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The things I chase come to me.
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It's more about not creating entrenched camps and letting people vote what they actually want instead of the option they dislike the least. Makes for a happier voting population.
And in some cases...
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Very onesided. The remainder of the weekdays update (specifically, the Runes tutoring) and the voting post will be up in a little bit.
Thinking of doing future updates a bit more like this - having a singular event with a vote in the middle of each week and weekday turn, though we'll see how we go.
Thinking of doing future updates a bit more like this - having a singular event with a vote in the middle of each week and weekday turn, though we'll see how we go.
3.1.1 - End of Week 3 Weekdays and Weekend Vote
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Ulos thought about it.
"Every week. Both of you. We'll come to the Library and study hard. I'll tutor you both. I'm pretty busy during the week though, especially now I've got my own tutoring. So we'll do it on the weekends."
"You sure, Ulos? I know you like to study. And you've already done, well, a lot for me."
Abraham looked at him with worried eyes.
Ulos smiled.
"Thomas is after all of us, you know. So we all need to do well, and do well together."
Madavian sighed.
"Alright. I'll come study boring magical theory every single week. When I'm head of the Family, though, Ulos, I'm never reading a book again!"
They laughed together, and headed back for dinner.
(Major bonus to relationship with Abraham and Madavian. Madavian gains Close Friend: Whirlwind Friendship. Abraham gains Close Friend: Devotedly Loyal. Bonuses gained!)
Spending the money on Runes tutoring hadn't exactly been an easy decision. Ulos had definitely considered Alchemy, as the power there seemed to be much easier to extract for him than that of Runes.
In the end, two things had dissuaded him. The first was how little magical theory seemed to apply to developing new alchemy. Being a great theorist had less of an impact, it seemed, on being a great Alchemist, and Ulos understood the value of being very good at related things. If he was to become a great Alchemist, he would see his other studies suffer. The second thing, of course, was that Thomas was taking Alchemy. Ulos had learned exactly one Alchemical Recipe, and that had taught him how precise and how time-consuming Alchemy was. If Thomas managed to screw up a single thing, he could lose valuable resources alongside not learning the actual material of the class.
Runes was safer. Admittedly, he'd doubtfully be able to charge them himself, but Abraham apparently had some significant magical power. Madavian had a fair bit as well, and the other boy would almost certainly agree to charge a Rune for him if he asked - he didn't see Madavian spending his spare minutes and hours mastering spells with his magical power, so it was a fair bet he'd have some left over.
He walked down to the city, ready to meet his tutor. Madavian had set it up for him, saying only that "Junotrin knows him", which had apparently got him nothing in the way of a discount. Ah well. Madavian might be sending a favour the other way, after all, and it wasn't as if he was desperately hurting for money. Having his new friend spend money at Junotrin businesses would probably help Ulos's relations with family Junotrin, which could help in the long run, he imagined.
He had walked down the cobbled streets for about half an hour, eventually finding his way to the little house he had been told to go to.
He rapped on the door three times sharply with his knuckles. He heard some movement inside, followed by the door opening.
"Ulos?"
"Yes, for my six o'clock tutoring session?"
The man looked up at him. A tiny wizened gnome of a man, his tutor wore massive spectacles and had tufts of hair coming out of his ears.
"Well, come in, come in. I'm Radalscalp Evans, no need for any formalities. Let's learn about runes!"
The man led him inside.
"So. How much do you already know?"
"Well, runes and spells are different, right? One cares about brush order, one doesn't?"
"So an introductory lesson, I suppose. Well, Mr. Ulos. Let me tell you about runes."
The little man took a breath, inhaling for several seconds.
"Runes are sigils in a sense. They care about what shape they are in. They care somehow that they were drawn by human efforts. But sigils are odd. They care about so many, many things. A sigil needs to have the right stroke order, needs to be drawn quickly. If you draw half a sigil and come back and draw another half of a sigil later you don't really have a sigil. You have two half-sigils in the same physical space, neither of which will likely work. A rune can be drawn over time. The most important thing is this, though. Runes are different depending on what they're drawn on."
Ulos looked at him. Most of his magical theory had covered sigils so far, with very little on runes.
"Do they not work if drawn on the wrong material?"
Radalscalp chuckled.
