Questionable Questing

That's cool

I like how instead of a robot it's a bio engineered monster driven by encoded instinct who gains more of a Self and personal goals over time

He may barf acid and have hidden claws that are made from carbon diamond that can cut through anything, but he deserves love too. Lol. I'm going to get some pie I'll be back soon.

Getting in tub out in jiff then we talk my idea

I'm back, when your back. And key lime pie is so tasty. One of my favorites between Lemon meringue and German Chocolate Cake.

I like Pumpkin Pie only. Never tried others. Maybe strawberry would be good.
Dark Gothic steam punk but with oil and grimey gas setting where the fantasy world was born of a dreaming Heart of Darkness and the only source of magic is transformation into Monsters. Harnessing inner Beasts.

Knightly order of vampires and others who turn demonic divinity to holy purpose through oaths and discipline

Pies are actually pretty underrated. There's literally thousands to try and most of them are tasty. But steampunk, how integrated is it with the magic of the setting? And with transformative magic is it formed from a substance like a corruptive goo or rancid blood that can be spread and used to infect someone?

Or is it more metaphorical, where you have to go through certain meditations and practice aided by holy figures and special medicines to reach your inner beast?

It's in everyone. Waiting to awaken and be called up.

And they use the blood of the sleeping Dark Heart of the world to power their machines

The practices are for being a paladin not ruled by your Beast

So what is the dark heart and how does it interact with the world? Did they just stumble onto caves full of monsters and this strange goo that burns really brightly? Is there a literal ecosystem and body growing underneath the earth and they have to dig down deep to tap into literal veins that are the size of caverns or hearts beating the size of lakes?

I guess the question is how eldritch and lovecraftian do you want to make it? Do you want to go full fields of flesh and forests full of trees made of people hidden under ground or more standard RPG mix with large hidden caverns like in Dwarf Fortress?

The Dark Heart is a slumbering primal God long sealed away. I like the idea of underground veins and arteries. The Dark Heart was a elder Eden where passion and violence and glory and all that was vital and rushing ruled.

Later people moved away bfrom that strength. However Cults venerating the promised hedonist paradise of the primal flesh are known to arise time and time again

No trees made of people

Not people but, more like they're made of flesh and blood. This image below is perfect. Really emphasize this heart is still alive even sealed, and its rotting body has built a whole ecosystem.

Bit too gross. Would want it to look beautiful

Beautiful I like that. I sleep. But we'll talk more tomorrow about how to make this ecosystem beautiful because I'm really liking this chain of thought.

I'm liking your idea fuel

Your idea really reminds me of this movie called Annihilation. I'll check around and see if I can find some scenes to show you tomorrow.

No. My friend showed me the movie. Lord burning with a blessed bloodied crown of thorns no. That movie terrifies me