Birdsie
Sharp Talons Cleave The Worthy
- Location
- Poland
The way that the plan is written out makes it seem like Practical Thaumaturgy is a sub of Magical Theory.
A Hero's Quest: Eye of the Demon Emperor
- Thread starter Birdsie
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
Birdsie
Sharp Talons Cleave The Worthy
- Location
- Poland
Actually, you can already keep up body enhancement magic for as long as you want, you just have to pay the cost for activating it. This is because of OP Mana regen.
Read CS.
Terran Imperium
[French]
- Location
- Southern France
Just noticed but Oshha you didn't add Reinforcement wich will be necessary , Crow's plan is more balanced and focused too so unless their is a better plan i change my vote to Crow's plan.
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- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
It is because you put Practical Thaumaturgy as a sub-vote of Magical Theory in the options of the latest update.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I added Reinforcement in. I do contest that Crow's plan is more balanced as he is ignoring strength training and neglecting a third of our physical stats.
@Birdsie Is this a mistake?
Because you are acting like it is a mistake in my plan, but I am just going by what you have posted.
Crow
Falling is a Pleasure. Regardless of its Fate
What about tactics? the way its describe it is invaluable for us to take full advantage of any given situation or weaknesses. since it works in personal combat and mass warfare I dont see why we shouldnt take it.
Im thinking of supplanting strenght with reinforcement and tactical thinking so far and adding our holy sword to go only for the weak points of the dragon, focusing on stamina and agility to not get dead and not drop dead respectively so we can seize the chance when its presented. rather than just an addition to the stat think of the other traits as force multipliers.
Birdsie
Sharp Talons Cleave The Worthy
- Location
- Poland
Huh, weird, I must have accidentally removed a single '-' in there.
ThatGuyWithIdeas
Treize died for our sins
- Location
- Romania
[X] Go to your mother to ask counsel about this curse.
-[X] Explain that you are responsible for talking to Cervitou and was insistent even after he refused to reply to you after multiple attempts at nagging.
[X]Plan Dragon Slayer Part 3
-[X] Explain that you are responsible for talking to Cervitou and was insistent even after he refused to reply to you after multiple attempts at nagging.
[X]Plan Dragon Slayer Part 3
- Location
- Canada
[X] Go to your mother to ask counsel about this curse.
-[X] Explain that you are responsible for talking to Cervitou and was insistent even after he refused to reply to you after multiple attempts at nagging.
[X]Plan Dragon Slayer Part 3
-[X] Explain that you are responsible for talking to Cervitou and was insistent even after he refused to reply to you after multiple attempts at nagging.
[X]Plan Dragon Slayer Part 3
Chapter 1: Early Life - Part 4: The War of Times Past
Birdsie
Sharp Talons Cleave The Worthy
- Location
- Poland
Winning Votes:
- Plan Dragon Slayer Part 3
- Go to your mother to ask counsel about this curse.
-- Explain that you are responsible for talking to Cervitou and was insistent even after he refused to reply to you after multiple attempts at nagging.
This definitely isn't a sound decision. It is the furthest away from a good choice you could make, but it is something that must be done regardless. Etiquette, familial love, or simply 'your own good' don't matter in this situation. You need to know.
With that in mind, you push open the doors of the foyer and walk outside the house. You walk in the direction that the butler said Ms. Baragar was at, right now. You go to a small dirt path that leads somewhat into the forest, following it, until you arrive at a small opening.
The treetops open up above your head, creating this "hole" in the forest, letting a fairly big amount of sunlight in. The rays of light illuminate the grassy area. There's plenty of tall rocks everywhere, and there are lots of training dummies and circular target shields stuffed with arrows. Some of the arrows scored perfect hits and headshots, but not all of them. Others missed completely.
You look around and see your mother and Roland. Roland is holding a well-crafted longbow in his hands, with several runic carvings on it. One of these runes is glowing in a bright, blue color and you can see why, kind of. Although your knowledge of Magical Theory is completely lackluster, you speculate that the rune supplies the string with Mana, which is then materialized into an arrow. The only reason you put this theory together is for two, very simple reasons.
First, Roland doesn't have a quiver.
Second, that's the premise that magi-bows operate on, except that magi-bows are more primitive because they produce a glowing, blue facsimile of an arrow that disappears after a minute or two, while the products of this one are the real thing. Clearly, this is some expensive equipment that Roland is working with. Possibly a birthday gift from mom, since his birthday was but a few weeks ago.
Speaking of birthdays, yours is coming up soon.
[] Skip birthday. (Artoria will participate, but I won't include it in the story.)
[] Participate in birthday. (Chances to socialize and meet several new characters of mother's, father's and Roland's invitation, but the Quest will drag out for several more updates.)
