The basic concept of the game is that this universe has just been created(in game hook*wink*) and you are the gods.
The objective is to explore your creativity and to battle god to god with other players using your wit and your power.
Naturally conflicts will ensue so divine rank will determine your ability to defeat the other god.
the role of the overdeity is to maintain balance and be the "DM" for the game in a way.
Im supposing this will end up being me as i proposed the idea.
When in conflict the overdeity will take several things into account
1.Circumstances(obviously)
2. divine rank
3. opposing alignments and domains.
The power of a deity in this game is loosely based around your divine rank.
It defines what you can do in one post and how well you will do as a god.
An example of conflict
Umbryn the god of shadow and deceit has sent dark agents into the world to infiltrate the churches of the good god, Methos. Umbryn is DR 18 and thus is a very powerful god, Methos however is the champion god of good(DR 20) and his followers fight against the darkness with virtuous fervor. However the forces of Methos are cought off guard by powerful agents(circumstantial) and though the will of Methos is strong, his churches are infiltrated and Umbryn's shadowy agents slay many a cleric.
The players will be narrating the actions of their followers and this statement(without the numerical and arithmetical hints) would be made by the player Umbryn.
The player playing methos may reply
Methos seeing his forces slain is taken aback at this incursion by dark forces. He calls upon the will of his churches and summons a vast army of clerics that engage the Shadow agents of Umbryn even as they retreat through the night. It seems that this night both gods have gained and lost.
This would be an acceptable(although dull and cliche) action for both players. Being gods however this may be only a fraction of their post as they will be dealing with many many other gods at once.
In the event that there is a squable between players over who won or the exact results the overdeity(me) will narrate the official result solving all problems.
If you want to talk with another god usually you must request an audience with them and private talks should be hidden like this:
For Umbryn Only
[sblock]Blah blah acceptable losses blah you lose blah[/sblock]
I will be posting answers to any questions you have so ask away before we begin.
Edit:
Please note that although you may already have ideas for followers; when the game does begin there will be no such thing as a "human" the world is new so feel free to use your imagination and create your own new races.(not to squish your hopes ^_^)
Edit: to answer your questions, you can use any domain you would like and you are not limited to books. You may imagine up your own domains, however note that all god applicants*wink* i will review and tell you if you need to change your domain or something.
Please note i look down on copying things from videogames books or other sources(if i see one more legolas im going to scream) so avoid these. Your actions will be determined by you and their resulsts...by you, this does not stop a player from intervening and changing your action because of one of theirs. For example
(oh and you dont have to do things in italicized but it helps understand what is narration and what isnt) Umbryn Once again sends his shadowy agents into the world; this time however they have absorbed energy from the living they slew in the last battle and are now much more powerful. Umbryn sends them into the city of (insert generic city name here) and wreak havoc leaving no survivors.
Another god might have thought this not as easy as it sounded and replied
Cyrin cast a glance at the advancing shadow and sensing the power of the dark forces began to help the city defend itself. She used a small distraction to rouse the night watch and get them to sound an alarm before the city was even attacked, thus strengthening its defenses. She gave courage to those men defending the walls of the city sending one of her most powerful bards to sing and play songs to inspire said defenders. The now bolstered defenses managed to fight off some of the shadow agents and although ultimately the city was still lost it actually took Umbryns agents many days to kill off the last defenders and they did so with a higher number of casualties.
So i did not alter Umbryns actions but merely stated that during your attack my god would have seen your forces and performed actions that changed(slightly) the course of the battle.
Many times you may find yourself not caring or not always trying to change the outcome of things for the better. This is ok as you are not waging war with every other god simultaeneously.(usually)
It would be very beneficial if those who have already posted edit their posts to include their god statistics, i would appreciate this so as not have to go through another thousand posts looking for your stats, thank you.
ALSO note that as a god you draw power from followers(there may be other things as well like nature or water) and as such the world (or worlds) were your followers live should be protected, not just thrown aside. Penalties and rewards in this system are in either physical terms(increased followers or a large army) but in your divine rank. If you do anything that is out of character you could possibly be penalized one divine rank, just as staying in character and doing what you are supposed to may result in an increase of one divine rank. Note that this will not be often or a large change as to be game affecting.
As soon as you guys start posting your gods i will create an IC thread just for the intro please do not post there until we have enough players.
Again the overdeity will intervene only when there is a squabble and not actual play. Like when two of you are going at it over one happening(twenty posts from both of you on why you should win tsk* tsk*). At this point will i intervene and tell you what happened.
VERY IMPORTANT: you are not here to dominate the other players, you do not have to reply to every attack on you and you should no feel like you should win every important battle with another god. Please note that you have a limited amount of power in every post.(this is very abstract) This is based on divine ranking again. the higher it is the more you can do and the longer you can do it. This means that if a rank 15 god makes an attack on a rank 18 god normally the outcome would be in the rank 18's favor according to the circumstances. However if the rank 15 devoted his entire post into an ellaborate and drawn out attack on the rank 18 but the rank 18 has other things to do and devotes only an eigth of his post to a response, then the rank 15 should win.(although this may not always be true)
I am trying to come up with a limit on actions based on divine rank. Would you guys rather have it as a limit on the amount you can post, or a specific limit on actions or would you rather keep it abstract and let roleplaying solve all our problems. Please reply
Possible players and roles(coming soon, very soon):
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