The goal of Lords of Creation is to create a living, breathing campaign setting by playing a game in 36 short weeks. In this game, we play the gods of a world made by the mysterious Creator, and we become a small pantheon in our own right.
CREATING A GOD
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At this point, new gods need to create an application
You start with
A name. Be serious. Pretty much all the gods here took an epithet, too.
A domain from the Available list.
A portfolio element somehow related to that domain
A holy (or Unholy) symbol
A favored weapon
Divine Status- What level of God you are
Class- A General description of what the God's role is in the Godly Realms. Is he a wise man, a tinkerer, a valient warrior?
Domains in the Available list are free for anyone to grab. Domains in the Claimed list are ones that deities have put some work toward claiming. Domains in the Taken list have been gained by a deity. Domains in the Contested list have been gained by two or more deities.
If the domain is free, then you may create the deity, assuming that you gain the necessary votes.
Please post your gods for approval in the following format, replacing the example in red with your own text:
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Name/Epitaphs: Example the Example, Lord of Example
Domain: Example
Portfolio: Examples
Symbol: An Example
Favored Weapon: Name of Deities Weapon (type of weapon)
Divine Rank: Lesser God
Class: Maker of Examples
Brief Description: A description of perhaps a couple of paragraphs. At least, cover your deity's goals/personality/motivation. Just give us an idea of who your deity is.
An example:
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<#>Kaern, the Steadfast
(DR:Lesser Deity)
Symbol: A clenched fist on a shield
Domains: Endurance
Portfolio: Discipline
Favored Weapon: Warhammer
Brief Description: Kaern appears as a tall human sculpted out of dark grey stone. He treasures all the creations of the playground, and does not want to see any of it annihilated. He does not take sides in mortal affairs unless a race is in serious peril of extinction.
PLAY
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Every week of real time (Rollover is at 6PM PST/9PM EST on Thursdays) is a month of subjective time to the gods, and from 3-300 years to mortals (Narrative necessity determines how fast mortal time moves.)
Caste
AP/Rollover
Max Evolutions
Hero-god
1
0
Demigod
2
1
Lesser God
3
2
Intermediate God
4
3
Greater God
6
4
Overgod
10
4
Overgods are odd, because they have ascended past worshipers. Instead, when they spend points, they do so to further some other god's goals or to make it look like some other god did something.
Points roll over, to a max of 10 * your Divine status. Demi-Gods count as a 1, Lessers as a 2, Intermediate count as a 4, Greater as a 6 and Over as a 7
You can spend points on the following activities.
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1 Point Activities
Teach populous Introduces a pre-existing concept to a populace, for instance, you could teach magic to the elves. However, knowledge tends to spread, and other groups will pick up on it quickly.
Nourish populous Directly provides food, or other good conditions to a group for a limited amount of time.
Nourish land Causes an area of land to be bountiful.
Mold land Creates or alters a land feature. You could create mountains, forests, a swamp, or split off part of a continent. Not needed on a plane which is divinely morphic with respect to your deity.
Pestilence Harms a group, with drought, famine, disease, or infestations. Counters or is countered by Nourish Populace
Create Subrace Creates a subgroup of an existing race, with enough physical or cultural differences to merit a change in racial abilities.
Join Pantheon Joins a pantheon; pantheons are described under two-point actions.
2 points
Create populace Creates a single player race, up to three related monsters(For instance, Griffons, Hippogryphs, and Lammasu), a group of very closely related monsters (Chromatic Dragons, Elementals), or a whole category of "natural" animals (For instance, sea animals, domestic animals, birds)
Create land Creates new land where there was none (in the middle of the ocean, in an empty plane). This is not necessary on a plane which is divinely morphic with respect to your deity.
Guide populace Vastly changes the beliefs or culture of your followers, declares war, or urges them to some other action. This action may be used on other God’s Flocks, but it is encouraged to speak with the player before taking such actions.
Create Organization Creates a country, religious sect, or other major organization.
Create portal Creates a permanent connection between points on two planes.
