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@Baxtra: Once again, Monstrous life do not possess supernatural abilities and neither does any non-sentient creature that Muthadh has created or modified. Once again, and I doubt anyone would remember this but I did talk about how fungi are not technically plants in any way other than appearance. Thus all the creatures that Muthadh has created are not plants either. Dnd has classified fungi as plant types because it is easy to do so and because it fits their physical appearance or make up. I cannot change how Dnd/PF classifies their creatures and I wont bother trying because their classifications are irrelevant to the LoC distinctions.

I honestly don't care all that much anymore though. I don't care if you keep your animal handling and training concepts so long as you understand that any non-sentient creature with magical powers or supernatural abilities is at least a magical life form.

Even if it does not possess those things, if you put a group of those creatures up against a group of humans, and it still gets a +1 bonus simply because of what it is, then that is by definition a monstrous life form.

You already pointed out that you traded to me toxicology, so I am good with that. You already have chemistry as an advanced concept so I have no idea why the hell you would want it as a mundane concept other than to deny anyone else from taking it.

That is a dick move though to be honest, I don't see how taking any concept and simply buying it in a different tier is any where near legal.

Interesting... alright, nevermind then.

@Veldrin: EDIT YOUR POST! Artifacts are items wielded by mortals! A god touching one will destroy it! Quick! Change it to a Relic!

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@Monkeygod: sorry for the vinegar and happy birthday.

@Baxtra: I need you to look at the most recent concepts you have created because I believe we have some overlap that might lead to conflict.

Your animal training and handling can be confused for my monster training and domestication, mainly because they do the same thing. I will need clarification as to whether or not "animals" are considered "monsters" in which case if they are, then we have a conflict. If not, then I am fine with it.

You already developed chemistry as an advanced concept and that was after I traded it to you for toxicology, which you also just tried to create. Im not sure that you can (or would even need to) create a mundane version of an identical advanced concept. Im assuming that if you have the advanced concept, then the mundane part of that concept is already included. I could be wrong on that front.

Regardless of the verdicts above, you are still encroaching on my concept on toxicology. A concept which I will reiterate, you traded to me so you could have chemistry.

The Librarian will take Baxtra's hand and lead her via travel through the columns to Alliandra. we can say this happened prior to your discussion so that everyone is there, minus Muthadh who clearly is being summoned after the conversation was mostly through.

The messenger will nod,"At once, Great Mother." and his dusty body will crackle with electricity as he flashes into a column and zips through until he finds Muthadh.

"M'lord, are you well? Our mother asks for your presence. She says that our father is there."

Muthadh stops what he is doing at the mention of his father,"He is? Though he is responsible for my being, I have never truly known him..." he offers his hand,"Bring me to them." The messenger nods and taking the god's hand, they both flash into a nearby pillar and make way to Alliandra's retreat in this shadowy realm. They will arrive relatively quickly. As soon as he appears he nods and says to the Messenger,"Thank you." he will call out,"Father?" as he moves around, shrinking himself down from his huge size in order to fit within her home if he must.

4 AP for altering a plane's rules?

I can work with that.

Are there any restrictions on how much we can change or anything?

The Messenger:

The Messenger arrives at the wooden cottage built by a goddess. In a flash he is through a window and floating before the Great Mother. With a voice like that of a wind on a spring day, he says "Hello Great Mother. I am the Messenger of the Nexus. I have come bearing great news. Muthadh has ascended and emerged from his slumber. He wishes to speak with you. Is that acceptable?"

He floats a respectable distance from her, a medium sized wisp of multi colored spores kicked up by a continuous dust devil, having a form that barely resembles the fungal lord. Despite his lack of a truely physical form, he still takes on a respectful posture. His hands together and inf front of him, his body lower than head height for Alliandra so that she can look down and he up at her. His body curved in a soft bow.

The Librarian:

Baxtra will see random discharges amidst the columns within the plane. Sometimes, her own power use would hit such a column and go flying off in a seemingly random direction and never to be seen again. Floating there and looking about, something will find her. Electricity crackles in a pillar close to her and with a flash of light that pierces the darkness, the shadowy librarian appears before Baxtra. It has been some time since she last saw the fungal lord and the Librarian certainly resembles him but his form is entirely composed of wispi and swirling shadows. semi translucent if not for the sheer darkness of his form.

He speaks in a calm and emotionless voice, "Hello Goddess Flairchild. I am called the Librarian of the Nexus of Shadow. I am responsible for the care and cataloging of energy within this plane. Is there something or someone you are in search for? Some thing I can help you find?"

The Nexus of Shadow shudders as the force within it begins to emerge from its cocoon. Muthadh has ascended and with the cracking of that shell, comes a release of electricity and shadowy winds - like a windstorm had been kept within that container for eons. It tears through the immediate vicinity, whipping past and connecting with the pillars of the realm but otherwise not doing much harm. The shadowy librarian stands there unfazed as he awaits his progenitor's return.

