to create a tornado of fire or blast the area into a desert actively goes against the Water Domain so the plausibility scales would increase. Of course, a clever god could get around this be simply removing all the moisture in the end or manipulating the evaporated water in the sky.

As for omakes?
Those are in a...tricky position.
The point of omakes isn't really to give anything to you guys outside of dominion; their point is to expand on the world itself whether it be by stating a gold dragon is flying somewhere, there's an eldritch imprisoned beneath the ice, two centaurs fell in love, you actively spoke to someone, etc.
They can't be used to justify changes that will provide an actual bonus or detriment (that's what dominion expenditures are for).
I guess you could argue that omakes can be used to get a domain, but they would still be less effective than the dominion expenditures.
It would be Dominion > Winning Plan Votes => Omakes > Herald Talk (if I had to decide off the top of my head)
 
This is all excellent clarification. Thank you.
Is there a list of domains or just 'as appropriate'?
 
Okibruez said:
This is all excellent clarification. Thank you.
Is there a list of domains or just 'as appropriate'?
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Just as appropriate
Just grab some random thing/concept or some random god from any mythos or fiction and boom you have a domain that can be sought for

Edit: Examples
- Sun
- Truth
- Prophecy
- Chaos
- Rulership
- Magic
- Knowledge
- Chairs
- Valor
- Family
- Forests
- Winds
- Snakes
- Growth
- Death
- Heresy
- Disbelief
- Fertility
- The Lame
- The Blind
 
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Tarumath said:
How do we claim Domains?
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When a domain is fully formed, I will let you all know and I will tell who can claim it.
An example is the domain of magic
The Magic Domain is currently forming due to the introduction of Green Magic.
After a few more changes are done that are centered around Magic, it will be fully formed and ready to be claimed.
It will then be open to those who have done the most for it where they can claim it if they desire.
 
