I hate you Reality, I shall not sleep at all like this.
Oh well~

Crystal experimenting!
Not like we can fuck up anything important (trollface.jpg)

BURN THE LAND AND BOIL THE SEA
YOU CAN'T TAKE THE SKY FROM ME

We need to create a monk/warrior class out of the guard once they accept us and Hagran.

Have Hagran create a metallic golem meant for containing soul stuff. We'll use it for an experiment.

Also, Reality, we would like to meet our daughter.

daughter?
also archived:
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>>6193326
No metal.

>>6193331
Fertility goddess.

>>6193316
>Your hate is noted. If it's any consolation, I probably won't get any sleep either.

You shift from the material world to the source of soul-stuff. You quickly locate the crystal. You're pretty sure that this pillar of violet flame wasn't here before, though.

This is getting a little much to keep track of all at once. Please, Reality, some sort of status report on all ongoing things?

>>6193326

This, Hagran needs to start revealing himself to the guards. Start small again; the swords of those who display bravery stop requiring maintenence, a new recruit starts having uncanny skill, that sort of thing.

>>6193347
Sonofabitch.

Examine closely and look around for anything fishy.

>>6193336
Hagran doesn't need physical materials to build things.

>>6193326

Yeah, looks like stone or clay golems are out, and we don't have the ore to make metal ones. Put that one on the backburner, I guess.

Are there any ships at dock on the first island? We may not get air travel for a long, long time, so it would be good to know if the faith has to spread by boat to other islands.

>>6193326
Material metal is available in very limited amounts.

>>6193327
>Right, the pornstar goddess of nature and agriculture.

>Hm, NONE of the gods are described yet. Aside from having Hagran being vaguely nordic.

>>6193356
Very well.

>>6193355
You have one island under control, guerilla operations on the neighboring ones. Three mages, counting Andreus. Most of the people are doing whatever they normally do or fulfill one of your projects.
>Say, could someone make a list of those? The fortifications, the monastery, crossbows, et cetera. I gotta keep up with the thread, so I can't do it myself.

So, what other gods are we currently looking a having in the eventual pantatheon? Off the top of my head, the ones that have been discussed are:

Hagran: Skill, bravery.
Hagran's Wife: Fertility, healing, nature
Androgynous Twins: Life and death
Daughter: Secrets
Otto: Trickery, Water, Righteousness

>>6193347
HOLY SHIT Y'CHAK

>>6193375
We, Hyperion have no form as of yet, we are malleable. A living concept.

Hephaestus/Hagran is a buff viking with bulging muscles and always half naked for some reason. His laughter is thunder and his eyes are burning coal. He is awesome.

Shyla is the typical playmate paragon, big ass, big tits, long blond hair, blue eyes which sparkle with life, a mere brush of her hand heals all sickness. She's nice.

>>6193347
THAT'S FUCKING NYARLATHOTEP GUYS!

>>6193375
Hagran also has a beard. I am sure of it.

Besides, Shyla is pic related. At least that's how I see her. Simpler clothes maybe.

>>6193373
Yes, there is one ship. The crew has already converted and is willing to spread the faith.

>>6193372
The whole thing is fishy. You last saw something like this in the city of the Masters.
He doesn't need physical materials to create metaphysical items. One could call them complex enchantments.

>>6193357

>>6193347
ohgodohgodohgod we are so screwed
he's taken an interest!

>>6193429
Ohohoho, you should have seen the original inspiration pic.

Also yes, Hagran has a beard, made out of iron.

>>6193407
Constructing rudimentary wooden defenses around the villages.
Constructing a monastery near the center of the island, in some kind of defensible position. On a hill, within a ring of rocks, or something.
Development of fighting techniques for our guards, taught by Hagran.
Creation of crossbows.
Creation of a metal golem by Hagran.
Uh, better farming techniques.

>>6193420
>>6193427
>Indeed.
"Greetings, god. A pleasure to meet you."
The voice comes out from the pillar, a quiet, menacing whisper.

>>6193433
Scan it, what does it do, does it shield the Crystal, how strong is it? Last time it was just an ornament.

>>6193443
I saw it, but that was more inspiration on the boobs part, in my mind. Unohana fits better with the portfolio and the mindset.

Besides, judging by all the hentai, she's not badly endowed either.

>>6193449
Battle stations.

"What are you?"

BE REALLY FUCKING CAREFUL HOW YOU ANSWER GUYS.
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.
GENOCIDAL FUCKINGWITHYOUISHAVINGFUNFORHIM MESSENGER AND SOUL OF THE OUTER GODS.

>>6193449
HO-O-OLY CRAP

GTFO
STAT

>>6193468
be courteous be courteous!
answer a greeting in return!

>>6193469
If they're the outer gods, we're the Forgotten Ones, we kicked their asses once, we'll do so again.

>>6193449

Sweet Merciful Christ, batten down the spirit hatches... ready our divine will for fucking anything.

>>6193444
>Thank you.

>How about having Shyla look differently in her various aspects, as befits the concepts they embody?

Shyla looks like Shyla Stylez. Google her.

>>6193375

Hagran arose from Talos having more practical concerns than knowledge for its own sake - crafting and such.

I'd imagine this means Hagran is rather straightforward, and while he loves knowledge as we do, he has a particular fondness for knowledge that has a practical application - making things, doing things, getting results. So, earthy and uncomplicated, taking pride in a job done well and carried out with skill.

Shyla is like a nurturing figure - her ample bosom isn't necessarily that of a buxom and saucy wench, but a mother who provides well for her children. That doesn't mean she doesn't enjoy getting it on with Hagran, just that she's less wanton porn starlet and more divine MILF.

>>6193462
It's just... standing there. And making small talk.
>>6193475
>>6193468
"If you can't figure it out yourself, I won't tell you."

Reality are you going more by Lovecraft's books on Nyarly or are you using the Y'chak description?
Either way HOLY FUCKING SHIT.
BE COURTEOUS.