-[] Who do you invite? (Kids from the local village, your teachers, or even Cervitou are viable options, but your mother won't be happy with that last one. Feel free to make interesting write-ins if you have any ideas.)
Regardless, you approach the two of them.
"Mom, can I talk to you? It's kind of important."
"Not now, sweetie... Roland! Damn it! Steady. Your. Legs!" Your mother throws herself at Roland and puts his hands on his shoulders, squaring them and moving his legs slightly apart with her own right foot. "You have to stand like this."
"O-okay," he replies.
This reminds you of your own training. She's kind of a perfectionist, but mother does have your best interest at heart. She only wants you to become well-trained and experienced in what you ask her to be able to do. She pays all of the expenses, like teachings from a mage, or similar things.
"Okay, let's talk," she turns to you, before turning to Roland again and giving him a mean glare. "And you. Keep it like this."
"You got it, mom," Roland replies, sighing. He puts his fingers on the bowstring and a real arrow with a wooden shaft and metallic tip appears in it, meaning your theory was correct. Roland draws it until the bottom of the arrow is near his cheek and fires at the dummy, hitting between the eyes.
Leona and you leave Roland to his archery and go to a secluded corner of the forest, roughly twenty meters away to speak in privacy.
"I wanted to talk to you about the curse."
"The curse?" She's surprised.
"Yes. That's why I can't use Excalibur. You mentioned it's a bad omen, but never told me anything about it," you reply, in a kind of pseudo-dominant and patronizing manner.
Your mother's eyebrows furrow in anger. "Who told you about it?"
"Cervitou."
Your mother's hands visibly clench in anger. "Cervitou... I'm going to rip his jugular out and..."
"It's not his fault."
She calms down suddenly. "Eeeh? What?"
"He slipped and told me prayer won't make Excalibur work. After that, he apologized and walked away, but I kept nagging him. I insisted on it constantly and pestered him, so leave Cervitou alone and tell me how to get rid of the curse."
"You can't," she replies. Your mother shakes her head sorrowfully. "It was cast with a dying breath. It's exceptionally malignant and difficult to remove."
"Who put it on me? What does the curse do in the first place?"
"Artoria, if I told you, you wouldn't believe me," she protests. "Besides, it is better for you not to know. This curse is trouble, plain and simple."
"Who put it on me, mom!? Just answer me. I'll believe it."
... Your mother gives up, sighing. "Sit down."
"What? I don't need t––"
"Sit. Down." Your mother emphasizes the two words by shaking her head twice when speaking them.
You gulp and sit on a nearby rock. Your mother sits near you and prepares to explain.
...
...
"Long ago, before you were born... there was a war. Not in our world, but in the parallel worlds. The spirits fought with demons. Demons with angels. Angels with spirits. It was an uproar caused by the election of the new Demon Emperor. Do you know who that is?"
"You mean the leader of all demons?"
"Yes," she nods.
"One night when I was still pregnant with you, a Duke of Hell lucked out and managed to make it into our world, near the mansion. Hoping to destroy the bloodline, he made his way near us. Your father protected me valiantly, but it wasn't enough to destroy the demon, so I dealt the killing blow while both of them were stunned. Instead of exorcising the demon, I managed to destroy him, but with his last breath, he made an incantation and transferred all of his remaining power into a curse, to plague you and me forever. The curse is why you can't use Excalibur, and why Gods are and will always be blind to your petitions, Artoria."
"But what does Cervitou have to do with any of this? How does he know?" you ask.
"That's when the 'ex'-black mage, Cervitou arrived," she put a very sarcastic emphasis on the 'ex,' as if to say she doesn't believe that's true. "He offered his services. He said he could block the curse. He was saved by me once and wanted to repay the favor, so as soon as I gave birth, he prepared a ritual to amend the curse's effects. Without the ritual, holy water would burn you, Artoria, and the sight of an angel would give you a heart attack. This way, most of its power is locked away. He visited every month since then to make sure that the spell is holding alright and discuss anything regarding it with me, but I don't trust him and you shouldn't either."
"Why?"
Mother looks at you. Her glare is deadly serious. "He's killed people, Artoria. He butchered whole villages for his masters. He's maimed, crippled, and destroyed lives."
"And what?"
"And what?!" Your mother enters an outrage.
"And what if he did? He doesn't look evil to me right now."
"He is. Black mages don't change. It's just how black magic works, Artoria. You might use it for a noble purpose at first, think that everything will be okay, but sooner or later, everyone loses themselves in the promise of power and they become addicted to it. There's no way to change that."
"Whatever," you stand up and begin walking away.
"Wait!" Mother yells at you. "Where are you going?"
"To get my fitness training?" You keep walking, without turning around.
Your mother just stares at you as you leave for a few seconds, then returns to overseeing Roland.
