You control six islands now and have major influence on another seven. Other islands are still controlled by the Masters.

You had your people prepare for an assault from the sea, building fortifications and retreats. You also sought out canditates for becoming paladins, protectors of your people. Their training is already taking place.

You work to improve human society through your teachings. You promote the development of architecture and art, the design of a more civilised law system, spread the alphabet you designed. You put emphasis on sharing knowledge, rather than hoarding it to oneself.

You had your islands mapped out. The six under your control include:
Three medium-sized islands focused on agriculture, including the one where your religion came into being. Each is home to about a thousand people. The inhabitants are "average" humans.

The home island of Zhuang's people, smaller than others, home to fifteen hundred, many of them living underground. It has mining facilities on it, providing stone and metal. Their farms barely allow them self-sufficiency, so they often trade metal crafts for food. Due to the recent events, mining has been halted, as many fear that servants of the Masters might find a way to enter the mines.

Two islands inhabited by Ligish's kin, though not their homeland. These are large, but relatively uninhabited, home to three or four hundred people each. The islands are heavily forested and wood is their primary trade good. Ligish's people are also famous for their shipwrighting skills.

You still need time to gather information about the other seven islands.
>Okay, done with the recap. Did I miss anything?

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/6216433/
archived.

>It has mining facilities on it, fearing for Aboleths.
Earth Elementals anyone?

For those who don't remember Zhuang's race are basically dwarves and Ligish are elves.

>>6216471
>Open to any non-standard stuff you'd want to do with them, though. No need to stick to the cliches.

>>6216438
>Miss anything?
Nothing from what I see.
Well other than the numerous "Serpent as our symbol for magic" posts.

>>6216463
>Oh, right.
You have considered attempting to summon an elemental, though you need to find a secure location for this, should it break loose. You are certain they are dedicated to spreading their own element.

>>6216463

Like what? Have the dwarven Art users make pacts with and use Earth Elementals as bodyguards?

we'll just have to post some sort of guardians (who doesn't want all that metal, eh?
hmm, ideas for a safe place to try out stuff guys? I remember something about capturing and experimenting on abyssals and the summoning of elementals. Demiplanes maybe? though not connected to our realms directly of course. (don't want our screwups to hurt us after all)

>The board seems intent on not letting me post. Let's see if this gets through...

>>6216528
>Of course it did. Great. Let's try this again.

>>6216484
>Oops, my bad.
You introduce the symbol. People mostly associate it with lindorms, so it's not found strange.

>>6216526
Creating a demiplane is beyond your capabilities for now, unfortunately.

Let's check up on how our named follower are doing.

>>6216624
Plato has become the governor of of his island.
Andreus has turned out to possess significant talent for magic, and he is approaching Tymon in terms of power now, even without your assistance.
Zhuang and Ligish have returned to their respective kin, taking up the mantles of leadership.
Talos is an almost legendary craftsman, overseeing all of your projects and taking part in most of them personally.

Set up a 'surveillance' system for the Abyssals.
We want to know how they're faring right now and later on.

>>6216649
You order the golems to surveil the demons.
The surface of the quarantined are is literally crawling with them, and more are coming from the depths. The siege engines should be done soon, though.

>>6216675
Could we set up some permanent magic sentries maybe?
With any luck they won't be able to do anything about them until much later.

>>6216683
Let's see... creating life and intelligence from nothing is beyond your grasp for now. The best you can manage is setting up a permanent scrying effect and using it every so often.

>permanent scrying effect
more or less what I meant. :)
Let's set up some kind of guard training for the dwarves as well. Less to fear when you can bash the fuckers head in.
Anyone got any ideas for the Lindorms breath attack?

BILL MURRAY HERE!

Ligrish's people are bountiful in wood and shipbuilders.

Let's grant them some knowledge of aerodynamics.

A wooden ship frame, with a zeppelin/hot air balloon for propulsion.

>>6216765
Sonic screams.

It would effectively deafen people in open air.

But in water, it would be devastating.

And so we continue.

Dwarfs with controlled Earth Elementals sounds fine.
Lindorms shouldn't have firebreath, we want them to later engage the Masters underwater.

>>6216768
This.

>>6216768
a directed electrical current perhaps?

>>6216765
>>6216768
>>6216780
These.

>>6216780
And again, this. Scream them to death.

>>6216815
i meant to direct to the breath weapon discussion

>>6216815
We're technically still around the bronze/iron age or thereabouts. Electricity is far beyond their means.

They could use some form of exaggerated fins and rudders. Basic airplane stuff.

Sound waves travel extremely well through water. They would be like torpedos.

>>6216768
You bestow the knowledge upon the most talented of their shipwrights. They almost immediately begin designing an airship.

>>6216780
Giving the lindorms such ability doesn't prove challenging. They appreciate the new gift.

>>6216765
Such training is already taking place (the paladins), but it will take some time.

Teach our Art users how to cast semi permanent protection spells over towns/buildings/etc. Its part of our portfolio anyway.

