I'll give you 3 hours, or after I have dinner way later, planning on making myself a pizza
Modern Mages: A riot-quest about being wizards
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[X] Plan: Name: Rick 'Deimos' Whurmstrum
-[X] 1. Biker: Rick owns a dearly beloved motorcycle which he has spent lots of time learning how to ride and repair by himself. Remembers to wear a helmet too.
-[X] 2. Childhood Pet: Rick owns his also dearly beloved alligator named Snappy and who Rick's had since he was a child. Knows how to take care of reptiles and how to keep on their good side so they don't decide he looks like lunch.
-[X] 3. Built Like A Brickhouse: Rick makes sure to regularly work out and practice boxing often to keep in shape. Can handle taking some hits and also throwing a strong punch back.
-[X] 4. Intimidating / Awe-Inspiring Appearance: Now Rick wouldn't tell you this but he puts a considerable amount of effort so that he looks cool and mysterious. He's not really that deep but he likes appearing that way, although he does try to keep his last name on the down low.
-[X] 5. Astronaut Hopeful: When Rick was younger and still in school he aspired to become an astronaut, to explore space and experience the new & extraordinary. That didn't really pan out, but he did get a proper education and a bachelor's degree in engineering so it's not like he's stupid. He does still own a space telescope and does stargazing ever now and then though.
-[X] Biography: Growing up, Rick had a generally normal life along with the ups and downs that come with life. Loves his pet Snappy, working with machines, and looking cool while doing it. Some thing's he didn't like very much were that he only had a couple of friends, that people sometimes laughed about his last name, or that a family tragedy happened a long time ago. Nowadays he does deliveries on his bike to pay the bills, shows off stunts/tricks to impress the town. Does pick up a new hobby every once in a while to spend his free time and learn something new.
-[X] Minor Arcana: Rick can 'bond' with an object he can fit into his hands that he can then teleport to himself in a burst of harmless flame. The bonded object has to already have significance to Rick and he can only be bonded to one object at a time. He is currently bonded with his motorcycle helmet.
-[X] 1. Biker: Rick owns a dearly beloved motorcycle which he has spent lots of time learning how to ride and repair by himself. Remembers to wear a helmet too.
-[X] 2. Childhood Pet: Rick owns his also dearly beloved alligator named Snappy and who Rick's had since he was a child. Knows how to take care of reptiles and how to keep on their good side so they don't decide he looks like lunch.
-[X] 3. Built Like A Brickhouse: Rick makes sure to regularly work out and practice boxing often to keep in shape. Can handle taking some hits and also throwing a strong punch back.
-[X] 4. Intimidating / Awe-Inspiring Appearance: Now Rick wouldn't tell you this but he puts a considerable amount of effort so that he looks cool and mysterious. He's not really that deep but he likes appearing that way, although he does try to keep his last name on the down low.
-[X] 5. Astronaut Hopeful: When Rick was younger and still in school he aspired to become an astronaut, to explore space and experience the new & extraordinary. That didn't really pan out, but he did get a proper education and a bachelor's degree in engineering so it's not like he's stupid. He does still own a space telescope and does stargazing ever now and then though.
-[X] Biography: Growing up, Rick had a generally normal life along with the ups and downs that come with life. Loves his pet Snappy, working with machines, and looking cool while doing it. Some thing's he didn't like very much were that he only had a couple of friends, that people sometimes laughed about his last name, or that a family tragedy happened a long time ago. Nowadays he does deliveries on his bike to pay the bills, shows off stunts/tricks to impress the town. Does pick up a new hobby every once in a while to spend his free time and learn something new.
-[X] Minor Arcana: Rick can 'bond' with an object he can fit into his hands that he can then teleport to himself in a burst of harmless flame. The bonded object has to already have significance to Rick and he can only be bonded to one object at a time. He is currently bonded with his motorcycle helmet.
