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GOD BOONS

INFORMATION

With the gods at war with each other, they offer tantalizing additional bonuses to their loyal followers -- but these also come with a few strings attached. Will you join a side, or remain neutral in the conflict?

Characters can be recruited in two ways: by the god, or by a god follower. The gods can open their realms to anyone at any time if a character wishes to enter. Followers always have access to their god's respective realms, and can bring in a recruit to swear allegiance.

The gods will not punish a character if they leave their side; that would only solidify their resolve to leave. However, they will remove any boons and bonuses they might have granted them. If the character rejoins, their status with be reset to entry level, and they will need to work their way up in the ranks once more.

HOW TO ALLY WITH A GOD AND RECEIVE BOONS

When a character completes a tier requirement, you can submit the form below to have them receive acknowledgment and rewards. Threads don't have to be finished at the time of submission, but they should be a good way through, and please don't handwave them entirely. You may request as many of the listed tier rewards as you like once you've reached the appropriate tier.

You may notice sections for "Offering Description" and "Reward Description". The table below is just a sample of the boons available and the requirements to get them. You don't have to do or ask for these exact things. You may choose to replace any of the listed deeds or rewards with an appropriate substitute of your own design, and they will be judged on an individual basis.

The gods favor certain traits and actions of their followers. The Fog God, for instance, values strength, freedom, and invoking fear in others. She highly encourages her children to live freely, without the inhibitions of human society. Some examples can include demonstrating the power of monsters to frighten the human populace, killing a rival in revenge, disrupting a serious occasion just for the hell of it, or generally doing things without caring for the consequences.

On the other hand, the Fourth God values cunning, subterfuge, and control. His priorities lie in furthering the technology of the peninsula, introducing progress to the world, and standing up against the Fog God. Some examples of deeds include spreading the secrets of others (especially Fog followers), manipulating monsters and/or humans to work against the Fog, or inventing some new technology.

If a character's request doesn't align enough with these ideals, their god may bestow upon them something more to their liking without warning. This is effectively an IC explanation for a request a character wouldn't make on their own. If you would like to do this, outline your request in the backfire section.

If your character wants to leave a god, you are free to do so without notice or handwave a prayer on the respective god's page. Keep in mind that leaving a god will remove all previously gained boons!

THE FOG GOD The Fog God, so they say, is a usurper of the Day and Night gods popularly worshipped on the peninsula. It is she who brings in unsuspecting souls from other worlds and warps their bodies into monstrous forms. She is capricious and becomes jealous easily. She enjoys the chaos that currently plagues Ryslig -- both watching and causing it. It would mean the universe to her if her monsters would go out and cause some discord of their own. Worship and Pray to the Fog

THE FOURTH GOD The Fourth God is an artificial god created by Dr. Liewen, in an effort to make a being strong enough to combat the Fog. He was imprisoned and isolated by the Fog God, until the actions of her monsters allowed him to be freed. He now possesses a burning hatred for her and her followers, and will stop at nothing to destroy her. He is calculating and distant, and desires control of the peninsula. Worship and Pray to the Fourth

THE KEY TO DYSTER Those who side with the Fog God will be provided with a silver key, old and dull fog-silver. It fits in any lock, no matter the style, and opening a door with it will bring them to Dyster. They will be greeted by the people of the town, who are more than happy to see them. Here, they can stay for as long as they want, and partake in the feasting. This is not the Dyster some arrivals may remember, and people who try to visit it on the peninsula proper will find an empty ghost town. The people in Dyster don't seem quite dead or alive, but they treat any follower of the Fog God like royalty, and they will eagerly accept new followers in their fold. They will provide them with a more than willing human sacrifice if the monster is hungry. It will calm their hunger but not indefinitely. Those who stay for periods of time in the city may feel an unnatural loyalty to the Fog God and her cause, to the point of worship. Characters can leave by using the key against any door in town, and return to where they had first entered.

