Wanted to ask. How strong are things in this universe? As in what kind of things do people have to deal with in a daily basis? Idk how spoiler ish this question is but I ask bc it seems like mages can get pretty damn OP at some point. Does this mean other beings can get to that point also?
Got curious since this is inspired by Wod and oh my god does it get crazy in the upper levels lol. Mechanically speaking, we already can reach master level in physical stats.
Can’t wait to see the upper echelons of magic
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Generally I’d say pretty strong but it really depends. Regular people almost never deal with supernatural entities.
It has to do partly with the Veil, partly because these entities are usually smart enough to not mess with humans in an open way and also because, there are certain organizations and people who protect normal humans from the worst of them. The first reason is actually related to the last.
But strength wise I’ll put it like this:
At the upper levels of power things get conceptual and power becomes immeasurable. If power is your measure of how much you can affect the world and change it, then how do you measure it if you are the world?
Things from before God started the clock or the ones who did it along with Him, things that are the embodiment of certain aspects of reality or beings that were dreamed up into being for the sole reason of needing something greater to believe in.
But they have their limits not in the amount of juice they possess but in their freedom to use it.
Otherwise, more on the Monsters side of Gods and Monsters, vampires, ghosts, werewolves and other critters all have their stronger and weaker members.
Because I try to make my lore original, it’s not like WoD where they have a linear structure of how they get stronger, it depends on the individual, and for wizards that goes double. The overall ceiling though is very high.
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Hello @Artklik
Plod looks very interesting. I definetly check it soon.
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Seems interesting. I’m waiting for things beyond the character creator before making any real judgement though-
Does seem like there’s quite a few magic types/stats (even before counting physical attributes) so that’s a lot of possible scenes/variations you might end up writing, hope you don’t get overwhelmed.
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Yep, I limited the magic to level 3 for this book for exactly this reason.
Besides the story reasons, high level magic in the first book will undercut the future growth possibilities and make it really hard to write all of the paths.
For now the idea is that the physical and inherent magical stats are not really growable in the book itself, as that would not make logical sense. Between the books you’ll get a chance to increase them though, as it takes a long time to train body and mind and make sure the changes stick.
As someone said before, with Scion mode you can already have almost all maxed basic stats, but magic will always remain a stat that will grow with the narrative or if you decide to forgo certain questlines specifically to grow more powerful. But from my experience that’s a standard trade off.
Since my game focuses more heavily on narrative rather than video-gamey mechanics, I won’t have to code much besides the paths though.
I like choice games that give you the ability to be competent as well, because while struggle and acceptance of loss are important, the core message of my universe will always remain that if you Will something to go some way, it will. To the best of your ability. Possibly.
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Hello everyone! I am back with a little update on the progress of Chapter 1.
It is progressing very well all in all and although I am taking my time writing in all the variations based on stats and decisions, I think that the speed of writing is very good.
Here I am sharing a little snippet of the possible evil path you can take early on in Chapter 1, where another student dares hide from your chattering in an expertly designed sound bubble.
What disrespect!
So to teach him a lesson, you decide to unleash your own elemental power in a staggering display of dominance.
This particular variation becomes available if your character was already cynical, which will prompt a voluntary choice. If your main Unveiling is Force and your Soul Strength is high enough, you can choose to expertly dismantle his bubble in a show of both power and skill.
But if your skill is not high enough for that you can simply go gorilla mode and destroy everything around you to show him who’s boss. But beware, this might have the unintended consequence of making your peers hate you. Completely undeserved of course.
Let me know what you think, I’ll be happy to hear any reccomendations you might have!
P.S - In this version, the MC was built with high strength and as tall as possible, so the guy who is shorter and smaller is actually 6’6" and 250lbs lol.
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Is there any lore behind the name “Scion”?
Does it mean anything?
Also how’s the progress going?
Just realised that if you want to write different variations with all the stats, just this one snippet can have a combo of up to 15 variations depending on our Soul + Force.
Pls be carefull if that’s what you want to do since it can get pretty overwhelming and repetitive after a while 
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Hey! Yeah there’s definitely lore behind it but it will only be clearly understandable at the end of the book.
Or depending on how well you investigate it and whether you choose to at all.
Progress is admittedly slower than I wanted mostly because I’m an engineering major and have exams right now (wish me luck).
I still am progressing though. The actual writing is done and right now I am just implementing it into a ChoiceScript format.
The variations are indeed pretty hard to implement well, but I am taking the approach where good writing and maneuvering can help avoid unnecessary variations.
I expect Chapter 1 alone to be 40-50k words with code, mainly because I want to add different paths so everyone’s last day at the House is different.
Thanks for the concern though, I am not delusional and won’t try to do anything too over the top. Maybe. To the best of my ability.
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