The winds and energy coalesce into a more definite shape. Muthadth is back though a bit larger and bulkier to show for it. Aside him is a smaller version of himself - not unlike the librarian in that he is merely a shard - but unlike the librarian, this one is barely an electric cloud in the shape of their fungal master. Muthadth says "Librarian, I want you to meet The Messenger." The shards bow to one another. Muthadh says,"Your duties will remain as they always have, Librarian. Messenger, please find our mother and let her know I have emerged and wish to see her if she is ready." The voice crackles as it flashes from the Messenger,"At once m'lord!" and with a flash the messenger zips through the plane like lightning.

On the material plane, the Lorekeepers receive news of more knowledge has been placed upon the world. The magical arts of weather and wind control.

Muthadh will cloak himself in shadow and travel to the Nexus. There he will go to the center to collect energy around himself. He tells the Librarian,"It is time for me to ascend. I will be within this shell for some time. Mind the place and let mother know that I will see her when I have finished growing up." He gives the shard a wry grin before the two work together to harden shadow magicks around him. As the cocoon of sorts, seals around him, he will slumber until his power his increased enough to allow him to ascend.

The Librarian will make his way steadily to find Alliandra to deliver the good news - riding the galvanized strands of the Nexus. It does not take him long as the cocooned god releases a pulse of energy through the Nexus, energizing the shadowstuff even more!

"When weaving a plane, the creating god must decide on any special features it has, such as accelerated time, or empowered magic. "

As qouted from the rules section on the 5 AP of creating a plane.

When you created the plane, you could have barred all gods from entering the plane or something, perhaps based on them being alive or something.

I myself have not blocked gods from entering my plane but I did specify (on creation) that gods could not affect the permanent structure of the plane - only mortals could.

Those kinds of details can be important like in instances like this.

They will draw on the ground, explaining that they come following the stars.

They try their best to illustrate that it is their goal to find something embedded on the continent that they are supposed to find.

They learn that the ship wont be able to take off until tomorrow - its a really big fungus and needs to stock up for another month's travel.

They also learn that the Lorekeepers are not planning on leaving.

the lorekeepers nod,"You created a barrier to keep the birds away. Thank you." they bow their heads softly and smile. They will repeat the words back to the Llieldasine as they begin the process of learning their language.

Their healing magics would specifically not work as they are trying to heal something that needs to be repaired. Shadowstuff itself is non-organic so healing magics don't work on it at all. Also, due to its magical nature, it requires powerful creation magic to conjure the stuff and repair it.

However, their magics are not wasted. The spells they use to facilitate the growth of the Mycellum works perfectly. What should take an hour probably takes no more than a few minutes thanks to them. Being a fungus based vessel, the surrounding flora wont be particularly happy about its presence as it begins to break down plant matter that the mycellum is connected to. If indeed they CAN hear the fungus, it is probably quite happy at the moment and its doubtful they will care about anything beyond their singular thought of "Nom nom nom!" that they are thinking right now.

The Lliedesine will find a lot of wispi's own provisions are either moldy or slimy. They seem to enjoy the flavor of it anyway. The Wispi will still enjoy the gifts being offered to them but none of the Faolchu will even approach anything remotely fresh. They only seem to stomach the rotted stuff.

She will shrug and will shout back to the others,"They want to approach and try and "heal" the ship! Give them space!" there is some grumbling but they call back,"Fine but if they damage any of the shadowstuff, they join our salad bar!"

The lorekeeper sighs and will look back to the eldest and make a kind of pleading motion to be careful before motioning for her to continue.

She nods and bows her head and will gesture for her to wait as she heads back through the veil.

She addresses the group,"They don't appear to be aggressive... well overly aggressive. They didn't attack us. They simply pulled us down because they thought we were in trouble. They think the ship is in... pain and that it is damaged."

Another says,"They are not entirely wrong. So what is the problem then? What do they want?"

The lorekeeper will explain,"They want to feed and heal the ship before they will let it - and us - go."

One of the shadow crafters groans,"By that time, the jungle will have picked the shadows apart! We wont be flying anywhere!"

The lorekeeper nods,"They do not speak Auren and they appear to be partially if not full blind to some forms of light. She didn't seem to be able to perceive our illusory explanation at all. This means explaining what shadowstuff is... well it will be difficult. It will take time. For now though, we are not in hostile territory. You can drop the veil, keepers... it is likely they cannot even perceive it."

The veil drops. The faolchu growl once the veil is down but they are calmed by their handlers. Weapons are being sheathed... if the person was lucky enough to have a sheath... or a weapon. Aggressive stances are being dropped though a wary attitude still remains. The Lorekeepers all disembark to greet the leafy woman.

she points to the model in her hands and shakes her head. She reaches with sharp fingers and pinches her own arm,"Oooo!" in a dramatic fashion, before shaking her head. She points to the craft she came on and then points to her stomach and makes a growling sound. She pats the ground softly and makes a "Mmmmm" sound and looks to her to see if she understands.