THE ARCADE'S KEYCARD Those who side with the Fourth God will be provided an unusually modern-looking plastic card. There's no writing on the front or the back, but there is a hologram of rainbow hues on a black background that flashes wildly when the card is moved around. Insert the card on the side of a door like a slot, and they will be transported to the Arcade when they open it. They will arrive in the grand atrium of an enormous mall and entertainment complex, all in glowing neon and glassy linoleum. Technology from various different time periods is available here, up through the early 1990s – matching the day-glo transparent-plastic aesthetic. The TVs and video games, film reels in the giant-screen theater and ballroom-sized-ball-pit balls, cannot be removed from the complex, which rivals Dyster in size, and the only shopfronts with merchandise seem to be the food court, which is free, and run by robots. It's a significant upgrade from the seedy arcade it was, before October 2022 gave the Fourth God a boost. However, the same set of large red curtains can be found, behind which lies a sterile looking room full of seated humans with strange visors who will not respond to any sort of stimuli. There is a large basin towards the back filled with water, and any time a human is killed or fed on a robot will enter and clean the area. Those who stay for periods of time in the Arcade may feel an unnatural loyalty to the Fourth God and his cause, to the point of camaraderie. Characters can leave by pressing the card against a door and return to where they had first entered.

RESURRECTION

Loyal followers may resurrect in their god’s domain, rather than where their life ended. When they choose to leave, their god will return them to a safe place on the peninsula (at the player's discretion).

To a follower's guests, the environs may seem strange, but no harm shall come to those who awaken here. They're welcome to stay a while to recuperate, but a permanent residency would be frowned upon; eventually, they may find themselves guided out of this realm, returning back to Ryslig somewhere safe - and sometimes just within reach of the person who protected them in the first place.

TIER ONE

Tier one boons are small, and are mainly a way for the gods to give their converts a taste of what they can offer. These rewards are immediately available to anyone who pledges themselves to a god. When initially pledging to a god, it is not necessary to submit a prayer--though, if you would like to handwave a prayer, you are free to do so. Therefore, it is not necessary to include an offering for this tier.

FOG A minor power appropriate to the Fog God (think fear, strength, destruction) Smallest rooms in Dyster (a single bed, no window) Resurrecting inside Dyster after 2-3 days (regardless of fog days) A small aesthetic body modification tailored towards fear and intimidation (e.g. extra/bigger teeth, red/scarier eyes, claws if your monster doesn’t already have them) An instinctive knowledge of how many days they have left before the hunger overtakes them

LIEWEN A minor spell appropriate to the Fourth God (think stealth, control, invasion) Smallest rooms in the arcade (barely a bed and a radio, you can hear the arcade outside) Resurrecting inside the arcade after 2-3 days (regardless of fog days) A small aesthetic cybernetic body modification (e.g. wires, circuit boards, Tron lines) A death counter plugin on their PC that has a little image of their head with an x00 number of lives lost next to it. If a character were to die more than 99 times, it would simply start over.

TIER TWO

Tier two boons are larger, and are the first true rewards for doing a god's bidding. It represents a character being ready to dedicate themselves to a god's cause. A character might reach tier two by sacrificing a human to their god, successfully converting a neutral character, or performing public deeds in the name of their god. They also must be a follower for at least a month.

FOG A second power appropriate to the Fog God A bigger room in Dyster (queen-size bed, windows, storage) Instant resurrection in Dyster after being killed. A major body modification (e.g. flightless wings, large horns, extra limbs) Taking on a new way to feed (flesh, energy, souls). This doesn’t replace your old one, but gives you a second option.

LIEWEN A second spell appropriate to the Fourth God A bigger room in the arcade (soundproof, larger, queen-sized bed) Instant resurrection in the arcade after being killed A modified fog form. While an alternate form assumed during fog days is available to everyone, a Fourth follower’s fog form may include cybernetic limbs or other changes appropriate to Fourth. This is a result of the Fourth God attempting to remove the Fog’s influence. Extending the protection of the arcade to a neutral character of the follower’s choosing. That character, upon death, will resurrect in the Arcade after 2-3 days (regardless of fog days). He will never protect a Fog follower.

TIER THREE

You're getting serious. You've got your sleeves firmly rolled up and however much blood you get on your hands in the process, so be it. You've done your action and maybe you balked a little at first, but now that you know what it really takes, you're still all-in.

Tier three rewards are for truly devout followers, and it takes a great act to appease the gods enough to get here. Such acts might include a mass sacrifice of people, the successful conversion of an opposing follower, or killing an opposing follower. (Keep in mind that killing or sacrificing in self-defense, or for their own reasons, does not count - it must be expressly done for their god!)

