MagiQuest (Failed)

@Gear

Just a curiosity on my part (and hoping to improve the effectiveness of the practice magic option)

What would it take to create a spell that manipulates Daryls sight so he can perceives the flow of magical energy.

I'm thinking something like

True Sight (Level 1, Mind, Manipulation)
For a short duration shows localised magical energy and how it's moving. Would this be acceptable or would it require higher level spells to work?
 
[X] Write in: Brownies
Because practicly everyone likes chocolate.

Choose who you go to first:
[X] Chandra & Purple Dress
Because she invited us, and we want her to introduce us to people.

If we want to use any magic, we want it to be before we start talking to people, because who knows what they'll pick up on if we do it next to them. I don't think it will be necessary, though.

I was going to suggest brownies. Good thinking! I'm thinking mingle a bit (meet a few people) and then go play basketball? Also, I'm against using magic until we have a spell or some way to determine who else might be using magic. No need to accidentally paint a big target on ourselves. We've gotten on fine without magic up to this point.

[X] Write in: Brownies

Choose who you go to first:
[X] Chandra & Purple Dress

I agree with Eri's reasoning. She's the one who invited us, and she can introduce us to people. Also, I'm partial to girls in Gothic/Victorian type dress and redheads so... *cough* :oops:.

Who should we interact with next? If we can make a favorable impression on "the queen bee" it would be a big boost to our social status but It seems like a high risk/high reward type thing.
 
[X] Write in: Brownies

Choose who you go to first:
[X] Chandra & Purple Dress

I do believe we should see what queen bee is like later though.
 
[X] Bandwagon

Any reason for not using our mindpowers here? At least boosting ones.

Paranoia mostly. Until we've experimented with magic detecting spells, we don't know if there are other magic users about, and what their reaction to a new magic user showing up would be. For all we know, standard practice on finding a newbie magic user is to immediately mind control them, have them train to be a magical battery/specialized tool, and then use them as your portable tool/battery for the rest of their life.
 
In which case they already sensed us with their city spanning magic detection field and we are already under their control. :V

But really, they are probably normal people. There is being cautious, and there is not using your resources because of off chance that they will randomly summon Cthulhu to eat you.
 
In which case they already sensed us with their city spanning magic detection field and we are already under their control. :V

But really, they are probably normal people. There is being cautious, and there is not using your resources because of off chance that they will randomly summon Cthulhu to eat you.

Actually, a city spanning magic detection field might simply be unprofitable, from a magic user's standpoint. Something that large might take an inordinate amount of power, and likely would have a low resolution to keep the cost down. If there are several magic users already in the city, it wouldn't give much benefit, since it could just be Bob (who you already know about and don't dare mess with) using magic in a different area. If mage society (assuming, again, that it exists) is a mage-eats-mage world, then that energy is better spent protecting against other, known magic users.

Mage sight (assuming it exists), on the other hand, to spot active magic/enchantments is quite useful, and would likely be kept up near constantly. Want to make sure someone isn't about to explode the ground under your feet? Mage sight. Want to make sure your family/friends/allies are not being actively controlled? Mage Sight. Want to see if the kid new to town is actually part of a plot by your rival (or even more unlikely, a magic user himself)? Mage Sight.

So, I'm against using magic in a public place on principle, at least until we know more.

Edit: If I could gain a superpower by chanting "Ia Ia cthulhu fhtagn" I would probably refrain from using it unless absolutely necessary.
 
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[X] Bandwagon

Any reason for not using our mindpowers here? At least boosting ones.
What Diomedon said and also because it would be kind of like using ... uh, say an electric mixer for the very first time when you've been using a whisk for years and years and doing it with an audience. Chances are good that you'll end up splatters all over and butter in stead of whipped cream, metaphorically speaking.

I don't want us to try our new (and potentially obvious and/or distracting) powers for the first time in a big crowd of people we don't know. Test them on our mother first or something.
 
0.4a Purple Haze
Vote tally:
##### 3.21
[X] Write in: Brownies
[X] Chandra Purple Dress
No. of votes: 6
Eri, Diomedon, Orisha91, SuperSonicSound, Wolfy, Troglodyte

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0.4a Purple Haze

After dropping his brownies off, Daryl heads off to introduce himself to Chandra and her friend. "Hey, looks like there's a lot of people here."

Chandra smiles at him before introducing him to the girl in the purple dress. "Hey Daryl. This is Liliana, Lils, this is Daryl."

