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If you are wondering how to join this game, it's simple. Introduce yourself and explain what sort of god you are. There's no formal template for this. Make your introduction simple or as complicated as you like. You don't even need to choose a divine domain, though one could provide a little flavour for your actions.
Once you're done introducing yourself, you're free to spend your 6 Divine Power on the Divine Abilities in the attached image. Simply copy the map, use your favourite graphics editor to mark the biomes you're creating or where you're placing a species and post your version of the map, along with how you spent your Divine Power.
Alternatively, you can choose to save your Divine Power (up to a maximum of 24) for future turns. That's fine too.
Once that's done, you're free to roleplay with the other gods as you wait for me to update the main map and start the next turn, which will grant you another 6 Divine Power that you may spend or save all over again.

To summarise:
When you first join the game and at the start of every turn, you gain 6 Divine Power that you can spend on Divine Abilities.
A new turn will begin every day, roughly at this point in time, which I will always begin by consolidating the contributions of the gods and updating the map.
A god can hold up to 24 Divine Power, so if you are unable to participate for a few days, you will not lose out.

Here's a couple of simple rules to keep in mind:

>If you use a Divine Ability in a way that does not align with that Ability's rules or goes against the intended spirit of the rules, it will fail. Any Divine Power spent in this way will be refunded at the start of the next turn, and I will explain the reason for the failure.

>You cannot target a hex that has already been targeted by another god during the same turn. For example, if you try to create a species in a hex after another god has changed the biome of that hex during the same turn, you will fail. Any Divine Power spent in this way will be refunded at the start of the next turn, and I will explain the reason for the failure.

And a couple of more complicated rules:

>If Shape the World is used to turn a hex inhabited by a species into a biome that isn't a favoured biome for that species, then that species will be removed from that hex at the start of the next turn, unless Adapt Species is used to make that biome a favoured biome for that species.

>If a species has been wiped off of the map and doesn't exist on a single hex, you do not need to use Create Species again if you want to bring it back. You can simply use Transplant Species to reintroduce it to the world of Apoch.

And the most important rule:

>If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. I will try to answer you as soon as I have the time. If I do not, then I will try to answer it at the beginning of the next turn.

I'll lead by example, introduce myself, and play out my first turn.

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As I said, I am the Scaper. I am commonly considered a god of creation, though not necessarily a god of goodness. This is because I do not believe that life is worth protecting or preserving. Instead, it is my belief that all life should be only given the chance of live. Misery and death are not evil, but the absence of birth most certainly is. The act of creation is sacred.

On distant worlds, my symbol is the open-palmed hand. In those places, would-be parents pray to me for fertility and craftsmen wish for me to bless them with fortitude. I do not care for their prayers. At this time, my only interest in the creation of new life on Apoch.

For that reason, I ask that you behold that vast continent in the Southwest. It has no name yet. Perhaps we shall give it one in time. Look upon the dry, desolate plains, devoid of life. It is truly an awful sight. Yet I ask that you do not avert your eyes. Instead, watch as I scatter these seeds on the barren soil. Observe as great oaks erupt from the earth the moment that they touch the ground. Gaze upon the vast expanse of greenery I have created, a first glimpse of colour on this desecrated world.

>I start with 6 Divine Power, all of which I am spending on six uses of Shape the World, in order to turn six hexes into Woodland. That's it for my turn.
>When you're making edits, there's no need to update the key, since I'll do that with the daily update.
>All you need to do is fill in the hexes that you're transforming, or mark the hex where you're placing a species. Simple as that.

This is my first gift to Apoch. Trees. Now it is your turn, my fellow deities. What wonders shall you bring to this world?

BUMP!!! Will play as soon as possible.

Can you give us a list of biomes?

>>5226189
There's no list. Just fill a hex with a colour, doodle a little picture in there if you want and say it represents a mountain or a volcano or a forest of giant mushrooms or whatever you want. This way, everyone can make the list of biomes together, over time.

>>5226220
Would you be doing the art for biomes we "fill in", or would that be on us?

>>5226252
You're welcome to provide art and make the hexes for that biome look as fancy as you like.
You're also welcome to just turn a hex light green and say "that represents grassland." That's okay with me.
You can also ask me to make a biome you've made look prettier, if you want me to find suitable art for it. I'm okay with doing that, so long as you ask and you're not too picky.

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A Being slowly comes into existence, answering the call and emerging into ever-desolate Apoch. From the cold South of the world, bitter winds emerge to churn the waves and chill the land. The most frigid regions give way to ice and snow, as huge expanses of salty sea are transformed into white plains. Once the land is ready to receive its ruler, the howling hailstorm takes shape. The Lord of Hoarfrost stalks the land, towering over the wastes and searching for something to hunt. It's not satisfied. Not yet.

Hello! I'd like to join, please. This looks fun as fuck, I love hex-based multiplayer quests. Any action limit in one turn, or can we just blast out as many actions as we have Divine Power?

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>>5226272
I'd like to use Shape the World on these six tiles.

I was just about to post a cold-themed god and then Fractal posted. Probably redundant?

>>5226280
I don't mind having a rival Cold God, if you don't! We could take alternate poles or something.

>>5226282
Cool, I can probably make it work with the theme I'm thinking of

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I am Frosore, the god over the domain of "cold". This "cold" is a rather vague term, and can mean death, stability, indifference, mellowing, or other things. Ironically, this makes me sometimes inconsistent in my behavior or outlook. However, one thing I am firm on is that I do not like a large amount of entropy, and if something is causing a great disturbance or upheaval in the world, I am wont to oppose it. I see the chaos of creating a new world, or rather, restoring a dead one, to be a necessary evil. My nature sometimes puts me at odds with the Scaper, perhaps I was chosen to be a counterbalance to him.

My symbol is the snowflake. It has the potential to chill, ease the heat of summer, but also to numb, or even kill. A diverse amount of people pray to me for a many reasons, but despite this diversity, I am usually one of the less popular gods for my ironically unpredictable nature. One would think that I would not care for such prayers, but I do find some enjoyment in either answering them to further my goals, or doing so in a way they did not expect and often do not appreciate.

>Use Shape the World to create 6 Boreal Forest hexes in the North East continent

You are more than welcome to replace any biome tile or species I place with one you find or can make that looks better, otherwise I'm going to be populating things with ugly Paint creations.

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>>5226272
>>5226273
No action limit. So long as you've got enough Divine Power, blast away.
Is this an okay graphical representation and name for the frozen plain biome?
>>5226289
Unless you explicitly want me to make your hexes look better, I'll stick with what you made. It's less work for me.

In any case, both of these contributions are great.

>>5226298
Yep! That looks great, thank you very much. How much power do we get per turn, btw?

>>5226301
A new turn will begin at roughly 23:00 UTC every day, unless I have a reason to delay.
At the beginning of a new turn, every god gains 6 Divine Power.
It's fine if you miss a few days, since a god can stockpile up to 24 Divine Power.

dibs

will make character sheet as soon as i got off work

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>>5225669

I am Yearn. I do not know why I became to be but I know what I shall be. I shall be satisfied by new life to be made and in due time become part of myself. I am the god of desire. I spend my time and energies in the west of Apoch creating a new biome for future life forms to find life in. It has tall mountains so these future life forms may be able to get as close to the sun if they so desired.

>I start with 6 Divine Power, all of which I am spending on four uses of Shape the World, in order to turn four hexes into Mountainland. That's it for my turn.

I am Effie, god of fire and courage. The world is still yet young and it is not time for my intervention. I will await the right time to spend my powers. The right time for fire and courage.

(I am on vacation for 2 days without a laptop so I can’t really post anything or expand too much on my god. So I’ll just sit back and gather divine power until I’m back. Is that alright QM?)

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>>5226334
You've only chosen four hexes, so you've still got two Divine Power left, which you'll save if you don't spend it during this turn. I'm just making sure you know.
Is this an okay graphical representation for your mountains?
>>5226345
That's fine with me. I'll make a note of you and make sure that your Divine Power is stockpiled.

>>5226350
I did intend to save 2 divine power.
I like the hex icon.

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I am Uthys, the god of Darkness. My holy symbol is the representation of an eclipse, a black disc with purple radiating rays. I am worshipped by subterranean or nocturnal beings and by those whose occupation benefits from the cover of darkness. Those who are afraid of the dark offer their prayers to me, in the hope of being spared the attention of the dangers that lurk in the shadows.

My first action in this world will be to create a vast swamp to the southeast of Scaper's forest, for that type of land is more pleasing to me

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Torc, god of earthern things, shapes a subterranean tunnel-realm filled with giant insects, territorial wildlife and strange plants, the land above being plain and barren in contrast the the lush depths.

(No idea what to do for icons, not my forte, so do whatever suits you.)

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>>5226389
Good job, I have nothing negative to say.
>>5226453
Is this an okay graphical representation and name for the biome you made?
Additionally, this is the first major hurdle for me. I expected I would have to deal with underground biomes or sky biomes eventually, but not this soon. As far as I can see, I've got two options:
>I can try and represent everything on a single map to keep things simple. This makes it hard to convey certain details, like how the land above is plain and barren, which might lead to confusion further down the line.
>I create a second map, to map out the underworld of Apoch. This creates a bit more work and makes things a little more complicated, but it allows for much more accurate depiction of surface and underground biomes.
Which would you prefer?

>>5226504
The latter seems really cool. But from qst experience, adding a whole second layer of work so early on might end up burning you out or something?

>>5226504
You could also just disallow them entirely if it's too hard. But if you don't want to, I say just keep things simple for now so you don't burn out.

>>5226504
Yep, a separate layer for the underdark would be cool, but I really don't want this to end up another dead civ/god quest.