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Finished my dinner, time to end the vote
Actions 1
New
Choose 1 Mage and 1 Action for them to undertake
[] Jeremy Yodd: Use your Unveiled sight to search for any strange plants
[] Alexander Anderson: Set up a little shrine for bugs to leave offerings at so they don't leave stuff all over your place
[] Jack Westwind: Wander around town looking for anyone else who also sees all the surreal stuff around
[] Write-In Mage/Write-In Action
Now time to create your Mage, if you miss this section, don't worry, you can submit a Mage later, and remember you're playing "Normal" people (by that I mean folks who abided by the laws of physics beforehand and weren't Unveiled, you can make your character's past reasonably freaky, just no magic or sci-fi or something else completely unreasonable for a "Normal" person), beginners in the Unveiled world
Mages when they start are mainly comprised of up to 5 Aspects, major parts of their personal Identities, if it would help in a situation it will do so more then a usual modifier, but it will also be a major part of the character so going against it might not go well, or at least not go easy
A Mage with the Stamp Collector Aspect won't just be a simple hobbyist, it would have a TON of personal significance to them, basically the 5 biggest parts of the characters identity, personality traits, worldview, their best skills, are put into the Aspects
The rest of the miscellaneous stuff go into the Biography, like if they sometimes knit or go bowling on the weekends
Also their first Arcana (Magical secrets, not related to the Tarot but a Arcana can be themed after it if you wish) is mostly freeform, just keep it at the level of something like a Dnd cantrip, a little trick that was attracted to them after they were Unveiled, or maybe it was the thing that forced them to see the world for how it is, I'll add a list of example Minor Arcana if you need the help
Don't worry if the Arcana sucks in retrospect, you can potentially evolve your Arcana and or get far more, and sometimes they're more useful then they look, especially if you mix them together
Here is the sheet, you can only make a single Mage each, subject to rewrite or veto, don't vote until I post VOTE IS GO
[] Name: The name or title of the newly Unveiled Mage
- [] Aspect Name 1: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 2: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 3: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 4: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 5: Major part of their identity
- [] Biography: Details on their past, maybe minor traits and fun facts, also optional
- [] Minor Arcana: Minor Arcana description
Mages when they start are mainly comprised of up to 5 Aspects, major parts of their personal Identities, if it would help in a situation it will do so more then a usual modifier, but it will also be a major part of the character so going against it might not go well, or at least not go easy
A Mage with the Stamp Collector Aspect won't just be a simple hobbyist, it would have a TON of personal significance to them, basically the 5 biggest parts of the characters identity, personality traits, worldview, their best skills, are put into the Aspects
The rest of the miscellaneous stuff go into the Biography, like if they sometimes knit or go bowling on the weekends
Also their first Arcana (Magical secrets, not related to the Tarot but a Arcana can be themed after it if you wish) is mostly freeform, just keep it at the level of something like a Dnd cantrip, a little trick that was attracted to them after they were Unveiled, or maybe it was the thing that forced them to see the world for how it is, I'll add a list of example Minor Arcana if you need the help
Don't worry if the Arcana sucks in retrospect, you can potentially evolve your Arcana and or get far more, and sometimes they're more useful then they look, especially if you mix them together
Here is the sheet, you can only make a single Mage each, subject to rewrite or veto, don't vote until I post VOTE IS GO
[] Name: The name or title of the newly Unveiled Mage
- [] Aspect Name 1: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 2: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 3: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 4: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 5: Major part of their identity
- [] Biography: Details on their past, maybe minor traits and fun facts, also optional
- [] Minor Arcana: Minor Arcana description
[] Jeremy Yodd: Use your Unveiled sight to search for any strange plants
[] Alexander Anderson: Set up a little shrine for bugs to leave offerings at so they don't leave stuff all over your place
[] Jack Westwind: Wander around town looking for anyone else who also sees all the surreal stuff around
[] Write-In Mage/Write-In Action
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I recommend also stating that you're gonna feed your plants some of your blood too
[X] Rick: Do some research about magic, mages, and arcana.