Shyla is a being of manifested beauty, interwoven with images of nature, her hair is golden wheat, and the color of her deep blue eyes swirl like the water of a fast running creek. Her body is lush and bewitching plum curves and slender hips.

>>6193503
I'm guessing...
A Violet Flame?

>>6193497
Thus, Unohana.

>>6193503

Continue making divine small talk, meanwhile, see if you can figure out what its doing in front of the Crystal.

Is it eating souls? Is it prevent souls from being sent to the material plane? It's gotta be up to something.

Hold off on Shyla for now.
If Nyarly has taken an interest it's fucking guaranteed she'll be the first to turn evil.

>>6193506
>Going with the Y'Chak description, since he shapes much of the stuff. I want some of the canon stuff to happen and see what you make of it. How about outwitting Asmodeus, for example?

>>6193503
I suspect you are one of the Gods as mentioned by these beings calling themselves Masters.

That, however, is not entirely what I asked.

>>6193526
This.

We must figure out a way to deal with this bastard, but I highly doubt that we have the brute power to fight him off.

>>6193506
Can you give us some info on Y'chak for those of us who do not know?

>>6193503

"Why are you here? You were not before."

>>6193534
Awesome.
Also hey guys here the scanned description of Y'chak the Violet Flame.

>>6193549
Lovecraft's gods, in short: we lose, they win, and where we'll be sent you don't need eyes to see.

>>6193514
"If you want to judge things by their appearances, then yes."
The flames brighten, forcing you to avert your eyes for a moment. When you look back, the flames are gone and an androgynous humanoid figure, with white skin and no facial features, has taken their place.
"But these can be deceiving, no?"

>>6193549
It's utter rape.
On the bright side these guys aren't necessarily on the side of the Aboleths.

>>6193576
"You will not deceive us Trickster, state what you want."

>>6193557
>Let's say these are your divine senses and premonitions, not metagaming.

>>6193581
Please let's not make any statements like this.
"State what you want, trickster."
might be a bit better.
Less provocative for instance.

>>6193576

"All deceptions are eventually rent asunder by the light of knowledge. Why are you here?"

>>6193584
Heh.

>>6193578

But on the minus side, they're definitely on the side of fucking up our shit and corrupting our would-be utopia.

>>6193581
"I'm just here to observe. And, I admit, enjoy myself. Things were so boring... so stagnant around here."

>>6193596
Well I dunno, a genocidal war against the Aboleth's probably sounds like a nice idea to this guy.

>>6193597
"Then enjoy yourself Trickster, but do so away from our sight, else the Divine Flame may burn you."

>>6193597
As Y'Chak speaks, a thin stream of blood starts running from his forehead, down the featureless face.
Then, a horizontal cut appears in the middle of his torso.

>>6193608
Gawdammit man, this guy would/could/maybe should rape us five times over. Don't fucking say this.

We are building fortifications, yes? I fail to see how that's wise. Once the masters or their more faithful servants spot them they will immediately realize that our island is the heart of the cult and exterminate our followers.

A monastery? Windmills? This is great and all but it's also very, very suspicious. We need to know how society works on these islands. In the beginning, we found Plato and we saw how the Masters cult is oppressing the locals and force them to pay tribute. I don't think they want the plebs to do ANYTHING without their OK. Honestly, I doubt they will let them do anything that isn't their idea in the first place.

And finally a note on our increasing armory.
Weapons and armor are good and all, and I realize how dangerous the masters are, BUT we should train our soldiers extensively in non-lethal combat. Grappling, disarming and disabling. If we can defeat our foes without killing or injuring them I think they will be much more willing to understand that we as a deity wish no harm, only to make their lives better and more fulfilling.

>>6193612
Make it stop make it stop make it stop

>>6193618
Dude.
Aboleths.
Eldritch abominations.
THINGS THAT WANT NOTHING MORE OUT OF US THAN SLAVES.

>>6193584
I was a little "Aw schucks!" when you so readily gave up who these were. I mean even if they resemble someone who we think know who it is and even if you were inspired doesn't mean he has the be exactly like that.

>>6193597

"Then it seems we have no quarrel. I, too, exist to enjoy myself, and like you, I observe many things."

(Obviously, we don't trust this evil fuck, but no need to piss him off right from the start, especially since our otter-senses are tingling about Nyarly being a fucking brickhouse, metaphysically.)

>>6193628
Hey, micromanagment is important too!

On a side note, we might want to summon Hagran here, in case of tentacles.

>>6193612
"Who are you?"
(I don't think we've asked this yet, have we?)

>>6193618
I think Hagran is teaching our people all kinds of fighting techniques.

>>6193618

From our interactions with the Masters, they made it plain that since we are not going to bow down and obey them, they will not tolerate our existence, nor our influence upon the human population.

As such, I am expecting they would have no qualms about using their human pawns to wage total war upon our little island. We're fighting at a disadvantage as it is, without hampering ourselves further with non-lethal combat.

>>6193618
All noted.
However, such constructions will take a long time. It's better to do the less conspicious part of the work as soon as possible, so that you're prepared.

Good point with the non-lethal combat.

"So will you continue to observe, or do you intend to intervene?"

>>6193632
>Why do you assume I won't change things after misleading you into thinking you know what you're dealing with?

>>6193670
You can't do worse then Lovecraftian cosmic god horrors.

>>6193670
man, you're evil.
I think we're driving a quest thread with Nyarly at the wheel is what I think.
That's right Reality = Nyarly!

Hey parting words for Nyarly here:
"Have fun."

>>6193668
The skin on Y'Chak's face tears apart, revealing a vertical, fanged mouth.
"Guess, little god. See if you can predict my moves."
The cut on the torso opens, revealing a giant eyeball.

>Pic sorta related, came up with this form before watching Hellsing, for a Tzimisce vampire originally, and was VERY pissed when I saw Alucard do this thing.

