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- not doing my homework
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- He/They
In this case we'd sort of need to know what exactly David's position is... What's Metaman spittin'?
The God Diversion
- Thread starter Birdsie
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Rihaku
The Internet
[X] Plan God King Ending
@brightwing, I'd like to support Final Exam, but I think debating David without the Diamond Eyes is thematically lacking, and potentially arrogant. If you'll switch to Individual Graduation I will approval vote for it and support it generally. I am fine with the rest of the write-ins.
The people of Fortuna (aside from Twilight) are P-zombies or something and ensouling them in lieu of attaining Diamond Architecture seems meaningless - Sol's personal education goal has been the Diamond Perfection, whereas making the people of Fortuna real boys has basically never come up.
@brightwing, I'd like to support Final Exam, but I think debating David without the Diamond Eyes is thematically lacking, and potentially arrogant. If you'll switch to Individual Graduation I will approval vote for it and support it generally. I am fine with the rest of the write-ins.
The people of Fortuna (aside from Twilight) are P-zombies or something and ensouling them in lieu of attaining Diamond Architecture seems meaningless - Sol's personal education goal has been the Diamond Perfection, whereas making the people of Fortuna real boys has basically never come up.
Hmm.. I might be mistaken but reading the default choice for Redeemed..
Redeemed - Remaking his own humanity from scratch made him reflect on his actions. He announces that he'd like to apologize and make amends with the world.
It seems like Sol already might be able to accomplish it on his own? This is essentially flavour text - the how he went about at it. It's a testament to how far Sol has come, if so. And with the in-game challenge we'd also be deploying our considerable efforts towards essay making like we did with Gothic Horror Darkness essay.
I'd love to read what the Dark Lord of Questing could come up with to humble the Metaphysician in an argument..
@SMBlade I think Birdsie talked about why Meta is the way he is in the WoG. Hang on, I'll look into it.
Redeemed - Remaking his own humanity from scratch made him reflect on his actions. He announces that he'd like to apologize and make amends with the world.
It seems like Sol already might be able to accomplish it on his own? This is essentially flavour text - the how he went about at it. It's a testament to how far Sol has come, if so. And with the in-game challenge we'd also be deploying our considerable efforts towards essay making like we did with Gothic Horror Darkness essay.
I'd love to read what the Dark Lord of Questing could come up with to humble the Metaphysician in an argument..
@SMBlade I think Birdsie talked about why Meta is the way he is in the WoG. Hang on, I'll look into it.
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Gabbie
That One Writer
- Location
- Italy
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Doth my eyes deceive me?
The God Diversion Original
Skyrim degeneracy Birdsie — Today at 11:48 AM SKYRIM BELONGS TO THE NORDS man Skyrim Quest would be unironically based because you'd have questers arguing over whether to go Imperial or Stormcloak or stay neutral to the Civil War kill Paarthurnax or not vampire or vampire hunter Most Honest...
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I made compilation of the quest discussion from last time we brainstormed.
Edit: Generic, let me reply with a quote from the quest. I feel like we should play the Magician like the Magician Tarot is meant to be. That, is the true power. Standing together with the rest of the Class instead of separate trials. The power in Enrollment have always been through unity, and realising their Theme worlds - like the Martians for instance. The Elysium lies empty, with only the witches of the Twilight kingdom. We've been treating them as real people for all intents and purposes..
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"You are, as I can clearly see, a just and benevolent person - a fact further solidified by your Role, which bears the authority of Justice itself - and whom, as far as I can tell, intends to spare no effort in bettering the world.
In sharing the considerable dross of his eldritch and ritualistic power with you, Solomon Lancaster proved he possesses a rare type of faculty, a certain grace: the ability to share the fruit of his efforts with others, to bear an expense to the self in the name of others.
To trust another, rather than to hoard power selfishly," the Messiah explained with great and effulgent patience and generosity, smiling down at them with paternalistic pride.
"Not only that," added Saint Peter, "but also, in doing this, he's inevitably furthered the cause of Justice, and therefore all things Good."
