Children of the Gods (Important poll #12306)

Speak for yourself; my MC is in pretty tip top condition for her age, probably around the best you can be. Magic is something that would require foreknowledge, and you would need to have grown up in Olympus to understand it beyond the barest knowledge, but there is no such thing preventing us from bringing and maintaining ourselves at peak physical condition during our lives.

This is especially true for MC’s with high combat skill and strength such as mine; she’s always kept herself in peak physical condition throughout her life, and there is simply no way we would advance our Strength stat should we accept the idea that we’re only relatively decent in terms of physical condition.

Most may be decent, but study the condition of the demigods and Thora and put them all in a line, you wouldn’t be able to tell who was trained from a warrior from birth and who was in the run for years on end. They’d all be in equal physical condition. Equally ripped.

Thora has over 80 Strength; decent just does not cut it for my MC, I’m afraid. But again, depends on your headcanon.

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Besides only the trinity knew who’s the father and why would they want an influence like that? Aeson’s practically normal compared to you anyway, considering he doesn’t get world shattering powers.

I have overpowered two demigods already using strength. I think that alone proves that those years of training doesn’t mean they’re stronger than us . And I am a magician so if I was a warrior I’d overpower everyone strength wise.

All that running and fighting for your life should keep you in relatively good shape :running_man::muscle:

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As for my headcanon the age the mc went on the run is a very important time for growth. My doctor friend and my previous GP both said that only being diagnosed as a celiac (and switching to the correct diet) in my mid-twenties may have cost me 2-4cm in height in hindsight (okay so I would never have really been tall or even average for this country, but still…that stings a bit). Other then that my puberty was relatively decent, except for some bullying, but I never lacked for anything food and shelter wise, nor in terms of a mostly supportive environment.

Now compare that with my mc here, who may not have always been able to even afford to eat regularly while on the run from those little killers. We both know that irregular (and even missed) meals combined with lots of stress isn’t that good for a developing human (demigod) being. Then compare that with both his brothers living lavishly on Olympus and him ending up short, literally is not an unfeasible outcome.
Thora may be fine with that but my guy doesn’t like being literally looked down upon by both of his brothers.
Though I admit the body horror is less now that our demigod appearance is a clear evolution of our previous one, just a rather disappointing one for my mc, much like my real-life “growth spurt” was for me. (before that I only used to be 1-3 cm shorter on average than most of my male class and age mates but those years widened that gap considerably). .

As the author said, the average demigod, maybe not. All of our competitors during those deathtrap trials, I’d say most are better trained, more knowledgeable and better informed and therefore likely stronger, or at least more powerful than my mc. As it currently stands my mc can still barely beat the girl in the training fight without resorting to “magic”, but since she isn’t one of our competitors, that’s not all that encouraging really.

Again, relatively versus our brothers likely peak physical conditions.

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Thora may be fine with that but my guy doesn’t like being literally looked down upon by both of his brothers.
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I get why that would create a difference; Thora’s 6’3", but that’s still the same height as I am in real life; not brilliant being a chick who happens to be that tall, but great for battling, like in this.

Hopefully now you feel less violated now that you get to keep your previous body rather than being forced to change, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t still be badass.

Short people can be badass? Evidence = Levi Ackerman. Case closed.

Malnourishment can be an absolute bitch though, and of course you won’t be in the exact same condition as the others due to said malnourishment, but you can get as close to it as you possibly can. And dislike Olympus all you want, you aren’t getting starved there; depending on the level of malnourishment you headcanon, you could start to bulk up relatively soon if you so desired.

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Combat 45 You can overpower a group of seekers.

Combat: Anyone would think twice before threatening you.
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The essence turns to giant storms, I’m pretty sure we’re overpowered.

@Alexodia I got to 87 strength
wit only to 56 though…
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True, but that isn’t likely to mean catching up, let alone surpassing, his two “brothers” who have been in peak physical condition all this time.