The craft was plated in about a foot of shadowstuff... minus where the birds got at it... the fungal cap that made up the craft hull was slowly letting down its mycellum threads but that would take its own time.

Meanwhile, the Lorekeepers change their chanting. Unlike before, the chanting is not quite uniform throughout. It causes the illusion to warble and warp:

The spoiler below details what the illusion does. They are using a FIGMENT which means it is something that is being left out for others to observe - it is not being sent into the minds of the subjects unlike a PHANTASM which is purely mental. Plant folk are immune to mind affecting effects and depending on how you believe illusions should work, would make them incapable of seeing any illusion - regardless of its effects. I leave it up to you whether or not they can perceive illusory figments.

A woman who then steps beyond the veil and out into the open, carrying a knotted staff.

She speaks in Auren:"Tháinig muid i síocháin..." and she kneels down in a similar fashion to the other one.

There comes great howling from the Wispi,"Secure the main sails! Get the little ones below decks! Secure the Faolchu! ALL HANDS BRACE FOR IMPACT!"

With the grabbing and lowering, the find the descent not as turbulent as they expected. Touching down on the soft soil, the craft itself is ready to root, thinking this is perfectly normal. The shadowstuff still trying to fight the foilage holding it down a bit but beyond that little upward motion. The wispi get into natural defensive stances. Faolchu alongside their handlers, armed with tooth, claw, scavenged sword, shield, and anything else they could find. The Lorekeepers begin to chant and coordinate their shadow magic. Concentrating on their focuses, they shield the craft in an inpenetrable visual illusion. A glittering veil of blackness and starlight. None can see in, but the defenders can see out.

The Lorekeepers quiet their chanting some, simply maintaining their spell for a duration and waiting to see what comes next.

The Destiny's Tempest continued on its course. As the birds began to inspect the soft and spongy shadowstuff, it became clear that they might become a problem. After a scout had to dangle on a side to inspect the hull, they found the nesting birds. On the bright side, they had plenty of food to hunt. On the down side though, the birds were irrevocably damaging the craft! There was no telling if they could find enough shadowstuff to repair the hull.

Ceannaire Urmah was greatly concerned,"We need to find a landing position immediately or we may find ourselves crashing!"

The only Male leader, Ceannaire Hyli said,"We land here and we can forget ever taking off again. The creatures here do not know any better. They will tear apart our hull faster than we can rebuild it. We must turn towards the sea."

Ceannaire Urmah scoffs,"We turn back, we might not make it! We already now there is no place to land where we came from!"

Ceannaire Incari says,"A gamble then? If we are to crash, should we do so closer to the sea or in the middle of a jungle we know little about? Even should we find a clearing, Ceannaire Urmah is correct. We will not take off again. Without our bearings, at that. To the sea we go, or be swallowed up by the jungle."

Ceannaire gives a short nod and turns to a crewman,"We are turning around. Tell the Iarrthoir Pacáiste to keep the wildlife off of our hull. Spread the word to hold on to loose items. We must make a sharp turn portside in order to make the sea before Fréimhe." The crewman nods and growls before bounding off, howling orders.

The Destiny's Tempest continued its voyage over the seas. The winds were kind but weak, keeping progress slow. The families keep themselves busy, either tending to the well being of the craft or tending to the well being of the passengers...

The Lorekeepers did what they could to keep the tension down. The Destiny's Tempest was one of many vessels that had elected to travel so far and so quickly, but without the normal interactions the caravan routes encountered. Despite their love of travel, the number on board still strained their nerves.

During the day while some were recording what they witnessed and interviewed the elders for the families' histories, a few others told stories of the old times. Using illusions of various senses to tell stories of monstrous tribes or terrible beasts being beaten back by brave families and their clever wit.

At night they look up to the Réaltaí - the stars and help guide the helmsmen along their way. Songs of simple heroes are sung as reminders of the roles that all can play if they are able and the circumstances are JUST right.

Nearly a month has passed since their last touch down. Supplies are fine, supplemented as they are with fishing, but the craft needs its rest as well... Then they see it. The continent of Dragon. Like a dark emerald it beckoned to them.

A young male crewman jumps up to the helm,"Ceannaire Incari. Land spotted ahead. Looks like the right place. Thick jungle and all."

Ceannaire Ora Incari stood as regal as a wispi could, her eyes surveying the landscape. She nodded to him,"Very good. Let the Iarrthoir Pacáiste know that they will be needed in finding a landing zone." he bounds off to let the scouts know. Once gone she turns to the Lorekeeper,"So please tell me. What do you know of the continent?"

Another female, this one older, says softly,"Is that not what we are here to find out? I know it is thick with jungle... but we have no maps. No way to tell where or how to get to a city. We will simply have to trust in the Réaltaí to guide us."