Liliana gives Daryl a once over before giving him a small smile. "Good to meet you. I'm always happy to meet new friends."

Daryl nods, "Chandra mentioned a bit about you. Excited about our Senior year?"

"Of course! Only one more year and I won't have those nuns hovering over me all the time. I wish I could go to Dryden with Chandra, but my parents want me in the 'best' school in the county. *sigh* Which means St. Mary's Academy for Girls."

Chandra snorts at that. "Admit it, you love strutting around in that uniform. Remember last year when you came over and we were sitting in the gym bleachers after school waiting for Jace to finish basketball practice and you caused that pile up under the basket when you stretched?"

Liliana shrugs at that, immediately drawing your attention. "When you've got it, flaunt it."

Chandra turns back to Daryl, wrapping her arm around his. "Anyway, Daryl's new, so let's introduce him to the others."

Liliana takes his other arm before they both led him off. "Yes, lets show stud here around."

Their first stop is the handsome guy that's the center of attention of a small group of other teens. Chandra introduces him. "Daryl, this is Dack Fayden, short for Dakota. Dack, this is Daryl Lexington."

A few minutes of chatting and you learned that he was on the football team with his best friend Marshal, who was still on vacation, but he'll be in school Monday, and that he was a pretty good amateur magician when he suddenly had an deck of cards appear in his hand and demonstrated a few tricks.

Next on the agenda was Patches and Bob, actual names Freya Stormguard and Jason Carthallion, who do martial arts together at a nearby dojo. Before things get too awkward, she tells you that she lost her eye five years ago to a drunk driver. The conversation quickly wrapped up after that.

Then there was Kiora Tritons, she was the best swimmer in the state, wants to be marine biologist, and is working towards getting into the national trials for the 2016 Olympics.

And finally, Chandra and Liliana introduce you to Nessa Revane, Head Chearleader for Dryden. She gives you a look over with a critical eye before greeting you in a rather neutral tone, and then introducing her posse of cheerleaders.

At this point, Chandra checks her phone, before dragging you off towards the tables piled high with food. "Whup, it's time to start getting the food ready. So Daryl, do you know how to grill?"

Help get the food ready (pick one)-
[] Work the grills with Chandra and Liliana
[] Get the food, plates, utensils, napkins, etc. set out with the Cheerleaders
[] Set up the grills, picnic tables, chairs, etc. with the Basketball team.

After the foods ready and you grab a plate, who do you talk to? (pick one)
[] Dack
[] Freya and Jason
[] Kiora
[] Nessa

[] Use some magic (11 Magic available, see 'Spells' in Stats)

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[X] Work the grills with Chandra and Liliana
[X] Freya and Jason

@Gear
Can you put an index of approved/available spells up on the front page? Also, do we have to spend XP to pre-create a spell before use or can we make them on the fly?
 
[X] Work the grills with Chandra and Liliana
[X] Freya and Jason

Can you put an index of approved/available spells up on the front page? Also, do we have to spend XP to pre-create a spell before use or can we make them on the fly?
We need exp to come up with a spell, but once we got it we just need Magic.

Spells we currently have are at the front page.
 
[X] Set up the grills, picnic tables, chairs, etc. with the Basketball team.
[X] Freya and Jason

We haven't yet met the basketball team guys. Also, jealousy monster will eat us if all we do is hang around Chandra.
 
[X] Work the grills with Chandra and Liliana
[X] Freya and Jason

These two, along with the swimmer, seem to be pretty interesting.
 
[X] Set up the grills, picnic tables, chairs, etc. with the Basketball team.
[X] Freya and Jason

Do we have a post with the total amount of spells we can learn and know? Like a spell book post of some sort? I would be willing to make one if we don't.
 
[X] Set up the grills, picnic tables, chairs, etc. with the Basketball team.
[X] Freya and Jason

Do we have a post with the total amount of spells we can learn and know? Like a spell book post of some sort? I would be willing to make one if we don't.
I did a list of the spells Gear has currently approved earlier:
@Gear
White: Approval confirmed
Blue: Awaiting approval
Red: Confirmed non-approved, needs revising

De-ox (Lvl 2, matter, transmutation)
Reverses oxidation on small object.


Fuse (Lvl 1, matter, manipulation)
Fuses two adjacent surfaces of a like material.


Split (Lvl 1, matter, manipulation)
Causes a small, perfectly neat split to form in the desired rigid object.


