MagiQuest (Failed)

[Skewfiend]

I did.

However, people refuse to use magic on others out of fear that they are mages and are willing to turn us into mama batteries moment we out ourselves.

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Well, part of the hesitance to use magic on others, at least for me, is that it is in most cases rather creepy/a violation of their rights.

Sure, reading people's thoughts (the only relevant social spell we have right now iirc) is useful, but reading someone else's thoughts, even their surface thoughts, is a fairly major violation of their privacy, and is not a thing to be done lightly.

If you can think up some spells that are useful in social, and aren't skeevy, then I am all ears, but until then, I for one, will not vote for using magic in social activities unless something is on the line.

 

[Diomedea]

Well, part of the hesitance to use magic on others, at least for me, is that it is in most cases rather creepy/a violation of their rights.

Sure, reading people's thoughts (the only relevant social spell we have right now iirc) is useful, but reading someone else's thoughts, even their surface thoughts, is a fairly major violation of their privacy, and is not a thing to be done lightly.

If you can think up some spells that are useful in social, and aren't skeevy, then I am all ears, but until then, I for one, will not vote for using magic in social activities unless something is on the line.

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Also this, in addition to my rampant paranoia.

 

[Quest]

If you can think up some spells that are useful in social, and aren't skeevy, then I am all ears, but until then, I for one, will not vote for using magic in social activities unless something is on the line.

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Does Intuition come under mind? A cool spell would be to enhance our intuition and focus it on social tasks. If it doesn't, we could use another way around it.

Normally, there are many clues in a conversation or body language that the human mind interprets. However, these clues are subconscious and at most come up as a gut feeling. Still, without being aware of them, we still tend to adjust our behaviour according to them. We could design a mind spell that enhances these clues, processes them faster and fine tunes our reaction to them.

I was hoping this could also lead to a Sherlock Scan, since this tends to affect more stuff than conversation.

 

[Wolfy]

Well, part of the hesitance to use magic on others, at least for me, is that it is in most cases rather creepy/a violation of their rights.

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I for one couldn't care less about rights of pixels on my screen. Indeed, i only care how interesting read it is.

Sure, reading people's thoughts (the only relevant social spell we have right now iirc) is useful, but reading someone else's thoughts, even their surface thoughts, is a fairly major violation of their privacy, and is not a thing to be done lightly.

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On the other hand, social interactions are only thing we read about, so they are only thing where we can see us using magic. And i would like to read about magic, with this being Magi quest and everything.

As it is, magic is something tangential we never see in action, car repairs and EXP studies being something abstract happening in background. Which is kinda boring. And which is why i was pushing for using magic.

If you can think up some spells that are useful in social, and aren't skeevy, then I am all ears, but until then, I for one, will not vote for using magic in social activities unless something is on the line.

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Understanding and charm spells, both of which were mentioned earlier. Not that it matters, since they are of tertiary interest at best, with EXP multipliers and car taking priority. As such, we are not likely to get them anyway soon, which means that we need to wait that much more to actually use our magic for something tangible.

 

[Skewfiend]

ess about rights of pixels on my screen. Indeed, i only care how interesting read it is.

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Sorry, I kay have been unclear: I have no desire to play Daryl as a creep, and pulling this sort of shit would be doing so, as I see it.

I can see what you mean about only the social bits being written out as a scene, so we don't really see our magic unless we use it there.

That will likely change after we meet our first other magus. (Or maybe discover that each and every one of our friends is one.)

 

[Gear]

Well, I can see where some people want to see more magic, but nearly all the magic Daryl's been using has been essentially 'Use magic on car, watch 6 inch circle of metal de-rust, repeat'. Replace 'de-rust' with 'bend' and 'fuse' as appropriate. I'm actually a bit surprised that there hasn't been more of a push to get more XP and to design more spells for consideration.

But you guys are getting some pretty good spells now, and I think the magical part of the quest will pick up now that you have a better idea of what you want to do. You guys still need some options for Intelligence boosts though.

