>stalking some human
How creepy.

>>17918684

Might it be Picus, then? Or maybe there's someone who has grown to power very, very quickly?

>>17918684

Who is Ius following? What's the human doing?

What was done was done with necromancy, the magic we created. Can we use some kind of meta-magic way to find out where it's being used?

Check on the fey in the desert.

rolled 70 = 70

>>17918768

Necromancy? How do you figure? Necromancy can't create souls.

>>17918790
Read the first thread.

>>17918790
Necromancy is what we named it and we specified soul creation.

>>17918790

Apotheosi stated in the last thread that it appeared someone was using our necromancy for the wrong reasons.

rolled 83 = 83

If we can't find anything new, then let's just ask the other gods if they know anything, without accusations.

rolled 10 = 10

>>17918806
>>17918803
>hey may even create, in small degree, new souls which they may place into empty vessels.

You're right. It's not traditional necromancy as I think of it, which is why I didn't think of it. But in this universe, this is true.

However, Ur was doing nothing. And Ur is our first necromancer.

It was probably a demon.

>>17918843

He could've taught it to someone else who went on to do this.

Maybe we should talk to Ur after all.

>>17918843
But all mortal creatures can use any magic, can't they? Only divine magic needs real input from gods, but it's still a mortal that's performing it.

Did everyone forget about the demons?

rolled 11 = 11

>>17918843

unless there is something that had already begun to unlock the tenets of the varying types of magic. what year/ day is it?

Could we find out if any of the souls from the afterlife have passed the guardian?

where the hell are the dead Drakfey? or are the brawling in a non-lethal manner like Male herd animals in breeding season?

You can't watch Ius any closer without him knowing he is being spied on.

you decide the best you can do is ask the other gods if th...

You have found the incedent.

A human leads seven human zombies across the forest, you look around and find the bodies of the other six humans, to badly torn up to be usable as zombies.

You look to where they could be marching, and see a group of drakfey, preparing for war.

rolled 2 = 2

>>17918876

Doesn't our natural form have a burning eye? And Apotheosi always describes us as changing to be accommodating, never already being. Perhaps Ur mistook the eye as representative of the sun?

>>17918884
It's only been 15 days or so since creation. They haven't even created language, or given names to themselves. How would they have learned magic unless it's divinely inspired like with Ur?

rolled 25 = 25

>>17918876

Doesn't our natural form have a burning eye? And Apotheosi always describes us as changing to be accommodating, never already being. Perhaps Ur mistook the eye as representative of the sun?

>>17918884
It's only been 15 days or so since creation. They haven't even created language, or given names to themselves. How would they have learned magic unless it's divinely inspired like with Ur?

rolled 45 = 45

>>17918912
Watch what happens.

>>17918912

So someone did this to try and fight against the drakfey.

Ius really hates Formless and hated his idea of making the drakfey in the beginning. I'm starting to think he's behind this.

rolled 20 = 20

>>17918912
Uh. Get the other gods and confront formless.

rolled 70 = 70

>>17918912
Watch what happens.

>>17918908

21st day.

rolled 76 = 76

>>17918912

Did I call Formless, or did I call Formless? Everybody was all "No, it can't be Formless, we'll lay the blame on everyone else but Formless." Fucking Formless.

I say we just approach him, and say we're curious about what's going on. That's all, just curious.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17918912

Did I call Formless, or did I call Formless? Everybody was all "No, it can't be Formless, we'll lay the blame on everyone else but Formless." Fucking Formless.

I say we just approach him, and say we're curious about what's going on. That's all, just curious.

rolled 52 = 52

>>17918912
Would those happen to be the same drakfey that Formless is watching?

Wait...don't tell me he taught that human necromancy purely to set this up?

We should definitely check in on Formless again, if only to clear this up. Don't accuse him of anything yet though, we don't start conflicts. We only end them, when necessary.

rolled 32 = 32

>>17918912
Keep watching, don't interfere.

rolled 73 = 73

>>17918912

Did I call Formless, or did I call Formless? Everybody was all "No, it can't be Formless, we'll lay the blame on everyone else but Formless." Fucking Formless.