Also enchanting items, perhaps using the hidden divine/magical power behind our alphabet. (Other words, teach them how to create runic items)

>>6216856
Have a test of it's effectiveness underwater. Just under the shoreline, blasting at some undersea rocks. Inspecting the damage and all that.

>>6216889
Yes.

Especially powerful runic words, carved into weapons and armors and buildings.

>>6216903
And furthermore, Runic Magic.

Let's travel to the Serpent and discuss Runic Magic with him. That should allow us to go ahead with this plan. Hopefully.

>>6216903
Screaming tridents for our lindorms. :3

Locate an underwater species that seems relatively curious, social, and with appendages for holding things (something like Caribbean Reef Squid, say) and start working on uplifting them to sentience. They'll handle the oceanic side of our operations.

>>6216889
The talented Art users are few and far between, and the others aren't nearly powerful enough to maintain such effects. Runic items could provide the answer, however.
You begin researching the matter and soon find combinations of runes and other symbols capable of gathering ambient magical energy and using it in specific ways. When you perfect these, such items will channel magic for themselves the way mages do.

>>6216941
Like I said, discuss this with the Serpent.

>>6216911
You indeed consulted the Serpent in your research.

>>6216894
It turns out to be very effective. Rocks shatter into small pieces.

>>6216978
BOOYAH!

Are there any jellyfish in these waters?

>>6216923
For now, you can only give sentience to specific beings, not a species as a whole. Should you do this on a mass scale, you'd soon find yourself too busy blessing the offspring to do anything else.

>>6216923
We've got the serpents for this.

>Rune magic
Teach this to our art users.

Also didn't we talk about some paladin god yesterday?
Might not need one/make an especially brave human into a hero-god otherwise.

Did we actually fix that whole "soul to servant/reincarnation" deal or do we need to set us up some androgynous twin wives of life and death?

>>6216986
Indeed, there are.

>>6216986
And with this, lets have our daughter bless the Lindorms, so that they'll breed fast.
We'll soon be visiting the Masters I think.

>>6217000
For now, you manage to reincarnate the souls by yourself. Should your followers increase in number greatly, or should some calamity befall them, you might findself overwhelmed, though.

>>6217003
Let's gather a handful of jellyfish and experiment on them.

Increased intelligence, understanding, all those cranial functions. Just a few, three or four. With some Lindorms around in case things don't go so well.

>>6217000
Let the twins come, but not as wifes. If the reincarnation system is not in place. Why can't people remember that we don't have humanoid bodies?

>>6216999
I was thinking more like selective breeding, really. With godly ability to rig the environment to favor a rise to sentience.

>>6217031
>set us up some androgynous twin wives of life and death?
Do this, preparing us further down the line so we can use our powers for other things when we really need them.

>>6217013
Very well. The lindorms begin breeding quickly. Their population will reach a hundred within weeks, but it'll take some more time for them to mature.

>>6216999
>>6217000
Lots of pretty numbers there...

>>6217033
What are you planing with jellyfish?

>>6217035
>Why can't people remember that we don't have humanoid bodies?
They can it's all just symbology.
It's not like it'll devolve to a seXX0r thread.
It'll make for some hilarious family values though.

>>6217072
I was thinking some kind of undersea bomber.

>>6217073
Hey, after our nature god fiasco, I'm not so sure about that.

>>6217089
Hey, Shyla is a very sexy goddess.

>>6217033
They seem to have formed a hivemind of sorts. They begin to incorporate unaltered jellyfish into it.

>>6217047
This will be quite a slow and attention-demanding process. Are you sure you wish to focus on this?

>I think we should discuss the details regarding those goddesses, especially their relations to the rest of the pantheon.

>>6217061

We should look into mind protection magic for our people. After all, having sonic sea dragons does us no good if the Aboleths can just brainwave them into insanity.

>>6217107
>Hivemind
ABORT ABORT ABORT
KILL

>>6217107
>>6217107
Can we delve into this consciousness?

If not, I advise they be eliminated by our Lindorm sonic torpedoes.

We should work on influencing the remaining islands.

Can we send Otto as a sign, as we did with most of our current islands?

If not, get that airship built

>>6217107
Against the selective breeding.
Serpents are enough for now.

you know, Perhaps we should set up our home town as a holy land perhaps?

>>6217089
>"fiasco"?

Guys, FYI, we're making a pretty bitchin' world here.

Bronze age weaponry, advanced farming techniques, air ships, FUCKING MAGIC AND DRAGONS

We're pretty kick ass

>>6217107
We are a god, right? How hard would it be to spin off an avatar or angel or whatever and make overseeing our breeding programs its job?

Let us spy on the Masters, lets rig a few sea creatures to act as our eyes. I don't want no lovecraftian (SHOGGOTH) beasts breeding secretly underwater.

>>6217138
The only true holy land is in the mind.

>>6217107
>Hivemind

no sir, I do not like it

>>6216768
I totally suggested that a couple threads ago. :/

Surely a hivemind would be the perfect form for the expansion of knowledge

What is learned by one is immediatly learned by the whole.

