The ongoing battle between good and evil exists even here on the sinister design forums, in the form of the war between the religion of Craig and the cult of Presentiment and the cult of steel.
Leaders:
Craiginites, Divine Prophet: namelseekitty
Craiginites, arch-priest: Zaron
Craiginites, Priests:
Presentiment worshipers, Divine Prophet: Mikew781
Presentiment worshipers, arch-priest: empty
Steelism, Divine Prophet: Steelfist
Steelism, arch-priest: Ranien
sort of like an RP but with only two factions and the leaders cannot be killed except with their permission, if anybody gets too extreme, I will switch them out of leader-hood and appoint somebody else.
NO EXCESSIVELY VIOLENT POSTS!
No active users being deities.
the prophets may appoint new arch-priests and their successors, arch-priests may appoint their successors if not told otherwise by their prophets.
I hold extreme power but may not use it except when necessary (because I created this thread, that's why.)
join whichever side of the holy war you wish and have fun.
I hereby resign from the 1337 and form the Cult of Steel, who worship strength and grammar. I am their Deity.
Edit: I am Divine Prophet. Here is the Steel Cult rankings.
[spoiler]Deity: KZ
Divine Prophet (Leader): Steelfist
Arch-Priest: Rainen
Priests: None
Acolytes: None
Adepts: None
Novices: None
Initiates: None
May add more ranks, if people fill the current ones. People may be demoted or promoted.
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sorry no Deities, divine prophet, does that work? I hope so, because you have no choice.
Fine; I shall worship KZ as the Aspect of Grammar on the forums. Is that okay?
fine with me.
I offer alliance to crush the n00bs!
dibs on arch-priest of steel cult :P . OR should i form the sect of RP god modders... Decisions decisions...
agreed prophet of KZ, Destroy all n00bs.
no more cults, three is plenty.
Rainen: Join the Steel cult; we worship strength. Perfect for a god-modder.
On second thoughts, maybe not perfect for you; we also worship Grammar.
if you want you can cast him away, you are prophet.
How wrong you are. I myself have acceptable grammar when I choose to. I will occasionally decide to use sarcasm and slang to add a certain... appeal... to my posts. Also I believe it is time to pray to KZ in order to have him smite Namelesskitty for double posting.
I never knew you had the ability to use good grammar.
Namelesskitty: Incidentally, it will be rather cumbersome to have you changing the cult profiles every time someone joins; I'll use my first post to keep a record of the steel cult, if you don't mind.
I tend to not use my gift. I will occasionally get so absorbed in the usage of proper grammar that I constantly call people out on good grammar.
Interesting.
well, only every time somebody becomes a leader which will happen less after more people join.
So, can I manage the Steel Cult, create ranks, promote, that sort of thing?
And, if so, can I use my first post in the topic to do it?
Yes, exactly like that. I just like to have a board showing everything.
There we go.
Am I immune to Demotion?
unless Steelfist or I say so
Blasphemy! >:(
No, I am policing this thread, so I can't demote you with out good reason. However Steelfist is your prophet and can demote you on a whim.
Very well, I shall keep my anger contained.
Essentially:
You aren't immune, but you are very unlikely to be demoted unless you have been inactive for a large amount of time, such as a week or two, or somebody would fill the position significantly better than you. As long as you do your job (Preach to unbelievers, and convert them if possible) competently, you needn't fear demotion. Besides, right now, who would I replace you with?
that makes my job much easier.
Clide the unseen?
what??
It made no sense to me, either.
Clide is a collection of all the guests that visit these forums.
hey Clide, join my cult.
Clide; Join ME!
nonono, join me.
ME!
this is getting off topic.
somebody post for the Presentiment worshipers, not one of our people though.
I suggest we wait; we need more people.
agreed.
If it has not been taken, I take the highest available rank of Presentimate the great and mighty.
Please read the first page if you are unsure if titles have been taken of not, Mr. BugFartMan.
I wish to apply as arch priest of Craiginism.
Duskling is pretty sure there can only be one Arch-Priest.
Last I saw, there wasn't one. Or did it get updated?
Nevermind. Can I have the next highest rank?
You must consult The Holy namelesskitty.
That was directed at The Holy Namelesskitty.
No more cults? hum de dum hmm...
I hearby call to order the Great House of the Half-Bloods.
We value above all, respect to those around you. Always use the best grammar you can (unless of course, enhancing a non discriminatory remark.) Jokes are encouraged, but as long as they are coupled with some sort of helpful advancement to the topic at hand.
Aye, an even and delightful mix of Gentry and Comedy.^^
We're off the wall out of the box thinkers and we want you! XD
yes Mr.Bug Fart Man you may be a priest.
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(join the elite cult! we will destroy the noobs, and make all bow before us!)
Use a Leet speak translator (http://www.brenz.net/services/l337Maker.asp) to type your ani-Craig messages! We will crush those who worship the pagan gods of mods and Craig, who have abandonded these forums!
begone foul devil worshipers, who will follow those who were cast out by the true creator. Repent, lest ye all fry, for there is no mercy where thou art headed.
