Celestial geography for essence production

Whitelaughter · 01-12-2014, 11:13 PM

Something struck me this morning. There are two skills humans get at 3: Language and Area Knowledge. Since dead souls automatically speak the language of the realm they are in, it doesn't matter: leaving Area Knowledge as a useless skill for Dead Souls that has a very good chance of having been increased to 6...which would allow gaining an extra essence a day but only if it can be used.

Heaven & Hell would both benefit from creating duplicates of earthly settings: Hell increases the essence they can farm from the cattle, Heaven becomes more Heavenly. (Additionally, this allows training celestials for corporeal duty).

Of course, the celestial versions will tend to be out of date - and sometimes more interested in other aspects. Frex the Eternal City will be based on Jerusalem but designed so that a knowledge based purely on the Bible will be useful (so the gates will accord with Nehemiah's procession).

robkelk · 01-13-2014, 06:45 AM

I can't help but think that, under this idea, Nybbas must have some very large "back lots" where the damnmed souls with Area Knowledge/6 get to work. Sure, they're usually victims of car crashes, gunfights, zombie attacks, and such, but it's better than being mindless consumers of The Media... right?

Whitelaughter · 01-13-2014, 10:02 PM

[Nods] Nybbas would also need 'extras' for everything he is filming, so they'd be responsible for getting the scenery right.

01-12-2014, 11:13 PM	#1
Whitelaughter Join Date: Jun 2011	Celestial geography for essence production Something struck me this morning. There are two skills humans get at 3: Language and Area Knowledge. Since dead souls automatically speak the language of the realm they are in, it doesn't matter: leaving Area Knowledge as a useless skill for Dead Souls that has a very good chance of having been increased to 6...which would allow gaining an extra essence a day but only if it can be used. Heaven & Hell would both benefit from creating duplicates of earthly settings: Hell increases the essence they can farm from the cattle, Heaven becomes more Heavenly. (Additionally, this allows training celestials for corporeal duty). Of course, the celestial versions will tend to be out of date - and sometimes more interested in other aspects. Frex the Eternal City will be based on Jerusalem but designed so that a knowledge based purely on the Bible will be useful (so the gates will accord with Nehemiah's procession).

01-13-2014, 06:45 AM	#2
robkelk Untitled Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: between keyboard and chair	Re: Celestial geography for essence production I can't help but think that, under this idea, Nybbas must have some very large "back lots" where the damnmed souls with Area Knowledge/6 get to work. Sure, they're usually victims of car crashes, gunfights, zombie attacks, and such, but it's better than being mindless consumers of The Media... right? __________________ Rob Kelk “Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.” – Bernard Baruch, Deming (New Mexico) Headlight, 6 January 1950 No longer reading these forums regularly.

01-13-2014, 10:02 PM	#3
Whitelaughter Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Celestial geography for essence production [Nods] Nybbas would also need 'extras' for everything he is filming, so they'd be responsible for getting the scenery right.