The only problem would be if they turn out to be like 'nids or something

>>6217107

Yeah, too much potential for the Masters to corrupt it against us, I say abort the experiment.

>>6217141
Based off a porn star...

>>6217151
Agreed. We also have a Divine Realm.

>>6217119
Have an avatar of Otto go on hilarious quests to spread the faith. Like how he feed the starving village by hunting a net full of fish+a master for dinner, etc.
And lets not forget the joke about the divine otter and the cosmic horror.

>>6217153
Why not? If we're careful, we could probably set things up so that we're the overmind that their individual minds answer to. We can integrate all of our followers into our self that way.

>>6217113
You begin researching such spells. It turns out to be a fairly simple matter, actually.
>Protection From Evil, anyone?

>>6217114
>>6217118
This consciousness is alien and incomprehensible. It does not seem to have a purpose yet, though.

>>6217119
The Masters and their servants probably roam the waters there, but on the other hand Otto is a god. A trickster god at that. He should be able to outwit them all.

>>6217143
>I think I'll use it as a campaign setting in some yet-undetermined future.

>>6217178
See my earlier post.

If we can't get into their hivemind, or if it is nefarious, we destroy the few that are there with the Lind's that are in place.

I PUT THEM THERE AS PRECAUTIONS TO DESTROY THEM IN NECESSARY!

Also, I'd assumed we'd gathered them in a secluded part of the ocean, to prevent them escaping or "contaminating" others. But whatever.

>>6217181
Make our own glory the purpose of that hivemind.

Or spin off an avatar of ourselves, jack them into the hivemind, and use it as a filter so that we can interpret what the Neurojellyfish are thinking.

>>6217181
>He should be able to outwit them all
In a highly comedic manner preferably

Shyla was meh true.
We'll just have to be more careful this time around. :)
also abort/destroy the hivemind.
Be very careful, seeing to it that not one escapes.

How is it going for our Seagull familiars?

We should have them travel in all directions in search of foreign civilizations.

>>6217145
That's the thing, creating life isn't something you mastered yet. Your current servants are created from existing beings, one way or another.

>>6217148
You set up a network of animal messengers.

>>6217167
>Yeah, I remember. Forgot to mention it in the recap, sorry.

>>6217177
>Well, I didn't catch that reference until it was pointed out. Still don't think about it too much. I put it in the same category as the holy symbol.

You send Otto to those islands. Hopefully, he'll be successful.

>>6217181
Their purpose is to learn, and to protect those whom their creator declares worthy? Just an idea.

My idea for pantheon:

Hyperion (geometrical floating sigil thing)
Hephaestus/Hagran + Shyla (Husband and Wife, there are your family values)
Vitae+Mort (Incestual twins~ there are your other family values)
Otto (The family pet and overall otter of Awesome)

I'm still in favor of destroying them if necessary.

That is if we can't influence their hivemind.

Which, in itself, sounds like it would become a threat to us.

It seems that it is a failed experiment.

>>6217072
Presumably the same thing we were planning with Otto the Tank Otter.

Though I can't say what use a Sentient Jellyfish would be.

>>6217236
You mean we can't break off part of our own mind and give it orders? But I thought that was a fairly basic godly thing...

>>6217238
We could limit their intelligence? Put them on ape-like level and make them into warbeasts.

>>6217237
Incestual ANDROGYNOUS twins and i'm sold!

>>6217266
Sure, and lets not even be sure about their gender.

>>6217261
Why would we do that? Also our mind is fragmented enough as it is. :3

wait have we solved the abyss problem?

>>6217238
You ever read Thud? Think of us as Tak and the jellyfish as the trolls and you'll about have it.

Sentient Jellyfish Hivemind as slavebeings.
Dear god why are you recreating Shoggoths?
Slave uprising ahoy.

>>6217279
In this case, to jack ourselves into the jellyfish hivemind while limiting the risk of contamination.

>>6217282
The enemy has shoggoths... ;__;

>>6217280
Contained, for now, we're also in motion to create turrents, divine army, etc.

By the way, restrengthen the quarantine with our new found runic magic.

>>6217280
No solving yet, no.
We've set up sentries so we'll probably get warned if something happens.
Let's check up on that permanent scrying effect.
Also incestous androgynous twins with no certain gender? Fuckwin.

>>6217197
>>6217223
>>6217209
>>6217237
You are torn between destroying your creation and attempting to understand it.

>>6217226
They haven't returned yet.
>Let me come up with something first.

You do gain more knowledge of the seven islands under your influence. Two of them are inhabited by the dwarves, though there is no mining industry on them. A small one is basically a single city, the one Ligish mentioned once. It used to administrate the area, now it's caught up in riots and anarchy. Three are focused on farming and the last one is the homeland of Ligish's people.
>What do we do with the elves? Wild? High? Dark? Something else entirely?

>>6217298
Seems more Lizardman/Merman too me.
Should be less upright being and more HUGE SERPENT with smaller limbs/claws at front.

Guys lets create hell, And start the bloodwar, That'll fix most of our abyss problems

We should call off the jellyfish project until we are powerful enough to focus entirely upon overseeing it. Like, after we create the rest of the pantheon and make sure everything goes smoothly without our personal intervention in everything.