As per usual, physical training. This time, you also did some work on your muscle mass. The days passed and you honed your swordsmanship. Once father returned, he took over your training and gave you a few new neat skills that you're thankful for. You learned how to properly adjust your breathing during combat and you became more experienced in general.
Next came a new kind of education. Namely, diplomacy. Through it, you learned how to convince others of your point of view and use their own motivations to make them more likely to do what you want. It kind of borders on manipulation, but, really, that's what diplomacy is about. It's like combat in itself, except you remove the 's' from 'swords.'
And next up, magic. You learned the equivalent of something called 'Reinforcement' in another, parallel universe. Enhancement magic, as it is called here, can be used to make things more effective at their intended function. Wine tastes better, walls are tougher, swords are sharper. While generally useful, it is very incompatible and difficult to use on living beings, or at least animals, since plants and fruit are still viable targets. Even when using it on a certain organ, you need to pour a lot of energy into the spell to make it work, but it is possible. Regardless, while you can use it to strengthen your limbs, make your respiration better, or similar effects, but using it on your whole body is going to be difficult. In addition, the effects are impermanent and much like your bodily enhancement, only last an hour, whereas a very experienced mage in the spell could add some degree of permanency to them.
You also learned magical countermeasures, such as a simple disenchanting and dispelling which is sure to annoy quite a few mages in the future.
Calendar: 1005-09-30 (Last time you get to train before the journey. Choose wisely.)
[] Tell mother about your intention of slaying an ancient dragon to prove yourself. It's about time to do that.
[] Don't.
[] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[] Focus on strength.
-[] Focus on stamina.
-[] Focus on agility.
[] Melee combat.
-[] Swords.
-[] Spears.
-[] Order new weapon training for yourself. (Write-in.)
[] Ranged combat.
-[] Crossbow, including Auto-Crossbows.
-[] Bows, including Magi-Bows.
-[] Flintlocks.
[] Animal Ken.
-[] Taming.
-[] Riding.
-[] Animal Lore.
-[] Magical Beast Lore.
[] Strategy & Tactics.
-[] "How to defend a castle 101" course from the local knights.
-[] Theoretical Warfare.
-[] Strategy Board Games.
[] Magic.
-[] Countermeasures.
-[] Magical Theory. (ie: how leylines work, the alignments of spiritual realms, why mana exists, etc.)
-[] Practical Thaumaturgy.
--[] Any specific school or desired type? (Golem-Crafting, Hermetic magic, Rituals, Alchemy, Transmutation, Mind Magic, etc.)
-[] Search for excerpts from the Codex Gigas and study them. This will take you down a dark path... black magic, so to speak, but you didn't hear that from me.
[] Diplomacy.
[] Logistics and management.
-[] How to run a mansion, maintain servants, and organize affairs.
-[] General logistics and management.
[] Etiquette.
-[] "Why your pinky must be up" course.
-[] Ask some snobby aristocrat to teach you how to speak in his accent to sound more distinguished.
-[] General Etiquette.
[] Art, including painting, dancing, and singing.
[] Piety. (LOCKED, due to curse.)
-[] Memorizing the holy book verses. (LOCKED, due to curse.)
-[] Miracles. (LOCKED, due to curse.)
-[] Prayer in seclusion. (LOCKED, due to curse.)
-[] Politely ask the Gods in Heaven to make Excalibur listen to you for once. (LOCKED, due to curse.)
[] Write-in.
- Plan Dragon Slayer Part 3
- Go to your mother to ask counsel about this curse.
-- Explain that you are responsible for talking to Cervitou and was insistent even after he refused to reply to you after multiple attempts at nagging.
This definitely isn't a sound decision. It is the furthest away from a good choice you could make, but it is something that must be done regardless. Etiquette, familial love, or simply 'your own good' don't matter in this situation. You need to know.
With that in mind, you push open the doors of the foyer and walk outside the house. You walk in the direction that the butler said Ms. Baragar was at, right now. You go to a small dirt path that leads somewhat into the forest, following it, until you arrive at a small opening.
The treetops open up above your head, creating this "hole" in the forest, letting a fairly big amount of sunlight in. The rays of light illuminate the grassy area. There's plenty of tall rocks everywhere, and there are lots of training dummies and circular target shields stuffed with arrows. Some of the arrows scored perfect hits and headshots, but not all of them. Others missed completely.
You look around and see your mother and Roland. Roland is holding a well-crafted longbow in his hands, with several runic carvings on it. One of these runes is glowing in a bright, blue color and you can see why, kind of. Although your knowledge of Magical Theory is completely lackluster, you speculate that the rune supplies the string with Mana, which is then materialized into an arrow. The only reason you put this theory together is for two, very simple reasons.
First, Roland doesn't have a quiver.