No, but there is also no sign that we are being optimally trained and coached to make the most of it, like many modern athletes are. Like everything else we are seemingly left to figure out our optimal diet for ourselves with next to no time to actually do research on it. So what we lack now, just as with those “trials” seems to be (access to) relevant information, rather than the resources themselves.

Well due to the lesser body horror it is now less severe then I first had it be, certainly. Maybe on par with myself in the months, just before the celiac diagnosis, so effectively slight malnourishment, without many of the gastrointestinal issues I had.

Not that we get the “free” time to ourselves to actually work out, let alone work out what the optimal diet and workout for our body would be, but I get your point.
Still while “bulking up” may improve our physique at least somewhat that doesn’t actually mean we’ll catch up in physique, never mind height, to either Saint or Aeson any time soon and it most definitely doesn’t meant the vertical situation will get any better vis a vis either of his two “brothers” as possible “missed” growth is often not something that the body will fix of its own accord later on, not even if we literally devise the world’s best diet and workout program for ourselves (and actually get the opportunity to stick to it)… So no matter what he does my mc will still have to contend with being literally looked down on by his two “brothers” and possibly Donny as well (I don’t recall if his height relative to the mc is ever described in-game yet).

Yep, point is Saint and Aeson are always presented as taller (and fitter) than we are no matter what height we put in for ourselves in character creation. :unamused:

Certainly, now the effects of the blocker removal are just (mildly) disappointing when comparing himself to the other male demigods who are his direct competitors now and his two brothers. But most of the actual body horror is gone, we’re still ourselves, more or less, it’s just that my mc thinks he measures up (literally) poorly to many of the other guys around.

If only we could actually control our powers. The major bursts of power are still as uncontrolled and random as ever on the mage path. The bits of power we do actually control are still kind of weak and pathetic compared to our fellow trial participants. Not to mention that our repertoire of spell effects is also still rather limited. Maybe we measure up one on one to the average demigod now. The problem is that we aren’t competing against the average demigods but against the well-trained elites who are in peak physical condition to boot, where we are still weakened from that coma and only in relatively decent shape at best.:unamused:

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Isn’t it like mandatory for fictional main characters to start off as clueless? I mean, where would the fun be if Harry Potter suddenly came to Hogwarts being the best wizard ever, even though deep inside he actually is? imagine that that’s kinda what happens to the MC (mine, at least), because we’ve been kept in the dark for so long that we don’t know anything but the lies they feed us. :sweat_smile:

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Harry was no actual a real great powerful mage in fact thats the story Voldemort focus in the profecy killed him. Hermione was tons better mage than him recognized by himself. Also Harry was treated as a damn royalty 99% of saga. Until 2 last books.his arrival at Howards it was him doing whatever he pleases and make fun on every single rule. That Nimbus for instance …

We here are treated as Anibal lecter Jailed in a medical bay a week with no reason and no explanation. The Harry potter equivalent. Will be.
Hagrid attack Harry and threatened to kill him and put him in ship by force…
No explanation whatsoever only. You where going to Howards of course no wand no books.
Jailed him in his Diagon hotel room Steal his glasses .

Not train for him just forced him to a house with no say in matter and with an used wand and forced tutor and friends.
Then Dumbledore say By the way tomorrow you will deal a duel to death with those people have been training a decade and take this drug and random gift with no explanation whatsoever… Deal with it Harry you are the Choosen one…

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True and Aeson is a much better mage than my mc will ever be (well at least for decades to come) not to mention a fully trained warrior too. He’s of course taller and better looking then we are as well. In Harry Potter terms he would be Hermione and Cedric rolled into one with the best features of both and few of their drawbacks.

