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WHOO, YEAH we're finally gonna start this. I planned on it for a while but I got side tracked by Morrowind, which is totally awesome, but then I saved over my file on accident so I'm back, once we've all verified that we are participating someone can start it needn't be me.

so I verify I am playing.

post here no need for PMs, I would rather every one be able to see. also please tell us if you intend not to if there was any question.

Alright. Ive never acually played an RP.

The Steel Cult rankings (altered slightly), for easier access;

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Explanation: To the left are the Steel Clergy. In the centre are is the Knights of Steel (A militant order of Holy Knights). To the right are disciples. They are equal in rank to the Arch-Priest and Grand-Master, and are the instruments of my will. My suggestion is that disciples recieve two lesser powers, and the Grandmaster receives one.[/spoiler]

Hmm... what exactly is an RP? Duckling is curious.

DUCKLING!?

Anyway; it's like apocalyptic or NoHR.

And I never really got the hang of those, either. Is it the one where you roll a die every once in a while, or the one where you continuously tell a story.

Continuously tell a story.

Want to join the steel cult?

Deity: Craig the almighty creator
Divine Prophet (Leader): namelesskitty

Arch-Priest: the holy arch priest bugfartboy
Grandaster1: Mopman (is that right?)
Grandmaster2: Duckling
Monks: None
Paladin General: None
Paladins: None
Practitioners:None
Pastors: None
Puppet ruler:None
Pastors: None
Preachers:None
Associates: None

Sorry; no more cults. Join steel cult?

And namelesskitty; don't nick my ranks! MAKE YOUR OWN!

What do you mean "No more Cults"? I can bloody well make my own cult, as I live in America, and there's freedom of religion there.

Namelesskitty's rules.

It is namelesskitties rules. By the way, namelesskitty, please update my name in our roster.

If everybody just makes their own cults, we wont have enough people on any given side

That makes sense. Bye then. I'll just take my worship of Alf elsewhere.

Suggestion for The Holy Namelesskitty:
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Divine Prophet
-Namelesskitty
ArchPreist
-Bugfartboy
HeadPreists
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Preists
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Followers (infinite)

Infinite followers? Don't be ridiculous.

He means there can be an infinite number of followers, in terms of ranking.

I see.

Want to join the Steel Cult? You can pretty much pick your rank (Everything but Arch-priest is open).

Thanks, but I'll pass. I don't play RP's.

Hm. do they have a dental plan?  :P

No but the craiginites have smite insurance.

Craiginites it is. Count me in, but I don't think I'm going to be posting much. But for the same reason as in Tazer the Cat, I just don't think a duck on the opposing team from a cat has extras in the longevity demartment.

hooray you're on my team!! I'll just add you to the roster.

Can I be a sergeant as well as a Grandmaster? Sergeants are cool. They're non-coms, but they have command to an extent, whereas Warrant Officers, who are cooler, don't show up in religious organizations.

Grandmaster

So when do we start? And what's the setting?

cerra bella, but with the western ridge also, the creation ridge is a snowcapped mountain range in which the craigintes reside it is to the west of everything else.

IC: namelesskitty was meditating when suddenly a message arrived from his Grandmaster Duckling, the message stated that two upstart cults were amassing power, one based in Rivanalle and one in the eastern plains (another added area) they called themselves the cult of steel and the worshipers of 1337, they would have to be destroyed, so namelesskitty sent off with his trusted entourage and set off towards the the eastern plains for the more pressing matter of the Presentiment worshiping cult of 1337. the other was less of a threat for it seemed docile enough....

For now.

OOC: sorry that was really short but my muse was gone.

OOC: It's fine

IC: Having heard the bad news about the cult of 1337, Duckling set out along with the Holy Namelesskitty riding his trusted scorpion (OOC: is this acceptable? IC:) towards the eastern plains. He made a quick prayer to Craig that this time, the scorpion's tail wouldn't inadvertantly sting him in the back, and continued with a cheery attitude towards the journey, despite the fact of the grim tidings. He checked to himself one last time whether he had everything that he intended to bring with him: his sword, his ax, his compass, and most importantly his snorkel.

OOC: On to the cult of steel?

Sorry to intrude folks... did I miss something??? O-O

Quote from: Steelfist on September 04, 2010, 05:55:45 PM

Deity: KZ

It's sort of like a mock relegious conflict.

Got that part, just wonder how my name poped up into it!
(It's sheer curiosity, nothing else.)

You are a moderator, after all. What other authority figures are there, other than Ert and Craig?