Second, that's the premise that magi-bows operate on, except that magi-bows are more primitive because they produce a glowing, blue facsimile of an arrow that disappears after a minute or two, while the products of this one are the real thing. Clearly, this is some expensive equipment that Roland is working with. Possibly a birthday gift from mom, since his birthday was but a few weeks ago.
Speaking of birthdays, yours is coming up soon.
[] Skip birthday. (Artoria will participate, but I won't include it in the story.)
[] Participate in birthday. (Chances to socialize and meet several new characters of mother's, father's and Roland's invitation, but the Quest will drag out for several more updates.)
-[] Who do you invite? (Kids from the local village, your teachers, or even Cervitou are viable options, but your mother won't be happy with that last one. Feel free to make interesting write-ins if you have any ideas.)
Regardless, you approach the two of them.
"Mom, can I talk to you? It's kind of important."
"Not now, sweetie... Roland! Damn it! Steady. Your. Legs!" Your mother throws herself at Roland and puts his hands on his shoulders, squaring them and moving his legs slightly apart with her own right foot. "You have to stand like this."
"O-okay," he replies.
This reminds you of your own training. She's kind of a perfectionist, but mother does have your best interest at heart. She only wants you to become well-trained and experienced in what you ask her to be able to do. She pays all of the expenses, like teachings from a mage, or similar things.
"Okay, let's talk," she turns to you, before turning to Roland again and giving him a mean glare. "And you. Keep it like this."
"You got it, mom," Roland replies, sighing. He puts his fingers on the bowstring and a real arrow with a wooden shaft and metallic tip appears in it, meaning your theory was correct. Roland draws it until the bottom of the arrow is near his cheek and fires at the dummy, hitting between the eyes.
***
Leona and you leave Roland to his archery and go to a secluded corner of the forest, roughly twenty meters away to speak in privacy.
"I wanted to talk to you about the curse."
"The curse?" She's surprised.
"Yes. That's why I can't use Excalibur. You mentioned it's a bad omen, but never told me anything about it," you reply, in a kind of pseudo-dominant and patronizing manner.
Your mother's eyebrows furrow in anger. "Who told you about it?"
"Cervitou."
Your mother's hands visibly clench in anger. "Cervitou... I'm going to rip his jugular out and..."
"It's not his fault."
She calms down suddenly. "Eeeh? What?"
"He slipped and told me prayer won't make Excalibur work. After that, he apologized and walked away, but I kept nagging him. I insisted on it constantly and pestered him, so leave Cervitou alone and tell me how to get rid of the curse."
"You can't," she replies. Your mother shakes her head sorrowfully. "It was cast with a dying breath. It's exceptionally malignant and difficult to remove."
"Who put it on me? What does the curse do in the first place?"
"Artoria, if I told you, you wouldn't believe me," she protests. "Besides, it is better for you not to know. This curse is trouble, plain and simple."
"Who put it on me, mom!? Just answer me. I'll believe it."
... Your mother gives up, sighing. "Sit down."
"What? I don't need t––"
"Sit. Down." Your mother emphasizes the two words by shaking her head twice when speaking them.
You gulp and sit on a nearby rock. Your mother sits near you and prepares to explain.
...
...
"Long ago, before you were born... there was a war. Not in our world, but in the parallel worlds. The spirits fought with demons. Demons with angels. Angels with spirits. It was an uproar caused by the election of the new Demon Emperor. Do you know who that is?"
"You mean the leader of all demons?"
"Yes," she nods.
"One night when I was still pregnant with you, a Duke of Hell lucked out and managed to make it into our world, near the mansion. Hoping to destroy the bloodline, he made his way near us. Your father protected me valiantly, but it wasn't enough to destroy the demon, so I dealt the killing blow while both of them were stunned. Instead of exorcising the demon, I managed to destroy him, but with his last breath, he made an incantation and transferred all of his remaining power into a curse, to plague you and me forever. The curse is why you can't use Excalibur, and why Gods are and will always be blind to your petitions, Artoria."
"But what does Cervitou have to do with any of this? How does he know?" you ask.
"That's when the 'ex'-black mage, Cervitou arrived," she put a very sarcastic emphasis on the 'ex,' as if to say she doesn't believe that's true. "He offered his services. He said he could block the curse. He was saved by me once and wanted to repay the favor, so as soon as I gave birth, he prepared a ritual to amend the curse's effects. Without the ritual, holy water would burn you, Artoria, and the sight of an angel would give you a heart attack. This way, most of its power is locked away. He visited every month since then to make sure that the spell is holding alright and discuss anything regarding it with me, but I don't trust him and you shouldn't either."
"Why?"
Mother looks at you. Her glare is deadly serious. "He's killed people, Artoria. He butchered whole villages for his masters. He's maimed, crippled, and destroyed lives."
"And what?"
"And what?!" Your mother enters an outrage.
"And what if he did? He doesn't look evil to me right now."
