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God Boons
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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.
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!
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 |
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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.
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!)
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.
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
Submitting for approval; IC will come later in log!
Alignment: Fog
Retained Fog Boons:
-Madoka's stronger during the Fog (by a factor of 1.2, evidently)
-Madoka feels compelled to protect fellow Fog Followers/attack Fourth Followers (though is usually able to avoid this urge)
I'll be discarding the peryton form/humanoid, since she grew normal wings and is basically a permaperyton now. Permaton.
Offering Description: Aligned since October 2014.
Link: Warning for death.
Reward Tier: Tier 1
Reward Description: Taking everything.
Minor power: Freezing mist. At will, Madoka can release an icy mist around herself, which reduces visibility of everything within. The mist is always centered on Madoka, and does not go very far (10m at most). As the mist is intensely humid, surfaces inside will become icy and slick. The ice inside is extremely cold; it is very painful to humans, though not lethal unless kept for a long period of time, and ranges from uncomfortable to painful for non-undead monsters. This is not the Fog God's fog, and as such does not affect monsters in any way normal fog would.
Minor body modification: Madoka trails light wisps of fog wherever she goes, mostly as a "path" left behind her. This is purely cosmetic, and would act in any way as the Fog God's fog would.
Backfire: Not a backfire per se, but Madoka will ask for this power specifically as "a way to protect my friends."
Offering Description: Adept since August 2015.
Link: Warning for zombies.
Reward Tier: Tier 2
Reward Description: Taking everything.
Medium power: Reanimation. If Madoka kills a human being and holds on to their body (or what's left of it), she may reanimate the remains as a nonsentient undead body. This body decays as a normal would, and is held together/acts through magic (so a skeleton would not fall apart from lack of muscle). She may have up to ten (10) undead at any one time; if she attempts to animate more past this, the earliest one animated will crumble into dust. (I am fine with restricting the number of undead kept or limiting this power to once per day if necessary; if she can have fewer limits, I'm also fine with that!)
The bodies have no intelligence or way to communicate information to others. Further, they will not understand any particularly complex commands. For instance, "scrub the floor" and "attack the human" would be usable commands, but "bake these cookies for 30 minutes" would not. The bodies are sluggish and bordering on useless where combat is concerned; an average and unassisted human would be able to take one out easily, provided they have some sort of weapon or stick nearby.
Major body modification: Similar to her fog form, the area that used to hold Madoka's soul gem collapses into a permanent hole (4-5 inches diameter) in her chest. This hole appears to be natural, as if her body initially developed with a large hole in her upper chest; no viscera is visible, and the sides of the hole are covered with skin. The mountain rune overlaying this remains where it is; it simply curves inward and coat the skin bordering the hole. The hole is mundane aside from her Major Power and new feeding method; if someone wanted to stick their arm through it, nothing would happen except for Madoka feeling immensely awkward.
New way to feed: Madoka gains the ability to feed through draining a human being's fear (a subset of energy feeding), provided that she inspired that fear herself. Greater terror feeds her more; whereas a human just seeing her fog form might provide a few minutes' worth of energy, a human panicking over a long and sustained chase in which she toys with them might provide week. If possible, I'd like this to be a part of her Major Power below. However, even if this is not acceptable, the fear will drain visibly from people into the hole in her chest.
Backfire: Once again, not a backfire, but Madoka will request this as a power that "lets her make new friends."
Offering Description: Madoka will become a zealot by killing Fiddleford McGucket as a intentionally offered sacrifice for the Fog God.
Link: Warning for complete failures.
Reward Tier: Tier 3
Reward Description: Taking everything.
Major power: Drain. Madoka gains the ability to absorb various things from other people. When Madoka absorbs something, it forms a visible energy that is then drawn into the hole in her chest. This absorption rapidly drains her target of whatever it is she is choosing to take, and gives Madoka that thing for the next ten minutes. She may only drain an unwilling person once per day per person, and she may only have one thing absorbed at any given time.