FOG A third major power, appropriate to the Fog God A house in Dyster (the works) Immortality. Only destroying the brain or the heart can kill a tier three Fog follower. A new, alternate monster form, subject to mod approval. Some examples would include having a beefed-up fog form (go wild on the horror!), or switching at will to a closely related monster type (e.g. gargoyles into dragons). Exchanging the cybernetic modification imparted by the Fourth God for an aesthetic monstrous modification of your choice. Please see common monster traits for details about the cybernetic modification. Increased ferocity and strength and lowered inhibitions while in fog form. Extending the protection of Dyster to a neutral character of the follower’s choosing. That character, upon death, will resurrect in Dyster after 2-3 days (regardless of fog days). She will never protect a Fourth follower.

LIEWEN A third major spell, appropriate to the Fourth God A large room in the arcade (the works) Instantly resurrect via static in any TV or radio of your choice. The ability to teleport from one location to another using radios. Monsters only have to touch the radio, and imagine the location where they wish to go. Note that the target location also needs a radio that is turned on. You can regenerate missing limbs or other body parts while in the arcade, but this will take some time, is painful, and the resulting parts may have a cybernetic look to them. Removing the biological need for conventional food (not humans), sleep, or even breathing. Immunity to the memory loss incurred from multiple deaths. This is not a perfect reward, as Fourth is not a true god and has a higher rate of error for difficult abilities. (This is a loophole in case you still want to play out memory loss.)

PRIESTS

You will do anything in service of your god. You are theirs to use as they see fit. You know you're on the right side of history, and you'll do whatever is in your power to make sure your god prospers.

The priests of each god gain unique and powerful abilities. The abilities favored by each god are explained below, but you may request a different power instead if one suits you better. In order to obtain priesthood, a follower must be in tier three, and have been in Ryslig for at least four months. When asking for priesthood, please explain in great detail the lengths to which your character has gone for their god, and the deeds they have done in their name. These will be judged on a case-by-case basis.

Please do not ask in the god prayer boxes for ideas for a Priest offering. Priest offerings must be something you have OOCly devised yourself. You may submit a Priest form with an offering you have already come up with, request the relevant god somehow prompts your character to perform it, and then (if approved) ICly ask in the god prayer box to receive this prompt. However, things your character does entirely on their own initiative will be more highly looked upon by the gods as proof of their devotion and motivation, and are far more likely to qualify as a Priest offering.

FOG Fog priests are instantly identifiable by their gray capes, made to resemble the Fog God’s long hair. The collar and hem of the cape are frayed, and when the wind blows through them it almost seems like parts of them trail off with it, like the fog itself...but that’s just a trick of the light, right? When priests speak, their voices have a whisper behind them. Fog priests may command the fog as they wish, bringing it forth where there is none and manipulating it around them. Gargoyles and trolls shrouded in fog need not fear the sun, and day-blind monsters have perfect vision. A character with a fog form may freely transform in this as well.

LIEWEN Fourth priests do not have any set outfits, but they are given a unique marking on their hand when accepted by the Fourth. It may be a power symbol, a pattern of wires, or even a symbol from the character’s home world. Whatever it is, it will glow when other Fourth followers are near. Fourth priests may temporarily stop time in their vicinity, affecting anyone who does not follow the Fourth God​. They can also access the rsdos network at will without use of a laptop.

SUBMIT FORM

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Alignment:</b> (Either the one you already are or the one you're shooting for) <b>Offering Description:</b> <b>Link:</b> <a href="LINK">Here.</a> <b>Reward Tier:</b> <b>Reward Description:</b> <b>Backfire (for abilities characters wouldn't ask for ICly):</b>

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Comments

[fairlycapable]

I had a feeling the backfire was a longshot, so thanks for letting me know!

That said, it's not so much a change to the offering as a rewording then..? Because the way Yuuri has been planning it has in fact been explicitly as an offering to the Fog God (there's an entire thread in itself dedicated to that fact in fact).

I should have made that aspect much clearer however, apologies.

[rysligmods]

Upon review of this request and all its components, we have determined that we cannot approve this as presented. The offering provided cannot be used for this character, for reasons we will detail below. Additionally, should a different offering be made, the unique spell requested would not be possible to grant, and would need to be exchanged for a different spell.

