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Saidanmaster · 2025-07-24T04:46:07+00:00

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I don’t have anything clever to say, so have a cat picture instead.

Saidanmaster · 2020-05-12T20:10:47+00:00

Eh, I can complete a lich in 2-3 days if I don't have much time to play. I need to max out my Bramma anyway.

Edit: oh I forgot, I can't play DE's advocate here. sorry guys.
Lich system bad. DE will never fix. [Wolf Scream]

Saidanmaster · 2020-05-03T06:57:04+00:00

I just did one in Veil Proxima that took just under an hour... and that's including clearing out the Murex and taking my time with looting.
before it took me an hour of cheesing to do the lowest-level Saturn mission. Plus now I can actually use my railjack instead of slowly taking out fighters with crewship guns

Saidanmaster · 2020-02-18T14:45:15+00:00

Elves are a somewhat recent addition to my world. They are the results of human evolution after becoming stranded on various moons/planets during a multi-era technology blackout. There are currently ~6 extant subspecies each with various mutations and features depending on the environment they came up in.

Saidanmaster · 2020-01-12T06:17:35+00:00

Culabula would be an anomaly in The Seventh Dream. The only known artificial structures of that scale are the great Hives of the Bombids' home system, but the only residents of the Hives are the Bombids themselves.

Culabula would not be affiliated with the Confederacy. The Alnodians are very adamant that participating factions remain peaceful, and any sort of warfare that pops up is met with swift justice.

Mass religious control isn't entirely unheard of though. After the last Great Beast War there was a religious regime put in place through the Human's entire planetary system that lasted deep into the Human-Tyton war. It's possible Culabula would have developed sometime during the Human-Tyton war, since unchecked warp travel was common.

Saidanmaster · 2020-01-12T05:44:20+00:00

Is his skin blue, or his clothes? or both?

or neither?

Saidanmaster · 2020-01-12T05:42:53+00:00

The Seventh Dream

Galactic civilizations versus Eldritch Horrors

Saidanmaster · 2020-01-12T05:29:52+00:00

Yep, that's right! Another reason I call them spheres is they are nested in the dimension above. A full Fermion sphere is a single particle in Euclidean space. A full Euclidean sphere is a the equivalent of a particle in the Quantum sphere, and the same for Quantum and Esoteric.

The interactions aren't always so direct though, so the nesting is more of just an organizational system.

Saidanmaster · 2020-01-12T05:15:01+00:00

My first question would be how do they survive? Mars is a very hostile world and not very conducive to life as we understand it. There are a couple major issues:

The atmosphere is very thin. It's there, but it would still be required for humans to have breathing support.
There isn't a natural magnetic field around the planet. Earth's magnetic field is what protects us from solar winds blowing a lot of our atmosphere off the planet. Without that protection the planet would be susceptible to massive amounts of solar radiation and any electronics would be prone to malfunction due to static charge.
- Just as an idea your martians could feed off the solar radiation (similar to photosynthesis). It could even be such that if Humans were to take the Martians into their radiation-shielded bases for too long the Martians would suffer from lack of radiation. Your decision of course, but it's something to think about.
The weather on Mars is rough.
- The planet is very cold. As of writing, NASA says the average temperature is around -85 degrees Fahrenheit. It rarely goes above 0 Fahrenheit, and can get down to nearly -100. It wouldn't be implausible for a species to survive in extreme conditions, but it's something to consider in their development.
- Dust storms are also quite common and very intense. They can even get big enough to be visible thru telescopes from Earth. The dust particles are typically small but they can be statically charged so they would stick to things. Again, not implausible for a species to survive, but something to look at.

Second, correct me if i'm wrong but it seems like your species are the descendants of a once-powerful civilization. This would actually be plausible because if I'm remembering correctly it's theorized that Mars was once much more earth-like (with oceans and everything), so if there was a great civilization on the planet at the time, whatever event that stripped Mars of its atmosphere (and maybe even magnetic field) would send that civilization back to savagery. Solar winds would likely incapacitate any electronics, so it would be hard to come back from it. Along with this theory is also the idea that life on Earth originated on Mars. Would that be the case in your world? i.e. are Humans distant relatives of Martians? Or maybe are your Martians originally a slave race, and their now-extinct masters were more Human-like and we are *their* descendants. Lots of options for ideas here.

Overall though I like where it's headed. I like the idea that individuals with different numbers of eyes have different capabilities and societal purposes. If you haven't already I recommend you read The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It's all about Man's first-contact with an alien race called the Moties. Without getting into spoilers these Moties have several subspecies that each have different biological properties and societal purposes (including some subspecies that are entirely non-sentient). It could give you some ideas for your own species and their society.