I say we just approach him, and say we're curious about what's going on. That's all, just curious.

rolled 8 = 8

Diplomatically ask Formless just what exactly is going on.

>>17918912
Find formless. This is gonna be so fucking cool.

>>17918971
i wasn't gonna call anything until we have actual evidence that ether Formless or the other gods had something to do with it

>>17918971
>>17918980
>>17919002

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one with server problems.

They are indeed the same drakfey Formless is watching.

You appear to him.

"Hello Formless, what have you been up to lately?" You ask.

"Oh... hey. Did you just receive a bunch of human souls?" He asks.

"Yes, actually. Why?"

"Just interested in knowing whether or not souls killed by necromancy go on to the afterlife."

Well that solves that.

rolled 70 = 70

This server thing is annoying, really. Post once, say it's successful. Doesn't appear for a few minutes. Then it appears again. And again.

>>17918912
If we see something we don't like, we should be prepared for some motherfucking divine wrath up in this bitch.

rolled 58 = 58

OH FUCKING GREAT. Formless is steering drakfey clerics to war, I'm betting, and the humans are responding with necromancy. Well, let's see these humans to their afterlives first. Then, if there's time, we'll check on Ur and watch the Desert Fey before we watch the battle.

>>17919066
See? I told you we should have just asked.

>>17919066

You could've just asked, you know.

>>17919066
Ascertain that it was Formless who taught the human necromancy, and whether he did in fact impersonate "the sun" to do it.

>>17919086
Nah, Lus and his angels are elsewhere. More likely the zombies are for practice.

rolled 14 = 14

>>17919066
Ask him more about what he's doing with the necromancy.

rolled 96 = 96

>>17919131
Hm, there's a possibility Formless WASN'T behind the human learning necromancy actually.

He's been watching the drakfey, it stand to reason he'd also notice nearby goings-on. He might've seen the necromancer killing the others to make zombies, and wondered whether the souls went to the afterlife.

Once again, we are not yet 100% sure Formless was behind this whole mess.

>>17919195

Well then ask him.

rolled 62 = 62

>>17919219
Well, yes, I'm just saying, don't accuse Formless of anything yet. We should be cautious, especially since he seems like the kind of guy who's easily offended.

>>17919066
Ask formless if he taught the guy necromancy, and/or impersonated the sun to do so.

If he didn't, watch the fight, because this is going to be really cool.

rolled 27 = 27

>>17919269
Seconded. The fight should be quite the interesting sight.

"Did you have anything to do with the necromancy incident?"

"I wanted to get the humans to attack the drakfey here, but they kept just running away. I tried to manipulate them into doing it, but manipulation isn't really my strong suit. So I told Picus I would owe him one if he would manipulate the humans into attacking the drakfey. He said he would tell one of his demons to handle it because it was "not requiring of his direct attention", cocky ass. Next thing I know the humans are fighting eachother, one of them breaks out necromancy, and now they are attacking like I wanted. Looks like something interesting is finally going to happen eh?"

[on an off note, it takes 5m for my posts to go through, so sorry for the slow pace.]

>>17919315
*sigh* Damn it Formless...

Well, I suppose watch.

>>17919315
Formless, you fucking idiot.

However, this has really nothing to do with me, so...ten godbucks on the necromancer.

rolled 13 = 13

>>17919315
Well, there isn't that much we can do right now, is there. Let's not pick any favorites between Ius and Picus. Just hang back and watch. Oh, we could also go check out why the dragons haven't been up to anything yet.

Also, posting seems to be working better now.

rolled 45 = 45

>>17919315

You know. I honestly don't think this deserves our attention. On the scheme of things, this isn't really doing anything particularly wrong to our sensibilities. All we care about is keeping the balance of the Gods in check, not keeping them from meddling with mortal affairs, no matter how tasteless it is.

If we wanted to troll Formless, though . . . We could ask if he'd allow us to add something in that would give an extra flavor to the battle.