At present, all Time- and Time-Alteration based abilities are under the sole purview of the Fourth God himself; devotees of this god can receive a fragment of this power when they reach the Priest Tier of alignment, and no earlier. Additionally, the power described is much, much too powerful both in terms of scope of time rewound as well as in scope of areas affected to be viable in a collaborative roleplay setting.

In regards to the log supplemented as offering, we had a number of concerns. When we previously discussed a circumstance like this with you, you described a scenario where your character would end a fight in service of his god, even if he did not feel "necessarily devoted." At that time we accepted this as a possible avenue. However, in reviewing its execution, we feel that it is not quite as initially described. While your character does get into conflict with a Fog follower and kill her, in part for the threat she bears on his Fourth-aligned companion, this epiphany seems to come from nowhere. Loki declares that "she was torturing fourths," but there is nothing in the log prior to this point to bring him to this conclusion. Furthermore, the defense he provides for his companion seems based more in their mutual friendship rather than with their god alignment — it seems he would have committed this act either way. In short, his motives read more serving of his own ideals than those of his god, and the cause for his "realization" of Kurumi's actions reads tenuous at best.

While this alone raises some concerns for us, more pressing is the circumstance of this log. In it, your character is investigating a crime orchestrated by another of your characters, and he kills the person who helped your other character commit that act. With your characters playing both cause and effect to this scenario, we feel that this request takes unfair advantage of your unique standing as someone playing multiple god-aligned characters. Allowing your characters to influence the actions and opportunities of one another, in this situation, would allow for a quicker advancement within your roster than would be possible for most anyone else in-game. While we do not believe that you have set up this scenario with deliberate intent, we feel the correlation between these two offerings is much too great to fairly allow.

With these circumstances in mind, we unfortunately cannot in good conscience grant this Tier request.

[godofnothingness]

While I could debate back and forth on how Loki came to his conclusions, given the worries about the muse-control situations leading to this boon I'm fine with accepting the fact that Loki's tier 3 can't be granted from this instance. (It does give me ample time to think of a better tier three spell, at the least though!)

That in mind, I will also make his thought processes more clear the next time a tier 3 opportunity arises, and keep that in mind in any future 'god conflicts'!

[rysligmods]

Since we judge these offerings based on the actions and motives of the characters themselves, we need to see the things the gods would value within their behaviors explicitly. When the offering becomes more clear in this presented log, please let us know so we can re-review. If there are other threads supporting this event as an orchestrated offering to the Fog God, you may also provide those.

[fairlycapable]

Absolutely! I'll link it alongside the comment when it's confirmed!

Thank you for letting me know which spells were alright by the way! (That was all I had been after in the first place, so I again apologize if it seemed more like I was angling for an early acceptance message)

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[ryslighelpers]

When Ron finds himself outside (on a night of your choosing), he’ll hear the sound of wind as it approaches. It quickly picks up speed until it rushes by him in what seems to be like an endless gust. His eyes will first notice the pain, and soon, a feeling of moisture will seem to develop over his body, even as no water appears around him.

The wind leaves as quickly as it came. Ron will find his eyes back to normal, his skin dry, but without a word, the Fog God has bestowed the requested rewards.

[quietpeacefullife]

Character Name: Kira Yoshikage
Alignment: Fourth God
Offering Description: Joining
Link: Look what Marco did.
Reward Tier: 1st
Reward Description:
Basic-- 2-3 Day Resurrection, small room in the arcade, death counter. (If the death counter could be kitty faces instead of his own I would be most pleased but that's not something that actually needs to happen. We just have a cat aesthetic going on over here.)

Minor Spell -- Kira's powers back in Morioh involve explosions and erasing. He's also a killer by nature that desires dark places to do that gross thing he does, especially nowadays as he's using his own "skills" to get by.
I thought it would be a neat idea for him to be able to explode/erase electrical light sources. It gives him what he needs to do whatever wholesome things he intends to do in the dark. Just bursting light bulbs is fine. I'm unsure if actually erasing bulbs is too much power. The range is of course not all that great. He's not going to wiping out an entire street or anything like that. Just a dark alley corner or something like that.
I was also hoping he can trigger the spell like he triggers Killer Queen's bombs. The little invisible button press.