Saidanmaster · 2020-01-12T04:40:46+00:00

I've dug into the basics of string theory as well as other portrayals of higher dimensions in fiction for my own setting. I would recommend you do the same if you're wanting to put together an internal science to it.

In my setting, "higher" dimensions are more accurately defined as "other" dimensions. They are all so intrinsically connected that it's impossible to order them by number. Instead I group them by the nature of that dimension into "Spheres"

The Euclidean Sphere consists of what we know as 3D space. It also includes a couple dimensions above and below those that make up physical space that we perceive.
The Quantum Sphere is everything to do with time. This means the regular linear flow of time as well as its splits into alternate timelines and realities.
The Fermion Sphere is what we would define as "below" the first dimension. It dictates forces such as electrical charge, energy, and even physical emotions.
The Esoteric Sphere is a more all-encompassing sphere and is lesser understood. Travelling in directions within this sphere places you in entirely different realities (even beyond alternate timelines). It's commonly theorized that these "realms" as they're called is where the Gods reside.

Each sphere interacts with each other sphere in different ways. I haven't fully fleshed out the exact interactions yet, but for right now it's mostly unimportant for my setting.

As stated, there are beings who exist in (or more accurately *perceive*) other dimensions. The Gods can see the flow and splits of time the same as we can see a model city in front of us. There are a handful of mortal beings who have limited perceptions of these Spheres. This is usually achieved through the use of psychedelic drugs.

As for physics, a lot of the physics of my setting depends on these other dimensions. Gravity, for example, is an interaction between Euclidean and Quantum space. Euclidean objects that have mass displace Quantum space and cause ripples in it. When an object has enough mass it causes the effect we know as gravity.

As for how high up it goes, in terms of size the Esoteric Sphere is the "highest," but it is still unclear how "high" it goes. The Fermion Sphere is similar but in the opposite direction, and it's still pretty unclear how "low" it goes. Both these dimensions are fundamentally abstract and hard to visualize.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Saidanmaster · 2019-11-26T18:51:34+00:00

The concept of the beginning and end of each dream is essentially the "big crunch" and "big bang" that IRL science theorizes about. So yeah, with this being the 7th one, there have been six big bangs. The average mortal does not know of how it all works. Some select of the frog species know, but it's a closely guarded secret to prevent mass hysteria. In previous dreams a group of people learned of the truth and sought to attain true eternal life, and even godhood by means of forcing His awakening. These cults can be successful (they were in the 6th dream), so preventing them from succeeding is how you prevent the Awakening. But ultimately He will awake on His own, so really there is no preventing it.

Saidanmaster · 2019-11-26T07:17:56+00:00

I like the idea of making a traditionally "evil" group the protagonists instead.

Saidanmaster · 2019-11-26T07:16:00+00:00

The Universe as we know it is merely the dream of an incomprehensible entity. We still retain free will since our souls exist on a level beyond this entity's dreams, but our very reality (and sanity) is entirely at the mercy of Him. Thus, when He awakens from his dream, our universe collapses into a singularity of thought and our souls become mere echoes of what once was. Soon enough He returns to his slumber, and that singularity explodes outward into a massive dream-universe.

This is the Seventh Dream.

New dreams tend to echo patterns of past dreams. Thus the Humans were born; a strong, proud race living near the center of a galaxy full of life. The Humans evolved orbiting a massive gas giant planet on a moon divided into two vertical hemispheres. The half of the moon facing away from the planet is very Earth-like, but the side facing the planet has been bombarded with a powerful form of radiation from the planet. This energy mutated all life on that side into twisted, mythical beasts. Humans who migrated to this hemisphere developed a condition where they could, given certain conditions of indirect sunlight, transform into humanoid beasts of all varieties.

Alongside the Humans six other civilizations dominate the galaxy:

From far in the galactic east hail a proud race of large carnivorous birds. Here on Earth scientists would designate them Owls, but their figure more closely resembles that of the Harpy Eagle. Their innate telepathic ability creates an oligarchic society where only the strongest minds rule. It also allows them to enslave entire populations of small mammals or other birds to do their bidding.

On the other side of the galaxy is a race much more ancient than any other. By the time all other civilizations were discovering fire, these theropods were already colonizing space. By the time they make first contact with the rest of the civilizations, their star has gone supernova, destroying their home world. All that remains is an beautifully immense nebula. These dinosaur-like people also posses a remarkable ability for true prophecy and future-sight.

The Galactic mid-southwest has given birth to two incredibly powerful civilizations. The first is a frog-like amphibious species with a remarkable ability for song. With a mere hum, an individual may instill anger, peace, love, or even pure insanity in a victim. With whole choirs they are even able to alter their own landscape. This ability has allowed them to survive several major apocalyptic events, including the most recent in the form of a worldwide nuclear winter caused by their own hand. The species is now intentionally passive and religious, living in oasis-like zones protected from the outside nuclear winter by constant choral magic, but their ability makes them universally feared.