"Well, all sigils are fundamentally the same. Draw a sigil on paper or in the air, it's the same sigil. Some materials sigils prefer more accuracy in, but it's always the same effect. Runes don't work that way. With a rune, well..."
His voice trailed off.
"The common example is the rune for water. I'm sure you've heard it before. But you can't draw runes on water, because that's rather foolish. So instead, you create a reversed rune in copper, cast so it inscribes itself into water running over it. When the water runs over the rune, it activates. But that rune wouldn't work on copper. Almost all materials have different runic requirements. In this sense, runesmithing is a lot like alchemy. Alchemy cares a great deal about the ingredients you put in, but does not need your own magic. Runes care about which materials they're inscribed onto."
(Runes Tutoring: (3+2+3)*4 = 32 . +4 Lore: Runes. Current is +7 Lore: Runes (2/10 next level)
Radalscalp scratched at one of his ears, absentmindedly flicking at a tuft of hair.
"So. You know this much. What you probably don't know is that runes can be applied to materials that they don't entirely fit. A rune of water can be inscribed on a tree, though it'll be weaker, as trees have water in them. A rune for iron can be inscribed on steel, but it'll behave poorly. Purity is in fact a major issue for runesmiths, given the power of some runes for tin and gold, and how badly runes perform on impure substances. And furthermore..."
A few hours later he left, having learned quite a bit.
Due to Ulos's Close Friendships, he has gained new bonuses.
Madavian's Close Friendship offers Action: Family Money. Ulos may ask Madavian to send home for money. The amount will largely be determined contextually (Madavian will not give Ulos money for no reason, but will be willing to invest in opportunities or help pay for emergencies), and will require Madavian to pass a Cha check. Madavian will also help Ulos in his attempts to meet people, permanently upgrading the Action for as long as Madavian is a Close Friend to Ulos.
Abraham's Close Friendship offers Action: Combat Training. Abraham's massive Physical Ability coupled with an excellent Magic Pool makes him the perfect combat mage. Already standing near the top of his class, he will be more than willing to undertake combat training with Ulos to upgrade his Combat-related skills as well as his Spellweaving skills. Abraham will also intercede in any combat-related option unless Ulos specifically asks him not to, allowing him to undertake Combat for Ulos if he engages in it while Abraham is nearby.
You presently have 2 Willpower. 2 Willpower is locked behind your new Locked Action, Tutoring Session: Magical Theory. This pool will regenerate after this turn.
Ulos will take 4 Actions, but one of these is locked in as Tutoring Your Friends. You cannot unlock this without abandoning the Tutoring Sessions entirely. As such, only 3 Actions will be taken from this list.
Temporary/One-Off Actions:
[ ] Appraise your Artifact - Sure, you can't do it, but you can find someone who can. Knowing what that Artifact does might be key to either keeping it or selling it for a good sum. Roll Cha vs DC (Moderate). Success offers information about Artifact. Failure offers no information. Critical failure offers completely false information. Roll will be hidden. Action is removed once either a success is rolled or a critical failure is rolled.
Offensive/Defensive Actions:
[ ] Scout out your Rivals - Pretty standard. Go spy on your enemies. Roll vs your Rival's roll to avoid being scouted. If you beat their Roll, gain +20 on all Actions against them (defensive or offensive) for the remainder of the week.
[ ] Launch an Assault! - You have Itching Powder now, you can do something terrible (ly amusing)! Make your enemies itch in class to humiliate them, douse their clothes in it to force them to miss valuable learning sessions, or even convince onlookers they have some sort of disease. Roll vs your Rival's roll to succeed. A regular success will cause an automatic failure on their next Action. A major success will cause an automatic failure on their next Action and their classes for that day. A critical success will cause both these effects and cause them to be humiliated, reducing all Relationships with anyone who observes this humilation by one step.
Training Actions:
[ ] Start Studying (Write-In Subject) - You have your textbooks. Next step is reading through them. Sort of nerdy, but hey, aren't you here to learn? Gain a Training Roll associated with the subject you choose. Willpower upgrade - spend 1 point to gain 2 Training Rolls. -1 to all Training Rolls of this sort due current roommate penalty.