>>5226517
Yeah, what you said. Civ quests typically die when management becomes so much of a chore that it's no longer fun to run. I'd hope we could all avoid that.

>>5226504
Yeah that’s works fine for me. And do whatever’s easiest on your end.

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Ignoring the advice of literally everyone, I've created a second map to cover the underworld.

This will come with a few changes to the rules:
>Like Dead Land, Shape the World cannot be used to turn a hex into Solid Rock.
>Like Dead Land, Solid Rock can never be chosen as a favoured biome for a species.
>If you want to create a path between the surface and the underworld, that will require two uses of Shape the World - one for a hex on the surface, and the other for the matching hex in the underworld.
>A hex that is a path to the underworld or a path to the surface can also be another biome, free of charge. For example, you could make a Subterranean Jungle Surface Route for just one use of Shape the World.
>Species can spread through a path between the surface and the underworld, provided that the biome on the other side is a favoured biome.
If you're unable to find the matching hex on the other world when making a path between the surface and the underworld, just let me know and I can find it for you when I do the map update.

This doesn't create much work at all - it's only a little extra on top of what I've already got on my plate. So don't worry too much, I should manage.

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Turn 2 of the Age of Land and Beasts has begun.

The attached surface map contains all of the updates made during the previous turn.

Failed Divine Abilities & Refunded Divine Power:
>There were none.

Remaining & Expired Timers:
>There are no timers that are active or that have expired at the start of this turn.

With the start of a new turn, every god has gained 6 Divine Power, up to a maximum of 24 Divine Power.

Here is the current Divine Power of each and every god:
>Scaper: 6 DP
>Fractal: 6 DP
>Frosore: 6 DP
>Yearn: 8 DP
>Effie: 12 DP
>Uthys: 6 DP
>Torc: 6 DP

Here is your daily reminder:
Anyone can join, leave or rejoin this game at any time. There is no need to worry about being kicked out, or about having missed out.

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The attached underworld map contains all of the updates made during the previous turn.

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Excellent. Steps have been taken and life is beginning to spread over the surface of Apoch once more, thanks to our divine intervention. So far however, there is nothing but plant life and the tiniest, most unremarkable animals. I seek to change that.

Behold as I take in my hands the dead earth of this world. Watch as I infuse these inert stones with my power and grant it life, of a sort. Observe what was once a heap of rubble as it assumes a humanoid form and moves of its own accord. It might not a conventional beast, but this is a living being.

I think I shall call it a Rogg. It shall have the power to imbue its animating magic on other stones, in order to create more of its kind. Together, these Roggs shall inhabit the forest that I have made. They have no need to forage or hunt. They exist simply to watch as we bring renewal to Apoch. Perhaps in time I shall give them companions, who they might share the woodlands with. Until then, they stand alone.

>I start this turn with 6 Divine Power. I shall spend all 6 Divine Power on a single use of Create Race. With this ability, I am creating the Roggs in the hex I have circled on the map. They shall start at Level 1 and their favoured biome is Woodland.
>This circle is just there to indicate the original hex of this species. When I do the map update for Turn 3 tomorrow, I'll show you how I'll track which species live on which hexes.
>Starting from the next turn, the Roggs will begin spreading to neighbouring Woodland hexes.
>When you create a species, remember these three key aspects: I need to know the name of the species, I need to know the favoured biome of the species and I need to know the original hex of the species (which must match its favoured biome).

Consider this an example of how extraordinary life can be. It does not have to be limited to flesh and blood. You may create animals made of ice or fire, if you like. A man made of moss with water running through its veins, perhaps. Alternatively, you might prefer traditional forms of life and only wish to work with meat and bone. This is just as acceptable.

I look forward to witnessing the creatures you design, should you choose to make any at all.

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Look upon this example of a Rogg. It is a rudimentary entity but perhaps with time, I might be able to transform it into something incredible. Alternatively, it might suffer an ignoble end along with the rest of its kind. Either outcome is acceptable. Theh have been given the opportunity to live and that is enough to satisfy me.

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>>5226778
>Use Shape the World to create in the North Eastern continent: three Mountain hexes on those marked with a triangle, one lake hex on the one marked with a circle, and two boreal forest hexes on those marked with X's.

Fascinating, I hadn't even considered a creature outside of the typical flesh method. I wonder how they sustain themselves. Perhaps I should conjure up some of my own some time.

>>5226789
dropped name

I am Totalous. God of conflict, battle, and hunting. I wish to see the strong dominate the weak and then fall to a superior stronger foe in an endless cycle of violence and conflict. For my first action I will create a vast plainsfor which beasts may roam upon.

>Use Shape the World to create in the South Eastern continent: 6 plains hexes

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>>5226896

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The Lord of the frigid waste hungers for the thrill of the hunt. But the world is barren, and its domain an empty expanse. It cannot be a king of nothing. And so, Fractal focuses its Divine Power to sculpt a vassal-beast of its own. It presses ice and snow together, breathing life into it. It implants raw instinct, the drive to survive, and immense toughness into its chosen creature.

The Hoarboars are born. Their bodies are flesh and bone, and they feed off the sparse lichen that grows amidst the icecaps. There are few of them, however, and the ice cannot support a huge population just yet, but they’re something for the feral god to hunt when the time is right.

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>>5226908
Create Race. Their preferred biome is the Ice Flats, and the first population is crafted at the selected location.

>>5226778
Will there be lesser creatures, like cattle/birds/fish/small animals, that we don't create, or are literally the only animals that exist the ones we create?

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>>5226896
Welcome aboard, good contribution.
>>5226789
>>5226911
Good contributions too, I don't see any problems here.
>>5226924
Lesser creatures do exist. Birds, fish, small mammals, reptiles, insects and so on.
Create Species is used to create supernatural creatures, exotic creatures and apex predators. The Hoarboars are a great example of this, as few other creatures would be hardy enough to be survive on ice flats like that.
Notable missing creatures would include horses, cattle, humans, apes, apex predators from our world and anything larger than a human.
When it comes to horses, cattle and other races important to people, they can be represented by using Create Bond to make a bond between an unintelligent species and an intelligent race. I'm planning on making an example of this with the Roggs, provided that they're not wiped out before that point.

Also, are these okay graphical representations for the new biomes?

How will the creatures be represented, btw? Would it help if we made little drawings of them for you to use?

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>>5227173
That would get a bit chaotic. When it comes to the map, I'm keeping the representation of creatures rather abstract.
If a hex is inhabited, I'll segment the bottom of the hex and give it a colour that corresponds with the species that inhabits it. If you want a particular colour for a species that you have made, just let me know and I can assign that colour to that species.
When multiple species are in the same hex, I'll divide the species segment into multiple colours, each one representing a different species.
You can find examples of this in the attached image.

>>5227043
Yes this works

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>>5225669

A slow breeze flows by for what seems like years. Yet, really, it is naught but a short hour before a serpentine deity slithers closer to the world and observes it quietly for what seems to be only a second. She was Loreleilim, goddess of Sand, Time, Histories, and Serpents. Her holy symbol was that of a snake with a quill in it's mouth wrapped around an hourglass. While mostly peaceful and valuing family and friends, they are quite the fan of heroic adventures and court intrigue, if only for the interesting stories that come from them. They wish to preserve, at least in their own mind, the histories and legends of the world, so that they may at least be remembered by one should they be washed away by the sands of time.

In seemingly an instant, various lands once dead would be made slightly more alive. They were still sandy deserts, but it wasn't the plane deadlands that surrounded it's edges. Quietly, the god of time hoped to make a grand oasis on the continent she started to work on, but things could change with time...

>Create 6 desert hexes in the north coast of the south eastern continent.

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>>5226774

The mountains are tall and wide, within them are deep caves that potentially lead elsewhere. The sun shines down on the snow peaks, where small mountain sheep and goats baa and eat the small bits of vegetation in the area.
Yearn travels through these new lands and concludes they are good.

Yearn yearns for more. He uses 6 of his divine power to make beings in his own image: Ogres, fat humanoids with hunger that can seem insatiable at times, similar to the desires of Yearn.
The Ogres live in the deep caves at night, but during the day, traverse the mountain tops to capture sheep and goats and any other mountain wildlife to eat. Yet their fatness seems to slow them down when trying to catch full grown adult goats.

Yearn watches them closely and begins to cry as he watches one ogre, chasing an adult goat, slip on a rock and fall to only be covered by an avalanche. Yearn truly wept as he discovered the ogre unable to lift any debris off of his fat body.

Yearn uses his last two Divine Power to empower the Ogres with strength to protect themselves and aid in their hunting.

>>5227347


>6 dp to make ogres
>2 do to empower them with strength

>>5227227
What does it mean / what are the consequences when species are in conflict with each other and there isn't a difference of 3 levels? What if they are even level?

>>5227287
>>5227347
>>5227349
Great work. I'll use a single consistent image for the desert hexes and as for the ogres, they're fantastic.
The only problem with the ogre update is that I need to know which Mountain hex they'll start on. Just put a circle or a cross on it on the map, and that'll do perfectly.
>>5227369
If there isn't a difference of at least three levels, then the conflict is just fluff, used to represent strife between those two species. It could represent a squabble over territory, or a predator species hunting a prey species, or a divine curse of bloodlust, or just one species acting on its natural sadism. Anything works.

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>>5227381


The eastern mountain hex

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>>5226778
Hmm, life that is not made out of meat and blood? An intriguing concept. Let me try my hand at it. I shall create a race of living Shadows. Their favourite biome shall be Swamp, and their colour shall be purple.

