The other gods no longer wait around you, for conversation with one another is no longer the most interesting thing to do. Now every god has separated to tend to creation in their own way, and observe what they will.

Ius has gone to his temple at the top of mount Ius, the foot of which is home to the largest concentration of humanity placed on this globe, where he hope to watch the first sunrise and the first actions of the human race.

Sarma too goes to her holy place, her grove. There she wishes to be with the animals of her creation in their first moments of frolic, and to watch them inhale the first breath of her air.

Picus has withdrawn deep beneath the earth. There he walks the infinite chasms of his underworld, perhaps mapping the eventual homes for his monsters.

The formless waits in the void, he has nothing in particular to do for now. His goal is to watch to world in its most epic of battles, none of which shall occur for some time. So for now he waits in the void.

Where shall you rest in these first moments?

>>17914786

We shall wait on the moon, for the first prayers to be directed to us.

rolled 30 = 30

>>17914706
>>17914786

YES. YES.

Rest? We are the Watcher, and there is no rest. We take our place upon our throne of a moon, and we watch.

>>17914835

This, we are all about dat moon.

But then again maybe we should do something like oversee the first moments of the fey?

>>17914877
>and we watch

[Note that I will be giving a little extra time between posts for a little bit so that those who didn't participate in the first threads can have time to read them and still participate in this one]

rolled 88 = 88

>>17914826
We wait on the moon and watch everything the moon watches. While Ius watches the first day, we shall watch the first night - and see who watches us back.

rolled 78 = 78

>>17914980
That is simply irresponsible. We are the Watcher, we cannot let something as simple as the time hold us back.

We should observe the first stirrings of all creatures, great and small, that we may record this for eternity.

You decide to wait, and watch, on the moon.

The world begins to move, as do all the celestial bodies. Apotheosi starts to turn ever so slightly, in degrees that would no doubt be invisible to mortal eyes but that are plain before your all seeing and infinite eyes. While turning, it also starts a motion which you know will eventually circle the star at the system's center. You take a moment to admire the magnificence of the universe before focusing your thousand gazes upon the happenings taking place within the planet's atmosphere.

Once you do look upon Apotheosi's surface, you see a million creatures suddenly lurch to life. Far outnumbering any other moving, organic creation are Sarma's animals, which fill the vast forests of the world with motion.

Then you notice the fey, the creatures of your own making. They seem unfazed by the sudden gift of sapience which has brought them to life, and look only to eachother with looks of varying emotion. Many run to their kin, shifting into one of their many different forms as they do so, while others turn and wander away to explore this world that is so absolutely new.

The humans seem less jaded upon their first perceptions. Most of them can do little but move inches at a time, taking in their surroundings with gaping mouths. Those at the foot of mout Ius point towards its top and shout sounds not yet ready to be called language to eachother. Some begin to walk towards the mountain, while others merely glance at it before turning their attention to things that must be done, such as construction of shelter and seeking of food.

The Drakfey seem to launch naturally into discord. Allready they fight amoungst themselves, and you wonder how they could posibly ever become a civilization. But eventually a sort of order emerges from the chaos, those who the others learned to fear now direct their lessers towards labor.

cont...

The monsters of Picus' creation gaze out from their montain homes. They observe the land much as you do now, then they stretch themselves out, roaring a terrible combination of sound and flame, proclaiming dominance over all the world. For now, however, they seem more focused on securing their own homes against each other than taking from the other races, but you know it will not be long before this changes.

You can see, amoung the celestial bodies, the angels gathering to sit together and watch the planet. They whisper their hopes and blessings for the humans to each other while pointing and whooing. You wander what their opposites, the demons, speak of in their homes around the planets core.

You can feel the presence of your elementals in every part of this creation. They are its building blocks and its gaurdians, and for now they are dormant.

The only thing you must strain to see are the abominations, for they are so far away even to you in their prison of the far realm. But should you try, you can see them watching the rest of creation with hatred and envy.

cont...

The universe behaves in this manner for the rest of the day untill night falls. Then the next begins and then the next. None of the gods seem to act yet, for there is nothing to really do yet but watch and wait for the beings to begin to take actions other than those necessary for survival.

You, however, have a duty. You proclaimed yourself judge of the dead, and at this moment you feel the first death of a sapient occur. You direct your conciousness to the afterlife where you will speak with this creature.

It is a human. He gazes upon you form and can do naught but praise you with the awe in his eyes, his mouth frozen in a silent cry. You remember when you made your form that you would appear to the mortals in a form they would see as perfect, and change to this.

You are now humanoid in appearance, though your skin gleams like obsidian and your eyes burn around pupils the shape of an hourglass.

The human still stares at you, still to afraid to speak.

What do you say to the poor creature.

rolled 35 = 35

>>17915188

"Tell me . . . everything."

>>17915188
What the hell DO you say to the first intelligent creature to die?

Bad luck, I guess. Wonder how it happened?

>>17915188

"Tell me . . . everything."

rolled 75 = 75

>>17915188

"Tell me . . . everything."

rolled 72 = 72

Announce to him who you are, then judge him.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17915188
"Fear not, little one. Tell me of your life."

>>17915229
>>17915244
>>17915229

prymind

>>17915188
"Fear not, little one. Tell me of your life."

rolled 25 = 25

>>17915188
"Fear not, little one. Tell me of your life."

rolled 22 = 22

>>17915244
>>17915235
>>17915229
Ignore this dude, cause he don't know to just post once.

>>17915294
No, the posting server is having issues. For example, I accidentally posted twice:
>>17915288
>>17915300

>>17915294

*facepalm* No, it's my internet being weird and having issues posting. If it does this again, I'll make sure to bring attention to it. Just use the first one as mine.

rolled 69 = 69

"Tell me . . . everything."

What else is there to say?

>>17915321
The posting server is having issues. A few people are getting mad duplicate-posts, myself included.

rolled 71 = 71

>>17915235
what else is there to say?

Yes

YES

YESSSSSSSSSSS

This quest is finally back

Apparently I got banned for the latter part of the last one due to a banned url in my post? Though I didn't see any urls in what I typed. Guessing it was a glitch or something.

"I am Uraemrys, the Abdal. I am the god of judgement, both of the dead and of the judgement all sapient creatures possess, which you may call knowledge, wisdom, and neutrality.

Now tell me, how did you die."

The creature responds, "Oh praise the mountain! I had feared that when I passed I should never again perceive. But tell me, or you a new predator, such as the one that slew me in life, or are you mercy come to guide me to rest?"

The creature speaks not through language, for he lacks it as of yet, but through thought. [This is also why he speaks so eloquent, the words are your perception of his thoughts, not the humans actual communication of them]

>>17915358
>>17915331

Oh, so it's not just me and it's the server's problem. Good, I was starting to feel like an accidental dick.

And how the fuck did one of my posts lose the dice roll in the e-mail field, or was that actually someone else?

>>17915375
It happens. 4chan's software is imperfect and can sometimes be as much of a dick as /tg/'s dice.

rolled 7 = 7

>>17915397
"We shall decide that when we observe your life."

rolled 94 = 94

>>17915397

"I simply am, I simply exist. I ask of you, young mortal, was your life too short? Did you discover too little? A world has just begun, and you are the first to leave it. But it doesn't have to be this way. Rest I can give you, if that is your choice. But I can offer more. I have need of an agent. One who can walk among the mortals as one of them, who can seek and learn for the sake of seeking and learning. To discover, and be in awe. Ask of me, and I can give this to you. As you learn, so shall I."

rolled 54 = 54

>>17915397
"You shall yet perceive, as it is my truest desire for all to know, learn, and experience. I am no predator, merely judgement. By my will, you shall go into one of five domains - the realm of Ius, the light and law, Picus, the dark and chaos, Sarma, the beautiful and kind, the Formless, the fury and void, or myself. So tell me of what you did in life, that I might judge where you will be most at home in death."

