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https://i.imgur.com/JFy9mlD.mp4 Above is everything. An opaque infinity stretching from direction to direction. If one looks carefully things that could be can be seen in it's surface. Essences and Ideas surfacing momentarily before sinking back in. Or breaking off and falling forever. For Below is nothing. And only things in nothing are spirits. Great in power yet with nothing to grasp they can only flail impotently. Many fight over the tiny pieces of the Above that have fallen off, not because the bits of matter are useful but because they are the only things there are. The only things to affect. The only points of reference. But now something unusual is happening. The Above boils and expels a massive piece of itself. A number of lucky spirits witness the birth of a land. Enormous! Enough matter to make anything out of. Enough matter to BE on. It hangs precariously close to the burning infinity of the Above. To go so high would be to face death. But up there, they could be gods. -~X~- We have a discord channel! https://discord.gg/jNeUJ4S Mind that its on the same server as the chat for Dog Kisser's current game: Break Down That Gate! Welcome to Above/Below, a game where you are a god of Middle. This game is The game is divided into Eras, which are divided into four turns. Each Era five of gods make it in, do with the world as they please, and at the end of the Era, they die. That's right, you'll die no matter what but your legacy will live on. GODS To make a god, state your name and your Idea(s), for example, Robert the god of Pizza, or Alice the god of Booze and Hangovers.
SPIRITS Only five gods can be active on Middle at once but those Below can still have an effect on the world by aiding or hindering the gods. By doing so you can earn Spirit Points which will increase your chances of becoming a god in a later Era.
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The mass lies above spirits, casting the first shadow. It is still in process of separating from the Above. Undifferentiated, full of possibilities. Daring spirits could reach in and pull out any Essences they desire from it. Make the potential into something concrete. Many may affect it from afar but only five are close enough to conquer it. They make their way higher and higher up even as the Above grows painfully bright. -~X~- There's the Middle. Or at least what will become the Middle, it is not much of anything yet. Do not make actions yet but roll 1d100, the five highest rollers will be the first group of gods. In addition to your roll list five Essences. These will be the building blocks of the world. They can be just about anything as long as its a single word. Some examples would be Plastic, Wood, Wrath, Dog or Eye. The Essences can be interpreted in rather broad manner. If Dog were chosen it might not result in mountains made of live dogs but materials with traits associated with dogs. The Essences chosen will shape all of the world and the people on it. I will pick the five most suggested Essences once recruitment is closed, merging very similiar ones. However, as this game is in manner a follow-up to the Fragile Gods of Somewhere™ the Essences used there are forbidden here. This is to keep things fresh even for people who might have read Dog Kisser's game. Blacklist
Recruitment for the first round will probably be up for a couple of days. Maybe less if we get a bunch of people early. Good luck little spirits! Game Rule talk FEEL FREE TO IGNORE UNTIL YOU'VE READ THE THREAD posted:In FGoS a god could try to avoid their death by age by binding themselves to the world, becoming a terrible monster, an Atrocity. Gods of the middle are free to end their career early for a cause of their choosing but there's no telling what will happen until you try. Jvie fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Jan 12, 2018 |
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Primary Essences - The building blocks of the world Unnatural Essences - Diversions from the normal workings of the world Essences: Each essence embodies certain Ideas and opposes some others, from this you can get a idea how they might behave. These properties aren't absolute, the Forms the Essences manifest in are many, and all different. Still, whenever an Essence is utilised for a cause it tends to empower it's embodied Ideas in the outcome, and diminish it's opposed Ideas. -~X~- Gods of the First Era Larien Lightbearer, Goddess of Hope, Mygda, Goddess of Fruit, Pseye, the Mind, Ravid, Goddess of Edges, Solomna Goddess of Silence Gods of the Second Era Armaturt the God of Toughness, Culinarion the God of Feasts, Metzli the God of Wanderlust, Pemphero the God of Happy Coincidences, Yearn the Divine Desire Gods of the Third Era , Vic Tydpodd-Whitecastle the Jvie fucked around with this message at 20:03 on Aug 26, 2018 |
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FANART posted:Dog Kisser: Jvie fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Apr 25, 2019 |
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Essences Wool Hunger Feathers Automobiles Chocolate God Faller, God of Motion - 1d100 = 30 Dog Kisser fucked around with this message at 03:26 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Essences Steam Electricity Wood Brass Jewel An errant spirit attempts to be: Fortus, God of Wellsprings Breaking into Above: 1d100 14 Lux Anima fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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I'm going to suggest the world be built using the Essences of: Crows Zippers Wool Jewels Mygda, Goddess of Fruit Manifest!: 1d100 83 The Lord of Hats fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Materialise?: 1d100 59 Ria, Goddess of Atrocities Suggested essences: Ghosts, Mercury, WereGoat fucked around with this message at 17:02 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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I am a GOD: 1d100 33 The Essences of Hydrogen, security, community, moment, courage