Gain Domain Adds a Domain to your list. You must have a related portfolio element, and have spent 9 other points on actions that relate to the portfolio. Demi-Gods require one extra Domain to advance to Lesser God status.To advance to Intermediate deity status, you must have at least 3 domains. To advance to Greater, you must have at least 5.
Gain Portfolio Element This is required to gain domains, and helps to flavor your deity. The act of acquiring a portfolio does not count for gaining a domain.
Lock/Unlock Plane You stop entry or exit from a plane you control for any deities or mortals you choose. Gods two steps above your Divine Status do not need to spend points to pass into the plane.
Create Pantheon The god who uses this action and one other consenting god become members of a new pantheon. The god who uses this action becomes the ruler of the pantheon (He does not have special power over the other gods; but he does have admin rights to the pantheon). For every two members, a pantheon can have one purpose. The pantheon gains a special AP pool which can be spent to advance a purpose of the pantheon; the pool gains 1 AP a week for every two members of the pantheon.
Divine Creation: Divine creations are objects, idea’s or more esoteric things that could not exist in the natural world without the God’s interference. This could be a system of Magic, a powerful mortal artifact or building made of items far too rare for mortals to have in large quantities, or even birth a unique entity into the world that defies the laws of nature. Monsters created this way are directly under the Gods control.
Divine Ascension: Raises your God's Divine Rank one step after completing the necessary actions. Lesser gods must spend an additional 3 AP before this action opens, Intermediate must preform 10, and Greater 20. Demi-gods do not need to spend any additional AP and Overdeities can't ascend.
3 point
Beget god Creates a new Demi-God level deity under your control. Creating a new deity for a new player to join the game does not cost AP. You may only create One deity this way,
Create Artifact Creates a Battle or Utility Artifact. Battle artifacts aid you in combat. Utility Artifacts can do almost anything else, but should be discussed before you create them, and may cost additional AP.
Create Divine Herald:The Create Divine Herald is a blanket AP power that can create one of the following entities under direct control of a God.
Avatar: An Avatar is a deliberate decent of a Deity either from the Divine Realms or Demi-Gods in the mortal realm, a physical body for the spiritual entity to work through. Avatar’s can take on any form the God desires, typically an animal that is sacred to them or a human form that is close to their meta-physical splendor. Avatar’s can be used to channel AP from a God, appearing as if the Avatar is creating the action despite the direct connection to the God itself. Slaying an Avatar is possible but only through divine means. Avatar’s lost this way cost a Deity 3 AP upon their death, and resurrect 3 weeks +1 per Divine Status later in a different form. Gods can spend 2 AP to reduce an Avatar’s death by a week.
Ex: D&D Avatars
Personification: A personification is a small piece of a Gods power sent to accomplish a single task. The Personification can exist for up to a week +1 per Divine Status or until the task is complete, before extinguishing itself, the AP used to create it returning to the Deity. Personifications can be slain by mortal means. If a Personifaction fails in its task or dies, it returns 1 AP to the God of it's origin.
Ex: Forest God- Princess Mononoke
Prophet: A Mortal inspired and directed by the direct will of a Deity. Prophets can only be created in a Flock that has been subject to a Guide Populous action, and are fully mortal. Prophets slain through any means do not incur AP loss.
Ex: Nakayama Miki
Oracle: Like the Prophet Action, the Oracle is a sooth sayer and window to the events of the future. Also like Prophets, the Oracle is of Mortal make, and does not acquire an AP cost upon its death.
Ex: Oracle of Delphi
Incarnation/Manifestation: An Incarnation is a fraction of a Deity’s will and energy born into a mortal shell. While not truly the God itself, the Incarnation acts as an improved Mortal, most often leading nations or at the center of great or terrible things.
Ex: Kurma, Tortoise Avatar of Vishnu
Divine Hero: Unlike the rest of the Avatar Actions, the Divine Hero is not born or directly created by a God, instead being infused with a Deity’s favor after he is born. Divine Hero’s are Mortals, peerless warriors who fight in the name of a cause or country aligned with the Deity that blesses his favor. Divine Hero’s can be slain by mortal means, but are legendarily strong and hearty, taking on far more than a normal creature ever could. When a Divine Hero dies, they return to the God’s side.
