Alright who the fuck let the Great Sage enter the garden holding the Peaches of Immortality again?
[X] Descending from the skies, Hail-Scourge gnashes her teeth as yet another ship successfully avoids her wrath. One of the weakest of the Storm Mothers, she does not have the natural strength to pay evil to evil for those sailors who avoid sacrificing to her, which in turn limits how quickly she can grow in strength. In frustration, she screams at the heavens that if she cannot make her mark on the world, than surely her Chosen could do so in her stead. (West, Minor)
Let's be honest, if not this time, we'll never pick her.
Look, it is not Seven-Finger Wu's fault that no one else besides such a magnificent Solar thief as himself was able to replicate his feat, thus making his theft the most infamous. Now, turning a branch of Celestial Peachwood into a time-stopping staff that could grow himself some Peaches of Immortality? Well... that part may be his fault.
[X] Descending from the skies, Hail-Scourge gnashes her teeth as yet another ship successfully avoids her wrath. One of the weakest of the Storm Mothers, she does not have the natural strength to pay evil to evil for those sailors who avoid sacrificing to her, which in turn limits how quickly she can grow in strength. In frustration, she screams at the heavens that if she cannot make her mark on the world, than surely her Chosen could do so in her stead. (West, Minor)
[X] Descending from the skies, Hail-Scourge gnashes her teeth as yet another ship successfully avoids her wrath. One of the weakest of the Storm Mothers, she does not have the natural strength to pay evil to evil for those sailors who avoid sacrificing to her, which in turn limits how quickly she can grow in strength. In frustration, she screams at the heavens that if she cannot make her mark on the world, than surely her Chosen could do so in her stead. (West, Minor)
[X] Descending from the skies, Hail-Scourge gnashes her teeth as yet another ship successfully avoids her wrath. One of the weakest of the Storm Mothers, she does not have the natural strength to pay evil to evil for those sailors who avoid sacrificing to her, which in turn limits how quickly she can grow in strength. In frustration, she screams at the heavens that if she cannot make her mark on the world, than surely her Chosen could do so in her stead. (West, Minor)
[X] So, uh, bad news Your Majesty, really bad news. Apparently a branch from one of the Trees that grow the Peaches of Immortality has been taken without the Gardeners on-site knowing about it, and it's a big issue considering the last time this happened a time-stopping artifactthat could grow Celestial Peaches was created. So Nervous Nettle, a minor gardening-god, is sending this prayer to the Most High to alert them and see if a champion of hers could fix this mistake before it could lead to something bad in the future. (Yu-Shan, Minor)(NEW!)
[X] So, uh, bad news Your Majesty, really bad news. Apparently a branch from one of the Trees that grow the Peaches of Immortality has been taken without the Gardeners on-site knowing about it, and it's a big issue considering the last time this happened a time-stopping artifactthat could grow Celestial Peaches was created. So Nervous Nettle, a minor gardening-god, is sending this prayer to the Most High to alert them and see if a champion of hers could fix this mistake before it could lead to something bad in the future. (Yu-Shan, Minor)(NEW!)
I'm a bit torn between Hail-Scourge and Wei-Hoe honestly. The former seems to have the most synergistic goal with Mercury's request but the later opens the possibility for having her island become a center for ship building since presumably even an Exalted needs space to actually build boats. Aw, why not go with the more straightforward option?
[X] Descending from the skies, Hail-Scourge gnashes her teeth as yet another ship successfully avoids her wrath. One of the weakest of the Storm Mothers, she does not have the natural strength to pay evil to evil for those sailors who avoid sacrificing to her, which in turn limits how quickly she can grow in strength. In frustration, she screams at the heavens that if she cannot make her mark on the world, than surely her Chosen could do so in her stead. (West, Minor)
[X] Recovery efforts across the now not-so-Lost Isles of Aiun have meant that the few remaining untainted walrusfolk have grouped together, uniting disparate members of the tribes to form one tiny contigenent of people. 'This will not do!' says Proud Blubber, God of Northwestern Walruses. These beastfolk still suffer from the losses of their corrupted brethren, and they need a leader to raise them up to glory! Preferably, in Proud Blubber's name! (Northwest, Minor)
I want my Jamie Hyneman Walrus God Exalted building ships that sport solar-powered death lasers.
[X] Descending from the skies, Hail-Scourge gnashes her teeth as yet another ship successfully avoids her wrath. One of the weakest of the Storm Mothers, she does not have the natural strength to pay evil to evil for those sailors who avoid sacrificing to her, which in turn limits how quickly she can grow in strength. In frustration, she screams at the heavens that if she cannot make her mark on the world, than surely her Chosen could do so in her stead. (West, Minor)
Well, if nothing else an Exalted created from a Storm Mother and infused with Lion's Blood nanomachines ought to be able to ensure the weather doesn't interrupt their work. Some manner of weather control is likely assuming the infusion does not eat all the god's Charm themes and grow in a different direction.