The Messiah nodded along to his Apostle's words and looked at Solomon with a smile. "Your action alone bears a stronger testimony to the true nature of your character than any geasa or chirograph could've. Magic may bend and be bent, but the underlying truth of a human heart stays the same regardless of the might of their thews."
"Wow," was the only word that came out of Solomon's mouth at the end of that explanation.
"Yeah, wow," agreed Penelope.
"No, I mean," Solomon started, uncertain how to phrase this, "I think I did it at least partially because it was a more efficient form of imbuement?"
"Admittedly, the material conditions that impact a decision aren't wholly irrelevant: sin, after all, is born largely out of the necessity and imperfection imposed on human beings by their dwellings, environments, and the others around them.
Even so, you could've chosen a less costly, personal elevation - one that'd push you ahead of others by miles," said the Messiah, rising from his throne and spreading his arms. "Instead, you chose to share power with someone you trusted to be good. Maybe even better than yourself, morally speaking.
That speaks to a good heart, which is something I appreciate." The man started to clap.
Soon after, others in the room also started clapping - a brief, congratulatory ode to Solomon's decision on the day of his trip to Pangothica - after which the Messiah sat down on his throne, relaxing a little.
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- Location
- Louisiana
[X] Plan God King Ending
I would also vote for final exam if it took Diamond eyes.
I would also vote for final exam if it took Diamond eyes.
- Location
- United States
[X] Plan Final Exam
Magical_Duck
The One Who Quacks
- Location
- A Pond
- Pronouns
- Duck
[X] Plan God King Ending
"Qua-Quac!"
"Qua-Quac!"
The Olympian is bullshit like that.
He took that pretty well.
The Olympian being an embarrassing dad is great.
LOOT.
Drone Villain is the best Villain.
Stand Proud we are well educated. But memes aside as a quest and voting base we've done really well.
We've kinda gotten to the point where we can't loose.
[X] Plan God King Ending
-[X] Individual
-[X] Defeated
-[X] Ascendant
-[X] Have Some Kids
-[X] Strange Aeons
Getting some of the Diamond Eyes will be great since it makes the Educator happy and I feel like that's probably Solomon's most important relationship. Defeating the Metaphysician and taking some of his power is a huge flex and really cool. Creating and empire that Sol is empowered by and having it meet other empires is really cool. I also feel like Sol having kids and starting a family is a good thing for him.
Honestly speaking, now that the quest is over, I truly wonder what would have happened if didnt luck out on the nat100 archotecture roll. Because even if we didnt invest further into it, without it we probably wouldn't jave grabbed the Educators attention so early... which has interesting consequences.
Adventures to Come
Birdsie
Sharp Talons Cleave The Worthy
- Location
- Poland
Adventures to Come
Here's an outline of avenues for the next Quest.
[X] The Streetwalker's Guide to the Hierarchy
It's not that often that you're simply minding your own business, only to stumble onto a Street made of opalescent stones.
The Street Where the Stones Speak, its stones chanting an empyrean song that hurls itself through eternity. The causeway twists across and through the multiverse; a Way to anywhere and everywhere, vistas familiar and alien. Rejoice, traveler! You're no mere tourist or pilgrim, but a Streetwalker, and you're on the road to see all of the vast Hierarchy that we call home. Fear not, you'll never have a cause to return home, to that most dreadful place from which all visitors spring...
...For you, the road will be long indeed.
*An Ormulum Quest, conducted in Orm Embar's setting. I've received Orm's blessing to write this, and I am super down for it!
*An incredible, well-written multiverse with a deep lore, ensnaring characters, and exciting adventures and magic systems! What's not to love? (Also powerscaling.)
*Birdsie's Favored Choice; I'd like to write this especially much, and I am willing to argue for it. +1 Vote from QM.
[ ] The Dragonborn Comes
You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, weren't you? Just like the Stormcloaks and that thief over there.
It's the Fourth Era of the world and Tamriel's at war. The Sons of Skyrim are in strife, as Civil War tears apart the land, and each Hold is forced to declare a side, or else become a simple casualty of war. The Empire each day yields even further concessions to the Aldmeri Dominion. It seems almost as if Skyrim's ancient magic is dead, devoid of Kyne's Breath, its land drained of that fundamental driving force. Above, the skies thunder, as Dragons return: the World-Eater's victory seems inevitable.