Fair enough :) So the other cults have "Ert" and "Craig" as deities?
(After all, there are just the 3 cults!)

Erm... one worships Craig, Craiginism, another worships you, Steelism... and the last one... (gulp) worships Presentiment, I think 1337 Cult or something.

My apologies to ert but I didn't even think up you, originally there were two opposing sides but I wasn't going to reject a third.

Quote from: Duskling on September 06, 2010, 06:56:05 PM
(gulp) worships Presentiment

Oh dear. At least this is in the games section!
Maybe change that to Ert then? This then gives it all fair and square!)

Anyhow, I shall not interfere with the play here further.

Quote from: KZ on September 06, 2010, 06:58:29 PM

Quote from: Duskling on September 06, 2010, 06:56:05 PM
(gulp) worships Presentiment

Oh dear. At least this is in the games section!
Maybe change that to Ert then? This then gives it all fair and square!)

Anyhow, I shall not interfere with the play here further.

I think it might be better if you did.

Well, until things get out of hand, that is.

Ok, how about this for involvment:
I do however suggest changing Pres to Ert: this will be at least polite, plus I don't think it's wise to idolize, even jokingly, that individual. He left quite a negative and unpleasant mark on these forums.

I really wouldnt know about that. Wasnt he banned before I rejoined the forums?

@namelesskitty: what do you think about the ranks?

Yeah that sounds good, but I'll have to ask mikeW he's the prophet.

AM I INVISIBLE TO ALL BUT THE MODS!?!?!?!?!?! Namelesskitty, what do you think of our ranks. 1 Divine Prophet, 1 Arch Preist, 3 High Priests who report to the Arch Preist who reports to the Divine Prophet, etc.

I already got them down, look at page1

Yeah; I'm a grandmaster, not a "high priest"

Alright. I just like to be acknowledged. Sorry. I hadn't checked.

Excuse me, namelesskitty. Didn't I make it clear. You should make up your own ranks, and not steal mine.

I'm joining Steelfist's cult!

Which rank do you want?

Quote from: Steelfist on September 19, 2010, 10:04:52 AM
Which rank do you want?

Depends, if you could, could you please describe the individual roles a bit more (I also want a dental plan. :P)

Generally, it's fairly obvious; grandmaster is the overall leader of the militant order, and a disciple is simply somebody who accompanies me on 'adventures' and studies. I'll go into more detail on other ranks another time. Besides, who probably want to be one of those two.

I wanna be some soft of clergy person.

A lot of religions have Grandmasters, or Grand Wizards, or Popes, or whatever.

True. Nonetheless, He's simply copied and pasted my ranks.

Oh, Erstatz man; go for priest or disciple. We can change it later.

I'm gonna go with adept because it sounds the least religiony.

Done.

Namelesskitty, I suggest that every rank in the more religious 'tree' (below arch-priest) should have a limited power, of their choice. Every 'soldier' should have some ability with weapons, also.

Quote from: Steelfist on September 19, 2010, 10:47:22 AM
Done.

Namelesskitty, I suggest that every rank in the more religious 'tree' (below arch-priest) should have a limited power, of their choice. Every 'soldier' should have some ability with weapons, also.

I'm gonna go with basic cryotechnics because that's what I get if I answer honestly to the affinity question.

sure, good with me.

Oh! Oh! Can I have gravity?

Quote from: Duckling on September 19, 2010, 10:57:08 AM
Oh! Oh! Can I have gravity?

You mean shadow?

No, this is Holy War, not Cera Bella. I'd like Gravity, thank you very much.

Quote from: Duckling on September 19, 2010, 11:02:13 AM
No, this is Holy War, not Cera Bella. I'd like Gravity, thank you very much.

Oh, allright then, I'm not cryo, can I have control of all small animals? (Worms, beetles and maybe hamsters e.t.c.)

Sounds awesome!

Just not in an unreasonable way. I can only create a gravitational field of 5,000 kg m^4 / s ^ 2.

I'm sorta like Set in peacemaking. Rememer his mosquito speech? That's how I feel!

Quote from: The Holy namelesskitty on September 06, 2010, 09:00:22 PM
Yeah that sounds good, but I'll have to ask mikeW he's the prophet.

as ive said, i only joined because everybody was part of the Craigism thing, and i wanted to help the game suceed. Now that im not regularly on, it would be better to give the job to somebody else

well who wants to be prophet of the ertists?

Meeee!!! I'll switch!!

Excellent, and now Duckling the missing is my arch priest.