Body Modification -- I would like to get Killer Queen's skull in neon pink wiring on the back of his hands. Kind of like This. But I don't know if that's too much wiring because those are detailed little suckers or if it's too much to have them on both hands. If that's a problem the general outline of the cat skull is fine and if two hands is too much then just Kira's right hand works just as fine too.

Backfire: If you want to add issues to the exploding light sources that'd be neat but otherwise, I'll take a pass. Thank you!

[retested]

Character Name: Amanda Young
Alignment: Fog
Offering Description: She formally joined the Fog side, and obtained a key!
Link: Here.
Reward Tier: Tier 1
Reward Description:
- Minor power: survival drive. Amanda would, with permission of other player(s), be able to force others to enter a fight-or-flight mode in which the goal of survival overrides their rational thought process. (Credit goes to mod Kari for coming up with this!)

- Small room/shack/whatever in Dyster.

- Resurrecting within Dyster after 2 to 3 days, regardless of fog.

- Small body mod: an extra set of vocal cords. Using them, Amanda can alter her voice to sound like a very close (but not 100% accurate) approximation of the frightening "Jigsaw" voice used on game recordings in her canon.

- Instinctive knowledge of how many days she has left before her hunger kicks in.

Backfire: Growing those vocal cords is going to cause some INTENSE temporary throat pain!

[rysligmods]

Like you said, for Faerie, many of their closely-related monster-types also apply to other monsters in game. Faeries as they appear in Ryslig are also heavily modified from those you find in most mythologies — the insect aspects were added in-game to give them a more traditionally "monstrous" appearance. Unfortunately, history is not rife with very many insect-based monsters (that aren't giant spiders). As such, it's difficult for us to provide you with an extant list of what would or wouldn't be allowed.

For a Faerie in this case, your "closely related" options swing both towards the fae and to insects, or to an amalgam of each. In a circumstance like you mentioned, where for instance a Dryad straddles the line between a Faerie and a Nymph, we would allow both Ryslig monsters to access this shared mythology, so long as they do not use it to stray completely outside their own monster-type. Fairies in myth are often associated with elements, with household or natural spirits, and in some branches of Christian myth faeries are associated with the hierarchy of angels. With review and approval, you would be allowed to use any of these things to construct an alternate monster form.

We apologize for how long it's taken to get back to you, but we hope this information is helpful!

[imperialpredation]

It is, thanks! This gives me a lot to think about for Yuri's tier three, then. \o/

[bedazzlings]

Character Name: Lorraine Conyers
Alignment: Fourth
Offering Description: Converted a neutral character!
Link: Here.
Reward Tier: Tier 2
Reward Description:
- Second spell: sparklescreen! Lorraine can cast something like a "smokescreen" in order to distract and hopefully escape an aggressor...but instead of being made of smoke, it consists of bright, multicolored SPARKLES. They're bright enough to hurt people's eyes, in the same way that looking into a strong flashbulb can.

- A bigger room in the arcade.

- Instant resurrection in the arcade.

- Modified fog form: hi-tech tendrils. Lorraine's tendrils in her fog form are replaced by woven bundles of fiber-optic cables, which can light up in the same colors as her sea glass accents!

- Extending the protection of the arcade to a neutral character of her choosing.

Backfire: When she gestures with her hand(s) in too animated a fashion during normal conversation, she can accidentally cast a small amount of sparkles and hurt her own eyes.

APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

The IC bestowal has been granted in response to her letter. (The Fog God already likes her so much, she wants to give her better things than this, so keep up the good work Eponine.)

Also, if there are any boons at this tier that you have not yet claimed, such as the unique power, you are welcome to request them at any time.

APPROVED

[ryslighelpers]

At a twilight of your choosing, when Amanda is outside and alone, the silence of her solitude will be torn by the slam of wooden shutters against windows, of the wind blowing high through trees and shredding their leaves like wings from mayflies. The boughs creak, and as the wind tears through the street, it pushes at Amanda, hard at her back and her legs, cold in one breath, hot in the next. It's strong enough to propel her forward -- strong enough to knock her over if she cannot withstand the gale. The longer she stays upright, the harder it blows, until she is forced down. Whether she crouches, or drops to her knees, or falls bodily to the ground, it is not until this that the wind begins to slow.