...Did I forget to mention, you're about to have your head chopped off, despite being innocent?
*A Skyrim Quest.
*Lore-accurate, rather than game-accurate! Whiterun with a population larger than the double digits! Thu'um, magic, and combat unsimplified for game mechanics!
*Classic characters and moral dilemmas return, now with extra depth: Civil War, sparing or slaying Paarthurnax, Dawnguard or Harkon, etc!
*You can date Serana.
[ ] Time Detective, 1st Class
There are, conceivably, several thousands of ways to commit crimes with magic. Divining the contents of secret government files or banking details. Aeromancy to nab wallets out of pockets. Cursed fetishes to commit murder without dirtying one's hands directly. Your name's Inquisitor Moirator Temforia Xhodhis, and you deal with a particular type of magical crime: the temporal. There are some individuals, wicked and arrogant enough to believe they're safe from the long arm of the law, all simply because their crimes exist in counterfactual timelines, a distant and concealed past or future, in contingent chronologies...
...Professionally, you strive to prove them wrong.
*Chronomancer Detective Quest.
*Original setting, almost no powerscaling; you've access to one magic, and no developmental potential.
*A short quest as well; only a single planned arc. Win or lose.
[ ] Harry Potter and Excalibur's Scabbard
Your name's Harry Potter and you're conceivably the most powerful, amazing, and talented Wizard to ever live, and that could well be an epic understatement. You've defeated Voldemort as an infant child, and you've only gotten better since then, mastering magics ancient and modern alike with a devouring mind and cavernous talent that shines with the light of genius on everything you touch, transforming them quite literally into gold...
...Or so everyone seems to think. Truth is, you also have no idea how you slew Voldemort, and everyone wants to know your secret. You're not talented at all. Good luck.
*Harry Potter AU, with degenerate powerscaling.
*What I mean by degenerate: Cultivator Hagrid capable of oneshotting skyscrapers. Planet-buster Dumbledore. Scary(ier) Voldemort. And it's all played seriously.
*Expect the lore to be a total mess. I won't be trying at all. This setting will be a disaster. And I'll be proud of it.
[ ] Echoes of Night
"I am the Night."
A story as old as print. An eight-year-old Bruce Wayne drags his mother and father into an alleyway. A gunshot rings and lights orange the clay bricks of Crime Alley. A ripped necklace of white pearls clatters over the floor as the gunman runs away. And over the corpses of his parents, a young boy cries.
And yet, in grief, he refuses to fail where Gotham City did.
*Having this as a quest provides a rare opportunity for writing alternate Batmans. Alchemist Batman. Wizard Batman! Cultivator Batman?
*Oooh, Batman But-He-Uses-The-Fear-Toxin. Or maybe Yellow Lantern Batman (if you get enough meta-resources to buy a Ring as an EFB.)
*Batman But-He-Is-An-Actual-Metahuman-Who-Turns-Into-A-Giant-Bat-Or-Controls-Bat-Swarms-Telepathically-Or-Something.
[ ] Unshackled
You're Sylas of Dregbourne. For over half your life now, you've been imprisoned in a maximum security facility for manslaughter, committed with a magical gift the ignorant people of Demacia refuse to accept - all out of a desire to protect others. For this, you've stewed in the darkness and rotted away, feasting on rats, clothed in rags...
But soon, you'll break your shackles, you'll find a path to freedom, and you'll lead all the mages to a rebellion.
It's time for the mages of Demacia to rise, for they have nothing to lose but their chains.
*Sylas Quest, custom lore. It doesn't require any knowledge of the setting to play.
*Has elements of both character-oriented and nation-building Quest; you'll be doing operations and adventures on your own, but also managing your rebellion!
*Can eventually expand to cover the rest of the setting.
[ ] Betrayed by Destiny
"Am I not your friend? I'll show you how much you mean to me, my fellow Heroes."
The sun rises over the world. However, not all is right: an Overlord has opened their eyes and cast forth their gluttonous palm. Evil's influence is now spreading over the earth; might, power, and cunning feeding a new cycle of damnation, bringing utter doom to its eight corners.