Malleability (Lvl 1 matter, manipulation)
Loosens the bonds in a small amount of malleable material, causing it to become more susceptible to being shaped.


Ionic Circuit (lvl 2, matter, manipulation, transmutation)
Ionises air particles along a small path, creating a circuit, and thus allowing current to flow if there is a potential difference. (no effect unless there is a voltage source of some description.)


Slip (Lvl 1, (Matter/energy?), manipulation)
Temporarily reduces the friction on target small surface.


Grip (lvl 1, (matter/energy), manipulation)
Temporarily increases the friction on target small surface.


Shear (lvl 1, matter, manipulation)
Reduces the shear strength of target object, allowing it to be more easily bent and snapped.


Commit (lvl 1, mind, manipulation)
Move a piece of knowledge to which you are paying attention directly to your long-term memory.


Recall (lvl 1, Mind, transmutation)
Temporarily increase the ease with which information can flow from the memory to the consciousness, enhancing the caster's ability to recollect information.


Request (lvl 1, mind, transmutation)
Makes a single request made of the target seem more reasonable to them


Battery Bullet (lvl 3, matter, energy, transmutation, manipulation)
converts target object's chemical potential energy into kinetic energy, up to a certain threshold.


Close Wound (lvl 3, matter, energy, mind manipulation)
Cause a surface wound to close, stopping bleeding


Mend bone (lvl 3, matter, energy, mind manipulation)
(Causes two halves of a cleanly broken bone to fuse together. (Must be set first?)
(hey, it worked once...)


Analgesic (lvl 1, mind, manipulation)
Sends the target's perceptions of pain as far from the forefront of their mind as possible, making it easier for them to ignore it.


Torment (lvl 1, mind, manipulation)
Brings the target's perceptions of pain to the forefront of their minds, making it harder for them to ignore it.


Snap (lvl 1, matter, manipulation)
Reduces the tensile strength of target


Deflect (lvl 1 matter, manipulation)
Changes direction of target object's velocity.


Thermal Shunt (lvl 1, Energy, manipulation)
Transfers thermal energy from one area to another.

Perfect Cradle (lvl 1, Energy, manipulation)
Disperses kinetic energy from a thing that strikes you into the surrounding air.


Featherlight (lvl 1, Energy, manipulation)
Redirects a portion your own downward kinetic energy into upward kinetic energy.


Sunspot (lvl 1, Energy, manipulation)
Focuses light in a specified area onto a single specified point.


Silence (lvl 1, Energy, manipulation)
increases the frequency of any noise within ten cm of your skin into the GHz.

Air step (lvl 1, Mater, transmute)
Increases the mass of your footwear to a tremendous amount for a minuscule fraction of a second, if timed right, it allows the user to step off of it's increased inertia and walk on "air".


Invisibility (lvl 1, Matter, transmute)
Converts the body into a transparent substance with the same optical density as the air around you.


Force Choke (lvl 1, Matter, manipulate)
Converts the air around a person's head into a solid.

Barrier (lvl 1, Matter, manipulate)
Covert a 1 meter radius, ten cm thick area in front of your hand into a solid.


Interpose (lvl 1, matter, manipulation)
Pulls nearby object or chunk of ground into the path of an attack.


Poof (lvl 1, Matter, manipulation)
Converts any object 10 cm away from your body into a gas


Deadly Ignorance (lvl 1, mind, transmutation)
Causes the weak willed to forget about you the moment they are no longer paying attention to you. (allows you to only exist in their short term memory)


I'm Just Saying (lvl 1, mind, manipulation)
Allows you to hear the unhidden surface thoughts of anyone you are talking to.

Focus (lvl 1, mind, transmutation)
Allows you to focus on the task at hand.

Snapshot (lvl 1, mind, transmutation)
Provides you perfect photographic memory of a single specified object for the duration of the spell.
 
0.4b A Good Grilling
Sorry it's so late, this update kind of kicked my ass for a while trying to do dialogue. Have an XP. I would also consider getting another lvl 2 spell, so that you can use them as a prereq of a lvl 3 spell for car repair.
[X] Work the grills with Chandra and Liliana
[X] Freya and Jason
No. of votes: 4
ellipsis, Wolfy, SuperSonicSound, Orisha91
[X] Set up the grills, picnic tables, chairs, etc. with the Basketball team.
[X] Freya and Jason
No. of votes: 2
Diomedon, Troglodyte

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0.4b A Good Grilling

Daryl helps Chandra and Liliana get the meat out of the coolers and ready for the grills, idly chatting. "You guys cook much?"