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>>5227488
I will give no special name to this race. Perhaps in time they will choose to name themselves something different than the descriptive but bland "Shadows", but it will be something they will have to decide for themselves when they are able. Their default appearance shall be small and humanoid, but like the non-living shadows that they are made of, their figure will be infinitely malleable. They will possess form but not substance and they will invariably be pitch black in colour, except for their eyes that shall be as varied as there are colours in the rainbow. They shall be whimsical and mischievous, but not outright malicious. Despite having no stomach of meat, they will still require sustenance and they will derive it from life itself, engulfing other living beings with their shadowy bodies and consuming them entirely. They shall feel love and reproduce like all living beings I was aware of, for who am I to deprive my treasured creations of the emotions that define life?

goddamn capcha, I still hate it.

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Something stirs, whether formed by mere left-over energy dispersed & collected from the gods actions? Whether something that'd been there that a scaper had foreseen, the presence that flows out is distinctly?

Malevolent.

>The Carrion Lord Arises.

A great being of death, decay and nature, a wave of sloth emanates from it, a taloned claw pointing down towards?

>The center of the swamps.

Divine energy pulsates & within an insidious threat is born.

>Vines twitch & writhe coming to life, seeking to strangle, infest, propagate and mindlessly puppeteer all life. Spores blossom across them from newly made flowers that make victims tired & fatigued. It is likely a threat to all life in the swamps and perhaps beyond!

>Create species, infesting sleeper vines.

What marvellous progress. So many fascinating forms of life now spread across the surface of this world, slowly but inexorably. Some exist simply to multiply, while others are products of passion. Some were born to defile the creations of other gods and a few were made simply for the sake of it.

Yet only a few corners of this vast world are inhabited. So much of this sphere remains desolate. Our work has only just begun.

>>5227588
As the central hex of the swamps has already been targeted by Uthys in >>5227488, this should technically fail, in accordance with this rule:
>You cannot target a hex that has already been targeted by another god during the same turn.
However, you're not trying to grief anyone and this serves an early example of an infraction of that rule, so I'll let it slide just this once. Besides, murderous infester vines are awesome.

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Turn 3 of the Age of Land and Beasts has begun.

The attached surface map contains all of the updates made during the previous turn.

Failed Divine Abilities & Refunded Divine Power:
>There were none.

Existing Conflicts & Bonds:
>There are currently no conflicts or bonds in effect.

Remaining & Expired Timers:
>There are no timers that are active or that have expired at the start of this turn.

With the start of a new turn, all of the species have spread to nearby hexes of their favoured biomes and every god has gained 6 Divine Power, up to a maximum of 24 Divine Power.

Here is the current Divine Power of each and every god:
>Scaper: 6 DP
>Fractal: 6 DP
>Frosore: 6 DP
>Yearn: 6 DP
>Effie: 18 DP
>Uthys: 6 DP
>Torc: 12 DP
>Totalous: 6 DP
>Loreleilim: 6 DP
>Carrion Lord: 6 DP

Here is your daily reminder:
Anyone can join, leave or rejoin this game at any time. There is no need to worry about being kicked out, or about having missed out.

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I am content to leave that great forest inhabited by the Roggs to its fate. Even should the neighbouring Shadows and the Infesters seek the demise of my creations, it matters not. They have lived and that is enough.

Instead, I have a great interest in the parasitic vines that were animated by this dark presence among us, this Carrion Lord. Watch as I gather a score of these plants in my grasp and bind them together with the utmost precision. To a layman's eye, the outcome may appear to be a tangled mess, but I beg you to look closer. Can you not see the agile limbs that I have woven from these creepers?

What I have made is no longer a puppeteer but a puppet, a shambling colony of many moving as one. I shall call these specimens Dexter Vines and they shall inhabit a new copse of trees that I have planted on an island of middling size. The only conundrum that remains is the matter of sustenance. As parasites, they will require suitable hosts to feed from. This is something for me to ponder.

>First of all, I shall spend 1 Divine Power on a single use of Shape the World, to turn a single hex into Woodland.
>Secondly, I shall spend 3 Divine Power on a use of Create Subspecies, which I am using to create a variant of the Infester Vine. I shall call it the Dexter Vine and its favoured biome is Woodland. I am placing them on the Woodland hex that I have just made, which I have circled on the attached map.
>I have 2 Divine Power left, which I shall keep back for now.

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Witness the Dexter Vine. A crude facsimile of humanoid proportions and movement, yet it is more agile than my other creation by orders of magnitude.

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>>5227750
>Use Shape the World to create in the North Eastern continent: three Mountain hexes on those marked with a triangle and three boreal forest hexes on those marked with X's.

All this creativity and growth of wild and bizarre creatures. Intriguing, but I prefer the mellower, more serene approach for now. The landscape shall grow.

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>>5227747
Torc continues his solemn duty beneath the world, carving out lands and biomes out of sight.

>Three more jungles in orange
>Four geothermal springs in green, warm and comfortable waters inhabited by many a lazy, harmless fish.
>Four cavernways in red. Jagged, barren and unappealing stone caverns that extend throughout the world, few things grow in this land.

As well as this, Torc links the surface and the deep with a great spiralling route between the two realms, joining a newly placed Woodland on the surface with another geothermal spring below.

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>>5227750
Effie looks upon the world with mild discontent. While she was storing her powers numerous creations were made that. Little of those creations were worthwhile in her eyes, however... They lacked courage, they lacked fire! Not wanting her creations to be sullied by an inferior god's she claimed a small amount of territory that will hers and hers alone.

On this territory she condensed her divine powers into the form a of fiery seed and planted 18 of them scattered throughout the land, these seeds eventually formed great volcanoes that bellowed smoke and occasionally fire. Her realm was one of smoke and fire. To live there required courage to brave the heat every day.

Effie decreed to the other god's that any who would dare encroach on her territory shall feel her fiery wrath.

>Create 18 tiles of Volcano biomes on one island. (The island I painted red. Sorry QM I tried to draw a volcano in paint but I have no talent so I just made it red.)

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>>5227750

With the world slowly taking greater shape, Loreleilim still watched the various deadlands, and yet it seemed as if slowly but surely the lands of the south east were starting to grow ever so slightly with some semblance of life. Perhaps it was always that way, perhaps the sands only required a divine link to have the harsh and hot lands gain some semblance of life, or maybe it was always that way and only now was such being noticed. Regardless of what the cause was, the coastal desert grew slowly but surely.

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>>5227750
The swamp grows by a mere few miles outwards, infected with an insidious menace, that will only grow more powerful.

An off-shoot of a puppet finds a gaze wandering over it with a sense of? Satisfaction clear & true as can be, a taloned claw presses its way down.

>Granting them two boons, empowering them twice!

>First Boon

The flowers on the vines that compose the Dexter's blossom rapidly from the convergence of the parasites! Beginning to produce actual nectar from the processing of sunlight, this of course lures countless insects birds & more to be infected, allowing it to continue fulfilling it's malevolent purpose.

>Second Boon.

A carrion lord understands the dexter is a far more complex being then the vines alone, the life-span of a vine is fast & swift, rot & decay being inevitable, the life of a dexter however is changed!

Many outer vines grow thorny protrusions, made to pierce tree bark, to infest trees and sap them of their nutrients, thus giving the being a genuinely primitive form of digestive system!

This of course allows Dexters to actually have the chance to accumulate in numbers over time, with nutrients to sustain themselves rather then just rot away?

>Dexters are likely to live longer & spawn on their own even without wildlife to infest wherever their are forest trees!

Whether this will one day allow it a radically different life-style then the creeper it descended from?

Who is to say?

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>>5227747


The Ogres, ever fat but now with strong muscles bound to their cores, hunt their prey far easier. Yearn smiles as he watches them catch wild life and eat their bodies raw. Yearn contemplates how he could give them another activity to take up their time.
Perhaps a nice walking path would allow them to promenade in a favourable fashion.
Yearn uses four more Divine Power to build four more hexes of mountain region.

>Use four dp to shape land and save two dp for next turn

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>>5227747

The bestial lord watches his creations grow and spread over the passing ages. Finally, they’re numerous enough for him to descend and test them. The Hoarboars are no match for a Hunter of his caliber, however, as they have no natural predators. His bloodlust is nonetheless sated, yet he realizes just how much the weakness of prey disgusts him.

His next children are sculpted from the bitterest peaks. He sends them careening into the ocean, before granting life to the icebergs and forming flesh once again. The Cetii are sleek, deadly predators, meant to claim dominance of the sea. Unlike the Hoarboars, Fractal sees these as his children. His kindred. Fellow hunters, who he’ll mold into beings worth fearing.

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>>5227976
Create Race, with the ocean being their preferred biome.

>>5227747
Murderous infester vines are awesome indeed. So I'm going to create a bond between these vines and my Shadows. The Shadows shall tend to the vines, and the vines shall assist the Shadows in catching prey.

>>5228187
Awesome indeed, I'd planned to do this in a later turn even!

>>5228195
Great minds think alike, as they say in distant worlds. Now my next aim, after empowering the Shadows, will be to create an entrance to the underdark and let our creations spread and thrive in that land of darkness.

>>5228219
Hopefully we will spread untold horrors.

ah how can i join in?

>>5228307
will i have stored up power from turn 1 like i am a sleeping divine that did not wake up or is i just join in late with the power at that turn?

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>>5228307
>>5228310
You join like everyone else. Just introduce yourself as whatever god you would like to play and start spending your points. You'll just start with 6 Divine Power. You won't have stored any up unless you joined in the first turn like Effie did. For example, Totalous did it perfectly with >>5226896 and >>5226897.
>>5227868
>>5227839
Are these okay graphical representations of the new biomes?

