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Gods of Chaos: a Riot God Quest

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Consider voting for my act if you want to create the first Umbral hero, going on a great journey to steal divine fire🔥 from the Draghai 🦎 and their god-king✝️👑, a great adventure for someone fleeing war! 💣
[] The Usurpation of Fire (Lesser Act)
Send an Umbral escaping the Hollow King with a Baólian boat on a great journey to steal the next flame of the Ziggurat of Ascension, survive their encounter with the Celestial Fire Emperor and come back to the Hive Coast
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@Scrivener I'm willing to make a trade of votes.
 
Adhoc vote count started by Cybresamurai on Mar 8, 2022 at 7:56 PM, finished with 158 posts and 28 votes.
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Passing Acts pass the 1 Day mark seems to be:
1. Emberlings (Lesser) - 19
2. Sehranen (Grand) - 15
3-4. Reptiles (Grand) - 14
3-4. Abyss (Cosmic) - 14
5-6. Minerals and Metals (Cosmic) - 11
5-6. Vengeful Spirit (Lesser) - 11
7-8. Chainbreakers' Cant (Lesser) - 10
7-8. Island of Mist (Lesser) - 10
9. Usurpation of Fire (Lesser) - 8
10-12. Ubut-Shokar (Lesser) - 7
10-12. Black Death (Lesser) - 7
10-12. Tragicomedy (Lesser) - 7
13-14. Sword of Embla (Lesser) - 6
13-14. Elemental Bloodlines (Lesser) - 6
15. Prism Flower or Heart Eater Foxes. - 5
-. Naming of the Isolated Island
-. Stone Speaker (Demi)
-. Inciting Tales (Demi)
-. 13 Clans (Demi)

The Epoch bonus seems to won't matter much besides switching the ranking or deciding who gets the 15th Act passed. Also, way fewer Demi Acts than in previous Epochs.
 
Scrivener said:
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well, I do have to ask- why the black plague and not just spread the Stone Plague? it'd cost less to spread something that already exists, and the SP is about as virile as the BP from what I understood of the recent Era's notes. Just toss a few Deathseekers into the hotlands and let them start hunting, each injury infecting someone with the plague.

Then again, I doubt it'd be as bad as it is on the Second Planet, given the First Planet has a moon. Gah, still salty I missed that. I'll toss your vote into mine anyhow, why not, right?

I dunno if the Black Plague is going to have such an effect given only a few cities exist at this point, but it's worth tossing out anyhow as it'd make the meetings between different worlds more... interesting. And might change the tides of a few wars- or why the wars are fought in the first place. Actually, you could probably sprinkle a few bits of the Stone plague in with it? just a handful of infected stone, tossed into cities around the world or somethind while the BP is running... that's horrifying to think of. It would be a really interesting way to "save" infected though- they get the Black Plague, then go to get infected by the SP, and then are healed as their stone nature makes it so they won't die due to BP.
 
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I am feeling minorly puckish. Combined with coming in rather late in the vote, I'll stick to something smaller.

[x] Curse/Bless one of the Hollow King's lieutenants (at random) to be Wyvern Bait. (demi act)
-They both smell and taste incredibly delicious to Wyverns.
-They are also highly nutritious, pushing any Wyvern that takes a bite of them closer to its next Metamorphosis and healing it slightly.
-And future offspring will inherit these attributes.

Whether this ends quickly in a seemingly random wyvern attack, goes unnoticed for a few generations before people even notice it, or ends up exploited to bait wyverns into traps, it will still be amusing.

Supported acts:
[x] Minerals and Metals (Cosmic)
[x] Emberlings (Lesser)
[X] Create Reptiles (Grand Act)
[X] The Prism Flowers Second Bloom (Lesser-Act)

Maybe some more later. Though I'm busy lately.
 
Ghost in a wall said:
I dunno if the Black Plague is going to have such an effect given only a few cities exist at this point, but it's worth tossing out anyhow as it'd make the meetings between different worlds more... interesting. And might change the tides of a few wars- or why the wars are fought in the first place. Actually, you could probably sprinkle a few bits of the Stone plague in with it? just a handful of infected stone, tossed into cities around the world or somethind while the BP is running... that's horrifying to think of. It would be a really interesting way to "save" infected though- they get the Black Plague, then go to get infected by the SP, and then are healed as their stone nature makes it so they won't die due to BP.
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I fiddled with the genetics of the plague a bit. Now it has an incubation period of around a month before symptoms begin showing up, and after two weeks into that incubation period the host can begin spreading the disease without their knowledge. The modification was mainly made to allow the plague to spread quicker and wider in this world.

