The College of Jewels (Magical Academy Quest)

@Wander, what kind of clubs are there at the school?

[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[2] [Magic] Enchanting
[3] [Magic] Countermagic
[4] [Magic] Spiritual

[1] [Social] Ruby
[2] [Social] Lusca
[3] [Social] The TA
[4] [Social] Sammy

[1] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college
[2] [Special] Join a Club
-[2] Interdimensional Creatures Club
[3] [Special] Try and get to know some of the upperclassmen in the college.
 
Meh. What a boring end to the test.

[3] [Magic] Countermagic
[2] [Magic] Spiritual
[1] [Magic] Elemental
[4] [Magic] Enchanting

[1] [Social] Lusca
[2] [Social] Henry
[3] [Social] Adam
[4] [Social] Sammy

[2] [Special] Listen.
[1] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college
[3] [Special] Attempt to talk to someone important at the college
-[x] Dishevel Vino
 
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On an unrelated note, the Archmage actually did have something in place for students hiding out Somewhere during his lesson, but he didn't put enough effort into it to overcome Methodology like his spells normally would.
So, more or less, Methodology was in absolute terms the correct choice?

Speaking of correct choices in absolute terms...

[1] [Special] Attempt to talk to someone important at the college
-[1] The TA
[2] [Special] Attempt to talk to someone important at the college
-[2] The TA
[3] [Special] Attempt to talk to someone important at the college
-[3] The TA
[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[2] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[3] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[4] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[1] [Social] The TA
[2] [Social] The TA
[3] [Social] The TA
[4] [Social] The TA
Yes, I do know that this probably isn't a legal vote... technically.
 
Methodology is an anomaly not worth accounting for when designing a test that a couple hundreds of students are meant to succeed.

Any other special ace would work just as well to make our job easier.
 
[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[3] [Magic] Spiritual
[2] [Magic] Countermagic

[1] [Social] Ruby
[2] [Social] The TA
[3] [Social] Sammy
[4] [Social] Lusca

[X] [Special] Listen.
[X] [Special] Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
[X] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college
 
[2] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[4] [Magic] Countermagic
[3] [Magic] Elemental
[1] [Magic] Spiritual

aka "Not Enchanting" because she doesn't really need it and it usually takes a lot of investment to get anything worthwhile out of. Spiritual 1 for tactical purposes to at least open it and see what's going on there.

[3] [Social] Ruby
[2] [Social] The TA
[4] [Social] Henry
[1] [Social] Lusca

Lusca 1 for tactical purposes to make sure she doesn't fall out. I don't care about Adam and I kinda want to dial back on Sammy contact (thanks Listen).

[2] [Special] Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
[1] [Special] Join a Club
-[1] Architecture Club
[3] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college

I'm not specially enthused by the Interdimensional Creatures Club as an option but I did want her to join some kinda club and stop being so isolated, so...I'll swap into it later tactically if I have to. I was -remarkably- tempted to vote Tea Party Club and continue making touhou jokes but thought better of it. Anyway, this one's a practical one for when she gets high enough to start controlling the inside of Somewhere better. Design something that looks good, Saphira!
 
Methodology is an anomaly not worth accounting for when designing a test that a couple hundreds of students are meant to succeed.

Any other special ace would work just as well to make our job easier.
I kind of doubt that, say, The Firmament would have helped us to that extent with that particular problem, unless the creation of a small mundane object would somehow no-sell the elementals. That's why I'm saying that with that particular challenge up next, and the ability to opt for additional specials later, at this time the Methodology appears to have been an absolutely advantageous choice. (Near-future challenges may, er, challenge that assessment.)
 
[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[2] [Magic] Spiritual
[3] [Magic] Elemental
[4] [Magic] Enchanting

[1] [Social] The TA
[2] [Social] Ruby
[3] [Social] Henry
[4] [Social] Lusca

[1] [Special] Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
[2] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college
[3] [Special] Join a Club
-[X] Interdimensional Creatures Club
 
[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[2] [Magic] Countermagic
[3] [Magic] Enchanting
[4] [Magic] Spiritual

[1] [Social] The TA
[2] [Social] Ruby
[3] [Social] Lusca
[4] [Social] Adam

[1] [Special] Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
[2] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college
[3] [Special] Join a Club
-[3] Architecture Club
 
[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[2] [Magic] Enchanting
[3] [Magic] Countermagic
[4] [Magic] Spiritual

[1] [Social] Henry
[2] [Social] Lusca
[3] [Social] The TA
[4] [Social] Sammy

[1] [Special] Listen.
[2] [Special] Join a Club
-[2] Interdimensional Creatures Club
[3] [Special] Try and get to know some of the upperclassmen in the college.
 