>>6217312
Understand our creation, dammit! That way we can get better at the creation thing!

Besides, destroying our creation will inevitably bite us in the ass somehow earlier by giving us a bad reputation.

>>6217312
Understand it.
No point in destroying it, and as long as we aren't overly unkind to it we might get yet another ally, no?

>>6217312
How about the elves are just like everyone else, YOU RACIST

>>6217312
Send our mage champion with a golem in toe to the city to preach our word and instill order!

We should try to control/understand our creation, we're lightside anyway.

Yeah let's understand it.

Also, anarchy city, uh, try to calm everyone down a notch or two.

>>6217339
Then they wouldn't be elves.

Make them wildish, but not THAT wild. More in tune with nature and thats that.

>>6217312
Wood elves that look like Xen'drik Drow.

>>6217312
I propose we devote more energy to understanding our new shoggoth, and communicating with it, to tell it how it came into being, and how it's the first of its kind.

>>6217359
Hmmm....

Damn, should I risk going to the toilet and missing stuff out? Sadly yes.

>>6217312
They could be like the Lothern Sea Guard from WHF. Seafaring and just all out badass.

>>6217280
>>6217307
You strengthen the quarantine and put siege engines in place. The golems begin bombarding the area, cleansing it with holy flame.

The hivemind grows, but doesn't become any more comprehensible. You decide to revert the jellyfish to their natural state instead of destroying them. You make sure the hivemind ceases to exist.

>>6217307
You bring the twins into existence. You explain their duties to them, all the time thanking... hm, yourself, you guess, for the fact that you don't have a humanoid form. Otherwise they'd prove far too distracting for you to get anything done in here.

Set us up some preachers in every of the new towns. Add in a few servants and maybe a few lindorms to the Anarchy one.

>>6217312
If we want Airship Elves we should most definitely take them in a new direction.

>>6217359
I like the idea of making them look like Xen'drik Drow.
Wild elves seem a bit generic though.

>>6217401
I would say that was the best solution

we don't want a hivemind we don't understand rolling about

I don't know shit about dungeons and dragons.

But let's have Elves being adventurous and curious.

PERFECT FOR A KNOWLEDGE GOD

>>6217355

Let's figure out why the city is rioting before we march in there.

After all, just sending in golems to keep things in order may make everything worse.

Xen'drik Drow fuck YEAR!
Let's base their personalities on something else than Wild elves they're so boring. :(

>>6217434
THIS THIS THIS!

>>6217339
>They were bred for some specific purpose, though.

>>6217355
You are trying to achieve that. But short of direct mind-control, you can't stop the riots. These people suddenly lost everything they believed in and they need someone to blame. The current governor has become a scapegoat, it seems.
They're not really paying attention to your missionaries.

>>6217441
I'm thinking conquer but that's not really our style.
Any ideas guys?

Is there any way to expand our own consciousness? We ought to avoid being unable to understand things if we're tossing godly powers around.

>>6217441
Appear in the sky above them

>>6217441
So they are ignoring us?
Then we need to make them listen
Send the golem in, some sort of protective charm against things they try and destroy etc

make them see the rioting is getting them no-where

>>6217441
>>6217455
Can we create a large amount of short-duration calming drugs/magic/both?
If it's addictive don't bother, but even a few minutes of peace would be a vast help in stopping panic like that.

Depending on how easy it is to make airships (rune-magic to help them fly?), we might still be reliant on ocean-going ships to maintain links between the islands. As such, what measures can we take to protect these vessels against attack by the Masters or their minions?

How specific can we get with the rune-magic? Is it effectively like a programming language for magic, or are there a limited number of runes with limited effects? Teaching our shipbuilders runes that'll make their vessels safer and less vulnerable to sinking, swamping, capsizing or whatever would be a good plan - they carve the runes into the keel, and their ship is protected henceforth.

Likewise, runes carved into the hulls that'll ward off the Masters' mind-bending powers, if possible.

>>6217457
Probably by acquiring faith
"Ignore androgynous bitches, acquire faith?" :D
>>6217470
NO, no CELESTIAL FORMS. We don't want a physical form after all.

>>6217441
Have Andreas take control, and boost his intellect and logic, also have Shyla cast some sort of nature/love miracle to ease things up a bit. Then promise the cityheadfools (Too much Thief...) to bring order and prosperity! And have Hagran actually do that.

>>6217457
You are able to understand most things. The jellyfish were a minor setback.
>Seriously, how do you give sentience to something that doesn't even have a brain? Or a place to keep it, for that matter? All they have is some neural tissue which lets them respond to stimuli.

Enhance the voice of our preacher.
Make it heard throughout the city.

>>6217495
I was hoping to turn them into suicide bombers. Remote controlled.

>>6217497
THIS!
Also idea for keeping us with no form permanently.
All attempts at art showing us as mortal like should merely warp into our symbol.

