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RuleBook (under Construction)

Rules of Play
1) No moding
2) No pervy pervy, keep to gaia and guild tos
3) Character to Character Combat minimal, and better have a valid ic reason.
4) No Auto's. Auto once, you are warned. Auto twice you are penalized. Auto thrice and you are banned from this thread.
5) NO killing charas without permission from the player and forewarning the GMs in pm.
6) Technology Level: Medieval (think typical D&D)
7) Magic Level: Whether it is learned or innate power, mortal flesh is not made to tamper with the magic , which is considered to be of the gods. See rules of gods for anything beyond chemistry or herbology.

Suppliment Rules
Playing Gods: (as can be expected, the play of gods has to be strictly regulated to keep game balance. Playing mortals and tricksters are more encouraged, but within limits a god is accepted.)

1) A god does not age and is unaffected by disease. But they CAN be slain just like a normal mortal, though their powers can potientially make it more difficult. This is because they must take on a material bodily form to interact with the world of mortals.

2) For every power claimed, the body takes a physical or mental flaw that will be determined by the moderators. Mortal flesh was not made to harness the power of the gods, so the more powerful the ability, the worse the flesh suffers for it. "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."

3) Tricksters are limbo children, demi-gods. (and are the only demi-gods in this world). They have forms of their own, embodiments of nature. But they are unable to seek counsil or aid from the other gods, who look on them with a type of contempt. Mortals see them as fools and jesters, amusing or annoying as befitting their actions. They do not have spectacular powers or abilities, but share in their brethren's longevity.

4) Other than tricksters, gods must play two seperate personalities. The one of the god and the one of the "vessal". The vessal is the personality of the flesh. They may have been mortals at one time and are now used to encase your essence, or perhaps they shared their form with you at birth. This second personality has its own set of beliefs and morals, and at certain times become the dominent personality. The conditions where the god must become dormant and let the vessal act on its own must be approved by a GM.

5) Every diety, including trickers, have a spirit item which their vital energy is linked. The destruction of this item means the gods existance is permanently erased. The item could be anything from a flower to a star in the cosmos.

6)Each god has their own "region". Trespassing into this region or killing another god's disiple can trigger a violent war, and can mean losing the favor of the higher gods. By angering The mother and Father Gods, you could potientially lose your god status or your spirit item could be destroyed.

exclaim Gods can be killed. If they are slain in mortal flesh, it will be 1000 years before they are able to take/construct a new vessal.

Setting and Story

It had started as a gentle flurry in the midst of summer, little flakes dropping one by one to the earth as children stood in the doorways of their homes or ran into the streets to dance in the flurry of white. Men and women looked on in astonishment as the white flecks of ice fell to the warm earth, cooling the soil and blanketing the land in a cloak of white.

What had begun as a novilty and a wonder quickly became a curse. Within days, the soil was frozen and the streams were covered in a thick layer of ice. Crops died from the cold, leaving the fields barren as farmers frantically tried to gather and salvage what they could. farmstock burrowed in the white cloak for clumps of grass and dried pine leaves.

The setting opens at a small village roughly three weeks since the abnormal winter began. People are mostly inside their snow laden homes to excape the bitter chill, though a few can be seen working in their fields to salvage a few seeds or near the forest's edge trying to hunt out small prey for dinner.

This morning, a Jester has come a calling, telling the tale of Summer and Winter. The mayor has had a time keeping him from breaking anything in the process, and is quite a round fellow that is seen with contempt by the townspeople. There is rumor he made some sort of deal with a wildwoman that practiced herbology and minor divinations and went back on it, which might have resulted in the towns ruined state.

Also just outside the town, a woman of pure white, rumored to be the vessal of the Winter witch herself, is found in these regions of the Summerlands, her mind all but destroyed and little more than a moving doll in the period of dormancy of the Winter witch. She is also being lead around by a lanky blond haired youth with crow feathers tied into his hair and clothing. There purpose here is yet unknown to all save the young Tricksters within the village circle.

The Jester's tale was done, and Yonah, taking a step forward, brought his hands together ina single solid booing clap of applause, "Well spun, good fool!" he declared, "As good as any shaman's song!"{

Kalona smiled to herself when she saw that the villagers had found the food she hid away. It had been tricky to do so, since she didn't want the squirl to find them again, having wanted the food to be just for the villagers, Kalona watched the squirl with intrest, to see what his reaction would be.

"How are the little ones doing in this weather?" Kalona looked down at Yona, and even quciker then she realized, mussed his hair. "I know that sudden changes can't be to fun, even if the little pups have never known warm weather."

Kalona smiled down gently and gave a light chuckle as she reached out a finger to playfull tickle the small wolf pup's tummy. Such small life, even in the cold if winter, it gave her hope that soon the sun would return and warmth would once again spread over the land.

The trickster had wandered off, so Yonah made his way to the fool, nodding respectfully as he came up, "That was well spun, good fool, to brighten the day a bit for these people."