If he accepts, we implant the idea of pacifism into the minds of the Drakfey.

>>17919315

"Are warfare and violence the only things that interest you? If you keep provoking humans like this, and they kill themselves off fighting, then who is left to fight battles for you amusement?"

"There are other challenges and struggles in a mortal's life that provide conflict and drama, ones that don't necessarily involve bloodshed."

rolled 14 = 14

There's still the fey approaching the pillar in the Ura Desert to check up on. Just reminding you guys.

If the battle's just about to start though I recommend we stay and observe alongside Formless.

rolled 93 = 93

>>17919385
"I'm not mad, son. Just disappointed."

>>17919414
Yah, I could care less about the battle, let's check up on our fey, then stop by the battle to see how it ended.

rolled 27 = 27

>>17919315

hmm... not as epic as the formless is generally looking for, but he's testing the boundaries of the forms of magic that are avaliable. Not in a subtle way, however. It seems that we could take a note from his book, and start guiding events more directly ourselves.

Then again, It is against our watch and preserve portfolio. After this conflict resolves, I want to know what is happening with the fey by the Obsidian Tower, but their own hubris will have probably caused them to wander off again.

While we're here, we can ask him about the dead(?) Drakfey from their initial conflicts.

>>17919477
I fear the fey's nature may have lead them to their demise. Some pretty nasty beast patrol the desert, if I remember correctly.

>>17919477
Oh yah! Let's ask him about the lack of dead Drakfey.

rolled 22 = 22

I propose that yes, we stay and watch, but afterwards we have ourselves a talk with Formless and try to put a few ideas in his mind that rather than creating conflict for the sake of conflict alone, which is meaningless, he should consider setting some kind of end goal that the conflict is meant to achieve.

We should also propose the idea that he wants to see the mortals advance to their maximum potential for the sake of epicness, while we desire much of the same end. We could possibly make Formless an unlikely ally of ours, using conflict to drive the mortals toward realizing their potential.

After all, isn't it true that mortals fight harder and more fiercely when they have a cause to fight for? And isn't it true that it is usually during times of war when they advance the fastest, scientifically and technologically?

rolled 77 = 77

>>17919506
OH YES. I think this is on everyone's minds by now.

While you find the actions of Formless to be poor form, you decide that it doesn't really warrant any kind of action from you. Still, you would rather him not do things like this all the time. If nothing else it will definitely escalate the conflict between Ius and Picus.

"Formless" You say is a chastitory tone, "There are other challenges and struggles in a mortal's life that provide conflict and drama, ones that don't necessarily involve bloodshed. Continued battles will get stale, try being more imaginative."

He doesn't respond before you set your sights elsewhere.

The fey have veered off course if they were going towards the obsidian tower. You consider setting them back on the right track.

Ur still sits in contemplation. You consider giving him a vision.

The dragons are... Having diplomatic discussion with eachother. Interesting.

>>17919549
Well, time to change your tripcode.

>>17919549
Huh, dragons being diplomats, that is interesting.

I say we send Ur a vision, a vision of the obsidian tower, and it's location in respect to the rest of the continent.

>>17919549
Also, looks like your gonna need a new trip.

>>17919549
Do not aid the fey, that ruins the point.
Ur can take care of himself.
the dragons, however? that is worth our attentions.

rolled 11 = 11

>>17919549
Allow Ur to continue contemplations. We've meddled enough with him already. The fey should also be allowed to explore on their own. As our children, they will NEVER receive any help or harm on our behalf. Let's watch the dragons.

rolled 41 = 41

>>17919549
Don't interfere with the fey in the desert. It is against our creed and may attract accusations of favoritism.

Observe the dragons in closer detail.

rolled 67 = 67

>>17919549
GIve Ur a vision about how knowledge shoudln't be simply hoarded for its own sake, and that if he actually used it to accomplish something he'd likely gain more knowledge while he's at it.

Also, lets try to figure out what the dragons are talking about.

well drat. Guess I'll just cut off the i.

>>17919640

This sounds good.