Ex: Achilles ( you didn’t see this one coming?)
A God may have up to 3 Divine Heralds, and additional Heralds based on it's Divine Status (Demi-Gods-1, Lesser Gods-2, Intermediate Gods-3, Greater Gods 4). Overgods are unable to have Heralds, and any Heralds that exist when a Deity assume an Overgod Mantel die, costing the Overgod 2 AP per Herald slain in this manner. Unlike other Gods, these Heralds do not return in three weeks.
Create Plane Brings a new plane into being. The creating deity chooses the characteristics of that plane. These Planes of existence can exist either overlapping the mortal world (co-terminus) or outside the Mortal Plane. Co-terminus planes appear as the mortal world, but can function differently at the whim of the God that created it. Despite overlapping the Mortal Plane, co-terminus planes cannot be passed through by mortals without a portal, but creatures that inhabit the co-terminus plane may not be under such rules.
Evolve Physically Permanently increases your weekly AP gain by One. This is usable once per caste that your deity has obtained, and not more than once per week. For example, a deity that starts at a Lesser God can evolve the first week, and again the second week, but after that, they must reach Intermediate Deity status before they can evolve again
Gain Extra domain slot Adds a slot for an extra domain. By default, Demigods have a maximum of 4 domains, Lesser Deities 5, Intermediate Deities 6, and Greater Deities 8. Your Alignment domain counts toward these limits.
Please write point spending like this
(New Total= Old Total - Expenditures(what it was sent on))
EX
(0= 3AP - 3 (Create Concept:Assassins))
You can role-play what the mortals are doing in your flock only. However, remember, the power level won’t be astronomical.
Now a year is, of course, 12 of our weeks. This will last a long time. This is a game to make a full campaign setting, with a full mythos, timeline, feel and cultures. This is a game of cooperation and discussion as much as it is a game of Gods fighting amongst themselves while the Mortal World spins madly on.
Important Information
Roll Over is 7AM EST every Monday.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What are our starting points?
Everyone starts will 6 AP.
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How will the recruitment of new people work?
I'm guessing you mean in the game. If you are gods will be created by either a god using Begot God (Does count AP if your using it to create a new players god) or they could manifest all on there own.
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Is Lesser god the highest starting rank?
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Can I change my permanent appearance without a Physical Evolution?
As long as there is an in-character reason for it.
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Can Lesser Gods walk on the planet or is that something only Demigods can do?
After a duration of time after the world is built the "Shield" will appear stopping all gods other than Demi-gods and avatars from entering the world.
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What do battle artifacts do?
One of two things. The default is that it deals damage that is harder to heal than normal. If in battle you use the wound ability spending one point. The foe must spend two points. If used against anything other than a god, any injuries can only be healed by a god spending 1 point.
The other thing battle artifacts can do is a unique effect. To use this you should ask the other players if they are fine with it as it may be overpowered.
__________________ My Homebrew (180+ and still counting)
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Originally Posted by Crasical
I once had a DM shoot down my wizard with an octopus familiar idea when I pointed out the ink loophole and declared my intention to escape bad situations by holding my pet above my head and shouting "BEHOLD, THE OCTOPUS!" before disappearing in a cloud of chemical darkness.
Name: Desaru, The Scheming God, The Mad God (Always wanted that title), The War God, The Last of The First, The Decaying God
Domain: Chaos, War, Mind, Decay, Pestilence
Portfolio: Betrayal, The First, Madness, Doubt, Conflict, Undead, Decomposition, Disease
Symbol: Claws crawling from shadow.
Favoured Weapon: Dagger
Divine Status: Greater God, Four Evolutions
Class: Desaru speaks through four fronts; His chaos, his madness, his doubt and his conflict. Depending on who is more dominating during the time it will have an effect on his actions but his return of reason and empathy has changed him greatly.
