Ex-Nihilo: Deity/God Roleplay (OOC/mechanics)

[Gurori]

Indeed you are. I will be adding all the new folks to the list just now

Are my and Danceria's apps accepted?

Almost forgot to ask, is my character accepted?

[Formerland]

Indeed you are. I will be adding all the new folks to the list just now

Are my and Danceria's apps accepted?

Yep. you should be on the list now.

[Utceforp]

Are my and Danceria's apps accepted?

Yep. you should be on the list now.

Thanks.

[Danceria]

Apologies for acting condescending (heh, get it, cuz condensation), but I assume that all gods are made of the Prima Energia stuff? Deepy just happens to be closer to that energy in nature and temperament than most other Gods. He is a force of nature, after all.

[Formerland]

Pardon me friends, I'm a bit confused here. I have read over the first post here and am wondering just what sorts of things cost divinity and just how much. Does everything one does cost divinity? I wondered if there was a way to recharge one's power once expended. For instance if one wanted to cast a simple shielding spell or something of the like, would that cost divinity? How much if so? Gods are immortal but I'm wondering if everything costs divinity and if doing things is expensive, I would imagine a deity would be rendered catatonic real quickly if there is no way to recharge that power. Those are some of my questions, I hope you will oblige me.

Divinity represents the concentration of your power. Every time you create something that persists, for example an ocean it requires a constant consumption of said divinity to exist. A god with lots of free divinity would be able to cast a wide array of interesting things near their primary form, but would have little for wider influence on the world. While a god that has used most of it's divinity to create things in the world would be very powerful, being able to trigger powerful force of nature events within it's own domains, it would find it hard to create very specific events. Think of divinity less of like a currency, and more of like a bucket of water, that can be poured between any number of glasses and then back. Although, keep in mind the process of uncreation takes time so if you create something, it might take some time to be nulled by other gods or even yourself.
So back to the example of a shield, it only subtracts from your divinity while active and the amount it subtracts while there varies based on how strong and big it is.

[Afra Radna-viane]

Name: Caverasine (Cav-er-ah-seen) AKA the Deep One
Domain: 100% Divine
Personality: He is a brooding, introverted man, preferring to zealously expand his domain and discover all it can do over interpersonal activities. He is known to be slow to anger, and even slower to forget. However, he does have a creative side, crafting a wide variety of organisms and landscapes, and will often launch into excitable conversations with those he finds common interest in.

One of the more zealous in the creation of the world, he would become a strong advocate for the mortal races. While not always seeing eye to eye with other Gods, malign deities such as Umbra would find the Lord of the Waters to be a tenacious and ever present foe. His alignment is Netrual Good.
Appearances: He is often personified as the Waters, be it an ocean or a mere puddle, and similarly possesses a dualistic appearance. On one hand, he can be a gigantic azure dragon, towering above almost all else in the cosmos, or a slightly short man with aesthetically placed scales, with long flowing hair. His appearance would suit the need of the moment, and suit his creative, albeit hyperactive mind
other/updates: I'm going for a cthonic god of the Oceans and Afterlife. Posisbly dragons as well. No doubt one of the earlier conflicts would be The Deep One's overzealousness to create life.

Bamp?

Anamara will probably have a rivalry with Caverasine. I intend for her to be a diety of necromancy, suffering and undeath. She likely will also have ties to darkness, the abominations and the depth. Btw it just occurred to me that the two might be a good fit for a Poseidon/Athena relationship. Also, I would love to work on creating a dragon species.

This seems similar to the Silmarrilion. And I feel like I have way to short an introductory post.

[Formerland]

I think i will also elaborate a bit on chapters. Chapters will be little named sections of the RP and they will contain a summary of what has occurred within them. For example Chapter 2, The Debate of Untime, will contain a summary of what we have decided about the universe and any other interesting events that happen. the amount of chapters and what is contained within obviously will vary.

[Formerland]

Bamp?

Anamara will probably have a rivalry with Caverasine. I intend for her to be a diety of necromancy, suffering and undeath. She likely will also have ties to darkness, the abominations and the depth. Btw it just occurred to me that the two might be a good fit for a Poseidon/Athena relationship.

This seems similar to the Silmarrilion. And I feel like I have way to short an introductory post.

Don't worry too much about the length of the post, the thoughtfulness and story potential is the more important thing.

[Afra Radna-viane]

Thanks, I am just more accustomed to a setting that demands longer IC posts. No one liners and no mini-posting were rules. Introductory posts were also expected to be fairly long.

[Fahran]

I might have Ashora assume a more humanoid form and conjure up a loom to weave things into creation since we currently lack any creations beyond some basics laws. I was originally going to go for a lunar goddess, but a goddess of crafts, the hearth, and the home might work too.