Also, we still need to ask Formless why we aren't getting any drakfey souls in the afterlife.

rolled 6 = 6

>>17919549

A Council of Wyrms?

Bad 2E d&D memories abound, but interesting. Especially as they might not all be Evil for Evil's sake, which in itself can lead to both growth through conflict for Picus's greater monsters, and also the possibility for Diplomacy with Humanity, the Fey and the DrakFey.

>>17919572

Instead of ordering him around, could we communicate with Ur? Or maybe check his surface thoughts?

so, what happened with the battle? who won?

You send Ur a subtle vision which you hope will remind him that it is his mission to contribute to civilizations knowledge, and that traveling is more conductive to learning than contemplation.

The dragons are creating territorial pacts.

you return attention to Formless.

"It has been 21 days, I have observed the drakfey and seen them to be overtly violent to one another. Yet in all this time not a single drakfey soul has come to the afterlife, Any reason why?"

"Well" he begins uncomfortably, "The drakfey can't really be killed. I mean it wouldn't make for good warriors if they were dying all the time like humans."

>>17919774
...

Let's go get Ius. This is some BULLshit.

rolled 8 = 8

>>17919774
"...what? They can't be killed? Can they also not breed?"

>>17919774
Does that mean the normal fey can't be killed either? Or did he just slip this in without anyone noticing?

>>17919774

Is there anything that can kill them? Or incapacitate them? While our fey are long-lived, they are not immortal. It's not good for the balance of the world if souls come into it and never pass on.

>>17919774
What do you MEAN they can't be killed?

we're going to have to discuss this with the others.

>>17919774
A race that cannot die? The perfect slave race! I assume they feel pain, and can be weakened by starvation. Let's bring this to the attention of Ius, allow them to remain un-killable and immortal, but make all of them sterile, which means unless they wipe everyone out now, they're going to invariably end up serving one of the other races.

rolled 60 = 60

>>17919858

You are silent for a moment.

"When you say 'they can't be killed', what exceptions are you forgoing the mention of."

"Oh, divine magic." He says.

"So you made your race unkillable by anything other than a god."

"Well, a drakfey can be killed normal by any of its ancestors, so its not like they aren't mortal."

>>17919774
>>17919858

rolled 51 = 51

>>17919774

O_o

You What!

I had an inkling this may ahve been the case, but i don't think that this is within the rules...

The formless took his turn and made the abominations, and then made the Drakfey, Dragons are long lived and hard to kill, Fey are long lived, lets hope the buggers can die of old age:P

rolled 66 = 66

>>17919883
I THINK YOU ARE MISSING THE POINT OF WHAT A MORTAL RACE IS SUPPOSED TO BE

rolled 72 = 72

>>17919883
Do they die of old age? Infirmity?

rolled 41 = 41

>>17919858
Stop using that name and trip you unparalleled fucking tool. You're confusing people.

>>17919883

So they'll be knocked out by their own next generation.

The only concern then is how quickly they reproduce.

We should talk with the other gods about this new development.

rolled 100 = 100

>>17919942
No worries, I already stopped. I forgot I still had it on when I posted that.

>>17919883
Then you wont mind if we impose a curse upon them, as guardian of the afterlife. They will become exponentially weaker and docile with age. As their souls languish, so shall their bodies.

>>17919883
Narrow eyes.

All of them.

"I don't think you understand the concept of 'mortal', Formless."

rolled 37 = 37

>>17919956
I guess I can't apply that roll to >>17919858 can I?

>>17919959

This actually sounds pretty cool

>>17919956

Nice 100

rolled 28 = 28

>>17919883

Question, By divine magic, can they also be killed by the agents of Ours? The Angels, The Demons, The Elementals, and the Abominations?

What of Necromantic magic? Can their very souls be forcefully ejected from their bodies and dragged screaming into the afterlife?

Hmm...

