Author Topic: Dawn of Worlds the 2nd!  (Read 97583 times)

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Reply #60 on: March 16, 2013, 12:50:59 PM
The Great and Very Long Shin Foxdragohu'hil'heen'' knew it was time to make a race in his-- erm, his divine leader's image since that was the type of thing deities liked. However, that had clearly been done before and in the end that was kind of boring, so The Great and Very Long Shin Foxdragohu'hil'heen'' set out to do it twice as good.

Command Avatar (-1)
Create Race: Fox-fox



Fox-foxes inhabit the forests in the B3-B4 area. They resemble perfectly normal feral foxes. Also, they have two heads so are naturally twice as good.

For most of a fox-fox's life, the neural activity of both heads are synched and both sides are almost identical, baring perhaps a few minor personality quirks. After twenty or so years, the fox-foxes begin to experience what is known as Relationship Degradation. During the following years, the heads find their personalities diverging. Slowly at first, they begin arguing and generally find themselves able to stand each other less and less. Finally the Degradation boils to a point and the most pivotal moment of the fox-fox's life occurs: The Divorce. The two heads simply cannot stand each other any longer and decide to go their separate ways by pulling in opposite directions really hard, usually after a heated argument punctuated by screams of "It's over!" The fox-fox splits in two, and for a brief few days each "fox" is vulnerable as new limbs and finally a second head grows back in. Once the regeneration is complete, each new fox-fox finds they have a perfectly agreeable second head and are able to blissfully continue on with their lives.

Associated Order:
The Society of Individuals Informed Against SATAN (Donnie), Fox-Fox Division


The fox-foxes intrinsically know that it is important to be informed against SATAN (Donnie) and thus keep this in mind at all times as they go about their happy fox-fox lives.

Advance Civilization (-5)
Fox-Fox Magic Telekinesis Powers


While having two heads was wonderful in that the fox-foxes could do things like talk with one head while holding a hammer in the other's mouth, they did have a bit of trouble building things. And thus they discovered if they got really frustrated and sat down and fumed over it really hard, they could pick up and move things with their double-minds. Honing this skill, they became advanced in close-range telekinesis, which they called Looking at Things and Moving Them, and also things like shooting fireballs out of their mouths (called Shooting Fireballs Out of One or Both Mouths), because that's awesome.

Command Race (-4)
Fox-Foxes and the Fortress of Doom


Exploring northward, the fox-foxes noticed a very large crater and, being a race (currently) without any enemies, naturally saw the strategic defensive advantage of a crater with tons of high walls around it and decided to build a fortified fortress dedicated to peace, which they aptly named the Fortress of Doom. It looked like this:




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Reply #61 on: March 16, 2013, 03:06:11 PM
Create Avatar:
The Lurking Lord glanced up from his work, and realized that time had passed, and he was as yet unrepresented in the world. 

And thus, did he ponder deeply what would best represent him, and he decided to try a limited beta before the final release.

So he created Beta, The Wolf-Dragon, a gray furred quadripedal creature, with green, leathery wings, and overlapping plates of armor like chitin along its underside (including its thick, furry, otherwise reptilian tail).  Then did the Lurking Lord grant it the ability to breathe fire (for nothing bearing Dragon in its name could do without some form of impressive breath weapon).  Then he gave to his Avatar the ability to teleport, that it could get down to the world from within his realm.

And so didst the Lurking Lord release Beta unto the world, that he may represent him in the coming times.

(That's it for now.  Beta needs some time to settle in before I do anything more.)

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Starting Points:  37

Create Avatar: 7

Ending Pts.: 30



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Reply #62 on: March 18, 2013, 08:26:22 PM
Shape Land

*kicks the volcano over, turning it into a plateau*

Create Race
*SOMEWHERE IN BATOSIAN LANDS*


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« Last Edit: March 20, 2013, 12:30:17 AM by Donnie »



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Reply #63 on: March 20, 2013, 10:13:27 AM
Turn 6
It was the dawn of the second age of worlds, ten years after the Earth/Minbari war. The Dow Project was a dream given form. Its goal, to create a world where peoples of all kinds could work out their differences peacefully. It's a port of call - home away from home for diplomats, hustlers, entrepreneurs, and wanderers. Foxes and others wrapped around six billion trillion tons of rock and water, all alone in the night. It can be a dangerous place, but it's our last best hope for peace.This is the story of the second of the DoW worlds. The year is ???X.
The name of the place is DoW 2.

