Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
Doesn't it rather add an extra spike at the floor than remove the safety net?
I at least didn't think that our partial successes would've become critfails.
We Are the Gods of a New World Order [Warhammer 50K ~ Warp God Simulator]
- Thread starter Alectai
- Start date
- Sci-Fi Fantasy
I at least didn't think that our partial successes would've become critfails.
Would Connection be good for this? part of me thinks it could do well to help show our intentions but the other remembers how our previous actions backfired to make the governor panic and thinks most would have a kneejerk reaction and call it mind control.
- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Using this quest's system, you could describe Slaanesh as having Primary Domains of both Pleasure and Pain. Both those domains conflict with each other, and for Slaanesh both of then were constantly turned on 24/7. VM having Primary Domains of both Life and Death would be very powerful I'm sure. But it'd completely change her character and the tone of the quest.
On the opposite spectrum, we could Elevate Elysium right this turn. It'd cripple our offensive military ability forever, but it's the fastest way to become an OOC problem for the setting.
[X] Plan Paradise
- Location
- Planet Earth
Its the domain least likely to shoot ourselves in the foot other than maybe Elysium.
Seriously speaking though, Connection is already being used in pretty much all of our actions and there are ways to shove it into most of the few remaining ones, so it'd be pretty damn good.
- Location
- Hollister
[X] Plan Peace
AFAIK, currently the worst an action with a hero can do on is a partial success. With Sorcery, that becomes critfails.
Now, what exactly triggers a critfail, we don't know. It's likely they won't be too common. Still, Elevation:Connection giving a +10 bonus on all actions would likely be a large push to helping reduce their likelihood, and it still gives us some actions we can be safe on (putting a hero on it and it naturally having Connection) whereas Sorcery has no safe actions (can fail without a hero, can critfail with one)
- Location
- Poland
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Hmmmm... I've got something:
Name: Pieta
Domains: Death, Life, Connection, Harvest
Appearance: A tall figure in a cloak the colors of the sky (think Virgin Mary). Her face mostly hidden, pale yet beautiful. Underneath the cloak, equally pale, very thin body, sexless. Her skin has the texture of petals of a flower. Her eyes blue. Voice melodic, gentle. Smells of honey.
Place of occurrence: Battlefields, hospitals, nurseries- any place where beginnings and ends are plentiful.
Behavior:
- Oftentimes, when a mother has an especially painful birth, she arrives and comforts her. Crying babes are soothed, tired nurses given a hug.
- When she finds a greatly sick or wounded person, she comforts them. If they are very close to death, she asks for any last words to their loved ones (which she later brings to them, in form of a heart-link memory). If they are in great pain, she soothes them, occasionally ending their suffering early.
- On battlefield, she can be seen tending to the wounded. Be wary, anyone trying to disturb their rest with violence will be left with their very life-force drained, then donated to her patients.
- Location
- Third planet from the star named Sol
- Pronouns
- He/They
[X] Plan: Peace and MAGIC to PRAISE THE SUN, SO GROSSLY INCANDESCENT!
-[X] Elysium: The power of peace, sanctuary, and safety. Mastery of the Elysium Domain grant access to wards and bindings capable of enforcing peace upon limited areas While these cannot be used to protect combattants-such wards are proof even against indiscrimate attacks as long as the peaceful reside within them.
-[X] Expansion: Select two Associated Domains that you have previously passed up, the safe but boring choice.
--[X] Sun: The power of star, light, and purity. Mastery of the Sun Domain allows for manifestations of power tied to the stars. Provides excellent access to energy and plasma based phenomena.
--[X] Sorcery: An oldie but a goodie! Sorcery is a mechanism to delegate your own attention down to suitable mortal agents! It allows them to call forth your Daemons, invoke lesser echoes of your own Spheres, and generally is just a really flexible form of power! Of course, Sorcery isn't one hundred percent Reliable, and it doesn't really do anything to expand your abilities as a god in and of itself. Maybe take it now and see about whipping up some kind of neat witchy coven thingie? Or maybe it'd be best to leave it for later once you have more to offer with it. Decisions decision.
-[X] Elysium: The power of peace, sanctuary, and safety. Mastery of the Elysium Domain grant access to wards and bindings capable of enforcing peace upon limited areas While these cannot be used to protect combattants-such wards are proof even against indiscrimate attacks as long as the peaceful reside within them.
-[X] Expansion: Select two Associated Domains that you have previously passed up, the safe but boring choice.
--[X] Sun: The power of star, light, and purity. Mastery of the Sun Domain allows for manifestations of power tied to the stars. Provides excellent access to energy and plasma based phenomena.
--[X] Sorcery: An oldie but a goodie! Sorcery is a mechanism to delegate your own attention down to suitable mortal agents! It allows them to call forth your Daemons, invoke lesser echoes of your own Spheres, and generally is just a really flexible form of power! Of course, Sorcery isn't one hundred percent Reliable, and it doesn't really do anything to expand your abilities as a god in and of itself. Maybe take it now and see about whipping up some kind of neat witchy coven thingie? Or maybe it'd be best to leave it for later once you have more to offer with it. Decisions decision.
