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[Ehbobo]

Everything in italian are thoughts.

Something tells me that that was a typo.

[Azgrut]

Italic... It is supposed to be italic...

[Daemonwelsh]

apologies, each generation that I was counting was by their advancement, not by numbers. Also, with the expenditure of motes, I based their advancement on the Egyptian's... They had working electricity after about 2-3 thousand years. And the generations (by the Guilded ants count) go from the birth of the first directly after the death of the last person of the previous generation.

Also, I would accept that they would cost more, up to 20, in which case I will guide them at a later point. But please note, that if you do make them cost 20, please justify it, so that I may know why they would cost so much.

[Crovius]

This time Zorea could make out two distinct ways his eyes twinkled. There was a twinkle caused by his curiosity, like when she made the heart, when she produced the seed and at the thought of what a tree with no competition would grow like. But the other twinkle, and he might noy even realize it's happenning, happened specifically when he looked at Zorea. He cleared his throat, nodding.

"The perfect soil for a single tree, to be undisturbed for centuries by any outsiders... Yes. That would be very interesting to watch."

He sat down, tracing small symbols into the ground absently. They were designs for creatures he'd planned on making in the near future. Most looked nothing like any creatures on this planet. One was a blob of lesh covered in eyes and mouths, another several tentables surounding a large beak, attached to a serpentine body. A third has a similar design to a caterpillar, but with tentacles on the face and a large mouth filled with teeth. He thought of them, and somewhere in his mind they took shape, but he had yet to will them to existance. Probably a bad idea for this world. Maybe he could make another place for them. Or put them in a hidden place... He looked back at Zorea, pulling away from his thoughts. His eyes twinkled without him realizing it.

[Sinrus]

Also, with the expenditure of motes, I based their advancement on the Egyptian's... They had working electricity after about 2-3 thousand years.

Huh. Never knew that. But still, that's 2-3 thousand years after the rise of Egyptian civilization. Homo sapiens originated 250,000 to 400,000 years ago, so we're still looking at hundreds of thousands of years of development before that point.

[Daemonwelsh]

True... Still, base it off the breakdown of that leap, and can I get a set amount of motes for costs?

[Azgrut]

Suddenly Zoreä had an idea. She knew she had to discuss this with her other neighbors but she had to start somewhere.

"Teserath. What would you say if I asked thee to join me in my pantheon. Lux and Den Carvos have agreed to join this pantheon as well. I have no idea if you wish to create an intelligent species yourself, but either way joining our pantheon will ensure your name will stand the tides of time should you ever disappear."

[turbler]

Xeras dercides finally (after a couple days of Not being able to login -_-") to make a race. He imbues the with a bit of his own power, allowing them to change their own shape, with some limits. (So sorta like foolamancy, but real and tangible and whatnot. Maybe a bit better than foolamancy.) He makes them Bipedal as a base, and states to the original ones that no single one of them is to rule alone, and a counsel should be made. He warns them of the End of Days and ponders whether or not this is a good plan. He thinks of nothing more, and decides to direct them as they go. Though he is unsure of himself it has already begun to happen, so he decides to leave it be.

[Crovius]

True... Still, base it off the breakdown of that leap, and can I get a set amount of motes for costs?

How much do you think it would cost? Since it is advancing your race a few thousand years ahead.

Also, the fact that the Egyptians had learned how to make primitive batteries (mind you each was the size of a football and about as strong as a double A battery) does not mean they knew how to use that electricity for anything other than lights. And there is no evidence to show that they even used electric lights, only that they did not use torches, candles create soot and no tomb has ever been found with soot in it (indicating they had to light the tombs some other way.) So did they have electricity? Yes. Is it possible they used it for electric lights? Possible. Did they have electric based machines? As much as Stargate wold try to convince you, no, they did not.

[Crovius]

Teserath's expression became thoughtful. He closed his eyes, then grinned, opening them with another twinkle.

"I do not really intend to make a sentient race to pray to me, this is true. And I know that regardless of if I join or not, any knowledge of me will be of the... 'evils' that I brought into this world. Honestly, I think I can deal with being the bad guy for your people, and any other race that deals with my creations. So... yes, I will join your pantheon. If I might ask a favor though. I do not wish to create a whole race of my own, but in time I am curious on how much I can change a handful of members of another race so that they are different enough from the brothers and sisters that they are regarded as something else. I want to see how the template race reacts to the difference their former kin take on. And trust me when I say this, I have no idea what the changes will be."