"He is. Black mages don't change. It's just how black magic works, Artoria. You might use it for a noble purpose at first, think that everything will be okay, but sooner or later, everyone loses themselves in the promise of power and they become addicted to it. There's no way to change that."
"Whatever," you stand up and begin walking away.
"Wait!" Mother yells at you. "Where are you going?"
"To get my fitness training?" You keep walking, without turning around.
Your mother just stares at you as you leave for a few seconds, then returns to overseeing Roland.
***
As per usual, physical training. This time, you also did some work on your muscle mass. The days passed and you honed your swordsmanship. Once father returned, he took over your training and gave you a few new neat skills that you're thankful for. You learned how to properly adjust your breathing during combat and you became more experienced in general.
Next came a new kind of education. Namely, diplomacy. Through it, you learned how to convince others of your point of view and use their own motivations to make them more likely to do what you want. It kind of borders on manipulation, but, really, that's what diplomacy is about. It's like combat in itself, except you remove the 's' from 'swords.'
And next up, magic. You learned the equivalent of something called 'Reinforcement' in another, parallel universe. Enhancement magic, as it is called here, can be used to make things more effective at their intended function. Wine tastes better, walls are tougher, swords are sharper. While generally useful, it is very incompatible and difficult to use on living beings, or at least animals, since plants and fruit are still viable targets. Even when using it on a certain organ, you need to pour a lot of energy into the spell to make it work, but it is possible. Regardless, while you can use it to strengthen your limbs, make your respiration better, or similar effects, but using it on your whole body is going to be difficult. In addition, the effects are impermanent and much like your bodily enhancement, only last an hour, whereas a very experienced mage in the spell could add some degree of permanency to them.
You also learned magical countermeasures, such as a simple disenchanting and dispelling which is sure to annoy quite a few mages in the future.
***
Calendar: 1005-09-30 (Last time you get to train before the journey. Choose wisely.)
[] Tell mother about your intention of slaying an ancient dragon to prove yourself. It's about time to do that.
[] Don't.
[] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[] Focus on strength.
-[] Focus on stamina.
-[] Focus on agility.
[] Melee combat.
-[] Swords.
-[] Spears.
-[] Order new weapon training for yourself. (Write-in.)
[] Ranged combat.
-[] Crossbow, including Auto-Crossbows.
-[] Bows, including Magi-Bows.
-[] Flintlocks.
[] Animal Ken.
-[] Taming.
-[] Riding.
-[] Animal Lore.
-[] Magical Beast Lore.
[] Strategy & Tactics.
-[] "How to defend a castle 101" course from the local knights.
-[] Theoretical Warfare.
-[] Strategy Board Games.
[] Magic.
-[] Countermeasures.
-[] Magical Theory. (ie: how leylines work, the alignments of spiritual realms, why mana exists, etc.)
-[] Practical Thaumaturgy.
--[] Any specific school or desired type? (Golem-Crafting, Hermetic magic, Rituals, Alchemy, Transmutation, Mind Magic, etc.)
-[] Search for excerpts from the Codex Gigas and study them. This will take you down a dark path... black magic, so to speak, but you didn't hear that from me.
[] Diplomacy.
[] Logistics and management.
-[] How to run a mansion, maintain servants, and organize affairs.
-[] General logistics and management.
[] Etiquette.
-[] "Why your pinky must be up" course.
-[] Ask some snobby aristocrat to teach you how to speak in his accent to sound more distinguished.
-[] General Etiquette.
[] Art, including painting, dancing, and singing.
[] Piety. (LOCKED, due to curse.)
-[] Memorizing the holy book verses. (LOCKED, due to curse.)
-[] Miracles. (LOCKED, due to curse.)
-[] Prayer in seclusion. (LOCKED, due to curse.)
-[] Politely ask the Gods in Heaven to make Excalibur listen to you for once. (LOCKED, due to curse.)
[] Write-in.
[X] Don't.
[X] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[X] Focus on strength.
[X] Animal Ken.
-[X] Magical Beast Lore.
[X] Magic.
-[X] Magical Theory. (ie: how leylines work, the alignments of spiritual realms, why mana exists, etc.)
[X] Strategy & Tactics.
-[X] "How to defend a castle 101" course from the local knights.
Get some foundations
[X] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[X] Focus on strength.
[X] Animal Ken.
-[X] Magical Beast Lore.
[X] Magic.
-[X] Magical Theory. (ie: how leylines work, the alignments of spiritual realms, why mana exists, etc.)
[X] Strategy & Tactics.
-[X] "How to defend a castle 101" course from the local knights.
Get some foundations
Terran Imperium
[French]
- Location
- Southern France
I restrain myself from voting on telling it to our mother or not since perhaps she will use drasctic moves to not let us go on our journey (Our mother is right if she restrain us from going but we are a kid and a stubborn one at that)
[X] Plan Dragon Slayer Final Part
[X] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[X] Focus on strength.