>>6217495
i think you have underestimated jellyfish, they are a lot smarter than people give them credit for

Quest thread shit.

why don't we want a form? At least to appear as, Hell it could be a giant book, But people are more prone to believe shit when they can explain some of it

>>6217541
Because then we are likely to be bound to that form.
Not a good idea when our opponent is FUCKING NYARLATHOTEP

>>6217493
Andreas is not there, unfortunately. He can travel there, but it'll take time.

>>6217474
You'd need to send it across the ocean, there are no suitable bodies in the city.

>>6217482
However, Shyla can intervene directly. She proceeds to calm the rioters.
>Last panel related.

>>6217441

Wait, hang on, it's deliberate? As a result of the Masters running a eugenics program, or something else?

Have Shyla bake a cake for the twin's BIRTHday. Then throw a splendid if short party in the Divine Realm, the music shall be the screams of dieing demons.

By the way, lets make the birthdays of our gods holy days, and have Shyla tweak the fertility rate of our followers on these days, just a bit.

Make the jellyfish singularly intelligent with MAGIC, but also make them coexist/depend on the Lindorms. That one page comic thing about alternative prehistoric fanfiction comes to mind.

>>6217548
Now do this:
>>6217497

>>6217552
Most probably a subtle eugenics program, perhaps enhanced with the Art.

>>6217555
Holy days don't seem to fit with who we are.

>>6217497
Fortunately, Shyla didn't overdo it. Finally, the preacher's message reaches his audience.

>>6217558
OR

We could speak to them directly, and without form. A disembodies voice speaking to them all.

>>6217547
Nyarlathotep appears in forms

Why would we be bound, And who the fuck cares? So What if we forever look like something are powers wouldn't be diluted

>>6217555
Any day when you learn something new is a holy day

>>6217555
No dangerous jellyfish...
Holidays doesn't seem to fit us much. (worshippers can no doubt decide when to celebrate something themselves)

>>6217585
Because then we're a weak fleshy thing! :(

>>6217548
I laughed. Good girl that Shyla. Lots of angry sex to quell riots.

>>6217572
Its for the mortals, just an excuse to have fun.

>>6217548

Clever girl.

I'm predicting a population-explosion on that island in about nine months time.

>>6217555
You organize a birthday party. Wait, what? Is that supposed to...? You're pretty sure mortals don't do this during their birthday parties. Or that. And most certainly not that thing with the cake.

>The holiday idea is being discussed. Same goes for the jellyfish.

hey guys

can we try that jellyfish experiment again, but with plants? and in a relatively isolated area (mountain valley or something)

If we can give birth to planet, I think we can get this game REALLY on track

>>6217620
This watery world has a noticable lack of mountain valleys. And all the islands you know of are inhabited.

>>6217616
Have we now gained knowledge of sexual deviancy?
I vote we pass it on to plato

eh, against holidays they can come up with their own fun once they have the KNOWLEDGE.
No more damn jellyfish either.

>>6217616
Cover the twin's eyes with Hagran's hands while lamenting the fact that we don't have eyes that could be covered. (Delicious Caek)

If we control the formerly rebellious city, lets enhance its governmental importance, and also create a fleet of skyships for trade and commerce, with the aid of magic of course.

Deciding on elves I like the design of the Xen'drik ones. Personality I dunno.
Also check our scrying stuff in the Abyss.

>>6217638
Not exactly control. For now, you managed to calm the riots and get everyone to listen to your preachers. Most of them are thinking it over now.

>>6217624
damn. how about an isolated patch of sea-kelp?

could we uplift that? see if, while creating it, we can infuse it with belief in us?


Also, if that doesn't work, consider combining plants with some slow moving or stationary creature that has neural tissue. hybrids are SCIENCE!

>>6217647
The demons aren't resistant to fire, fortunately. Your golems managed to cleanse the surface. Whenever a demon comes up from a crater, he gets blasted. The golems enjoy this greatly.

>>6217631
You want the old man to do kinky things with her old wife? Oh god no.

Status on our lindorm civilization?

While I originally voted against it, if we can raise the overall culture/tech level, we should bring a new paladin god of Protectors and Righteousness. Its only a matter of time till cosmic horrors/abyss.

>>6217656
We should still send a golem over there to show them that we mean business. violence will not be tolerated, we do have more pressing matters such as beings who want to destroy all life, for instance.

or maybe do something worse, who knows.

>>6217670
Laughingglassfiregolem.jpg

>>6217660
This isn't Alpha Centauri.

>>6217688
Except we've gone the "you decide yourselves to join us" route so far and that smells a bit too much like policing.

As far as geography goes, how are these islands arranged with respect to one another? Which islands are central and thus obvious trade hubs, which islands are more on the fringes? Where is our starting island (which I think is growing into something of a cultural centre) in relation to the rest? How far apart are they, on average? Does our archipelago constitute the entirety of the Known World, or is there any sign that there might be other lands beyond the horizon?

Taking a look at available territory, cultivatable land and suchlike resources, can we make an estimate of how many people this archipelago could sustainably support?

Hey can I get the archive links to Deity Quest part 4?