The wind she breathes will burn in her throat, and there is the lingering sensation of touch to the top of her head, and her hair being brushed out of her face. A flock of dark-feathered birds take wing overhead; in their departure and the silence that follows, Amanda will have her boons.

[soft_focus]

Character Name: Reira Akaba
Alignment: Fourth
Offering Description: None; this is a Monster Change switch over.
Link: N/A
Reward Tier: N/A (Covers Adept, Tier 1, and Tier 2)
Reward Description: The following spells change over due to monster associations:

ADEPT - Switching from Wendigo to Kelpie, Reira goes from the ability to create zombie minions from midnight to dawn, to the ability to walk on water. When this power was listed as an obtainable boon, no drawbacks outside of extreme hunger were listed as I can recall, so I have taken the care to assume a 2 hour time limit before the hunger becomes too much to allow focus on the spell. 15 minutes would likely be the 'safe' range where Reira is hungry, but not dangerously so.

Naturally since Reira only claimed one of his two adept spells in the first place, it's only fair that he not get the other spell Kelpies had. No Ninja Jesus tricks here, nope.

TIER 1 - Rather than vocal mimicry (which is something better associated with wendigo in media), Reira's spell becomes a twist on it and 'hidden conversation' type abilities. Rather than hiding what he is saying, he is able to make those around him hear a different sound entirely-provided there is a sound in his immediate radius to replace it with. If there is not, then natural sounds such as nearby birds fill the void, or mere static.

As a consequence of this ability, it loses effect as more people need to be distracted from what he is actually saying; as a result, the words he is speaking and hearing begin to distort with static, rendering his 'hidden conversation' a more pointless endeavor.

For the person he is speaking to to be hidden from other ears, they must be within five feet of Reira. For the people around them to cease hearing them and instead hear someone else, both they and the target sound source must be within twenty feet.

TIER 2 - This change is similar to his spell as a Wendigo, Reira becomes a slime white jelly and foam mix instead of wind here, due to the jelly being something kelpie have taken the form of (albeit in death); it cannot easily be used for transportation, but he can in fact move about in this state if he chooses, something made easier if he was already moving before taking form. It is better used as a quick dodge however, most particularly due to its backfire; Reira becomes starved of energy after using it, and must not only feed again in order to use it twice, but he must feed within the next 24 hours at maximum...as using this spell brings him so close to starvation that he risks entering a berserk state. His time limit over all for holding this form is 5 minutes.

The following Body Modifications have changed over as follows:

TIER 1 - The cables and lights that followed his Mountain Runes have shifted to match the way the runes sit as a Kelpie; now that those runes crackle over his tendrils and form eye spots on his wings, he bears a number of fiber optic effects both where the runes can be found, and in the seaweed of his hair. The lights of them seem to shine differently according to his mood.

TIER 2 - Reira's Fog Form, being different, is affected differently as well; while there is a similar theme of metal and gears, his tendrils seem supported by glowing tesla coils, and a pole seems to spear through him in a manner not unlike a twisted carousel creature.

Backfire: None! Unless we aren't allowed to switch adept spells over, in which case I guess losing the adept spell is a backfire haha.

Since this is just a trade over, I'm assuming the 4th isn't going to be leaving any fancy messages though; I imagine the abilities would just manifest with the change.

[soft_focus]

Since Loki won't likely hit tier 3 for a while (or at least I assume so; who knows maybe something will come up), I'm checking how this spell sounds in here.

This is an idea I had for a tier 3 boon with the 4th God; if it looks good, let me know, I'm interested to see if it could work out!

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[ryslighelpers]

At the start of an evening of your choosing, when the sun has set but the air is still warm from the day, a dry breeze will pull at Rohan's clothing and whatever he holds, tousling his hair and brushing past his cheeks.

"You have done well. You use the gifts I have given you, and you serve me gladly. You have brought others into my arms - such loyalty deserves reward, doesn't it?"

A sensation of heat will bloom to life within his chest and spread through his body: as it travels down his tail, his scales will tighten, the heat will be so great it may feel as though he has been thrown into a hot pan. This tightness will mimic in his chest, in his throat and his mouth and in his eyes -- how painful this will feel is up to you.

The wind continues to swirl around him, carrying with it a fond laughter.

"Do not let yourself atrophy, my pet. Let these gifts inspire you to greater heights."