Ora squirms at that thought,"And should the Réaltaí not actually lead us anywhere?"

The Lorekeeper sighed, her hands running along a knotted staff,"Tch! So little faith, Ceannaire Incari? The Réaltaí will not lead us to the knowledge we seek. No... they will only lead us close enough. Gone are the days when things were more simple. Like leanaí taking their first independent steps... we too must forge our own paths."

Ora looks unimpressed. She asks,"So does that mean when we get... wherever we are going, that means you will leave my Flotilla?"

The Lorekeeper chuckles,"You are not your Flotilla and it is not yours... but yes I and my Pacáiste will leave you in peace. No more sharing your resources with poor old freeloaders like myself."

Ora bows her head slightly and softly,"I meant no disrespect of course."

The Lorekeeper chuckles,"Fufufu I am sure." She taps the floor with her staff,"Good winds Ceannaire Incari."

Ora nods,"May they keep you aloft, Lorekeeper." The lorekeeper leaves and Ora looks back to the horizon and the thick jungles that await them and the Flotilla aboard the Destiny's Tempest.

Muthadh created a guide in the sky for the wispi to follow. however, in order to follow it, they needed a way to get there. lashing together a bunch of their wagons was an alright idea, but it became clear that they needed a specialized vehicle to bear them across the skies.

They worked hard, harvesting shadowstuff in great numbers in order to counter the weight they would bear aloft. Like the islands that they call home. Soon, the very first of dozens of giant air ships was launched, with several drifts of Wispi banding together to pilot these craft in all directions. The Lorekeepers chartered one called "Destiny's Tempest" which contained the Incari, Hyli, and Urmah drifts. A ruling council of the head matrons in each drift determined their course.

"Towards the Dragon Continent!" Said the Lorekeepers.

They set off in search of their first quest location.

With his people taking to the skies, he decided to take their new home as his domain. He thought back to an old god who had departed this world. He searched the metaphysical to find his power and take it for his own. With the wind at his front, he spread his arms and welcomed it. Thunder clapped and lightning struck all around him as he took on a new mantle in preparation of his growing power.

@Baxtra: Yeah I am good with that. I will take Toxicology instead of chemistry. same cost so no need to mess with points. So we can just ammend that.

The female wispi would be the only ones to benefit from weapon making since the males use tooth and claw. However, I also like it for the narrative. With your weapon making and now chemistry, you will be able to make chemical warfare. Like weaponized acids and such.

Meanwhile I have alchemy and now toxicology. Once they earn the knowledge, you could conceivably find your nearest wispi caravan having a witch or two who will trade you magical potions and poisons for a price.

So all in all, I am okay with it.

@baxtra: Are you wanting to trade something for Advanced concept: Chemistry?

Cause I purchased it in my post right before yours

Muthadh consolidates his power and broadens his influence.

Then he will take a trove of knowledge and scatter it about. Those who wish to gain their power, must quest for them and earn them.

He sends the lorekeepers a gift - a message that tell them of their task:

"Lorekeepers. You have been given much knowledge and much responsibility, but the time has come to prove you have what it takes to grow beyond what is given to you. Gather your heroes and seek out other peoples to aid you. This knowledge is yours to claim as lorekeepers - not as Wispi. Go now. Learn and grow."

Since alchemy has been thrown around a bit, I am definitely taking it since when I asked a while ago if anyone had taken it I A) got no responses and B) have been unable to find any references to it as a concept before then. However, before I do anything crazy like that, I need some feedback on its overall power level. Is alchemy considered an advanced concept that uses mundane resources to create uncanny but otherwise mundane effects or is it a magical concept that takes the magical properties of otherwise mundane (or magical) objects and combines them into something likewise magical?

If it is the former, then should we really call it alchemy or just chemistry and be done with the fanciful name? If it is the latter, then will simply coming up with the concept somehow instill the magical essence within said objects or would some AP expenditure be required?

Also, if I pick up Alchemy, will I still need to pick up toxicology? The study of explosives? (heh heh Vibrational Spectroscopy - such a silly name) What about Pharmacology? (apothocaries) There are tons of things that have some basis in (al)chemistry... which honestly is something I expected when I went this whole "symbiosis" route.

It is highly unlikely that we found wood resin acids by bathing in water and then finding burns. For one, the acid is not particularly strong - its by products can be used as bleaching agents for instance and that is taking away the fact that if a person is bathing in a body of water large enough to douse their body, no single tree will be capable of producing enough of the acid to burn them. Bleach their skin or hair maybe, after spending many a day lounging around in its waters, but burning is highly unlikely. I wouldn't presume that ancient peoples were not dumb enough to bathe in acidic water, I just doubt the same people would then bottle the stuff up and throw it at people.

