Pantheon 1.0 - Comments Thread

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Anytime.

--A

[Amplarx]

This turn has been a bit of an eye opener! A metaphorical kick in the nuts to wake us all up from our easy-going lifestyles!

I hope we can get this little demon-horde-and-evil-rift problem solved before everything gets out of hand.

[I'm Murrin]

I have a query for my fellow players - do you think people should be allowed to play as more than one god, or should we be restricted to one at a time?

[Xar]

I have no problem with it, although I'd place a maximum limit of two. Still, I prefer for everyone to vote on this possibility.

[Marv]

i have a question. is Xar playing?

[Xar]

i have a question. is Xar playing?

After Solina's ascension, someone has to play her, and that will be me. But apart from that, I'm not playing any other deity. I need to maintain impartiality

[I'm Murrin]

Could someone who wants to join the game choose to take Solina off your hands, or will she remain under your own control only?

[Xar]

Could someone who wants to join the game choose to take Solina off your hands, or will she remain under your own control only?

Of course, if someone wants to pick up Solina, he or she can easily do so, just by asking me; and of course, Solina has her baggage of history, so she would need to be played with it.

[Bhakti]

I vote No on one person playing more than one god. Too easy to make an alliance. It would be like playing a god twice as powerful as the other gods.

[Marv]

I vote No on one person playing more than one god. Too easy to make an alliance. It would be like playing a god twice as powerful as the other gods.

seconded. unless we all played as two gods, but i think it would just confuse things. plus, it would be an advantage to those who could keep signing in under different names. the politics of it would become too complicated. i dont want anymore e-mail accounts thanks.

[Nerdanel]

I don't know how Xar decides what should happen next, but wow the recent events look like some natural 1s.

I had a D&D character once who had a similar luck in random encounters and kept throwing ones nearly all the time. She swam across the river to narrowly escape from wild boars. She climbed to a tree to escape from more wild boards. She saw a puma which wasn't interested in attacking her, as the die throw that particular random encunter had been 2. She had to run away from some needle-throwing plant things that wounded her badly. She was finally killed by a giant wasp which gave her no chance to even try to attack before she was finished. (She had to spend a night in a rainstorm and caught dysentery, but that was beside the point.) These events took place within scarcely more than 24 hours in countryside where random encounters are relatively rare.

[I'm Murrin]

This really is getting a bit ridiculous. I thought you said that there wouldn't be such big stuff happening every turn?

[Xar]

This really is getting a bit ridiculous. I thought you said that there wouldn't be such big stuff happening every turn?

Well, theoretically there shouldn't... but please remember that above and beyond new events, the consequences of the events from the past turn might continue well beyond their turn. That is, for example, even if the demonic rift were closed, that does not mean that the whole thing could not have large repercussions for a few turns afterwards.

But regardless, it's all a matter of statistics in the end - statistically, the possibility for something very big to happen twice in a row (or for very dangerous events to happen together, or one after the other) are very low; most "bad" events are relatively limited otherwise. But as we all know, statistics is what it is, and sometimes it doesn't work as intended. But, in the long run, if two turns have been like this, logic requires that the next few ones will be relatively calm, apart from possible aftershocks of these turns.

Don't worry too much, Murrin... thankfully it's a game, not your real life

[Marv]

some questions......

have any of us engaged the demon horde yet?
when you have posted in the pantheon thread recently your posting as Xar right? not that crazy goddess lady?
this new demon god, morgath, has arisen to the same status as us now? so the only way to get rid of him difintively is to get rid(by whatever means) of all his worshipers? he cant be killed by one of us or a mortal?

thankee.

[Xar]

have any of us engaged the demon horde yet?

The armies have gathered and are moving; it takes a while to do so, especially if you have no standing army beforehand, but this turn battle should be joined.

when you have posted in the pantheon thread recently your posting as Xar right? not that crazy goddess lady?