>>17919883

this is grade A bullshit right here! he's made a race of fucking mary-sues! these things are throwing the natural order all sorts of directions I think Ius needs to hear about this, you know in the interest of balance.

rolled 67 = 67

>>17919858
forgot to take off your trip? -.-

also: >>17919883
we were worrying about lycanthropes being too good because they were pretty, but formless up and makes an incredibly warlike race that literally cannot be killed without the help of a god.

what. the. fuck.

This calls for a meeting of the gods, chastizing formless, and the smack to be laid down on the drakfey.

>>17919959

Don't do anything without consulting the other gods first.

rolled 31 = 31

>>17920021
Haha, >>17919858 wasn't OP. It was me. He posted his trip by accident and I forgot to take it off.

rolled 12 = 12

Hm, a list of possible weaknesses for the drakfey:

-They are weakened by deprivation of physical needs such as food and water.
-Though they can regenerate from even mortal wounds, doing so requires time
-Make them sterile
-Make it so that killing any individual drakfey, also causes every single one of its descendants to die immediately.

One or all of these, along with other weaknesses, must be added here.

Also, we've discussed getting Ius over here to help sort this out. But how about Picus? He seems to understand that adversity is necessary to prevent imbalance, and he clearly has no great love for the drakfey since they're ripoffs of his dragons. We could consider getting him to back us up. I mean, even the dragons aren't as literally unkillable as the drakfey are at this moment.

rolled 72 = 72

>>17919968
I am visualizing this right now and it is AWESOME.

Do it.

rolled 65 = 65

>>17920075

Yeah I like that too.

rolled 12 = 12

>>17920048
Get ALL the gods to discuss this. This is left over from the creation stages, it concerns everyone.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17920092
Seconding this, we need to get everyone together and discuss this.

Maybe get drakfey wiped from the face of the planet, but allow Formless to make a new race too?

rolled 58 = 58

>>17919968
Rolling for this. Or just narrowing all our eyes.

Whichever works.

The thousand wheels forever revolving around your central eye suddenly stop to stare at Formless. Every eye narrows. Even the central one.

"Formless, I don't think you understand the meaning of a mortal race." You say

"What? Its not like they will overpopulate because the new generation will just kill the old one."

"I don't think you can do arithmetic either. I will be going to Ius, he will call a meeting of the gods, and we will be making changes to your drakfey."

rolled 75 = 75

>>17920145
It's true though, nigga can't do math.

Each drakfey has 2+children.
Children kill parents.
Population at least doubled.

rolled 37 = 37

Necromancy brings up an interesting question:
You judge the souls of sentient beings. If a necromancer creates a soul, and puts it into an unused body, does it go to the "afterlife"? Or are zombies not considered sentient?

rolled 67 = 67

>>17920145

This, this is Epic. Let's hope that formless notices our epic Distain!

rolled 68 = 68

>>17920048
Here's a thought. Formless already owes Picus a favor.

Call the gods together, and if push comes to shove, Picus can call in that favor to weaken the drakfey.

>>17920145

this is why 'that-gods' never get invited back to games. suggest a weakness of some sort, easily exploitable but still allowing to drakfey to be..... overpowered, maybe the other races will band together and annihilate them

rolled 88 = 88

>>17920193
There should be no need to call in a favor. Formless is very clearly out of line. All four gods will have a problem with the drakfey. Hell, even the dragons are killable.

While we're at it, we should investigate the Aberrations more closely. They are sealed from reality now, but no doubt formless will get some retarded shit to open a portal to the Far Relm. When that happens, we need to be sure that they won't be another race of invincible rage machines.

Moments later the gods hover above Apotheosi to discuss Formless' drakfey.

"Regardless of whether or not they count as mortal, these creatures clearly violate the laws of this world." Ius says angrily.

"But the Fey and Dragons require magic to function too!" Formless argues.

"Their abilities were plainly stated during their creation. You gave the drakfey these powers in secret." Says Ius.

Formless points a finger at you. "He, Sarma, and Picus all created a race in secret too! Sarma is calling the Lycanthropes!"

Ius looks over at you.

"Is this true?"

rolled 63 = 63

>>17920348
"They're not a new race. They're a cross-breed of humans and fey and were never concealed. Sarma mentioned them to you before we put them together - do you remember?"