Doing a bit more research, the compound is far more toxic than it is acidic. Trees produced the acid as a defense against insects and fungi - not for dissolving faces off of thine enemies. If you somehow got face dissolving acid from wood resin in water, then that means you either added something in to make a different (and more powerful) acid OR you took something away (refined the acid into a more potent form) both of which fall easily within the realm of Alchemy. Maybe there is more to it that you are aware of that my searching can't reproduce - namely that all you need is some good ol' wood resin and water in order to make a weapon.

Regardless, doing the research I have found that wood resin found within temperate coniferous trees (like the ones around where I live! yay!) can be used for all kinds of purposes! Time to bust out the chem set.

>BJ

The easiest way to tell if something chemical is (al)chemical is to determine if it is harvested naturally or if created artificially. Finding and harvesting tar is natural while soaking wood resin in water is artificial. One method requires finding the resource in its natural environment while the other requires the component parts and knowledge of how to put them together.

If you harvest the tar but then add in a catalyst to create ignition, you are once again back at the "requires the component parts" side.

I like the idea of magical schools having a legendary root attached to them. A. it prevents all of the schools of magic being gobbled up and hoarded and B. the LoC rules (even prior to being re-written) kinda leaned in that direction anyway.

As for grandfathering them, I would prefer the former over the latter.

The Wispi are being sent out to various parts of the world. They are appropriate targets.

@Alliandra: Also, I have no problem sharing those concepts. I will look for a few things that I would like but like with Baxtra, I am okay with you taking now, and I take later.

Gypsy Crone:"Yes... yes! I will give you what you want, yes! For a fee of course.... eheheheh... oh don't worry about the price for now... we can discuss that later! How about we worry about how I can help YOU! eheheheh!"

Muthadh watched his children grow and evolve. They were surviving in this world and starting to understand it. Hardly a full society, they were a group of separate tribes called “Drifts” made up of a family or two of Wispi nomads, always moving from place to place… He wished to allow them to specialized even more. To the best of the hunter-gatherers, he gave them the knowledge needed to master their enviroments. To the wander-lusting socialities he gave the confidence to span out across the world, following the bring Sparks in the sky to other lands in search of trade and new cultures. To the wisest, he gave the greatest duty; to keep and preserve the histories of their people, from now to forever more.

He had more knowledge to give but he felt the time for hard evolution was at hand. They no longer could simply inherit their gifts. They had to earn them. So he watched, from the shadows as always, in search of those with strong enough will and wisdom to snatch up their power.

[action=Create Mundane Concept: Pastoralism] This is a type of nomadic lifestyle in which the people don't simply follow the herds of their prey or gather the fruits of the season. This is the evolution in which they herd the creatures themselves. Taking them and domesticating them and feeding them off the land so that they may harvest their meat (fungal flesh), their milk (a slimy fruiting juice), and their hides (chitin).[/spoiler] 1 AP

[action=Create Mundane Concept: Peripatetic Minorities] This is a group of people who travel from location to location and rely on more sedentary civilized areas in order to ply their trades and sell their wares. These are also the groups most likely to be seen outside of the Isle's of Auren. They have different colloquial names. Gypsies, Vagrants, and such names are just a few but they are all a part of the same lifestyle. A symbiotic (or parasitic) relationship with the civilizations that they visit and trade with. [/spoiler] 1 AP

spoiler=Create Mundane Concept: Domesticate Monster] Monsters like Faolchu are dangerous and to the denizens of the Isles of Auren, all creatures are predators and prey of one another. Knowing this, Wispi also know that everything is connected. Everything depends on each other. As such they have learned to appreciate and take advantage of this close connection and domesticate local monsters for their needs. This includes harvesting their flesh for meat but also includes milking and harvesting hides. [/spoiler] 1 AP

In addition to all of the above, I am sorta retroactively taking Magical Concept Illusion (shadow) and giving it to the Wispi since the Wisps and Continent Clouds had it already. With all of those other costs, it should total 17 AP which should bring me to either 0 or 1 depending on how many people we have in the pantheon.

Yeah pretty much. Once you have hit legendary, there really isnt much higher to go. To be honest, if you have a legendary collossal titan and a legendary tiny fae, as far as capabilities, stats, and competitiveness goes, they are completely equal. A hero would be your best bet... speaking of which, I plan on spicing things up a bit by creating concepts that the races must EARN rather than simply get by proxy of being your creation. As such I need heroes to go and quest for them. IF ya want, we can see about throwing in a hero or two in some quest for knowledge and power.

Alright, here is the list again with the one change in cost for magic illusion. With the cost being 17, I know I can barely afford it thanks to being in a pantheon... I just dont remember if we are getting 1 AP or 2 AP yet. Either way, I will be posting and locking these in. I am plenty happy with sharing and trading some of these. Just let me know which ones and I can give your race a "blessing" in the form of gypsies~! Among them will be Lore Keepers with the knowledge of the concepts that you seek, and being gypsies themselves, they are okay with taking IOUs!