Swift Thought (Lvl 1, Mind/Manipulation)
Enhances the subject's speed of thought
Cost: 1 XP

This will speed up Daryl's thought process', which will grant a bonus effect to mental actions while he's under it's effects. IE: +1 XP from magic study and other mental actions. Also has some combat applications if improved.

Thought Excitation (Lvl 1, Mind/Transmutation)
Excites the intelligence of the subject
Cost: 2 XP

This is a straight, if minor, intelligence boost. Another +1 XP from magic study and a boost to mental actions.

These will, of course, stack with Student's Boon and Incomparable Efficiency Upgrade.

 

[JoshieWoshie]

It seems we need a little more... spending power.

*cracks knuckles*

 

[Quest]

It seems we need a little more... spending power.

*cracks knuckles*

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...I can't decide if you're getting ready to write an omake or threatening someone...

 

[Gear]

Spoiler: Vote tally:

[X] Continue Small talk with Chandra and Liliana (Choose One)
-[X] Ask about the Boathouse Party
--[X]Then ask Liliana for a dance
No. of votes: 2
JoshieWoshie, XkaliburRage
[X] Or Get up and introduce yourself to someone (Choose One)
-[X] Go over and introduce yourself to Dack
No. of votes: 6
Diomedon, Arkatekt, Eri, Prim the Amazing, Orisha91, Skewfiend

<< Index, Omake: Social Troll >>
1.3e Magic Dack

After the stilted attempt at a conversation with Nessa, Daryl heads over to talk to Dack, which given his far more outgoing personality, should be far easier for him.

Dack sees Daryl approach, and greets him rather boisterously. "Well hey there, haven't talked to you since the picnic. Saw that you tried to talk to Nessa there." He gives Daryl a rather sly look, and leans in and in a low voice says, "The trick is that you need to catch her without her minions over there. Once she doesn't have to worry about appearance, she can really loosen up. Of course, that's easier said than done, but she can be great if you do manage that minor miracle." Leaning back, and in a more normal volume, he shuffles some cards in his hands. "So, do you like cards?"

The next hour is pretty enjoyable between the conversation of the group, then Dack and Marshall's magic show. All too soon, Chandra and Liliana tap Daryl on the shoulder, as he rode with them to the club. Soon enough he's walking home from Chandra's, and Liliana has driven off in her 'Lilsmobile' as Chandra jokingly called it.

Daryl also realizes, as he gets home and heads up to bed, that Dack managed to maneuver the conversation so that Daryl never managed to learn anything substantive about him.


Weekend Turn, choose 4 actions, +$500 from repaired parts sold, +$20 from allowance, $1180 now available.
Free Actions:
[] Cast Student's Boon throughout the Weekend
[] Cast other magic
[] Invent some new spells (They will need GM approval before you can buy them)
[] XP Distribution (6 XP Available)
-[] Put {X} XP into your Magic
-[] Put {X} XP into your Regen
-[] Reduce a spells cost with XP
-[] Improve a spell with XP
-[] Write in any spells you'd like to buy with XP



[] Magically work on the car.
-[] Body (1 action, improve to 'Not so Bad')
-[] Electrical (1 action, $100, improve to 'Bad')
-[] Interior {broken, needs better spells to deal with leather, buy a new leather interior $2000, get some leather patches and fix it yourself $200.}
-[] Paint {broken, better spells are needed to improve further, or Spend $1000 for a new custom paint job, or buy your own paint and tools for {$400} and do it yourself. Will acquire good quality amateur painting tools (Add another $200 for Professional Painting tools}
-[] Wheels (1 action, improve to 'Bad', or spend $1000 to replace outright.)