Getting the full power of the essence is not what excites me, in fact it is rather more likely to terrify my mc because of its known, corrosive effects on the host body, our body. But what really bothers me is how little actual control we seem to have even over our limited powers right now. My mc attempting to make himself taller and remove any residual effects of the malnutrition would be like receiving plastic surgery from Dr. Nick. (Hi everybody!) the guy who managed to give a guy an arm for a leg and a leg for an arm. That’s the degree of control over his “powers” my mc seemingly has right now…attempting things that actually require finesse with that degree of actual control…what could possibly go wrong? :unamused:
The essence isn’t going to make us a better mage than Aeson, a potentially more powerful one at most, however the things my mc most wants to do with his powers are things that actually require a great deal of control, precision and finesse, brute force will be absolutely useless for any of it.

His relatives at “home” though. Actually his treatment at the Dursleys comes closer to how we’re actually treated on Olympus right now.

Yep, my mc really wanted to check himself out of there, against medical advice if necessary.

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My MC wants to push the use of the Essence … she’d be experimenting, trying to possess Seekers too and such… “evil” can fight “evil” too :stuck_out_tongue:

With our mc’s pathetic degree of actual control over our “powers” what will likely happen is that you either crush their brains outright or fry them and turn the people you were trying to possess into drooling vegetables.
Like I said, that sort of thing is exactly why my mc will consider his so-called “powers” to be absolutely useless.

With magic being able to be used more and with more checks on it in the new revamp, I don’t see this as the conclusion as you do; already if you concentrate on your use of Essence you get as much control as you do physical mastery… at least according to the stats as displayed in the stats pages.

You may not use the Essence as much in the beginning (If I remember this was a design decision) but that was to be corrected after the first trial from what I remember reading.

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I don’t think pathetic is the right word, at all.

With mages especially, at just the age of thirteen with only months of training you’re able to manipulate gravity and distort light, a feat that takes mages (who actually have knowledge about magic for the better part of their life) years to accomplish. When you add in the fact that it’s specified several times by the text that you have been able to outsmart numerous groups of Seekers for years, I really don’t think any MC is weak.

Plus those Seekers are demigods–elite demigods, the best of the best, an ancient organization possessed by a Titan…and they’ve been outsmarted by a half-mortal teenager with “pathetic” powers for years. That’s not just luck.

I’d say have faith, but I’ve already reiterated this point so many times, I think think you’re very set in your beliefs, (which you have a right to, for all intents and purposes). :slight_smile:

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Something tells me it’s not the first time that the Essence (whether Bearer, Bestower, or the two when they were whole), has outsmarted a Titan or God intentionally or unintentionally. Call it a gut feeling. :thinking:

Who knows; maybe this had been the Essence’s plan all along; make Cronus paranoid enough to separate them into two halves to gain some type of knowledge (maybe something that linked to the prophecy) and took more human forms so that they can continue being grounded in some way yet also so those with (seemingly) higher power come to underestimate both the Bearer and Bestower’s abilities to an extent. If that ends up being the case, I’d be laughing my head off as I picture the look on Cronus’ face when he realized that the Essence (even before being separated and possibly not possessing a emotional state at the time) played him like a fiddle despite being in a somewhat weaker state :laughing:.

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@Rohie To be honest, I thought that the seekers we fought were “in training” so to speak, not fully trained ones. It puts a whole new perspective on those situations.

I also like to headcanon that after his gf’s death, while he is generally untrusting now, anyone who he decides to trust and/or befriend would have him be a borderline martyr to keep them safe as his atonement for running while she was in danger.

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That’s a good point. I always assumed the Seekers were fully trained, but they are generally quite young, so that raises the question: what happened to all of the older Seekers?

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Do demigods age in the same way mortals do? A demigod in Olympus may have been there a lot longer then 18 Earth years…

Does the MC mastering those spells that quickly have anything to do with us being the bearer or is it just pure talent?

My assumption was that they aged normally. Although they would likely keep good looks for longer, they wouldn’t end up looking that much younger than they were (which is how I believe it would have been in the myths). After all, only a small number of them will have been able to have gained immortality… Actually, what happened to all of the other demigods who gained immortality? I mean, they’re immortal, so there must be quite a few around, right? I assume Helen was one, but we only heard her mentioned by Aphrodite, and there must be many more.

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