Already trying to think up all the ways that could go
Gonna end the vote soon
Results 1
New
Jack Westwind: Wander around town looking for anyone else who also sees all the surreal stuff around + 1
Rolled a 95 + 5 = 100
Jack felt really good today, he got into sprinting position outside his home while nobody else was around, he felt it, the otherworldly force of his strange winds swirling around behind the back of his legs, he jumped forward and felt it guide him along to further speeds
He was dashing through the streets, a blur in a strong wind, billowing haircuts, shakinv curtains, and making one fellas ice cream cone fall out of their hand
Jack jumped from the streets to the rooftops, smoothly rushing along the top of Sunnyview and watching everyones lives go by, eventually he saw it, someone else paying attention to the weird eye-shaped flies that occaisonally come in with the southern winds
The runner in the wind observed the individual from above, watching the woman in the finely tailored suit with really well done black curly hair and lipstick redder then red, she was taking the eye-flies, plucking off their wings, and sticking them into little sandwhich bags which were stored in her purse
As the definitely-not-stalking continued multiple other strange things occured around her, she noticed the eyes that sometimes stare back from the display televisions on Morris Street, definitely began speedwalking when they blinked in some weird rhythm again (Possible communication attempt?), and also when she actually made a officer not ticket her for parking too long by refusing the ticket, the suited lady just pulled out a pen, wrote something on the paper, handed the ticket back, and almost in a trance the policeman accepted and let her drive off, when she was gone the officer looked confused about why he did that, but went on with his day as if nothing happened
Westwind also found another individual who saw surreal stuff, a local barrista at the Blackbird Cafe, tan, quite handsome, a neat handlebar moustache, and Jack sat at a table drinking coffee, watching multiple people talking to the barrista and weird ethereal bird-things appeared in the establishment, almost as if they were standing watch in there or something, and the moustachiod man turned to look at them as if he was checking on them, nodding, probably mentally counting down how many were there
Luckily the man didn't seem to notice Jack's occaisonal spying, but when he left the building a ethereal bird flew over faster then he could react, he felt something at the back of his head, and his memory of whatever any of the customers said to the barrista was gone
Suited Lady
- Wears a finely tailored suit, curly black hair, very red lipstick
- Can mind-control people?
Moustached Barrista
- Tanned, handsome, great listener, wonderful handlebar moustache
- Can erase memories using birds?
Blackbird Cafe
- Nice cafe with a handsome barrista
Jeremy Yodd: Catalogue what all of your plants are doing, then go to the pet store and buy some rats to test anything that looks edible on.
No roll required
Blood in each put, observations have shown common patterns among the plants, some softened their bodies to be more comfortable to touch, some formed rudimentary muscular systems to perform repeated stroking motions for emotional consolation, some slowly began to grow some ripe fruits which were shaped oddly, and a very common pattern from the flowers was looking even prettier
After buying some mice, Jeremy had two cages, 1 where he threw in a mice and a fruit for experimenting, and 1 where the rest were held and fed normally
The tests... were uneventful, nothing seemed to happen to any of the rats that ate the fruit, nothing significant at least, 1 just began to produce more droppings for a day before going back to a normal amount
So the only thing you should be probably worry about is maybe loose bowls, unless the effects are different depending on species...,
At least you know rats will be fine eating these
But now you have a bunch of rats, luckily you can just give them the fruit
Alexander Anderson: Set up a little shrine for bugs to leave offerings at so they don't leave stuff all over your place
No roll required
Little shrine with a photo of him, toothpicks with glue on both ends holding up the sheet of paper acting as the roof, a paper plate for the offerings rignt in front
They line up like it's a public facility, the place the offering down, usually dead smaller arthropods, shiny miniscule pebbles, pieces of extra beeswax, one time a entire dead bird was left there by the ants
So there, that sorts things out, they even began personally decorating the tiny shrine, writing their symbols on the sides with ink stolen from a pen, dressing in clothes sewn from abandoned barbie doll hair, making timy beeswax statues of you
This was all of course on the windowsill, the one that has the window stuck slightly ajar
Rick: Do some research about magic, mages, and arcana.
Rolled a 68 - 30 = 38
Rick learnt something, not much about magic, mages, or Arcana, just that is was really difficult to find information on those subjects
Why you ask?