[] Get broken parts to repair for resell (1 action, costs $200 now, get $500 after the next turn)

[] Call some friends up, or try to meet new people
-[] Dayton Mall (one action)
-[] Milden Park (one action)
-[] The Fun Center (one action, $20)
-[] Jade, Teen Club (one action, $20)
-[] Write in activity (one action, $?)
--[] Which friends? (Write in, no more than 4)


[] School time blues
-[] It's your last school year, and college is right around the corner, time to get prepared (one action, minor grade improvement for the next month of school, can be taken multiple times)

[] You put on your cape and wizard hat
-[] You expand you knowledge of the arcane that lies beneath the mortal world (one action, can be taken X times, gives X XP)

[] Write in

<< Index, Omake: Social Troll >>

 

[Arkatekt]

[X] Cast Student's Boon throughout the Weekend

[X] Magically work on the car.
-[X] Body (1 action, improve to 'Not so Bad')
-[X] Electrical (1 action, $100, improve to 'Bad')
[X] Get broken parts to repair for resell (1 action, costs $200 now, get $500 after the next turn)
[X] You put on your cape and wizard hat
-[X] You expand you knowledge of the arcane that lies beneath the mortal world (one action, can be taken X times, gives X XP)

 

[Quest]

[X] Cast Student's Boon throughout the Weekend

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Dood, we should also buy the new mental enhancement spells the GM mentioned and don't forget to activate IEU.

 

[JoshieWoshie]

...I can't decide if you're getting ready to write an omake or threatening someone...

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OMAKE TIIIIMUUUUU

Social Troll​

These people... no, people would be too kind a word to use, these mongrels disgust me.

They appeared nice enough, but when you had the power to see past the persona, to gaze into the melting pot of hatred, fear and resentment in a... sentient being's mind.

Looking pretty and presentable just ain't enough.

Still, these are the 'friends' I had to put up with, might as well have some fun. Red-head and Lils had informed me of Head Bitch's shituation and looking past their lingering resentment, Red's repressed memories and Lil's societally imposed familial guilt, I could see the oppurtunity for some... fun.

I walked over to the group, and introduced myself. I could see that she would have been happy just to be able to talk to someone that wasn't a backstabbing flunky, but she was surrounded on both sides by said backstabbing flunkies. And so the high bitch persona stayed on. Well now, we can't have that, time to give her a little ammo to use against them.

Dack was at the same table, showing off some practised card trick. Amateur. But he would serve his purpose, a witness of things to come.

I looked into the mind of flunky number one, well this would work. I twisted a little, making her a little less inhibited. Similar to the effects of alcohol but without any slurring.

"UGH, I don't even want to be with you all the time Nessa!" Flunky number one shouted. Dack's jaw dropped. Nessa's jaw dropped. Flunky number two face planted.

Flunky number one continued her rant. "THE ONLY REASON I PUT UP WITH YOUR SHIT IS BECAUSE MY PARENTS WOULD CUT ME OFF IF I DIDN'T!" That got Red-head and Lil's rapt attention, I could see Lil's was secretly filming the entire debacle. Well now, time to give her a little more fun.

I reached into flunky number two's mind, and twisted.

"She is right you know Nessa." Flunky number two drawled, "you're crabby and bitchy and you don't appreciate our help. The only reason we are here is because our parents want to reform you of your... sinful blasphemy that is homosexuality." She flicked her hair backwards, Dack had his phone out to record everything.

"We should have just let you rot in your sins whore." Nessa stared speechless, her head bitch persona well and totally fucked. Red-head somehow produced a camcorder.

"HMMPH!" And with that the two flunkies began to stomp off. Oh no my darlings, the show hasn't come to an end. I need to add a little icing on the cake, the icing of HYPOCRISY.

I reached deep into their minds, breaking and twisting it to my purpose. Yes, this will do.

The two took two steps before they looked at each other. Then they promptly started to make out. By now they had the entire club's attention, and with their spiel on homosexuality earlier on... Well, the emotions of the crows ranged from lust to amusement to outrage to mind numbing shock.

I let them continue for a while, making sure everyone got some juicy footage before I changed the spell, they got up and exited the club hand in hand. I then ended the spell, both of them were none the wiser to the events of the night and with a final subconscious command to return home.

I looked towards Nessa, and she finally realised exactly how much she could use this, both against them and her parents. I broke her out of her stupour with a greeting.

"Well, we most certainly will never forget that. But let's start over without any interference." I stretched out my hand.

"Hi, I'm Daryl."

 

[JoshieWoshie]

Time to buy spells.