Adhoc vote count started by BurningLaugh on Sep 22, 2022 at 7:21 PM, finished with 102 posts and 15 votes.
  • [X] Plan Conviction And Afterlife
    - [X] Conviction. The Herald felt a renewed sense of purpose in their efforts to lead their people and please the Gods. For this tragedy was the Herald's second labor, a test from the Gods, a test that the Herald had failed. Now it serves as a reminder for what hesitation, weakness, and foolishness can bring. The Herald will never fail again. (Herald develops new style: Unconquered King)
    - [X] this world is fought over by the light and the dark. Our Gods serve the light and seek to eradicate evil, but there are Dark Gods out there that seek to drown us all in evil. The two are locked in a stalemate, so it falls to us to tip the battle in the favor of light. Only then will this world know peace and comfort." (The religion believes the world to be locked in a battle between light and dark, good and evil with their actions tipping the scales in one direction or the other).
    - [X] "All will join the Gods in the next world. Beyond this world is one of light and spirits. It is this world that the Gods inhabit, and all will go there when they inevitably perish." (There is a single spirit realm where all go when they die)
    - [X] To help and aid those less fortunate, no matter the cost.
    - [X] bury them. The dead would be returned to the ground created by the Gods; perhaps the plants that grow will have some of their essence.
    - [X] decided that a way-shrine would be constructed.
    - [X] They will serve as friends and equals. Not necessarily family, but not treated unfairly either.
    - [X] that it should be regulated and controlled to ensure disastrous trades are not made. Trade can continue, but more serious trades that involve the non-physical shall be monitored and regulated.
    - [X] to deal with the Marked Ones. The Marked Ones have committed a grave sin against the Centaur people, and the Herald will ensure that they are punished for their crimes.
    -- [X] Prepare for the inevitable confrontation. The Marked Ones have proven to be a dangerous foe, so the people must be prepared to face them. They must be trained, new weapons and armors must be constructed, bands organized, and defenses prepared.
    - [X] Herald Talk: Always remember: Everyone has a reason for doing what they do. But that doesn't mean that reason is a sound one. Know that there is good and there is evil. Know that neither are absolute. And learn when to give the closed fist of punishment and when to present an open hand of understanding. That is the measure of a true leader. Remember this, even as you face the Marked Ones.
    [X] Unending Growth
    [X] Disrupt an orderly event by making someone trip, 1 Dominion
    [X] Unending Growth
    -[X] Nothing. Strangely enough, the Herald felt nothing. One would expect them to feel anger or sadness or really anything at all, but they felt nothing. The screams of their peers, the cries of children, it all just…didn't matter to them. The Herald can't explain why. Perhaps they've made peace with death and tragedy, or perhaps something else. (Herald develops new style: White Veil)
    - [X] it is the price of freedom. The Gods have bestowed us all with the wonderful gift of freedom and the ability to choose how we live our lives. This unfortunately means that many will turn to evil and harm their fellow man, but that does not define us nor everyone. For everyone who chooses evil, there are those who choose kindness and good." (the religion believes there to be no good and evil, only choices)
    -[X] After one dies they shall either rest or move on. Those who are incontent in their actions shall be get another chance without preconceptions while those who are content will rest for as long as they wish.
    -[X] Create. After they have discovered all that they can find they are assigned to create more for others to discover
    - [X] bury them. The dead would be returned to the ground created by the Gods; perhaps the plants that grow will have some of their essence.
    - [X] decided that a way-shrine would be constructed.
    - [X] brethren to the centaur people.
    - [X] that it should be regulated and controlled to ensure disastrous trades are not made. Trade can continue, but more serious trades that involve the non-physical shall be monitored and regulated.
    - [X] to investigate other lands. There are many wonders and terrors that remain to be discovered. As it was the will of the Gods, the people shall continue to explore.
    --[X] Search the grasslands
    [X] Plan Equality and Freedom for All
    -[X] Fear. For once in their life, the Herald has felt fear for their life and the lives of their kin. The Centaur people have experienced loss before, but something like this was unprecedented. Something like this was clearly a sign that there were things out there that could and would destroy them, and perhaps they would if the Herald ever lost the Gods' favor. Every action had to be considered, everything met with caution, for one wrong step could mean the Ire of the Gods thus the end of the Centaur people. (Herald develops new style: Eye of Heaven)
    - [X] it is the price of freedom. The Gods have bestowed us all with the wonderful gift of freedom and the ability to choose how we live our lives. This unfortunately means that many will turn to evil and harm their fellow man, but that does not define us nor everyone. For everyone who chooses evil, there are those who choose kindness and good." (the religion believes there to be no good and evil, only choices)
    - [X] "All will join the Gods in the next world. Beyond this world is one of light and spirits. It is this world that the Gods inhabit, and all will go there when they inevitably perish." (There is a single spirit realm where all go when they die)
    - [X] There is no purpose. It falls to the individual to determine their purpose in life. The Gods will judge fairly and accordingly.
    - [X] bury them. The dead would be returned to the ground created by the Gods; perhaps the plants that grow will have some of their essence.
    -[X] decided that a way-shrine would be constructed. To honor those who had fallen.
    - [X] brethren to the centaur people.
    - [X] that it should be regulated and controlled to ensure disastrous trades are not made. Trade can continue, but more serious trades that involve the non-physical shall be monitored and regulated.
    - [X] to deal with the Marked Ones. The Marked Ones have committed a grave sin against the Centaur people, and the Herald will ensure that they are punished for their crimes.
    -- [X] Prepare for the inevitable confrontation. The Marked Ones have proven to be a dangerous foe, so the people must be prepared to face them. They must be trained, new weapons and armors must be constructed, bands organized, and defenses prepared.
    [X] Plan I'm not good with names
    - [X] Sorrow. The Herald felt unbearable sorrow for the first time in their life. It was always hard when someone died, but for a group to be viciously slaughtered…it was too much. The Herald wanted to run back into their mother's arms, but they couldn't. They had to lead the Centaur people, and lead them to ensure such tragedy never happened again. (Herald develops new style: Tormented Hooves)
    - [X] it is the price of freedom. The Gods have bestowed us all with the wonderful gift of freedom and the ability to choose how we live our lives. This unfortunately means that many will turn to evil and harm their fellow man, but that does not define us nor everyone. For everyone who chooses evil, there are those who choose kindness and good." (the religion believes there to be no good and evil, only choices)
    - [X] "All will cease to exist once they die. This life is all we have, so we must do all we can while we have the chance. We must live life to the fullest, we must push on past adversity, and we must honor the memories of those who traveled with us." (There is no afterlife, all cease once they die)
    - [X] There is no purpose. It falls to the individual to determine their purpose in life. The Gods will judge fairly and accordingly.
    - [X] decided that a way-shrine would be constructed.
    - [X] brethren to the centaur people.
    - [X] that it should be regulated and controlled to ensure disastrous trades are not made. Trade can continue, but more serious trades that involve the non-physical shall be monitored and regulated.
    - [X] to investigate other lands. There are many wonders and terrors that remain to be discovered. As it was the will of the Gods, the people shall continue to explore.
    -- [X] Search the hills
    [X] Enchant Way-Shrines to be harder to locate by enemies of the Centuar (1 Dominion)
    [X] I want to make it so that with higher exposure to celestial energy, comes a heightened capability of self-reflection and self-awareness, the more exposed they are to celestial energy, the greater the ability to objectively categorize their own actions and feelings. (2 Dominions)
    [X] Inspire the advancement of woodworking (1 Dominion)
    [X] Enchant Way-Shrines to be harder to locate by enemies of the Centuar (2 Dominion)
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I'm going to be calling the vote in 2 days (Saturday 24, 2022) at 6:00pm CDT
 