-[X] Focus on stamina.
-[X] Focus on agility.
[X] Melee combat.
-[X] Swords.
--[X] Excalibur
---[X] Meet the local knights to spare and give you advices.
[X] Strategy & Tactics.
-[X] Theoretical Warfare.
[X] Magic.
-[X] Countermeasures.
--[X] Ask your teacher to cast magic on you to practice your anti-magic.
-[X] Practical Thaumaturgy.
--[X] Reinforcement
---[X] Practice it while sparing with the knights
This is our last 3 months so upping STR/ST/AG is a must , we still train with Excalibur since it is still our best avalaible sword , learning how not to fuck up in battle since we kind of forgot about that , the rest was already explained in the other posts
@veekie I'm not sure about the "How to defend a castle 101" since we are hunting ancient dragons not preparing for a siege.
EDIT : Just in case anyone forgot but if we chose not to tell then we will have to raid the family's armory for a proper armor.
[X] Plan Dragon Slayer Final Part
[X] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[X] Focus on strength.
-[X] Focus on stamina.
-[X] Focus on agility.
[X] Melee combat.
-[X] Swords.
--[X] Excalibur
---[X] Meet the local knights to spare and give you advices.
[X] Strategy & Tactics.
-[X] Theoretical Warfare.
[X] Magic.
-[X] Countermeasures.
--[X] Ask your teacher to cast magic on you to practice your anti-magic.
-[X] Practical Thaumaturgy.
--[X] Reinforcement
---[X] Practice it while sparing with the knights
This is our last 3 months so upping STR/ST/AG is a must , we still train with Excalibur since it is still our best avalaible sword , learning how not to fuck up in battle since we kind of forgot about that , the rest was already explained in the other posts
@veekie I'm not sure about the "How to defend a castle 101" since we are hunting ancient dragons not preparing for a siege.
EDIT : Just in case anyone forgot but if we chose not to tell then we will have to raid the family's armory for a proper armor.
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Birdsie
Sharp Talons Cleave The Worthy
- Location
- Poland
That's partly what I meant by clever Write-ins.
Perhaps you could manage to get a knight of some kind to give his castle to you, bait the dragon into following you there, and find some way to summon an army of spirits to help you? The options are wide and diverse because there are wide and diverse applications to use them.
At this stage, the chances of winning the battle with a Wyrm Dragon hover over less than 3%, while a Greater Dragon are at around 15%.
Remember, this is basically a different version of Smaug that you're going to fight.
Leona Baragar
Terran Imperium
[French]
- Location
- Southern France
Well we did pick the "above medium" option *smirk* but i don't expect to find our 'prey' directly after our training so we still have time to improve against bandits/wild life during our journey. still you have a point a i didn't thought about that but i don't think a knight is supposed to have a castle ? more like a baron as the lowest ranked noble which generaly have small castles in most fantasy settings.
Got an image for our mom , i claim nothing
Got an image for our mom , i claim nothing
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ThatGuyWithIdeas
Treize died for our sins
- Location
- Romania
[X] Plan Dragon Slayer Final Part
[X] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[X] Focus on strength.
-[X] Focus on stamina.
-[X] Focus on agility.
[X] Melee combat.
-[X] Swords.
--[X] Excalibur
---[X] Meet the local knights to spare and give you advices.
[X] Strategy & Tactics.
-[X] Theoretical Warfare.
[X] Magic.
-[X] Countermeasures.
--[X] Ask your teacher to cast magic on you to practice your anti-magic.
-[X] Practical Thaumaturgy.
--[X] Reinforcement
---[X] Practice it while sparing with the knights
Hey Bird, if you don't mind me asking, how's that next update for King of Heroes quest coming along? (My apologies if I'm bothering you, but I'd want that quest to be still alive, if possible and rl isn't keeping you too busy...)
[X] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[X] Focus on strength.
-[X] Focus on stamina.
-[X] Focus on agility.
[X] Melee combat.
-[X] Swords.
--[X] Excalibur
---[X] Meet the local knights to spare and give you advices.
[X] Strategy & Tactics.
-[X] Theoretical Warfare.
[X] Magic.
-[X] Countermeasures.
--[X] Ask your teacher to cast magic on you to practice your anti-magic.
-[X] Practical Thaumaturgy.
--[X] Reinforcement
---[X] Practice it while sparing with the knights
Hey Bird, if you don't mind me asking, how's that next update for King of Heroes quest coming along? (My apologies if I'm bothering you, but I'd want that quest to be still alive, if possible and rl isn't keeping you too busy...)
Birdsie
Sharp Talons Cleave The Worthy
- Location
- Poland
I was actually going to write it in a second.