[X] XP Distribution (6 XP Available)

-[X] Put {5} XP into your Magic

-[X] Improve a spell with XP
--[X] Incomparable Efficiency Upgrade


[X] Cast Student's Boon throughout the Weekend

[X] Cast other magic
-[X] Cast Incomparable Efficiency Upgrade

[X] Magically work on the car.
-[X]Electrical (1 action, $100, improve to 'Bad')

[X] You put on your cape and wizard hat
-[(As many times as we fucking can)] You expand you knowledge of the arcane that lies beneath the mortal world (one action, can be taken X times, gives X XP)

Edit: I hope this will be the last bloody edit.

 

[JoshieWoshie]

@Gear
How does Magic regen work?

Edit: like do we regenerate it throughout the day or only when we go to sleep?

 

[Quest]

Recall (Lvl 1, mind, transmutation?)
Summons a half-forgotten memory to the forefront of your mind, letting you remember it as if just experienced.
1 Magic

Calm Mind (Lvl 1, Mind, Manipulation)
Restores the mind to a state of objective serenity, in which thoughts and actions may be considered without being blinded by intense emotions such as anger, love, or overconfidence.

Haste (Lvl 1, Mind, Transmutation)
Doubles thinking speed, allowing faster thought in lesser time.

Analyse (Lvl 1, Mind, Transmutation)
It is a well-known fact that the human mind is a super-computer vastly surpassing even the greatest man-made equivalent. This spell allows the mage to go into a trance where the non-essential portions of the mind are temporarily re-purposed to brute-force analyse a given problem.

Limit Break (Lvl 1, Mind, Manipulation)
A human being normally uses only 10% of his body's strength. These limits can be temporarily raised during a stressful situations like fight-or-flight or when a mother lifts a tree off of an infant. This spell replicates that feat.

Mind Sense (Lvl 1, Mind, Manipulation)
Sense all the minds in a given area.
1 magic

Can someone give a look over these spells? I'm unused to the system.

Also @Gear, are mind spells only limited to people or does it extend to animals, plants and even possibly computers?

 

[Skewfiend]

[X] XP Distribution (4 XP Available)
-[X] Write in any spells you'd like to buy with XP
--[X]Swift Thought (Lvl 1, Mind/Manipulation)
Enhances the subject's speed of thought
Cost: 1 XP

--[X]Thought Excitation (Lvl 1, Mind/Transmutation)
Excites the intelligence of the subject
Cost: 2 XP

-[X] Put {1} XP into your Magic

[X] Cast Student's Boon throughout the Weekend
[X] Cast other magic
-[X] Cast Swift Thought
-[X] Cast Incomparable Efficiency Upgrade
-[X] Cast Thought Excitation

[X] Magically work on the car.
-[X]Electrical (1 action, $100, improve to 'Bad')

[X] You put on your cape and wizard hat
-[4] You expand you knowledge of the arcane that lies beneath the mortal world (one action, can be taken X times, gives X XP)

@Gear
How does Magic regen work?

Edit: like do we regenerate it throughout the day or only when we go to sleep?

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At current rates, we regen one point of magic every hour, based on what he said before.

 

[JoshieWoshie]

The limit break spell would kill us. Or at least have us so injured we need to stay in a hospital for months if we don't use magic to heal ourselves

 

[Quest]

[X] Cast other magic
-[X] Cast Swift Thought
-[X] Cast Incomparable Efficiency Upgrade
-[X] Cast Thought Excitation

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Student's boon?

 

[JoshieWoshie]

At current rates, we regen one point of magic every hour, based on what he said before.

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Ahh, I see so we can cast more after a few hours of school. Hmm, editing vote.

 

[Skewfiend]

Student's boon?

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Added. withour high regen, if we cast it in the morning on waking, we should have enough by the time we start studying to cast the others.

 

[Quest]

The limit break spell would kill us. Or at least have us so injured we need to stay in a hospital for months if we don't use magic to heal ourselves

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Not unless we overuse it. Contrary to popular belief, it's not that the body is limited in some way but that the body requires a certain equilibrium to survive. It's temporarily (i.e for a single action of superhuman strength or a few minutes of slightly-more-then-normal strength and speed) possible to override it without ill effects.

