More Epic Than the Gods: The New Divine Intervention IV

That's right. Divine Intervention with the one and only MORE EPIC THAN YOU!
I will be playing as Bismarck/Germany, on Continents and Warlord difficulty (I'd do Noble, but with you guys messing things up...)

TEH RULES (ripp'd from DI 2)

I.Thou shalt announce your intentions.
--(Be sure to "got it" so we don't run into continuim errors. We reserve the right to ignore not announced updates)

II. Thou shalt not Intervene if you were the last deity to intervene, and thou shalt only intervene once per waking
--(You may only intervene once per my update, and you must wait for another God to intervene before intervening again.)

III. Thou shalt not reveal the secrets of knowledge or the heavens to mortals.
--(No units or techs should be revealed to any civilization if they are not in the current or previous era of the player)

IV. Thou shalt not use your powers for cataclysmic destruction
--(Remember, less is more. Be subtle. It is far more interesting for everyone if you make subtle, interesting changes like forming a choke with mountains than if you just tear giant swathes of ice through my cities. I reserve the right to reject saves I think are unnecessarily apocalyptic.)

V. Thou shalt reveal yourself to the mortal with grace.
--(Everyone loves a good story, and if you decide to contribute to it, be creative! Choose a name and domain [i.e., Winston, the Sea God] that you govern, even if the characters don't know it's you acting)

VI. Thou shalt not be vindictive, and thou shalt not halt progress.
--(You are not allowed to strip techs away from me. Anything I research is mine permanently. You are also not allowed to remove any named unit, for any reason.)

VII. Thou shalt not be unnecessarily nice to the puny mortal.
--(I do not need a stack of thirty Level 9 Praetorians to win my fights. You do not need to fill my BFC with flood-plain grassland goldmine hills next to rivers. The only exception to this is if you genuinely make me work my ass off to get it, and even then it not ought to be as good as the dream city outlined above.)

VIII. Thou shalt reward him for piety, and thou shalt offer him redemption for his punishments.
--(If you give me a quest and I succeed, reward me! If it was easy don't give me a big bonus, and if it was hard I am going to be miffed if I get another Great Prophet for all my hard work. Likewise, if you punish me, tell me how I can fix it!)

IX. Thou shalt not war with the other gods. Much.
--(Obviously there's going to be some strife between those who would support Brennus's Quest, and those who would seek to oppose him. Having said that, Gods are not allowed to reverse the effects of an intervention without waiting for the update after the effects have been felt. This includes quests. In fact, you would do well to leave the other god's quests alone entirely. If you want me to do yours instead, make it more interesting or more lucritive)

X. Thou shalt obey the natural order of things, and of time, and of destiny.
--(There is a storyline going on here. Do try and fit in. Do not take great lengths to completely detract from it. Be smart.)

XI. Thou shalt not abuse your architectural omniscient nature.
--(Don't add wonders that don't already exist.)

TEH LIST OF GODS (limited to 7)
No gods yet.

Chapter 1: The First Chapter

Well, looks like we have a good start. Gold and floodplains. (and, as I find out next turn, elephants.)

And a sea nearby.

Let there be ing!

And we meet Mansa. A peacemonger, so we aren't in much trouble. This isn't normal. I know there's got to be someone like Monty or Toku or...

...Cathy. NOW this is interesting. I wonder just how close she wants me to be...

Let there be $$$!

Going classical. *kicks drummers away*

Epic City has been founded!

Turn 50. I just realized that there is NO iron or copper near me...


Here's the save. You have from now until I get home from my no Civ and no/limited Internet vacation to the mountains 4 days from now to post your edits. (I leave tomorrow morning, and I MIGHT have internet tomorrow night. I'll have to pick up the Internet at places like restaurants and places like that afterwards, though.)

TEH SAVE:

Almighty Z, God of Chaos, Death, Destruction, War and Winter, signing up.
Got the Save.

More Epic Than You (here after refered to simply as Epic) lay tormented by nightmares. In each one, there was a demon telling him he had to do something. It was always different, but when he woke up, he only remembered three things:
Capture Ghuzz
Never build a wonder
And never use the sky.

As he woke in a sweat, several of his men came in to tell him that the map had changed. Carved in with the known world was a new island, far from anything else, deep in the unknown world... with a city, and how they knew it they could not tell him, but it was called Ghuzz.

Disturbed, Epic worried about what this meant. How could he possibly use the sky?

Never build a wonder?
...
Can I conquer them?

Yes. If you do, the reward will be great.

Tambien, most epic of all, and Narrator signing in!

I'll pass on this DI, but I'll sub the thread

Finshade, God of Earth and Nature signing in!

Got the save, new stuff coming!

The next morning, a terrible rumble is heard by everyone in Epicopolis. The very earth itself trembes. From the ground, walls of stone arise to surround the city, leaving only two places of entry. A voice, resonating deep from the ground, is heard.


"MoreEpicThanYou, leader of these people, hear me! Bow down, mortals, for I am Finshade, Master of Earth and Nature! I have a task for you. You have met people in the east, led by an old man with a crown! I want to see them destroyed! Burn their cities and buildings to the ground! I want to see none of their work upon the earth! Destroy them and you shall be rewarded!"

Epic wondered what this was all about. Should he really take up arms as he was asked? What is the reason? Would the reward be worth it?

Yoshiegg737 said:

I'll pass on this DI, but I'll sub the thread

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Same here.

I would be a god, but since the Epic Wars will probably prop up sooner or later, I will pass.

The Epic Wars won't come. Probably.

If they do I blame controversialusername.

Epic was enjoying a walk in his garden when suddenly he sensed movement behind him. After having swiftly turned around, he saw vines coming out of the ground and imprisoning him. He tried to cut the vines with his blade, but they grew back faster than he could remove them.
Then a voice came from these very plants:

"Do not try to escape, but hear my message first. I am Strados, the ancient god of Fertility and Farming, the one who allowed civilization to come upon this realm. My presence is strengthening: extra cereals now grow near every tribe's capital.
If you can obtain control of five cereals, rice, wheat or corn, you will be handsomely rewarded".
As soon as the charming voice stopped speaking, the vines died and Epic was free.

I call next!

Save up soon.

EDIT: Save Up

Tambien said:

Spoiler NFEE :

Spoiler I said not for your eyes! :

Spoiler LISTEN TO ME EPIC! :

I have chosen the Romans as my people!
I gave them a whole mess of defenders (warriors only) in each of their cities.
I put a stack of 4 barb warriors right outside each city that wasn't Rome on that Continent.
I gave each Roman city walls.

Save up soon.

EDIT: Save Up

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Thou shalt announce thy intentions. Where's my hint?

I'll play as Cutzlpochtli, a feathered serpent, god of rivers and rainfall. I'll claim a bit later.

Signing up as Ammon- god of creation.

Got the save, edits coming later...