Only the Chosen, the Heroes of Eternity, Life, Glory, Fate, and Beauty can ever attempt to contest the Overlord, Chosen of Doom. Those champions would go on a quest to defeat the Seventh Overlord and then bring security and peace to the lands of the Auspices once more, ensuring a lifetime of prosperity for the commoners and highborn alike. But something, still, is not right. Far over the world's horizons, a trio of wizened elderly gamblers sit at a round table. They decide to play a game...
*JRPG Traitor Quest.
*All choices are streamlined. Lore will have some additions and modifications to introduce surprises.
*Your betrayal is inevitable. Accept it and become a bastard, or do it for inevitable good; it matters not. A traitor is a traitor.
Here's an outline of avenues for the next Quest.
[X] The Streetwalker's Guide to the Hierarchy
It's not that often that you're simply minding your own business, only to stumble onto a Street made of opalescent stones.
The Street Where the Stones Speak, its stones chanting an empyrean song that hurls itself through eternity. The causeway twists across and through the multiverse; a Way to anywhere and everywhere, vistas familiar and alien. Rejoice, traveler! You're no mere tourist or pilgrim, but a Streetwalker, and you're on the road to see all of the vast Hierarchy that we call home. Fear not, you'll never have a cause to return home, to that most dreadful place from which all visitors spring...
...For you, the road will be long indeed.
*An Ormulum Quest, conducted in Orm Embar's setting. I've received Orm's blessing to write this, and I am super down for it!
*An incredible, well-written multiverse with a deep lore, ensnaring characters, and exciting adventures and magic systems! What's not to love? (Also powerscaling.)
*Birdsie's Favored Choice; I'd like to write this especially much, and I am willing to argue for it. +1 Vote from QM.
[ ] The Dragonborn Comes
You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, weren't you? Just like the Stormcloaks and that thief over there.
It's the Fourth Era of the world and Tamriel's at war. The Sons of Skyrim are in strife, as Civil War tears apart the land, and each Hold is forced to declare a side, or else become a simple casualty of war. The Empire each day yields even further concessions to the Aldmeri Dominion. It seems almost as if Skyrim's ancient magic is dead, devoid of Kyne's Breath, its land drained of that fundamental driving force. Above, the skies thunder, as Dragons return: the World-Eater's victory seems inevitable.
...Did I forget to mention, you're about to have your head chopped off, despite being innocent?
*A Skyrim Quest.
*Lore-accurate, rather than game-accurate! Whiterun with a population larger than the double digits! Thu'um, magic, and combat unsimplified for game mechanics!
*Classic characters and moral dilemmas return, now with extra depth: Civil War, sparing or slaying Paarthurnax, Dawnguard or Harkon, etc!
[ ] Time Detective, 1st Class
There are, conceivably, several thousands of ways to commit crimes with magic. Divining the contents of secret government files or banking details. Aeromancy to nab wallets out of pockets. Cursed fetishes to commit murder without dirtying one's hands directly. Your name's Inquisitor Moirator Temforia Xhodhis, and you deal with a particular type of magical crime: the temporal. There are some individuals, wicked and arrogant enough to believe they're safe from the long arm of the law, all simply because their crimes exist in counterfactual timelines, a distant and concealed past or future, in contingent chronologies...
...Professionally, you strive to prove them wrong.
*Chronomancer Detective Quest.
*Original setting, almost no powerscaling; you've access to one magic, and no developmental potential.
*A short quest as well; only a single planned arc. Win or lose.
[ ] Harry Potter and Excalibur's Scabbard
Your name's Harry Potter and you're conceivably the most powerful, amazing, and talented Wizard to ever live, and that could well be an epic understatement. You've defeated Voldemort as an infant child, and you've only gotten better since then, mastering magics ancient and modern alike with a devouring mind and cavernous talent that shines with the light of genius on everything you touch, transforming them quite literally into gold...
...Or so everyone seems to think. Truth is, you also have no idea how you slew Voldemort, and everyone wants to know your secret. You're not talented at all. Good luck.
*Harry Potter AU, with degenerate powerscaling.