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Radioactive Toast - 13 - 13 + 6 + 3 = 9
Kenku - 22 - 19 + 7 + 1 = 11
Dragyn - 37 - 7 + 8 + 0 = 38
Virmir - 11 - 10 + 6 + 2 = 10
Digital Vulpine - 25 - 22 + 8 + 1 = 12
Geary - 20 - 19 + 7 + 3 = 11
Donnie - 22 - 11 + 5 + 0 = 16
Fax - 46 - 0 + 6 + 0 = 52








(the images link to higher resolution versions)

Races
Batosians
Fluff Batosians
Fox-Fox
Aarie
Hu'Mor'On
Foxkind
Men

Orders
-The Society of Individuals Informed Against SATAN (Donnie), Batosian Division
-The Sparks
-The Society of Individuals Informed Against SATAN (Donnie), Fluff Batosian Division
The Rocketeers
The Temple of order
The Empirical Truth
The Society of Individuals Informed Against SATAN (Donnie), Fox-Fox Division

Avatars
The Avatar of the great DV.
Shin Foxdragohu'hil'heen''
Jije
The Phoenix
A slumbering creature
Beta, The Wolf-Dragon




Note: Geary, I missed An'Teri'Ia while updating the maps. That will be fixed tonight.



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Reply #64 on: March 20, 2013, 01:31:43 PM
Advance Civilization-5 points

Quintanium Forging, a process of crafting an extremely hard yet durable magical element, one with a crystalline structure arranged in patterns of five, hence its name.  With it they are able to construct weapons and structural braces that render them nigh unbreakable.  Soon Adamis and its children are adorned with the red tinted material.

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Jije commands Men to expand, to drive into demon infested lands and cull their numbers.  To the northwest lies the Foxkind city of Luminurbis, where an orderly but stoic civilization lies.  Otherwise paragons of many virtues, Foxkind seems strangely suspicious if not outright hostile to the use of magic.  Jije decrees that for the time being there is no need to agitate matters, as Men were created to fight demons first and foremost.  To that end he has them expand to the southeast.  From F8 and G6, G7, and G8 Men extend their reach, beginning clean up operations and establishing outposts that begin mostly as glorified hunting lodges.

The borders to the north are left to Foxkind.  Men find them admirable but curious, and more than a little stubborn when it comes to matters of magic.  Why deny such a useful gift?  In the end it is no matter: the vulpines were not created to fight the demonic scourge that blights the land, Men were.  And magic was a gift to Men.  Let Foxkind sit complacent like unknowing children in the tame plains of the north.

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The Temple of Order follows the efforts of expansion diligently.  The demons find sea water highly disagreeable, so on the island in G6 a cleansing operation takes place.  It is the first large scale extermination campaign Men undertake, and one that can be undertaken since it is an island isolated from where other demons can repopulate.  Once the cleansing is complete, the Temple clears the island and builds it anew, creating the fortress city of Su.

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Reply #65 on: March 20, 2013, 04:28:19 PM
Foxkind is intrigued and disturbed with its discovery of the xenos who call themselves "Men".  They are a strange, tailless people who practice heretical witchcraft. However, their zeal to fight the ruinous powers is commendable, and after discussing the matter with the Primarch, the Council of Luminurbis and scholars of the Empirical Truth reach an agreement that so long as the heretics wish to destroy the demons, it is prudent to let them do so.

Advance Civilization: 5 points
In the city of Porttown engineers develop new construction methods to build mighty ships, capable of crossing the treacherous seas and discovering distant lands. The Council of Luminurbis establishes the Department of the Navy to manage and administrate the fleet.

