Essence Shop

by Romero

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Romero2009-09-15 18:48:12
Not my post, just pasting so we can get it started. Other suggestions are cool and want to include them on this original post too. Estarra suggested making more limited time, essence draining abilities as well.

QUOTE (Exeryte @ Jul 30 2008, 01:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It would be nice to have a shop for demigods/ascendants to "buy" extra flavor/RP frills.

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Proprietor: Trader Bob.
--------(Item)-------(Description)----------------------------(Stock)-(Price)-


        aura1234: an Aura of Teleportation                        20    15000000es
        aura2345: an Aura of Motion                               20    20000000es
        aura3123: an Aura of Ascending                            20    15000000es
        aura4123: an Aura of Ambience                             20    5000000es
        aura8234: an Aura of Dominance                            20    100000000es


       clasp3456: a clasp of Nature                               20    20000000es
       clasp4567: a clasp of Chaos                                20    20000000es
       clasp5678: a clasp of War                                  20    20000000es
       clasp6789: a clasp of Justice                              20    20000000es
       clasp7890: a clasp of Knowledge                            20    20000000es
       clasp1111: a clasp of Beauty                               20    20000000es
       clasp2222: a clasp of Life                                 20    20000000es
       clasp3333: a clasp of Death                                20    20000000es
       clasp4444: a clasp of Harmony                              20    20000000es


     crystal7123: a crystal of electricity                        20    5000000es
     crystal8123: a crystal of magic                              20    5000000es
     crystal9123: a crystal of poison                             20    5000000es
     crystal2234: a crystal of fire                               20    5000000es
     crystal3234: a crystal of coldness                           20    5000000es
     crystal4234: a crystal of asphyxiation                       20    5000000es
     crystal5234: a crystal of psychic                            20    5000000es
     crystal6234: a crystal of cutting                            20    5000000es
     crystal7234: a crystal of blunt                              20    5000000es


        cake5555: Estarra's trademark carrot cake                 20    50000es
        soup6666: Morgfyre's hearty chicken soup                  20    40000es
      cookie7777: Viravain's fresh chocolate chip cookie          20    40000es
       bread8888: Terentia's homemade bread                       20    40000es
    sandwich9999: Lisaera's famous BLT                            20    40000es


     servant1123: an adoring servant                              20    10000000es
       toady2123: a brown-nosing toady                            20    10000000es
      lackey5123: a fawning lackey                                20    10000000es
       slave6123: a humble slave                                  20    10000000es

Aura of Teleportation: customize your teleporting message, kind of like Kialkarkea suggested.

Aura of Motion: customize your entry/exit message (I can dream).

Aura of Ascending: customize your ascending to the havens message.

Aura of Ambience: gives off customizable ambience every few minutes. You can have up to three.

Aura of Dominance: customizable world-entrance message. Synl's idea. tongue.gif

Clasps: you can only own one. They act as a permanent karma blessing for that seal.

Crystals: change the damage-type of your zap. Synl's idea again.

Eateries: random foods for demigod/ascendant "flavor."

Servants: Invincible, they do nothing but follow you around and respond to whenever your name is mentioned. Imagine this...
...for only 40 million essence!

EDIT: Added Aura of Dominance and crystals.

Lendren2009-09-15 19:05:32
Many of the rejects from the dingbats ideas on the Artifact Ideas thread could become essence-costing powers or activities. It would be even better if demigods could spend essence to give these minor boosts to other people, not just themselves. Some examples:
  • Create a campfire from divine fire that will help people recover willpower and endurance faster.
  • Bestow on a person the ability to, for one RL hour, speak and understand a particular language.
  • Give someone a Fortuna-like blessing.
I also like the idea of using essence to conjure up rare commodities that can be used in designs, like chocolate, amber, or granite.

How about 1000 essence to call one of your artifacts back to you immediately (instead of waiting for its reset), or to return its reset time to full?

How about spending essence to extend the months remaining of objects?

How about spending essence to remove the "maker's mark" from crafted items, in case you want to make it a secret who you're selling to?
Romero2009-09-15 19:09:43
I know another thing I would like is to spend essence increase/decrease age. It would be helpful for starting families with people who are just too wildly spread apart with ages.
Gero2009-09-15 19:13:51
QUOTE (Romero @ Sep 15 2009, 12:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I know another thing I would like is to spend essence increase/decrease age. It would be helpful for starting families with people who are just too wildly spread apart with ages.


Maybe just have it Romero appears to be 16 years old. You of course can see your real age, and now you're legal for jailbait again!
Xavius2009-09-15 19:42:08
QUOTE (Lendren @ Sep 15 2009, 02:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I also like the idea of using essence to conjure up rare commodities that can be used in designs, like chocolate, amber, or granite.

This is something I really like. It seems to be in line with an existing minor godly power, and it fits the request to have mostly temporary, transient things.
Llandros2009-09-15 21:29:26
There could be special elaborate emotes, possibly in color, that would be avaiable to demis and that would have an essence cost to use.
Lendren2009-09-15 21:35:42
That's pretty close to Illusions, though. I like the idea (even though my character has Illusions so I wouldn't benefit from it personally), but people have been down on the idea of replicating guild/class skills.
Ardmore2009-09-15 21:44:45
Custom entrance and exit messages.
An aura around them, so LOOK shows something cool like Ardmore is here, enveloped in or whatever.
I like custom messages for pretty much everything. Teleporting, ascending, I also like the ambience messages.

