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<blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 6144515" data-attributes="member: 63"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Colossus</strong></span></p><p><em>Grant ourselves god-like power to fix problems as they arise.</em></p><p></p><p>[align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=57777&d=1371144109[/align]The Colossus proposal is backed by some of the more prestigious cell leaders of the conspiracy, and their soft-spoken leader is the aasimar Roland Stanfield, who claims that his centuries of reincarnations have taught him that common people abuse power, but in the hands of the enlightened it is a powerful tool.</p><p></p><p>As Stanfield argues, the Obscurati has come this far because its members have used their power intelligently, and have acted decisively despite the fact that society as a whole would oppose them. The best course of the action in the future is to consolidate their power and become the de facto rulers of the world.</p><p></p><p>The challenge is in granting power to a limited set of people. The Colossus movement has discovered a set of elemental planes each with a secret truename. These planes would still provide the normal energy needed to keep the world together, but those who know the truenames would be able to tap a greater power. And the Obscurati would decide who is told these truenames.</p><p></p><p>This truename power would be tied to two new planes. First, a plane of Space would grant the ability to sense events and teleport to areas within their domain. Second, a plane of Death with a 'Cyclicality' aspect would orbit the world as a new, dark moon. Each person who knew the truenames would choose a point on the cycle to be at the height of their power, and a half-month later they would only have the power of a normal mortal. </p><p></p><p>This would make them vulnerable if they abuse their power, and force them to rely on the defense of other Ob members. The goal of this is to prevent abuse.</p><p></p><p>The drawbacks to this plan are that the new elemental planes would result in stronger storms, and the seas would draw back slightly, and the world would grow colder. Perhaps the largest threat is that, since the current Plane of Death acts as a defense against extraplanar incursion, the world might be invaded by creatures from other planes. However, Colossus believes that the newly-empowered rulers of the world would easily be able to drive back such threats.</p><p></p><p>To experience a sample of the power Colossus would grant you, visit their sample demi-plane in the Portal Gallery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RangerWickett, post: 6144515, member: 63"] [size=3][b]Colossus[/b][/size] [i]Grant ourselves god-like power to fix problems as they arise.[/i] [align=right]http://www.enworld.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=57777&d=1371144109[/align]The Colossus proposal is backed by some of the more prestigious cell leaders of the conspiracy, and their soft-spoken leader is the aasimar Roland Stanfield, who claims that his centuries of reincarnations have taught him that common people abuse power, but in the hands of the enlightened it is a powerful tool. As Stanfield argues, the Obscurati has come this far because its members have used their power intelligently, and have acted decisively despite the fact that society as a whole would oppose them. The best course of the action in the future is to consolidate their power and become the de facto rulers of the world. The challenge is in granting power to a limited set of people. The Colossus movement has discovered a set of elemental planes each with a secret truename. These planes would still provide the normal energy needed to keep the world together, but those who know the truenames would be able to tap a greater power. And the Obscurati would decide who is told these truenames. This truename power would be tied to two new planes. First, a plane of Space would grant the ability to sense events and teleport to areas within their domain. Second, a plane of Death with a 'Cyclicality' aspect would orbit the world as a new, dark moon. Each person who knew the truenames would choose a point on the cycle to be at the height of their power, and a half-month later they would only have the power of a normal mortal. This would make them vulnerable if they abuse their power, and force them to rely on the defense of other Ob members. The goal of this is to prevent abuse. The drawbacks to this plan are that the new elemental planes would result in stronger storms, and the seas would draw back slightly, and the world would grow colder. Perhaps the largest threat is that, since the current Plane of Death acts as a defense against extraplanar incursion, the world might be invaded by creatures from other planes. However, Colossus believes that the newly-empowered rulers of the world would easily be able to drive back such threats. To experience a sample of the power Colossus would grant you, visit their sample demi-plane in the Portal Gallery. [/QUOTE]
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