[Original Story Concept] Thy Kingdom Come

[Acyl]

Epsilon:

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I'm certain Deon very well might be horrified the first time he realises someone has come up with a magically enhanced version of the Hydrogen bomb.

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I probably won't go that route, per-se...but the potential for something like that to exist is certainly an issue, and yeah, it makes sense for someone to try and build one. I'm not sure I can make a usable plot item out of it, but...hmmmm...
Sirrocco:

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Interesting thought - the "chaos" lands are likely going to be uplifting their own knowledge base a fair bit faster than the "order" lands, what with the internet and everything.

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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. The changes for the Orcs, Goblins - the freewheeling races - have potential to be very interesting indeed, especially given their political situation. As has been noted, the Orcs are technically under a military dictatorship. But the military leaders don't care what the people do or say, so long as they aren't taking concrete action to mount a coup or anything. There's no censorship, no real attempts at information control...

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Does Deon hang out online? Does he visit the Mighty Magics fora? Does he give advice? Heck, is he even aware of the existence of such places?

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Hadn't thought of this. I'd have to give a tentative 'yes'. I doubt he'd post, but he'd definitely keep track of such things, mostly for personal power and pragmatic reasons.
DHBirr:

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From the description, the Chaos Gods sounded more like "live and let live" types. Or did they, back in the day, have this same trick of using extradimensional cannon fodder the way Deon got pulled in, in which case they're just as much "good riddance to bad rubbish" as the Order Gods?

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The precise characterisation of the Chaos Gods is not one I want to go into too much. Suffice to say they're not really nice folks either, but they're not nearly as bad as what the other side makes them out to be. As for Raksis...I've noted before, he was the leader the Chaos Gods didn't have. And he's a trickster God.
kestrel404:

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First off, I'd like to point out the obvious. You're starting the story in the middle. I'm not criticizing, as I've often used that technique myself, but it does place a few requirements on you.

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*nods* I'm aware of that, but thanks for the reminders. You've also verbalized a kinda quick checklist, spelt out in a manner that's...probably more comprehensive than my own. It's good to know what people expect, so I can deliver that.

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Does becoming a god require killing one?

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There's a certain...barrier, threshhold, border, that needs to be crossed to make the jump from Extremely Powerful Mage to God. Killing a god, per-se, is not a requirement. But depending on the circumstances of that kill, it is one way.

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If so, then how did the balance of power between order and chaos ever come up?

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The Order Gods are younger than the Chaos Gods. There is a certain amount of history here... which I admittedly, haven't fully defined. I need to.

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I like the idea of the familiar effectively being a 'self-casting spell', but what's stopping it from casting itself, and another just like itself? A viral spell, as it were?

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More correctly, Tias is a self-sustaining spell. He thinks, therefore he is. He cannot modify the perimeters of his existence beyond set levels (ie, his shapeshifting). He cannot cast other forms of magic.
That said...it's theoretically possible, under this system, to create a 'viral spell' as you describe - it'd be extremely difficult, though, which is possibly why it hasn't happened yet. Making a conscious creature of pure magic is difficult.

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More importantly, why hasn't anyone ever done a re-write of the world before? Can it be done again, if the circumstances were right?

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What makes you think it hasn't happened before? And yes, it can happen again.

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And people are afraid - mind numbingly terrified might be a better description - of unknown dangers they cannot predict. ... and I'm guessing it will result in violent anti-magic sentiment among the common (non-magical) populace. ... So no, I don't think that the newfound communications infrastructure is going to lead to a magical renniassance. I think other factors are going to lead to a lot of dead magical DaVincis.

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I'm tempted to use both elements, and set up opposition between people who are all for new revival and study of magic, and a massive backlash against it. Conflict's fun, and I'm all for multiple factors.
It's never just ONE thing, is it?
-- Acyl