Command Race: 4 points
Foxkind expands East, to the valley in E7.  There they establish a watermill on the river that develops into the city of Ironworks, a mighty city of industry.  Here they will forge armor, machines, and weapons of war to smite the spawn of the ruinous powers with holy steel.

Command Avatar: 1 point
Seeing that the hostile denizens of the desert could be hazardous to Porttown and its mines, the Primarch appoints a City Watch to protect the town.

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« Last Edit: March 20, 2013, 04:36:40 PM by Digital Vulpine »

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Reply #66 on: March 20, 2013, 04:48:02 PM
Command Race (4): The explorers among the Batosians waste no time heading out into the uncharted oceans, despite there still being much landmass on their continent which would be more prudent and significantly safer to explore. Most of these explorers hit the continent directly next to them, and find nothing of importance or climate that they find comfort in residing. However, one team of explorers, by blind luck, happens upon the massive plateau at C9, and finds the place very reminiscent of home, right down to the climate. News of this foreign plateau, naturally, attracts the attention of a great deal of settlers, who are happy about the prospect of once again living on a plateau, without the annoyance of giant carcases falling from the sky. In C9, the city of Cek'Poi'Net is founded.

Command Avatar (Command Order: Sparks) (1): Back at the capital of An'Ter'Ia, the Sparks discussed with the mediators studying the Slumbering Creature. The mediators told that the Slumbering Creature had no discernible emotions, but mediators who stayed in its presence for long enough at a time would feel a sort of 'desire' from within the creature. All who attempted this attested to its accuracy, and found themselves unable to express it in words. The Sparks agreed to attempt this, and, using their combined intellect and experience, were able to pinpoint a location beyond the continent which had just recently been discovered.

The Sparks came to a decision, and gathered up volunteers among mediators, Flickers, and explorers and settlers alike. A fleet of eight airships carried the Batosians, hampered by so little foul weather that it could only be attributed to either divine intervention or dumb luck, made their way to the coast of E7, establishing the town of Co'Mu'Non, knowing not for what purpose they were there, but waiting contently all the same.

Purify Civilization (3): The Batosian's wide-eyed idealism and harmonic naivety surge from the successful colonization efforts, as well as a new type of filter for their masks which almost completely eliminates the smell from Hu'Mor'On. Mostly the filter.

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Stats

Points: 11
Cost: 4 + 1 + 3 = 8
Total Points: 3
Points Spent: 76
« Last Edit: March 20, 2013, 04:54:26 PM by Geary »

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Reply #67 on: March 20, 2013, 08:47:49 PM
Command Avatar(1) - Create Order - As the phoenix journeyed south, she came upon the region of the foxkind, and in curiosity, decided to greet them. Unfortunently, such greetings quickly went sour as as soon as she approached Luminubris, she met a hail of arrow fire, as the Foxkind's had mistaken her as a creature of the infernal. Confused as saddened, the Phoenix flew south west, before triedly landing in a field outside of Adamis to which she rested.

When she awoke the next day, she was suddenly greeted by gaurds of the race of man, who had seen her flame tipped wings dancing through the sky. Curious about her as much as she was of them, the Men invited her within the city, to talk and to discuss things with the scolars. It of these scolars that was created the "Order of the Flame" a couple of philosophers and scientists with good knowledge of the firey element. The Phoenix Creates "The Order of Flame" within the Race of Men

Command Race(4) - Aarie As the years passed, the Aarie started to find that their flocks had outgrown their Islands of birth, and it was decided it was time to change, thus they began exploring outward twoard the main continents by air and by sea. In time this exploration would bare fruit, as the a exploration vessel found its way onto the Island Continent of D4, and founded the the city of "Aurora" Expand unto peninsula of D4, founding Aurora at the point.

Advance Race(4) - Aarie - Long Range Telepathy(4) Using the magical skills that the race had learned, and the City of Winds as a powerful focal point, the Aarie are able to craft simple magic spells that allow them to communicate with each other telepathically along the magical leylines of the world.