Create Mundane Concept: Pastoralism: 1 AP
Create Mundane Concept: Peripatetic Minorities: 1 AP
Create Mundane Concept: Domesticate Monster: 1 AP
Form order: Lorekeepers: 2 AP
Create mundane concept: Organic Architecture: 1 AP
Create Advanced Concept: Train Monsters: 2 AP
create advanced concept: Harvest Shadowstuff: 3 AP
Create advanced concept: Shadowstuff Wagons: 2 AP
create mundane concept: Scavenge: 1 AP
Adopt Magical concept: Illusion magic: Shadow 3 AP

17 AP total cost.

Shadowstuff is its own tricky concept. Technically, it was created when the Nexus of Shadow was created along with the Legendary Concept of Shadow Magic. I could make it magical concept, but the fact is, it already exists. There would be no Nexus of Shadow OR Shadow Magic without it. Using any of the schools of Shadow Magic could not be done without it either.

However, I can agree that the ability to USE the Shadowstuff in NON-magical ways could qualify as a magical concept.

That will drive up costs but I totally forgot that being a part of a pantheon gave me a few more points to use. so I can still afford it I think.

@Alliandra: what concepts are you looking for? I am trying to go for the Symbiosis Domain so I am trying to link my concepts with that.

@Baxtra: Sure, I have no problem with you using it. Can I use your Trap concept to alchemize something later on? When I have the points again...

Alrighty folks. The next suite of actions is coming up. Please give the list a look through and see if there is anything that you were already planning on using or if I am taking a concept that has already been taken by someone else.

Furthermore, no one has taken Magic: Illusion so I will be taking that. With that 3 AP cost, that will be a total of 16 AP which is everything I have. FUN!

Muthadh looks up to the sky through the shadowy continent shades. With all of the extra light being given to this world, the shades were growing quickly as they absorbed their multiple energies to fuel itself... consequently, the life on the islands was growing quickly as well. He expected it to take much longer to fully terraform the lands than it is doing on its own thanks to the multiple celestial objects in the heavens, all affecting Anya in their own ways.

The Wisps have been troubled by this change in events... the air is... thicker now. Flying about is not as easy as it once was... and they get weird spore gunk stuck in their gas bodies! Eww! They migrate quickly to the Isles that have yet to be affected by the shades... but they cant run forever. When finally all of the Islands are under his sway, he releases another curse, this time on the Wisps. They would shudder as they are given a more definite form. Bodies complete with physical systems and physical needs for those systems.

This resulted in alot of chaos among the newly created Wispi... they were confused... some scared and others angry... they needed direction and in response, Muthadh gave them guidance... he gives them a blessing. He guides them with bright stars to the central places of each island. There to discover tablets made of dark stone that emit a soft glow in the darkness or dim it in greater light but shaped as if grown from the soil like trees. These tablets contain the knowledge that they needed to kick start their new lives... basic knowledge on how to survive, on how to build homes and tools, on how to secure a better future... all while leaving out morals, emotions, culture, and politics... leaving all of that for them to decide on their own.

@Baxtra: cool thanks. I will deal with that later then, after you introduce it.

@Baxtra: You go ahead and take it. As it is, all I can do at the moment is buy and then sit on these concepts. I cant use them really until the Wisps are transformed.

Is alchemy taken? It is another one I am planning on taking... and its theme of combining stuff fits the Symbiosis theme I am trying to build to.

@Alliandra: Below are a few ideas that I will be spending points on fairly soon. They will need a bit tweaking before I will post them officially but you can get the idea from these rough drafts.

Ultimately, I am trying to go for the Symbiosis Domain if I can. Symbiosis is a term used nowadays for a slightly more specific set of relationships between creatures but it used to be far more generalized and would be used as an umbrella term to describe all relationships = be it for people or otherwise. Symbiosis includes Mutualism (beneficial for both) Parasitism (beneficial to one, harmful to the other), and Commensalism (benefits one but doesn't harm or help the other). I plan on trying to play with those themes in the future but most of the ideas I want to use require that they have some kind of interaction with another creature.

@Alliandra: Also, I have yet to figure out a name for the insect creatures you gave me but I did come up with an idea to "alchemize" them with your Lliedesine to "create" a new race. I am trying to avoid simply creating new races out of no where (I kinda don't have a choice for creating planes or stars though). I want their origins to come from already existing sources if I can. I... also haven't figured out a name for this race idea either... but I do know that they will be kinda the opposite of the Wispi in that they are not very magical but rather very grounded and logical. They are insect like with a pseudo - hive mind mentality and a knack for manufacture and sciences.