You guys are just throwing out invitations to screw with us aren't you?

>>6193695
>Hint: Alucard IS on cosmic horror level

We summon our son. We summon our son and tell him to bring the largest flaming sword AND a hammer he can create in about... 3 seconds.

>>6193703
And armor

>>6193695
Let's take him literally on this.
Use our divine knowledge to actually try this.
Learning about the Mythos? WHAT COULD EVER GO WRONG?

>>6193710

>>6193689
Y'chak's form continues to change, eventually dissolving into a pool of black blood and then disappearing completely. His last words echo in your mind, however. "Oh, I will. You might take a look at your precious world now, little god."

>>6193628
I'm talking about the human followers. Our puny soldiers stand no chance against Eldritch Abominations.
This guy will probably not give us away to the Masters... yet. He's having too much fun observing both our struggles.

The thing is, our strength is proportional to the amount of followers we have. Thus, killing before we give them a chance to convert is a BIG mistake.

>>6193715
WHAT HAS HE DONE?!

>>6193695

I don't think we're in immediate danger.

Nyarly is bored. He wants a chess match. So right now he's fucking with us, but he wants us to put up a challenge or "be interesting" as he casually tears us apart.

>>6193703

I really think that direct confrontation or even contact with this thing would be a Really Bad Move. Even for a god.

>>6193710
THIS DO THIS.
>>6193715
Oh fuck let's check up on them too.

>>6193729
Well yeah, but what if it wants to kiss us?

>>6193722
You quickly focus yourself on the Material Plane. Yet nothing seems wrong...

Status check: Followers, wizards, island at large, then our scouts overseas.

What's changed, if anything?

>>6193740
Look closer, also alert Hagran that cosmic horror just dropped in to say hi!

>>6193710

Thirding this, see if our portfolio of Knowlege can tell us anything about how he might be acting.

>>6193740
Check every fucking follower and animal we can manually.
Seriously, he's out to get us.
>>6193710
Yes, this sounds awesome even if ill advised.
DO THIS.

>>6193744
Nothing. Nothing changed. Everything's the same as you left it, going smoothly.

>>6193749
And Shyla. She might need to use some divine healing and shit. Purification of evil.

She could be our greatest asset against these fucks

>>6193740

Did our child-gods notice any shenanigens while we were in the Place? Anything seem off or different?

>>6193710
Y'Chak is beyond the scope of your abilities, even more than the Masters.

>>6193754
Everything's in perfect order, nothing changed.

>>6193757
He's either done something, set something in motion or is just fucking with us.
Check up on Hagran.
And then the soul device.
and then do >>6193710 because fuck it RULE OF COOL.

Have our son start constructing golems STAT

>>6193760
This might be useful later. Also the time of the twins might come soon, just with added law-stagnation/chaos-change and set them on the Divine plane to guard the crystal.

>>6193761
No, they didn't notice anything. Everything is okay.

Be afraid, very afraid.
Also let's ignore this for now and handle it as it comes along.

>>6193760
I say it's about time we create a realm for the afterlife of our followers who aren't reborn.

How about a massive library, like was suggested in the first thread. It can be our court, and home to our followers if they ascend rather than get reborn.

>>6193749
>>6193774
The material plane is unaffected.
Sensing a distraction, you return to the source of soul-stuff. Nothing seems wrong here either... although if he altered the crystal somehow, would you be able to tell?

Either one of two things has happened:

a) Nothing, Nyarly is just fucking around for now.
b) Something has happened but is hidden from us until it gets unveiled.

Either way, running around looking for it won't get us anywhere. Get back to the crystal, or supervise the work in the islands some more.

add Telescope to list of inventions.

>>6193813
Add divine telescope to list of inventions. Well played Reality.

How about the discovery of black powder.

>>6193806
But why a library?
Isn't there some better (and less boring) representation of our Knowledge?

>>6193827
How about Elder Sign :3

MOTHERFUCK EVERYTHING IS NOT FINE IT IS NOT OKAY STOP SAYING ITS FINE OH FUCK OH FUCK OHFUCKPHFUCKOHFUCKFUCKINGFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
FFFFFFFFFFFFF-

>>6193806
>There was some serious discussion about what should be done with the souls. First thread, I think.

>>6193830
Libraries aren't boring, especially if they're endless and have castles, lakes, waterfalls, forests, chasms, etc. in them.

>>6193830
JOCK ALERT!

>>6193811
The constellations? The tides?
No noticeable changes?
Maybe try out some of those little experiments on the soulstuff done earlier to see if we get the same results? (or was it only mentioned and never done?)

>>6193811

Right, he's affected the crystal, possibly so that the souls coming from it's soul-stuff are prone to madness or otherwise under his influence. Investigate the soul-stuff some more ASAP.

>>6193843
Yeah I know. Reincarnation as a standard, except for those who truly ascend and join us in our library.

>>6193845
Even in Death, The path of knowledge is fought with peril

>>6193857
I love libraries I just don't think it's a very interesting Plane for our God.

>>6193861
>I always preferred the misshapen pentagram one. Probably because that's the one I saw/read about first.

The stars seem unchanged, as do the tides. You repeat your experiments with soul-stuff, getting the same results.

Until we know what Y'chak did (if anything), freaking out and running round looking for what he's done is pointless and a distraction from our important task of making sure our tiny cult doesn't get flattened by the Masters.

What are we looking to learn from the crystal? How to make brand new souls of our own design, how to put souls into artificial vessels, what?

>>6193882
Let's advance time.

We need more followers.
Also dammit Nyarly stop messing with our soul doohickey.

>>6193882

Wait, check OURSELVES. What if he infected us with some kind of magical tracker, so he knows what we're up to?

I say a labyrinth-like library, with the flame of knowledge burning in the center court.

>>6193882
Alright, let's ignore whatever happened for now and get on with our work.