After devouring the demi-god Rivaika his appearance has changed dramatically. He resembles a thin, lithe, dark grey skin humanoid and has an androgynous appearance. Not even he can tell if he is a man or a woman but he prefers being called a man. His face is quite similar to Rivaika's attempted to create the most desirable body for a next and he wears and dark grey robe (same colour as his skin). His hair is extremely long and is braided into four points. At the end of each point is a mask with varying expression, these masks represent his chaos, his madness, his doubt and his conflict.
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Name changed from RogueSpyder to HoodyC17.
I'm in
Still have to write up a concept (mostly decide between one of a few ideas, depending on what the other first gods have in mind).
But first I have to go eat and some other stuff to do so I'll post in the late evening (GMT +2).
EDIT: Whats the basic setup? A number of gods put in place together with an earthen sphere by an overgod who then left or something slighly different this time? (only void, creator doesn't leave, flat earth, ect.)
2nd EDIT: So many questions... I guess I'll just list them.
What are our starting points?
How will the recruitment of new people work?
Is Lesser god the highest starting rank?
Can I change my permanent appearance without a Physical Evolution?
How can Overgods ascend? Aren't they the last step?
Can Lesser Gods walk on the planet or is that something only Demigods can do?
Do the Gods start living in phisical space just outside of the planet (i.e. can astronauts crash into them) or are they in a parallel plane (astral plane or Void or whatever) and looking through that plane upon the whole unreachable material plane?
P.S.: sorry for this question bombardment. I'm just excited because this is the very first orgnized RP I participate in.
I'm in again. Let's try to make an actual setting. I like the idea of beginning with only a void. Makes us actually build a world from the ground up.
Name/Epitaphs: Illiaru Starspeaker Domain: Air, Sky, Weather Portfolio: Sky, Star, Storms, Directions, Pride Symbol: A pentacle within a pentagon Favored Weapon: Abhaya (Sabre/Scimitar) Divine Rank: Intermediate God, 2 Evolutions Class: Illiaru is a dreamer, a peacemaker, and a bit of a fatalist. He has great dreams for the future, nebulous and ever-changing though they may be. He wishes for harmony between his siblings, but by now believes that this is an ideal, more than something achievable. He believes in destiny, and he cares about the preservation of morality, ideals, and ideas, for in his mind such things should be transcendent of people and their shells. However, he supports Kyros' quest for destruction of the physical world, for like K'tah and Kyros, Illiaru thinks that all things that were made must come to an end.
Illiaru Starspeaker appears to be a male humanoid, garbed in white robes. His eyes reflect the sky above, and his voice always seems to come from outside himself. He seems to glow, every so slightly, with otherworldly light. He is a great proponent of the concept of heroics, but he himself is not the shining exemplar of Good he would like to believe he is.
Oh noes... you took the sky. My whole concept was based around it. Now I'm sad. I had like prepared the whole starting sequence and first acts. Teaches me to post my basic ideas immediately next time. Now I have to decide between a nature god of beasts, a dwarven firegod, an evil watergod that doesn't like oceans and a lawful-angry god of Light.
Whats the basic setup? A number of gods put in place together with an earthen sphere by an overgod who then left or something slighly different this time? (only void, creator doesn't leave, flat earth, ect.)
The gods will start in an empty void.
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What are our starting points?
Everyone starts will 6 AP.
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How will the recruitment of new people work?
I'm guessing you mean in the game. If you are gods will be created by either a god using Begot God (Does count AP if your using it to create a new players god) or they could manifest all on there own.
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Is Lesser god the highest starting rank?
For now yes.
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Can I change my permanent appearance without a Physical Evolution?
As long as there is an in-character reason for it.
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How can Overgods ascend? Aren't they the last step?
Your right they can't ascend. That was a typo which is now fixed. That you for noticing that.
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Can Lesser Gods walk on the planet or is that something only Demigods can do?
After a duration of time after the world is built the "Shield" will appear stopping all gods other than Demi-gods and avatars from entering the world.
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Do the Gods start living in phisical space just outside of the planet (i.e. can astronauts crash into them) or are they in a parallel plane (astral plane or Void or whatever) and looking through that plane upon the whole unreachable material plane?