>>6217694
fine, I'll stop doing alpha centauri, and start trying to think deific.

deity... deity...

have we... set up harvest festivals yet?

>>6217688
We're a god of protection for fucks sake, no darkside this time!

Also I proposed to send a single golem, with the intention to be simply impressive.

>>6217670
Enhance the golem into Devil, Make the Nine levels of hell, Have it create devils, Thsi way you have Devils under your control and the demons occupied

>>6217710
Please?

>>6217729

Look here:

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html

>>6217723
Oh god no.
Not another "god sets up official evil guys to combat unfficial evil guys"

>>6217688
>>6217716
I thought we already controlled that island and that it just didn't have its own golem yet.

>>6217729
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html
Down at the bottom.

>>6217723
Hahaha. No.

>>6217699
This.

>>6217674
They breed and spread on all the thirteen islands. Non-believers are afraid of them initially, but as the lindorms are non-aggressive, they come to tolerate them.

>>6217699
>I'll get back to you on this once I think it over. There most certainly are other islands, though.

>>6217710
>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Deity%20Quest

>>6217739
>>6217749
You are Both right, Lets wait until some other god creates the nine layers with Devils to fuck with us some more, Instead of us partially controlling it.

>>6217670

Is it possible to plug up the crater, or at least make it smaller?

>>6217765
We've only come across on other god and heard of like 5 others.
Guess who?
NYARLATHOTEP
and HE CREATED THE FUCKING ABYSS.

>>6217765
EXACTLY!

Death is the spice of life. And unholy outsiders.

>>6217762
Think away!

>>6217780
And unless we want him to make DEVILS, We should do it first

All the other gods are Lovecraftian Mythos guys too.
Only Y'chak [Nyarly] seems to give a shit about humans and only then to fuck around with them.

>>6217786
We aren't an asshole god.
Nor are we an evil one.

>>6217786
Still don't get that "We're good gods" thing do you?

>>6217739
we can impose quotas on the amount of evil to be perpetrated though.

Actually, no thats a dumb idea

>>6217797
>>6217794
S'why i mentioned the golem, If hes one of our followers, And self-spawns to create hell, Then hell wouldn't be evil

So, we're bringing the archipelago pretty much entirely under our influence. Civilisation is advancing pretty quickly, which could lead to some degree of unrest and uncertainty, I think - unless people are coming to view it as being the start of a Golden Age, what with our protection and knowledge and stuff being spread far and wide.

The downside about having a Golden Age is that there's almost always something that comes along to fuck it up. We need to be on guard against that.

How deeply can we probe the Abyss? Because while we're doing pretty well at picking off those demons who come to the surface, I'm worried there might be something stronger and nastier and more dangerous growing in the depths.

>>6217816
Of course there is. Hence my request for the paladin god.

>>6217809
You don't think creating lawful evil fellas is an evil act in itself?
What?

>>6217816

I'm somewhat against probing the Abyss. Sticking something bright and shiny down there would only inform the rest of the abyssals that there's something cool up top.

I think we should work towards sealing the hole, or if that outside our power, finding out how it might be done.

>>6217832
If hell doesn't exist yet, Then it has no alignment, But in the future it's need will still be there, If we fill the need with goodness, Then it will not be evil.

Your starting island is on the fringes of the archipelago, which allowed you to escape notice. The city-island is central to this part of the archipelago, the other ones surround it. Further islands are located southwards.

The six islands you control could support as much as ten thousand people, with Shyla's blessings. The other seven - probably the same amount, though their current total population is around the six thousand mark.

>>6217483
>Sorry, missed that.
Runes aren't flexible, unfortunately. A specific set of symbols has a specific effect. It seems there are no general rules for this.
Carving runes into vessels will work very well. It will fortify the materials and protect the crew. You ask the mages to begin enchanting the existing ships.

Provide the town with dreams of your coming. The twins ought to get their attention.

>>6217831

Why make a new god when we can expand on Hagran's duties and responsibilities?

I think our pantheon is large enough already, we've got basically everything covered.

>>6217831
Personally I don't think he should be outright Paladin. More anti-abomination/fighting god rather than outright "anti-evil".

>>6217841
That's assuming there's even a need for lawful evil.

>>6217841
Do you hear the retardness you're spewing?

>>6217835
Agreed.

>>6217841
but then it wouldn't be hell...

>>6217856
>>6217858
Fine if your all against Making a good Hell, But when the evil hell comes and fucks you over you shall here my merciless laugh.

>>6217853
Its called paladin.

>>6217851
He's busy as it is.

>>6217845
T-those kinds of dreams would give wrong impressions of us! We're not the god of Hot Twincest! (Wait, isn't that a bad thing?)

>>6217872
>good hell

seriously, whats the point in that?

and we already have the abyss

>>6217853
This.
I think maybe we should go on the offense against the Aboleths after securing our mountains (need dat ore)
Connecting the islands in some way would be good. Regular air & boats or possibly something else. Did we prove that raising/creating land between them wasn't viable? Raising sea levels or something like that?

>>6217880
The point would be having the blood war, With one of the main combatants in it, Being slightly loyal to us.