Rick did multiple research sessions online and at the library for various things related to what he saw out in the street with his Unveiled eyes, which was difficult considering there didn't seem to be any owls inviting him to wizard schools or anything cool and mysterious giving a proper introduction, from what hes seen from the weird shit flying around like those eyeballs with the wings, the supernatural isn't exactly organized neatly, no hidden paths or books for the newly awakened just more purple lights forming the shape of simpsons characters at night in Holton Park, where all the couples go for dates
Eventually he met some guy in the grocery store, stoic with glossy dark and perfectly straight hair, staring at a box of cocoa puffs with malevolent intent
He turned, facing Whurmstrum directly, and began making growls, the thought of those lions from national geographic comes to mind
Deimos feels it, gnawing at the back of his mind, hate, a hatred for.... for... a bird or something? What? Before he knew it, he had the cocoa puffs box in his mouth, halfway torn apart by his teeth, the spit soaked shreds on the ground or between his teeth
The stoic man was gone
Rick 'Deimos' Whurmstrum
- Cursed by some weird growling from the Stoic Man to have a potent LOATHING for something related to birds, or a single bird, or maybe a species of bird? Hard to tell
Stoic Man
- Perfectly straight black hair, poker face at all times
- Can growl and make you hate birds?
Rolled a 95 + 5 = 100
Jack felt really good today, he got into sprinting position outside his home while nobody else was around, he felt it, the otherworldly force of his strange winds swirling around behind the back of his legs, he jumped forward and felt it guide him along to further speeds
He was dashing through the streets, a blur in a strong wind, billowing haircuts, shakinv curtains, and making one fellas ice cream cone fall out of their hand
Jack jumped from the streets to the rooftops, smoothly rushing along the top of Sunnyview and watching everyones lives go by, eventually he saw it, someone else paying attention to the weird eye-shaped flies that occaisonally come in with the southern winds
The runner in the wind observed the individual from above, watching the woman in the finely tailored suit with really well done black curly hair and lipstick redder then red, she was taking the eye-flies, plucking off their wings, and sticking them into little sandwhich bags which were stored in her purse
As the definitely-not-stalking continued multiple other strange things occured around her, she noticed the eyes that sometimes stare back from the display televisions on Morris Street, definitely began speedwalking when they blinked in some weird rhythm again (Possible communication attempt?), and also when she actually made a officer not ticket her for parking too long by refusing the ticket, the suited lady just pulled out a pen, wrote something on the paper, handed the ticket back, and almost in a trance the policeman accepted and let her drive off, when she was gone the officer looked confused about why he did that, but went on with his day as if nothing happened
Westwind also found another individual who saw surreal stuff, a local barrista at the Blackbird Cafe, tan, quite handsome, a neat handlebar moustache, and Jack sat at a table drinking coffee, watching multiple people talking to the barrista and weird ethereal bird-things appeared in the establishment, almost as if they were standing watch in there or something, and the moustachiod man turned to look at them as if he was checking on them, nodding, probably mentally counting down how many were there
Luckily the man didn't seem to notice Jack's occaisonal spying, but when he left the building a ethereal bird flew over faster then he could react, he felt something at the back of his head, and his memory of whatever any of the customers said to the barrista was gone
Suited Lady
- Wears a finely tailored suit, curly black hair, very red lipstick
- Can mind-control people?
Moustached Barrista
- Tanned, handsome, great listener, wonderful handlebar moustache
- Can erase memories using birds?
Blackbird Cafe
- Nice cafe with a handsome barrista
Jeremy Yodd: Catalogue what all of your plants are doing, then go to the pet store and buy some rats to test anything that looks edible on.
No roll required
Blood in each put, observations have shown common patterns among the plants, some softened their bodies to be more comfortable to touch, some formed rudimentary muscular systems to perform repeated stroking motions for emotional consolation, some slowly began to grow some ripe fruits which were shaped oddly, and a very common pattern from the flowers was looking even prettier
After buying some mice, Jeremy had two cages, 1 where he threw in a mice and a fruit for experimenting, and 1 where the rest were held and fed normally
The tests... were uneventful, nothing seemed to happen to any of the rats that ate the fruit, nothing significant at least, 1 just began to produce more droppings for a day before going back to a normal amount
So the only thing you should be probably worry about is maybe loose bowls, unless the effects are different depending on species...,
At least you know rats will be fine eating these
But now you have a bunch of rats, luckily you can just give them the fruit
Alexander Anderson: Set up a little shrine for bugs to leave offerings at so they don't leave stuff all over your place
No roll required
Little shrine with a photo of him, toothpicks with glue on both ends holding up the sheet of paper acting as the roof, a paper plate for the offerings rignt in front
They line up like it's a public facility, the place the offering down, usually dead smaller arthropods, shiny miniscule pebbles, pieces of extra beeswax, one time a entire dead bird was left there by the ants
So there, that sorts things out, they even began personally decorating the tiny shrine, writing their symbols on the sides with ink stolen from a pen, dressing in clothes sewn from abandoned barbie doll hair, making timy beeswax statues of you
This was all of course on the windowsill, the one that has the window stuck slightly ajar
Rick: Do some research about magic, mages, and arcana.