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Reply #68 on: March 23, 2013, 01:40:21 PM
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Luciledragon*





The Great and Very Long Shin Foxdragohu'hil'heen'' had managed to rest his chin on his hand while propping his elbow up-- a feat very difficult for him to do given his lengthy anatomy-- sprawled out upon a cloud and contemplating his next move when a flash of thunder resonated throughout the sky and the mighty valkyrie Luciledragon appeared in front of his nose. She said, "hiii~!"

The Great and Very Long Shin Foxdragohu'hil'heen'' blinked once, then said, "I thought you weren't much into building things..."

Luciledragon gave what could only be described as a Gray Fox Grin** and then pulled out a gigantic sword which promptly caught on fire.

"I'm not."



* The 'dra' is pronounced with a short 'a' like 'ah', so that she sounds like a Digimon

** The Gray Fox Grin is often misinterpreted by less informed individuals as evidence that Virmir and his associates are evil. This is entirely false-- The Gray Fox Grin is in fact an expression of pure chaotic neutrality. It means that something very good is about to happen, and the very goodness is, in fact, entirely based upon the perspective of Virmir.



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Luciledragon and the Tower of Zot


Luciledragon appeared before a group of fluff batosians who were lazing in the deserts of A12 and yelled at them for not doing anything interesting. Terrified of the mysterious winged vixen with a very large sword that also was on fire, they got together and constructed a large tower because towers in the middle of deserts are pretty awesome.

It looked like this:




The entrance to the Tower of Zot is guarded by three fluff batosian sisters: a short one, a tall one, and a fat one. Upon visiting the Tower of Zot, prospective tourists are greeted by the sisters, who say "Welcome to the Tower of Zot!" and then promptly attack them. Beware their Delta Attack!


Command Avatar: (-1)
The Great and Very Long Shin Foxdragohu'hil'heen'' Tells the Fox-Foxes to Establish a Port Town


The Great and Very Long Shin Foxdragohu'hil'heen'' appeared before the fox-foxes and told them they should push south a bit and make a town on that nice little peninsula on the boundary of B3 and C3, because he was very long and it was generally a good idea to do what he said.  So they arrived and waited patiently for a drawing of their town to appear but The Great and Very Long Shin Foxdragohu'hil'heen'' told them, "no, I blasted drew enough this blasted turn!"

The fox-foxes named their new town Biploarsburg and began experimenting with ship building (which, they understood they did not have to spend points for unless they wanted to claim being the very best at it-- assuming they interpreted their divine rulebook correctly) and adorable things like fishing with a fishing pole held in one head's mouth. Awwww~!

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Reply #69 on: March 23, 2013, 03:06:59 PM
The Lurking Lord didst mutter darkly, as typing had become temporarily inconvenient for him.  Thus, did he again bide his time, and save his power for a more convenient time.

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Reply #70 on: March 26, 2013, 10:58:50 PM
IN FOXKIND LANDS



The mysterious beast(s) have integrated Foxkind features into themselves.

FOR NOW: They will be known as "The Beast" to make it easier on Fax.

Advance Civilization: Batosian Flight
Advance Civilization: Foxkind Senses
Advance Civilization: Pom Pom -UNKNOWN-

These creatures which locals have began terming "The Beast" have been spotted as shadows slinking from corner to corner, rummaging through trash and stealing food. They're rarely ever seen, the only characteristic people have spotted in common is a strange colored orb hanging as if by string on their heads. Urban legends rumor that these poms are the source of many odd occurrences in the land, but all are uncomfirmed. What is known is that the species possibly are capable of flight, incredible hearing, and have shown to possess Foxkind-like behaviors...

Every few decades, the descriptions change....

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Reply #71 on: March 27, 2013, 07:31:02 PM
So the administrator makes some tiny tweaks to the world. Most people don't quite notice. Not yet at least, but in time they will bear fruit.