[ ] Relentlessly Practice Magical Combat - Use some of your little magic to practice your Spellweaving. Abraham will help you, using his progidious Magic Pool to help you deal with, avoid, and retreat from spells. Gain a Training Roll on the lower of Combat: Evasion and Combat: Retreat, as well as a Training Roll vs Channeling. This will help Abraham practice his own Magical Combat. Willpower Upgrade offers a second Training Roll for the applicable Combat Skill. Shooting at you with fireballs is not easy for Abraham, who will spend 1 Willpower undertaking this Action.
[ ] Study Group - The Study Group needs to get going if you're going to dominate your subjects. Get your books, get your bag, and head on over to the Library to get the librarians to let you into a study room. Gain a Training Roll for Lore: History or Lore: Theory of Magic (50% chance each). Possibly gain a step in relationship with Abraham (20+30=50% chance). Cannot be taken while Trait: Banned Doppelganger is active. Willpower upgrade - spend 1 point to gain a Training Roll in both subjects. Can only be taken twice per Week max.
[ ] Practice Spell (Write-In From Spellbook) - Time to practice a spell. Get better, cast faster, cast cheaper. Roll against DC (??? depends on Spell). Takes ??? Magic Pool, where ??? is equal to a Spell's cost times 5. Character gains an additional Training roll if they still have more mana after practicing. Willpower upgrade - spend 1 point to gain an additional two Training Rolls if you have enough mana for it.
[ ] Tutoring (Lore: Runes) - That horribly expensive Tutoring you paid for. Each Action provides 3 (!) Training Rolls to your Lore: Runes. No Willpower expenditure possible or required. Can only be taken two more times.
Diplomacy and Discovery Actions:
[ ] Hang Out With A Friend (Write-in Friend) - It's good to spend time with people you know. Maybe take a break, and hang with one of your friends. Available options include Madavian Junotrin and Abraham Quincey. Increase Relationship by one step. Roll against DC (Variable, depending on friendship level). On success, increase Relationship by another step.
[ ] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency - With Madavian here to help you, you'll have an easier time of meeting new people. Gain two Diplomacy Rolls. Madavian's presence also offers one reroll, mitigating any unpleasant social consequences (reroll will be taken after both rolls, reroll will prioritize Critical Failures over regular Failures). Willpower upgrade - Spend 1 point to gain a third Diplomacy Roll.
[ ] Go Exploring - It's a big campus, and you haven't seen the half of it. Who knows what you could find? Roll 1D100 vs ???. Success offers ???, failure offers ???. Willpower upgrade - spend 1 point to gain a second roll. Spend 2 points to gain a third roll.
[ ] Study your Magic Pool - You need to learn to meditate, focus, and understand what is happening in the Ether, and in yourself when you draw from it. Gaining such inner understanding may shed light on your Curse's functionality. Gain a Training Roll for Skill: Meditation versus Willpower.
[ ] Suck Up To Inukar - Figure out what they like. Do the research. Then suck up. Not hard in theory. Roll against DC 40 (depends on teacher) vs Cha and Lore: Magical Theory. Success increases teacher's Relationship by one step and future DC of this Action sharply. Locked for all teachers who are not Inukar (insufficient Relationship).
Crafting, Gathering & Shopping Actions:
[ ] Gather Mushrooms - Unlocked by your knowledge of the Secret Mushroom Colony. Self-explanatory. Roll against DC ??? using either Lore: Alchemy or Lore: Magical Plants. On success, gain ???.
[ ] Go to the Marketplace - You have money to spend and items to sell. You need to spend some time gearing up, finding tutors, spells, artifacts, items, and more. Activates Shopping Mini-Turn with more Actions within it (including "Find a Buyer" for your items), allowing the buying and selling of items and services.
[ ] Search for Ingredients - You don't know about a whole lot of Alchemical Ingredients, but you can go looking. Even if you don't find exactly what you're looking for, you can scout out good places. Roll against DC ???. On success, find Ingredients. On critical success find a Location with Ingredients.
[ ] Map out the Dorms - Knowing who is where, asking your friends about who has which room and how to get to places quickly. Sort of creepy, but also might come in handy. No skill gains. Roll against DC 65, on success gain Item: Map of Dorms (Unfinished). +10 bonus to pranks and similar actions taken within the Dorms.
[ ] Family Money - Madavian would be happy to send away for money on your behalf (or spend some of his money on you and then replenish it later). However, he'd need a good reason to do so. Reason must be written in if no reason has come up in the thread. No Skill gains. Madavian rolls Cha vs DC (Variable) to gain a Variable number of Coins.