…I just had an idea about having the few survivors of the Black Death gaining magical abilities/potential of some sort, while also gaining unnatural physical traits to mark them as survivors of the plague (white hair, blindness, scars, etc). Should I include that?
 
Scrivener said:
…I just had an idea about having the few survivors of the Black Death gaining magical abilities/potential of some sort, while also gaining unnatural physical traits to mark them as survivors of the plague (white hair, blindness, scars, etc). Should I include that?
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I think it'd be a cool and unique aesthetic if these magical abilities bore a physical mark like your skin gaining the appearance and texture of mostly opaque, off-white glass. After all, not all the races upon Creation have anything analogous to hair, and some of them don't even have eyes.
 
Man the Hollow King is going to get beaten on this epoch 2 demi-acts and a lesser act are going to go against him. I guess he does have a lot going for him, though. The reincarnation of his awakened soul into the seen hasn't even come into play yet.
 
I was rereading how the Stone plague worked out and realized- I don't think the Steel Deathseeker phase of the disease has occurred just yet in full swing. Uh. Oh dear.

I also eagerly await the day someone was just so Stubborn and Willful that they wake up in the last stage of the plague and go "Eh, at least I can move now".
 
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Planetary Tennis said:
Should we... uh do something about that?
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I mean. might be good to warn the Me'vel about it? they are the only ones immune. Maybe warn a few from each race as a demi action? the Gnolls are going to have it Baaadddd
Tarumath said:
Would Moonstone count for the cure or nah?
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I'm not sure. Moonlight is the only natural cure, so maybe if you did some shenanigans with it? the Steel Deathseekers are kind of hard to kill, fire is their weakness... but they are made of steel. Maybe a Demi act to do something with this? I uh, had to re-read things to realize that it doesn't sound like the third phase has hit yet- people think it just turns you to stone.

I had this whole thing planned with the Abyss- but it's almost as if I'm a bit late. Was planning to make Abyss Monuments that act as warped reflections to historical events, and empower people who read the truth of what happened and why- the more who know, the weaker the boon is. Then add some plantlife that gets more dangerous the deeper you get into the abyss, and set a Dragon, Me'vel, Gnoll, and Krok on a journey to the First monument to learn the secrets of the Stone Plague and gain the ability to make and manipulate moonlight naturally along with free access into the Abyss from any shadow. It would be the coolest myth, and hopefully work out as a shonen protagonist type thing c:

It might be a bit too late. Depending on how this next Era runs- I think I gave myself a bit too little time for the third phase.... Whoops. I'll have to see what happens next act I suppose to work out what to do.
 
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Starman said:
Should I change the Stone Speaker act to more clearly warn about the end phase?
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eh, it's up to you. This plague is the Gift that keeps on Killing! :V

jokes aside, you could provide the gnoll in question insight into the plague, making him the best doctor to deal with it along with what you have set up with communications. Or send him to ask the Me'vel for help, making this legend about a doctor seeking to cure the plague as the Phase 3 sets in. Me'vel library describes just about every magic there is, just not how to do it after all. I'm sure once things get moving, the time traveling robots can start some real research into the phenomena- I just don't know if they are around to help given the whole "left for better times" bit... Whoops, the sudden war might have fucked everyone over- except the Me'vel, they are time travelers and said 'nahhhh' and noped out like sane people.


Also, just had to add a small line in the Abyss about weight- while inanimate things float after a certain depth, living things are weighed down by their souls rather then body, so it gets a good bit more dangerous down there. Thought that a good idea for the coming plans with the realm. *insert evil laughter*



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how long is an Act anyhow? TImeline wise ? is it every 100 years? 1000 years? or kinda random and based on narrative? :S
 
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The exact length of an Epoch is somewhat vauge. It is certainly a long time, probably decades at the very least. But at the same time it includes substantial 'wiggle room' when it comes to important notable figures and events. So.... it's like a century of background time, but we generally get a chance to interact with any specific large events that occur like this Siege of Tamvarta.