[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[2] [Magic] Spiritual
[3] [Magic] Elemental
[4] [Magic] Enchanting

[1] [Social] The TA
[2] [Social] Ruby
[3] [Social] Henry
[4] [Social] Lusca

[1] [Special] Listen
[2] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college
[3] [Special] Join a Club
-[X] Interdimensional Creatures Club
 
[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[2] [Magic] Countermagic
[3] [Magic] Enchanting
[4] [Magic] Elemental

[1] [Social] The TA
[2] [Social] Lusca
[3] [Social] Ruby
[4] [Social] Adam

[1] [Special] Listen.
[2] [Special] Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
[3] [Special] Try and get to know some of the upperclassmen in the college.
[4] [Special] Attempt to talk to someone important at the college
-[X] Dishevel Vino
 
[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[2] [Magic] Countermagic
[3] [Magic] Enchanting
[4] [Magic] Elemental

[1] [Social] The TA
[2] [Social] Lusca
[3] [Social] Ruby
[4] [Social] Adam

[1] [Special] Listen.
[2] [Special] Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
[3] [Special] Try and get to know some of the upperclassmen in the college.
[4] [Special] Attempt to talk to someone important at the college
-[X] Dishevel Vino
 
[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[4] [Magic] Elemental
[2] [Magic] Countermagic
[3] [Magic] Enchanting

[2] [Social] Ruby
[3] [Social] The TA
[4] [Social] Sammy
[1] [Social] Lusca

[2] [Special] Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
[3] [Special] Try and get to know some of the upperclassmen in the college.
[1] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college
 
Vote Tally : Original - The College of Jewels (Magical Academy Quest) | Page 59 | Sufficient Velocity
##### NetTally 1.7.5
Options:
Architecture Club
Interdimensional Creatures Club
The TA
Winner: Interdimensional Creatures Club
[2] Prent
[2] tricholysis
[3] fictionfan
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] Malaquez
[-] Nevill
[-] No7sHere
[-] notgreat
[-] Spectrum
[-] SystemicHatter
[-] TurtleDucks
[-] UberJJK
[-] veekie
[-] wingstrike96
First Runner Up: Architecture Club
[1] Spectrum
[3] UberJJK
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] fictionfan
[-] Malaquez
[-] Nevill
[-] No7sHere
[-] notgreat
[-] Prent
[-] SystemicHatter
[-] tricholysis
[-] TurtleDucks
[-] veekie
[-] wingstrike96
Second Runner Up: The TA
[1] Aoinfinity
[2] Aoinfinity
[3] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] fictionfan
[-] Malaquez
[-] Nevill
[-] No7sHere
[-] notgreat
[-] Prent
[-] Spectrum
[-] SystemicHatter
[-] tricholysis
[-] TurtleDucks
[-] UberJJK
[-] veekie
[-] wingstrike96

Task: Magic
Options:

Countermagic
Dimensional Science
Elemental
Enchanting
Spiritual
Winner: Dimensional Science
[1] Aoinfinity
[1] ChildishChimera
[1] fictionfan
[1] Malaquez
[1] No7sHere
[1] notgreat
[1] Prent
[1] SystemicHatter
[1] tricholysis
[1] UberJJK
[1] veekie
[1] wingstrike96
[2] Aoinfinity
[2] Spectrum
[2] TurtleDucks
[3] Aoinfinity
[4] Aoinfinity
[-] Nevill
First Runner Up: Countermagic
[2] ChildishChimera
[2] Malaquez
[2] No7sHere
[2] notgreat
[2] SystemicHatter
[2] UberJJK
[3] Nevill
[3] Prent
[3] tricholysis
[3] TurtleDucks
[4] Spectrum
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] fictionfan
[-] veekie
[-] wingstrike96
Second Runner Up: Enchanting
[2] fictionfan
[2] Prent
[2] tricholysis
[3] Malaquez
[3] No7sHere
[3] notgreat
[3] SystemicHatter
[3] UberJJK
[4] Nevill
[4] TurtleDucks
[4] veekie
[4] wingstrike96
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] Spectrum
Third Runner Up: Spiritual
[1] Spectrum
[1] TurtleDucks
[2] Nevill
[2] veekie
[2] wingstrike96
[3] ChildishChimera
[4] fictionfan
[4] Prent
[4] tricholysis
[4] UberJJK
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] Malaquez
[-] No7sHere
[-] notgreat
[-] SystemicHatter
Honorable Mention: Elemental
[1] Nevill
[3] fictionfan
[3] Spectrum
[3] veekie
[3] wingstrike96
[4] Malaquez
[4] No7sHere
[4] notgreat
[4] SystemicHatter
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] Prent
[-] tricholysis
[-] TurtleDucks
[-] UberJJK