-Create avatar-(Lore Bostic, Human cabal wizard) Lore Bostic, a human wizard, secretly versed in a combination of both human and demonic magics.
-Create avatar-(Cerefox, the Fox-Fox-Fox) A horrible abomination arises amongst the Fox-Fox, an incredible THREE HEADED Fox-Fox! Many believe this creature has been devinely touched!
-Command Avatar - (create order) Lore Bostic is amongst the few humans who has semi-regular interactions with the Foxkind and secretly gathers those very few who have interest in the arcane arts, founding the Ordo Cabalis Illuminus


/will fill this out properly after posting the main update so people can start doing things/
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Reply #72 on: March 27, 2013, 07:47:14 PM
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Reply #73 on: March 27, 2013, 08:11:26 PM
Advance Civilization-5 points
Transmutation Magic


The motions in the north do not go unnoticed by Men.  Foxkind are true to themselves and noble to their moral code, but they are rather xenophobic and distrusting.  These trends Men take for granted, but when they notice Foxkind beginning to turn inward amongst themselves with great ferocity, Men realize something is amiss.  Investigation, contacts among traders and shadowing of Foxkind patrols reveal something astounding.  And potentially terrifying.

The Beasts, as they are called in other lands, come to be known as the Tiporea in the tongue of Men-the Plague.  Clearly they are not demons, since Men are created with special immunity to demonic infestation and parasitism.  Seeing several Men sprout inexplicable red balls of fur from their heads and turn into strange beasts catches their attention.  Hard.

Unlike Foxkind, who presumably see this as a menace to be wiped out, Men are instead intrigued.  Previously their conception corrupting life-forms, such as demons, was one of purging and extermination.  But the Tiporea clearly aren't demons... which arouses their curiosity.  Capturing several specimens they take them back to their outposts, disecting these strange creatures and trying to find the source of their magics.

No advance is made in discovering their origin or the true extent of their magical corruption, but Men do glean knowledge.  Knowledge of transmutation, and the altering of flesh to exhibit new properties.

There are voices of caution against this path, as many Men feel uneasy about this research, regarding the Tiporea as little better than demons.  But practical arguments win the day for now.

Command Order-3 points
Establish City


The Order of Flame is quickly accepted by Men at large, who see the strange wandering Pheonix as a valuable teacher, and fire magics are quickly adopted for much wider use in the Realm.  The Flame Order sees valuable work to be done, especially since they can utilize their magics to achieve some measure of resistance to the lava lakes and rivers in the southeast of the continent.  Here, they fight to establish another renowned fortress city in the south of F8, named Predix.

Command Avatar-1 point
Create Army


Jije continues working to build up his chosen people, and feels the time is right to teach them more thorough and battle hardened methods of fighting demons.  More than just hunters or skirmishers, he organizes them into grand Phalanxes, establishing the first army in Adamis.  This is to increase the pressure against the demons... but Men begin to realize the potential exists for the Phalanxes to be used against other targets as well.  These thoughts are merely thoughts at this point, but the seeds are already planted...

2 points remaining

Addendum-relations

Foxkind are viewed with much admiration, as a disciplined and honorable people who live according to many of the same principals that Men do.  Men find the vulpines to be contentious and distrusting however; many of their attempts at communication and trade are rebuffed politely but sternly.  This troubles Men, who begin to reciporically apply this distrust back to their northern neighbors, though this does not manifest as any hostility.  For now

The Batosians in their airships are a different matter, as they lack the xenophobic disposition of the vulpines.  Men find a great deal to be curious about the new arrivals, and as ever hope to trade for knowledge and materials that could be useful to fight against the demons.  All is not totally well however, as Men find Batosians method of communication to be difficult and convoluted, leading to many misunderstandings and unintentional faux pas.  Adamis and its outpost cities however seek to minimize the impact of these incidents whenever possible however.
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Reply #74 on: March 27, 2013, 08:24:02 PM
Something will happen...but not yet.

PASS

(Was wondering if I could get a tall tower added to the center of the city of winds. Was sort of the idea of the advancement with the leyline tech)
« Last Edit: March 27, 2013, 08:48:06 PM by Kenku »