Other than that, love the updates from everyone. The only thing I'd maybe mention is that the Carrion Lord has one point left over and that's fine, since that carries over to the next turn.

>>5228340
quick question does the map loop side to side like a globe or does it not and is more like a plane?

>>5228350
Assume that there is a globe - but unless people would like me to, I won't be simulating species spreading from the eastern edge to the western edge. Assume that there's a large gulf of ocean I haven't mapped and that we have no interest in, for the purposes of the game.

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>>5228354
can i suggest a moon? of Ur the outer who looms above its a bit of work in progress i am going to detail it further

>>5228340
Works perfectly for me

>>5228397
That looks great and while there's no pre-existing rules for creating celestial bodies, I'm willing to let you spend your starting 6 Divine Power to create an entire moon.
Though I'm drawing the line at creating a whole new map for a player-made moon. Hopefully it's enough to know that your monstrous moon dominates the skies of Apoch every night.

>>5228397
Caught above, casting Ruby light the moon Ur looms.
two of one and the same, nothing without the other, none less true.
beast and moon the same.
>>5228409
the idea is sort of eldritch weirdness the god and the moon are the same, like what a chimp high on mushrooms would see in the sky, where both interpretations are true.

>>5228416
Oh, in that case I'm fine with that. You can have that moon free of charge. You can spend your 6 Divine Power however you like then.

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Born of Scale and Storm, The Beast of the Archipelago writhes in the deep.

In his wake springs storms of lightning and sleet. Trees crack like splinters. His archipelago shall be impenetrable

I'd like to shape these tiles, please :))

>>5228442

Also his name is Drazil

>>5228442
Sure! Just one question, what are you turning those hexes into? Lots of small islands, or something else?

>>5228445

Thought about something like a massive, eternal, magic thunderhead/stormfront that is effectively a physical feature from how constant it is.

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>>5228446
Sounds awesome. Hopefully this is an alright graphical representation and name? If it isn't, I can always find something else.

>>5228453
works for me!

>>5228420
nice i could eat my cake and have it!
>>5227747
i will save my points

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>>5227932
>>5227945
So far most biomes created on this planet can be found just about anywhere, nothing wrong with that but I won't go down that path.Instead I'll start by making mushroom biomes I do like the unique animals though. I would also like to ask Scraper to fix the art used for the mushroom

>>5228453
Oh wait do I have more power??

>>5228340
Looks great

>>5228463
It's your first turn, so you just have 6 Divine Power to start with, which you've spent on 6 uses of Shape the World. You'll get another 6 Divine Power after the next turn starts at 23:00 UTC.

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>>5228462
Hopefully this graphic works for your mushrooms.

>>5228520
Perfect, thanks

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Turn 4 of the Age of Land and Beasts has begun.

The attached surface map contains all of the updates made during the previous turn.

Failed Divine Abilities & Refunded Divine Power:
>There were none.

Existing Conflicts & Bonds:
>Bond: Infester Vines & Shadows.

Remaining & Expired Timers:
>The bond between Infester Vines & Shadows cannot be broken for another two turns.

With the start of a new turn, all of the species have spread to neighbouring hexes of their favoured biomes and every god has gained 6 Divine Power, up to a maximum of 24 Divine Power.

Here is the current Divine Power of each and every god:
>Scaper: 8 DP
>Fractal: 6 DP
>Frosore: 6 DP
>Yearn: 8 DP
>Effie: 6 DP
>Uthys: 6 DP
>Torc: 6 DP
>Totalous: 12 DP
>Loreleilim: 6 DP
>Carrion Lord: 7 DP
>Ur: 12 DP
>Drazil: 6 DP
>Lases: 6 DP

Here is your daily reminder:
Anyone can join, leave or rejoin this game at any time. There is no need to worry about being kicked out, or about having missed out.

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The restoration is coming along swimmingly. I must express my admiration for the work of Effie and the fiery landscape she has made. I am also intrigued by the Cetii, a creation of the Fractal beast. I believe that they shall have have quite an impact on this world. The irony surrounding the collaboration between Uthys and this... presence has my applause as well. Who would have thought that two divinities devoted to death would be the first deities to create biological synergy on Apoch?

I almost feel rather unoriginal for what I am about to do.

First, I shall give life to more Roggs. These particular specimens shall inhabit the same forest as the Dexter Vines, on that little island. Beings made of stone and colonies made of a hundred creepers, living side by side.

Yet that is not enough. Bear witness as I take a Rogg in one hand, and a Dexter Vine in the other. Watch as I wrap the vines of one around the stony form of the other. A little touch of the divine and now, the Dexter Vine can supplement its diet with the animating magic of the Rogg. Not only that, but the rocky chassis serves as a skeleton and grants the colony stability that it previously lacked. In exchange, the Rogg gains a capacity for dexterity and fine manipulation that it did not possess before. With a swarm of wriggling creepers for fingers, it can accomplish a great deal.

In time, the rest of the Roggs and Dexter Vines on this island shall come to imitate this union of stone and flora.

I believe that I shall call this place Hoven. Yes, that is a suitable name for this isle.

>First of all, I shall spend 2 Divine Power on a use of Transplant Species, to drop some Roggs on the same Woodland hex where I made and placed the Dexter Vines.
>Second of all, I shall spend 6 Divine Power on a use of Create Bond, to create symbiosis between the Roggs and the Dexter Vines.

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Behold, the fusion of Rogg and Dexter Vine. I am almost tempted to call them a Dextrogg or something equally trite. Yet they are two separate entities, even if that does not appear to be the case at first glance.

I wonder, which one of them is the dominant force in this partnership? Perhaps with time, we shall find out.

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>>5228942
Work progresses well on Effie's territory, the volcanoes have been made and with them fire and life. The volcanic ash should soon set the groundwork for life to flourish, the ground slowly becoming more fertile as ash mixes in with the soil. The plants and the unintelligent animals do not satisfy her desire for courage, however. They are only following their instincts and are prone to fear. Therefore, Effie makes a race, a race that is quite feeble, in fact. Only through overcoming feebleness can true courage shine. Courage comes easy to the strong, but not the weak, however, the courage of the weak is the purest form of bravery.

>Effie creates the Fire Goblins, a small, weak, and dull race that has a natural affinity to fire. They are abnormally brave despite their physical weakness. Their home hex is the one circled in black. Preferred biome is volcano

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>>5228942
I shall empower my Shadows thrice.
They shall be stealthier, able to completely blend in with the natural shadows.
They shall be faster, able to jump from shadow to shadow in an instant.
And they shall be more cunning, able to trick and outplay anything and anyone they might encounter.

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The Garguantuan form of the Beast Beneath swum through the oceans, creating evermore storms in its wake. But what it did next was... unexpected.

Burrowing through the boundary of a continental plate, it disappeared.

On the nearby island, vast rocky fissures and mountainous crags erupt as Drazil's subterranean writhing cracks the very earth itself. From the world below arises magnetic, electric crystals, that cause the local mountains to begin floating.

Continuing the storefront on land, and hoping for a "Magnetic Mountainscape" set of tiles on land. Think that shit from Avatar. Dont know if it costs more to drop an underworld entrance there too.

>>5229004
Meant stormfront on ocean sorry.

>>5228937

Yearn desires rest and sleeps this turn.

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The sands continued to seemingly gain a slight amount of life. Yet, it was clear that the great dessert of the east would come to be more varied soon. For there was more in Loreleilim had planned for the great continent. It was not to be merely just sand with sparse life, but lush in some area's. Rocky in others...Soon enough that would come to show itself. But for now, as time ticked onward, the sands of time spilled upon the earth and spread the dessert further. Yet soon, a great barrier would be made. Soon...

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>>5228942
The Boreal Forests continue to expand in size as Frosore chills out with little creative to say about the situation.

>Use Shape the World to create in the North Eastern continent: six boreal forest hexes on those marked with X's.

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Great work so far from everyone
>>5229004
I hope this graphic's alright. I'm going Floating Mountains for the tile name, since it best describes what they do.
In addition, if you want to make an underworld entrance, that'll cost an additional 1 Divine Power, since you'll also need to use Shape the World on the matching hex in the underworld.
So if you want that, you'll need to choose a hex to undo and which hex you want to turn into an Underworld Route.

>>5229184

It's alright. No underground beans for me today

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The cold waters of the Southern Sea are a perfect habitat for the Cetii. Their own presence causes the water to turn frigid over time. Fractal watches as they become adapted to the icy seas that form around them. Huge glaciers float by the surface, the majority of their bulk hidden in the depths. Cetii crawl atop them to rest, whenever they aren't hunting the bountiful fish.

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>>5229226

Using Adapt Species on the Cetii, to acclimate them to the 'Glacier Floes' biome! These giant icebergs float in the sea, providing a resting ground for the predators to take advantage of.

And on that tile, I shape the world and form one instance of the floes themselves. Saving the other 2 for next turn.

>>5229228
As for appearance, I'd like to request they take the shape of white hexagons, unevenly tossed into the ocean tiles.

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>>5228937
This time I'm spending a total of 4 Divine Power and creating two new biomes. Crystal Plains, which as the name suggest are large areas where the ground has been turned into various precious gemstones and no plants grow, and Blood Seas which are are like bodies of water but made out of blood that automatically refill themselves no matter how much is taken out of them

Question about the species. Does 'Within 5 hexes of the original' refer to adjacent? Or up to five tiles away? Do they gradually spread out over a 5 tile radius?

>>5228942
>Adapt both shadow and infestors for woodlands, for a total of six points! A presence shows a small lull, something pressed out quickly.

I dunno how I missed this quest before, but it seems really fuckin cool! I can’t find introductions for all the gods, can some folks tell me what their shtick is so I don’t step on anyone’s turf?