>>6217770
There are hundreds of craters by now.

>>6217816
Indeed, people speak of a Glorious Age.
As for the Abyss, you cannot scry below the surface for some reason. This worries you.

>>6217831
>Okay, nobody seems to be against this.
You bring the patron of paladins into existence. Unfortunately, this happens in a spot occupied by the twins. He disapproves strongly, then quickly proceeds to learn about his duties.

You begin to suspect the twins are doing this just to screw with you. No, not in that way.

Fuck this sage, I want God Quest back.

Come back to us Gnoll =(

>>6217879
>Paladin
Just not the Lawful Stupid pricks imo.
Anti-demons/abominations + fighting is good enough.

>>6217888
you say that as if the blood war is a forgone conclusion...

>>6217886
Eh, tidal waves.
Personally I'm just waiting for the "Lindorms grew up", then have them craft armor and weapons, get their magic together, then we go down and capture one-two cities and plunder them.

>>6217891
Less paladin more anti-demon please.
If there's one thing this thread doesn't need it's a god with a stick lodged in his bum.

>>6217898
Well if we create hell, Just to combat the abyss it will be

>>6217886

Is there any way of using the Art to create gateways, portals, or some kind of magical transit mechanism that non-mages can use? Like two arches on different islands, allowing people to walk from one to the other? Or is that kind of beyond our capacity at the moment?

Also, I would very much recommend giving the Lindorms darkvision or equivalent, if we're going to try and secure the mines.

>>6217888

Why do you assume that a) there has to be a blood war and b) that by creating a "good hell" we'll prevent the creation of the regular one?

>>6217886

We definitely need some way to increase trade between the islands. If not a fleet of airboats, then a way to build seaboats and protect/shield/hide them from the Masters.

>>6217888
>Do you recall where devils come from? Think about whether you really want that. And no, you haven't discovered a way to create life from nothing yet.

Damn, I just KNOW those fucking abyssals are trying to find a way to the prime.
Let's check up on that Souldevice again, and then get a bit of an overview on our domains and what planes we can access.

>>6217934
Fuck I just thought of it.
Those aboleths are probably summong demons right now.
Dem fuckers!

OH MY GOD

WE NEED TO PROTECT THE FLOOR OF OUR LIBRARY REALM!

THEY COULD BE COMING OUT FROM UNDER OUR FEET!

>>6217891
Pat the twins and laugh heartily. If we had a mouth to laugh with, tell Hagran to laugh for us. Also send the twins back to work, we need more divine servants.

Proceed to introduce the the new god (TIME FOR A NAME GUYS) to the rest of the family, then point to the cosmic asshole that the Abyss is, then break the news that its going to be his job to defend the more sane places from it.

>>6217888
>>6217898
All has been said that needs to be said.

>>6217952
this is now a worry...

>>6217952

Shitsoup, Bill Murray is right.

Lay down metaphysical concrete all over the floor of the realm.

And maybe we can drown the abyssals by linking it directly to the Water plane or something similar?

>>6217934
according to hordes of the abyss, The first layer has portals.

>>6217955
>(TIME FOR A NAME GUYS)
MacGuyver

>>6217971
You don't quite get that this isn't 100% D&D.

>>6217952
Has some merit actually. Also overview time while we all rage about how to call our new god.

>>6217897
>>6217912
>Going with "paladin" as in "holy warrior, specializing in protecting others", not "stick up my ass, code of conduct determines what I do"

>>6217922
Teleportation's risky. As for darkvision, you gave it to them, since they were going to dive deep into the ocean.

>>6217997
Would it be possible to build bridges?

>Names for Paladin God
Víðarr

>>6217996
Yes, But it could be based, Sides why wouldn't there be portals?

>>6217624
Experiment with growing an enormous coral reef where its growth, the movement of water around/through it, and the movement and actions of the life in and around the reef all combine to make it a gigantic computational device.

>>6217973
Supporting this

>Paladin God
Tharizdun. :D

>>6218006
God fuck shit man read back the previous 4 threads, its like a playback I swear...

>>6218009
Meh. Next.

Can we have our Art-users create magic mirrors, crystal balls or similar enchanted devices that allow people on different islands to communicate quickly and with ease? If that's beyond our reach, have Hagran whip up something similar, as fostering communication between the islands is a really good way to forge our burgeoning empire into a coherent whole.

Call our Paladin Guts.

>Tharizdun for a Paladin god
FUCK YES THIS.
BIG T IS OUR CHAMPION

>>6217971
>Leading to every other layer, yes. Not outside the plane, though, IIRC.
>>6217934
>>6217946
>>6217952
>>6217969
You take steps to protect your realm. The prime is a more worrying matter, as it seems they might be able to enter it as easily as your golems... Though perhaps they'd need to leave the quarantined area for that.

Linking the Plane of Water to the Abyss could result in demons infesting the former...

>Paladin God

Raiss.

He's like Khorne, only better.

>>6218050
But how about linking to the FIRE plane?

>>6218050
Link the top of the Abyss to the bottom of the Abyss and turn it into a closed loop.