*What I mean by degenerate: Cultivator Hagrid capable of oneshotting skyscrapers. Planet-buster Dumbledore. Scary(ier) Voldemort. And it's all played seriously.
*Expect the lore to be a total mess. I won't be trying at all. This setting will be a disaster. And I'll be proud of it.
[ ] Echoes of Night
"I am the Night."
A story as old as print. An eight-year-old Bruce Wayne drags his mother and father into an alleyway. A gunshot rings and lights orange the clay bricks of Crime Alley. A ripped necklace of white pearls clatters over the floor as the gunman runs away. And over the corpses of his parents, a young boy cries.
And yet, in grief, he refuses to fail where Gotham City did.
*Having this as a quest provides a rare opportunity for writing alternate Batmans. Alchemist Batman. Wizard Batman! Cultivator Batman?
*Oooh, Batman But-He-Uses-The-Fear-Toxin. Or maybe Yellow Lantern Batman (if you get enough meta-resources to buy a Ring as an EFB.)
*Batman But-He-Is-An-Actual-Metahuman-Who-Turns-Into-A-Giant-Bat-Or-Controls-Bat-Swarms-Telepathically-Or-Something.
[ ] Unshackled
You're Sylas of Dregbourne. For over half your life now, you've been imprisoned in a maximum security facility for manslaughter, committed with a magical gift the ignorant people of Demacia refuse to accept - all out of a desire to protect others. For this, you've stewed in the darkness and rotted away, feasting on rats, clothed in rags...
But soon, you'll break your shackles, you'll find a path to freedom, and you'll lead all the mages to a rebellion.
It's time for the mages of Demacia to rise, for they have nothing to lose but their chains.
*Sylas Quest, custom lore. It doesn't require any knowledge of the setting to play.
*Has elements of both character-oriented and nation-building Quest; you'll be doing operations and adventures on your own, but also managing your rebellion!
*Can eventually expand to cover the rest of the setting.
[ ] Betrayed by Destiny
"Am I not your friend? I'll show you how much you mean to me, my fellow Heroes."
The sun rises over the world. However, not all is right: an Overlord has opened their eyes and cast forth their gluttonous palm. Evil's influence is now spreading over the earth; might, power, and cunning feeding a new cycle of damnation, bringing utter doom to its eight corners.
Only the Chosen, the Heroes of Eternity, Life, Glory, Fate, and Beauty can ever attempt to contest the Overlord, Chosen of Doom. Those champions would go on a quest to defeat the Seventh Overlord and then bring security and peace to the lands of the Auspices once more, ensuring a lifetime of prosperity for the commoners and highborn alike. But something, still, is not right. Far over the world's horizons, a trio of wizened elderly gamblers sit at a round table. They decide to play a game...
*JRPG Traitor Quest.
*All choices are streamlined. Lore will have some additions and modifications to introduce surprises.
*Your betrayal is inevitable. Accept it and become a bastard, or do it for inevitable good; it matters not. A traitor is a traitor.
Lealope
Not yet invincible
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] The Streetwalker's Guide to the Hierarchy
QM enthusiasm is, as ever, the godstat for quests. Something Birdsie will enjoy engaging with is likely to have more consistent updates with greater engagement than something he has lesser good feelings for.
QM enthusiasm is, as ever, the godstat for quests. Something Birdsie will enjoy engaging with is likely to have more consistent updates with greater engagement than something he has lesser good feelings for.
I've never heard of Ormulum is this a fic or a quest on SV or just a book I've never read.
[X] Time Detective, 1st Class
[X] Plan Final Exam
[X] Plan Final Exam
Birdsie
Sharp Talons Cleave The Worthy
- Location
- Poland
It's never had any public works before (that I know of,) aside from several CYOAs, available here and here. Over the past couple of months, me and Orm Embar (+ some friends) have been writing a collaborative work in the setting, as well as playing games in it, and I've slowly fallen in love with the worldbuilding. Now I've received dispensation to run a public Quest in the Ormulum.
- Location
- Argentina
A reboot then? BIG SAD.
[X] The Streetwalker's Guide to the Hierarchy
[X] The Dragonborn Comes
[X] Time Detective, 1st Class