Locked Actions:
[ ] Craft Alchemical Recipe (Write-In) - Time to get your Alchemy on! Get in there and make something useful! Roll against DC ??? (depends on Recipe). Success adds Recipe to Inventory. Locked. Requires at least 1 rank in Craft: Alchemy. Requires access to Alchemical Equipment.
[ ] Craft Rune (Write-In) - Time to create the greatest Rune ever! Well, maybe a normal Rune. But a useful one! Locked. Requires knowledge of at least 1 Rune. Requires access to the Materials needed to engrave the Rune.
"Every week. Both of you. We'll come to the Library and study hard. I'll tutor you both. I'm pretty busy during the week though, especially now I've got my own tutoring. So we'll do it on the weekends."
"You sure, Ulos? I know you like to study. And you've already done, well, a lot for me."
Abraham looked at him with worried eyes.
Ulos smiled.
"Thomas is after all of us, you know. So we all need to do well, and do well together."
Madavian sighed.
"Alright. I'll come study boring magical theory every single week. When I'm head of the Family, though, Ulos, I'm never reading a book again!"
They laughed together, and headed back for dinner.
(Major bonus to relationship with Abraham and Madavian. Madavian gains Close Friend: Whirlwind Friendship. Abraham gains Close Friend: Devotedly Loyal. Bonuses gained!)
Spending the money on Runes tutoring hadn't exactly been an easy decision. Ulos had definitely considered Alchemy, as the power there seemed to be much easier to extract for him than that of Runes.
In the end, two things had dissuaded him. The first was how little magical theory seemed to apply to developing new alchemy. Being a great theorist had less of an impact, it seemed, on being a great Alchemist, and Ulos understood the value of being very good at related things. If he was to become a great Alchemist, he would see his other studies suffer. The second thing, of course, was that Thomas was taking Alchemy. Ulos had learned exactly one Alchemical Recipe, and that had taught him how precise and how time-consuming Alchemy was. If Thomas managed to screw up a single thing, he could lose valuable resources alongside not learning the actual material of the class.
Runes was safer. Admittedly, he'd doubtfully be able to charge them himself, but Abraham apparently had some significant magical power. Madavian had a fair bit as well, and the other boy would almost certainly agree to charge a Rune for him if he asked - he didn't see Madavian spending his spare minutes and hours mastering spells with his magical power, so it was a fair bet he'd have some left over.
He walked down to the city, ready to meet his tutor. Madavian had set it up for him, saying only that "Junotrin knows him", which had apparently got him nothing in the way of a discount. Ah well. Madavian might be sending a favour the other way, after all, and it wasn't as if he was desperately hurting for money. Having his new friend spend money at Junotrin businesses would probably help Ulos's relations with family Junotrin, which could help in the long run, he imagined.
He had walked down the cobbled streets for about half an hour, eventually finding his way to the little house he had been told to go to.
He rapped on the door three times sharply with his knuckles. He heard some movement inside, followed by the door opening.
"Ulos?"
"Yes, for my six o'clock tutoring session?"
The man looked up at him. A tiny wizened gnome of a man, his tutor wore massive spectacles and had tufts of hair coming out of his ears.
"Well, come in, come in. I'm Radalscalp Evans, no need for any formalities. Let's learn about runes!"
The man led him inside.
"So. How much do you already know?"
"Well, runes and spells are different, right? One cares about brush order, one doesn't?"
"So an introductory lesson, I suppose. Well, Mr. Ulos. Let me tell you about runes."
The little man took a breath, inhaling for several seconds.
"Runes are sigils in a sense. They care about what shape they are in. They care somehow that they were drawn by human efforts. But sigils are odd. They care about so many, many things. A sigil needs to have the right stroke order, needs to be drawn quickly. If you draw half a sigil and come back and draw another half of a sigil later you don't really have a sigil. You have two half-sigils in the same physical space, neither of which will likely work. A rune can be drawn over time. The most important thing is this, though. Runes are different depending on what they're drawn on."
Ulos looked at him. Most of his magical theory had covered sigils so far, with very little on runes.
"Do they not work if drawn on the wrong material?"
Radalscalp chuckled.
"Well, all sigils are fundamentally the same. Draw a sigil on paper or in the air, it's the same sigil. Some materials sigils prefer more accuracy in, but it's always the same effect. Runes don't work that way. With a rune, well..."
