Hmmm....that sounds like a good idea...I think I'll have to look into doing that...

Maybe Gastrope'...he's pretty malleable and power hungry...maybe I could convince him to enter my service!

I like it!

Tizzy!

Such great ideas!

I've now found a path to becoming a god! Bwah hah hah hah!

I should have started this Magic Mirror Site a long centuries ago!

Hmm,

Excellent reasoning. Yes, that would make sense.

Actually, in point of fact, most of these methods for links are just different perspectives/flavors/variations on the same basic thing. It's really a question of how deep the connections go, how two way they are.

One big difference with the deity to cleric link vs the familiar link is how "personal" the link is. The familiar link, and the warlock link as you described it are very much a one to one link. The deity links are much more a group link. Much less personal and much more complicated because deities have so many followers and they offload to avatars and there are lots of people in the link Deity<->One or more Avatars<->Maybe High Priests<->Priests<->Worshipers

And the deity links are more fluid. A worshipers mana feeds will change, dynamically, automatically, depending on who the local priest is, etc. So the deity links are vastly more complicated webs (much like the super links required for the city's Wards vs the Schools wards) than what a warlock's link would be.

Thanks for the suggestion!

I'm going to run right out and try it...I just gotta get me some priests.

Wonder where to get one? I don't think they sell them at 7-11 or Walmart...hmmm...maybe Amazon? Will they be Prime eligible? Priests are heavy, I really need the free shipping!

why not just lie?
i mean Exador managed to dupe a god!
how hard can it be for someone like that to get his own crowd.

i see your point.
might be interesting to see what they will do if they find out :P

Could somebody be both a demon and a god?

Would'nt be surprised if thats the case. There is even an missing super powerful Demon who might have thougt, why not try this god business...

I don't personally believe that the god's created anything. I have no idea what they are so I will throw out a new theory passed on your comment. Planes of men have all five elements with the element of man at its core. Therefore God's could be Elementals of men. As sentient beings we have some influence over them as the element of man seems to be primarily composed of animus, conscience/sentience (higher conscience), spirit/soul(not sure if same or seperate). A god's like it when people feel a single strong emotion as they recieve more mana this way. The element of man draws mana as do the gods and higher conscience beings refine mana. This would mean that the plane would form first and the gods shortly thereafter. They would have influence on the early world, but they would only happen to have been formed first.

I believe based on what was said in story that elemental exist, but people understand the element of man the least. If the gods were elementals of man, then it would stand to reason, as they would be the pinnacle of sentience, that they would try to keep those under their dominion from recognizing this. Man elementals must exist as do other elementals, but their are no true elemental plane of man. The closest to a plane of man would be the spiritual planes, thus each elemental would try to shape its own territory to expand their influence.

This however leads us with a small dilemma. If these elementals create these territories, they must have come from another place. THey would also likely have some clue to their origin in their territory to connect them with their origins as it were as elementals are most comfortable in their original domain. Simply put they come from the River Styx. It is in all spirtual planes and serves the purpose of transporting a person's soul, and thus their animus to them. This is something purely of the element of man traveling without mana, so it must mean the the river is purely composed of the element of man. Nobody knows what the river truly is, but they know it isn't water. The abyss could then serve as its mouth and the various elementals could then form various branches to this river.

The Styx would follow the properties of gathering attracting mana and other elements, and would explain why these location are so mysterious and why it is so hard to find these places. Not sure how Concordenax fits into things though. Regardless elementals of man will be intelligent, will likely be able to use magic, and will likely be a step above the other elementals in terms of power. They will likely range from highly rational, to highly emotional, or both. Regardless if Man elementals are the gods it should be that much of a shock.

Edited by user Thursday, July 17, 2014 4:50:50 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

So would elementals equate to
fire= beings of pure energy
air= gaseous energy beings
water= liquid energy beings
earth= solid energy beings
man= gods

with the element being named as the thing closest to the core concept that can be observed in nature as the truth of its pure most fundamental essence would escape man, but some of its properties could be understood.

I am a heretic. As are all demons as gods just don't seem to like them for some reason.