>>17920348

Just tell him what happened there's nothing to hide.

rolled 90 = 90

>>17920348

yes but it was hardly secret, and it is far from an unkillable monstrosity. besides we didn't create them, the fey/humans over-active genitalia did that. don't change the subject formless the drakfey are too much.

rolled 57 = 57

>>17920348
Yes, it's true. They are a lesser sum of parts of two races already existing, however. We gave them a curse to ensure it.

Lycantropes follow every rule that was set. The Drakfey don't.

>>17920348
God, Formless is such a That Guy.

Seems there really is one in every group.

rolled 53 = 53

>>17920348
What a little bitch.

"We didn't create it so much as the Humans and Fey... collaborated... to do so. We did not hide our actions; we would have informed you when the opportunity presented itself. By all means feel free to judge the Lycanthropes.

"But they are not the race at hand now. The Drakfey are warlike without needing to fear the consequences of war: They cannot be killed. Already a distasteful race *glare at formless,* if left as they are they will overrun all of Apotheosi within a dozen generations. They must be modified, Ius."

rolled 45 = 45

>>17920348
they are something the mortals made on their own, we merely gave it a form and purpose. they break no laws of the world

"They're not a new race. They're a cross-breed of humans and fey and were never concealed. Sarma mentioned them to you before we put them together - do you remember?"

Ius nods, "They weren't created in secret, we all knew about them."

"Well what are you going to do? Kill all the drakfey? That doesn't constitute a unruly display of power?"

Perhaps you would like to make a suggestion?

>>17920440

Give these suggestions:

>>17919959
>>17920048

Let them choose.

rolled 34 = 34

>>17920440
We should weaken or limit them somewhat to make up for this.
Formless, what do you think would be appropriate?

rolled 41 = 41

>>17920440
Leave them as they are, except for making them completely mortal, like all other mortal races. No "can't be killed, unless..." bullshit.

rolled 75 = 75

How about this? Any drakfey that SHOULD be dead, will die. Drakfey going forward will be completely mortal.

rolled 1 = 1

>>17920440
"If you don't give them a frailty, I would suggest making magic - all magic, not just divine - their Achilles heel. Necromancy, sorcery, arcana, druidry, whatever."

rolled 19 = 19

I propose we follow the suggestion of >>17919959

This will also be a reliable way to ensure the young and strong replace the old and decrepit, something Formless will find hard to disagree with.

To balance things out, the drakfey should also have a considerably lower fertility rate compared to the other races.

rolled 79 = 79

>>17920488
I rather like this. With any luck, a lot of them will suddenly die because of all the infighting that occurred at first. The leader will probably die too, sending them into chaos, and killing yet more of them.

>>17920440
They can keep their near invulnerability if they become a peaceful race. They will seek greater heights of art, knowledge, and creativity, instead of war.

Formless may choose if he wishes them to die of age, or reproduce extremely slowly.

rolled 36 = 36

>>17920440

darkfey who would die in battle do but live immortal long lives unless killed?

rolled 93 = 93

>>17920440
"We were fine with them when we were under the impression that they were mortal. Simply make them mortal once again; subject to weapons, disease, and old age.

"Though perhaps an additional limitation is in order, to remind Formless to play by the rules..."

>>17920315
Also this. Go peruse the Aberrations after dealing with the Drakfey.

rolled 7 = 7

>>17920440

MAKE THEM MORTAL! keep them tough but the need to be able to die of old age and be killed by mortal weapons.

if formless is too unhappy with that then give them a crippling allergy to a type of metal or something, like silver or something. a touch will burn them, a silver sword to the belly will kill them. if this happens then they should be sterile or have a major reduction in pregnancy validations. like Krogans

rolled 17 = 17

>>17920538
Abberations aren't important as long as angels are also immortal.
If we keep it like that there will be balance.

Make the drakfey more like the Humans: squishy, mortal, and full of fear.