Kool!! I'll change my name to Divine Prophet of the Ertists!!

so you are now DPotE pronounced d'potaeh

Let's see what powers I want. Hmm

do something related to ert, maybe always being right but people don't hate you.

Cowmancery!!! The ability to temporarily raise dead cows within a very very short range.

yes!!!

Accually I'll make that the Cult Artifact and extend the range a bit. "The Cowmancers Crown"!!!

I love it, what's its power? ;D

Cowmancery!! I already said that.

Well, can my power be like I shift the muscles in my body from one area to another? Like if I need a bit more strength, I take muscles from my legs, etc.

What cult are you again?

sure, that sounds great, Craiginism right?

Noooo... He's an Ertist

no, I'm pretty sure he's a Craiginite.

Ertist!!!! I use Cowmancery to launch a large scale attack against the Craiginites temple!!!

we move the ground so that your cows are trapped underground.

I summon another army but mutate them so that they have wings and can fly and attack again.

this is played like an RP, not like KotH

Yeah, Im a Craignite. Thats what we are right?

I have moved to the Ertists (pronounced like Artists but with a ER.)

Join us. We have mad Cowmancery skills.

you bet mopman!!!!! we are awesome

But can you raise dead cows?

no, but I can do better things than make zombie burgers.

THEY ARE NOT ZOMBIES!!!! THEY ARE DEAD COWS UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE CURRENT HEAD COWMANCER!!!

fine, undead burgers

Holy, would you say gravitational field, maximum of 5,000 kg m^4 / s^2 is acceptable as an ability?

totally

Also, I primarily fight barehanded. Think Kung-Fu and boxing combined. Think Bruce Lee+ Mohammed Ali.

Think Cindarella Man, and this guy

(http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=229128939889&id=70d101e56a3186611d65847af0e318d0&index=ch1)

Alright. The artifact of the Ertists is The Cowmancers Crown. My first power is simmilar to when I was APoC. I can communicate directly through Telepathy to other Cowmancers, strong or weak. And Cowmancery is required to gain any true positions within the Cult. As is the way of Ert. (The RP Ert. Not the real Ert.)

5 miles down the road of holy conquest, Duckling noticed that one of the cows in the pastures didn't look right. Upon investigation, the cow turned on him, and tried to gore him. His lightning-fast reflexes saved him when he put up a high-strength burst field, repelling the cow, and damaging its brain with the concussion force. The cow was unconscious. "Whew. Think we'll see more of these?"

(Because I like the name, I shall be Zaron here too.) Zaron frowned. He had lost contact with one of his dead cows. That usually meant he was exaughsted, which he was, or that someone was tresspassing on the land of the Ertists and attacked one of his cows. "Idiots" he thought. They always failed to recognize one of the holy half-dead cows. He sent out a quick mental message to the Cowmancers inside a close range of the place where he lost contact with the cow. "Defense cow down in your general area. Raise calfs and investigate. Be wary of hostiles. Alert me if there is anything suspicious occurring. Ert shall provide." "Yes your Divineness", replied the Cowmancers. "May Ert watch over you", he replied.

I am searching around the craiginite castle looking for any ancient secrets(We took this castle from a man who had so many enemies, and was so paranoid we nearly lost half the cult from traps when we moved in) when I discover a hidden library behind a series of altering passages which was only accessible by either a special ring or high abilities in sensing things, which was guarded by a complex series of traps that you had to walk on the ceiling to avoid(Like I said, he was extremely paranoid) which could only be entered at a single spot halfway down one hall. Grinning at myself, I decide to spend some time here(he is a great lover of knowledge).

I am meditating, and in a parallel universe, I walk around and to my surprise find underneath the library a small room, immediately I return to our universe, and rush to the place where the trapdoor was, only to find blank floor, I bring my staff down onto the ground forcefully, in a fit of indignation, suddenly the  boards in the floor start to move, the entire floor is shining with a bright white light, all of the floor is lifted and there is a ladder from where I am standing, I descend and find myself in a stone hewn room with glowing runes, I run towards the altar. and find it blank, with only a hole shaped like an eye. my mind jolts to the talisman the holy Craig gave to me, it is draped around my staff. Quickly I shove the item into the hole. craig had told me that it is not only a key but will help you in your direst need. the altar breaks or so it seems, only the outer layer breaks, revealing the glowing white altar with a scroll perched on it, the scroll is as old as the ages, I read the scroll which tells of a time of religious conflict, I stop where the bottom is covered in black ink, revealing the outcome of the prophecy.

OOC: other prophets find your mysterious prophecies, but have the end somehow impossible to read ie. torn out, covered with ink, burned beyond recognition etc.