Further, Madoka can only drain a clearly defined subset of things. I'd really like this power to have a few different applications, so I've listed several possibilities below in order from "things I really want to keep" down to "things that might be kind of neat if you're cool with it I guess":
Emotions: Madoka may drain a specific emotion from her target into herself for ten minutes. She may only take one emotion at a time; thus she may drain a terrified target of fear, but confusion would remain in them. She feels the emotion as strongly as her target was feeling, and cannot choose to return the emotion early, though she can try to work through it while she has it. (If her alternate feeding method is approved, taking fear will only sustain her if the fear was inspired directly by her.)
Wounds: Madoka may drain a target of their injuries, taking them onto herself instead for ten minutes. As an undead creature, she is significantly better suited to many types of wounds and injuries than some other monsters; however, she can still die from these wounds if they are severe enough. If Madoka dies while someone's wounds are in her, the wounds do not return after the ten minute period.
Life: Madoka may drain a target of their very life itself, becoming alive once again for ten minutes while her target becomes undead. Neither her nor her target go through any mental changes or gain any additional powers/weaknesses (aside from from those granted by being undead) from this swap; Madoka remains in every other way a wendigo, and her target remains in every other way what they are normally. This can be as painful on both sides as the involved party would like.
As an example, if Madoka drained a gargoyle of its life, her organs would begin to function normally again, her blood would start circulating, and she would need to breathe. Similarly, the gargoyle's organs would temporarily stop functioning, their blood would cease to circulate, and they would no longer need to breathe. However, the gargoyle would still turn to stone in daylight, and Madoka would still be frozen to the touch and ravenous.
Physical power: Madoka may drain a target of its strength, speed, or vitality and gain it instead for ten minutes. For instance, if she drained a troll of strength, that troll might have the strength of a human, and Madoka might have the troll's strength instead. In the case that Madoka absorbs someone's "vitality" or "good health" while in a near-death state, if she is not healed within the ten minutes time she has bought herself, she will immediately return to that near-death state afterwards.
Supernatural abilities: Madoka may drain a target of a specific ability, such as a troll's heat vision or a vampire's ability to turn into a bat, for ten minutes. She will have no idea how to use any of the things she takes without long periods of intentional training with them, and will have no "instinct" to guide her in their use.
Physical attributes: Madoka may absorb a single, clearly defined feature from a human or other monster for ten minutes. For instance, she could take the scorpion tail from an arachnid, or the large wings of a faerie. Once again, she will have no idea how to use any of the things she takes without long periods of intentional training with them, and will have no "instinct" to guide her in their use. Madoka cannot use this power to kill someone - for instance, she could not steal someone's heart and let them die - and if use of her power would reasonably kill a person, they will be kept alive and fully functional for the duration of those ten minutes instead.
For example: if Madoka steals a person's "face", she would wear their face for ten minutes while they would be left completely featureless. However, they would still be able to breathe and function normally, aside from an inability to speak without a mouth.
Alternate form: I would like Madoka's fog form to become "fully functional" once again; that is, all the eyes will become capable of seeing, the mouths will all be capable of speaking and eating separately and controllably, and the hands on her wings will all be capable of functioning independently. This will take a long amount of practice to get used to, and it will still be a fog-only form.
Neutral protection: If this can be changed later, Madoka will make her request later; however, if it needs chosen now, Madoka will request that Homura Akemi be given this protection if she ever shows up again.
Backfire: Madoka will request a power that "lets her work with her friends to do whatever she has to."
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Let us know if these changes are acceptable, and please let us know when your thread has reached the appropriate point so we can give an IC bestowal.
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The thread isn't complete yet; however, Fiddleford has bitten Madoka a more-than-lethal number of times, and she's started to inflict lethal damage on his body by biting right through it. In the next few tags, they're probably both going to start dying down. Is this okay?
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