>>6193882
Perhaps the Masters then...

Anyway, we should tend to other matters, and while at it think of some divine defense against rampaging cosmic horrors.

Reality, what level ARE our divine powers: minuscule, a little, moderate, feels good man, getting better, strong, godly, oh shi-?

A strongly defended Divine Plane might be a good idea.
It might also just be a target we didn't have before creating it, yeah?

>>6193845
>I'm reminded of the Invisible College from The Invisibles for some reason. Must be all the mindfuck I'm trying to pull here.
Very well, you shape your divine dominion, the Eternal Library.

We need fucking MUSIC.
ART BUT MAINLY MUSIC.
PIPERS FOR FUCKS SAKE PIPERS

Start work on divine plane (library)
And start work on caretakers(angels/golems)
Start work on body's for ascension

>Pipers
INSANE ONES.

>>6193908
No, that doesn't seem to be the case either.

And then you see it. The Art-wielding servants of the masters are preparing to summon something.

>>6193969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8xTv97sdyo

>>6193978
Librarians!

Our angels/caretakers of our realm are called Librarians! Divine constructs of our will! THEY SHALL BE MADE!

>>6193978
Why angels?
Why not elementals?
Or even better Demons?

FFFFF SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND TRY TO PROTECT OUR FOLLOWERS AND US FROM IT.

>>6193997
PREPARE DEFENSES!

Send down the weapons and armor that Hagran built. DEFEND OUR FAITHFUL!

>>6193997
Brace for impact! Inb4Shoggothorsomethingworsesomehow

>>6193997
PROTECT PROTECT PROTECT

>>6194015
As far as you can tell, they're going to invite something from beyond this reality. You're not sure what purpose it will serve if they can't even locate your followe- Oh.

>>6193997
Drop the largest anvil we have on them,
Make them understand this crap will not be tolerated

>>6193963

I like the idea that as well as actual books and whatnot, there's landscape features.

Wouldn't it be cool if things were added as the collective knowledge of our faithful grew?

Say Andreus dissects a fish...now there's a whole new wing on the physical structure of the fish, as well as the fish itself, in an ocean.

I think it would be cool if our Heaven was literally and physically a collection of knowledge from the material plane. Those who added to the pool, are given eternal time to learn everything there is, was, or will be.

>>6194033
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

>>6194033
Kill them before they finish! Fire miracle! Murderous Otter! Anything!

>>6194033

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF WHAT IS IT??

>>6194033
Stop them.
STRIKE THEM DOWN WITH LIGHTNING.
LIGHT THEM ON FIRE.
CRUSH THEM.
FOR FUCKS SAKE ANNIHILATE THEM!
WETHER WITH OUR POWER HAGRANS POWER OR OUR MAGES POWER DESTROY THEM AND QUICKLY

>>6194033

Wait, are they summoning US?

>>6194033
I just noticed.

I hate you.

>>6194033

Have our mages sabotage the summoning, make it look like an accident! Don't let it through!

Now might be a good time to add a pantheon member clearly focused on combat, perception, and defense against non-humanoid threats. He can help with the training of the guards, and *may* be able to help keep us from being screwed by these eldrich horrors.

In short, a paladin, without the judgmental crusading stuff. A sheepdog to defend against the wolves. A quiet guard who and derives his happiness and sense of self from shepherding his people, willing to lay his life down for them even if they never know about it. Someone to whisper a word to when you hear something in the dark.

>>6194069
COUNTERSPELL!

See if we can counter their use of the Art with our own powers.

If we can, try sending something of our own in it's place. We could try having Hagran animate one of those golems; we might be able to trick them into thinking he's what they had summoned. Do they know what the thing they're tyring to summon will look like?

>>6194084
The anti-trickster.
But first stop and annihilate those fucking mages.
Also order our followers against them in case we fail.

>>6194040
Something to track you down, you're willing to bet.

>>6194043
Desperate, you rain fire upon them, hoping it will at the very least distract them and prevent them from finishing the ritual.

The fire disperses in mid-air with no effect. You hear the whisper of Y'Chak. "Hahaha. No."

>>6193969
that's a good idea. let's invent our own drum language. I'd like to see them try to decipher that!

Actually, we could hide in plain sight with this. Think about it, we have our followers host (if there's not one already) regular weekend festivites in all the villages with food and music. Except the music is used to communicate news, plans and ideas. This is a LOT less suspicious than gathering for prayer and trying to hide.
I can imagine this will help our future followers on other islands while we still maintain a low profile as a hidden cult, since the true intentions will likely never be known and will not put them at risk.

>>6194101
ENDLESS HATE

>>6194101
Golems.
ANIMATE GOLEMS WITH OUR POWERS TO CRUSH THEM.
SUMMON ELEMENTALS.
STOP THE RIFT WITH OUR POWERS
ANYTHING FOR FUCKS SAKE.

>>6194103
Noted.

rolled 15, 16, 18 = 49

>>6194101
Unmake reality in an isolated area and damn to consequences.

>>6194116
Too late.
Whatever it is, it's now entering this world.

>>6194118
BUT DON'T FORGET ABOUT THOSE PIPERS.
I wouldn't want to be without pipers when Shototugg/Azathoth gets in on this cake. :(

>>6194084

I like this.

Rip the knowledge of the summoning ritual our of their minds!

Also lol how fast we lost our morals.

>>6194101

Where's Andreus, and our guys? Are they summoning?

Tell them to sabotage the summons!

Block anything moving through the afterlife!

>>6194130
Start screaming. Forever.

>>6194144
Morals are for the living.

>>6194130
Crap.

>>6194084
This would be a good response. Especially if our smithy son immediately began forging him weapons and armor.

See what it is, start storing divine power and fucking hope this thing is something we can take.

We are a god of protection, we can create shields. Create a shield around the summoning mages, just inversed, so as to protect everything else from whatever they are summoning.