>>5229365
There weren't any real introductions as people just joined. As for shticks it seems fairly loose. For example we have two gods of cold, each choosing to represent a different pole but domains and such aren't as important as we simply create biomes and (non sentient) creatures rather making anything to rule over. Basically the gods are simply returning life to the planet and not setting up territories

>>5229365
So far we have:
>Scaper, a god of creation
>Fractal, a bestial ice-god
>Frosore, a callous god of cold
>Yearn, god of desire
>Effie, god of fire and courage
>Uthys, god of darkness
>Torc, god of earthen things
>Totalous, the god of conflict
>Loreleilim, god of sands and time
>Carrion Lord, being of death and decay
>Ur, the Eldritch moon
>Drazil, Serpent-deity
>Lases, god of insanity

>>5229381
Thanks!

I'll answer any queries in a second but I just want to answer this guy first.
>>5229365
The general gist of the gods so far seems to be:
>The Scaper
A deity of creation who primarily cares about making things rather than preserving them.
>Fractal
A bestial god of ice who seems to focused on the southern pole and the creation of beasts.
>Frosore
A god of coldness and stability, who opposes chaos but otherwise is an aloof and indifferent deity.
>Yearn
A god of desire that acts entirely on its whims and to satisfy the desires of its creations as well.
>Effie
A goddess of fire and courage who seems to be quick to anger and fiercely protective of her creations.
>Uthys
A god of darkness who has an interest in creatures that lurk in the shadows, the underworld and other dark places.
>Torc
A god of the earth who is devoted to what lies beneath the ground rather than what's on top of it.
>Totalous
A god of conflict, battle and hunting, who cares for little other than violence and the dominion of the strong.
>Loreleilim
A goddess of sand, time, history and serpents, who has slowly been creating a great desert with some sort of plan in mind.
>The Carrion Lord
A god of death and decay, a malevolent force that actively seeks the suffering and demise of other life.
>Ur
An eldritch moon god that lurks in the sky and leers down at Apoch. So far, it hasn't taken action.
>Drazil
A bestial god of storms, who seems to have laid claim to the archipelago in the northern hemisphere.
>Lases
A god of insanity who seems to be devoted to creating a mad landscape that diverges from the traditional.

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>>5229228
>>5229234
Are these graphics okay?
>>5229297
I'll get to your question in a separate post and demonstrate how the Cetii are gonna grow.

>>5229391
Could I request multiple small versions of that iceberg, instead of one big one? Thank you!

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>>5229395
Hopefully this works. And I prepared a long explanation but what it boils down to is:
Yes, species spread relies on adjacency. If there isn't an adjacent favoured biome hex, it can't spread.

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>>5228942
Hey OP don't know how I missed this quest before but I'm joining in now if it's not too late
>With a crack and a flash, wind rushes in all directions, pressing against the tides and forming a great maelstrom of shifting water.
Crossing the veil shortly after this explosion of divine might - Yidith, Goddess of Wind and Rain, who's domain is Motion now hovers above her satisfyingly spiraling oceanic monument.
I'll start by terraforming the indicated tiles into a 'maelstrom edge'. I'm not sure on the exact scale of the map but I intend for this to be pretty huge so I can fit some cool stuff inside the maelstrom later, maybe it will take me a few turns to reach that point?
I picture the 'maelstrom edge' biomes are being like shallow water with various rocky outcroppings forming islands - more of them as you get closer to the centre. This is possible thanks to the slant of the swirling water and the divine magic that keeps it roiling forever.

>>5229427
Perfect, thanks!

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>>5229388
I shall join then!

> from the holes and crannies of the world, from the great forests and shadowy crannies, a cawing cry rings out, as shadowed wings gather and milky white eyes blink in unison.
A god of crows is born: Murtnag, god of lies and secrets, at once both a swarm of crows and the god of black birds

> create a species: crows
Sorta intelligent, sorta not, wholly mischievous and definitely know more than they should

>>5229431
That's great! As for the scale, I personally like to think of every hex as being roughly a hundred miles, from corner to opposite corner.
>>5229436
Ominous. Before you can add them though, I'd like you to think of a favoured biome for the crows and pick a hex on the map that matches that biome, just so I know where they start from. I'd say that Woodland or Boreal Forest is a good choice, especially since Frosore's big forest remains uninhabited.

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>>5229442
Yeah, boreal forest sounds good!

>>5229450
Awesome. Crows are a little mundane compared to some of the other creatures that have been made, but I'm sure that you can come up with ways to make them interesting in future turns.

>>5229442
Oh wow it's definitely super huge then good to know. As I say I view the maelstrom edges as inhabitable - but only on the sections of sea-bed that manage to rise above the waters
Next turn I'll establish a calmer section in the middle dotted with sunny islands that enjoy the warm weather in the storm's eye

>>5229453
I dare say mundane is original and welcome at this point with all the bizarre and outlandish creations about.

>>5229459
Ditto to that. Intelligent crows in the snowy forests has potential. Like something out of Norse legend.

>>5229459
I believe there is a mortal term for a being of your disposition, Frosore. A stick that is in the mud, or something similar. If you must hold a grudge, why not hold it against the creator rather than the created? They are the ones responsible for the attributes of their creations, after all.

>>5229466
Think of me what you wish, birth mother

>>5229391
They're fine

>>5229354
Ahaha, another thing I wanted to do in the future! I just hope you're not planning to incite a conflict between the Shadows and the Roggs just yet. It will be much less entertaining if they are exterminated. After all, how can they be taught to fear the dark if they're all dead?

>>5229436
Welcome, welcome! I do love crows. They are fascinating creatures. The intelligent kind especially so.

>>5229546
they can dip chicken nuggets

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Turn 5 of the Age of Land and Beasts has begun.

The attached surface map contains all of the updates made during the previous turn.

Failed Divine Abilities & Refunded Divine Power:
>There were none.

Existing Conflicts & Bonds:
>Bond: Infester Vines & Shadows.
>Bond: Roggs & Dexter Vines.

Remaining & Expired Timers:
>The bond between Infester Vines & Shadows cannot be broken for another turn.
>The bond between Roggs & Dexter Vines cannot be broken for another two turns.

With the start of a new turn, all of the species have spread to neighbouring hexes of their favoured biomes and every god has gained 6 Divine Power, up to a maximum of 24 Divine Power.

Here is the current Divine Power of each and every god:
>Scaper: 6 DP
>Fractal: 8 DP
>Frosore: 6 DP
>Yearn: 14 DP
>Effie: 6 DP
>Uthys: 6 DP
>Torc: 12 DP
>Totalous: 18 DP
>Loreleilim: 6 DP
>Carrion Lord: 7 DP
>Ur: 18 DP
>Drazil: 6 DP
>Lases: 8 DP
>Yidith: 6 DP
>Murtnag: 6 DP

Here is your daily reminder:
Anyone can join, leave or rejoin this game at any time. There is no need to worry about being kicked out, or about having missed out.

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So, the chosen children of other gods encroach upon the first trees, upon this forest that I planted so long ago. To us it feels like mere moments but why, I suppose it must have been millennia since we first came to Apoch. How time flies, when time has no meaning.

I would have to be blind to not see that these Shadows utterly outclass the Roggs. Their minds and bodies are far more agile and should they seek to drain the animating energies from my creations, I have no doubt that they would succeed.

Let them. They have witnessed enough. Instead, my interest lies in the Roggs of Hoven, of this isle where they live in symbiosis with the Dexter Vines. I wish to prevent them from falling too far behind their companions. So, I ask that you watch as I lay my hand on the stony surface of this specimen's chest. Observe as I pull my hand away only to leave a glowing in its wake, etched into the rock. This is a rune of protection, that will serve to help the Roggs endure the leeching properties of the Dexter Vine for longer.

Let all Roggs carry this blessing, even the ones that may fall victim to the Shadows. Who knows? Perhaps they might be able to find some use to it. I care not. All that matters to me is that the entire Isle of Hoven is covered in woodland, so I shall see it done.

>First of all, I shall spend 2 Divine Power on a use of Empower species, which I shall use to elevate the Roggs to Level 2.
>Second of all, I shall spend 4 Divine Power on four uses of Shape the World, which I shall use to create more Woodland hexes near the original on this newfound island home for the Roggs and Dexter Vines.

After this, I think I shall leave the Dexter Vines and their Rogg symbiotes alone for some time. I have put enough work into them. Now, I should start paying a little attention to the rest of the world.

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>>5230077
This grand forest shall now become something of a valley. Also, a little more diversity in terrain to match the area.

>Use Shape the World to create in the North Eastern continent: four Mountain hexes on those marked with triangles, and two Tundra hexes on those marked with a dash

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>>5230073


Yearn awakens in the western mountains from a pleasurable dream. In this dream, he had told jokes to the ogres and they laughed with understanding. This greatly pleased Yearn and he worked to bestow twelve of his divine power to the ogres, granting them intelligence.
Soon, Yearn gathered many ogres to tell jokes to, but they arrived with strange garments of leaves and vines that covered their genitals. Yearn made a joke about small ogre male sex organs but only the female ogres laughed while the male ogres cringed.
Yearn confused asked the ogres what they wished for if not for jokes as they did in his sleep.
The ogres told Yearn of their desire to see more of the world. Yearn contemplated deeply of how he could keep pace with the ogres desires by himself at this time. He searched the opposite side of the world of Apoch, where he found mountains near a boreal forest. Here Yearn transplanted with two Divine Power some ogres into these eastern mountains in lands made by some other god or being that Yearn had not met yet.

