The Spark of the Divine [OOC|Closed]

[Ralnis]

Who found Basalt?

Yours truly.

Ok, now I know your cheating and you should be ashamed!
On a grimer note, I have yet to create a name for the region I just discovered.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Yours truly.

Ok, now I know your cheating and you should be ashamed!
On a grimer note, I have yet to create a name for the region I just discovered.

You should name it something arbitrary, like the Land of the Pink Bunnies.

[Konariona]

Darn it.

It does seem likely that I'll be passing you.

Don't worry. It won't be for long. I just figure I might as well take advantage of the Faith bonus for the Week I'll have it.

Uh.
I'm getting a lot from TIE x)

[G-Tech Corporation]

It does seem likely that I'll be passing you.

Don't worry. It won't be for long. I just figure I might as well take advantage of the Faith bonus for the Week I'll have it.

Uh.
I'm getting a lot from TIE x)

Of Faith, yep. IIRC he's already given you all his Divinity.

Hmm. I forgot about that selling Attributes.

Well, at least I'll have it this week

[The Inritus Extraho]

Uh.
I'm getting a lot from TIE x)

Of Faith, yep. IIRC he's already given you all his Divinity.

Hmm. I forgot about that selling Attributes.

Well, at least I'll have it this week

Uh... no you won't, I'm granting it.

Also, good job with finding every more advanced resource so far, G-Tech... -suspicious-

[G-Tech Corporation]

Of Faith, yep. IIRC he's already given you all his Divinity.

Hmm. I forgot about that selling Attributes.

Well, at least I'll have it this week

Uh... no you won't, I'm granting it.

Also, good job with finding every more advanced resource so far, G-Tech... -suspicious-

You only generated that Divinity this week; trading it won't be possible until next.

I am currently the only RPer in a region that isn't Godshome or underground in signifcant numbers. And I have killed fiftyish Follower-weeks of exploration in order to find them.

Besides, I certainly didn't discover Game, or Stone.

[The Great Warrior Rivers]

Building Idea: Pasture

If you send an Agrarian to a game resource, it will provide you with one domestic animal (a new Tier 1 resource). With 20 domestic animals and 500 influence, you can build the pasture. The pasture provides you with 40 food per week if worked. That or it can be the same as a farm. I just thought it might be a good idea.

[Elderowa]

Building Idea: Pasture

If you send an Agrarian to a game resource, it will provide you with one domestic animal (a new Tier 1 resource). With 20 domestic animals and 500 influence, you can build the pasture. The pasture provides you with 40 food per week if worked. That or it can be the same as a farm. I just thought it might be a good idea.

I'd get behind that.

[Constaniana]

While I appreciate the help Rivers, I think the human manifestation would be better spent on my agrarians hunting game in the north. Would that edit be acceptable, G-Tech?

[The Great Warrior Rivers]

While I appreciate the help Rivers, I think the human manifestation would be better spent on my agrarians hunting game in the north. Would that edit be acceptable, G-Tech?

I'd be willing to change it if G-Tech OK's it.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Building Idea: Pasture

If you send an Agrarian to a game resource, it will provide you with one domestic animal (a new Tier 1 resource). With 20 domestic animals and 500 influence, you can build the pasture. The pasture provides you with 40 food per week if worked. That or it can be the same as a farm. I just thought it might be a good idea.

I already have domestic animals planned for later in the game. I'll keep the idea for the Pasture in mind though

While I appreciate the help Rivers, I think the human manifestation would be better spent on my agrarians hunting game in the north. Would that edit be acceptable, G-Tech?

It would indeed. Go ahead and edit if you so wish GWR.

[Prusslandia]

Miracle idea.

Name: Touch of madness
Effect: Causes an enemy follower to attack their village/hamlet/whatever you wanna call it.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Miracle idea.

Name: Touch of madness
Effect: Causes an enemy follower to attack their village/hamlet/whatever you wanna call it.