Rolled a 68 - 30 = 38
Rick learnt something, not much about magic, mages, or Arcana, just that is was really difficult to find information on those subjects
Why you ask?
Rick did multiple research sessions online and at the library for various things related to what he saw out in the street with his Unveiled eyes, which was difficult considering there didn't seem to be any owls inviting him to wizard schools or anything cool and mysterious giving a proper introduction, from what hes seen from the weird shit flying around like those eyeballs with the wings, the supernatural isn't exactly organized neatly, no hidden paths or books for the newly awakened just more purple lights forming the shape of simpsons characters at night in Holton Park, where all the couples go for dates
Eventually he met some guy in the grocery store, stoic with glossy dark and perfectly straight hair, staring at a box of cocoa puffs with malevolent intent
He turned, facing Whurmstrum directly, and began making growls, the thought of those lions from national geographic comes to mind
Deimos feels it, gnawing at the back of his mind, hate, a hatred for.... for... a bird or something? What? Before he knew it, he had the cocoa puffs box in his mouth, halfway torn apart by his teeth, the spit soaked shreds on the ground or between his teeth
The stoic man was gone
Rick 'Deimos' Whurmstrum
- Cursed by some weird growling from the Stoic Man to have a potent LOATHING for something related to birds, or a single bird, or maybe a species of bird? Hard to tell
Stoic Man
- Perfectly straight black hair, poker face at all times
- Can growl and make you hate birds?
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So quick question, why is this a major part of their identity?
Mostly because he is super polite and respectful to someone higher up
Okay then, respect for specific kind of authority, got it
[X] Gary Baker/Dark Lord of Deadly DOOOOOOOOOM
- [X] Ambitious: Wants more out life, more likely to take risks that benefit him, dislikes not advancing towards his goals
- [X] Chef Traditions: Family a group of chefs, he is good at cooking but worse than his sister & father, slight inferiority complex when cooking
- [X] Bad at Naming Things: Everything he names is unwieldly verbose and descriptive, his names are just awful
- [X] Inventive: He actually is pretty good at thinking up new ideas and solving problems in unorthodox ways
- [X] Egomaniac: Believes that he is the best thing every, hates submitting to anyone else
- [X] Biography: The third child of a prestigious family of chefs, Gary has always wanted to be more than "Just another Baker chef", carries a gun to protect himself from the Poor and loves his slightly elder twin a little too much
- [X] Beam of EXCRUCIATINGLY mild DISCOMBOBULATION!: Fires a beam that temporarily disorients one of the target's senses randomly for a short amount of time
- [X] Ambitious: Wants more out life, more likely to take risks that benefit him, dislikes not advancing towards his goals
- [X] Chef Traditions: Family a group of chefs, he is good at cooking but worse than his sister & father, slight inferiority complex when cooking
- [X] Bad at Naming Things: Everything he names is unwieldly verbose and descriptive, his names are just awful
- [X] Inventive: He actually is pretty good at thinking up new ideas and solving problems in unorthodox ways
- [X] Egomaniac: Believes that he is the best thing every, hates submitting to anyone else
- [X] Biography: The third child of a prestigious family of chefs, Gary has always wanted to be more than "Just another Baker chef", carries a gun to protect himself from the Poor and loves his slightly elder twin a little too much
- [X] Beam of EXCRUCIATINGLY mild DISCOMBOBULATION!: Fires a beam that temporarily disorients one of the target's senses randomly for a short amount of time
Seems mostly okay, any specific field they're inventive in? Aspects provide pretty good bonus modifiers and that may apply to too many rolls
I think that they might be inventive when creating perishable and consumable things?