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God Ravid, Goddess of Edges: 78 Suggested Essences: Brass, Ghosts, Bee Bonk fucked around with this message at 17:42 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Larien Lightbearer: 1d100 99 Essences Foxpandas Jewels Community Uplift Harmony
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God: Blurp, God of Sludge 1d100 = 5 womp womp Suggested Essences Brass Ghosts Rot Entropy Mirrors
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God: 42 Substances: Synergy Monetization Bitcoin Dignity Vacuum
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Godroll 13 Essences Wine Ghosts Brass Silk Jewels
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Diarama, Goddess of Fractals: I rolled a 2 Essences: -Wood - -Fungi E: Changed essence vote x2 Slaan fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Essences: Brains Easels Chopsticks Brass Wool God: Pavroti - God of Sound 1d100 = 31
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Would-be God: Meztli, God of Wanderlust = 45 Essences: Fear Wonder Ambition Failure Movement
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Pretender God: Pseye, God of Mind = 83 Essences: Brains Jewel Wine Brass Wood
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Thalamun, god of rolling an 11 on a d100 Substances Bone Ghosts Candles Potatoes Boogers
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Egg, God of Eggs is here! Rolling to be a god!: 1d100 16 Or not! Essences: Eggs, Wool, Hats, Brains, Chocolate
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Oh I am super down for this. Tix-Tockl, God of Time. Rollan, 1d00 = 44 Essences Clocks Crystals Ghosts TheNabster fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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Essences: Oil Wonder Brass Wood Information Yeah I don't think I'm going to roll for a god.
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Slaan posted:Diarama, Goddess of Fractals: I rolled a 2 Changing Essence Votes: - Sapphire to Muppets - Fur to Felt
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I'm happy there are already so many would be gods, welcome! I'm not closing the applications yet but here's a list of the current top rolls and essences. Top Rolls so far:
Lord of Hats 83 Theantero 83 Bee Bonk 78 WereGoat 59
Jewel 6 Ghosts 6 Wool 4 Wood 4 Brains 3 Crows 2 Community 2 Fungus 2 Wine 2 Wine 2 Felt 2
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Did you fuse Crystals and Jewels?
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Yes. If both got in I fear there'd be too much overlap.
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Slaan posted:Diarama, Goddess of Fractals: I rolled a 2 Time for even more strategery votes! Changing: Chalk to Crows
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Getting on the crowagon! Changing
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Jvie posted:Yes. If both got in I fear there'd be too much overlap. Fair enough, I was gonna change it if it wasn't. I will change some votes however Essences Clocks Crystals Ghosts
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We have a discord channel! https://discord.gg/jNeUJ4S Mind that its on the same server as the chat for Dog Kisser's current game: Break Down That Gate! Here are the Essence totals given the recent changes people have made:
Jewel 6 (Crystals) Ghosts 6 Crows 6 (Feathers) Wool 4 Wood 4 Brains 3 Felt 3 Chocolate 2 community 2 Fungus 2 Wine 2
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Essences: Brains Jewel Wood
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Essences Crows Zippers Wool Jewels
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Essences Brass Jewel Ghosts Crows Wool No natural liquids, and organism, sounds like it'll make for an interesting to start. Atom, God of Diamonds: 1d100 58 No luck
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Solomna Goddess of Silence appears: Materialising: 92 Essences Jewel Felt Chocolate Ambition Fungi
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NaeNae, god of colors. 22 Essences: Wood Jewel (crystal) Felt Chocolate Wine ShadowGlass fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Jan 1, 2018 |
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God applications and Essence votes are CLOSED. So many applications, so many high rolls! Others have pretty low chances rolling high enough to get in so I'm moving onto the next phase. The gods of the first era LLSix - Larien Lightbearer sheep-dodger - Solomna, Goddess of Silence Lord of Hats - Mygda, Goddess of Fruit Theantero - Pseye, God of Mind Bee Bonk - Ravid, Goddess of Edges A big round of applause for the conquerors of the Middle. I'm going to need some time to make sense of your choices for Essences. In the meantime the gods need to pick symbols for themselves. Its easy! Pick a color and combine any number of the dots with straight or curved lines. Don't worry about making it pretty. The essences chosen for the new world are: Wool ~10 (Felt) Brass 9 Ghosts 8 Jewel 9 (Crystals) Crows 7 (Feathers) I have merged wool and felt. They are two shapes of the same thing here. The rest... Well I really expected none of these, and I love them. See you soon on the Middle!
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Pseye, God of Mind
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Solomna Goddess of Silence
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Mygda, Goddess of Fruit
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Ravid, Goddess of Edges
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Larien Lightbearer, Goddess of Hope Come join us Pseye, God of Mind. Be a goddess, like the rest of the cool ladies.
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