>>17915397
"We bear toward you neither intentions of harm or aid. We shall judge your actions as an impartial observer, the better to guide you towards your destination in the great beyond. Speak now, without fear or regret. What came to pass in your mortal life?"

Also, make a note to ourselves that perhaps we should foster the growth of mortal languages and dialects when possible.

rolled 8 = 8

>>17915397

"I simply am, I simply exist. I ask of you, young mortal, was your life too short? Did you discover too little? A world has just begun, and you are the first to leave it. But it doesn't have to be this way. Rest I can give you, if that is your choice. But I can offer more. I have need of an agent. One who can walk among the mortals as one of them, who can seek and learn for the sake of seeking and learning. To discover, and be in awe. Ask of me, and I can give this to you. As you learn, so shall I."

rolled 73 = 73

>>17915397
"I am neither mercy nor cruelty, but rather the judge of your kind. There is only Justice."
Probe his thoughts for the truth, but ask him what his story of life is.

rolled 10 = 10

>>17915397
"We bear toward you intentions neither of harm nor aid. We are an impartial observer, that we might better judge your deeds and guide you to your destination in the great beyond. Speak now, without fear or regret, and we shall answer."

Also, make a note to ourselves that perhaps we should foster the growth of languages among the various races, when possible.

rolled 38 = 38

>>17915485
+1 for gifting mortals language.

>>17914706
hooray! it's Deity Quest time!

>>17915508

Make a note of it, not do so now. We're speaking to a dead mortal, we can implement the language later, when we're allowed to do such a thing.

More than likely, it'll be something that will make them curious to learn, rather than actually giving it to them.

"Tell me your tale creature, that I may give it a suitable epilogue. You ask of my intentions, but they are dependant on your answer so till my request is filled I cannot give you an answer of the kind you seek."

The dead mortal speaks, "The tale is short, it was only eight days ago that I began. Most of my kind wanted to settle down, gather resources and build shelters, but I told them it would be better to explore. I didn't like the darkness we were in, a place none of us could have ever imagined that was sorrounded by mountains and trees which denied sight of the rest of the world. I desired to learn more before we resolved to do anything permanant. I wanted to lift the darkness else in our blindness we should trip. Unfortunately, my opinions held little sway and I made my journey nearly alone, and proved insufficient in strength to overcome the natural environment. If only more of my kind had come with me, then they could be warned of the beasts that dwell in the woods. In darkness they shall trip indeed."

You are fascinated by the creatures tale. You consider which god to send him to... But perhaps there are other options for one so akin to yourself in philosophy.

>>17915454

occurs to you as a second option, separate from sending him to one of your fellows.

How shall you judge?

rolled 21 = 21

>>17915541

Oooh, yes, do the second option. Add in "Accept this, and I shall give to you strength sufficient to survive."

rolled 99 = 99

>>17915454
Yes. Take the first being to taste death, and make him the first and last to be permanently freed from its grip.

Make him the Immortal Wanderer. One who walk the world for eternity, our first and most powerful servant. The first to seek knowledge, permitted to gather it to his heart's desire until the end of time.

>>17915541

he seems to want to learn, this pleases us does it not? perhaps we should keep him as our first soul, or maybe send him back as an avatar if thought knowledge and free will?

rolled 16 = 16

>>17915541
We shall send him to the obsidian monolith. He searched for knowledge in life, and in death he will have eternity to decipher the monolith.

rolled 5 = 5

>>17915541
His curiosity and desire for knowledge is grand.. He is the Firstdead, and his people have no language..
Grant him our language, and send him back to his people as a Prophet. Fashion for him an Obsidian Staff, bearing a resemblance to the grasping hand design of our obelisk. The staff will give the power to comprehend any speech or thought, especially that of the Fey.

rolled 34 = 34

>>17915576
We should be impartial though. Just as we made the first one to seek knowledge immortal we should do the same to four others who follow the other gods philosophies.

Along with the First Explorer we shall make immortal the First Benefactor, the First Artist, the First Evildoer and the First...um...

Hm...I'm gonna need some help coming up with "Firsts" for Picus and the Formless. One of them should probably be the First Murderer but I'm not sure whether that would fit Picus or the Formless better, and I'm still at a loss for what to make the other should we assign it to one of them.

rolled 68 = 68

>>17915541
I'm going to vote for making him the first necromancer. Send him back to life with JUST ENOUGH knowledge of necromancy to let him start learning more on his own. Hints, clues, and the most basic of knowledge. If he is the inquisitive one, I can't imagine a better person to be given this first clue.

Because we don't give knowledge. We give mysteries, hints, and clues. The hidden ruins should be hints and clues that make people create writing. We have so many irons in this fire.

>>17915589

+1 to the first and last Immortal Wanderer.

Don't make him anything powerful, though. Just immune to death.

>>17915631

The First Tyrant, the First Legend.

rolled 53 = 53

>>17915626
That is overstepping our bounds.

We must do nothing that effects the development of the races, for we are the Watcher. We must intervene only when needed--knowledge given by divine providence is meaningless.

>>17915631
That is the realm of those who we send the dead to. We'd send someone who is the first dead to follow Formless to Formless, who would then probably send him back.

>>17915596
>>17915610
>>17915589
>>17915576
um does the dead mortal get to choose whether to take our deal or not?

>>17915631
Murder goes to Picus if it's for self-benefit, if for the purpose of causing chaos and seeing the world burn he goes to Formless.

I think that sounds like a reasonable idea.

rolled 74 = 74

I agree with making him immortal, he desired to learn and spread that knowledge, and would be suitable to help advance our own agenda in that sense.

>>17915643

this seems more like a curse than a gift if you ask me.

make it so this happens he is the firstdead but he can pass on his title should he ever wish for deaths release

rolled 74 = 74

>>17915669

That's a good point, what if he doesn't want to accept?

I don't like the idea of forcing him, that kind of goes against what we've been doing.

rolled 62 = 62

Guys, we can't pull something like this without at least asking the other gods first.

Making an immortal changes the way everything will develop--hell, one with knowledge of us as a perfect being and guardian of the afterlife will probably make us the primary religion, which would piss EVERYONE off.

rolled 47 = 47

>>17915691
This seems reasonable. In any case, he can still choose whether to accept the deal or pass on to the afterlife as of right now.

Hm...you know, logically the Library should be a bit empty right now, considering it's still the beginning of time. It has all of our knowledge, but it's not nearly as infinitely massive as it will be later on, yes?

"Creature, what is your name?"

The human's mind conjures no response.

"You cannot think of a name because your kind lack language. You were right to say your people stumble in the darkness, there are so many even very basic pieces of knowledge they as of yet lack. Do you desire to bring knowledge to your people human?"

"Yes, more than anything." He replies.

"Then I shall grant you this power. There are parts of your world that no sapient has yet discovered, magic. The laws of this reality dictate that the dead stay dead however there are two magics by which your death could be undone. Necromancy, which is the power over the soul and over death. And Divine Magic, which simply allows gods such as myself to break the rules based on faith. Which of these do you desire to be raised by?"

The human thinks for a long time. "If I am to be a harbinger of knowledge I would want to be a harbinger of the magic that best represents it. You are the god of knowledge, so should I not be you vessel of divine magic?"

You reply, "Actually the magic I gifted the world was necromancy."

He seems happy, "I see! This pleases me because I was afraid spreading divine magic, and thus faith, would not always parallel the spread of freedom and judgment. If I can both more closely serve you and more closely serve knowledge by being your vessel of Necromancy then that is what I choose."