Birdsie
Sharp Talons Cleave The Worthy
- Location
- Poland
Excellent.Well we did pick the "above medium" option *smirk* but i don't expect to find our 'prey' directly after our training so we still have time to improve against bandits/wild life during our journey. still you have a point a i didn't thought about that but i don't think a knight is supposed to have a castle ? more like a baron as the lowest ranked noble which generaly have small castles in most fantasy settings.
Got an image for our mom , i claim nothing
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] Tell mother about your intention of slaying an ancient dragon to prove yourself. It's about time to do that.
She might try to stop us, but she may also give us some much needed help and advice.
[X] Participate in birthday. (Chances to socialize and meet several new characters of mother's, father's and Roland's invitation, but the Quest will drag out for several more updates.)
-[X] Who do you invite?
--[X] Artoria's best friend from the village.
--[X] Her closest friends from the village.
--[X] Her favourite teachers.
[X] Plan Dragon Slayer Final Part
Looks good. Covers what we need whilst boosting our current strong points.
Stats changes this turn:
Age 12 = 13
Strength 29 = 31
Stamina 33 = 37
Agility 36 = 37
Intelligence 25 = 25
Perception 31 = 31
Willpower 34 = 34
Fellowship 19 = 22
Intermediate Combat = Medium Combat.
+Enhancement
+Anti-Magic
What we did:
[] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[] Focus on strength.
This gained us +2 Strength.
-[] Focus on stamina.
This gained us +4 Stamina.
-[] Focus on agility.
This gained us +1 Agility
[] Melee combat.
-[] Swords.
--[] Excalibur.
Increase Combat from Intermediate to Medium.
[] Diplomacy.
This got us +3 Fellowship.
[] Magic.
-[] Countermeasures.
This got us Anti-Magic
-[] Reinforcement.
This got us Enhancement.
We are currently above average across the border minus Intelligence where we are average and Fellowship where we just moved from below average into average. Combat is definitely better now. Looking at our stat gain, my initial impression that we gain a random D6 worth of stats each time we train it.
Enhancement is basically Nasuverse Reinforcement/Strengthening as we hoped, but it lacks the initial costs as it will vary depending on the item and how much we are boosting it. Combined with Physical Enhancement, Enhancement will prove useful as it will allow us to boost our equipment to keep our with our reinforced body. And if use Enhancement sparingly, we can continously use both Physical Enhancement and Enhancement without running out of Mana as our mana input will outstrip our mana output.
Anti-Magic looks useful, but it doesn't have any listed costs so it seems to be something that is worked out on a case by case basis where we will either have to spend X amount of mana to break free or we will have to pass a DC test.
With Plan Dragon Slayer Final Part, I predict the following.
[] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[] Focus on strength.
+1D6 Strength. Useful if we are going to kill a dragon.
-[] Focus on stamina.
+1D6 Stamina. Useful if we are going to kill a dragon.
-[] Focus on agility.
+1D6 Agility. Useful if we are going to kill a dragon.
[] Melee combat.
-[] Swords.
--[] Excalibur
Should upgrade Medium Combat to the next level of Combat. Also useful if we are going to kill a dragon.
[] Strategy & Tactics.
-[] Theoretical Warfare.
Should upgrade Intermediate Strategy & Tactics to Medium Strategy & Tactics. Judging by the fluff difference in these levels when it comes to Combat, we will want this.
[] Magic.
-[] Countermeasures.
Should either upgrade Anti-Magic or grant us another skill such as directly resisting magic cast on us. If it upgrades Anti-Magic, it should hopeful make it easier to dispel magic on us.
-[] Practical Thaumaturgy.
--[] Reinforcement
Will most likely make it easier to use Enhancement or make it so Enhancement is more effective. I personally favour Physical Enhancement over Enhancement as the direct bonus to our stats is more useful for combat, especially with our high mana regen.
Thinking of ways to test how normal Enhancement works as a combat techniques, I have figured a few ways to do that.
To test Enhancing our weapons, we can use our wooden training sword to practice and then try using on Excalibur once we are comfortable with our ability to use it to see if Excalibur will let us Enhance it.
We can practice using on clothing for when we use it on our clothing/armour in the future. Being able to Enhance our civilian clothing into improvised armour would be useful if we are ambushed or otherwise caught off-guard.
Finally, I thought of two ways to practice using Enhance on our body in a manner which won't cripple us if it backfires (assuming it can permanently cripple parts of our body like Reinforcement can in Nasuverse). First would be to practice on the non-root parts of our hair as if we fail, it will just grow back. The other thing we could practice on is Artoria's 'femininity'. Less practically useful than practising on hair, but I am mostly suggesting this option for Leona teasing Artoria and the reactions of both of them if successful.
Furthermore, I feel that using Enhancement to change physical features of our body would make for a great way to disguise ourselves in the future as it would alter our physical appearance whilst remaining temporary.