[X] Descending from the skies, Hail-Scourge gnashes her teeth as yet another ship successfully avoids her wrath. One of the weakest of the Storm Mothers, she does not have the natural strength to pay evil to evil for those sailors who avoid sacrificing to her, which in turn limits how quickly she can grow in strength. In frustration, she screams at the heavens that if she cannot make her mark on the world, than surely her Chosen could do so in her stead. (West, Minor)
[x] Descending from the skies, Hail-Scourge gnashes her teeth as yet another ship successfully avoids her wrath. One of the weakest of the Storm Mothers, she does not have the natural strength to pay evil to evil for those sailors who avoid sacrificing to her, which in turn limits how quickly she can grow in strength. In frustration, she screams at the heavens that if she cannot make her mark on the world, than surely her Chosen could do so in her stead. (West, Minor)
[X] Descending from the skies, Hail-Scourge gnashes her teeth as yet another ship successfully avoids her wrath. One of the weakest of the Storm Mothers, she does not have the natural strength to pay evil to evil for those sailors who avoid sacrificing to her, which in turn limits how quickly she can grow in strength. In frustration, she screams at the heavens that if she cannot make her mark on the world, than surely her Chosen could do so in her stead. (West, Minor)
If not now, I don't think we'd ever pick her. She's nasty.
Not really, that is just normal storm god behavior. It's not like anyone is going to pray or sacrifice to them because they want to be stormed on, fear is the only thing that really works when your purview is something humans don't like.
Alright, closing the vote for the God. It seems Hail-Scourge will finally be getting her time in the Sun! We'll have to see how her Chosen does, but right now, I just wanted to thank everyone who casted their votes!
The rolls will be done in the post below, as always.
Scheduled vote count started by Critian Caceorte on Apr 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM, finished with 17 posts and 14 votes.
[X] Descending from the skies, Hail-Scourge gnashes her teeth as yet another ship successfully avoids her wrath. One of the weakest of the Storm Mothers, she does not have the natural strength to pay evil to evil for those sailors who avoid sacrificing to her, which in turn limits how quickly she can grow in strength. In frustration, she screams at the heavens that if she cannot make her mark on the world, than surely her Chosen could do so in her stead. (West, Minor)
[X] So, uh, bad news Your Majesty, really bad news. Apparently a branch from one of the Trees that grow the Peaches of Immortality has been taken without the Gardeners on-site knowing about it, and it's a big issue considering the last time this happened a time-stopping artifactthat could grow Celestial Peaches was created. So Nervous Nettle, a minor gardening-god, is sending this prayer to the Most High to alert them and see if a champion of hers could fix this mistake before it could lead to something bad in the future. (Yu-Shan, Minor)(NEW!)
[X] Recovery efforts across the now not-so-Lost Isles of Aiun have meant that the few remaining untainted walrusfolk have grouped together, uniting disparate members of the tribes to form one tiny contigenent of people. 'This will not do!' says Proud Blubber, God of Northwestern Walruses. These beastfolk still suffer from the losses of their corrupted brethren, and they need a leader to raise them up to glory! Preferably, in Proud Blubber's name! (Northwest, Minor)
So, time to see how the Little Storm Mother that could will do here. As a reminder, we have two consolation bonuses (+10 and +20) available to be used here. That means that no matter what, the Alteration cannot fail because if something lower than a 20 is rolled, then I'll just use one of the consolations for it. Beyond, they will be available for me to use after everything is rolled. Oh, and don't forget that we have that +10 bonus to Legacy from the Lion's Blood, so that's another thing to consider.
Starting off as always is the Power Level Roll!
Power Level - DC 20/80/110
Roll Result: 99... 1 off from a nat 100. Well, um, we might be seeing another Circle of Exigents at this rate and right after I had to spend so much time making the last few! Well, at least it wasn't a Nat 100, else I might have to do something more than usual. Like making the entire Circle Celestial Exigents.
Next is God Survival. As a new rule, if a Circle of Exigents is voted on, then the God will suffer a -40 to their survival instead of -20 retroactively. After all, it's a lot more work to create multiple Exaltations instead of just 1.
God Survival - DC 80
Roll Modifiers: Celestial (-20), Minor (+0)
Roll Result: 91 - 20 = 71, a bare failure. The +10 bonus could boost this over the threshold, but if a Circle of Exigents is taken, then that will push it back below the threshold again. So this will be a lower priority for boosts.
Next is Lifespan. As a reminder, if a Circle is taken, then the +20 bonus here will be removed retroactively.
Lifespan DC - 40/100
Roll Modifiers: +20 (Celestial)
Roll Result: ...Are you serious right now. 95 + 20 = 115 Well, I guess for now that boosts the Celestial Exigent option to over 100, resulting in a millennia long lifespan. I might put the +10 bonus here just so the Circle will have such lifespans as well.
Finally, Legacy
Exaltation Survival DC - 80/95/110
Roll Modifiers: +10 (Lion's Blood)
Roll Result: 93 + 10 = 103. That's it, I give up, what the hell is going with these dice?!
Worse, now I have to pick my poison between having a Circle of Exigents that live for Millennia each, or a Circle that can propogate as WELL. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
Alright, I think I'm going to have to put this to a vote with the next update, because I legitimately can't decide between which poison I want to stomach more. Why? Why NOW do we get all 90+ rolls here?
Worse, now I have to pick my poison between having a Circle of Exigents that live for Millennia each, or a Circle that can propogate as WELL. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
Alright, I think I'm going to have to put this to a vote with the next update, because I legitimately can't decide between which poison I want to stomach more. Why? Why NOW do we get all 90+ rolls here?