His voice trailed off.
"The common example is the rune for water. I'm sure you've heard it before. But you can't draw runes on water, because that's rather foolish. So instead, you create a reversed rune in copper, cast so it inscribes itself into water running over it. When the water runs over the rune, it activates. But that rune wouldn't work on copper. Almost all materials have different runic requirements. In this sense, runesmithing is a lot like alchemy. Alchemy cares a great deal about the ingredients you put in, but does not need your own magic. Runes care about which materials they're inscribed onto."
(Runes Tutoring: (3+2+3)*4 = 32 . +4 Lore: Runes. Current is +7 Lore: Runes (2/10 next level)
Radalscalp scratched at one of his ears, absentmindedly flicking at a tuft of hair.
"So. You know this much. What you probably don't know is that runes can be applied to materials that they don't entirely fit. A rune of water can be inscribed on a tree, though it'll be weaker, as trees have water in them. A rune for iron can be inscribed on steel, but it'll behave poorly. Purity is in fact a major issue for runesmiths, given the power of some runes for tin and gold, and how badly runes perform on impure substances. And furthermore..."
A few hours later he left, having learned quite a bit.
Due to Ulos's Close Friendships, he has gained new bonuses.
Madavian's Close Friendship offers Action: Family Money. Ulos may ask Madavian to send home for money. The amount will largely be determined contextually (Madavian will not give Ulos money for no reason, but will be willing to invest in opportunities or help pay for emergencies), and will require Madavian to pass a Cha check. Madavian will also help Ulos in his attempts to meet people, permanently upgrading the Action for as long as Madavian is a Close Friend to Ulos.
Abraham's Close Friendship offers Action: Combat Training. Abraham's massive Physical Ability coupled with an excellent Magic Pool makes him the perfect combat mage. Already standing near the top of his class, he will be more than willing to undertake combat training with Ulos to upgrade his Combat-related skills as well as his Spellweaving skills. Abraham will also intercede in any combat-related option unless Ulos specifically asks him not to, allowing him to undertake Combat for Ulos if he engages in it while Abraham is nearby.
You presently have 2 Willpower. 2 Willpower is locked behind your new Locked Action, Tutoring Session: Magical Theory. This pool will regenerate after this turn.
Ulos will take 4 Actions, but one of these is locked in as Tutoring Your Friends. You cannot unlock this without abandoning the Tutoring Sessions entirely. As such, only 3 Actions will be taken from this list.
Temporary/One-Off Actions:
[ ] Appraise your Artifact - Sure, you can't do it, but you can find someone who can. Knowing what that Artifact does might be key to either keeping it or selling it for a good sum. Roll Cha vs DC (Moderate). Success offers information about Artifact. Failure offers no information. Critical failure offers completely false information. Roll will be hidden. Action is removed once either a success is rolled or a critical failure is rolled.
Offensive/Defensive Actions:
[ ] Scout out your Rivals - Pretty standard. Go spy on your enemies. Roll vs your Rival's roll to avoid being scouted. If you beat their Roll, gain +20 on all Actions against them (defensive or offensive) for the remainder of the week.
[ ] Launch an Assault! - You have Itching Powder now, you can do something terrible (ly amusing)! Make your enemies itch in class to humiliate them, douse their clothes in it to force them to miss valuable learning sessions, or even convince onlookers they have some sort of disease. Roll vs your Rival's roll to succeed. A regular success will cause an automatic failure on their next Action. A major success will cause an automatic failure on their next Action and their classes for that day. A critical success will cause both these effects and cause them to be humiliated, reducing all Relationships with anyone who observes this humilation by one step.
Training Actions:
[ ] Start Studying (Write-In Subject) - You have your textbooks. Next step is reading through them. Sort of nerdy, but hey, aren't you here to learn? Gain a Training Roll associated with the subject you choose. Willpower upgrade - spend 1 point to gain 2 Training Rolls. -1 to all Training Rolls of this sort due current roommate penalty.
[ ] Relentlessly Practice Magical Combat - Use some of your little magic to practice your Spellweaving. Abraham will help you, using his progidious Magic Pool to help you deal with, avoid, and retreat from spells. Gain a Training Roll on the lower of Combat: Evasion and Combat: Retreat, as well as a Training Roll vs Channeling. This will help Abraham practice his own Magical Combat. Willpower Upgrade offers a second Training Roll for the applicable Combat Skill. Shooting at you with fireballs is not easy for Abraham, who will spend 1 Willpower undertaking this Action.