Y'Chak is mixing it up by allowing an Adversary to enter the world.

This thing they're summoning - can we tell what its comparative power level might be? Stronger or weaker than us? The Art-users? The Masters?

They point is that it needn't be capable of taking us down in a straight fight, if it can lead the Masters right to our followers and attack us that way.

>>6194168
It'll break.
I promise you it'll break.
Fuck it. Let's try summoning some horrible shit to crush these fucking mages ourselves.

rolled 20, 10, 15 = 45

>>6194130
The hell it is. Move everything EXCEPT them 100 miles to the left or something.

Call Hagran to your side.

TONIGHT WE DINE IN HELL!

>>6194130
Is it Asmodeus?
I bet it's Asmodeus.

>>6194146
This is an entirely different part of the archipelago.
>Should've made that clearer, sorry.

The... thing has entered this world. It looks worse than a madman's nightmare, but... It doesn't seem all that threatening... And quite comprehensible to your senses...
It's not capable of doing anything that could be a threat.

>>6194192
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeNGVS2T_Rk

We need ourselves our own trickster god.
Someone to fuck with the aboleth and compete with Nyarly.

Have our loyal subjects shoot them,
Seriously

>>6194206
>Oh come on. I like it when they panic.

>>6194210
Describe it.
Try communicating with it.

rolled 17, 8, 7 = 32

>>6194210
Taste it.

>>6194206
Sure.

>>6194210
We create our own creature, a golem or elemental then send it to battle the horror.

fucking seconded
We need a Shepherd/Protector God and a Trickster God.
Seriously.

>>6194210
GIVE IT NOTHING

TAKE FROM IT, EVERYTHING

>>6194210

Oh, fuck that. It's clearly evil as fuck.

Swoop down and take a good long look at it. Look for any weak points, physical or metaphysical. Watch that shit VERY CLOSELY. Also, see if you can scour the minds of the mages who summoned it, what is it? What are their reactions to what they just did, etc.

>>6194210

Maybe it can't threaten us directly. That doesn't mean it isn't dangerous.

Can it perceive us?

>>6194250
We seriously don't need a god for every single problem that comes up. Or we'll be choking in divine manflesh faster then you can say sodomy.

>>6194210
Except turning mortals insane by merely looking at it I presume?
Send it back to where it came from.
If we can.

>>6194250
What if these were the twins we've been mentioning, instead of life and death?

And a big part of the paladin/guardian god needs to be resistance to corruption. And the ability to easily manifest an avatar.

>>6194269
You're really trying hard kill/corrupt us huh?

Promote Otto to Hero God of Tricksters.

>>6194289
Can't see the duality there guv.

>>6194299
Send a divine Otter to battle a horror? GENIUS!

>>6194299
An otter to counter Nyarlathotep. GENIUS!

>>6194275
I figure the dedicated defender god will be useful in all sorts of ways (plus he'll likely get a lot of prayers sent his way). The trickster too.

>>6194269
The mages weren't quite expecting this, it seems. You think they were told to perform the ritual without knowing what it'll do. However, they do not lose their sanity.

>>6194318
We, Hyperion are the god of Protection people...

>>6194312
>Duality
Law and Chaos.

>>6194318
You have protection in your portfolio, Hagran has battle prowess. A god focusing on those two would be a bit redundant.

>>6194325
General protection. But we're not so specialized in combating non-mortal beings.

>>6194343
Ottergod of Tricksters!
He's already an experience battler of ELDER HORRORS. (well mouthing off could be seen as a battle I guess?)

>>6194357
If we can enjoy it then so can Nyarly. DO IT.

>>6194245
You improvise something to that effect and send it out to battle.
The thing flees, however. And at quite a high speed, travelling from island to island.
It seems almost as though it's purpose was only to be seen by as many people as possible... Fuck.

>>6194351
And thats where our manly son's KKnD side comes up.

Again, I say we create some sort of divine being and send it to fight the thing. If that fails we send one of our champions out to di- fight it!

>>6194357
I Second Make Otto divine in his own right

>>6194371
Potential propaganda material against the Masters and Nyarly

You finally realize the meaning of this. Seeing is believing, and this thing is clearly not of this world. Of course, it can't be related to the beloved Masters, can it?

Something begins to form within your divine realm.

Has the thing spotted us? Can it see us?

OK, so here's an idea, if it's been sent to hunt us down:

Get some soulstuff or suchlike metaphysical medium.

Infuse it with some of our essence, or do whatever it takes to make that stuff seem like it's from us.

Dump that shit all over the summoners.

Watch the thing go nom nom nom.

>>6194391
Except the Masters are one step ahead and is already claiming that monstrosity is your doing.

>>6194403
Send our son to battle it.

I am for the otter god of tricksters.

And the eternally vigilant paladin. Big emphasis on watchfulness, he can pay attention to everything while we're doing one thing or another. Be resistant to eldrich corruption. Know/learn the weaknesses of non-humanoid foes. And be a warrior focused on taking out threats to the people in any way necessary.

>>6194371

Shit. Nyarly doesn't want to even fight us himself, he's just propping up another god for us to fight over scraps with.

Give a faithwide PSA: BEWARE, MONSTER. DO NOT BE AFRAID.

Tell all your people that there's weird shit running loose, and give a vague mental impression of what it looks like.

Prevent the formation of any rumors about the monster or where it came from!

>>6194403
Have Hagram stab it immediately.

>>6194371

A curse of blindness falls across the archipelago, saving the inhabitants from this sanity-blasting sight.

Fucking do it.

>>6194421
We are near omniscient, we protect and whatever we create shall not be more powerful then ourselves. Lets avoid breaking our power up into tons of little fragments.

>>6194403

Fuckshitsoup! Too late!

See if we can disrupt the formation of the other god.

