Demigod
Demigods are those who, having passed through the Portal of Fate and then gone on to achieve the 100th circle of experience, fanned the spark within them to a new state of existence. Demigods are not, nor can ever become, full gods; the pathways to that are now blocked by the Threshold Abyss.
Demigods are also able to vie for control of the Domoth Realms.
Variants
Ascendants
Ascendants come in two forms, Vernal Ascendants and True Ascendants. Much as Demigods, these enigmatic, trans-mortal entities are able to embolden their sparks and have a greater variety of attributes they may increase.
For more information about them, see also HELP ASCENDANTS.
Vernal Demigods
From time-to-time, a Vernal Ascendant may be cut off from the fullest of their Nexus of Power, their being drained for a portion of the power they were imbibed with. Greatly changed from this, however, they remain a shadow of what they were and, so long as they maintain a link to the nexus that once supported them, they have greater possibilities than any normal Demigod.
Avatars
The true potential might of a Demigod will not be fully made manifest unless that Demigod is in the Order of an Elder God and that God decides to form a bond with the Demigod, in which case the Demigod becomes Their Avatar (sometimes referred to as Their Herald), gaining more powers on behalf of the Divine Order of their Patron God. This is not a bond that an Elder God will lightly undertake, as the essence cost to that God is staggering and represents a deep link between the essence of God and Demigod. Avatars are expected to be walking representations of their Patron God and often act as Their voice. Cults to venerate aspects of Elder Gods have begun to manifest in modern times, led by Avatars who seek to personify Their being. They may also learn to Resurrect members of their faith via access to the demigod power.
Mechanics
Demigods gather essence instead of experience, which can be used for several divine powers. Demigods receive the same abilities as Titans, as well as some of their own, which may cost their personal essence to use. These include:
- STRENGTH OF THE TITAN
- Regenerate faster on non-prime planes (1/5).
- SPARK OF THE TITAN
- REFRESH POWER, restore your power to full. Only usable once per Lusternian day.
- STRENGTH OF THE GODS
- Regeneration on the Prime Material Plane (1/6).
- ASCENSION TO THE DIVINE
- You can ASCEND TO [THE] HAVENS, where no mortal may pass.
- REBIRTH OF THE PHOENIX
- Divine resurrection in the safety of the Divine Havens when they die. Upon death, the syntax is PHOENIX to resurrect. This power drains considerable essence from the Demigod. If the demigod uses Phoenix to trigger the resurrection without sufficient essence to afford it, he will be stripped of divinity and become mortal (though still titan) once again.
- If you die, it will cost you 50,000 essence to resurrect in your city, 100,000 to resurrect off the Prime Material Plane and 250,000 to resurrect on the Prime Material Plane.
- EMBOLDENING THE SPARK
- Demigods are able to fan aspects of their Divine Spark, empowering their own nature and gaining new strengths and abilities.
- Utilize the POWERS verb to select, remove and adjust your strengths. The number of powers you can have active is limited by weight: each power has a corresponding weight.
- Demigod powers can be either supernumerary (active) or ephemeral (inactive). This allows you to buy more powers than you have weight for, and then make them active or inactive as required. There is a cost of 10% of the initial essence for turning an ephemeral power supernumerary.
Powers
| Name | Weight | Cost | Domoth | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CustomShout | 0 | 4,000,000 | N/A | |
| CustomZap | 0 | 4,000,000 | N/A | |
| ChoiceShout | 0 | 200,000 | N/A | |
| ChoiceZap | 0 | 200,000 | N/A | |
| ChoiceEnterMessage | 0 | 200,000 | N/A | |
| ChoiceLookMessage | 0 | 200,000 | N/A | |
| ChoiceTeleportMessage | 0 | 200,000 | N/A | |
| Typecast | 0 | 1,000,000 | N\A | Changes the adjective of your HONOURS headline. |
| Masquerade | 0 | 2,500,000 | N/A | |
| Sparkler | 0 | 1,000,000 | N/A | |
| Refresh | 5 | 1,000,000 | N/A | |
| DivineFire | 10 | 2,500,000 | N/A | "Prevents attacks from most creatures." |
| SecondTradeSkill | 15 | 70,000,000 | N/A | Allows 2 active tradeskills instead of 1. |
| PlanarQuickening | 5 | 3,000,000 | N/A | Weaving gates or pathways takes half the time. |
| DivineBeast | 5 | 10,000,000 | N/A | |
| WeatherProof | 5 | 20,000,000 | N/A | Weather affects you 50% less. |
| Anchor | 5 | 5,000,000 | N/A | |
| Dessicate | 0 | 1,000,000 | N/A | Instantly destroy naturally decayable items. |
| Respect | 5 | 10,000,000 | N/A | Generate more XP, gold & power when leading a squad. |
| Affinity | 20 | 10,000,000 | Nature | Gives your manse some resistance to breaking? +1/8 universal resistance in your native terrain. |