Cheese,
BurningLaugh said:
Nothing states you guys have to take the domains that form. I simply decide what domains are available and who can take what.
Domains, if taken, make dominion expenditures easier if they relate to that domain but harder if they actively oppose it.
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I was mostly right. Though, I didn't know we were allowed to choose if we want to take it or not. When you mentioned that me and Donald could be "Gob of Madness and Trade" did that mean we could take both madness and trade as a domain, therefore expanding our reach?

BurningLaugh said:
Nothing states you guys have to take the domains that form. I simply decide what domains are available and who can take what.
Domains, if taken, make dominion expenditures easier if they relate to that domain but harder if they actively oppose it.
Let's take the Domain of Water for an example:
- Doing a dominion expenditure to create an oasis or a sea creature or water magic would all be easier done. Their respective plausibility scales would decrease.
- Doing a dominion expenditure to teach people how to fight doesn't really connect to the Water Domain but it also doesn't go against it so no bonuses or detriments.
- Doing a dominion expenditure to create a tornado of fire or blast the area into a desert actively goes against the Water Domain so the plausibility scales would increase. Of course, a clever god could get around this be simply removing all the moisture in the end or manipulating the evaporated water in the sky.

As for omakes?
Those are in a...tricky position.
The point of omakes isn't really to give anything to you guys outside of dominion; their point is to expand on the world itself whether it be by stating a gold dragon is flying somewhere, there's an eldritch imprisoned beneath the ice, two centaurs fell in love, you actively spoke to someone, etc.
They can't be used to justify changes that will provide an actual bonus or detriment (that's what dominion expenditures are for).
I guess you could argue that omakes can be used to get a domain, but they would still be less effective than the dominion expenditures.
It would be Dominion > Winning Plan Votes => Omakes > Herald Talk (if I had to decide off the top of my head)
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Ohh, so things in sidestories will become true, like singular people. Good. Then I'll be having fun and taking time with that. Good to hear especially that it has a viable effect on domains.

BurningLaugh said:
When a domain is fully formed, I will let you all know and I will tell who can claim it.
An example is the domain of magic
The Magic Domain is currently forming due to the introduction of Green Magic.
After a few more changes are done that are centered around Magic, it will be fully formed and ready to be claimed.
It will then be open to those who have done the most for it where they can claim it if they desire.
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So what about that "King of Gobs" fink then? It's not exactly a domain, is it? And if it operates like one…I'm a bit apprehensive of what the actions that it would get a bonus to would involve.