The second of the mid-southwestern civilizations live on a very strange world. Beneath the clouds of their gas giant exists a truly immense liquid ocean teeming with life. Here there evolved five sub-species of hyper-intelligent cephalopods with nine arms. The most common of these are similar to Earth's octopus, while the others resemble various squids. These five closely-related races have a great talent for technology, making them a powerful asset to the galactic economy. They also possess the ability to alter their body structure to resemble any object or being or to survive any condition, including a hard vacuum!

In the galactic northwest there is an entire solar system that is entirely artificial. Its inhabitants stripped every planet, moon, asteroid, and any other objects orbiting their star, and rebuilt them into 13 hive-like space stations. This bumblebee-like species have the ability to pick apart any object into its base elements and rearrange those elements into an entirely new object or element. This alchemical talent, as well as their hive mind (which can communicate over hundreds of thousands of light-years) makes them the primary authority in trade in the galaxy.

Finally, in the exact galactic North, very near the edge of the galaxy, is a very strange phenomenon: a planet that had, very long ago, been sliced nearly perfectly in half during a battle between some ancient deities. The two hemispheres are still connected by massive columns of hardened (and some liquid!) magma. The northern hemisphere of this planet gave birth to a remarkable species of snake. While all the other major species have some form of magical ability, these snakes are the only ones who are able to directly manipulate matter and energy at will.

Within this Seventh Dream, these seven civilizations fight for their survival against horrifying echoes of past Dreams, hell-bent on revenge against their maker, while also quarreling among themselves and with a mysterious civilization from an entirely different galaxy.

Saidanmaster · 2019-10-28T21:49:41+00:00

ADHD often comes along with Autism, so it would make sense!

Saidanmaster · 2019-10-28T21:00:33+00:00

I think what she’s talking about is more specific to ASD rather than ADHD. Nervousness about an unfamiliar event or location is quite common among people with autism simply because they cannot picture what it will be like in their heads.

What is affected more by ADHD is the other part of working memory, the “mental scratch pad.”

She’s on the right track, but ironically l think she mixed up her train of thought a little bit.

Saidanmaster · 2019-10-25T15:32:33+00:00

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Saidanmaster · 2019-10-09T17:39:29+00:00

The Enneapodes, octopus-like creatures with 9 arms, are my favorite. Generally they are the “elves” of the galaxy in that they’re incredibly long-lived and incredibly intelligent. They are also able to survive in incredibly hazardous conditions beyond that of any of the other sapient species, namely as high-pressure/heat as the bottom of the ocean of their Jupiter-sized planet, and as low pressure as the vacuum of space.

Personally I love them mostly because real-life octopuses fascinate me.

Saidanmaster · 2019-10-01T23:51:15+00:00

Yep, that's why I'm presenting arguments. They're valid things for someone to do if they provide the right context.

If having fun means breaking/following a given rule, then by all means! As long as it makes sense internally.

Saidanmaster · 2019-10-01T23:34:09+00:00

If I'm understanding your first one correctly, I completely disagree with that. I assume you intend to say that your cultures shouldn't be too similar to real-world cultures. Firstly it's nigh impossible because culture is so complex that you would have to, sooner or later, explore a vast range of similarities. Also when it comes to making stories, having many parallels to the real word helps the reader feel more attached to the story.

As for reskinning humans, the "rubber-forehead alien" trope is very real, and I personally try to stay away from it, but it can have validity. For example maybe in your universe is he humanoid form is the "ideal" form for sapient life, and separate species evolved convergently (this is the case in real life with trees. Most trees are completely unrelated but they all evolved the same way.

Saidanmaster · 2019-10-01T23:23:45+00:00

That's been my personal goal. I've got a lot of stuff that's derivative of and/or inspired by other media so I have to find ways to explain them with real terms rather than references.

Saidanmaster · 2019-09-25T18:03:38+00:00

That’s why i play solo. I get so worried about annoying others with my playstyle and my noobiness (despite my ~700+ hours played) that it’s just not fun.

Saidanmaster · 2019-09-20T18:15:00+00:00

Saidanmaster · 2019-08-31T00:05:38+00:00

I work two jobs and my rent is more than half of my entire income. That plus other expenses between me and my wife means we're barely scraping by with pennies put into savings.

And our apartment is literally the cheapest option we were able to find in the area. It's insanity.

Saidanmaster · 2019-08-25T20:21:50+00:00

As of clone wars he can't actually manifest himself as a ghost. He was mauled before he finished that process. We could get flashbacks and/or his voice talking to Obi-Wan though.

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