As I said above the gods will start in a void. Also the material plane can be reached at all times by any god. But only Demi-gods and avatars can enter a planets atmosphere once the shield is raised.
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sorry for this question bombardment. I'm just excited because this is the very first orgnized RP I participate in.
It okay. Its better to sort these questions out at the start rather than midway through the game. I have also added a FAQ to the OP.
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Originally Posted by Crasical
I once had a DM shoot down my wizard with an octopus familiar idea when I pointed out the ink loophole and declared my intention to escape bad situations by holding my pet above my head and shouting "BEHOLD, THE OCTOPUS!" before disappearing in a cloud of chemical darkness.
I want to put this god here just in case I can't share the air domain with Ajadea (asked her about it in a PM). I may still decide to go with another god because I'm noticing some problems with this one.
Name/Epitaphs: Shelora, Lord of the Abyss
Domain: Water
Portfolio: Underground
Symbol: A dark blue snake head with deep blue lines (similar to rivers on a map) going into every direction and splitting.
Favored Weapon: Balefang (Snake staff)
Divine Rank: Lesser God
Class: Dominator and Infiltrator of the mortal realm.
Shelora often appears as a humanoid completly hidden in a dark blue robe and hood except for two arms made of blue ice wielding a staff made from a dark metal that is constricted by a life black snake of the same metal.
When in his own watery domain or trying to be intimidating he will take on his true form: A grand, dark blue watersnake with smoking orbs of darkness as eyes and dark metal scales and teeth.
If don't see any problem with that god if you choose to start with him.
Also I have an idea for a god:
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Name: Kyros, The Returner, The Destroyer
Domain: Fire
Portfolio: Change
Symbol: A Shadowy head with burning eyes
Favored Weapon:Sickle
Divine Status: Lesser God
Class:The bringer of new
He is humanoid black body with the texture of burn't wood. He has no features other than his eyes which burn like an eternal furnace. He like orginality and creation, but realised that to create something new something old must die.
__________________ My Homebrew (180+ and still counting)
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Originally Posted by Crasical
I once had a DM shoot down my wizard with an octopus familiar idea when I pointed out the ink loophole and declared my intention to escape bad situations by holding my pet above my head and shouting "BEHOLD, THE OCTOPUS!" before disappearing in a cloud of chemical darkness.
I'm not so sure about Shelora because I still don't know where I'm taking him and how I should RP him and because having an evil poisonous god be the lord of all water would be kinda hard on everything that needs to drink, so I'd need something to logicaly balance me and stop me from abusing my water powers and control everything mortal with one stroke.
If you don't mind, Rafinius, may I suggest an Earth-domain god? Leave this stuff to Illiaru and you're likely to get a bunch of chunks of planet floating around a central 'sun'.
I'm not so sure about Shelora because I still don't know where I'm taking him and how I should RP him and because having an evil poisonous god be the lord of all water would be kinda hard on everything that needs to drink
We can make our creatures drink poison as if it was water so it wouldn't really hurt the mortals.
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Leave this stuff to Illiaru and you're likely to get a bunch of chunks of planet floating around a central 'sun'.
And what is wrong with that? That would be a very um... Interesting campaign.
__________________ My Homebrew (180+ and still counting)
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Originally Posted by Crasical
I once had a DM shoot down my wizard with an octopus familiar idea when I pointed out the ink loophole and declared my intention to escape bad situations by holding my pet above my head and shouting "BEHOLD, THE OCTOPUS!" before disappearing in a cloud of chemical darkness.
I didn't say anything was wrong with that. I just am implying that Illiaru cares little for dirt and bugs and whatnot-he's looking out for the sky, looking to the sky, and wanting big cinematic scenes. The peasants are going to get screwed over, and mountains or swamps or terrain in general may be 'forgotten' for weeks OOC.
Well, shoot. I had this awesome idea for a Nature god who for once wasn't some peace keeping bum and somebody already claimed Nature. Well, then I'm going with my back up plan. A god of Light who is Evil. E.V.I.L. Like, ' Slaughter your babies and rape your Women ' Evil. All must be CONSUMED BY THE LIGHT.