Task: Social
Options:

Adam
Henry
Lusca
Ruby
Sammy
The TA
Winner: The TA
[1] Aoinfinity
[1] fictionfan
[1] Malaquez
[1] No7sHere
[1] SystemicHatter
[1] UberJJK
[1] veekie
[1] wingstrike96
[2] Aoinfinity
[2] ChildishChimera
[2] Spectrum
[3] Aoinfinity
[3] notgreat
[3] Prent
[3] tricholysis
[3] TurtleDucks
[4] Aoinfinity
[-] Nevill
First Runner Up: Lusca
[1] Nevill
[1] notgreat
[1] Spectrum
[1] TurtleDucks
[2] Malaquez
[2] No7sHere
[2] Prent
[2] SystemicHatter
[2] tricholysis
[3] UberJJK
[4] ChildishChimera
[4] fictionfan
[4] veekie
[4] wingstrike96
[-] Aoinfinity
Second Runner Up: Ruby
[1] ChildishChimera
[1] Prent
[2] fictionfan
[2] notgreat
[2] TurtleDucks
[2] UberJJK
[2] veekie
[2] wingstrike96
[3] Malaquez
[3] No7sHere
[3] Spectrum
[3] SystemicHatter
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] Nevill
[-] tricholysis
Third Runner Up: Henry
[1] tricholysis
[2] Nevill
[3] fictionfan
[3] veekie
[3] wingstrike96
[4] Spectrum
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] Malaquez
[-] No7sHere
[-] notgreat
[-] Prent
[-] SystemicHatter
[-] TurtleDucks
[-] UberJJK
Honorable Mention: Adam
[3] Nevill
[4] Malaquez
[4] No7sHere
[4] SystemicHatter
[4] TurtleDucks
[4] UberJJK
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] fictionfan
[-] notgreat
[-] Prent
[-] Spectrum
[-] tricholysis
[-] veekie
[-] wingstrike96
Honorable Mention: Sammy
[3] ChildishChimera
[4] Nevill
[4] notgreat
[4] Prent
[4] tricholysis
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] fictionfan
[-] Malaquez
[-] No7sHere
[-] Spectrum
[-] SystemicHatter
[-] TurtleDucks
[-] UberJJK
[-] veekie
[-] wingstrike96

Task: Special
Options:

Attempt to talk to someone important at the college
Find out what's going on outside the college
Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
Join a Club
Listen.
Try and get to know some of the upperclassmen in the college.
Winner: Find out what's going on outside the college
[1] Nevill
[1] notgreat
[1] Prent
[2] fictionfan
[2] TurtleDucks
[2] UberJJK
[2] veekie
[2] wingstrike96
[3] Spectrum
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] Malaquez
[-] No7sHere
[-] SystemicHatter
[-] tricholysis
First Runner Up: Listen.
[1] Malaquez
[1] No7sHere
[1] SystemicHatter
[1] tricholysis
[1] wingstrike96
[2] Nevill
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] fictionfan
[-] notgreat
[-] Prent
[-] Spectrum
[-] TurtleDucks
[-] UberJJK
[-] veekie
Second Runner Up: Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
[1] fictionfan
[1] UberJJK
[1] veekie
[2] Malaquez
[2] No7sHere
[2] notgreat
[2] Spectrum
[2] SystemicHatter
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] Nevill
[-] Prent
[-] tricholysis
[-] TurtleDucks
[-] wingstrike96
Third Runner Up: Join a Club
[1] Spectrum
[2] Prent
[2] tricholysis
[3] fictionfan
[3] UberJJK
[3] veekie
[3] wingstrike96
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] Malaquez
[-] Nevill
[-] No7sHere
[-] notgreat
[-] SystemicHatter
[-] TurtleDucks
Honorable Mention: Try and get to know some of the upperclassmen in the college.
[1] TurtleDucks
[3] Malaquez
[3] No7sHere
[3] notgreat
[3] Prent
[3] SystemicHatter
[3] tricholysis
[-] Aoinfinity
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] fictionfan
[-] Nevill
[-] Spectrum
[-] UberJJK
[-] veekie
[-] wingstrike96
Honorable Mention: Attempt to talk to someone important at the college
[1] Aoinfinity
[2] Aoinfinity
[3] Aoinfinity
[3] Nevill
[3] TurtleDucks
[4] Malaquez
[4] No7sHere
[4] SystemicHatter
[-] ChildishChimera
[-] fictionfan
[-] notgreat
[-] Prent
[-] Spectrum
[-] tricholysis
[-] UberJJK
[-] veekie
[-] wingstrike96

