★: Hey, question since the people here seem to know a lot more about it. ★: What's a God-Tier? I keep seeing it mentioned in posts.
And what will you be willing to offer in exchange for that information?
★: Um... (You tilt your head...) ★: I can tell you about stars? (That's about the best information you can give.)
Hm. Consider me curious. Share with me and I’ll see what that earns you.
★: Okay, stars, stars... (You think back on all you can remember about stars.) ★: They're large balls of gas and flame that dot the sky, they form things called constellations, though I can't remember them. ★: They watch us, observing the lives of those below, they're seen in some cultures as the symbolic forms of the dead. Watching the world go on so they may observe the lives they once had, I used to watch the stars all the time but, something changed and... (You frown.)
Intriguingly, you’ve managed to provide more information than you thought, in a way. My end of the deal, then; to “God-Tier” is a mechanic in SBURB, a world ending and universe creating game- though it is also in many ways a constantly repeating narrative. God-Tiering requires death in a specific location, and revives you with conditional immortality and immense powers.
★: Oh that sounds, very familiar, thanks for telling me. ★: ...Constantly repeating narrative...
SO THERE'S THIS VIDEO GAME, RIGHT. UNIVERSES USE IT TO PROPAGATE THEMSELVES. A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE GAMEPLAY IS DONE WHILE YOU'RE DREAMING. SO YOU HAVE DEDICATED DREAM BODIES PROVIDED BY THE GAME. WHEN YOU DIE IN THE GAME, YOUR DREAMSELVES FUNCTION AS BACKUP BODIES. BUT YOU CAN ALSO HAVE A CO-PLAYER DRAG YOUR CORPSE ONTO A BIG SLAB ON YOUR PLANET (OR IN THE CENTER OF YOUR MOON). THIS COMBINES ALL OF YOUR DREAMSELVES INTO YOUR BODY AND GRANTS YOU "GOD TIER." IN ADDITION TO GIVING YOU OVERPOWERED ELEMENTAL BULLSHIT (MOST PLAYERS CAN ALREADY USE IT TO *SOME* EXTENT, BUT GOD TIERING AMPLIFIES IT CONSIDERABLY), YOU ARE GRANTED "CONDITIONAL IMMORTALITY," WHICH MEANS YOU'RE PROTECTED FROM DYING IN SUFFICIENTLY STUPID WAYS. WHENEVER A GOD TIER WOULD DIE, THE GAME'S INTERNAL SYSTEMS JUDGE WHETHER THEIR DEATH WOULD BE NARRATIVELY "JUST" OR "HEROIC," AND ONLY ALLOWS IT TO PROCEED IF IT IS. IN THE EVENT OF A "STUPID DEATH" YOU JUST REVIVE AT FULL HEALTH.
★: Well that's a lot more detailed, thanks! ★: ...Conditional Immortality and Elemental Powers...