That said, it's largely up to the QM.
 
It is really that short? I always thought that each epoch would be at least a few thousand years. But if it is just a few decades or century then it would explain a lot about how civilization grow so slowly and why there isn't any powerful or notable dragon since they are still children or teenagers.
 
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I can't claim to be specifically in the know on this.

I'm just making an educated guess based on observation of how civilizations have been acting and how long named characters last.
 
Npt170 said:
It is really that short? I always thought that each epoch would be at least a few thousand years. But if it is just a few decades or century then it would explain a lot about how civilization grow so slowly and why there isn't any powerful or notable dragon since they are still children or teenagers.
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It's pretty vague but most epochs look like they last something like 30-50 years : Unzo was 30 one act after being born in the Seen and died of old age this epoch and most named characters presumably without an extended lifespan live like 2-3 acts.
Askr and Embla are probably not really old yet but the Prophet still had a normal lifespan because his form of godhood doesn't grant agelessness and his Claiomh and solar magic stretched lifespan was probably between 200 and 300.
Developement looks like slow because the world is probably just a thousand years old, although is it actually quite fast thanks to acts pushing a lot most mortal races at least at the very end of the stone age.
 
[X] The Forbidden Book of Magic (Demi/Lesser Act)

Create a sapient book knowing all the magics* of the world, especially those forbidden or expunged. It's ability to use said magics itself is somewhat limited, however, aside from the ability to transport itself across places. The book is imbued with a rebellious spirit, desiring to spread it's knowledge and experiment - The book itself learns more as it's bearers and readers discover more of the arts of the world.

*Not perfect, more the sort of knowledge a specialized expert would know. Doesn't know about things that have literally never been done before.
 
Shard said:
[X] The Forbidden Book of Magic (Demi/Lesser Act)

Create a sapient book knowing all the magics* of the world, especially those forbidden or expunged. It's ability to use said magics itself is somewhat limited, however, aside from the ability to transport itself across places. The book is imbued with a rebellious spirit, desiring to spread it's knowledge and experiment - The book itself learns more as it's bearers and readers discover more of the arts of the world.

*Not perfect, more the sort of knowledge a specialized expert would know. Doesn't know about things that have literally never been done before.
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We already make something like that before I think.
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Photomajig said:
The Question of Magic:

Aebrirea receives a curious gift. A divine puzzle box archiving all the magical wisdom of its world and condensing magical energies into Wishstones is created, the Question of Magic. It appears in a magical-rich place on a world and drains it of magical energies, casting out Keys around the world to be found by mortals. Each key contains a fragment of the Question's knowledge and power, and may be absorbed by its finder - however, resisting the temptation to break one's key may be worth it, as the Question itself offers far greater rewards to those who come to it with keys.

On opening the puzzle box one is given a single spell of their hearts desire, perfected to the greatest degree that the gathered knowledge and wisdom of the Question of Magic is capable, learnable by any with the potential for use of magic. Once taken, the box will disappear and move on. The Wishstones it creates allow even those without magical potential to perform spells like a divine battery. Lesser Act: Create the Question of Magic, and send it first to the world Aebrirea.
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Ghost in a wall said:
I was rereading how the Stone plague worked out and realized- I don't think the Steel Deathseeker phase of the disease has occurred just yet in full swing. Uh. Oh dear.
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Indeed not. It's a lovely ticking time bomb over there.

Razzocnor said:
The exact length of an Epoch is somewhat vauge. It is certainly a long time, probably decades at the very least. But at the same time it includes substantial 'wiggle room' when it comes to important notable figures and events. So.... it's like a century of background time, but we generally get a chance to interact with any specific large events that occur like this Siege of Tamvarta.

That said, it's largely up to the QM.
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Razzocnor said:
I can't claim to be specifically in the know on this.

I'm just making an educated guess based on observation of how civilizations have been acting and how long named characters last.
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This is more or less accurate. It's a mythic age, so the passage of time is a bit more loose than it might be in later periods.
 
It's a bit surprising to me that, from the look of the current tally, Tragicomedic Saga doesn't even have enough votes to pass if it were still a Grand Act. Even after changing it to Lesser, not many people are voting for it.

It didn't seem like people disliked it, was there just a negative reaction and nobody said anything when I asked for feedback or suggestions?
 
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