>>6194450
But making a new god doesn't break up our power. In fact, it can get us MORE power. And these two seem pretty cool. Two battle gods isn't horrible either; it worked for the Greeks, and the Norse had a slew of them.

Have the Otter god chase it in a humorous fashion. Then make up a humorous myth Coyote-style about otto and it.
Religious Propaganda ftw?

>>6194476
And then Ragnarok.

Lets deal with the cosmic horror first. Then we can plan spawning powerbabies.

>>6194468
That'd require exterminating everyone who saw the thing...

THIS IS OTTOS DEBUT.
HIS SHAPESHIFTING TO MAKE A GREAT BIG JOKE.
HA HA HA HOW WE LAUGH AT IT.

Clearly, we need a sign or omen to inspire/ keep faith.

I suggest divinely empowering Otto, making him HUEG, and sending him around the islands that the thing came to, glowing with divine flame and power. At each island, he can speak to the populace in a booming voice imbued with strength. Tell them that the creature is just a vanguard of those who seek to rend the world asunder, but that there is one who seeks to stand tall against him, etc.

>>6194492
Well, shits up anyway, send Hagram to fight it and beef him up with our power as well. Make it cinematic and horrible.

>>6193882
he's obviously done something too tricky for us to notice.

I suggest we continue as normal, and not get psyched out by this.

>>6194484
Yes this. Have him pop into its form, then turn into silly things. Give him a speed boost comparable to this thing's. EXCELLENT PLAN.

>>6194492
NO. We will NOT exterminate anyone. Am I right to assume that the Masters have spread lies and claims this abomination is ours?
Shit, I have no idea how we're supposed to convince people of the contrary...

God damn why did you do this

>>6194484
>>6194499
THIS THIS THIS
It's a joke and Otto's debut as the TRICKSTER GOD!

>>6194523
Very simple, we kill it then mass dream broadcast the battle to everyone in our area of influence. Who will go "wtf, we all dreamt the same", then they'll tell to their neighbors, etc.

>>6194489
Powerbabies might be needed to help. Also, having the otter make its debut with the "lolz guys, it was me all along" is a great way to make his debut. And having the pally god kill the horror quietly is a great way to make his.

Check on our domain while Hagran goes to throw down with the monster in the material realm.

>>6194541
The Otter is hilariously insane idea, I support it. But not the paladin god. If we want paladins, we'll have demigods fulfilling that role.

>>6194484
>>6194520
That... might actually work. Worth a shot, anyway.
Otto performs admirably, though some are not convinced. If it's a shapeshifter, who can guess its true form?

>>6194541
>>6194484
>>6194499
Do you guys seriously think this is a good idea? That the people will take this as a joke and find it funny? Worship the jester or his associates?

No.

>>6194324
Holashner? (Shudde M'ell)
Either way go for the propaganda with Otto.
Either actual fight or the whole "it was an elaborate joke deal oh how we laugh at our trickster gods jokes ah ha ha"

One solution send the otter in bearing your symbol
The people won't know you but they will believe therefore you and the new god will gain constant power at a fixed rate allowing you to stay one step ahead

>>6194555
A fucking otter. Fighting. A cosmic horror. And winning. And the otter is our symbolical animal anyway.

>>6194523

HERE'S THE PLAN.

Can we give people dreams? Visions?

Let's send a vision about a great hero in our service slaying the monster.

And let's find the BEST guard in our service, the one who can kick ass the best. Train his shit up, and kill the beast (or something that looks just like it).

We film the battle, send over mindbroadcast to everyone while they sleep, and suddenly, the new evil god has no legitimate powerbase. We symbolically declare ourselves superior.

>>6194555
Well obviously he was making fun of the people and their fear of something that ONLY RUNS AWAY.
Or alternatively, he'll just chase it + storytiem and that'll be his debut?

>>6194552
Man, you are really against the idea. But it's a cool one. It fills a very, very important niche. And the law/chaos duality makes the twin god idea we had earlier work.

>>6194569
You might not have noticed the "Its breaking into the divine realm" part.

The thing in your realm is still expanding, however.
"Little god, how do you like my creation?"

>>6194575
I just don't want gods as fighters and shock troops. They are gods not "select barracks, pay 200 food and 1 support, wait till footman is spawned, go fight"

>>6194577
We need to shape the people's belief of it into something humorous and quick. I'd go for the Trickster god chasing the abomination or the trickster god shapeshifting.

>>6194554
He tells the people to ask his father if they don't believe he's an otter. And then we get a bunch more faith points.

No matter what, this should severely detract from the horror's belief pool.

>>6194580
Destroy everyone who saw, Raise up volcanic mountains, This is not our section of islands damn the consequences

>>6194577
>>6194577

But the god's power is drawn from believers right?

Why would you worship a weak or dead god, when the other one promises you protection from the monsters?

>>6194580
Hagar, goes, and, sets it to fire. Thats our opinion.

>>6194580
"Seeing is believing, eh?"
Do the trickster debut and quickly.
We need some humorous abomination turned trickster god up in this shit.

>>6194594
You did that. It didn't help. The thing is still expanding.
"Little god, have you noticed the difference between you and my newest precious toy? It believes in itself."

>>6194603

That is both stupid and out of character. No.

>>6194592
I'm more digging the watching EVERYTHING at once, and incorruptibility. We can see everything, but we can't see it all at once.

And a battle/guardian god is hardly a footman.

>>6194611
Even with the summoned creature vanquished and Otto turning it all into one big joke, the intrusion in your realm keeps on growing.

>>6194554

With all these people suddenly open to metaphysical ideas, is it any easier to contact their minds?

We're a god of knowledge, and using illusion and misrepresentation goes against the path of true knowledge.

Grant them visions of the Masters in all their slimy horribleness, making absolutely clear the connection between the Masters and this blasphemous thing they've seen.

The light of truth banishes lies and shadows.

>>6194616
We need to destroy this thing and fast.
We've already got abominations we don't need other gods to deal with dammit.