"Very well. You shall be the first creature brought back to life through necromancy, and of necromancy shall you one day learn to master, though I would overstep my boundaries were I to gift you such talent directly. I will call your kind "lich" and you will be my greatest avatars."

He also needs a name, you think. What should it be?

>chief illgeb

Not bad captcha, but you forgot to roll.

rolled 90 = 90

Grant him CHIM.
Tell him that life is just a session of a game played by posters on a forum, and grant him the power to post on the forum.

>>17915661

Agreed. We should never grant knowledge, merely allow ways for them to learn, and always subtle.

>>17915669
I see no reason why we should force this upon the fellow.

rolled 26 = 26

>>17915737
Yeah, I don't like the idea of an immortal, I like the idea of sending this guy back ONCE with just a few hints and clues.

rolled 11 = 11

How about Drew?

rolled 69 = 69

>>17915746
>Our Champions will be Liches.
Oh God, that's just awesome.

Also, my vote goes to Gilgamesh as the name. Gilgamesh in our world sought to prolong his life for the sake of seeing what will be. Gilgamesh in this world will do so.

rolled 59 = 59

>>17915746

Liches? AWESOME.

I know Judeo-Christian stuff is kind of Ius' shtick, but how about Enoch for a name.

rolled 58 = 58

>>17915746
Nice! I like it. I'm going to vote to name him Ur - Ur the Lich. In time, I expect his name will slowly be perverted into the Ur Lich. Ur will, in time, come to be the word for 'first.' This pleases me.

rolled 93 = 93

>>17915803

I second this idea.

rolled 31 = 31

>>17915797

Rolling for this as well. Gilgamesh the lich, I like it.

Dude, at least in DnD, liches are the natural evolution of wizards. They are ultra-intellegent and amassers of knowledge with so much dedication to amassing knowledge (and becaue they are wizards that means amassing power) that they opt to become immortal.

Who else is seeing this parallel as awesome?

rolled 96 = 96

>>17915797

Ur got the bigger roll, but I kind of like Gilgamesh better, so I'll try to even the odds.

rolled 69 = 69

>>17915810
>>17915797

Eh, Gilgamesh was the kind of larger-than-life hero that the Formless might be more interested in. I'm not sure it's really fitting for what we're doing.

rolled 87 = 87

"The Immortal Firstdead"

rolled 91 = 91

On a completely unrelated note, I propose that from now on we will refer to ourself in the plural form. Always WE, not I or ME.

>>17915797
it's got my vote

>>17915830

Have you read his Epic? You'd be right if we chose something from Homer's Epics, but Gilgamesh is not really.

But, as an alternative, how about Enkidu? He's the individual who becomes Gil's best friend, who was created by the Gods.

rolled 42 = 42

>>17915834
>>17915834

Oh course, considering we're making all these decisions via hivemind, it's only logical.

rolled 96 = 96

>>17915828
If you do that, then 'Gilgamesh' will be the first name in the world. It will eventually become synonymous with 'first.' We need a one-syllable name for him. Ur works, as does any other monosyllabic name. Drew would have worked too. I'm voting against Gilgamesh and any other polysyllabic name.

rolled 18 = 18

>>17915849

Nah, Gilgamesh will be fine. It seems to be what everyone else wants.

rolled 88 = 88

Ur- something is cool, but Ur-Lich is a bit lame.

how about Ur- Uraemys, the first of Uraemys, and as we give the same gift to each other god's avatar, we name them accordingly?

rolled 63 = 63

>>17915870
I actually can't stand Gilgamesh - not as the FIRST name, anyway. That name should go to the first hero or something, not the first lich, the first explorer. Ur.

>>17915853

I've been doing it this whole time anyways, so I see no reason why I should not agree with both of you.

>>17915866
>>17915828
>Opposing rolls, both 96

>>17915830
>>17915797
Opposing rolls, both 69

>96
>69
Dear Mother of all Gods in Heaven and Above. We have proof of a Dice God.

>>17915866
then i change my vote to Drew then i suppose

rolled 9 = 9

>>17915890
Yeah, let's save it - people clearly like it - for the First Hero/First Martyr, the follower of Ius that we send back.

rolled 75 = 75

I support Drew the Lich!

>>17915911
that sounds like a good idea

rolled 66 = 66

>>17915797 here

I'm willing to change it to Ur for the sake of the First Explorer, and reserve Gilgamesh for Ius' Avatar.

rolled 51 = 51

>>17915901
>>17915853
>>17915834

Well yes, I mean in the actual, final version of our suggestions that Apotheosi is posting, we should always refer to ourself using plural pronouns.

And my vote goes to Ur. Both for the meaning of First, and its resemblance to our own name gives added significance.

rolled 20 = 20

>>17915933
Agreed. That seems quite fitting.

rolled 99 = 99

throwing my vote in with Ur

rolled 36 = 36

>>17915952
>99

Guess we're going with Ur then!

I like it too, personally.

>>17915952

I think that settles it, both for public support and for dice rolling. Since everyone also seems to be in agreement for saving Gilgamesh for Ius' Avatar, I suppose we'll also be doing that for the next ones who die in this world.

Who would the Goddess get?

rolled 8 = 8

>>17915975
Anima/Animus.
Epic is the first of the Formless.
Caine is the first murderer, first of Picus.

are we letting the other gods know we are doing this?

granted they will probably come and ask once we have done it anyway :P

rolled 72 = 72

>>17915975

Ius seems to be taking a lot of inspiration from Judeo-Christian tradition, someone suggested Enoch earlier, which I think would be perfect for his champion.

rolled 21 = 21

>>17915991
I mostly agree. However, let's bastardize Epic into Epoch.

rolled 25 = 25

>>17915975
Considering our "First" names seem to stem from Mesopotamian mythology it would be fitting to have them follow such a scheme. Ishtar maybe?

>>17915975
probably some wannabe artist or newbie druid whichever comes first

>>17915996
Forgot my trip, and seeing as I have it this time and their is a difference this time around, this will be the official post, ignore the imposter.

"You shall be Ur, the first Lich. You will be immortal to time, and the magics that hold you together will make you very difficult to kill with force, but once the other sapients discover magic know that it shall be as capable of undoing you as it was of making you. Also, you are given to the world to spread knowledge, not the worship of me. I only want those who seek me to worship me, to build a faith around me would be counter-constructive to our goals, do you understand?"

"Yes, my lord." He says.

"Then go, you will rise were you fell, but do not return immediately to your people, continue as you first intended, wandering and learning."

You send his soul on its way.

You return to the moon and resume watching the events on the planet. After a short while, however, Ius appears before you.

"What did you do?" He asks, a tinge of anger in his voice.

"I acted within my bounds as judge of the afterlife. I understand that to only do this in my favor would be unfair, and had already made plans to give you and the others opportunities to do the same, when suitable people die." You respond immediately.

He relaxes, "I don't need to tell you that, regardless of how fair you intend to be about it, this kind of thing should not often occur."

"No you don't, I felt that him being the first soul to come to me was significant enough to mark this even as unique and worthy of such intervention."

"Very well." Ius says before departing.

>>17915991

Epic/Epoch and Cain would be great names for those two.

>>17916042

. . .

Ok, I'm positive I have my trip this time.

>>17916057
yup, you do this time

rolled 41 = 41

>>17916048
Agreed. Those names are what I'm voting for unless something comes up with someone way better.
>>17916057
Yeah, you've got it now.

rolled 11 = 11

>>17915991
I will throw in my support for these.

Although, will we be giving these names ourselves or will it be up to our fellow gods to name their First Chosen?

>>17916057

You got it. So the only difference between the two is that the first is "Gilgamesh, the Ur-Lich" and the second is "Ur, the first Lich"

Are we going with the second one?

rolled 17 = 17

>>17916084
>>17916048
>>17916002
>>17915991
>>17915975
You know, I think it would actually be up to the other gods on whether or not they send back a mortal champion. I expect they will - peer pressure's a bitch - but that and the naming is up to them.