Thanks, I am just more accustomed to a setting that demands longer IC posts. No one liners and no mini-posting were rules. Introductory posts were also expected to be fairly long.

I'm in the same boat. I'm used to writing things that are over 600 words. Most of them are actually over 1000.

[Gurori]

Her rivals: Literally all of the other gods, whenever she feels like it.

[Formerland]

Thanks, I am just more accustomed to a setting that demands longer IC posts. No one liners and no mini-posting were rules. Introductory posts were also expected to be fairly long.

Yeah, my main regional RP has been transferred to discord for a while now and has much shorter posts on average. People seem to respond better to having smaller posts, especially for conversation.

[Formerland]

which is not to say long detailed posts aren't good, a mix of good long descriptive posts and smaller communicative posts is optimal.

[Afra Radna-viane]

Thanks, I am just more accustomed to a setting that demands longer IC posts. No one liners and no mini-posting were rules. Introductory posts were also expected to be fairly long.

Yeah, my main regional RP has been transferred to discord for a while now and has much shorter posts on average. People seem to respond better to having smaller posts, especially for conversation.

Yeah, conversations did often have quite a bit of description and action. Something needed to pad out the post if one was not collaborating.

[Ah-eh-ioh-uh]

Pardon me friends, I'm a bit confused here. I have read over the first post here and am wondering just what sorts of things cost divinity and just how much. Does everything one does cost divinity? I wondered if there was a way to recharge one's power once expended. For instance if one wanted to cast a simple shielding spell or something of the like, would that cost divinity? How much if so? Gods are immortal but I'm wondering if everything costs divinity and if doing things is expensive, I would imagine a deity would be rendered catatonic real quickly if there is no way to recharge that power. Those are some of my questions, I hope you will oblige me.

Divinity represents the concentration of your power. Every time you create something that persists, for example an ocean it requires a constant consumption of said divinity to exist. A god with lots of free divinity would be able to cast a wide array of interesting things near their primary form, but would have little for wider influence on the world. While a god that has used most of it's divinity to create things in the world would be very powerful, being able to trigger powerful force of nature events within it's own domains, it would find it hard to create very specific events. Think of divinity less of like a currency, and more of like a bucket of water, that can be poured between any number of glasses and then back. Although, keep in mind the process of uncreation takes time so if you create something, it might take some time to be nulled by other gods or even yourself.
So back to the example of a shield, it only subtracts from your divinity while active and the amount it subtracts while there varies based on how strong and big it is.

Ah so I can safely assume that creation cost is only really relevant for things that are permanent creations aka currently and persistently existing? Meaning that say, a one time use of magic to detect magical auras in one's vicinity would not cost anything at all seeing as it is just a temporary ability and not a permanent and tangible creation? I think that might be it. You see I was attempting to ask if things that are temporary flexings of one's powers such as a simple fireball spell would would over time drain one. Now having it clarified before me I believe I might understand it better. Because something such as a temporary blast of powerful wind or a teleportation spell is a short and one time thing that is NOT permanent, then we as player characters can assume that using such abilities frequently over the course of our LONG LONG lives would NOT in fact drain us of ANY power. I expect that the only things in terms of any divinity cost that are worth a percentage of power are things like making a permanent plot of land or a curse that lasts a long time or creating a large body of water such as a Great Lake.

One more thing I suppose. Am I to assume that once something is uncreated, the divinity used to returned to its source as well? (Meaning the god who created it in the first place?)

[Formerland]

Divinity represents the concentration of your power. Every time you create something that persists, for example an ocean it requires a constant consumption of said divinity to exist. A god with lots of free divinity would be able to cast a wide array of interesting things near their primary form, but would have little for wider influence on the world. While a god that has used most of it's divinity to create things in the world would be very powerful, being able to trigger powerful force of nature events within it's own domains, it would find it hard to create very specific events. Think of divinity less of like a currency, and more of like a bucket of water, that can be poured between any number of glasses and then back. Although, keep in mind the process of uncreation takes time so if you create something, it might take some time to be nulled by other gods or even yourself.
So back to the example of a shield, it only subtracts from your divinity while active and the amount it subtracts while there varies based on how strong and big it is.

Ah so I can safely assume that creation cost is only really relevant for things that are permanent creations aka currently and persistently existing? Meaning that say, a one time use of magic to detect magical auras in one's vicinity would not cost anything at all seeing as it is just a temporary ability and not a permanent and tangible creation? I think that might be it. You see I was attempting to ask if things that are temporary flexings of one's powers such as a simple fireball spell would would over time drain one. Now having it clarified before me I believe I might understand it better. Because something such as a temporary blast of powerful wind or a teleportation spell is a short and one time thing that is NOT permanent, then we as player characters can assume that using such abilities frequently over the course of our LONG LONG lives would NOT in fact drain us of ANY power. I expect that the only things in terms of any divinity cost that are worth a percentage of power are things like making a permanent plot of land or a curse that lasts a long time or creating a large body of water such as a Great Lake.