Total No. of Voters: 15

-[X] Dishevel Vino
No. of Votes: 5
SystemicHatter
Malaquez
Nevill
No7sHere
TurtleDucks
-[X] Interdimensional Creatures Club
No. of Votes: 2
veekie
wingstrike96

——————————————————————————————————————————————Task: Special
[X] [Special] Listen.
No. of Votes: 1
ChildishChimera
[X] [Special] Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
No. of Votes: 1
ChildishChimera
[X] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college
No. of Votes: 1
ChildishChimera
Total No. of Voters: 8

It looks like the tallybot is a little confused due to some formatting issues, but it seems readable enough. Anyways, vote is not going to be closed for some time yet, but I wanted to make sure people knew where they stood with the vote being somewhat complex this time around.
 
I have to wonder. Is the Archmage a total dick who does not like or respect anyone, or is he capable of being fond of other people to some degree?
 
What type of vote are you trying to do? The format you stated is the format for ranked voting, by default ranked instant runoff- for details, see voting and ranked.
It's ranked and by task. It seems to have mostly worked, but some people using Xs instead of numbers and the write-in option of the clubs seems to have confused it slightly. Still, it seems to still be clear enough to understand what's winning.

I have to wonder. Is the Archmage a total dick who does not like or respect anyone, or is he capable of being fond of other people to some degree?
For most characters I would suggest 'go talk to them and find out' but that's less of an option with the Archmage, so I'll give some slight insight.

The Archmage is... capable of liking and respecting people. Indeed, a very long time ago, he and Colm were the best of friends. Rivals always, but friends nonetheless. Now there's a great deal of hate there of course, but of everyone else in the world, it is still Colm that the Archmage respects the most, even if it's always grudging and with a great deal of scorn mixed in.

As for other people... He has at least a small amount of respect for the official faculty of the College, to varying degrees. Not much in almost all cases, but enough that they would have to go out of their way to irritate him enough that he would kill them. He doesn't really like or dislike any of them however. And expanding on that, if he saw the TA's work, he would actually respect her tremendously. Almost as much as he respects Colm even.

In a broader context outside the College... He has at least some respect for everyone on the city council except for Morgan Blackreach and Astrea (And the Pact, but he doesn't really consider the Pact as a person). Why he has no respect for Morgan is probably pretty guessable based on what you know of the Archmage, and he has no respect for Astrea for ~reasons~. He does not particularly like any of them though.

As for people the Archmage might or might not be otherwise fond of... Maybe, maybe not.
 
[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[2] [Magic] Countermagic
[3] [Magic] Enchanting
[4] [Magic] Elemental

[1] [Social] Ruby
[2] [Social] Lusca
[3] [Social] The TA
[4] [Social] Sammy

[1] [Special] Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
[2] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college
[3] [Special] Join a Club
-[1] Architecture Club

You might want to tally the club part of this vote by number of people, by the way. It doesn't seem to handle it well.
 
It looks like the tallybot is a little confused due to some formatting issues, but it seems readable enough.
Well, I suppose I should cast a real vote. <.<

[1] [Magic] Dimensional Science
[2] [Magic] Enchanting
[3] [Magic] Spiritual
[4] [Magic] Countermagic

[1] [Social] The TA
[2] [Social] Lusca
[3] [Social] Ruby
[4] [Social] Henry

[1] [Special] Get a sense of things in the college after the Archmage's 'lesson.'
[2] [Special] Join a Club
-[2] See if Lusca has any ideas for which club.
[3] [Special] Find out what's going on outside the college
Tactical voting to goddessblock plan is go.
 
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