>>17916116

Yes

rolled 70 = 70

>>17916111

Yeah, it seems kind of overstepping our bounds to name other gods' champions. Let them do it on their own.

hell, some of them may not even WANT a champion like this, or have a different way of going about it.

>>17916111

We're the only reason why they even have names. Way I saw it in my head, these would be their names prior to becoming entities, or us not giving them names as the God we represent, but us as the players in the actual game, not the in-game game (Fucking inception), giving Apotheosi the idea and he, as the DM, would have the Gods in question invoke the names.

Several souls have come before you now, it is a good thing you have infinite intellegence or it would be difficult keeping up in a few years. None of them were particularly notable, and you delt with them in the most logical manner possible.

The main part of your conciousness continues to watch from the moon. It is while you are doing so that Sarma suddenly appears before you,

"Uraemrys, there is a delima in which I require your attention."

"What is wrong?" You ask.

"A Fey and a Human have copulated. The human female is currently praying to me constantly in request that the offspring not be an ugly abomination. This is bringing into existance a new kind of sapient Uraemrys... One combined of humans and fey. The fey are your creation, and so I though you should have a roll in deciding how this new creature should be, or if it should be."

"Shouldn't you tell Ius too? The humans were his creation." You ask.

"He said he wanted every god to have equal claim to humanity, he said it gives them more freedom. I've yet to tell any of the other gods of this development by the way. Do you think I should?"

There are many things to consider before you.

rolled 39 = 39

>>17916179

I see no reason to prevent this coupling from producing offspring, but I'm a bit torn as to what this new hybrid race would be like.

rolled 36 = 36

>>17916179
"Make it a halfling, a being of half man and half fey. As it grows, it shall have the talents of both, though in the abundance of neither. At the cusp of adulthood, however, it must decide - if not consciously then subconsciously - to which race it belongs. At that time it shall become human or fey in full, for good or for ill."

I'm expecting this to lead to TONS of drama, as halflings are forced to choose between man and fey. I hope that it eventually gets really... interesting. Shakespearean tragedy interesting. Not for this first changeling, mind you, but for the changelings who will yet come, as society reacts to them.

>>17916179
Yes. The other gods have every right to share this knowledge. And the new creature should not be an abomination.

rolled 27 = 27

Fey can take many forms, while humans are forever a single form. A Fey-human shall be able to shapeshift into any human, being as beautiful or as ugly as the form they take.

rolled 54 = 54

>>17916179

We should allow all the Gods to have a part in this. Since the Fey are so very mutable, no progeny of theirs and humans would ever the same. They wouldn't be Half-Elves, is what I'm saying, but more like the half-Fae in WoD. As such, each God should have a hand in this matter. Not all Gods decide for each birth, but that any God can decide to rule for the result of the coupling. For now, I say we allow Sarma to rule in it.

rolled 4 = 4

Fey:shapeshifting creatures of freedom
Human woman praying to the goddess of the wilds, and animals to have a beautiful child instead of an abomination

MAKE THE FIRST WERE-CREATURE

Beautiful in both forms, but only have two, as decided by your seat of power, the moon!

Captcha: May, theursa

captcha claims first one will be a were-bear

rolled 97 = 97

>>17916179
Make the child a lycanthrope. Strong, handsome and robust in human form, but on nights when the moon is completely round and our power is at the fullest, its fey ancestry shall manifest, enabling transformation into whatever form it most desires.

rolled 53 = 53

>>17916209
>>17916228

Oh man this is brilliant. Seconding!

rolled 85 = 85

>>17916209
addmentium to this, even though i got the worst roll ever. give the lycanthropes to Sarma as a gift, i know some people are still shipping uraemrys and sarma together

rolled 61 = 61

Poster of >>17916228 here, I support were-bear mentioned in >>17916209

rolled 40 = 40

>>17916179
They will be no more ugly or beautiful than human or fey.
They should lose the Shifting of their body, but the mind will remain malleable and able to communicate using the mind, allowing them to better integrate with humans and fey alike.

They may have the curiosity of the fey with the industrious nature of humanity.

rolled 39 = 39

>>17916186
I'm this guy. Switching to lycanthropes.

rolled 4 = 4

>>17916228

Well, if it's a lycanthrope it'd always be a wolf. I'd say, have it always take the form of a predator beast. However, instead of always choosing whichever they want, have the form be static and chosen at birth.

>>17915901

Tad disappointed that nobody thought that interesting.

>>>>17916186
I prefer the idea of populations of Fey in human form inside developed human society. I think if we go for hybridization we'll get some fey blood into human society but the only ones with much expression of the personality, given breeding times, will be forest dancer types. This is why we need halflings.

>>17916271
I did, I just didn't really have anything to say about it.

>>17916282

rolled 56 = 56

>>17916295

rolled 87 = 87

>>17916271
Personally I thought it was notable. However I'd already noticed it beforehand and didn't think it necessitated additional commentary.

Also if lycanthrope = werewolf, what would the -anthrope term for a werebear be?

rolled 87 = 87

>>17916261

I think that makes more sense too.

>>17916306
ursathrope, I think

rolled 56 = 56

>>17916306

Ursanthrope, I believe, going from the latin "ursa".

>>17916316
You mean an URsathrope.

rolled 5 = 5

>>17916261
i said "were-creature" first to be more correct, but lycanthropes have become a catch all for all "you turn into a half- or full animal as determined by a curse, or genetics" style things

rolled 24 = 24

Guys, we're kind of stepping on a lot of toes with the werebear thing. They are beast, monster and man all rolled into one. We have to ask the other gods about this

we can't keep doing shit without even asking if the other gods think it's okay.

>>17916286

Fair enough.

>>17916282
Honestly, not too fond of the Halfling idea. Werebeast is better, though still meh.

>>17916306
Lycan comes from teh Latin Lucan, meaning wolf. Bear is Ursus, so Ursanthropy, Ursusthropy.

rolled 49 = 49

So it seems we're mostly agreed to make it a were-beast.

This turns out rather nicely. It has aspects of both human and fey, and the beast form is a nice way for Sarma to get her own little touch in on it. Present from us to her, heh.

>>17916353
Let's clear it with Picus, though. Just to make sure. Ius has pretty much already given his consent.

>>17916344

Not everything needs to be a communal effort. Since Humanity is an open domain, the fey is ours, and the beast domain belongs to the one who brought it to us, it's fully in our right to decide.

rolled 83 = 83

>>17916344
the woman is praying to the beast/animal/nature goddess, we are currently talking to her.

the fey are changelings already, we are just making a halfbreed have limited powers

rolled 35 = 35

>>17916344

Fey is our domain, and humans don't have a specific patron, so who's toes are we stepping on?

rolled 47 = 47

>>17916344
We have kind of accounted for all the gods directly involved here though. We've got Ius for the human ancestry, Ourself for the fey ancestry, and Sarma as the target of supplication. I don't see how Picus or Formless relate to this honestly.

And since it seems our position is meant to be a sort of arbiter and judge, it does well to set precedents just as the Supreme Court did when the USA was first founded, for example. If Picus or Formless get a little peeved, tell them that we will do similarly for them should one of their mortal races become involved in interspecies breeding.

>>17916403

Ha, it'd be hilarious just to say that nothing happens to the Drakfey, because they're obviously already the progeny of our Fey and Picus' Draconic beings.

rolled 86 = 86

>>17916388
Picus would be interested in a potential monster, thats for damn sure.

>>17916428

We have said nothing of a monster.

>>17916422
Drakfey + dragon = dragons.
Drakfey + fey = fey.
Dragon + fey = drakfey.

rolled 72 = 72

>>17916439
Mind of a human, form of a beast.

a were creature is a monster.