So as not to cause confusion, whenever it will be needed for Solina or Morgath to "speak", I will do so by specifying it's them.

this new demon god, morgath, has arisen to the same status as us now? so the only way to get rid of him difintively is to get rid(by whatever means) of all his worshipers? he cant be killed by one of us or a mortal?

Presumably, yes.

[Elfgirl]

Just a LITTLE thingy so as to clarify matters. Xar, anyway you can add to the 'gods list' who is playing whom? Obviously some (like Bhakti, Solus, Amplarx, Avatar) are their handles on KW, but others are not. I'm useless with names, and it would help me ID which God is asking for my assistance so I can address them properly.

It's only good manners after all.

Thanks Xar!

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I also vote "NO" on controlling more than 1 god. And does the fact that Xar is doing so, (which is ok I guess, sorta like NPC's huh?) mean that "his" two gods can form alliances ect?

Of course, if we're going to be dealing with them, perhaps they should have their own accounts? That way, if somebody takes them over, you can just send them the account details.

Anyway, so, if I have this right, nobody is actually fighting the demons yet, but the attempt to close the rift failed. Since it's a new turn, the points which were used to send the armies to battle have all been replenished despite the fact that battle has not yet been joined, and the subsequent joining of battle does not necessarily require the commitment of more points, and any additional ones dedicated would serve to strengthen your chances.

Or, another attempt could be made on the rift.

--A

[Xar]

Elfgirl, obviously some of the gods have created their own handles because they don't particularly want to be known by their original handles; as for the others, I'll add it to the list

I also vote "NO" on controlling more than 1 god. And does the fact that Xar is doing so, (which is ok I guess, sorta like NPC's huh?) mean that "his" two gods can form alliances ect?

No more than you guys can form alliances. And my two guys are pretty selfish there

Of course, if we're going to be dealing with them, perhaps they should have their own accounts? That way, if somebody takes them over, you can just send them the account details.

For ease's sake, I'm not going to make an account for Solina and one for Morgath - I don't want to have to switch through all three accounts (or possibly more later on) every turn But, if somebody takes them over, he or she can always make the account him- or herself!

Anyway, so, if I have this right, nobody is actually fighting the demons yet, but the attempt to close the rift failed. Since it's a new turn, the points which were used to send the armies to battle have all been replenished despite the fact that battle has not yet been joined, and the subsequent joining of battle does not necessarily require the commitment of more points, and any additional ones dedicated would serve to strengthen your chances.

Or, another attempt could be made on the rift.

Exactly. The armies are moving towards the rift, but during the last turn you basically gathered them, gathered weapons and supplies, and started them. The divine points mostly went to speeding up this process, motivating the troops, improving the quality of weapons and armor, increasing the troops' fighting skills, and so on. Using additional divine points on the army will strengthen its chances to defeat the demons; as for the rift, the principle is the same: your divine points have replenished, but the rift is smaller because whoever is holding it open didn't have as much power as the combined efforts of those of you who tried to close it. So, applying more divine points to the rift should close it down, unless more deities strive to keep it open.

[Bhakti]

Elfgirl, obviously some of the gods have created their own handles because they don't particularly want to be known by their original handles; as for the others, I'll add it to the list

I assume she simply means she doesn't know who to pm in some cases.
Amplarx is played by Amplarx
Argothoth is played by Argothoth
Avatar is played by Avatar
Bhakti is played by Bhakti
Elauradaneth is played by Elfgirl
Maeror is played by Murrin
Morgath is played by Xar
Movahl is played by Movahl
Nephirthos is played by Verdego (name subject to change? )
Ordine Naturale is played by Tazzman
Solina is played by Xar
Solus is played by Solus
Toringian is played by Toringian, God of War

So, applying more divine points to the rift should close it down, unless more deities strive to keep it open.

Leaving us with only the one that the aliens opened...

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One rift at a time Bhakti, one rift at a time.

Anyway, I have some ideas about the other. But let's sort out the mess on our doorstep first, I think.

--A