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- Location
- Planet Earth
[ ] Plan: Perfect Peace.
-[ ] Elysium: The power of peace, sanctuary, and safety. Mastery of the Elysium Domain grant access to wards and bindings capable of enforcing peace upon limited areas While these cannot be used to protect combattants-such wards are proof even against indiscrimate attacks as long as the peaceful reside within them.
- [ ] Elevation: Elevates an Associated Domain to a Core Domain. That Domain is invoked for free on every action that it applies to. On the other hand, actions that it does not apply to will have the Maiden crowbar it in somehow, which can have hilarious and sometimes tragic consequences.
--[ ] Elysium: The power of peace, sanctuary, and safety. Mastery of the Elysium Domain grant access to wards and bindings capable of enforcing peace upon limited areas While these cannot be used to protect combattants-such wards are proof even against indiscrimate attacks as long as the peaceful reside within them.
Figured I might as well throw out a plan for those who wanted to attempt to turn the cheek and be the better person in Warhammer 50,000, those who wanted to create a peaceful and good society.
-[ ] Elysium: The power of peace, sanctuary, and safety. Mastery of the Elysium Domain grant access to wards and bindings capable of enforcing peace upon limited areas While these cannot be used to protect combattants-such wards are proof even against indiscrimate attacks as long as the peaceful reside within them.
- [ ] Elevation: Elevates an Associated Domain to a Core Domain. That Domain is invoked for free on every action that it applies to. On the other hand, actions that it does not apply to will have the Maiden crowbar it in somehow, which can have hilarious and sometimes tragic consequences.
--[ ] Elysium: The power of peace, sanctuary, and safety. Mastery of the Elysium Domain grant access to wards and bindings capable of enforcing peace upon limited areas While these cannot be used to protect combattants-such wards are proof even against indiscrimate attacks as long as the peaceful reside within them.
Figured I might as well throw out a plan for those who wanted to attempt to turn the cheek and be the better person in Warhammer 50,000, those who wanted to create a peaceful and good society.
This leaves us without Earth.
Earth is the infrastructure domain we will need to get off this planet where thanks to the former governor the Imperium knows there is a warp-supported rebellion.
- Location
- Planet Earth
True, but in turn Elevated Elysium makes actually assaulting us basically impossible in its own right.
I really would want to play with a domain for a while and get a feel for it before considering elevating it to a core domain.
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- Location
- New Brunswick, NJ
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
It's not clear that's true anymore. The Marines are probably going home and reporting mission accomplished. We've got some time.
That said, I still want Earth, because mega-engineering is just useful.
Elysium can only ever be as strong as the Maiden, Throw enough firepower at the wards and they will break and the Emperor is orders of magnitude stronger than us and will remain so for a long time to come.
Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
I think "We have to pick X or we are automatically, inherently doomed" is the kind of thought that needs a quotation.
I don't think Elysium is a good Domain to Elevate though. It seems like the kind of option you really don't want on any kind of offensive action.
We are not automatically inherently doomed, if we do not have mega-flora. We could always run with less than the full cult... which seems rather counter-intuitive to the purpose of Elevated Elesyum.
Ekzentric Lohner
I miss Wildstar...
Ugh, humanoid limits things. I know Slaanesh and Tzeentch both had non-humanoid daemonic beasts - some were mounts, some just attacked.
Here's my idea, if condition A is ever lifted:
Prince of the Forest
Domains: Elysium, Connection, Weaving, Earth[, any other terraforming-related domains we pick up, like Weather]
Princes of the Forest take the form of large cervids (commonly elk, though other deer and even moose have been reported), with amber eyes, leafy or flowering branches in place of antlers, and fur usually in shades of green, though autumnal shades (brown, yellow, orange, red) are also known.
They can serve the faithful as mounts and command lesser lifeforms made with the Maiden's blessings, but their larger purpose is to anchor Her power to an area, transforming barren or hostile environments into peaceful paradises and making it easier to summon more of the Maiden's servants.
While great herds have occasionally been reported coordinating to terraform worlds, Princes of the Forest are usually found alone. If their enforcement of the Maiden's domain of Elysium can be overcome or worked around, or if they have not been present long enough for Elysium to take hold, then they can be slain to end their effect on the local environment - while they can attack with their antlers or hooves, they are no better at combat than any mundane cervid.
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Omegahugger
Inattentive Idiot
The lesser daemons, however, were all humanoid. Standard footsoldiers.
Professor Vesca
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Enerael
We Shall Wake to Sanity
I disagree that Pleasure and Pain necessarily conflict with each other given, say, masochists and the pain/pleasure gate thing, and that's solely in humans.
I also do not believe that Life and Death are necessarily opposed, they are sides of the same coin. Something must die for something to be born, even if just fruits and vegetables and stuff. And life is change, a sapling has to die for a tree to be born.
As for changing the tone of the quest though, definitely, adding core domains is a major change indeed.
Elysium as Core domain would cripple our defensive military ability too I think, outside of walls and wards and shields. As for an OOC problem, Elysium just grants powerful defences and wards, those can still be beaten down with firepower.
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