>>17916428
Your thinking of were-creatures in the classical sense. What I am getting from this is they will be partial shape shifters who rely on the moon for their power. They will be conscious, and in control, the entire time.

rolled 24 = 24

>>17916428
Eh, give it time. What with the way humans have a tendency to fear things they can't explain they'll probably start considering werebeasts as monsters sooner or later.

>>17916439
If anything they are the children of man borne of the blessing of the moon.

>>17916448

In that case, so are everyone but the Humans. So why are our Fey not monsters? The predatory beasts? The Drakfey?

>>17916449
so instead of werewolf, its more like a "shifter" from 3.5?

rolled 96 = 96

Picus defined a monster as a being with the mind of a human, and the form of a beast. No matter how we color it, this is partially his domain.

rolled 36 = 36

>>17916449

This is what I was thinking with this too.

>>17916467
For the vast majority of their existence they will look perfectly human. They will be able to shapeshift [if they want to] depending on the stage of the moon.

>>17916467
See
>>17916465

By that definition, so are our Fey and the Drakfey.

>>17916499
What if...what if that's exactly what Picus intended?

rolled 94 = 94

>>17916496
do we want to risk that hes going to be offended though? we already sort of pissed off Ius.

>>17916513

That crafty son of a bitch . . .

But this is all easily cleared up. We have no idea what Picus' creations are, beyond what few descriptions Apotheosi has given us during those moments. However, our character, the God, knows very well.

So, I ask Apotheosi to give us a more detailed description of what Picus created. Since it's information our character should easily have, it shouldn't be a problem. If it turns out that these werebeasts we're coming up with are no different than Picus' creations, then yes we are stepping on toes. If however, those phrases were just meant as a colorful way to say they're demonic, then we're not.

>>17916544
I don't think we pissed him off, we gave him cause for worry. By the way you are getting some really nice rolls.

Anyway, we could also spin it that they don't have the mind of a human. They have at least half of the mind of a fey.

>>17916557
I think he made dragons, and only dragons. All other monsters will be descended from dragons.

rolled 44 = 44

Picus is also concerned primarily with evil or selfish deeds and motivations.

Despite their beastial forms, they can still decide what to do with their lives and their abilities. If one of our were-creatures decides to cut loose and wreck shit, then that's Picus' domain. If they do something else, then they're not bound to him still.

rolled 76 = 76

>>17916544
We didn't exactly piss him off. He calmed down when we explained that we were going to do the same/similar thing for the first followers of all the gods.

In any case, the mother is praying to Sarma only. She sought our counsel and we saw fit to resolve it in such a way that though the balance is tipped more in her favor, the very nature of the child, trapped between the worlds of beasts and men, is much like that of Picus' creations. We believe this would be the optimal solution, unless he can provide a superior one?

>>17916563
what if instead of body of fey mind of human, we make them opposite, mind of fey and body of human.
simply a wanderer

rolled 48 = 48

>>17916603
We need to at least let some aspects of the child fall within Sarma's domain. She's the one the mother was praying to.

I think werebeast kid is the best solution so far.

It occurs to me, how long do fey live by natural causes? If they spend their entire life shape shifted, do they only live as long as that creature?

>>17916639
Agreed.

I would also say that, while we have the goddess of beauty here, discuss the idea of gifting Music to her followers.

>>17916653
Ooh, I'm liking the idea of music. Perhaps suggest it would be a great way to pass on knowledge in these early times?

>>17916664
Yeah! I bet Ius will like it too.

rolled 84 = 84

>>17916597
I'm not going to argue it any more, all I'm going to say is the least we should do is ask Picus if we're stepping on his toes, here.

Ius is already wary, we don't need to make ourselves look like we don't care about the others.

OP, I've read just about every Quest Thread ever. I've poured through the archives, reading huge sections of old quests for DAYS at a time.

I want you to know: This seriously has the potential to be THE BEST.

rolled 70 = 70

>>17916688

If one of the other gods has a problem, they can come to us.

rolled 75 = 75

>>17916643
I think the fey were meant to be extremely longlived, in accordance with their traditional mythological depiction. This would presumably carry over when they are shifted, and even if it didn't they could simply shift to a form that didn't have such a short life.

Also, didn't we determine that the fey had no form of their own, so they're always shifted into the form of something else that suits their fancy? Longevity changing with their current shouldn't be a problem in that case.

Also I'm putting a vote in favor of suggesting music to Sarma.

rolled 88 = 88

>>17916688
True...perhaps it would be wise to just ask Picus about the whole thing.

I mean, it didn't really take Ius any time to get over to where we are. Why don't we just drop in and say hello?

[sorry, took a break when the servers broke, Just now found out they were working again, i'll get back to writing in about 5-10m]

>>17916708

If I remember correctly, the light of our full moon causes their true form to be more present, in a misty incorporeal way.

>>17916737
I didn't even notice they were broken. Maybe it's because I'm posting with 4chan X?

rolled 99 = 99

>>17916763

Possibly. I'm just using regular ol' Firefox, and it was giving me hell there for about twenty minutes after Apotheosi posted the last description.

rolled 86 = 86

I have to say, as my first ever contribution to a quest thread, (i am : >>17916209) i am quite proud of how it went, i can finally see why these are so popular. I usually just read them in the archives

>>17916763

I am, too, and it has had problems.

There was actually a while around half an hour ago in which nobody could post for about twenty minutes. Not just here, but the whole /tg/. Don't know about the other Boards, but I assume so.

>>17916838
Moot is fucking with /b/ again, but /d/ seems fine.

Yeah, I'm on Chrome using 4chan plus and I had some posting issues for quite awhile.

>>17916864

wait so you're saying that if moot fucks with one board it effects the other boards as well?

what the hell?

rolled 60 = 60

I like the lycanthrope idea, but it doesn't fit with the Fey. The Fey are closer to elementals as we know it than animals. Make the child a were-fey, able to shift into the type of elemental its father/mother was at the time of his/her conception (and only that form).

>>17916940
Only if it's /b/. That gets more traffic than all the other boards combined.

>>17916959
Yah pretty much. When moot adds extra scripts to /b/ everything slows down because of all the traffic that hits /b/. That's my experience at least.

rolled 79 = 79

vote for lycantrophy

>>17916970

>>17916953
Think of it as recieving the blessing of the nature goddess. This is less about what makes sense and more about what's fair to the other gods.
We gave ourselves liches, and we promised we'd give the other gods similar things.

Also we're gods, we can totally do weird shit that doesn't have to make sense.

rolled 71 = 71

>>17916953
The fey aren't elementals though. They are, quite simply, shapeshifters who don't follow social norms. They can take the form of pretty much any mortal being. I don't think elementals are mortal beings, though.

>capcha: consort latuarat
The name of one of the child's parents is Latuarat.

After thinking for some time, you speak.

"I envision a creature that seems mostly human, save for a special quality of strength or wildness which could be attributed to personality. They are not fey, and thus should not be given the full powers of a fey, but I do see them as an extension of my third creation and thus do still favor them.

Therefore, I decree that whenever the full moon, my eye, shines upn them these half-fey will gain the powers granted to them by their fey blood, and shall be able to take on a single form from the vast selection of forms available to a true fey which most represents their personality."

"That sounds beautiful," Says Sarma, "But you speak as though these are your creatures alone..."

"No, I understand that other gods should have a say in this. Picus claims that all beasts with the mind of a man are his creatures, and these beings will certainly be part beast. Also, you are the recipient of the mothers' prayers."