He had subconciously moved just a few inches closer to her. It might have simply been his strong Perception affecting the world around him but the movements were slow, though mere seconds seemed to pass.

[Daemonwelsh]

hmm... I would guess something like 30 motes?

and I was asking for the point value of the race, before the history....

[Crovius]

hmm... I would guess something like 30 motes?

and I was asking for the point value of the race, before the history....

Right. So they're amuch more toned down version than before, right? I would probably put them at 12, sound ok? Its a bit cheaper than before.

[Daemonwelsh]

they were 13 before... and that is with my power buffs? so 22-12=10

[Crovius]

I forgot the bonuses, wait, yeah They'll be down to a cost of 11 actually. So you should have 11 motes after that. And to answer your earlier guess, yeah, it'd take abotu 30 motes of power to advance any race to the point of harnessing electricity. Unless the race themselves could make electricity but being able to generate elements tends to be an expensive bonus.

[Daemonwelsh]

and it is an entirely new race, so you may want to read it. And thus the Parasite enters into deep meditation, so that he may recover from his massive expendature.

[Crovius]

And with the new, everyoen will be getting -rolls some dice- um... 9... yikes... Sorry guys, looks like a small amount this week. But luckily all you guys with DR above 1 get 1 point for every DR you've gained. As of right now the End of days will occur around the middle of April. Until then ahve fun!

[Sinrus]

OOC: So what can we do with motes this turn? Do we need to spend them to advance our races, or does that happen automatically? Can we still geoform the world?

[Crovius]

Yes on geoforming the world. Btu it costs a little bit more because now that there are living thigns populating you have to be more careful. Smaller changes are cheaper. Stop thinking 'altering landmasses' start thinking 'creating landmarks'.

The races advance roughly 100 years, and they should advance along the same lines, depending on how much their natural abilities alter what technologies they need. They should all by now have learned how to create light (most races use fire, but the Ants might use glowing algae or biolumniescence), know how to make basic weaposn using their surroundings, and have learned how to farm/harvest plants in their habitats and tame some of the simpler animals.

Most motes can be invested into a few things at this point: Imbuing artifacts, which is expensive, leveling up your stats and stuff, creating special creatures, creating heroes, and what I call 'divine insight' which simply emans one aspect of your race can advance slightly faster this week. It's vague, and rightfulyl so, and you can pm me what you want them to advance, and depending how many motes you spent I'll write up descriptions of how they progress.

[Sinrus]

With the sixth generation the blood of Lux Lucis had grown too thin among his descendants and the Ailorans became normal people, without the instinct to know where they should find the next step in development. The people still were intelligent and wise, however, and did not allow the pace of Knowledge to slacken. The Iltoman scribe Frianil was of the sixth generation and she inscribed, using her ancestral memory, the legends and heroes of this first great age of Ailoran. Her tome, carved with scaeleth into nearly 300 tablets of soft stone, now bears her name. It was reproduced hundreds of times and is forever the central tenet of Ailoran religion and history.

Knowledge continued to advance, forward and onward. After the sixth generation the times became muddled and, though records were rewritten perfectly through ancestral memory, it is impossible to call the time periods by any generations. Using his ancestral memory, the Belindan man Astriolus watched the skies and saw that they were the same every 365 days. To keep records of the days he dubbed this time period a year. Each year he divided into 24 parts of 15 days each, and an extra 5 day week at the beginning of each year that was set aside for honoring Lux Lucis.

Gaetrian scholars discovered that from the dried wood, paper could be made and written on using a wooden stylus dipped in ink harvested from reef octopi. They copied the Frianil onto it, along with other works of Knowledge, especially maps of excellent quality that detailed the entire Ailoran Ocean and included every last atoll and island.

The Ailorans of the Atolls continued to explore and eventually landed on the continent of Zoreurope, where they won over the native Crowkhan people and began to trade with them.

[Sinrus]

Lux Lucis leaves Iltoma and flies south as a hawk, over the Ailoran Ocean and to Zoreurope. There he seeks Zorea.

"Zorea, it is good to see you again. I am impressed by your people, the Crowkahn. With their wings they can rule the skies, with their fins and tails the Ailorans can rule the seas, and with their feet the Den'i'ata of our friend Den Carvos can rule the land. But this new member of our pantheon, this Teserath, has no place. I am surprised by you, really. Why would you wish to ally with one who brings death to the land, and abominations creates? Already his manowars have killed several of my people. You should not have invited him without first discussing it with Den and I."