| Gift | 5 | 5,000,000 | Nature | "Regenerate a single plant of a decimated species." |
| NatureAura | 15 | 10,000,000 | Nature | While the aura is on, all rooms you enter count as natural. |
| Destruction | 20 | 10,000,000 | War | Special attack with flexible damage type |
| HavocCry | 15 | 10,000,000 | War | 5 times a month, you can grant a damage buff that lasts 1 quarter day. |
| Thunderclap | 10 | 5,000,000 | War | Destroys walls and the blast either sends others out of the room or stuns them. |
| FearAura | 50 | 25,000,000 | Death | fear on others in room? |
| DeathAura | 30 | 15,000,000 | Death | Killing others builds a death aura. Incompatible with Aura of Salvation. |
| Ur'Life | 15 | 8,000,000 | Death | Grant your beast a breath attack of disease & contagion. |
| BreathOfLife | 30 | 20,000,000 | Life | Revive corpses with essence. |
| SanctityOfBody | 10 | 8,000,000 | Life | Grant your beast the power to heal wounds & afflictions. |
| PurityOfSoul | 15 | 10,000,000 | Life | Reviving others builds up an Aura of Salvation. Incompatible with Death Aura. |
| FortunateWindfalls | 10 | 10,000,000 | Chaos | 5 times per weave, grant you and your fellow citizens or commune folk a random 13/13 buff for 10 minutes. |
| Dispersal | 15 | 10,000,000 | Chaos | May disperse oneself and reform 1-5 rooms away. |
| CompatriotOfChaos | 10 | 8,000,000 | Chaos | Grant your beast the scrambledwave breath attack. |
| QuietMind | 15 | 10,000,000 | Harmony | 3/10 Universal Influence Buff |
| PlenipotentiaryOfPeace | 10 | 5,000,000 | Harmony | Demigod becomes better at parley influence. |
| PeacefulCompanion | 20 | 10,000,000 | Harmony | Grant a beast the harmonicwave breath attack. |
| BeauteousThought | 15 | 80,000,000 | Beauty | Permits knowing an extra tradeskill. |
| BeauteousWorkings | 5 | 5,000,000 | Beauty | Craft more prestigious clothes and jewelry, cook more filling food, fit more furniture. Special maker mark. |
| OstensibleDreamer | 20 | 10,000,000 | Beauty | See hidden afflictions. |
| KnowledgeAwareness | 15 | 6,000,000 | Knowledge | May SEEK others from anywhere. |
| IntrinsicUnderstanding | 20 | 15,000,000 | Knowledge | Track the movements of another through the area. Costs 10K essence to initiate. |
| DistantPerceptions | 10 | 5,000,000 | Knowledge | "Hear whatever is said within a visible distance." |
| Aegis | 50 | 25,000,000 | Justice | Permits shielding another. |
| JudiciousPresence | 10 | 8,000,000 | Justice | Buff vitals of city/commune-mates for 15 RL min, once per game day. |
| EvenHandedBlessing | 10 | 12,000,000 | Justice | Greatly heals and cures ALL present. |
| StickyWonderCrystals | 0 | 1,000,000 | N/A | Creates a sticky wondercrystal. |
| NewLevel | 0 | 50,000,000 | N/A | Gain a new level. |
Perks
Demigods and Ascendants that invest their essence to continue to level up will be able to earn one perk point for every 5 levels they gain. You can gain additional levels with the NewLevel Power. See POWERS INFO NEWLEVEL and PERKS for more information!
Note: Perks are not meant to be changed easily, you can only change them once every 30 months at no cost. Changing the first time during that 30 months will cost 150 million essence and subsequent times during that 30 months will cost 75 million essence.
| Name | Points | Max Points | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omniscience | 2 | 2 | Toggles being able to hear all communication on all planes. Drains essence constantly. |
| Permanence | 1 | 1 | Demigod never loses a level from hitting 0 essence. |
| TransferEssence | 1 | 10 | Allows channeling essence to others at a loss. Repurchase lessens loss. |
| DemigodWeight | 1 | 10 | Gains 5 additional weight for demigod powers. Stacks 10 times to a max of 50 extra weight. |
| UnlockGnome | 2 | 2 | Unlocks gnome race. |
| UnlockFink | 2 | 2 | Unlocks fink race. |
| UnlockNagasith | 2 | 2 | Unlocks nagasith race. |
| UnlockSileni | 2 | 2 | Unlocks sileni race. |
| DamageBuff | 2 | 2 | 3/16 universal damage buff & -3/-16 universal resist debuff. |
| ResistBuff | 2 | 2 | 3/16 universal resist buff & a -3/-16 universal damage debuff. |
| HealthRegenBuff | 2 | 2 | 3/16 health regen buff, -1/-16 mana regen debuff & -1/-16 ego regen debuff. |
| ManaRegenBuff | 2 | 2 | 3/16 mana regen buff, -1/-16 health regen debuff & -1/-16 ego regen debuff. |
| EgoRegenBuff | 2 | 2 | 3/16 ego regen buff, -1/-16 mana regen debuff & -1/-16 health regen debuff. |
| HealthBuff | 2 | 2 | 4/16 health buff, -3/-16 mana debuff & -3/-16 ego debuff. |
| ManaBuff | 2 | 2 | 4/16 mana buff, -3/-16 health debuff & -3/-16 ego debuff. |
| EgoBuff | 2 | 2 | 4/16 ego buff, -3/-16 mana debuff & -3/-16 health debuff. |
| WiseLeader | 1 | 1 | When leading a squad, provides 10% more XP & 10% less gold. |
| AvariciousLeader | 1 | 1 | When leading a squad, provides 10% more gold & 10% less XP. |
| DomotheosMaster | 1 | 1 | No more essence drain in Domoth Realms. |