"Yes, I would like to grace them as well. You say they shall be like beasts, so thus the beast shall recognize them. If they are not welcomed by either their fey or human ancestors, they will allways be able to find company with the animals of the wild. And finally I must answer the mothers' prayers directly, and I shall grant them not just the strength of a beast, as you have said, but also the beauty of nature in their grace when in human form."

You nod, "This sounds acceptable. Come, let us speak with Picus."

cont...

>>17917012
Yeah, the fey take biological forms. They're shapshifters in that they may take human forms, animal forms, hybrid forms, and so on. They're also curious, capricious, and petty.

>>17917031

Fuck yeah

You find Picus hovering above a sea of magma, he is currently speaking with some of his demons, but their conversation ends as you approach.

"Yes?" He asks.

"A Fey and Human have copulated, we have worked out how the new creature is to appear, but decided it was well enough into your domain to warrant input from you." Sarma explains

"Interspecies on the fifteenth day? Those fey of yours are very curious aren't they..." Says Picus, "What have you decided thus far."

You and Sarma explain the new creature.

"I see. You seem to shower this new creature in gifts. It would be a wonder if fey and humans didn't mate exclusively with each other if this is how things are to remain. Thus, I curse this creature with bestial instinct, so that it will always hunger. And when the moon is full and it is most in the form of the beast, so too will its voracity and furiosity increase."

Sarma recoils in offence, how do you react to this curse?

>>17917222
>You seem to shower this new creature in gifts. It would be a wonder if fey and humans didn't mate exclusively with each other if this is how things are to remain.

He's right here though. But perhaps make it possible for strong willed ones to clamp down on their hunger?

>>17917222
With the mind of a fey, these beings will have the chance to overcome their baser desires. And overcoming it will make them all the more beautiful. It is good to have a counter against it being too 'good,' and having them fight against an inner curse is a good way to do it.

rolled 24 = 24

>>17917222
The curse is appropriate, and Picus has a good point. Beastiality is a beauty of its own.

>>17917222
Sounds balanced. Make it so.

rolled 100 = 100

>>17917222
Make it so that the curse is managable with strength of will.

rolled 28 = 28

>>17917222
Makes sense. I was actually thinking that too: If all the werepeople are beautiful and intelligent and shit, humans will be extinct in a few dozen generations.

Although I was hoping, seeing as this is deity quest, we could come up with something more original than "there are werewolves now."

for my roll: You accept the curse benignly. You are the god of judgement and therefore justice, and you see that his curse is fair.

rolled 85 = 85

>>17917256
Forgot my roll, and I'm glad somebody (>>17917254) had the same idea.

>>17917263
oh shi-

rolled 40 = 40

>>17917222
"I accept they will have the -instinct- to fulfill their animal urges, but I think they should be allowed to resist their urges. So, the instincts will not be so over powering. However, resisting the urges brings no benefits besides the piece of mind that they did not succumb. Giving in offers temporary relief. Is this acceptable?

rolled 30 = 30

>>17917222

Sounds fair, but should that happen if they take the form of a more peaceful creature?

They should have the traits of the animals to the extreme.

>>17917222
Just nod and say that you understand. Picus seeks to make things stronger - in a way more beautiful, Sarma - by presenting them with adversity. Let's just confirm, though, that it is not an insurmountable hunger - that, while great, it can be overcome, if only by the strongest of wills. Otherwise, it is without purpose. And let's face it, we don't really 'get' the idea of a thing without purpose.

>>17917263
Well hell, looks like it was pointless for me to bother with this >>17917277 post.

rolled 45 = 45

>>17917286
My dice.

rolled 15 = 15

>>17917222

He's right, the race as we had it before was too perfect, it needs something else to balance it out.

They still need intelligence and the the will to be able to seek out their own path in life and not be wholly enslaved to their instinct. It will be a challenge, but not one that is impossible to overcome.

rolled 83 = 83

>>17917222
"So be it. But just as a mortal creature can endure hunger for long periods of time when in dire situations, so will those afflicted by this hunger be resist it if they are strong enough of will.

And should they fail to resist it, and give in to the call of the wild, then though they are rejected by their kin, the wilderness away from all civilization will always be a safe haven where they can hide, and there, safe in the embrace of nature, they may find peace and solace. Is this acceptable to the both of you?"

Picus should be satisfied with his contribution, and Sarma should be pleased that the werebeasts can find peace in her own domain.

rolled 51 = 51

>>17917286
>And let's face it, we don't really 'get' the idea of a thing without purpose.

Yeah, definitely. I think we're all agreed then.

rolled 73 = 73

>>17917222

'So It shall be, there must be balance in all things, and there can be no perfect beast with the sentience of a human. Our children the Fey will not regularly copulate with mankind, as is their nature, and while it is fitting that the union should beget more than the sum of its parts, there should be something for mortals to fear in their most base of desires. Remember Picus, this subject may again be raised with your children, and We will expect you to be as eager to curse the half-breed.'

Looks like we're all in a hivemind about this. Picus was right to curse them as he had, though we add the qualifier that it is a curse they're able to overcome if capable.

You consider it. "This is fair."

Sarma gives you a look of disapproval, but says nothing.

Picus, nods at you.

"But," You say suddenly, "we must remember that Ius would not tolerate anything which corrupts the will of a human towards amorality. So to prevent his ire I think it best that this hunger be defeatable through strength of will, temporarily."

Sarma stares at you inquisitively, Picus nods again.

"Yes, this is fair." Picus says.

"Good. I'll be on the moon." You say before leaving.

Sarma follows you.

"Did you actually think the curse was fair, and that the concession must be made for Ius' sake, or where you only manipulating Picus into thinking that?"

rolled 41 = 41

>>17917410
There can be no pure blessings. Every work of art has some minute flaw.

>>17917410
I believe that it is only through struggles and tribulations that things can grow and become better. The greater the gifts, the greater we must push them.

That being said, I would not have chosen something so overtly violent.

rolled 52 = 52

>>17917410
"I added the addendum because I know my creations. Above all else they refuse to be slaves to anything, especially not some curse of the gods. These creatures will have the mind of a fey, the body of a human, and the instincts of a beast. They will be able to resist this curse...but the curse was fair. If anything, those that resist will become all the more beautiful, and those that don't can flee into the wilderness, to live peacefully."

>>17917410
The curse is fair. Without it the half-breed would be superior to humans, and humans would be endangered. Eventually all humans would have fey blood, corrupting their free will.

rolled 38 = 38

>>17917410
"I manipulated Picus. I respect his intentions, but not his methods. He seeks to keep things from being perfect, to create adversity which ultimately strengthens. However, he goes too far, creating adversity which destroys. I understand that our blessings on these children were many, so much so that they were far more than their human parents. He went too far with his suggestion, but some adversity was needed. You yourself created environments which cause your animals and plants to grow and improve through adversity - it seemed only fitting that these children, blessed of the moon, have a surmountable one as well."

>>17917410
Hm. That manipulation seems a bit unfair, as none of us even mentioned doing something like that. Personally, I'm fine with the idea of the manipulation, but I'm not sure I like the idea of adding ulterior motives to our actions.

rolled 84 = 84

>>17917467
+1

>>17917494

Eh? Formless is about creating strife. Picus isn't exactly about balance, but his actions and creations made balance in the first place.

rolled 3 = 3

>>17917410

He was right in that the gifts we heaped upon such a race were maybe too favorable. But to damn a sentient being to be enslaved by their instincts, for reasons other than their own conscious decision is something that we cannot tolerate.

Mortal beings should have the freedom to decide their own fate. Although their life may present them with challenges, to make those challenges insurmountable makes their struggle ultimately meaningless. Everything in creation should have a purpose, to be able to grow and change and advance.

These werebeasts will have a hard road ahead of them. But this way, the at least have a road to travel at all, and not simply a pit to be stuck in.