And with that, both the heat and the wind will fade away, and Rohan will have access to his new abilities and rewards.

[ryslighelpers]

On reviewing Blue's participation in the offered log, we cannot accept this Tier request at this time. Tier Two is described as, "the first true rewards for doing a god's bidding. A character might reach tier two by sacrificing a human, successfully converting a neutral character, or performing public deeds in the name of their god."

However, while Blue's abilities got these characters into the circumstance leading to the death of a Fog Follower, Blue's reaction to events betrays his unwillingness to participate in her murder, and he in fact tried to prevent her death. Further, his participation in the fight prior to the murder is based more in Kurumi's action of killing and eating humans in general, rather than specifically her Fog alignment, or her killing of a Fourth follower. With these components in mind, it cannot be said that Blue has willingly or knowingly committed any act to further the goals of the Fourth God; as such, this offering would not qualify for additional boons.

[fandisservice]

Character Name: IV
Alignment: Fog
Offering Description: Killed Elizabeth
Link: Here.
Reward Tier: Three (Two, One)
Reward Description:

A third major power, appropriate to the Fog God
As he never claimed his prior rewards for Tier Two and One I will also do them now.

Tier One: Corrosive Blood

As it sounds, makes his blood corrosive when it's bled out, so it could be used hypothetically to bleed on an old rusty lock and break it, or at the very least discourage people from getting into close combat with him. Comes with drawbacks: blood loss, and he's a vampire without a lot of bloodflow to begin with so it is limited. Themeing works with being a Vampire, and should be suitable for the fog god by virtue of being a fairly straight-forward and destructive power.

Tier Two: Miscellaneous Mass Control

Standard vampire bullshit of being able to stand upside down on the ceiling, or walk up a wall. Decrease gravitational pull so he can step off a building and land "softly" though there's still no glide or flight ability. IV lacks wings, so I figure I might as well give him this.

Tier Three: Doll Maker

Mad surgeon ability, more or less. Think Frankenstein. This would allow IV to make himself "dolls" out of corpses, or do his "doll-making" work on someone, like attaching them an arm back after amputation. However, this would require IV to a) be using actual corpse pieces or b) doll parts because it's his canonical #aesthetic and why the hell not. He can control his corpse dolls, he cannot control for instance, someone gets their arm chopped off, he puts a new arm on, he cannot control that arm now, it's the receiver's arm. Dolls created this way do not have wills of their own, and are typically not very sturdy since they are a bunch of wooden limbs and zombie parts. I'm not quite sure if this does properly fall into the domain of something the Fog God can grant since I'm aware the Fourth has done the zombie thing before, but since the Fog God does deal with making things more monstrous, I was wondering if a Frankenstein type gimmick might work here.

- A house in Dyster (the works)

- Extending the protection of Dyster to Kamishiro Ryouga, so upon death he will revive in Dyster.

Backfire: None

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[ryslighelpers]

At a time when Kira is alone and uses his laptop at night, all of the lights in his near vicinity will simultaneously go out. The hum of electricity remains, as does the illumination of his laptop screen. A sentence appears without prompting:

thank you
i hope we can be great friends :)
take this

Static electricity will surge from the keyboard to Kira's hands, and the sensation of mild electrocution will pass through his body. Once the feeling fades, he will have his new modifications and ability.

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[ryslighelpers]

Note: You will need to indicate in this thread which character will be utilizing neutral protection before it can be used in-game.

On a date of your discretion, Lorraine will hear a strange beeping noise from her laptop, like that of a microwave timer. Although it is slow in tempo, the sound will not cease until she interacts with the device. At her first keystroke, the screen will blue out, filling with garbled scrolling text. This will last for several seconds before the reverse waterfall will start thinning out, columns and rows emptying out once again. Some letters will hang in place, stable, and when all the moving text has wiped away, the following message will be left behind:

play a game with me?
i'll give you a prize if you win ;)

No matter what she does after that, her laptop will power down; it's clear she's meant to go to the Arcade. Once she makes the trip, bright lights will illuminate across the floor, like runners of a movie theater, leading her to a certain game machine. It appears to be a game of Clowns: two people-shaped avatars take turns on a see-saw, one launched into the air to catch colored tokens at the top of the screen while the other moves the platform. When the first falls, the other is launched into the air, and the pattern repeats. As she plays, Lorraine will discover that she can only move the platform half the time, when the left-hand avatar is the one on the ground--she has no control over the right. The right-hand person, however, always catches her token, for this is a two-player game.