Hmm. So essentially, a randomly determined enemy follower in said village goes crazy and becomes hostile to anyone in the village for a Week? Can that follower have a chance of being restrained so they don't hurt others in their madness? Are they hostile to other crazy followers?

[Prusslandia]

Miracle idea.

Name: Touch of madness
Effect: Causes an enemy follower to attack their village/hamlet/whatever you wanna call it.

Hmm. So essentially, a randomly determined enemy follower in said village goes crazy and becomes hostile to anyone in the village for a Week? Can that follower have a chance of being restrained so they don't hurt others in their madness? Are they hostile to other crazy followers?

Yes to all questions.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Hmm. So essentially, a randomly determined enemy follower in said village goes crazy and becomes hostile to anyone in the village for a Week? Can that follower have a chance of being restrained so they don't hurt others in their madness? Are they hostile to other crazy followers?

Yes to all questions.

Spiffing. How does this sound:

Touch of Madness: 60 Faith | Causes a random enemy Follower in the targeted village to go berserk. If the enemy does not restrain the berserk Follower [8+ chance] then he will launch one unanswered attack on a random Follower in that village. Berserk Followers are hostile to other Berserk Followers, and cannot be ordered to do anything in the given Week, unless they were given a task prior to the conduct of the Touch of Madness Miracle.

[Konariona]

Yes to all questions.

Spiffing. How does this sound:

Touch of Madness: 60 Faith | Causes a random enemy Follower in the targeted village to go berserk. If the enemy does not restrain the berserk Follower [8+ chance] then he will launch one unanswered attack on a random Follower in that village. Berserk Followers are hostile to other Berserk Followers, and cannot be ordered to do anything in the given Week, unless they were given a task prior to the conduct of the Touch of Madness Miracle.

SIXTY FAITH?!

[The Inritus Extraho]

Spiffing. How does this sound:

Touch of Madness: 60 Faith | Causes a random enemy Follower in the targeted village to go berserk. If the enemy does not restrain the berserk Follower [8+ chance] then he will launch one unanswered attack on a random Follower in that village. Berserk Followers are hostile to other Berserk Followers, and cannot be ordered to do anything in the given Week, unless they were given a task prior to the conduct of the Touch of Madness Miracle.

SIXTY FAITH?!

"Don't worry, it's just better than sending a follower to attack, you can't get hurt, and it costs less than a Miasma."

[Constaniana]

Yes to all questions.

Spiffing. How does this sound:

Touch of Madness: 60 Faith | Causes a random enemy Follower in the targeted village to go berserk. If the enemy does not restrain the berserk Follower [8+ chance] then he will launch one unanswered attack on a random Follower in that village. Berserk Followers are hostile to other Berserk Followers, and cannot be ordered to do anything in the given Week, unless they were given a task prior to the conduct of the Touch of Madness Miracle.

Waaaayyy too cheap considering how disruptive it could be.

[G-Tech Corporation]

Spiffing. How does this sound:

Touch of Madness: 60 Faith | Causes a random enemy Follower in the targeted village to go berserk. If the enemy does not restrain the berserk Follower [8+ chance] then he will launch one unanswered attack on a random Follower in that village. Berserk Followers are hostile to other Berserk Followers, and cannot be ordered to do anything in the given Week, unless they were given a task prior to the conduct of the Touch of Madness Miracle.

Waaaayyy too cheap considering how disruptive it could be.

Well, here's how I calculated the total cost out.

21 Faith: Loss of two Followers labor, 21 Faith on average (1 lost to Madness, 1 lost to trying to restrain)

Plus:
(33 Faith: 1/10th chance, on average, to kill a Follower, which costs 350 Faith to replace. Note a small amount was taken off the top, due to the chance of Injury and not death.
1 Faith: 1/10*2/10 chance of losing 21 Faith due to lost Follower time caused by injury.)*
* All times .7, due to the 8+ chance of a successful Restrain roll, and therefore none of these negatives occuring.