[ ] Study Group - The Study Group needs to get going if you're going to dominate your subjects. Get your books, get your bag, and head on over to the Library to get the librarians to let you into a study room. Gain a Training Roll for Lore: History or Lore: Theory of Magic (50% chance each). Possibly gain a step in relationship with Abraham (20+30=50% chance). Cannot be taken while Trait: Banned Doppelganger is active. Willpower upgrade - spend 1 point to gain a Training Roll in both subjects. Can only be taken twice per Week max.
[ ] Practice Spell (Write-In From Spellbook) - Time to practice a spell. Get better, cast faster, cast cheaper. Roll against DC (??? depends on Spell). Takes ??? Magic Pool, where ??? is equal to a Spell's cost times 5. Character gains an additional Training roll if they still have more mana after practicing. Willpower upgrade - spend 1 point to gain an additional two Training Rolls if you have enough mana for it.
[ ] Tutoring (Lore: Runes) - That horribly expensive Tutoring you paid for. Each Action provides 3 (!) Training Rolls to your Lore: Runes. No Willpower expenditure possible or required. Can only be taken two more times.
Diplomacy and Discovery Actions:
[ ] Hang Out With A Friend (Write-in Friend) - It's good to spend time with people you know. Maybe take a break, and hang with one of your friends. Available options include Madavian Junotrin and Abraham Quincey. Increase Relationship by one step. Roll against DC (Variable, depending on friendship level). On success, increase Relationship by another step.
[ ] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency - With Madavian here to help you, you'll have an easier time of meeting new people. Gain two Diplomacy Rolls. Madavian's presence also offers one reroll, mitigating any unpleasant social consequences (reroll will be taken after both rolls, reroll will prioritize Critical Failures over regular Failures). Willpower upgrade - Spend 1 point to gain a third Diplomacy Roll.
[ ] Go Exploring - It's a big campus, and you haven't seen the half of it. Who knows what you could find? Roll 1D100 vs ???. Success offers ???, failure offers ???. Willpower upgrade - spend 1 point to gain a second roll. Spend 2 points to gain a third roll.
[ ] Study your Magic Pool - You need to learn to meditate, focus, and understand what is happening in the Ether, and in yourself when you draw from it. Gaining such inner understanding may shed light on your Curse's functionality. Gain a Training Roll for Skill: Meditation versus Willpower.
[ ] Suck Up To Inukar - Figure out what they like. Do the research. Then suck up. Not hard in theory. Roll against DC 40 (depends on teacher) vs Cha and Lore: Magical Theory. Success increases teacher's Relationship by one step and future DC of this Action sharply. Locked for all teachers who are not Inukar (insufficient Relationship).
Crafting, Gathering & Shopping Actions:
[ ] Gather Mushrooms - Unlocked by your knowledge of the Secret Mushroom Colony. Self-explanatory. Roll against DC ??? using either Lore: Alchemy or Lore: Magical Plants. On success, gain ???.
[ ] Go to the Marketplace - You have money to spend and items to sell. You need to spend some time gearing up, finding tutors, spells, artifacts, items, and more. Activates Shopping Mini-Turn with more Actions within it (including "Find a Buyer" for your items), allowing the buying and selling of items and services.
[ ] Search for Ingredients - You don't know about a whole lot of Alchemical Ingredients, but you can go looking. Even if you don't find exactly what you're looking for, you can scout out good places. Roll against DC ???. On success, find Ingredients. On critical success find a Location with Ingredients.
[ ] Map out the Dorms - Knowing who is where, asking your friends about who has which room and how to get to places quickly. Sort of creepy, but also might come in handy. No skill gains. Roll against DC 65, on success gain Item: Map of Dorms (Unfinished). +10 bonus to pranks and similar actions taken within the Dorms.
[ ] Family Money - Madavian would be happy to send away for money on your behalf (or spend some of his money on you and then replenish it later). However, he'd need a good reason to do so. Reason must be written in if no reason has come up in the thread. No Skill gains. Madavian rolls Cha vs DC (Variable) to gain a Variable number of Coins.