BurningLaugh said:
Adhoc vote count started by BurningLaugh on Sep 22, 2022 at 7:21 PM, finished with 102 posts and 15 votes.
  • [X] Plan Conviction And Afterlife
    - [X] Conviction. The Herald felt a renewed sense of purpose in their efforts to lead their people and please the Gods. For this tragedy was the Herald's second labor, a test from the Gods, a test that the Herald had failed. Now it serves as a reminder for what hesitation, weakness, and foolishness can bring. The Herald will never fail again. (Herald develops new style: Unconquered King)
    - [X] this world is fought over by the light and the dark. Our Gods serve the light and seek to eradicate evil, but there are Dark Gods out there that seek to drown us all in evil. The two are locked in a stalemate, so it falls to us to tip the battle in the favor of light. Only then will this world know peace and comfort." (The religion believes the world to be locked in a battle between light and dark, good and evil with their actions tipping the scales in one direction or the other).
    - [X] "All will join the Gods in the next world. Beyond this world is one of light and spirits. It is this world that the Gods inhabit, and all will go there when they inevitably perish." (There is a single spirit realm where all go when they die)
    - [X] To help and aid those less fortunate, no matter the cost.
    - [X] bury them. The dead would be returned to the ground created by the Gods; perhaps the plants that grow will have some of their essence.
    - [X] decided that a way-shrine would be constructed.
    - [X] They will serve as friends and equals. Not necessarily family, but not treated unfairly either.
    - [X] that it should be regulated and controlled to ensure disastrous trades are not made. Trade can continue, but more serious trades that involve the non-physical shall be monitored and regulated.
    - [X] to deal with the Marked Ones. The Marked Ones have committed a grave sin against the Centaur people, and the Herald will ensure that they are punished for their crimes.
    -- [X] Prepare for the inevitable confrontation. The Marked Ones have proven to be a dangerous foe, so the people must be prepared to face them. They must be trained, new weapons and armors must be constructed, bands organized, and defenses prepared.
    - [X] Herald Talk: Always remember: Everyone has a reason for doing what they do. But that doesn't mean that reason is a sound one. Know that there is good and there is evil. Know that neither are absolute. And learn when to give the closed fist of punishment and when to present an open hand of understanding. That is the measure of a true leader. Remember this, even as you face the Marked Ones.
    [X] Unending Growth
    [X] Disrupt an orderly event by making someone trip, 1 Dominion
    [X] Unending Growth
    -[X] Nothing. Strangely enough, the Herald felt nothing. One would expect them to feel anger or sadness or really anything at all, but they felt nothing. The screams of their peers, the cries of children, it all just…didn't matter to them. The Herald can't explain why. Perhaps they've made peace with death and tragedy, or perhaps something else. (Herald develops new style: White Veil)
    - [X] it is the price of freedom. The Gods have bestowed us all with the wonderful gift of freedom and the ability to choose how we live our lives. This unfortunately means that many will turn to evil and harm their fellow man, but that does not define us nor everyone. For everyone who chooses evil, there are those who choose kindness and good." (the religion believes there to be no good and evil, only choices)
    -[X] After one dies they shall either rest or move on. Those who are incontent in their actions shall be get another chance without preconceptions while those who are content will rest for as long as they wish.
    -[X] Create. After they have discovered all that they can find they are assigned to create more for others to discover
    - [X] bury them. The dead would be returned to the ground created by the Gods; perhaps the plants that grow will have some of their essence.
    - [X] decided that a way-shrine would be constructed.
    - [X] brethren to the centaur people.
    - [X] that it should be regulated and controlled to ensure disastrous trades are not made. Trade can continue, but more serious trades that involve the non-physical shall be monitored and regulated.
    - [X] to investigate other lands. There are many wonders and terrors that remain to be discovered. As it was the will of the Gods, the people shall continue to explore.
    --[X] Search the grasslands
    [X] Plan Equality and Freedom for All