Of course, I'm mostly just suggesting it "because". It's not like we don't have better options in a fight.

 

[JoshieWoshie]

Not unless we overuse it. Contrary to popular belief, it's not that the body is limited in some way but that the body requires a certain equilibrium to survive. It's temporarily (i.e for a single action of superhuman strength or a few minutes of slightly-more-then-normal strength and speed) possible to override it without ill effects.

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No like really, the force our muscles can generate would literally snap our bones into little pieces and tear tendons out of their joints

 

[Gear]

OMAKE TIIIIMUUUUU

Social Troll​

These people... no, people would be too kind a word to use, these mongrels disgust me.

They appeared nice enough, but when you had the power to see past the persona, to gaze into the melting pot of hatred, fear and resentment in a... sentient being's mind.

Looking pretty and presentable just ain't enough.

Still, these are the 'friends' I had to put up with, might as well have some fun. Red-head and Lils had informed me of Head Bitch's shituation and looking past their lingering resentment, Red's repressed memories and Lil's societally imposed familial guilt, I could see the oppurtunity for some... fun.

I walked over to the group, and introduced myself. I could see that she would have been happy just to be able to talk to someone that wasn't a backstabbing flunky, but she was surrounded on both sides by said backstabbing flunkies. And so the high bitch persona stayed on. Well now, we can't have that, time to give her a little ammo to use against them.

Dack was at the same table, showing off some practised card trick. Amateur. But he would serve his purpose, a witness of things to come.

I looked into the mind of flunky number one, well this would work. I twisted a little, making her a little less inhibited. Similar to the effects of alcohol but without any slurring.

"UGH, I don't even want to be with you all the time Nessa!" Flunky number one shouted. Dack's jaw dropped. Nessa's jaw dropped. Flunky number two face planted.

Flunky number one continued her rant. "THE ONLY REASON I PUT UP WITH YOUR SHIT IS BECAUSE MY PARENTS WOULD CUT ME OFF IF I DIDN'T!" That got Red-head and Lil's rapt attention, I could see Lil's was secretly filming the entire debacle. Well now, time to give her a little more fun.

I reached into flunky number two's mind, and twisted.

"She is right you know Nessa." Flunky number two drawled, "you're crabby and bitchy and you don't appreciate our help. The only reason we are here is because our parents want to reform you of your... sinful blasphemy that is homosexuality." She flicked her hair backwards, Dack had his phone out to record everything.

"We should have just let you rot in your sins whore." Nessa stared speechless, her head bitch persona well and totally fucked. Red-head somehow produced a camcorder.

"HMMPH!" And with that the two flunkies began to stomp off. Oh no my darlings, the show hasn't come to an end. I need to add a little icing on the cake, the icing of HYPOCRISY.

I reached deep into their minds, breaking and twisting it to my purpose. Yes, this will do.

The two took two steps before they looked at each other. Then they promptly started to make out. By now they had the entire club's attention, and with their spiel on homosexuality earlier on... Well, the emotions of the crows ranged from lust to amusement to outrage to mind numbing shock.

I let them continue for a while, making sure everyone got some juicy footage before I changed the spell, they got up and exited the club hand in hand. I then ended the spell, both of them were none the wiser to the events of the night and with a final subconscious command to return home.

I looked towards Nessa, and she finally realised exactly how much she could use this, both against them and her parents. I broke her out of her stupour with a greeting.

"Well, we most certainly will never forget that. But let's start over without any interference." I stretched out my hand.

"Hi, I'm Daryl."

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This is quite twisted. Also, I am very glad that when I started this quest, I made the decision that everybody who was onscreen was 18+.

Have a Fate Point and 2 XP.

@Gear
How does Magic regen work?

Edit: like do we regenerate it throughout the day or only when we go to sleep?

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It's spread throughout the day, so right now, at 24/day, you regen a magic point an hour.