One more thing I suppose. Am I to assume that once something is uncreated, the divinity used to returned to its source as well? (Meaning the god who created it in the first place?)

Yes, when something is uncreated you would receive that amount of divinity back. Even if it nulled by the other gods against your own will.

[Utceforp]

Bamp?

Anamara will probably have a rivalry with Caverasine. I intend for her to be a diety of necromancy, suffering and undeath. She likely will also have ties to darkness, the abominations and the depth. Btw it just occurred to me that the two might be a good fit for a Poseidon/Athena relationship. Also, I would love to work on creating a dragon species.

This seems similar to the Silmarrilion. And I feel like I have way to short an introductory post.

I envisioned the Exalted Serpents as being gods of nature, and more specifically the more unpleasant aspects of nature - The fractals of mutating genetic lineages warring against each other and giving birth to new lineages in an endless cycle. They also have a very draconic appearance.

[Danceria]

Bamp?

Anamara will probably have a rivalry with Caverasine. I intend for her to be a diety of necromancy, suffering and undeath. She likely will also have ties to darkness, the abominations and the depth. Btw it just occurred to me that the two might be a good fit for a Poseidon/Athena relationship. Also, I would love to work on creating a dragon species.

This seems similar to the Silmarrilion. And I feel like I have way to short an introductory post.

Or two differing ideals on the Afterlife, where Caverasine represents the hope of rebirth, the renewal of life, she represents stagnation. This is why he is rather terrible at keeping boundaries.

I also apologize for turning the entire universe into an Ocean/bonding my god to the ocean.

[Afra Radna-viane]

When it comes to making sentient species/species in general, do you want to do a collab on dragons?

Anamara would likely represent a peversion of the natural order to mortal races. After all, she will be animating dead and decaying matter or allowing the existence of abominations that defy the normal workings of the world (i.e. vampires).

[Danceria]

When it comes to making sentient species/species in general, do you want to do a collab on dragons?

Anamara would likely represent a peversion of the natural order to mortal races. After all, she will be animating dead and decaying matter or allowing the existence of abominations that defy the normal workings of the world (i.e. vampires).

Perhaps cursing the Dragons with perma-death a la the Elves of Tolkein. They can live forever, but once they dead, their souls are "a mystery".

[Gurori]

When it comes to making sentient species/species in general, do you want to do a collab on dragons?

Anamara would likely represent a peversion of the natural order to mortal races. After all, she will be animating dead and decaying matter or allowing the existence of abominations that defy the normal workings of the world (i.e. vampires).

the red eyes and pale skin make her look an awful lot like a vampire, might even give her fangs for the sake of it

inspiration for vampires, perhaps?

(note: her refers to my goddess, for she is currently without a name)

[Blueflarst]

Name: Ma Birla Skelington the dark blue leader
Domain: Water Fire Arcane Dead powers Spirit magical weapons Ice fires light and sound
Personality: Paranoid but extroverted tiring nice when not in defense truthful creative and destructive spiritual and idealist arrogant furious when feels unfairly attacked highly moralist in his form of dealing the life rebellious capable of hidding dark secrets at the same time telling small ones likes the fight likes killing impure ones dislike plunder and removes his enemies tries to improve without damaging good people besides his desire to fight he without wanting is feared by weak people In rule iron fair fist maquiavelic capable of doing collateral damage to killing a evil enemy he fight with himself constantly in alert againist real and fake menaces in mind
Appearances: Heavily armored skeleton, humanoid appearences

Traits: Eternal resilience that means he always come back when defeated and when in dangerous times he acts much more better in all senses
Lazy In normal moments acts less and worse than expected for other
aligned slightly good
Good speaker
Quality believer He will do his creations with the best he can do but will do few
Excellent manager he will improve practically any thing under his rule but he will be ambitious
difficult to intimidate unless you are more strong than him when he do something after the intimidation prepare himself to be capable of beating the one which did that at the less time possible
stubborn difficult to persuade unless he seek for advise

[Fahran]

(note: her refers to my goddess, for she is currently without a name)

Ashora's just going to call her "youngest" until she picks out a name or another deity emerges.

[Gurori]

(note: her refers to my goddess, for she is currently without a name)

Ashora's just going to call her "youngest" until she picks out a name or another deity emerges.

If you think about it, all of these gods are somewhat related. So Ashora could call her "younger sister".

[Fahran]

If you think about it, all of these gods are somewhat related. So Ashora could call her "younger sister".

That'll work. I'm still waiting for one of the older siblings to snap at Ashora for making her loom of starlight. "We haven't talked about temperatures yet. Think of all the paperwork you're making for us, kiddo."