>12 divine power to give the ogres intelligence
>2 divine power to transplant in eastern mountain in picture

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Beneath the earth, Drazil continued to tunnel. Unearthly fractures continued to form over his islands

Just as he was the God of Storms, he was also a predator. His gaze lingered to the lonely children of another god, and he swam. Rising from the sea, he bellowed before diving beneath. Tsunamis formed in his absence. As he dove beneath the plate, fractures caught these "Dextroggs", his open maw salivating.

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The beast-god gazes upon the sea, watching his children spread out. Even he himself is surprised by the rate they’re crossing the ocean. Pride swells in the chest of the great predator, at the thought of having made something that will last through the ages. He leaves them to grow and develop, turning his attention down south to the Hoarboars.

Though they’re powerful, the beasts cannot yet satisfy him. They’re nowhere near strong enough to be a satisfying hunt for a deity. And so, he implants more of his divine essence into them. Fractal works his magic, blessing the beasts with heightened aggression and supernatural endurance. He gives them the ability to siphon essence from the blizzard and heal their wounds, to fight until their bodies fall apart if need be. And when his blessing has settled over the monstrous beasts, he turns his gaze North. There, he witnesses the Tundra, and deigns it a good home for his beasts to roam. He sets to work on altering his creations, making sure they can survive when he sculpts a new home for them.

>Two uses of Empower Species on the Hoarboars
>One use of Adapt Species on the Hoarboars, choosing Tundra

Qm, you forgot the Maelstrom biome for the new storm god. You accidentally made those coastal tiles.

Effie after spending much of her divine power over the past millennia decides to rest for what may feel like mere minutes to her, but a millennia for her creations. She takes the form of a red crystal and dwell in the heart of the largest volcano. At night the crystal shines bright gold so that a dim light shines from the volcano. Any who are brave enough to follow the light and climb the mighty volcano will get the reward of seeing her divine self.

I doubt I have to say this but anyone is free to use any biomes/creatures I have created or come up with crazy biomes themselves

>>5230419
I would love to do some wacky stuff with it, but unfortunately, I've committed to staying in-character as Fractal whenever I do actual turns. What sort of ideas do you have so far, for the blood and crystal lands?

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>>5230420
So far I have a species for the Crystal Plains in mind and a possible creature for the blood sea.

>>5230077
This time I'll go for a more basic biome I'm surprised no one has created: rivers

>>5230077

Where the sands grew, slowly but surely more would find themselves coalescing into large rocky lands, slowly expanding ever greater with the passage of time. Arid lands like the deserts, but of tall stone mountains rather than of sands. It was time for the endless expanse of sand to meet the one barrier that, in time, would be what allowed the deserts to exist and not be turned into mere plains or savanna. It also was something that gave some uniqueness and character to the seemingly endless expanse of desert, and would in time be what allowed a great and beautiful land for the start of many histories to come to be...Still, her work was far from done, but it certainly was taking shape now.

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>>5230441
(I forgot to actually put the file in...)

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>>5230073
>I spend time contemplating above the roiling waters. My form still yet my mind a raging storm of thoughts and considerations - I ponder the extents of my power

Hey OP, would it be acceptable to move tiles I've already made or will I need more divine power to turn them back into ocean for example?

Also would it be alright to have a slightly different tile from coastal for the edge of the maelstrom? There are islands that creatures could live on along the edge but it's also a much more violent environment due to the rotation of the water all around

I've attached a suggested hex image - let me know if it's too complicated or something

>>5230103
An unexpected extinction event. It seem as though the Dexter Vines that I had planted on the distant isle of Hoven have been wiped out to the last, consumed by the Beast of the Archipelago before they could spread to the neighbouring lands I have made for them.

But I suppose they lived for long enough. Perhaps in time, I shall bring this species back to this world. Maybe on the Isle of Hoven, or perhaps at a new location. Time shall tell.

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>>5230077
The wellspring of geothermal activity prompts Torc to investigate the highly volcanic region of the surface, descending almost immediately after below the earth to shape out its underbelly

Six magma chambers in red, in blue are six geothermal springs.

>>5230430
I figure rivers already exist and don't need to be dedicated a 50 mile radius worth of exclusive land.

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Great contributions so far from everybody. I'd just like to make sure that people are happy with the graphics I'm using to represent things.
>>5230430
Due to the scale we're operating on, I'm assuming that there are probably lots of insignificant rivers already. These river biomes you're creating will probably feature a gigantic river, several miles in width that dominates the landscape.
>>5230535
>>5230303
Sorry for overlooking the biome you intended. The image you attached is a bit too large and by shrinking it down, there would be all sorts of unpleasant artifacting. I hope that graphic I included in the image will be alright for the Maelstrom Edge.
If you want to move the tiles because you made a mistake in where you placed them, I will allow that, to make up for my mistake. Just point out the new hexes you'd like them to be on.
If you want something like a big storm that moves around the map every turn, then yes, you'll need to spend Divine Power to turn a hex back into Ocean, for example.

>>5230579
that image works

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>>5230579
I suppose I've done a poor job of explaining the biome I'm trying to create
I don't intend for it to move around the map, no.
Essentially I wanted to create a biome that takes up several tiles. A maelstrom is a circular flow of water out in the ocean. Since on a global scale these are normally pretty small I figure that with divine magic I could create one that sustains itself and is hundreds of miles wide.
It would be so wide that there would be land - the exposed sea floor- at it's center on which creatures could live. From the edge of this land there'd essentially be sloping, stormy and whirling water that steadily rises as you head out until it reaches sea-level again.

So I see this as creating two biomes - 'Sea Floor' and 'Maelstrom Edge'. The sea floor is essentially normal dry land but surrounded by 'mountains' of sea water. The 'Maelstrom Edge' is the transition zone between the Sea Floor and Ocean, where the sloping nature of the whirling water allows some islands to crop up in places where the Sea Floor is higher than usual.
I've attached a suggested way of making this biome which I think should be within the limits of 12 Divine power, if that's alright and all makes sense?

I don't really mind what graphics you use - happy for you to produce what is both clear for you and fits your preferences in terms of theme and whatnot

I'm mostly hoping that you understand what I'm going for here - I think it could be a really cool and unique biome for some creatures to live in.

Let me know if you want to explain further - and also no need to apologise it's entirely down to my own poor descriptions!

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>>5230606
I think I understand. Trying to find something to accurately depict a seabed that has been exposed is a little difficult, so this is the placeholder I'm going with. I'll probably replace it later when I can think of something a bit better.
Making this will spend the six points you spent last turn (which I'm refunding due to my mistake) and this turn's six points. By the time Turn 6 starts, it should look something like this.
Is this acceptable?

>>5230577
>>5230579
I see, makes sense honestly. Can you just ignore that then?

>>5230640
Sure, I'll wipe those hexes and refund the points. I'll keep the Riverlands on the key though, just in case anyone wants to build a Nile or Amazon for this world.

>>5230644
Thanks

>>5230623
Perfect thankyou, now I'll have to focus on gathering divine energy so I can create something to inhabit my realm

>>5230703
I may have something drawn and ready for the caves

Does an entrance to the underdark count as its own kind of terrain, or is it a modifier over base terrain?

In other words, if I open an entrance at the center of my swamp, will it stop being a swamp?

>>5230938
It's the one type of terrain that's a modifier rather than a biome of its own. So yes, you can have it on a Swamp without overriding the Swamp.

In that case, I'm going to add an entrance to the underdark at the center of the swamp and create and underground swamp at its bottom for 3 points total. That's how it works, right?

I'm also going to empower the crows and bless them with limited control over darkness. and save the last remaining point.

>>5231001
You're using Shape the World on one tile to make an Underground Route on a Swamp, and Shape the World on another tile to make an Underground Route Swamp. So, just 2 Divine Power, not 3, meaning that you get to save an extra point.

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Turn 6 of the Age of Land and Beasts has begun.

The attached surface map contains all of the updates made during the previous turn.

Failed Divine Abilities & Refunded Divine Power:
>There were none.

Existing Conflicts & Bonds:
>Bond: Infester Vines & Shadows.
>Bond: Roggs & Dexter Vines.

Remaining & Expired Timers:
>The bond between Infester Vines & Shadows can now be broken.
>The bond between Roggs & Dexter Vines cannot be broken for another turn.
>The cataclysm made by Drazil will last for another two turns.

With the start of a new turn, all of the species have spread to neighbouring hexes of their favoured biomes and every god has gained 6 Divine Power, up to a maximum of 24 Divine Power.

Here is the current Divine Power of each and every god:
>Scaper: 6 DP
>Fractal: 7 DP
>Frosore: 6 DP
>Yearn: 6 DP
>Effie: 12 DP
>Uthys: 8 DP
>Torc: 6 DP
>Totalous: 24 DP
>Loreleilim: 6 DP
>Carrion Lord: 13 DP
>Ur: 24 DP
>Drazil: 6 DP
>Lases: 14 DP
>Yidith: 6 DP
>Murtnag: 12 DP

Here is your daily reminder:
Anyone can join, leave or rejoin this game at any time. There is no need to worry about being kicked out, or about having missed out.

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It would seem that the past few thousand years have been quite eventful for Apoch. The first global extinction of a species, the first emergence of intelligence and the formation of a gargantuan rift in the ocean.

It is this newfound intelligence that interests me. Allow me to take one of these Ogres in my hands. Look at its baldness and obesity. I believe that I shall make a few changes to the specimen.