Create magical concept:

Create Magical Concept:

Alchemize concept:

Create advanced concept:

Mundane concept:

@Baxtra: I can understand that. Keep in mind that you technically can do whatever you want, there are just consequences of your actions. If you want to mess around with stuff that belongs to another deity's domain, you can totally do that, they will just be aware of it. Depending on the deity they might be pissed off or they might not care. They might even approve of it. It all depends on the deity in question. If you over step your bounds, the same thing applies. If the deity in question does not approve of your actions, they can try and stop you with deity combat (which is the only method of forcing another deity to do anything currently). That being said, how much of an illusion the unpredictable nature of your deity will be is entirely up to you. The more discussion we have about it, the more we will have to put on that mask of illusion when dealing with your deity. We will have to pretend no discussion ever occurred, as if your actions were in fact truly unpredictable. There is a balance I think but you will have to find that balance because I havn't the faintest clue what that would be like.

@Alliandra: I would love to do some advanced concept trading though I dont have much to trade at the moment! I can develop a few once I iron out their details. I am a detail orientated guy and if I cannot describe the concept I am bringing forth then I cannot reasonably use it.

@Baxtra: Though I have claimed all of Ohren's creatures and his land, I have not taken Ohren's place as the god of air and wind. I am thinking on it and I have a few things pushing me towards the Air domain but honestly its only because I adopted (stole) most of Ohren's stuff.

So if you want to create weather patterns during your month, then go right ahead. I dont mind. Heh not like I can stop you from doing it if you really wanted to. Thanks for asking me about it though.

Im good with you having Non-metal armors Baxtra. I found out not too long ago (when I was creating Muthadh's physical appearence actually) that Chitin is not simply what insect armored exoskeletons are made of but also that of many fruiting fungi. Chitin, as it turns out, is the term used for "a long-chain polymer of N-acetylglucamine" and is the main component of cells walls for fungi, exoskeletons for arthropods (crabs, lobsters, etc) and insects (among a bunch of other things). So most protections that my folks will use will be natural protections that you grow or conjure through innate ability like chitin natural armor or conjuring a windy forcefield respectively.

Alliandra, I might have need of natural weapon combat since the Male Wispi do not typically make use of manufactured weapons. Thankfully, the suite of Actions I paid for a couple of weeks ago has been mostly replenished so I could buy it now but I don't foresee having need of it until at least the Wisps are transformed. Let me know when you are grabbing it and with your permission, I would like to grab it at the same time.

Alright folks, PMing with another player and the topic of the month names came up again. I had completely forgotten about this.

I thought for a bit and came up with "Shadeverda" (Shah-deh-ver-duh) and that its placement would be sometime around the final season and the first season. Since Alliandra is calling for it, I leave the ultimate choice up to her. If anyone has any ideas and preferences, I suggest bouncing them off of the discussion thread. We might be able to get something going!

As he left his curse to do its work, he looked up to the heavens. His mother had created a great wonder but the positive energy flowing from it was great even if its effects were small. He felt much of its energy was being wasted but he knew that if he could collect it, then he could recycle it. He thought long and hard about it. A moon was big and massive and would make a large pot to collect the energy but like holding a pot to a waterfall, you are not going to get everything and you are more likely to drop the pot before it’s full. Another giant star perhaps? This one as large as or larger than its bright sister but much dimmer, like a dark twin gobbling up all of its sibling’s energy. That would work but if it was too powerful, it would completely negate his mother’s creation and he would not have that. Perhaps smaller… and more spread out. Like a giant net spread out in all directions. That could work and it would be relatively weaker spread out than if it were clumped together.

He conjured a globe of shadowstuff and manipulated it into a facsimile of the planet, its moons and its star. He played around with some ideas but eventually settled on one. He would deposit a few giant spores into the void. Their sole job being to absorb energy. Not just from the radiation of the star but any other radiation or even matter that strayed close enough and transporting it to the Nexus of Shadow where it can be transmuted into shadowstuff. As he placed them there in his little model, he focused his power to create them in the void above. Dark spheroids that loomed over all with a dim shadowy glow when compared to the total darkness around them. Then as they absorbed energy, they began to glow brighter as the energy glowed brightest as it was concentrated around the dark spores. He was pleased with how they worked. He could already feel the Nexus growing with waste energy, ready to be transmuted.

Looking at it though, he realized that a few spores was too little. The net was big enough, it certainly covered the entire sky but the threads were too far spread. He needed the net to be much tighter. He poked his dark orbs and they exploded with shadow energy, spreading out in all directions before coalescing into much smaller spheres – like little pinpoints in the sky. The first few yielded dozens. Then thousands, then finally tens of thousands could be seen in the sky. Each one twinkling with the riotous energy that they were collecting and transporting into the Nexus. The random explosions sent the balls of darkness scattering into random patterns. His original and logical pattern made to be as efficient as possible was now a great but beautiful mess. Only two of the original spores remained. The largest by far, these sparkled like great jewels. Portals so large that each could swallow the planet whole and send it screaming into the Nexus of Shadow. Those he moved furthest away to protect the others but not so far that he could not then secure them as the link between all others that would revolve around it. As the pinpoints in the sky moved slowly over the years, they would alone be the one points that remained stationary. At least until necessity decreed they should move as well.