[bored voice] I will never surrender. We will destroy the mods, and Craig himself. [/bored voice]
Okay, I only decided to be the head of the leet cult for the sake of the game, and find it boring if this is all we do. We need active followers so that we can do more than just insult each other.
once more people join then this will be more fun and we can start an adventure on cerra bella.
Can I minister to Sam the Unheard?
Can i be a Mini-Holy Light God "Human Form" or Holy Light God "Human Form?"
sorry only three factions, I want to ensure that there are multiple people on every side.
I'd like to resign my position as Arch-Priest.
Can Zaron have it?
yes you may.
Now we start our adventure.
all was well in the temple of the holy Craig at Lake Alto, until one day when news arrived from their allied and coexisting church of steel, that an upstart cult was gaining strength, this cult worshiped the unholy Presentiment and had to be stopped. Therefore, prophet namelesskitty and arch-priest Zaron set out on a quest to destroy the upstart devil worshipers.
We still don't have enough; can we create NPCs?
yeah, that sounds good, can you make some, I'm not very good at that just pm them to me if you can.
Okay, how about this:
Create powers:
Major powers, such as creating firestorms, lightning strikes, hurricanes.
Lesser powers, such as faith healing, or temporary physical enhancements.
Divine prophets get three lesser powers and one greater power.
Arch-priests get two lesser powers.
Priests get one lesser power.
Oh, and should we create character profiles; our own and NPC's?
I think that Divine Prophets should have 3 GREATER POWERS and 2 lesser powers. And arch Preists 1 greater power and 2 lesser powers. It would mean that Greater Powers wouldn't be scarce. Anyone think different.
Bear in mind this is the sort of power that can call down vast hurricanes, split the earth wide open and cause volcanoes to rise. I think a maximum of two for a divine prophet.
Alright but don't forget. Divine "PROPHET". Not superhero.
Yes; calling for aid from the divine. They don't have the powers themselves; their deities work through them.
And, wait; weren't you just arguing for more powers?
Let me rephrase that. Not God. Maybe a greater power could be the ability to temporarily bestow a lesser power upon a powerless priest?
Ps. Yes I was but only because the thought of namelesskitty being one of the only three demigod type people is kind of scary.
I don't quite understand what you mean, but it will be namelesskitty's decision, anyway.
Mopman comes back from the land of busted computers to preach his word : All Hail Craig the All Knowing.
Hey poeple, long time no see.
Im the arch priest of the mighty craig.
can I join the religion?
You will need to talk to the Divine Prophet Namelesskitty of the Craiginites. You would be a preist.
Sure thing. You can be Arch-Priest of the 1337 cult, or a lowely priest of the Craginites
Sam the Unheard, hear my cry!!! The powers of the 1337 are invading our fair land!!! Repent of your wicked ways of spamming and flaming and join us!!! It is the only way to protect yourself!!! You must speak out against the evils!!! You remain silent, but silent you must be no more!!!!!! Fires of The Wrath of Craig the Almighty consume those who would oppose Him!!!
Who's Sam? I think i missed something......
Sam the Unheard: an invisible body of beings who join the forums as a member but never or rarely post.
Craig is the creator of the most holy of games. To go against him would be blasphemy.
I am with the Almighty. I fear and respect his might.
agreed. Now how to get the demon to back down...
I joined the other side for the sake of the game, but it'll get irratating if its everybody against me. Just saying
I welcome thee to the ranks of the craiginites, my apologies for the delay, I was attemding a spiritual cleansing at the shrine of Disney World.
And for the past six days I was camping to become more in tune with the wonderful world of Craiginism.Oh and all holy namelesskitty: good thing you aren't a Steelist. They can't abide bad grammar. "Attemding"?
My holy iphone hath a crappy keyboard.
My iPod works fine, O' Holy Namelesskitty. For I am using it right now.
Thou must then have smaller fingers than myself O' holy bugfartboy
I would not know, for I have never met thee. Why must we talk in such a way as we are now?
I hath no idea.
I have sinned against Craig the most High!!! I ask thee O Holy Namelesskitty to releive me of my position as Arch-Preist of Craiginism for 7 Days. Starting at 12 pm CDT tonight, I shall not log in to these forums!!! I shall go into exile and return when at the end if the 7 days.
Wow, that ith totally unneccarry but quite noble of thee.
Namelesskitty; would you mind reading page 4?
So sorry, I forgot about that, no definetally 1 greater two lessers for prophet, three lesser for arch priest, one lesser for priest. We don't want things too hectic. I get the power to somewhat alter the terrain, with the help of bugfartboy call divine intervention and the ability to erect a parrier through which no magic can pass. I grant bugfartboy one of his powers to call divine intervention with my help, he may choose the rest.
Excellent; I shall start creating my powers.
my powers are fire, healing and stat boost.
fire in what sense? i think that we all should be of opposing factions and no alliances, that would make it unfair with only three factions.
I would call these lesser powers:
Manipulation of metal; strengthening or weakening armour and weapons, forging weapons out of the air (This would take an extensive amount of time).