Chandra replies from where she's preparing hamburgers. "Open flame cooking just come easy to me."

Liliana looks up from a tray full of chicken quarters. "I'm a decent cook."

"'Decent?' Lils, I'm a 'decent' cook, you're like some sort of domestic goddess right out of the 50's when you cook. The only kind of cooking I'm better than you is if fires involved." Chandra starts putting her hamburgers on a couple of grills. "Or have you forgotten that big blue ribbon you got at the fair for your triple layered marzipan super cake?"

Liliana finishes putting her chicken in her grills before sticking her tounge out at Chandra and turning to Daryl. "It wasn't that big a deal, I was competing in the teenage bracket anyway. Daryl, what kind of cooking are you good at?"

[] Write in

An hour of inconsequential chatting later, Daryl grabs a plate and heads over to talk to Freya and Jason about their martial arts, and to apologize to Freya for the awkwardness of their introduction. He makes his way over to their table. "Hey, I wanted to apologize for earlier."

Freya waves for you to sit as she finishes her bite of chicken. "It's no problem, it happens a lot."

"So, you two big in martial arts?"

Jason puts his burger down and takes his turn. "Pretty big, I placed third in the state competition last year, and the great Norse goddess here brought home a hideous trophy almost as big as she is."

Freya snorts at that, before nodding to Daryl. "I can see that you're not into martial arts, so what's your thing?"

Daryl shrugs before swallowing a mouthful of chips. "Back in Boston, I'd be the one that organized stuff like this. Now though? Mostly unpacking and working on my car."

Freya perks up at the mention of a car, while Jason sighs and goes to get another pair of plates. "Oh, what kind of car are you working on?"

The next few hours pass by in a blur of car talk, it seems that Freya is a bit of a car nut, she drives a Chevelle Super Sport that she and her dad rebuilt together. Daryl picked up a lot of mechanic tips from Freya, who is frankly amazed that he took on a heavily wrecked car as his first rebuild.

Jason contributed as well, but he only knew about cars because Freya was so into it. Though he does offer some insights into metal work. His dad ran a metal shop, so Jason did a lot of mechanical projects for school and Freya. He also made the suggest that you could get some other parts and restore them for selling if you needed more cash for your car. It's what Freya did to pay for her half of the Chevelle. They give you their numbers, with Freya wanting to see your car before too long, and Jason offers to help with any welding or metal work that needs to be done.

All too soon, the picnic starts breaking up, and Daryl's mother is here to pick him up. A quick round of goodbyes and he's soon back home, ready for his last weekend before school starts Monday.

Weekend, pick 4 actions.
[] Magically work on the car.
--[] Frame (1 action, improve to 'Okay')
--[] Body (1 action, improve to 'Bad')
--[] Electrical (1 action, $100, improve to 'Bad')
--[] Interior (1 action, improve to 'Broken')
--[] Paint (1 action, improve to 'Broken')
--[] Wheels (1 action, improve to 'Broken')

[] Get broken parts to repair for resell (1 action, costs $200 now, get $400 after the next turn)

[] New town, new people
-[] Head up to Dayton Mall, see what's going on there (one action)
-[] Go to Milden Park (one action)
-[] The Fun Center (one action, $20)
-[] Go to Jade (one action, $20)

[] 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 first 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)

[] XP Distribution (9 XP Available before vote)
-[] 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
-[] Invent some new spells (They will need GM approval before you can buy them)

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@Gear

Just a curiosity on my part (and hoping to improve the effectiveness of the practice magic option)

What would it take to create a spell that manipulates Daryls sight so he can perceives the flow of magical energy.

I'm thinking something like

True Sight (Level 1, Mind, Manipulation)
For a short duration shows localised magical energy and how it's moving. Would this be acceptable or would it require higher level spells to work?
 
[X] Magically work on the car.
--[X] Interior (1 action, improve to 'Broken')
--[X] Paint (1 action, improve to 'Broken')
--[X] Wheels (1 action, improve to 'Broken')
[X] New town, new people
-[X] Head up to Dayton Mall, see what's going on there (one action)

Uhm, so:

Mage Sight(lvl1, Mind, Manipulation): Gains ability to detect magical energies during spell duration.
 
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