    -[X] Fear. For once in their life, the Herald has felt fear for their life and the lives of their kin. The Centaur people have experienced loss before, but something like this was unprecedented. Something like this was clearly a sign that there were things out there that could and would destroy them, and perhaps they would if the Herald ever lost the Gods' favor. Every action had to be considered, everything met with caution, for one wrong step could mean the Ire of the Gods thus the end of the Centaur people. (Herald develops new style: Eye of Heaven)
    - [X] it is the price of freedom. The Gods have bestowed us all with the wonderful gift of freedom and the ability to choose how we live our lives. This unfortunately means that many will turn to evil and harm their fellow man, but that does not define us nor everyone. For everyone who chooses evil, there are those who choose kindness and good." (the religion believes there to be no good and evil, only choices)
    - [X] "All will join the Gods in the next world. Beyond this world is one of light and spirits. It is this world that the Gods inhabit, and all will go there when they inevitably perish." (There is a single spirit realm where all go when they die)
    - [X] There is no purpose. It falls to the individual to determine their purpose in life. The Gods will judge fairly and accordingly.
    - [X] bury them. The dead would be returned to the ground created by the Gods; perhaps the plants that grow will have some of their essence.
    -[X] decided that a way-shrine would be constructed. To honor those who had fallen.
    - [X] brethren to the centaur people.
    - [X] that it should be regulated and controlled to ensure disastrous trades are not made. Trade can continue, but more serious trades that involve the non-physical shall be monitored and regulated.
    - [X] to deal with the Marked Ones. The Marked Ones have committed a grave sin against the Centaur people, and the Herald will ensure that they are punished for their crimes.
    -- [X] Prepare for the inevitable confrontation. The Marked Ones have proven to be a dangerous foe, so the people must be prepared to face them. They must be trained, new weapons and armors must be constructed, bands organized, and defenses prepared.
    [X] Plan I'm not good with names
    - [X] Sorrow. The Herald felt unbearable sorrow for the first time in their life. It was always hard when someone died, but for a group to be viciously slaughtered…it was too much. The Herald wanted to run back into their mother's arms, but they couldn't. They had to lead the Centaur people, and lead them to ensure such tragedy never happened again. (Herald develops new style: Tormented Hooves)
    - [X] it is the price of freedom. The Gods have bestowed us all with the wonderful gift of freedom and the ability to choose how we live our lives. This unfortunately means that many will turn to evil and harm their fellow man, but that does not define us nor everyone. For everyone who chooses evil, there are those who choose kindness and good." (the religion believes there to be no good and evil, only choices)
    - [X] "All will cease to exist once they die. This life is all we have, so we must do all we can while we have the chance. We must live life to the fullest, we must push on past adversity, and we must honor the memories of those who traveled with us." (There is no afterlife, all cease once they die)
    - [X] There is no purpose. It falls to the individual to determine their purpose in life. The Gods will judge fairly and accordingly.
    - [X] decided that a way-shrine would be constructed.
    - [X] brethren to the centaur people.
    - [X] that it should be regulated and controlled to ensure disastrous trades are not made. Trade can continue, but more serious trades that involve the non-physical shall be monitored and regulated.
    - [X] to investigate other lands. There are many wonders and terrors that remain to be discovered. As it was the will of the Gods, the people shall continue to explore.
    -- [X] Search the hills
    [X] Enchant Way-Shrines to be harder to locate by enemies of the Centuar (1 Dominion)
    [X] I want to make it so that with higher exposure to celestial energy, comes a heightened capability of self-reflection and self-awareness, the more exposed they are to celestial energy, the greater the ability to objectively categorize their own actions and feelings. (2 Dominions)
    [X] Inspire the advancement of woodworking (1 Dominion)
    [X] Enchant Way-Shrines to be harder to locate by enemies of the Centuar (2 Dominion)
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I'm going to be calling the vote in 2 days (Saturday 24, 2022) at 6:00pm CDT
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Really stretching out for that 1 Update/1 Week, huh?
 