>>6194616
"We can fix that."

>>6194633
Shit shit shit.
Can we communicate with this godspawn?

Try to edit its sense of self. Make it DOUBT.

>>6194634
I support this, we absolutely need to sow the seeds of doubt in their minds, and FAST. Especially the Art users, they are by far our most powerful allies.

>>6194616

Wait, what?

Is the monster in the material plane actually becoming a god itself?

...Sounds like a weakness. If we can kill the actual monster, and then show the trophy to everyone, maybe people will stop believing in it.

>>6194656
This.

>>6194634
Of course! You send the visions. They are quite well-received, seeing as the thing was emerging of the damn ocean most of the time.

>>6194580
Say, could we uh... assimilate this new god? I mean it's still "young" technically speaking and it doesn't have that much power yet, can't we just overload it with knowlege and then absorb it's essence? What better way to fuck with the trickster than wtfpwning his new creation.

>>6194616

"Curious. You make that sound as if it is a strength rather than a weakness."

So now we've got a trickster god. (who should fuck around with Nyarly's creations if he can)
Also try to sow doubt in the spawn.

>>6194684
I've been noticing that a certain anon is quite keen on trying to make us do something horrible and suicidal for a while.

Hey guys. It's okay if people believe in this thing. Just convince them all that it's really weak. And it should turn out that way.

>>6194656
You can't find its mind... What is this thing?

It begins integrating itself with your realm, turning a part of it into a barren wasteland.

I'm Rick James bitch!

>>6194708
"The Crippled One", "The Hunted", "The Coward".
Weak abomination is weak.
Humorous.

>>6194707
I just got here man. I'm just saying we shouldn't have to take shit from some asshole who thinks the world is his fucking toy.

>>6194687
"It's self-sustaining. And it will expand. You have a strange definition of 'weakness', little god."

>>6194684

If we take it into ourselves, we risk being corrupted by it.

Then we become the god of blasphemous, sanity-shattering knowledge of the Things That Man Was Not Meant To Know variety.

Bad end.

>>6194730
It's fucking Nyarlatothep.

>>6194715
It believes in itself, it believes in itself...

Remember the summoning ritual in detail.
Project flashbacks of its bodily demise on the material plane.
Quarantine the wasteland parts of the Library.

>>6194715
Can we have Hagram fight it in the divine realm?

Also, I want us trying to believe in ourself. Two can play that game, methinks.

>>6194732
Make it doubt.
Seeds of Doubt.
Or that it's a weak god.
Also what thefuck planechange.

>>6194739
And you're saying we should just bend over and take it? Fuck that, I don't care how powerful this asshat is, we're not going down without a fight.

We need to go down there and punch it in the face.

>>6194744

And if we cannot believe in ourselves, believe in Andreus who believes in us!

By the way, autosage is saging on auto.

>>6194743
It finally stops growing. Did that work?

>>6194758
>World is his fucking toy
Because that's more or less what it is?
Seriously, he's probably not even trying at this point.

>>6194772
Presume that it didn't and prepare for the worst Final Form we can imagine of it.

>>6194732

"And to do that is to be mortal. To be a god is to be sustained by and to sustain those weaker than oneself, and to be so much more.
It will feed. It will grow. It will be destroyed. This is not yet your time."

>>6194772
All we did was remember it, or was it?
That could suggest this is the antithesis of a god, meaning it is strengthened by disbelief and ignorance as to it's existence.

>>6194744
No, that doesn't seem to work.
>As someone posted in an earlier thread, you act as a kind of focus for the belief of your followers. This thing is different.

>>6194772

Observe changes in our realm, how did it change things?

Take a quick poll of our believers, what do they think of this thing?

Keep broadcasting emo thoughts directly into the new god's mind.

>>6194772

It is a thing that does not belong here, something that is absolutely alien and unwelcome in this reality; something that simply should not exist, something that must not exist, something that all the laws of reality reject and strain against.

Project that.

If it's going to stay here, it'll have to put up a struggle.

>>6194772
Does this thing have free will?

Project our own images on non-existence from when we were born, make it experience its creation again, just BACKWARDS.

>>6194812
>>6194807

THIS. That thing has no part in our orderly, understandable world.

>>6194799
It basically took a part of your realm for itself. It's hard to estimate how much, what with the realm being infinite.

>>6194807
The surface of the wasteland stards shaking. Suddenly, a geyser of noxious gas erupts.

>>6194733
guys, nyarly just gave birth to a solopsist god. you don't even exist to it, and it can't detect you in any way. The only way of communicating with it is to try to convince it that it came up with the idea.

>>6194838
starts*
>gonna need sleep soon, I think

>>6194838
Good thing we just made that realm. Fuck.

Overwrite it again.

Damn, we should have looked for some cosmic black hole or something.

>>6194847
The geyser stops erupting. Something proceeds to climb out of it. A creature very similar to the one summoned by the mages. Then, another. And another.
You think you're going to need those angelic hosts pretty soon.

We did use up 2 threads worth of space, and this turned extremely awesome by the second half of it. You deserve your R&R

>>6194847

Wait, maybe we can move the wastelands to the Crystal?

After all, it just recycles soulstuff, right? Maybe we can get the Crystal to eat the monster.

>>6194866

Do so with all haste! Also Hagran awesome time!

Fucking hell.

>Final explanation: You just witnessed the forming of the Abyss. For those unfamiliar with D&D's planes, it means infinite demons.

>Angelic host
Gaaah, now we need the fucking Luciferbait. :(
What form should we have them take guys?

You're a bad person. Do you know that?

>heavenly host
oh fuck your gonna have some guys fall, amirite?
that's what you meant by Asmodeus...

>>6194887
>I know. And it feels good.

Lindorms.
That's the heavenly host right there.
LINDORMS.

>>6194892
Another God, a dick.

>>6194895
Be proud.