I'd be tempted to catapult them all into the sun and make Formless reroll a new race, but actually WATCH him this time. However, that might be a little extreme.

rolled 22 = 22

"Let any drakfey that should have died by now die, and let the rest be mortal."

Actually, I just realized that if we did that, they'd all be dead.

Good.

rolled 66 = 66

>>17920497
This. Also, tone down some aspects of the drakfey while keeping the spirit of the original design. Extreme resistance but not complete immunity to non-divine magic. Not true immortality, but the ability to survive anything short of complete dismemberment and fight on. Slow but sure regeneration, as suggested in >>17920048.

rolled 13 = 13

>>17920562
See? My point exactly.

rolled 46 = 46

dammit i take too long to write posts.

Limit the Drakfey, even if it means they are only killable by magic. there are 5 types of that in the world!

>>17920556

The angels balance out the demons. Aberrations are an unaccounted for quantity in the world.

>>17920048
>Make them sterile
Races that don't breed, don't last.
Haven't you ever made a world in Dwarf Fortress?

rolled 11 = 11

>>17920576
In any case, there should definitely be SOME thing that is an exploitable, crippling weakness for the drakfey, whether silver, magic or something else.

rolled 79 = 79

>>17920619

If they're sterilized, then they can keep their functional immortality.

That way they won't reproduce to take over the world.

>>17920616
Elementals are the counterweight to Aberrations.

You sigh.

"Make them mortal like any other race. They have the scales of a dragon, and are of great strength. They should function acceptably should you simply remove the 'can't be killed' clause."

Ius nods. "This is the second time one of your creations has had to be dealt with by me. One more such action and I will banish you from this universe."

He sounds serious. The other gods seem to disperse now.

"I'll damn it." Formless mutters before teleporting back to the soon to be battlefield.

What shall you do now?

rolled 29 = 29

>>17920653
A compromise then. Drastically lowered fertility a la Krogan sounds good to everyone, yes?

rolled 40 = 40

>>17920678
Dang it, where is the "all that should be dead, must die" clause? We barely punished him at all!

rolled 79 = 79

>>17920678
We should comfort Formless.
We don't want him as an enemy, and as flawed as he is, he isn't deliberately trying to fuck things up.

>>17920678
Maybe a time skip would be best? There's only so much that could have happened in a few weeks that's that interesting. Let's see how the races evolve over a year or two.

>>17920653
No, dude. You can't make a violent race impervious to violence. It's just retarded.

>"Hey those humans set up a big city over there, let's go crush it!"
>"alright! Wooo!"
>The humans just have to run

remember that one of our goals is to limit the involvement of deities in the world. Allow the mortal races to solve their own problems, without relying on the gods, whenever possible.

>>17920653
>That way they won't reproduce to take over the world.
Instead their numbers will be reduced each year until there are none.
The better solution is to take away their immortality.

rolled 74 = 74

Quickly follow after Formless.

Make him understand that these actions are in fact for the benefit of the drakfey.

A race that does not fear death, has no necessity of growth. Such are the angels, demons, elementals, and abominations. Mortals are different. Because they are capable of death, they do as much as possible in the time allotted to them.

The threat of their own mortality, causes them to aspire to ever greater heights. Is that not what you desire, Formless One? To see the mortals reach their greatest potential? To create epicness?

rolled 69 = 69

>>17920724
+1

rolled 87 = 87

>>17920724

This sounds good

rolled 72 = 72

>>17920724

Seconding this. By giving them mortality, we'll make them fight even harder, their victories will be even more spectacular.

rolled 100 = 100

>>17920678
I say we check on our Lich, see if he decided to move his ass of the mountain.
I see no reason to observe the battle, but would like to know the outcome.
Following this, a time skip might be prudent unless something to garb our attention comes up.

I think the darkfey were dealt with correctly. Having a race that actively attacks the other races and is immortal in battle is just not right.

You approach Formless again.

"A race that does not fear death, has no necessity of growth. Such are the angels, demons, elementals, and abominations. Mortals are different. Because they are capable of death, they do as much as possible in the time allotted to them.

