The Sands of Time - In the Beginning

[Satan's Onion]

Originally Posted by Lumenskir

I like this idea. To keep it within the wheelhouse we have now (fire, enhancement, growth) we could start with crops and work our way up when the power display convinces more people. Like, send our main guy a flash of inspiration to burn some seeds/whatever, then spread the ashes on their farmland, then insta-farm. Might be a little less power intensive than eternal panacea.

Not a bad idea for whatever comes soon after this, but first we ought to get his attention so we can figure out exactly what it is he's begging for here. Maybe he needs a good harvest, maybe his wife has cancer, maybe he's got boner issues, I dunno. (Come to think of it, though, all of those are pretty well within our wheelhouse.)

Also, we don't need to act as an "eternal panacea"--just one or two miraculous cures every so often should be enough to keep 'em loyal, if that's the kind of thing we're gonna decide to do. (It works for the Christian one, after all .)

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Satan's Onion

Also, we don't need to act as an "eternal panacea"--just one or two miraculous cures every so often should be enough to keep 'em loyal, if that's the kind of thing we're gonna decide to do.

Yeah but I think Eternal Panacea might be better in the long run, 'cause it'd just be a change to the flame and then let it keep on going independent of our actual will other than the constant drain it's already causing (maybe a little more).

And later on we could add conditions like, it only heals the faithful, or the innocent, and burns others. Make it central to society, especially with the innocent one. Not only using it to heal the sick but as a part of their society's criminal justice system.

Maybe give it an AoE effect that makes everything healthier in whatever distance of the flame.

As for church organization, I suggest not having one, and just striking down anyone who claims to speak in our name unless we've actually told them anything. That way we don't have to worry about dealing with the 'official' church adding things they shouldn't to our faith.