Inventive with snacks, got it
Actions 2
New
Choose 1 Mage and 1 Action for them to undertake
[] Rick "Deimos" Whurmstrum: Ask around the grocery store for details about the man who cursed you, make sure not to assault any birds in the process
[] Gary Baker: Start bragging about your magical powers in the park
[] Jeremy Yodd: Go out on the town and look for any other magical plants out there, and maybe even drop a bit of your blood on those
[] Write-In Mage: Write-In Action
Now time to create your Mage, if you miss this section, don't worry, you can submit a Mage later, and remember you're playing "Normal" people (by that I mean folks who abided by the laws of physics beforehand and weren't Unveiled, you can make your character's past reasonably freaky, just no magic or sci-fi or something else completely unreasonable for a "Normal" person), beginners in the Unveiled world
Mages when they start are mainly comprised of up to 5 Aspects, major parts of their personal Identities, if it would help in a situation it will do so more then a usual modifier, but it will also be a major part of the character so going against it might not go well, or at least not go easy
A Mage with the Stamp Collector Aspect won't just be a simple hobbyist, it would have a TON of personal significance to them, basically the 5 biggest parts of the characters identity, personality traits, worldview, their best skills, are put into the Aspects
The rest of the miscellaneous stuff go into the Biography, like if they sometimes knit or go bowling on the weekends
Also their first Arcana (Magical secrets, not related to the Tarot but a Arcana can be themed after it if you wish) is mostly freeform, just keep it at the level of something like a Dnd cantrip, a little trick that was attracted to them after they were Unveiled, or maybe it was the thing that forced them to see the world for how it is, I'll add a list of example Minor Arcana if you need the help
Don't worry if the Arcana sucks in retrospect, you can potentially evolve your Arcana and or get far more, and sometimes they're more useful then they look, especially if you mix them together
Here is the sheet, you can only make a single Mage each, subject to rewrite or veto, don't vote until I post VOTE IS GO
[] Name: The name or title of the newly Unveiled Mage
- [] Aspect Name 1: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 2: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 3: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 4: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 5: Major part of their identity
- [] Biography: Details on their past, maybe minor traits and fun facts, also optional
- [] Minor Arcana: Minor Arcana description
Mages when they start are mainly comprised of up to 5 Aspects, major parts of their personal Identities, if it would help in a situation it will do so more then a usual modifier, but it will also be a major part of the character so going against it might not go well, or at least not go easy
A Mage with the Stamp Collector Aspect won't just be a simple hobbyist, it would have a TON of personal significance to them, basically the 5 biggest parts of the characters identity, personality traits, worldview, their best skills, are put into the Aspects
The rest of the miscellaneous stuff go into the Biography, like if they sometimes knit or go bowling on the weekends
Also their first Arcana (Magical secrets, not related to the Tarot but a Arcana can be themed after it if you wish) is mostly freeform, just keep it at the level of something like a Dnd cantrip, a little trick that was attracted to them after they were Unveiled, or maybe it was the thing that forced them to see the world for how it is, I'll add a list of example Minor Arcana if you need the help
Don't worry if the Arcana sucks in retrospect, you can potentially evolve your Arcana and or get far more, and sometimes they're more useful then they look, especially if you mix them together
Here is the sheet, you can only make a single Mage each, subject to rewrite or veto, don't vote until I post VOTE IS GO
[] Name: The name or title of the newly Unveiled Mage
- [] Aspect Name 1: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 2: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 3: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 4: Major part of their identity
- [] Aspect Name 5: Major part of their identity
- [] Biography: Details on their past, maybe minor traits and fun facts, also optional
- [] Minor Arcana: Minor Arcana description
[] Rick "Deimos" Whurmstrum: Ask around the grocery store for details about the man who cursed you, make sure not to assault any birds in the process
[] Gary Baker: Start bragging about your magical powers in the park
[] Jeremy Yodd: Go out on the town and look for any other magical plants out there, and maybe even drop a bit of your blood on those
[] Write-In Mage: Write-In Action