Name/Epitaphs: Ragan Wolfskin, Father/Keeper of (Planet name here)
Domain: The Planet
Portfolio: Forest life (both plant and animal)
Symbol: A brown siluette of a wolves head partialy turned away
Favored Weapon: Maybe later
Divine Rank: Lesser God
Class: Keeper of the planet and its natural lifeforms.
Ragan appears as a human being wearing a wolves head and fur (Imagine Naraku from Inuyasha or an orc shaman from warcraft 3 but brown wolf instead of white monkey). At a second glance you can see that these are actually a part of him and not just clothing. He has a short gray beard and a strong sunbrowned body (But not pompously muscled).
Ragan thinks of himself as the avatar of an overgod and believes that his will and all his inspiration come from that being. He believes that this being deserves more respect and reverence than anything else but at the same time believes himself more correct than any other god because of being this overgods avatar. In time he may se that he is not as wise as he thinks.
I hope its not too presumptious to take the planet as my domain. I am willing to create it as a joint effort.
The name of course will be decided either here in the OOC or ingame.
EDIT: @Shadow Lord: You can still use your nature god as long as you take some non-all-encompasing form of nature as your domain and leave me the stuff you find in northern european forests and the hoofed animals (I mean stag-like animals and boars not necesarily bulls and horses).
You could create wild and exotic animal and plantlife or crazy jungles encroaching on my peaceful forests.
So right now there is a sky god, chaos god, (will be) a light god, nature god, and an earth god.
Hmmm... What to be...
EDIT: A goddess of summer! And if somebody else wants to have winter I've got some ideas for that...
Aurora, Queen of summer
Demigod
domain: fire? (if it isn't a problem?) growth
portfollio: summer
symbol: a stylized sunrise/sunset
favored weapon: lance
Generaly appears as a tall woman with pure white hair, wearing a long green dress.
So to recap we have:
Chaos - Desaru - RogueSpyder
Air - Illiaru -Ajadea
Nature & Earth -Ragan Wolfskin - Rafinius
Summer - Aurora - Eldest
Light - ? - Shadowlord
Change & Fire - Kyros - Milo v3
Also Eldest I'm fine with sharing the fire domain if you want it.
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Originally Posted by Crasical
I once had a DM shoot down my wizard with an octopus familiar idea when I pointed out the ink loophole and declared my intention to escape bad situations by holding my pet above my head and shouting "BEHOLD, THE OCTOPUS!" before disappearing in a cloud of chemical darkness.
I rethought it, I want Aurora to work more on growth and change (mainly the growth), and fire didn't really work. Although I may eventualy pick that up later. It's just not her defining trait.
And this is in the recuitment area.
I put info of the game in the currently recruiting thread.
Would you like be to also create another thread in the recruiting area?
__________________ My Homebrew (180+ and still counting)
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Originally Posted by Crasical
I once had a DM shoot down my wizard with an octopus familiar idea when I pointed out the ink loophole and declared my intention to escape bad situations by holding my pet above my head and shouting "BEHOLD, THE OCTOPUS!" before disappearing in a cloud of chemical darkness.
I made the recruiting Page. Don't think I wrote it too well though.
__________________ My Homebrew (180+ and still counting)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Crasical
I once had a DM shoot down my wizard with an octopus familiar idea when I pointed out the ink loophole and declared my intention to escape bad situations by holding my pet above my head and shouting "BEHOLD, THE OCTOPUS!" before disappearing in a cloud of chemical darkness.
__________________ My Homebrew (180+ and still counting)
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Originally Posted by Crasical
I once had a DM shoot down my wizard with an octopus familiar idea when I pointed out the ink loophole and declared my intention to escape bad situations by holding my pet above my head and shouting "BEHOLD, THE OCTOPUS!" before disappearing in a cloud of chemical darkness.
We could still post a thread in the World-Building sub-forum if its not against some writen or unwriten forum rule. Thats atleast where the previous LoC OoC was located as well as many other God/Creator games.
ADDED: Sorry for the IC edit. I thought of the addition just a second too late...
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The Astral Court (Lords Of Creation)
By Aruius.