Nigerian Duck said:
Cheese,

I was mostly right. Though, I didn't know we were allowed to choose if we want to take it or not. When you mentioned that me and Donald could be "Gob of Madness and Trade" did that mean we could take both madness and trade as a domain, therefore expanding our reach?


Ohh, so things in sidestories will become true, like singular people. Good. Then I'll be having fun and taking time with that. Good to hear especially that it has a viable effect on domains.


So what about that "King of Gobs" fink then? It's not exactly a domain, is it? And if it operates like one…I'm a bit apprehensive of what the actions that it would get a bonus to would involve.


Really stretching out for that 1 Update/1 Week, huh?
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1 update/1 week?
you give me TOO much credit
 
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A Gift from the Allmaker, The Start of a Beautiful Friendship
  • Sidestory


    • "When I found the little pup, I found myself…changed.

    On the orders of Lady Lilith, I led my band of brothers to the surface dwelling of Babel and razed it to the ground.

    There was smoke and there was fire.

    All were cut down before our blades. The preachers were hung to ensure their false sun could see them. The women were impaled on stakes to ensure they never bore another pest. The men were skinned to reveal their sins to the winds. The elderly were decapitated to ensure their hypocrisy and lies could never be spoken, while the children were thrown into fires to be sent back to the ashen void.

    Yet when I thought the mission was accomplished, I discovered a little lad hiding behind a small pup in a small rotting house. There were no bodies around them, so perhaps their parents had died elsewhere or perhaps they never had any. I approached the child; they showed no fear though the pup refused to let me touch them. A good loyal pup it is.

    I do not know why, but I felt no desire to harm these two. Lady Lilith commanded us to raze the dwelling to the ground, but she never stated we had to kill everything in it. A technicality perhaps, but we Neverborn were known for our love of technicalities, and so I knelt before the child.

    I was surprised when the child approached me and put a flower crown on top of my head. I felt glad for this, but I'm not sure why. The little pup then jumped into my claw; it was a perfect fit. I rose, held the pup close in one hand, and kept the child close behind me as I returned to my brothers.

    As expected, they demanded to know what I was doing with the filth. They demanded to know why I had not killed them, and why I now wore a crown of their putrid flowers. I told them that I had become fond of the pup and the boy, and I would suffer no challenge to my decision unless it came from the fair lady herself. If my actions insulted them then it could be settled by duel, but none were foolish enough to accept such a challenge.

    I do not know why, but I find myself fond and appreciative of the boy and the pup's presence.

    I know that the fair lady will come to appreciate them as well."
     
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    • Why do I feel like most of these sidestories are going to be "Remember: You're little fish in a big pond."
     
    A Riverside Contest by Donald Darf
  • Sidestory
    • (Mostly headcanon again)
    A Riverside Contest
    ​
    Sitting by the lake were Turo and Rikini, messing with their green magic to create unique plants while some younger centaurs watched and voted for which were better.
    The latter unenthusiastically showed off his creation to the younglings, cause he doesn't want to be here but Turo said he couldn't just sleep in bed all day.

    Rikini: "I present the Stinger-Bramble"

    It was an intricate mess of long grey stalks covered in little barbs, no curves at all, since when the stalks grew in a new direction it just does an abrupt turn, at the ends were flowers each with single thin poisonous spike at the end.

    Rikini: "It catches and kills flies with the sweet smelling poison at the end of its spike, and thats it"

    The young centaurs chatted for a bit before giving it a score of 7/10 for great utility but lack of aesthetic appeal. Didn't even look like a natural plant.

    Turo: "IMADETHISTHINGWHOISHALLCALLTINYTUROANDRAISEASMYOWNHESQUIRTSSWEETSTUFF"

    He held up a strange yellow mishmash of various plants with large bubble-like growths all over it, and some naturally occurring patterns of various colours on its body looking like a child drew on it. It squirted out rainbow coloured sap that tasted ridiculously sweet.

    The youngling centaurs looked at it with utter horror as a foolish one partook of the nectar before collapsing on the ground in extreme pain from the sheer amount of sugar.

    Turo looked at his best friend, greatest buddy, buckaroo, good ol reliable, lovely life partner, subject of multiple of his weirder dreams during puberty Rikini and said

    Turo: "Iwonderwhichoneofuswon"

    Rikini looked on with mild horror that his own creation wasn't the one to almost cause a death today.
     
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