The threat of their own mortality, causes them to aspire to ever greater heights. Is that not what you desire, Formless One? To see the mortals reach their greatest potential? To create epicness?"

He responds, "I guess. It just seems so pointless. I will groom them to be awesome leaders or epic heros then they die. You may think its strange that a god is having a 'existential crisis' but I want to live vicariously through them you know? I mean, isn't that what this is all about?"

rolled 72 = 72

>>17920780
invisible rolls don't count.

rolled 62 = 62

>>17920820
It's a civilization, groom them as that, not as individual.

Also this
:>>17920780
He DID roll a 100, after all.

rolled 70 = 70

>>17920820
"You shouldn't groom individuals, if you want to shape them. You should groom them collectively. Shape their culture to be what you want it to be, don't shape the individuals. Create sustaining cultures, not individuals."

>>17920828
Sorry, that was literally my first post on /tg/. I typed in "noko+dice+1d100". How do I make it not invisible?

rolled 95 = 95

>>17920880
By not including the noko. It's all good, bro. Are you one of the exiles from one of the shit boards that have been flowing in today?

>>17920880
Without the noko. I believe you though, there's no real way to cheat the dice, even if they're invisible.

A hundred d1s display 1+1+1+1+1..., for example.

>>17920880
Don't worry about it.

rolled 42 = 42

>>17920935
You can type 1d150 and hope it rolls 100 or below; it makes your average roll much higher, though.

rolled 87 = 87

>>17920820

"Have you ever wondered why we simply don't give the fey all of our knowledge? Or why Ius doesn't simply make human incapable of falling into sin and evil? We like to see mortals rise up to the challenges we set before them, we like to see them succeed and better themselves, and surprise us occasionally with what they achieve. We could simply make them the best already, but as they say, it's more about the journey than the destination."

"You shouldn't groom individuals, if you want to shape them. You should groom them collectively. Shape their culture to be what you want it to be, don't shape the individuals. Create sustaining cultures, not individuals." You say.

He seems to want to think about this for a while. So you leave him.

[Gonna have to sign off for tonight, someone archive this. If the thread is still alive tomorrow around 4 I'll bump it up, if not expect a new thread.]

rolled 91 = 91

Weren't we going to have champions like Ur for each of the gods?

Tell Formless that you have plans for the future that will likely allow him to achieve what he wishes and that you will see him again once you have it all set up, then wait for one of the drakfey to die. Shouldn't take long seeing how they're constant fighting with each other.

>>17920909
I'm mostly on /co/ but that board seems fine right now.
I just happened to want to check out other boards two days ago and happened to see the first thread of Deity Quest. Of course I had to come back.

rolled 17 = 17

>>17920971

It's already been archived.

Thanks again, Apotheos!

>>17920957
Yes, however, rolling 100 that way is MORE unlikely. You don't get anything from it. All you get is a big chance of revealing your cheating, along with worse odds of getting what you want.

rolled 23 = 23

>>17921025

Yeah, nokoing your rolls is only cheating when lower numbers are better.

rolled 95 = 95

*sigh* Looks like I came back a tad too late. Oh well, nothing happened that I would've voted against, so it's cool.

rolled 11 = 11

any one still here?

I am.

im here, lurking but ill try posting some if needed.

rolled 24 = 24

>>17921927

To what purpose do we need to still be here? The DM's gone, no? What's left?

>>17922408
To keep this thread alive?

rolled 99 = 99

>>17922759
But what's the point of keeping it alive? It's not as if the quest with start here again. When the quest again starts, it will be in a new thread for the new part.

>>17922789
Why not?

>>17923283
Mostly because it's keeping a thread in which no interesting discussion is occurring on the front page. It's a bit impolite, though nothing that most people will be terribly upset about. Beyond that, it's wasting time which you could be spending doing something you actually enjoy. I assume, of course, that you don't enjoy bumping random threads in which nothing interesting is happening. I could be wrong, of course - random bumping could be your hobby. Make sense?

>>17923325
Good point, good bye.