I dislike the karma ones, and zap damage-type.
Romero2009-09-15 22:29:47
QUOTE (Lendren @ Sep 15 2009, 05:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
That's pretty close to Illusions, though. I like the idea (even though my character has Illusions so I wouldn't benefit from it personally), but people have been down on the idea of replicating guild/class skills.


Don't make them be programmed into the room but allow them to perform illusion style emotes without their names in front so they could set the tone for rp. Make it an item to buy and use so you could better do storytelling/rp/rituals

Give it a long balance cost that would make it ineffective in combat.
Unknown2009-09-15 22:51:59
I doubt the admin will let the zap changes fly considering it's supposed to be electric.

However, I am totally digging the custom entrance/exits, teleportation, ascending and dominance messages. It'd definitely be something to look forward to, while we're all bashing to demi.

In lieu with being able to create a rare commodity for designs, perhaps you could spend essence to duplicate an existing rare commodity? So that city people don't have to risk life and limb for TWO honeycombs, etc.
Xenthos2009-09-15 22:54:56
QUOTE (Ried @ Sep 15 2009, 06:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I doubt the admin will let the zap changes fly considering it's supposed to be electric.

However, I am totally digging the custom entrance/exits, teleportation, ascending and dominance messages. It'd definitely be something to look forward to, while we're all bashing to demi.

In lieu with being able to create a rare commodity for designs, perhaps you could spend essence to duplicate an existing rare commodity? So that city people don't have to risk life and limb for TWO honeycombs, etc.

That would be nice, being able to spend essence on components.

Firegems, too.

It would create a market (Hey, it takes this much essence to make that, so you have to pay me Y gold).
Diamante2009-09-15 23:29:48
Saw the other thread wherein the essence shop and various other ideas were put it. I personally liked the essence shop idea quite a bit, so figured this thread could be another brainstorming area for that. Also noted was that Estarra wanted to see things that would continually drain essence rather than be one-drop essence sinks.

Custom enter/exit message.

Something to get rid of "He is an ORDINARY -race- demigod.

A power that continually drains essence, but lowers/removes the "don't be so hasty!".

A power that continually drains essence, but allows the demigod to walk on water.

A power that continually drains essence, but allows the demigod to FLY.

A power that continually drains essence but removes demigod's name from WHO. (I know there's a gem, but could be an alternative)

For a fixed cost, an ability that allows a demigod to use their nexus to travel from the prime plane directly to the Astral plane.

For a HUGE one time cost, and continual essence drain, something that might allow the demigod to bond their soul to a Nexus, such that even if they weren't apart of the commune/city, they would be able to use their abilities.

For a huge one-time cost, the power to create their own realm (like a manse). Addition essence might be spent to create links to other prime locations.

I'll keep brainstorming, but feel free to suggest your own.

Kiradawea2009-09-15 23:34:33
It is a one time (or multiple, since you may buy many of em), but I like the idea of multiple zaps. Could be fun to throw out differently flavoured zaps depending on the mood. And the ability to change the type of damage a zap does sounds nifty as well.
Aerotan2009-09-15 23:34:46
As far as the "ORDINARY -race- demigod" is concerned, that only applies to humans. Eg.
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He is a graceful elfen lord changeling demigod and...
(to pull an example out of my tail)
Vathael2009-09-15 23:35:50
QUOTE (Diamante @ Sep 15 2009, 06:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
For a huge one-time cost, the power to create their own realm (like a manse). Addition essence might be spent to create links to other prime locations.


As in like a personal divine havens you can travel to and expand as you said "like a manse"? Yes.
Zenon2009-09-15 23:39:19
QUOTE (Diamante @ Sep 15 2009, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
A power that continually drains essence, but allows the demigod to FLY.


xieltalnara.googlepages.com says ascendants have that one already.
Xenthos2009-09-15 23:40:10
QUOTE (Zenon @ Sep 15 2009, 07:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
xieltalnara.googlepages.com says ascendants have that one already.

It doesn't cost essence over time.

Which is a good thing, because if it burned essence when I have so many other ways to fly I would be sad.
Diamante2009-09-15 23:40:15
Not all demigods are ascendants :/

So do faelings and trill and people with artifact wings. smile.gif

I'm okay with lowly demigods having to exert more effort to do the things that might come naturally to the higher ascendants.
Lehki2009-09-15 23:42:10
I think the shop was supposed to be RP and customization things to make demigods seem more awesome without buffing them, so probably not any of those extra abilities.
Vathael2009-09-15 23:43:01
QUOTE (Diamante @ Sep 15 2009, 06:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'm okay with lowly demigods having to exert more effort to do the things that might come naturally to the higher ascendants.


I'm not, Demigods bashed their way there, whereas Vernals kissed enough ass to get there.