Recall (Lvl 1, mind, transmutation?)
Summons a half-forgotten memory to the forefront of your mind, letting you remember it as if just experienced.
1 Magic

Calm Mind (Lvl 1, Mind, Manipulation)
Restores the mind to a state of objective serenity, in which thoughts and actions may be considered without being blinded by intense emotions such as anger, love, or overconfidence.
Make it transmutation to reset an emotion to calm.

Haste (Lvl 1, Mind, Transmutation)
Doubles thinking speed, allowing faster thought in lesser time.
Swift Thought already does this.

Analyse (Lvl 1, Mind, Transmutation)
It is a well-known fact that the human mind is a super-computer vastly surpassing even the greatest man-made equivalent. This spell allows the mage to go into a trance where the non-essential portions of the mind are temporarily re-purposed to brute-force analyse a given problem.
Ehh, I'll allow it, but only for pattern matching style analysis. Because that's what the majority of the human brain does. So you can solve needle in a haystack style problems easily. Advanced mathmatics, not so much. Unless you use some magic to change things up.

Limit Break (Lvl 1, Mind, Manipulation)
A human being normally uses only 10% of his body's strength. These limits can be temporarily raised during a stressful situations like fight-or-flight or when a mother lifts a tree off of an infant. This spell replicates that feat.
IIRC, it's actually about a third. But others have noted the dangers, but I will allow the spell. It's highly recomended that you don't use more than 2/3rds of your strength, and only for a moment or two at a time.

Mind Sense (Lvl 1, Mind, Manipulation)
Sense all the minds in a given area.
1 magic
It will need some XP spent to improve it's range, but this is perfectly acceptable.

Can someone give a look over these spells? I'm unused to the system.

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Also @Gear, are mind spells only limited to people or does it extend to animals, plants and even possibly computers?

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I'm going to say that it can be used on people and animals, plants can be magically given minds that these spells can work on, and computers would need mind spells designed to be used on them because of the differences in how they 'think' from humans and animals.


Also, you guys may want to upgrade Efficiency Upgrade by another XP into a day long spell, spend an XP on either your magic pool, or reducing the cost back down. You would then be able to cast it daily with students boon, leaving 5 Magic a day free for other spells. Which, if you buy and upgrade a mind boosting spell, can get you up to 6 XP from a single Magic Study action. 8 if you manage to get the other boost spell as well. Not to mention the extra mental actions Efficiency Upgrade grants you during regular actions that can be spent learning magic.

 

[Orisha91]

[X] XP Distribution (6 XP Available)

-[X] Put {5} XP into your Magic

-[X] Improve a spell with XP
--[X] Incomparable Efficiency Upgrade

[X] Cast Student's Boon throughout the Weekend
[X] Cast other magic
-[X] Cast Swift Thought
-[X] Cast Incomparable Efficiency Upgrade
-[X] Cast Thought Excitation

[X] Magically work on the car.
-[X]Electrical (1 action, $100, improve to 'Bad')

[X] You put on your cape and wizard hat
-[4] You expand you knowledge of the arcane that lies beneath the mortal world (one action, can be taken X times, gives X XP)

We have to hunker down guys, time to get mo' XP!

 

[JoshieWoshie]

This is quite twisted. Also, I am very glad that when I started this quest, I made the decision that everybody who was onscreen was 18+.

Have a Fate Point and 2 XP.


It's spread throughout the day, so right now, at 24/day, you regen a magic point an hour.




I'm going to say that it can be used on people and animals, plants can be magically given minds that these spells can work on, and computers would need mind spells designed to be used on them because of the differences in how they 'think' from humans and animals.


Also, you guys may want to upgrade Efficiency Upgrade by another XP into a day long spell, spend an XP on either your magic pool, or reducing the cost back down. You would then be able to cast it daily with students boon, leaving 5 Magic a day free for other spells. Which, if you buy and upgrade a mind boosting spell, can get you up to 6 XP from a single Magic Study action. 8 if you manage to get the other boost spell as well. Not to mention the extra mental actions Efficiency Upgrade grants you during regular actions that can be spent learning magic.

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Time to up the pool of magic!