People, next part, we're going to take down infinite demons. Start thinking.

Try to remember what the cultists did and see if you can do what they did, just, reversely.

Not to try and undo what is done, but to do the same thing yourself, just the antethesis of it.

>>6194838

It does not belong here, it is an aberration, an abomination, an affront to the way this reality works; it does not, cannot possibly exist here naturally, operating under entirely different laws, entirely different principles, all of which are absolutely incompatible with the way this universe operates. The only way it can survive, the only way it can continue to exist is to return whence it came, where it belongs and is in accordance with its surroundings.

If it cannot go back, if it cannot depart, then the sheer crushing weight of this reality must surely destroy it; it is but one entity, one creature, not even very strong, against an entire cosmos.

This is truth. This is fact. This knowledge is our gift to it.

This truth cannot be denied.

I liked the "glass golems/ people filled with fire" idea from a few threads ago.

Also, for now, reinforce the fuck up the area around the library. Walls burning with divine flame, that sort of thing.

>>6194892
>Well, I think the canonical fall was that "Stare into the abyss, and it stares back" deal. Nietzsche, I think?

Can we make an alliance with this new god? Lets convince it to co-exist peacefully with us and crush that fucker Nyarlatothep. Worst case scenario Nyarly kills the new god for being insubordinate and tries something else.

>>6194880

Well, balls.

We tried, eh?

Obviously the solution here is to simply release self-replicating demon-fueled demon killing machines.

Like, say, wolves are to other animals, our machines will be to the demons.

And from then on, we just let nature take its hilarious course.

Probably mindless evil at this stage anyhow.
Lindorms sounds awesome, so does the fire glass golems. Precursors to Dragons & Elementals?
That's two classes ouf our Heavenly host right there!

>>6194915
It does not, cannot possibly exist here naturally, operating under entirely different laws, entirely different principles, all of which are absolutely incompatible with the way this universe operates. And it does not care about that in the least.

>>6194916
Isolating it from the rest of your realm is probably the best thing you can do on a short notice.

The abyss? It also recycles stuff but this is demon stuff we could create another crystal that absorbs demon stuff and eventually the abyss would dry up

>>6194924

Its not a god anymore, it just evolved into HELL.

>>6194921

TORCH the whole thing. We'll make a new home, with our new family members.

You can have your paladin god now.

>>6194915
Stare into the Abyss AND BITE ITS EYES OUT.

>>6194916
Amen

This is now the track playing in your heads. Manually.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Ma4BvMUwU

Lindorms and Firey glass golems FUCK YEAR!
Also reinforce.
Wonder if these guys will be split up into chaos law axis later on?
Either way, we now need the anti-demon fella.
Protector god and anti-outsiders.

>>6194944

Sounds like a plan, then.

Seal it off as securely as possible, and put it somewhere far, far away from our realm and the material world.

Well, at least now we have something serious to protect our people from, right?

Aside from the Masters, I mean.

Man, those Art-users are gonna get the kicking of a lifetime. Idiots.

>>6194971
And show this to everyone down on the Material Plane, anyone who has sanity should join us now.

I do believe we should show the summoners what they just did. Replay Nyarlothep's conversation with you and then the creation of the abyss.

and the demons. show them the demons.

>>6194924
You can't find a way to communicate with it. Unless you count bombarding it with one-way transmissions.

>Sorry for forcing this on you like that, but we need some source of conflict.

>>6194987
So, your definition of conflict is infinite demons?

*adjusts belt*

Very well son, eh, we'll play your game.

We need to train some magic users to be anti-these fellas. Also "Paladin" god, Firey glass golems & linnorms. And of course the whole reinforcement deal. Maybe even cutting off his part of the realm if possible?

Can we have the summoners... re-summon this thing? If we can trap it in the material plane it'll become killable, right?

>>6194978
>>6194980

Well, there's at least one good thing that's come from all of this. You managed to contact the whole population in the area and convince it to your cause. Frankly, after showing them the demons, they didn't need much convincing.

Reality, before bedtime, this: >>6194912
Is it possible for us to create our own version of this thing, one built on different valued but fundamentally the same, one that we can control and so combat these demons?

>>6194997
>Devils are finite and yet they hold their own against the demons just fine in the canon. Besides, gotta have SOME evil as the Masters are falling out of the picture. And infinite demons is, well, canon. So I went with that.

>>6195010
The high mage and everything? Nice.
Check out how he communicated with the Aboleths.

>>6195021
Blood War.

Please no fucking angels.
They're annoying enough in Planescape.
Let's just go with the Golems & Linnorms or [insert better servants here]

>>6194912
>>6195021
You are fairly sure that Y'Chak influenced this process a lot. And the things HE pulls off, you have no hopes of understanding.

>>6195036
>Except for the fact that devils work in a completely different way than demons, yeah.

>>6195049
Didn't I say it? Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see...

>>6195045
Neutronium Golems!!!


Anyway people, bed time. Its been a pleasure. We're going to die.

>>6195010

Folks are gonna be scarred for life, looking at horrors like that.

Can we do a dream broadcast? Because I think it's within our remit as Protector to help these people with the nightmares that will inevitably ensue. If we can detect when they're having dreams of demons and horror, nudge them in a more hopeful direction - Impressions of unassailable walls holding the demons at bay, warriors of righteousness with shining spears and shields of adamant, the righteousness of faith in their hearts blazing like the sun.

Overall message: Yeah, the demons are bad, but we'll protect against them - and teach the people how to protect themselves.

>>6195061
>Holy fuck, 4 AM? Sleep. See ya guys. Probably tomorrow, same time.

>>6195076

Haha, laters. Thanks for running the thread. :D

Fuck i've been reading this for 4 hours.
Getting up in 2. :'(

Two 300+ post threads tonight. Jesus.

Motherfucking shit.

Bed, here I come!

Well, technically I'm already in bed...