First of all, I shall stretch it by pulling on its arms and legs until it has great height in the place of obesity. Once that is done, I believe I shall compel it to grow a great beard and an unruly mane, as well as all sorts of other hair. Finally, I shall reach into its mind and pluck out the ravenous hunger that Yearn bestowed upon this species. In its place, I shall give this specimen a very particular type of desire: The thirst of knowledge. In comparison to its cousins, it shall be a relatively quiet and contemplative creature, driven by a need to learn more about Apoch.

I believe that I shall call these beings Yetuns. The taiga crafted by Frosore shall serve as a suitable environment for them. Perhaps my fellow deity shall be offended by their presence and seek to smite them, or perhaps he shall favour them over the Ogres. Maybe the boreal Crows shall learn to cooperate with them, or maybe they shall wage a bitter war against each other. It is possible that the Ogres might even come down from their mountains and seek to consume their newborn cousins.

Only time shall tell.

>I shall spend 3 Divine Power on a use of Create Subspecies, which I am using to create a variant of the Ogres. I shall call them the Yetuns and their favoured biome is Boreal Forest. Look at the attached image to see where I have placed them.
>I shall save my remaining 3 Divine Power.

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I admit that the Yetun is not a attractive creature yet behind that face, there lies a mind that possesses more than mere animal cunning. Will it be enough to ensure their survival, or will they be wiped off of the face of Apoch? I leave that for the rest of you to decide.

>>5230419
I'll be putting something in the Mushroom Forest next, so don't you worry about your biomes going unloved.

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>>5231084


Yearn spends much time in this era traveling between the two set of mountains to watch over the loin cloth clad ogres. Soon even a few of his jokes land and he hears hearty laughs of ogres. Yearn asks them what they desire now. The ogres of the west tell him they are very hungry and wish they could see other lands from their mountain tops like the ogres in the east. The ogres in the east Yearn at his question of their desire to be able to eat more than before. Yearn contemplates the ogres hunger and grants their wish.
During his travels, Yearn saw beings, similar to his delightful ogres. Yearn inquired their name and learned of the Yetun, bearded intelligent hungry creatures. Yearn told them all of his jokes hoping for much laughter, but only got the occasional chuckle and everlasting questions of why He told jokes. Yearn answered as far as he could before leaving them with the same gift as the ogres.

>Spend 2 DP to empower the ogres with increased fatness and endurance

>>5231084
And now, my grand plan can start!

> shadows gather, as whispers and secrets that helped shape the world are uttered by tongueless beaks, as every crow feels a voice enter their heads
> enlighten the crows
May this world’s first liars prosper

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>>5231129

>Empower the Yetun with fatness and endurance

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>>5231129


>Create entrance into underdark

>>5231137
Spend 2 DP to empower Yetun and 2 DP to make underdark entrance

>>5231138
>>5231137
Looks great! I just want to know what sort of biome you would like for the hexes.
Unless you have any particular preference, I'll assume that you'd like the surface one to be Mountains and the underground one to be Caverns.

>>5231154

Sounds good

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>>5231084
The valley gains shape, and the Tundra expands. Interesting to see all these new creatures inhabit the lands. I wonder unto their eventual means and ends.

>Use Shape the World to create in the North Eastern continent: one Mountain hex on that marked with a triangle, and five Tundra hexes on those marked with a dash

>>5231084
The Fire Goblins have been performing admirable acts of bravery. They've been jumping off of volcanoes, jumping into volcanoes, touching lava, and other acts that show their courage. While Effie appreciates those acts, they're a little too primitive for her taste and so using her stored up divine power she enlightens the fire goblins.

>Spend 12 Divine Power to enlighten the fire goblins

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The regions where Drazil has travelled are home to shattered scales of himself, left as he brushed against the continental shelves and descended beneath the crust

Imbued with some of his divine ichor, these scales are given life. Stormscales, large eel-like beasts adept at navigating the storms of the archipelago. They prey on unwary creatures that lap at the waters edge, and the larger beasts that nurse their young in the coastal waters.

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>>5231260
Image attached

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>>5231084
Today I'll expand some of my biomes and borrow one from Ydith to prepare the world for some of
the creatures I have in mind. I would like to turn tile marked with black into exposed seabed, the one marked in red into a Blood Sea and the two in purple into Crystal Plains

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>>5231084
Stronger... Stronger. The beast-god descends upon the ice flats, roaring a challenge to his prey. The bravest and strongest prepare to charge at their foe, despite the God's avatar dwarfing the behemoths. Those, he spares. The rest are wiped out with a swipe from his great claws. Fractal disperses into sleet and snow, leaving the survivors to repopulate. He repeats this over the millennia, until the Hoarboars no longer feel foe. The instinct to run is completely absent from their genes.

>4 Divine Power to Empower the Hoarboars

Upon looking over the world, he realises that his prey are an ill fit for the dense forests. They require large, open spaces to graze. And so, he snatches up a number of his newly-empowered creations in his maw. He chews them up, returning them to the ice they emerged from, and spits them out in the far North. The Forest of another Ice God, he sees, are full of life now. As a hunter, he seeks to test their mettle and see if they're worthy of killing his own prey. And so, he creates the Thundertusks, a subspecies of Hoarboar. These behemoths are powerful, but far less ill-tempered. They're dexterous, with trunks and tusks to manipulate objects, and they roam the Tundra and Forest. Should the Yetuns prevail over his new breed, they'll serve as a plentiful food source, and a way for them to be challenged.

>Create Subspecies. Thundertusk, favoured biomes are Tundra and Boreal Forest.

By empowering and then making the subspecies, the subspecies has the same level (5) as the boars, right?

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>>5231473
Here!

>>5231473
>until the Hoarboars no longer feel foe.
Should be 'Feel Fear'. Bleh.

>>5231473
You've got that perfectly correct, yes.

Great updates from everyone so far.

I know that by adapting you can't make a species switch between water but could the subspecies of a land based creature live in the water and vice versa?

>>5231547
Yeah, using Create Subspecies you could create an aquatic variant of Ogres or a land-dwelling variant of Stormscales, as an example.

That rule was mainly to prevent a super-adapted amphibious species from dominating the whole world.

>>5231549
Could I suggest that you separate biomes in the biome key, based on whether it's a land or water biome? Some are a bit ambiguous. For example, the Maelstrom edge is described as having islands. And River doesn't mean a creature has to live in the water, they could be on the banks or be a fishing civilisation of land-dwellers.

Maybe a dedicated Amphibious biome classification too, or something?

>>5231551
The idea of an amphibious biome, where both land-based and water-based species can settle, is actually an excellent idea and a great solution to my problem. I appreciate that input and I'll get to work on it now.

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>>5231551
>>5231553
Here's the result of that. Volcanoes and Magma Chambers are counted as amphibious in case anyone wants to make any sort of lava-dwelling fish or something. I'll also be altering species descriptions to determine whether they're Terrestrial or Aquatic. I still won't allow for Amphibious species though, just to avoid the possibility I mentioned in >>5231549.

The only one that I feel a little uncertain about is the Ice Flats, one of your creations. Would you prefer them to be classified as Terrestrial or Amphibious?

>>5231562
I think I'd like for them to be Amphibious biomes. In case anyone wants to make anything that lives on the icebergs, or uses them as boats or something.

>>5231562
>still won't allow for Amphibious species
You could allow them but restrict them to amphibious biomes only.

>>5231562
Uhhh the crows are level 1, I didn’t empower em

>>5231606
Uthys gifted them with the power to manipulate dark. >>5231001

>>5231610
Why would someone bless another’s species? Oh well!

>>5231626
It's not necessarily a competitive game. Some people might like a particular idea and want to see it survive. Games like this work best when people bounce off of each other and form friendships and/or friendly rivals.

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>>5231087

The rocky mountain chain in the center of the south eastern continent continued to grow, giving greater definition to the great landmass. As it was made, Loreleilim had a thought, one that would be implemented soon. Still, she continued to watch as her solitary continent continued to be made in her image while the other gods and goddesses did their own thing. Yet, only once at least the north of the southern island was finished would she consider working upon something else...

>>5231553
(Honestly another potential fix for the amphibious issue is, not only this, but also maybe a thing of 'can only be X hexes away from ocean tiles.' So, say, all Amphibious species can only go 2 tiles inland and must have a sea tile at least 2 away. Could also work in reverse too, and could only go out to sea 2 tiles away, or something similar.)

>>5231626
I like crows

>>5231640
>>5231585
I'll tackle this if anyone sincerely wants to make an amphibious creature that the current rules don't cover. For the time being, I think what I laid out in >>5231562 is probably good enough.

>>5231646

I have an idea for a naga species at some point but yeah it's a little bit out

>>5231661
(Funny, I have one planned too. Technically two.)

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>>5231085
Trillimti the psychopomp could sense mass death had occured yet the souls had nowhere to go so he created a twisted reflection of the land above.

Hey qm can create subspecies be used even if the species is extinct?

>>5231682
Great addition, though can you tell me more about the biome that you're creating so I know exactly what I'm making?
>>5231700
Yes.

>>5231708
Trillimti attempted to make an exact copy of surface world however due to his nature nothing turned out quite right. Plants are eternally wilting, undying animals have a sickly appearance, and scavengers take a more active role in acquiring food since nothing stays dead for longer then a few hours. Due to both his power being limited and the existence of other underworld deities he has had to compress the entirety of the Deathrealm within six tiles.

>>5231708
so how do creatures move can they expand into any tile they are adapted for inside a 5 tile radius with it at the center or 5 from the center? and can i empower a species on spawn several times?

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>>5232330
>so how do creatures move can they expand into any tile they are adapted for inside a 5 tile radius with it at the center or 5 from the center?
They spread to adjacent hexes of a favoured biome at the start of every turn.
If a hex is more than five adjacent hexes away from their original starting hex, then they can't spread to it.
See the attached image using the Cetii as an example of how a species spreads.
>and can i empower a species on spawn several times?
Yes.