Locked Actions:
[ ] Craft Alchemical Recipe (Write-In) - Time to get your Alchemy on! Get in there and make something useful! Roll against DC ??? (depends on Recipe). Success adds Recipe to Inventory. Locked. Requires at least 1 rank in Craft: Alchemy. Requires access to Alchemical Equipment.
[ ] Craft Rune (Write-In) - Time to create the greatest Rune ever! Well, maybe a normal Rune. But a useful one! Locked. Requires knowledge of at least 1 Rune. Requires access to the Materials needed to engrave the Rune.
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[X] Study Group (Willpower)
[X] Tutoring (Lore: Runes)
[X] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency (Willpower)
Study group because it's a useful action that ensures provides both training rolls and an opportunity to level a relationship. We gotta make sure we stay ahead of the curve in history of magic and it isn't subject to the roommate penalty that makes studying our other subjects less efficient.
Tutoring Runes because it's going to be our only attack/defense option for a while and the sooner we get this out of the way the sooner we can stock up sigils and runic items.
A social action because it's tremendously efficient and minimally dangerous with Madavian and god damn it, we need more than two friends. Plus, we've got those two to what I think is lifelong friend status so we can start grinding another relationship. As someone pointed out earlier, it's might be better to start earlier before cliques have solidified.
[X] Tutoring (Lore: Runes)
[X] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency (Willpower)
Study group because it's a useful action that ensures provides both training rolls and an opportunity to level a relationship. We gotta make sure we stay ahead of the curve in history of magic and it isn't subject to the roommate penalty that makes studying our other subjects less efficient.
Tutoring Runes because it's going to be our only attack/defense option for a while and the sooner we get this out of the way the sooner we can stock up sigils and runic items.
A social action because it's tremendously efficient and minimally dangerous with Madavian and god damn it, we need more than two friends. Plus, we've got those two to what I think is lifelong friend status so we can start grinding another relationship. As someone pointed out earlier, it's might be better to start earlier before cliques have solidified.
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So.
I'd very much like to find out what's up with our magic pool. The sooner we learn, the sooner we can start working on breaking it—or at least focusing our search on how to break it more effectively.
Some combat practice would be nice. I'm not too worried about actual violence breaking out, but being able to avoid getting fucked up is a very useful skill.
Study group is a decent choice as well—no malus from having an extra person in our dorms, and continuing to get ahead academically would be nice.
It might be worth it to dedicate an action to studying for the Spirits and Souls, as it's lagging a good ways behind our theory skill and might be quite important for breaking the curse. Of course, that would be with -1 to it from the living situation.
Overall I don't think we need to focus much on social for the weekend, as we've already scored some major points with our friends. Plus, the sooner we're curse-free (or at least curse-reduced), the sooner we can get decent practical rolls.
I'd very much like to find out what's up with our magic pool. The sooner we learn, the sooner we can start working on breaking it—or at least focusing our search on how to break it more effectively.
Some combat practice would be nice. I'm not too worried about actual violence breaking out, but being able to avoid getting fucked up is a very useful skill.
Study group is a decent choice as well—no malus from having an extra person in our dorms, and continuing to get ahead academically would be nice.
It might be worth it to dedicate an action to studying for the Spirits and Souls, as it's lagging a good ways behind our theory skill and might be quite important for breaking the curse. Of course, that would be with -1 to it from the living situation.
Overall I don't think we need to focus much on social for the weekend, as we've already scored some major points with our friends. Plus, the sooner we're curse-free (or at least curse-reduced), the sooner we can get decent practical rolls.
[X] Study Group (Willpower)
[X] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency (Willpower)
[X] Appraise your Artifact
I was going to go with study mana pool, but with the new Madavian bonus along with having one willpower that'll regenerate after this turn I went with the social actions to broaden Ulos's pool of acquaintances. Importantly this may also transfer into new people for the study group, or for Ulos to tutor whether simple for friendship or resources.
The other two actions are study group for obvious reason (@occipitallobe I note though you're using an older description) with a willpower, and appraise your artifact so we can know what it actually does to make use of it and the various bonuses it may provide.
[X] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency (Willpower)
[X] Appraise your Artifact
I was going to go with study mana pool, but with the new Madavian bonus along with having one willpower that'll regenerate after this turn I went with the social actions to broaden Ulos's pool of acquaintances. Importantly this may also transfer into new people for the study group, or for Ulos to tutor whether simple for friendship or resources.
