Lord of the Stars Quest!

TOC, thanks to PheonixFTW

Story-only Thread: http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/lord-of-the-stars-quest-story-only.231054/

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Character Generation Part 3
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You are a star. Mere mortals think you are just a ball of atomic fusion fire hanging in the cosmos but you know better. You are god, a star-lord tied to and fueled a star and with power to shape the contents of its gravity well. In time, there will be Life for you to manipulate and control and shape, using it to further your own ends and ensure your existence remains eternal.

But lets not get ahead of ourselves. It all begins with the Big Bang, when all the sudden the entire universe is created from a single source.

And it is where you are born.

CHARACTER GENERATION TIME

Part 1

What kind of star are you? Unknown to mortals, every star has unusual effects on Life and influence the amount of power a Star-Lord possesses.

[ ] White- White stars produce all around average life and have average star power.

[ ] Yellow- The most favorable type of sun for Life, creating rapidly growing and expansionist societies at cost to stablity and Star Power.

[ ] Orange- Orange stars have average Star Power, but they have an unusual effect of making Life that gets along well with other Life.

[ ] Binary Star - Twin stars bound together. They have lots of star power, but is hard on Life and produces slow but hardy Life due to common hazards on planets.

[ ] Protostar- A barely formed stellar gas pile only just turning into a sun. Lots of star power, and influences life into being curious and inventful.

[ ] Other?- There are many kinds of stars out there, these are only the most common. Do you dare roll the dice for something greater?


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Part 2

A star is nothing without some planets to play with. Small compared to your magnificence and without sentient minds of their own, you can seed them with Life. You start with two minor worlds, an asteroid belt and hydrogen gas giant, and one of the following planets of your choice where Life begins.

[ ] Terran- A mix of land and water geology with easy to exploit luxury resources. Good for economics.

[ ] Jungle- With dense vegetation and active biosphere, this world can support a very large population.

[ ] Ocean- Predominantly covered in water with isolated small continents and island chains, the oceans are rich in underwater life and resources.

[ ] Arid- Water is scarce here, and it may be hard for Life to survive, but Arid worlds are good for rapid Stellar Improvements.

[ ] Tundra- despite being partially dominated by ice and snow, Tundra worlds are excellent for science and tend to possess very special anomalies and rare resources.

[ ] Random- What crazed being would be willing to allow the dice of the universe decide where their Life shall reside? Chance for very exotic worlds.

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Part 3

As a sentient star-being, you got some very subtle but powerful powers to play with. They are divided into metaspace anomalies which you can then cast and use on star systems. Careful however, as they use up stellar power. You start with three.

[ ] Fear- An aura of fear will dissuade outsiders from messing with the worlds you cast it on, and makes your worlds more intimidating.

[ ] Courage- The use of courage will uplift some of your Life and turn them into demigods for a time. Expensive in power, but can be applied in many ways.

[ ] Logic- The power of logic will strike a bolt of inspiration into Life and spur technological development. But it may also cause issues if used too much.

[ ] Protector- You can actively defend your worlds via manipulation of warpspace to destroy enemies. Power intensive.

[ ] Mind- You can create sub-stellar minds centered around a single world to govern it and guide its development. They might get plans of their own however.

[ ] Zeal- Worship! Religion! All obey the star-lord! You get a little extra Star Power via worship and Life is more obedient to your wishes.

[ ] Corruption- You can cast corruption, slowly consuming worlds in an orgy of violence, death, and resource wastage.

[ ] Avatar- you can directly manifest yourself among Life to do some fine-tuning. While only a disposable mortal shell at first, you can refine it later on.

[ ] Other?- What is this strange power?

[x] Other? - There are many kinds of stars out there, these are only the most common. Do you dare roll the dice for something greater?



[x] Terran - A mix of land and water geology with easy to exploit luxury resources. Good for economics.



[x] Protector - You can actively defend your worlds via manipulation of warpspace to destroy enemies. Power intensive.
[x] Logic - The power of logic will strike a bolt of inspiration into Life and spur technological development. But it may also cause issues if used too much.
[x] Avatar - you can directly manifest yourself among Life to do some fine-tuning. While only a disposable mortal shell at first, you can refine it later on.

Voting for Protostar, Ocean and the three powers: Mind, Logic, and Avatar.

Star: Protostar

Life: Terran

Powers: Logic, Protector, and Zeal

I want to be an eldritch being, Avatar kind of ruins that plan.

Protostar, Terran, Avatar, Logic, Zeal. With these powers, we can cause Life to start worshiping us for extra power, and steer and guide their technology in paths that benefit us.

[X] Other

[X] Random

[X] Avatar
[X] Courage
[X] Other

Are we each individual players? That'd be best IMO

Yes but Avatar would kind of lessen the mystique that being a sentient star-god gets you.

[X] Protostar

[X] Terran- A mix of land and water geology with easy to exploit luxury resources. Good for economics.

[X] Logic
[X] Protector
[X] Zeal

Why is no one picking zeal, except for robot?

Not really. We don't need mystique to get them to worship us. It is hard to get Life to do what we want when we can't talk to them, and having an Avatar will allow us to help mitigate any problems use of Logic causes.

Come on! No one wants sentient, sapient Dolphins/squids as our main civilization?

Let the gods decide. For that is the most fun option.

[X] Other?- There are many kinds of stars out there, these are only the most common. Do you dare roll the dice for something greater?
[X] Random- What crazed being would be willing to allow the dice of the universe decide where their Life shall reside? Chance for very exotic worlds.
[X] Other? x3 - What is this strange power?

What type of planet you chose does not determine which type of life you use. That is for another section of evolution.

As long as the Avatar is some kind of bright light or some such alien creature, I'm cool with it.

Just don't want to look like our species with a beard and robe.

Please. It'll be a being with a beard, robe and a halo. That shoots lightning out of his fingers.

[X] Protostar- A barely formed stellar gas pile only just turning into a sun. Lots of star power, and influences life into being curious and inventful.

[X] Terran- A mix of land and water geology with easy to exploit luxury resources. Good for economics.

[X] Avatar- you can directly manifest yourself among Life to do some fine-tuning. While only a disposable mortal shell at first, you can refine it later on.
[X] Courage- The use of courage will uplift some of your Life and turn them into demigods for a time. Expensive in power, but can be applied in many ways.
[X] Zeal- Worship! Religion! All obey the star-lord! You get a little extra Star Power via worship and Life is more obedient to your wishes.

Why does no one want zeal?

It makes them loyal to us.

[X] Other?- There are many kinds of stars out there, these are only the most common. Do you dare roll the dice for something greater?
[X] Random- What crazed being would be willing to allow the dice of the universe decide where their Life shall reside? Chance for very exotic worlds.
[X] Other?- What is this strange power?

I'm surprised nobody is taking the random options. I had FUN things planned for those!

Also, if someone would be willing to be vote-tracker that would greatly smooth this quest game along.

Alright, current vote tally

Majority for star is protostar with five votes.

Majority for planet is Terran with five votes.

Majority's for powers is logic (6), avatar (5), with other/protector/zeal tied for third (all of them have 3 votes)

Shall I put up the next chunk of evolution and just let the third power be random?

Come on, we need Zeal!

We can't be a proper Star-god without worshipers!

[ ] Protostar

[ ] Terran

[ ] Protector

Yllow
Terran
Zeal, avatar, mind

And a tie between Zeal and Protector...

@ GM - Use GM Fiat to choose what you want (between Zeal and Protector). Let's get this show on the road.