The longer she plays, the more detailed the game becomes. The identical avatars shift in shape, where hers gets a little taller, a little more feminine, a little more her, while the other seems to shrink, its pixels flickering in and out of display like static. The colored tokens change shape: some become rough pixel-hearts, others emoji-like faces. The more Lorraine's avatar captures, the higher their score. Although the game becomes faster and the number of tokens increases, Lorraine will never feel stressed; a pleasant sensation of calm will settle on her shoulders and fill her body. Intermittent encouragements like keep it up! and good job! and you're a great friend! cross the screen.

Eventually, this screen too will flicker out, replaced only with text:

that was a lot of fun
i'm glad you're my friend Lorraine
you've made friends for me too

thank you

it's lonely without friends
isn't it?

so let's keep making lots of friends together

ok?

With the game complete, Lorraine will have access to her new power and boons. But in retrospect, that wasn't a game that could be won, was it?

[fairlycapable]

Marco is now 'dead' (or brain dead, or...yeah), and for a better look at the whole thread from where Yuuri is actually involved, there is this.

Also, as promised, her discussion with Yuri, where she explicitly shows how and why she intends to dedicate the sacrifice to the Fog God herself.

(Yuri himself references in the main kill thread the divide between personal and god related vengeance; Yuuri and Yuri are not actually very close, they only banded up because it was with the Fog God in mind.)

With that in mind, given the previous judgement, if I could claim the alternate monster form at a later time I would appreciate it. I'm not 100% sure what I would use for it yet...

Thank you for this re-review, as well as your time!

[viliorate]

Character Name: Zolf J Kimbley
Alignment: Fourth
Offering Description: Joined in October 2014; was one of the original three followers and original adepts on August 2 2015
Link: became an adept here
Reward Tier: Tier 1 + 2
Reward Description:

retained old boons:
-temporary hunger relief with a blood ritual
-temporary zombie minions
-changing into fog form by choice

tier 1:
spell – stationary invisibility – it allows him to hide in the shadows if he so chooses, but he’s not incorporeal or anything like that. If someone were to run into him, the spell would fizzle out.
physical change – bracelet/cuff-looking designs around his wrists that glow a sickly reddish pink color.
tier 2:
spell – Silent movement – so long as he doesn’t knock into anything, no one can hear him coming.
physical change for his fog form– a mostly skeletal, or incredibly thin looking bipedal deer, except with the arms replaced with mechanical parts that look more like this.

Backfire: n/a

[ryslighelpers]

While we understand the thread is old, is it possible for you to link us to the thread where the actual sacrifice happened?

[viliorate]

Unfortunately, no, the actual thread was hand-waved. If I recall correctly, it was hand-waved with permission, but it was a long time ago.

defection question

[liquidbaby]

Hi! This is a god question concerning alignment/defection. Ron is a fog follower, and Reira is a 4th follower. We're planning to have Ron defect from fog toward the end of the year, and are looking for a little bit of assistance with this, if possible.

The plan is a little bit like this:
Ron sends a letter to Fog asking what to do about Reira not wanting to talk to him and (from what Ron thinks) stop hating him and such, as Reira's brother was killed by Fog so the card child hates Fog a looot. Part of this would be asking if Fog could bring Reiji (Reira's brother) to Ryslig as a yule present for Reira.

Sidenote, Reiji was a 4th wall zombie.

Bringing Reiji is ofc impossible, so simply saying no to that would send Ron into a huff, and, frankly, the boy is five years old, so it's not hard to make him upset, but we thought we should talk to you about this.

The thought is to start a conversation between Ron and Reira about this, which would lead to Ron defecting from Fog and join 4th instead, rather than having him defecting right on the spot of the reply, but as Ron would take a while understanding any letter given his reading skills being pretty poor, this shouldn't be a difficult thing to achieve.

So, the non tl;dr version is basically this.
Would we be able to request the Fog god answer someone's question in a way that would upset them, given that the gods prefer to play to their interests? Especially knowing that OOC, the wish to bring someone would be impossible to grant.

Again, Reiji was a 4th wall zombie, which might or might not matter in Fog's reply.