She might try to stop us, but she may also give us some much needed help and advice.
[X] Participate in birthday. (Chances to socialize and meet several new characters of mother's, father's and Roland's invitation, but the Quest will drag out for several more updates.)
-[X] Who do you invite?
--[X] Artoria's best friend from the village.
--[X] Her closest friends from the village.
--[X] Her favourite teachers.
[X] Plan Dragon Slayer Final Part
Looks good. Covers what we need whilst boosting our current strong points.
Stats changes this turn:
Age 12 = 13
Strength 29 = 31
Stamina 33 = 37
Agility 36 = 37
Intelligence 25 = 25
Perception 31 = 31
Willpower 34 = 34
Fellowship 19 = 22
Intermediate Combat = Medium Combat.
+Enhancement
+Anti-Magic
What we did:
[] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[] Focus on strength.
This gained us +2 Strength.
-[] Focus on stamina.
This gained us +4 Stamina.
-[] Focus on agility.
This gained us +1 Agility
[] Melee combat.
-[] Swords.
--[] Excalibur.
Increase Combat from Intermediate to Medium.
[] Diplomacy.
This got us +3 Fellowship.
[] Magic.
-[] Countermeasures.
This got us Anti-Magic
-[] Reinforcement.
This got us Enhancement.
We are currently above average across the border minus Intelligence where we are average and Fellowship where we just moved from below average into average. Combat is definitely better now. Looking at our stat gain, my initial impression that we gain a random D6 worth of stats each time we train it.
Enhancement is basically Nasuverse Reinforcement/Strengthening as we hoped, but it lacks the initial costs as it will vary depending on the item and how much we are boosting it. Combined with Physical Enhancement, Enhancement will prove useful as it will allow us to boost our equipment to keep our with our reinforced body. And if use Enhancement sparingly, we can continously use both Physical Enhancement and Enhancement without running out of Mana as our mana input will outstrip our mana output.
Anti-Magic looks useful, but it doesn't have any listed costs so it seems to be something that is worked out on a case by case basis where we will either have to spend X amount of mana to break free or we will have to pass a DC test.
With Plan Dragon Slayer Final Part, I predict the following.
[] Physical training. (Raises physical parameters.)
-[] Focus on strength.
+1D6 Strength. Useful if we are going to kill a dragon.
-[] Focus on stamina.
+1D6 Stamina. Useful if we are going to kill a dragon.
-[] Focus on agility.
+1D6 Agility. Useful if we are going to kill a dragon.
[] Melee combat.
-[] Swords.
--[] Excalibur
Should upgrade Medium Combat to the next level of Combat. Also useful if we are going to kill a dragon.
[] Strategy & Tactics.
-[] Theoretical Warfare.
Should upgrade Intermediate Strategy & Tactics to Medium Strategy & Tactics. Judging by the fluff difference in these levels when it comes to Combat, we will want this.
[] Magic.
-[] Countermeasures.
Should either upgrade Anti-Magic or grant us another skill such as directly resisting magic cast on us. If it upgrades Anti-Magic, it should hopeful make it easier to dispel magic on us.
-[] Practical Thaumaturgy.
--[] Reinforcement
Will most likely make it easier to use Enhancement or make it so Enhancement is more effective. I personally favour Physical Enhancement over Enhancement as the direct bonus to our stats is more useful for combat, especially with our high mana regen.
Thinking of ways to test how normal Enhancement works as a combat techniques, I have figured a few ways to do that.
To test Enhancing our weapons, we can use our wooden training sword to practice and then try using on Excalibur once we are comfortable with our ability to use it to see if Excalibur will let us Enhance it.
We can practice using on clothing for when we use it on our clothing/armour in the future. Being able to Enhance our civilian clothing into improvised armour would be useful if we are ambushed or otherwise caught off-guard.
Finally, I thought of two ways to practice using Enhance on our body in a manner which won't cripple us if it backfires (assuming it can permanently cripple parts of our body like Reinforcement can in Nasuverse). First would be to practice on the non-root parts of our hair as if we fail, it will just grow back. The other thing we could practice on is Artoria's 'femininity'. Less practically useful than practising on hair, but I am mostly suggesting this option for Leona teasing Artoria and the reactions of both of them if successful.
Furthermore, I feel that using Enhancement to change physical features of our body would make for a great way to disguise ourselves in the future as it would alter our physical appearance whilst remaining temporary.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I know what you did.
Terran Imperium
[French]
- Location
- Southern France
Sure but practicing while sparing with the knights will give us more real experience and improve our magic/swordmanship than just training them individually , i'm uncomfortable to alter our body while we are still growing.
- Location
- Southampton, Great Britain
- Pronouns
- He/Him
There shouldn't be any side-effects as it will automatically go away after an hour.