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>>5232354
ah so basically there max range and if you want to expand them more you need too make a sub species. i forgot do stairs cost?


Screaming from beyond the sky with a trail of a Pink drop, illuminating the world for a brief night under the moon before https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY4ybMc2wms and a splash under the surface into the entrance with a crash
>create species 6: the ur-spathi creatures who are truly the most cowardly of creatures come in great numbers of eachother the only thing they do not fear in a world so strange..... well not fear as much.
>Enlighten species 12. they entered this existence bright literally and figuratively,
>Empower 2: they are granted a sense beyond mere senses, manifesting itself as the feeling of some great evil always beyond there reach and understanding always lurking, works quite well with there cowardly and paranoid nature for survival.

>pic related
>Here you can see the "bravest" and most group pressured member of the spathi pack being pushed forwards to investigate the unknown "green" thing inside the beam of "hurt too look at" that will be constantly a tiny bit feared if not shown to be immediately dangerous for millions of years too come.

>>5232406
>ah so basically there max range and if you want to expand them more you need too make a sub species.
There's something called Transplant Species for that, which can be used to allow the species to spread from a new hex at another location.
>i forgot do stairs cost?
2 Divine Power.

Regarding the species you've created, it's great, but could you take a copy of the map on >>5231087 (or >>5231085 if they're underground) and mark which hex that they will start on? That hex's biome will be their favoured biome.

>>5232421
does this expansion radius involve also the underground and surface so when they bump into a gateway they expand into it but only inside the boundary from there central point?
important question for there placement

>>5232431
Going from a surface hex to an underground hex (or vice versa) counts as moving to an adjacent hex. So I believe that the answer to your question is 'yes.'

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>>5232434
HERE IT IS the spathi safe haven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZbrUB4TYkY

>>5232448
Okay, so let's count your Divine Power.

You have 24 Divine Power this turn.

You're spend 6 on Create Species, so the starting total cost is 6.
You're spending another 12 on Enlighten Species, raising the total cost to 18.
You're spending another 2 on using Empower Species once, raising the total cost to 20.
Now you've spent 5 on making five Geothermal Springs hexes, which raises the total cost to 25 Divine Power, which is 1 more than you have.

You'll need to get rid of one of those Geothermal Springs hexes, please.

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>>5232454
whoops it happens here is the map. with a nice purely decorative waterfall of perhaps groundwater thats filtered seawater

>>5232458
Thank you for the artistic contribution but due to how I fill in hexes, images like that which overlap with hex borders make my job a lot, lot harder. So I'll have to resort to the usual icon for Geothermal Springs for now, though I'll save your image for artistic reference and so on.

With that out of the way, I'll move us on to the next turn.

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Turn 7 of the Age of Land and Beasts has begun.

The attached surface map contains all of the updates made during the previous turn.

Failed Divine Abilities & Refunded Divine Power:
>There were none.

Existing Conflicts & Bonds:
>Bond: Infester Vines & Shadows.
>Bond: Roggs & Dexter Vines.

Remaining & Expired Timers:
>The bond between Roggs & Dexter Vines can now be broken.
>The cataclysm made by Drazil will last for another turn.

With the start of a new turn, all of the species have spread to neighbouring hexes of their favoured biomes and every god has gained 6 Divine Power, up to a maximum of 24 Divine Power.

Here is the current Divine Power of each and every god:
>Scaper: 9 DP
>Fractal: 6 DP
>Frosore: 6 DP
>Yearn: 6 DP
>Effie: 6 DP
>Uthys: 14 DP
>Torc: 12 DP
>Totalous: 24 DP
>Loreleilim: 6 DP
>Carrion Lord: 19 DP
>Ur: 6 DP
>Drazil: 6 DP
>Lases: 16 DP
>Yidith: 12 DP
>Murtnag: 6 DP
>Trillimti: 6 DP

Here is your daily reminder:
Anyone can join, leave or rejoin this game at any time. There is no need to worry about being kicked out, or about having missed out.

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Now that Frosore's boreal region is teeming with all sorts of peculiar beasts, I believe that I shall turn my attention elsewhere.

I look from the east to the west, to that great forest of mushrooms. Such a curious place. I believe that I shall scatter its spores a little further, so that some of them might land near the shores of the blood sea.

Next, I believe I shall take one of Effie's beloved Fire Goblins. I shall drain it of its blood and with it, all of its life, vigour and courage. Once that is done, I shall submerge it in the blood sea until its heart pumps once more. See how it lives again, though it is changed. In the place of bravery and passion, it feels anger and hate. It has become a spiteful and cruel creature fixated with blood, particularly that of the crimson tide that gave it new life.

Let this specimen be known as the Gorecap, and let there be many of them to dominate the mushroom forest, though they shall forever long for the blood sea.

>First, I shall spend 1 Divine Power on a use of Shape the World, to create a Mushroom Forest next to the Seas of Blood.
>Second, I shall spend 3 Divine Power on a use of Create Subspecies, which I am using to create a variant of the Fire Goblins. I shall call them the Gorecaps and their favoured biome is the Mushroom Forest. Look at the attached image to see where I have placed them.
>I shall save my remaining 2 Divine Power.

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Witness this particular Gorecap. See how it paints its scalp with the blood of its prey, in order to mimic the gory baptism that brought its distant ancestor back to life. Though it is still a primitive creature, I suspect that this might be the beginning of a religion.

Though as a disclaimer, the metal armour and weapon in this image is not representative of the Gorecap's actual technology. They're stuck with sticks and stones for now, like every other intelligent race during the Age of Land and Beasts.

Drazil turns on whence it swam, noticing the spawn it had created. Attempting to destroy his maligned children, his maw opened and spewed rivers and rivers of electrified blood.

Coated in the ichor of a god, the Stormscales changed. Fins grew stronger, lungs deeper. Maws, hungrier. Now, they could travel between the coastways and oceans of the world.

>Give storm scales coast and ocean adaptation

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>>5232484
Scaper, it is only out of my appreciation for you inviting me to this world that I do not plunge you and all your creations into a fiery death. You have TWISTED one my creations, and made them into a vile thing. A complete mockery of what they once were. I shall let your foul creation live, but if a single one of it's foul kind steps up my land's shores, then you and the Gorecaps will be my eternal enemy.

>Effie spends 6 divine power to create more volcanoes on the places marked red

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>>5232479
With my 14 points, I shall enlighten my Shadows and create two caverns in the marked hexes.

>>5232501
You could just kill them, you know. Scaper will hold no grudge. His creations have already been destroyed once by another.

>>5232528
(Nah I like the gore caps I’m just rping as an angry fire god.)

>>5232535
(An angry fire god who's all bark and no bite. Appropriate, really. ;))

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>>5232479
Ah, so much life and movement on this continent. Perhaps some more frigid land ought to balance it out some.

>Use Shape the World to create in the North Eastern continent: five Tundra hexes on those marked with a dash

>>5232583
six* Tundra hexes

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>>5232482
Trillimti gathered the souls of the Dexter Vines and made bodies for them from the plants in his realm. He the used his remaining power to expand his realm as it was far too small to serve as a true afterlife in its current state.
>Spend 3 points to create subspecies Wilted Dexters with favored biome Realm of the Dead.
>Spend 3 points to shape the world

>>5232479
Fractal turns his attention back to the poles, where he first planted his creations. The Hoarboars, in all their splendor, have relatively little land for their huge bodies. He fixes this by expanding the ice flats. He doesn’t simply make a sheet of ice over the ocean. Rather, the Hoarfrost Lord transforms the entire region into thick ice and frozen soil, all the way down to the seabed. The massive blocks serve as roaming grounds for the grazers, as well as any minor creatures that are hardy enough to take root there.

And as for his favored children, he breaks away another section of the icebergs, letting them rest atop them.

>Ice flats on tiles marked with an O, Glacial Floes on X

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>>5232479
I'm creating my first species: The Cerebrants and dropping them into the Sea of Blood I marked. Their legs might not be the best suited for swimming but they need the blood to moisturize their exposed brains.

I'm also going to empower them with telekinesis which for now they'll use to control the blood they swim in.

Finally I'm creating two more Sea's of Blood and two more Crystal Plains

Just saw that the upper Sea of Blood I want to make isn't possible due to the new Mushroom Forest so ignore that one

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>>5232484

With the mountains ever expanding it soon came time for Loreleilim to work on the final touches for the south east. At least for the northern portion of the landmass. Yet that was for the near future, as for the now, the mountain range continued and slowly grew to meet it's end on the small continent. But even then it was not going to be much longer until a number of plans would go into motion. Yet, once her work of art was finished, she would rest. At least for a short time. Though, one might say she also was preparing instead... Regardless, the hourglass was still more than half full. It would be some time before the time for that would come.

>>5232501
You are welcome to destroy them, should you find them offensive. A fiery cataclysm would suffice. I, on the other hand, shall remain here and continue to fill this world with new life, even my creations might offend you. I cannot deny my nature.

Great updates from everyone.

>>5233234
I'm going to save my power for one more turn - planning something big

I am Endestria. I know not what I am, but I feel a desire for order, for great creations of metal and fire that spread organisation throughout the world.

While my fellow Gods' work is intriguing, I decide to watch and wait passively.

this is my first time joining a quest, so i hope i'm doing this right. can i save divine power right from the first turn?

>>5233301
Welcome, and absolutely. If you've got any questions, let me know.

>>5233306
Thanks! I hope you don't mind me saving up to the maximum amount from the get-go, especially since I kind of want more races to be active and to be able to tell which are the dominant races before making a move.