>>6218050
Find out if there's any rune that can harm, protect from or banish[maybe too early?] abominations.
Teach it to our warriors.
Inscribe it on their armor.
Suddenly we've got a symbol for them too!

>>6218050
Do NOT link the Abyss to ANYTHING. Jesus...

How is our paladin corps. doing? They'll likely have a lot of quests on their hands soon.

>>6218035
I hate your Guts. : D

>>6218029
Indeed, that is both possible and beneficial. You proceed to implement it.

>And naming the one who's going to fight demons on a daily basis Tharizdun is just a teeny bit worse than naming him Asmodeus.

Bottom of Abyss
Top of Abyss
Eternal Plane.
What?

>Tharizdun.
O.o
Greyhawk's Lovecraftian Entity being our Paladin God?
Meeza likes!

> Paladin God

Roland, Durandal, Joyeuse etc... get some Charlamagne up in this!

>>6218083
>tiny it worse
Which is why it's so funny!

>>6218067
It doesn't exactly have a top, unfortunately.

>Paladin God

Alexander Anderson.

HOW ABOUT NAMING OUR PALADIN GOD TALLAHASSEE!

FUCK YEAH TALLAHASSEE IS THE BIGGEST P I M P IN THE FUCKING UNIVERSE!

>>6218096
Then make all of the portals in the Abyss just link to other portals in the Abyss.

While I like Charlamagne, I don't think it fits the setting.

Not Big T. plox, Reality said what I wanted.

Tharizdun/Tharz'duun for the win!

>>6218105
THIS IS OUR PALADIN GOD!

YUES!

>>6218083

Call him Valor.

Otto returns from his journey. Word has been spread, aboleths have been outwitted in a hilarious manner, and humans have been converted.
>Why does this make me think of Friend Like Me from Aladdin?

>>6218119
lol, why not call him justice? or honor? because it's fucking stupid

>>6218107
>Yes, you will proceed to alter an infinite amount of portals, one at a time. Good luck with that.

>>6218126
FUCK YES YOU ARE THE BEST OTTER ASCENDED TO GODHOOD EVER

I think we've hit autosage btw

>>6218134
Just put together some sort of automated cascade that starts when you fuck with the first portal.

Also, paladin god name: Hiro Protagonist.

>>6218151
>Snow Crash
Yeah... Let's NOT DO THAT.

Tallahassee says it's time to nut up or shut up

Abyss: We don't see into it, its quarantined.

Paladin God name: I swear if I see one more ultrashitty name, I'll commit suicide.

Otto: Have the twins pet him as a reward for being the best god-pet a deity can ask for.

>>6218188
Names so far are pretty bad yes.
Tharizdun is awesome but doesn't fit a PALADIN.

>>6218074
Surprisingly, the holy symbol of Shyla seems to work quite well.
>Pic related, couldn't find anything better.

Garra - Babylonian, god of fire. Destructive and cleansing fire.

CLEANSE AND BURN

'Umr at-Tawil?
Crom?
Mitra?

>>6218188
>If I see one more ultrashitty name, I'm railroading it to Asmodeus.

>>6218210
Really? You couldn't find anything better?

Teach it to our warriors and mages.
See to it that it's inscribed into the warriors armor/weapons and being official Symbol for 'em.

>>6218241
>Nothing better related to the Cerulean Sign from Lords of Madness. Just trying to reference standard D&D sometimes.

>>6218229
Thule.

>>6218254

>>6218256
>As in "the Thule Society?
>At least it's not Thoon.

>>6218275
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thule

Eh. We can call him The Paladin God for now, until someone has an idea for a name that meets with general approval.

What other stuff do we have to deal with?

>>6218315
dis

>>6218315
Perhaps a surprise attack on the Masters?

>>6218351
Has the time cometh? If everyone agrees then sure, lets see what they cooked up.

>>6218351
Outfit every Orm that's going on the mission with Shyla's symbol and teach them how to make it of course.
Need us some ELDER SYMBOL UP THIS BITCH.

>>6218351

That could work. How well can we kit out the Lindorms while still allowing them to function underwater? Some kind of enchantment to allow them to breathe underwater if they don't have that as an innate ability, plus some way to defend against the Masters' brainwashing powers.

Also, is it metagaming to be suspicious about the mucus that Otto noticed when we were down there the first time?

>metagaming
KNOWLEDGE POWERS UP IN THIS BITCH!

>>6218381
Prolly just Shoggoths, nothing to be afraid of...........

Getting late, and the autosage is hitting hard.

>>6218371
Certainly.

>>6218381
>No, it won't be metagaming. Waterbreathing is innate, you have researched spells to counter mind control.

>>6218403
>It's not even 2 AM yet and tomorrow's Sunday. New thread?

Let's work up some kind of brightness/cleansing ability with us and Shyla, to purify that black ooze they emitted.

>>6218413

Sounds good to me.

>>6218413
New thread, easy for you to say, you're not hooked on more meds then you care to remember. Its hard to stay up even at noon for me. : D

>>6218417
You start working on that.

>New thread: >>6218435