I would but right now I'm waiting on Dusklings response to my investigations of his tresspassing on my land.

can you do that in the meantime?

I'll write it and ammend it when Duckling posts. Sorry bout bringing Duskie-Poo into this in my previous post. I meant to say Duckling. Typo

I thought that namelesskitty and I were traveling together to try and vanquish the opposing forces, not meditating. Or are we still? In which case it's just as much a problem to namelesskitty. But I use my gravity powers to bend spacetime at trillions of points, which takes no force to do, and deflect light to me, telling me where all your cows are. I then use the powers to COW TIP your cows one by one, creating a powerful, concentrated pull horizontal to the feet. COW TIPPING TIME!!!  :-*

Drat. This was no good. Zaron felt the light around the royal dead cows change. Or, rather, the cows felt it. Zaron began to panic. Then stopped. He knew better than this. The All-Knowing Scroll would tell him what it thought he needed to know. But it had been locked away to be kept safe until it was needed. Drat. Zaron uttered a curse just as he got a thought from on of the Cowmancers guarding the Vault of Ertxiem the Mighty. "Your most Divine", said she. "The Vault has changed. A small peice of an inscription has appeared on the front of it. It is written in gibberish but the first line is clear. 'The Crown of the Cows Dead shall give you knowlege'." "I shall be there shortly.", he replied and set off, ignoring the feelings of pain coming from his redieing cows. Upon arriaval, he felt the absence of death. Something was stealing all the powers of relife, the very thing Cowmancers used to raise dead cows. "Show me the inscription", he demanded and one of the guards showed him where it is. Zaron glanced at it and the letters began to move, revealing a clear message that said,"Only the Light of the Holy can grant the ultimate knowlege. However, be warned, from the moment this vault is unsealed to the moment the All-Knowing Scroll is replaced and resealed, the Light of the Holy shall be extinguished." Zaron frowned. When the Scroll wanted to be read, it was best not to ignore it. It held knowlege that could end wars before they began, show the current divine prophet an aspect of the Cowmancers Crown that had been previously unknown, and even hold knowlege on how to cure un-curable diseases. But releasing the Scroll would leave the land if the Ertists next to defenseless by cutting the Holy Cows off from re-life. Zaron sighed and approached the Vault. He pointed his index finger adorned with a single obsidian ring at it and began giving re-life to certain symbols that lay in a circle in a decorative mosaic on the floor. They began to glow and the center of the mosaic began to change forming the image of an upturned cow like this:(http://sinisterdesign.net/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=12;type=avatar). There was a loud crack and the Vault split. Zaron reeled back in shock as he felt contact with every single dead cow at his disposal cease to be animated. His slightly better than normal Cowmancery skills told him that the simple silver crown on his head was dark. It was void of re-life. He looked into the Vault and stared. Inside was no scroll, but rather a large flat diamond the size of a piece of paper and just as light. The guards stared in wonder as he reached in and picked it up. Upon it was a prophesy. A prophesy of great war. But it was missing one vital detail. It didn't reveal who won the war. Zaron mentally reached out and willed it to reveal who wins the war, but it didn't change. He cursed. Of course the Scroll only revealed what it wanted. It wanted to make him guess. If that was it, so be it. He tossed the diamond back into the vault and stretched out his hand in the direction of one of the dead cows kept handy for the guards if they needed them. He quickly summoned it to rise. It was a calf. Perfect. Zaron told it to walk over onto the center of the mosaic. He began to reseal the vault when he felt something coming from one of his personal Cowguards. A single feeling of approaching danger. Someone was attacking the Ertists...

excellent!

Um, can we start now?

we already have.

We already have. Duckling, nameless, and I have already begun our stories. The divine prophets finding a blotted out prophesy is one of our few obligations. But what about Steelfist? He hasn't been on in a while.

What, I don't get mentioned?

I had been looking around for anything interesting in the library when I stumbled upon a secret room off of the secret library. It had an incredibly complicated lock that took me hours to crack, but cracked it I had. I then opened the hidden stone door to find a chest. I opened the chest, and inside the chest was...

OOC Nameless, you take over here, or pm me what you want to be in there, I didn't make anything because I wasnt sure what would be appropriate.

The Craiginites already found their prophesy. As have the Ertists

Uh, Steelfist tells me to continue with my studies, so I do it?

Steelfist is Divine Prophet of Steelism, the worship of KZ the firm.

The higher ones in the ranks of the Craiginites are known as earth shakers because all can control the terrain in some small way or in some cases large way.