The other two actions are study group for obvious reason (@occipitallobe I note though you're using an older description) with a willpower, and appraise your artifact so we can know what it actually does to make use of it and the various bonuses it may provide.
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Two actions are bound by our private lessons in magical theory.
One in our tutoring.
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- Location
- Malaysia
The quest runs on approval voting, not FPTP voting. I may vote for as many options as I wish; The options with the most votes will be selected.
- Location
- USA
[X] Study your Magic Pool
[X] Tutoring (Lore: Runes)
[X] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency (Willpower)
Really liked the Runes tutor, not what I was expecting at all. Glad meeting people didn't win last time, surely with Madavian's help we won't screw up too badly! (Please be true!)
Wonder what's going to happen with Abraham's situation, surely he can't crash on our floor forever!
@occipitallobe I'm just curious, if we wanted to give Abraham the chit so he could undertake his own studies, would that still be possible or is that door closed? Curious because I wanted an alchemy friend only to find out that there was one beside me all along.
[X] Tutoring (Lore: Runes)
[X] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency (Willpower)
Really liked the Runes tutor, not what I was expecting at all. Glad meeting people didn't win last time, surely with Madavian's help we won't screw up too badly! (Please be true!)
Wonder what's going to happen with Abraham's situation, surely he can't crash on our floor forever!
@occipitallobe I'm just curious, if we wanted to give Abraham the chit so he could undertake his own studies, would that still be possible or is that door closed? Curious because I wanted an alchemy friend only to find out that there was one beside me all along.
We did participate in the Study Group this week, though, and now that we're getting tutoring I don't think we need to do it twice per week, and I don't think we have enough free Willpower that I'd want to do so either.
Discovered this thread earlier in the week and quite enjoy it. Magic school quests can be a lot of fun, although Ulos is lucky this one's not as intense as, say, Hyposoc's Polyhistor.
[X] Start Studying (Souls and Spirits)
[X] Relentlessly Practice Magical Combat
[X] Study Group
[X] Tutoring (Lore: Runes)
[X] Study your Magic Pool
Souls and Spirits isn't that far behind Magical Theory, but with the combination of personal tutoring and the study group, it probably will end up dropping a bit in comparison.
However, I am rather concerned about Ulos' poor ability in combat. Even despite being in the least intensive of the classes available, he seems to be doing quite poorly. With the new bonus from Abraham, practicing magical combat could be quite efficient.
Study Group is always a good choice, and I found the Runes tutoring quite interesting even before the mechanical effects, so those two are in.
I also think it's a good idea to get started on figuring our way out of this curse. Even if it can't be removed without the death of the necromancer, a small mitigation would go a long way to improving Ulos' magical abilities.
Edit: Whoops, forgot to X my votes
[X] Start Studying (Souls and Spirits)
[X] Relentlessly Practice Magical Combat
[X] Study Group
[X] Tutoring (Lore: Runes)
[X] Study your Magic Pool
Souls and Spirits isn't that far behind Magical Theory, but with the combination of personal tutoring and the study group, it probably will end up dropping a bit in comparison.
However, I am rather concerned about Ulos' poor ability in combat. Even despite being in the least intensive of the classes available, he seems to be doing quite poorly. With the new bonus from Abraham, practicing magical combat could be quite efficient.
Study Group is always a good choice, and I found the Runes tutoring quite interesting even before the mechanical effects, so those two are in.
I also think it's a good idea to get started on figuring our way out of this curse. Even if it can't be removed without the death of the necromancer, a small mitigation would go a long way to improving Ulos' magical abilities.
Edit: Whoops, forgot to X my votes
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- Location
- va
[X] Start Studying (Souls and Spirits) (Willpower)
[X] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency (Willpower)
[X] Study Group
[X] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency (Willpower)
[X] Study Group
- Location
- Brazil
[X] Study Group (Willpower)
[X] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency (Willpower)
[X] Study your Magic Pool
[X] Tutoring (Lore: Runes)
[X] Suck Up To Inukar
[X] Madavian's Speed Dating Agency (Willpower)
[X] Study your Magic Pool
[X] Tutoring (Lore: Runes)
[X] Suck Up To Inukar
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