Mind Control, or Conversion: Can dominate the mind of an individual. Effect wears off when not exposed to caster's presence. Varying effects; the stronger minded the individual the more difficult they are to dominate, and the faster the effect wears off when they are not exposed to caster's presence. My power strength means I can dominate weak and medium strength minds easily. Strong minds (Such as priests) require a lot of effort. Arch-Priests and Divine Prophets cannot be dominated without extensive conditioning (Breaking your will with torture, starvation. This makes it much easier to dominate a mind).
Greater Power: Can use mind to strike massive blows; Crushing houses and easily as you would crush a bug, and lift objects.
manipulation of metal sounds pretty major to me.
under your conditions mind control sounds good.
Greater: Nuke- resets everything by dopping a nuke, killing all but the PCs
Lesser #1: Summons TRPG characters
Lesser #2: Invisibilty
I say we make it like KotH, except we can only use our powers assigned here, and have our standing factions. And no alliances, because everybody VS. Mike means that the game would run really slow
The hill is the altar of Craig!
How about, Mike:
Greater:
Nuke -Creates massive blast, devastating the surrounding area.
I'm not sure about summoning TRPG characters, and strong minded individuals should be able to see through the invisibility.
divine intervention consists of teleportation over a short distance and other such favor from on high.
So what; You played Morrowind!
Quote from: Steelfist on August 24, 2010, 11:19:25 AM
How about, Mike:
Greater:
Nuke -Creates massive blast, devastating the surrounding area.
I'm not sure about summoning TRPG characters, and strong minded individuals should be able to see through the invisibility.
Sure, some people can see through invisibility, thats fair. But I mostly meant to have the Nuke as a "reset" button of sorts. That way, when this got to the gods vs. guardians vs. people who can't die for various reasons like KotH, I could just Nuke, and reset things.
No; we can do that by general consensus.
Okay. Shall we use my KotH idea, or is that too similar to the original?
Well, I think the plan is we will get the basics sorted out, then play it like an RP.
It's not a bad idea, though.
KoTH is all about wild imagination though. Since this is more of a scripted story I'd say we should do it capture the flag style.
agreed, but once your flag is gone you can take it back.
How about a Holy Artefact that each temple has? We could steal it.
perfect, I call the staff of life which can create water and small ponds out of the ground, if held by Craig the almighty it can make seas and oceans, they should have powers too.
I get the Staff of Spam, where the users gains the power to spam the very mind and soul of the target.
I see why that works, but wouldn't flaming work better, if nothing else it sounds better.
I get the FIST OF STEEL: A legendary pair of steel gauntlets that gives the user immense strength (mind and body), and the compulsion to correct grammar.
I kinda hoped that you'd have that, I'm changing mine to the staff of creation which can raise mountains but takes away all but the very minimum required for life (except for Craig) it also creates large lakes in this way.
Quote from: The Holy namelesskitty on August 25, 2010, 04:22:40 PM
I see why that works, but wouldn't flaming work better, if nothing else it sounds better.
True. Staff of flaming, which includes making people sad/annoyed, driving them nuts, and setting them on fire.
Perhaps, when we've finished working out the kinks, we should create a new topic to play it in.
BEHOLD!!! And stormclouds rolled in with thunder as the Earth split and released the renewed and even more divine BUGFARTBOY!!! Armed with the Wrath of Zaron (capable of unleashing great kinetic force within 5 arm lengths of it's user.
Ah. It's good to be back.
Uh; one Holy Artefact per cult, I think.
yeah, read about your powers a few pages ago, then choose them and only one artifact.
I think we're just about ready to play.
Oh alright. I havn't read everything new yet. Alright. Namelesskitty already chose one for me so how about... What are the limits?
I'm sorry; could you clarify? What limits?
As to what exceeds the title of "Lesser Power". And by the way... What is the object of the craiginites?
Destruction/subjugation of both other cult.
As for what exceeds 'lesser power'; don't worry too much. We'll say if we think it's too much.
All right. Thank you. What about Divine Sight? The ability to see into the hearts and minds of those around you? Or is that Out of Bounds?
I wouldn't say it was too powerful, but perhaps you could see their general intentions, the faith they follow, and their mood. Sound OK?
Yeah. That's what I was intending.
Should be fine; we'll need the confirmation of Namelesskitty, though.
yeah, that's exactly the sort of thing that I thing I think of when I think lesser power.
Thank you. So how is the game going to be played? What format, turns, ect.
I think like an RP.
After taking a break from the chaos that is this holy war, I've decided that I will once again return to the fray.
As what? What holy, or in the case of the 1337 unholy, faction do you wish to join/rejoin?
I'm the Arch-Priest of Steelism. We place grammar and punctuation above all else and worship The Holy KZ as the highest of deities.
May you burn in the pit of the 1337 for turning your back on The Mighty Craig and worshiping one of his powerful servants. I pity you. (I see Steelism as a form of Angelisism(Sorry if I misspelled that)).
Hey, can we make this an RTD, rather than an RP? I'm not to good with RPs.
RPs are simpler, and less dependant on one person (take a look at the ghost town of RTD story). You don't really even need to write that much either.
I vote RP; I find them easier. The person running the RTD usually gets tired of the responsibility, and kills the thread. I've done it a few times.
RP, that's what I intended.