>>17917498

[Sarma perceived it as manipulation, from Uraemrys standpoint it was just being diplomatic, and Picus may have seen it the same way. It's important to note that perceptions can change the state of things vastly, so don't always assume that what a character says is the case is indeed the case. Even if that character is Uraemrys.]

rolled 19 = 19

>>17917525
No, Picus creates strife, Formless creates "epic." Formless's strife is without purpose, but there is distinct purpose in Picus's.

rolled 38 = 38

>>17917410
"The curse was a necessary addition to our blessings. Picus spoke the truth when he said that there must be some drawback. Without a drawback there neither balance nor purpose to what we have created, and should things become too lopsided it would lead to only destruction.

"Without this curse humans would indeed without a doubt choose exclusively to mate with the fey. Not only is this contrary to my intentions to have the fey experience the full spectrum of what this world has to offer, but such practices would inevitably cause the extinction of mankind. Ius would be quite displeased with such a result, just as he would be displeased should Picus intrude on his domain. All of these would tip the balance and lead to conflict, which runs contrary to maintaining the beauty of this world.

"In any case, any of the half-breeds who are exiled by society shall inevitably seek the shelter of nature, where they are free to take upon their bestial forms. That is your domain.

"So, congratulations. You are the victor of this round of our game of divinity."

rolled 9 = 9

>>17917525
I think that we are the god that holds the scales, if you will. Picus rest heavily on one side, and Ius rest heavily on the other. Flawless is the one trying to knock the scales out of our hands, and Sarma is off fucking around elsewhere.

"I'll be on my moon."

rolled 84 = 84

>>17917578
+1

>>17917561
The distinct purpose being balance. Formless' epics are about causing Gods to war against the other. Picus is about being the counter, the balance, to Ius.

"He was right in his reasoning, and upon hearing him say it I knew that we had erred in heaping upon the half-fey so many blessings. I'm not entirely sure Picus even meant for the curse to be irresistible, I simply wanted to affirm that that wasn't the case in the way least likely to cause conflict, as avoiding conflict between the gods is one of my goals. Anyway, think of it not as a curse but a necissary flaw. A gem is all the more beautiful for its rarity. Giving the half-fey a obstacle in becoming what they have the potential to become makes those who do go the distance something greater."

"Your right." Sarma states, "I shall see to it that what we discussed is done in the womb of the mother, goodbye."

Sarma departs.

>>17917563
Ius - Order - Good
Picus - Chaos - Evil
Formless - Chaos - Legend
Sarma - Order - Beauty
Uraemrys - Balance - Knowledge

rolled 77 = 77

>>17917222
Picus is a dick. I suspect he's merely using the guise of "fairness" as an excuse to undo the work of others.

I'd be very much against making concessions with a beast-master capable of such malice.

>>17917659

I don't really see Picus as chaos.

In fact in DnD terms he seems fairly archetypal LE.

>>17917659

No, the guy you're quoting is more correct in his depiction. Picus is evil, yes, but not chaotic. He has a definite purpose in hand. Him and Ius are the same, they're just seeking opposing paths. Formless is all about upsetting the balance as a whole. Picus may be evil, yes, but it's Formless who is the chaotic one.

rolled 43 = 43

>>17917659
I think that's a fair description, save that I wouldn't call Ius and Picus good and evil but, rather, Beneficence and Adversity. Picus is literally Shaitan, the adversary.

>>17917659
>>17917710

Ius - Order - Beneficence
Picus - Order - Adversity

Sarma - Balance - Beauty
Uraemrys - Balance - Knowledge

Formless - Chaos - Legend

>>17917782

Fucking this

>>17917710

Yeah, Picus as the old-fashioned OT Satan makes more sense.

Formless creates chaos and conflict for its own sake, but while he's immature in that sense, he's not entirely stupid. If he gets out of line we can smack some sense into him.

>>17917782

Much more accurate, and its nice to actually have a visual of it. We have two for maintaining Order, but by highly opposing means. We have another two who are all about keeping balance, but for separate, but not mutually exclusive, reasons, and one who will do anything and everything to make something momentous.

You are glad that has been resolved. You look down upon Aptheosi once again.

A group of fey are currently trekking through the desert, you wonder if they may come across the pillar.

Ur has ascended to the top of a mountain near mount Ius, and surveys the land.

The drakfey now have centralized leadership in the form of one especially large drakfey.

And a thirteen humans just arrived nearly at once in the afterlife, how odd.

Should you direct your focus to any of these things? Await something else? Or see what the other gods are up to?

>>17917851
Let's see why the thirteen are here while keeping an eye on those desert fey and Ur.

>>17917851
Give your attentions to the 13 dead humans, and hear their story.

>>17917851

>Thirteen humans
>Ur
>Fey

In that order

rolled 25 = 25

It kinda bothers me that supposed gods didn't take any kind of long view on this lycantrophy thing. What happens to the children of the lycantrophe? To it's great, great, great grandchildren?

I vote for it to be sort of like the terrestrial exalted. There's a chance that every offspring becomes a lycantrope themselves, however, after generations of nobody becoming a lycantrophe the chances of it happening are increasingly rare. They are always there, however.

>>17917851

The thirteen humans are probably one tribe or small group that got killed all at once. Whether through natural means or otherwise is something we do not know however. But we will know when we judge them for the afterlife however.

Also, drakfey confirmed for Orkz.

rolled 74 = 74

>>17917851

We're a God, right? The thirteen dead, Ur, and the Gods. We have many eyes, no?

>>17917851
I'd like to know the circumstances under which the thirteen were killed.

rolled 27 = 27

>>17917878

Infertility perhaps?

>>17917878

That makes sense, I suppose.

>>17917899

[Unfortunately, I am not a god. Ever heard the phrase for tabletop games, "Don't split the party"? Well here it's "Don't split Uraemrys' conciousness except for taking care of uninteresting things."]

rolled 40 = 40

What, the dragons aren't doing anything? How boring. Turn an eye or three their way and check what's happening.

rolled 86 = 86

>>17917927
I think were + were = were.
were + human = human.
were + fey = fey.
were + drakfey = fey.
drakfey + fey = fey.
drakfey + dragon = dragon.
drakfey + human = ???.
dragon + human = ???.

rolled 77 = 77

This has been bothering me:
You say we will judge every sentient being that dies, correct?

How the fuck is it that the first sentient being to die was a human? How have we still had no drakfey deaths?

The first drakfey should have murdered his closest kin within minutes of creation.

>>17917945

I meant only for witnessing. As in, we may be talking to the thirteen dead, but we can see what is going on in other areas.

But if you only want us to choose one thing, I'd say that the order I wrote them in that post is most to least important to me.

>>17917982
Given that the dragons weren't given a shapeshifting ability, I don't think we have to worry about the dragon+human category.

>>17917982

Drakfey+human=Drakfey/Human. One or the other.

Dragon+human= Up to Picus

>>17917982
Yeah, but in a case like were+ human, I would like MOST of them to be human, some lycantrophes still possible.

were + fey? Mostly fey. Sometimes a lycantrophe still happens

>>17917999

Woah, didn`t think of that.


Nice trips by the way.

>>17917999

...

That is a good question.

We may need to have words with Formless.

>>17917999
now that's quite a problem indeed, we should at least investigate it after we deal with the other problems we have at the moment

rolled 12 = 12

>>17917999

I think the Formless one is up to something

rolled 62 = 62

>>17917999
This.

I'd also like to see the afterlife fleshed out a bit. Right now all we know is that there is one (or multiple ones? There was something about sending each soul to his appropriate god). I'd like to know... just more about where dead things go.

>>17917982
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NinjaPirateZombieRobot

>>17918016
Well, if it's a human male . . .

>>17918051

You know what, yeah, that takes priority. We can speak with the 13 dead later.