I like that term:"Aspects" sounds like a good replacement for portfolio. I second this.

I think 2 to 3 aspects max OR as Moshado suggested, 1 plus 1 as you gain ranks. I would change that a bit though to the base being 2 (1 plus your fledgling rank) which could then increase again with more ranks. Ultimately, aspects are more for flavor but if a limiting factor should be put in, it should not be too restrictive.

Muthadh flexes in the warm glow of the new sun. Parts of him wither in the positive energy's embrace while other parts grow stronger. The mixture of both of his parent's energies within him clash in the sun's glow. He summons a cloak of shadow - his form becoming dimmer than before. Despite the harmful nature of the glow, he still smiles at his mother's creation. He will grow a fist sized spore pod in his hand. Enveloping it in shadow and imbuing it with his shadowstuff, he takes aim and launches it into the sky at his mother. Then turning back to work on his plan.

He flies under the largest and most central of the Islands and looks at the slumbering Continent Clouds. As they are now, they are not useful to his plan of transformation. He will focus his energy and infect the continent cloud with a slow acting but contagious curse that will slowly warp their being using shadow magic.

The continent cloud begins to fall lower as its energy is sapped by the curse, the first time that one of the isles ever dipped below its incredibly high perch in the sky. As the curse ran its course, the cloud is spasming with electrical energy. Electrical arcs sometimes shock neighbor clouds, spreading the curse to them. Over the course of months or even years, the curse will eventually spread through out the isles.

The spore traveling at break neck speeds and protected by its shadowy shroud, will quickly reach Alliandra before exploding in a dark riot of energy. The spore will burst and release not a weapon but a message that speaks to the Great Mother,"Mother, your creation is beautiful. I love its radiance and color. It's warmth is wonderful. Forgive me but I am still working but I do enjoy your visits."

Yeah I know what you mean Veldrin. It can be a slick slope if you are not careful. On one hand if you are too restrictive, then portfolios become pointless but on the other they become... pointless. If you have too many or too little then there ends up little point in having them. We need that good ol middle ground!

I find it interesting that you define "Mind" as a "relay" or "interface" between physical and mental. By that notion, if you remove the mind, both physical and mental still exist but they are simply unable to communicate with each other. I would be very careful with that as I have yet to create any being that is capable of emotional experience or intellectual thought that can do so without a physical mind.

The confusion I think is stemming from your more abstract view of mind, thought and emotion, while my views are more concrete and physical. For instance, by your definition, emotion is created as an expression to outside stimuli:

Emotion which is the biochemical and mental reaction to external stimuli.

This would suggest that emotion cannot be garnered from internal sources. Thinking about a happy memory should not produce a happy emotion until that memory is placed in an outside source - like a writing or painting - at least according to that quote.

However, if you allow for emotion to be sourced from internal stimuli, then you will find emotion and thought are far more interconnected than before. Thought and emotion cannot be as easily separated. Every thought has some kind of emotional context to it. That is why we as people have such a hard time with personal bias. Thoughts meanwhile can be generated based purely on emotional context. Telling someone to "think happy" will often require them to conjure up an image - real or false - of what they would then perceive as a "happy thought." For instance, remembering your wedding day is one grounded in reality (despite how horribly you remember it) while imagining your parents-in-law dying in a car crash and gifting you their inheritance is grounded in fantasy (no matter how much you want it to happen) but both images can produce the same emotional response.

Again this may be simply a difference between an abstract interpretation and a concrete one. One thing I would like to point out is that I rather enjoy your abstract definition. It separates the mind, thought and emotions in a way to almost make them separate entities that simply share the same spacial existence.

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Now on to the part about domains... I am merely advising that you keep domains simple and broad. Not too broad mind you. The "matter domain" would be a bit much but so would the "house cat domain." You need to find a balance between having a few broad domains and a bunch of specific sub-domains. For instance, you point out that unity, family, and community are all associations. That is precisely why they should be sub-domains, because they are all a subset of associations. The Association domain is a perfect domain as it broadly covers everything it is associated with while not imparting any specialized dominance over them. You could probably afford the Association domain right now in fact. Now, I would highly recommend ignoring everything I just said if you actually do what that specific dominance. It will be harder to work up to but being more specific, your dominance would be stronger over it... even though as it is written in the rules as of right now, buying a sub-domain over a regular domain actually makes you weaker, not stronger, as it forces your perception into a more narrow space but doesn't actually heighten your perceptive acuity... just something to keep in mind.

This could also be a misinterpretation of how domains are selected. When I first started, my perception of domains were that you selected a domain and then denoted a portfolio in parenthesis (if you so wished). For instance, I chose Darkness (night) to signify that I was picking the darkness domain but was more focused on the physical darkness - I.E. lack of light - rather than the abstract darkness - I.E. dread or doom.

If this is in error, please let me know so that I may correct my domains (portfolios)!