So: 21 + .7*(34) = ~ 45 Faith lost due to effect of Miracle. Bumped it up to 60 to account for potential production of other resources during the Week by those two lost Follower-Weeks.

Does that not make sense?

[The Inritus Extraho]

Waaaayyy too cheap considering how disruptive it could be.

Well, here's how I calculated the total cost out.

21 Faith: Loss of two Followers labor, 21 Faith on average (1 lost to Madness, 1 lost to trying to restrain)

Plus:
(33 Faith: 1/10th chance, on average, to kill a Follower, which costs 350 Faith to replace. Note a small amount was taken off the top, due to the chance of Injury and not death.
1 Faith: 1/10*2/10 chance of losing 21 Faith due to lost Follower time caused by injury.)*
* All times .7, due to the 8+ chance of a successful Restrain roll, and therefore none of these negatives occuring.

So: 21 + .7*(34) = ~ 45 Faith lost due to effect of Miracle. Bumped it up to 60 to account for potential production of other resources during the Week by those two lost Follower-Weeks.

Does that not make sense?

Then why is The Creeping Death so much more expensive?
"The Creeping Death: 100 Faith per afflicted Follower | Either assail the Followers of your foes for a 8+ chance of injury, or your own for a 9+ chance of injury. You gain 115 Faith for every one of your followers that is not injured."

[G-Tech Corporation]

Well, here's how I calculated the total cost out.

21 Faith: Loss of two Followers labor, 21 Faith on average (1 lost to Madness, 1 lost to trying to restrain)

Plus:
(33 Faith: 1/10th chance, on average, to kill a Follower, which costs 350 Faith to replace. Note a small amount was taken off the top, due to the chance of Injury and not death.
1 Faith: 1/10*2/10 chance of losing 21 Faith due to lost Follower time caused by injury.)*
* All times .7, due to the 8+ chance of a successful Restrain roll, and therefore none of these negatives occuring.

So: 21 + .7*(34) = ~ 45 Faith lost due to effect of Miracle. Bumped it up to 60 to account for potential production of other resources during the Week by those two lost Follower-Weeks.

Does that not make sense?

Then why is The Creeping Death so much more expensive?
"The Creeping Death: 100 Faith per afflicted Follower | Either assail the Followers of your foes for a 8+ chance of injury, or your own for a 9+ chance of injury. You gain 115 Faith for every one of your followers that is not injured."

Because I made it first and didn't do much in the way of calculations about it

[The Inritus Extraho]

Then why is The Creeping Death so much more expensive?
"The Creeping Death: 100 Faith per afflicted Follower | Either assail the Followers of your foes for a 8+ chance of injury, or your own for a 9+ chance of injury. You gain 115 Faith for every one of your followers that is not injured."

Because I made it first and didn't do much in the way of calculations about it

Can anyone else say "pah-wh-er kuh-ree-puh"?

[G-Tech Corporation]

Because I made it first and didn't do much in the way of calculations about it

Can anyone else say "pah-wh-er kuh-ree-puh"?

More or less.

Also, it was devised with little thought probably more than a year ago by now. I wasn't even sure Spark would be popular on NS, due to its divergence from almost every other type of forum RP.

Hmm. Though, accounting for opportunity cost, 75 sounds like a better number for Madness.

[Alleniana]

Hmm, must have done something wrong in there Allen. Culture buildings boost Divinity income, and praying by definition is a Faith-producing activity.

I'd be willing to sell you Copper for Divinity, but I rather need my Influence currently.

Ah, danke.

Hmm... copper?
Perhaps

I've no hope of becoming major god, since I'm in low 500s and there's several who have many hundreds more, and I'd rather build a city anyway. Influence for divinity, anybody?

[G-Tech Corporation]

I'd be interested in the long term, Allen, I just don't have any spare to trade currently

Also, almost forgot to mention it, but the construction of a Smelter has opened up a new Construction. We seem to have these coming out almost every week nowadays.