You direct your awareness to the thirteen humans now dead.

"I am Uraemrys, the Abdal. I am the god of judgement, and I hold the pen which writes the epilogue of every life. Now tell me who you are, and why you have all fallen."

Your form shifts around uncomfortably for a few seconds. When you stated that you would allways be the image of perfection before the mortals who looked upon you you forgot to take into acount what happens when multiple mortals look upon you. Noting that the group is of mixed gender, you find yourself an androgynous human with great eagle-like wings, still obsidian in form.

"Murdered"
"Betrayed"
"Tragedy"

You hear many other things from their minds as well, all along those same lines.

"Who, or what, brought you this tragedy?"

cont...

>>17918095

Yeah it's not like they're going anywhere.

rolled 18 = 18

Check out what formless is doing.

rolled 97 = 97

>>17918095
Forgot dem dere dice.

rolled 91 = 91

>>17918016
Well, we don't KNOW that dragons can't shapeshift. Besides, there's going to be other monsters eventually, some of which will probably be humanoid enough to mate with humans.

>>17918055
We fleshed out a great deal of the afterlife in the last thread.
http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/17889047/#17889961

>>17918108
WHO AMONG YOU HAS THE BIRD FETISH?

>>17918142
This.

>>17918142
>>17918158

I have a feeling this a reference to something I'm not getting.

>>17918158
>>17918142

Hush, that sort of thing doesn't matter now.

(although it is kind of funny)

>>17918177
you too?

>>17918190
>>17918177
Of the mixed group's perception of perfection, androgyny and great wings were formed. OBVIOUSLY someone likes birds in that group.

>>17918177
We manifested with wings. We normally don't do that, just a normal but idealized humanoid form. Apparently, someone things bird wings are part of an ideal humanoid form. Fucking bird fetishists.

>>17918142
>>17918158
I assume they have seen one of lus's angels.

"We didn't need to fight them, we had tried but they were to strong. He thought otherwise though, he said he would not be overrun by such despicable beasts. We asked him how he could possibly do this, and he said he would need us. We refused, but then he made us. He her soul from her body and placed a new one of his own creation into it. We asked him how he could do this, and he said the sun had told him. We tried to fight him but the she helped him. So did others. We are all dead now, and we march against them."

You try to sort out meaning from these words.

>>17918227
>>17918219

I get it now. Though, really, I'm sure it's because of Ius' angels.

Perhaps one of them encountered an angel or Ius himself, which shaped their perception of the perfect being.

>>17918239
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT

rolled 95 = 95

>>17918239
Check who it is. I'm guessing formless but it's possible it was ur.

>>17918239
Sorta sounds like necromancy

>>17918239
Has our lich gone bonkers? No, that can't be it.

>>17918239
It sounds kinda like Ur used necromancy to turn some people into warrior undead to fight against something dire.

rolled 29 = 29

>>17918239

Mother. Fucking. FORMLESS. COME ON OUT, BRO, I JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

>>17918239
... what new devilry is this?

>>17917659
Lus = Lawful Good
Picus = Lawful Evil
Uraemrys = Lawful Neutral
Sarma = True Neutral
Formless = Chaotic Neutral

>>17918239
How about we just focus on one mind, instead of all thirteen.

>>17918239
Zombies/ghouls whatever. Check up on the champion.

>>17918292
>>17918283
>>17918280
>>17918274

He created a soul to replace the one he took out. Necromancy can't do that. A God can. Formless.

You mentally check on Ur. He sits, contemplative, atop a mountain. You doubt he had anything to do with this.

You wish they could tell you where this happened.

Regardless it definitely sounds like someone is using your necromancy for wrong.

rolled 36 = 36

>>17918296
dude, what? formless has nothing to do with the sun.

>>17918311
Oh eww. D&D alignments. Can't we just leave that shit behind us?

>>17918323
welp.... we'd better check out the place where the 13 mortals got killed

>>17918328

That literally means nothing.

>>17918312

[The ambiguity is caused by a lack of language, not their numbers. They have no names for one another.]

>>17918328
Good point...the sun...hmm...isn't Ius the sun? Picus is the center of the earth. Sarma is a glade. What is formless doing? We need to remember, he is the trickster.

rolled 46 = 46

Picus did someshit with adding the sun's fire and the void's shadow together in his demons. Probably Picus. This seems like a deliberately malevolent act, rather than an epically chaotic one.

Remember guys, we stand for balance and knowledge. If this turns out not to have been undue meddling on the part of one of the other gods we don't have any place seeking retribution or whatnot.

>>17918323
>>17918323
"Wrong."? Why do we think it's "wrong", specifically.

Send the dead on their way. Tell Ur to check out this necromancy, or maybe inform lus about the situation and he might get his angels on it.

rolled 98 = 98

>>17918368
>trickster
No, he isn't. he just wants to see awesome shit happen. We just jumped to the conclusion that he was That God

>>17918368

Ius is a mountain.

>>17918364
>he said the sun had told him

rolled 7 = 7

>>17918366
But they can projects other concepts pretty well, even without their names. They should be able to point out anyone in their group in this way.

Anyway, try to find out where this shit happened. Or get a more detailed description of who did it and then keep a lookout for anyone like that. We have plenty of eyes to look with, after all.

>>17918397

In all fairness, he's still a That Guy, and playing a Trickster God, even with his reasoning being that he just wants to see awesome shit happen.

>>17918311
It's outlined better here
>>17917782

dnd alignments don't quite cut it. I get a distinctly chaotic evil feeling from formless, though not the same kind of evil that Picus is.

Keep questioning the humans.

>>17917999
Just reminding everyone that this bullshit absolutely needs to be next on the agenda

[Please add d100 rolls with your commands, it is difficult to choose an action over another when the former didn't even roll. Currently only a couple real actions have numbers above them. Don't mean to be a nazi about it, but in the long run it prevents accusations of me picking unfairly]

rolled 46 = 46

>>17918489

It may be related to the topic at hand, but in case not yeah, I agree.

rolled 20 = 20

>>17918239

It sounds like Ius' angels are trying to promote humanity into pre-emptively attacking the dragons...

could arcane magic be used to control a human? because that could be what they are trying to describe.

rolled 43 = 43

>>17918494
Set eyes to look at whatever might remind us of the 13 human's descriptions unspecifically, and a few eyes at anything formless has anything to do with specifically.

[Also we are now Auto-sageing. Cannot decide if I should make another thread and try to revive it whenever I can tomorrow Or if I should end this in a cliffhanger.]

>>17918512

That's what I'm wondering. It might not be Ius himself, but Ius' servants, the Angels.

>>17918546
I'm content with either option.

rolled 93 = 93

>>17918546

Let us resolve this issue for now, please?

>>17918546
New thread, please.

>>17918546
I'm fine with either, just want to be able to read it in archive if I miss it. I like your quest a lot.

>>17918546
Start a new thread, got a good following of people on the thread at the moment.

>>17918546
new thread!

>>17918547

Either way I think it definitely has something to do with Ius's faction.

Maybe we could talk to him about this?

rolled 38 = 38

>>17918604

Not yet. Let's not bring any accusations to anyone's door until we get some more evidence.

We are a god of knowledge. How about we give a "GIFT OF LANGUAGE" to the humans so they stop being annoying?

>>17918646

I thought that's one of the reasons we sent Ur back as a lich?

rolled 13 = 13

>>17918646

Ur is working on that. If you mean an actual gift of language, fuck no. We're the God of Knowledge, yes, but we're more about our creations learning for themselves then just giving it to them.

>>17918646

I think Ur is in charge of doing that.

>>17918670
Well he's just sitting atop a amountain.

>>17918688

Give it time, bro.

New thread

>>17918684

rolled 10 = 10

>>17918715

Awesome