Turn 22
Hastily go to the Mage's Guild.
You get to the guild in no time flat, and you are given the introductions, the whole shebang. What will you do now?
Read How to save a man from death.
You pick
How to Save a Man From Death.
| The knowledge is very technical, and quite a bit of it goes over your head. Hell, barely get to the tenth chapter before nothing makes sense anymore. However, you gained an incredible deal of knowledge from the part you did understand. Coming back to this book later would be worthwhile.
You gain +30 experience to Ianus Resarcio! You gain the meta magic Ianus! You gain +15 to Ianus Resarcio! You gain +5 to Mind magics. You level up in Ianus Resarcio! You level up in Ianus! You gain the title Terrible Doctor!
"Hello, pal. I think I will name you.... Ricky. Now, let's go."
Head off to the library to see if I can dig up anything on "Reddrick" and his band of merry bandits.
"Hopefully our commander won't be too upset with this little delay, Ricky."
| You learn absolutely nothing. He's barely been a bandit for a month, after all.
Kira glanced at her staff, before looking back at Djork with a smile.
"I accept!"
Yes.
He smiles and says, "Good. First off though..."
He makes your Ebony Sword dissapate, and he takes your staff.
"I will hold on your staff. This weapon... it's a bit too powerful to be left in your hands. I don't doubt your maturity, but you need to be able to succeed through your own abilities before you can use this weapon. If you keep using it while you are weak, it will become your crutch. A weapon must supplement you, not become who you are. When you become a
Grand Myrmidon, I will believe you are ready for this weapon." He vanishes Van.
"Now, the first thing you must do is go on a few more missions. I will give these to you personally, and you shall report only to me. After each mission, I will teach you, and then we shall train. This will be our little ritual."
He smiles at you, and says, "Of course, this doesn't mean you can't have any weapon at all. Anything you can think of, I'll make it for you."
Choose a weapon.
((I apologize for taking Van away. Don't worry, because you will be getting him back. And believe me, I didn't take it away because I thought it was too strong of a weapon for you. I took it away because that is how the character I have created, Djork, would train you. So blame the plot.))
"Er, sorry. Better too much than too little though, right...?"
Relocate Dorian's shoulder.
You go to relocate his shoulder, but he stops you and says, "No way! I think I would prefer I have a professional do this. You'll just break my arm, somehow."
Well, that's that. What to do now?
"Nothing here- let's get out of here. Since there's nothing more at the other house, we should head into town. We'll have to poke around where James works and lives to get any more. We'll need evidence to confront him."
Head to town and gather information on this James.
| You are about to tell that this place is just a red herring, but she says, "Hey, I found something!"
Deciding to humor her, you go into the room where she is, and she is holding in her hand a book.
"It's his diary," She says.
"I bet we can find something about the kidnapping in here."
So you both look through the diary, and there is nothing unusual except for the last entry:
Dear Diary,
Today, we're going to finish it. Either we go down, or he does. The reign of Becker has gone on long enough.
The date was the day that they were kidnapped. Although, it seems that a kidnapping is not all that went on here.
Friendly/Neutral NPC'sDorian: He's looking at the back area
Dislocated Left Arm: Any rolls with the left arm are auto fail.
Janna: She is looking in confusion at the diary entry
CharactersNirathi (Nirur Torir)Female Yarian. From the Enchantment College. In the Mage's guild. Also
inside the Mage's Guild.
Leather Armor,
Light Shield,
Staff of Redimio Ianus Strength: 7+1
Endurance:
11+1Intelligence:
16+1Dexterity:
10+1Charisma:
16+1Wisdom:
10+1Skill:
10Inficio: Level 1, Near-Phony
Inficio Ignotus:
Level 1,
Weak ArcanistRedimio Ianus:
Level 0. Palor Magician
Nox noctis Visum:
Level 0.
Inficio Ignotus: Level 0: Shine, an enchanment used to make items glow. 10 exp, makes items provide a strong light. Level 1: Homing Weapon, an enchantment that gives weapons a +.25 to hit. 9 exp, no bonus
Redimio Ianus: Level 0: Arcane Pulse, a weak offensive magic with a +.25 to damage. Ranged, 30 feet. 5 exp, no bonus.
Male Yarian. From the Animus College. In the Mage's guild. Also
inside the Mage's Guild.
Unequipped: 15 gold pieces.
Equipped: Robe of Liquidus Umbra,
Staff,
Light Shield Strength:
9+1Endurance:
10+1Intelligence:
15+1Dexterity:
9+1Charisma:
13+1Wisdom:
16+1Skill:
10Mind:
Level 1, Brainster.
Ianus:
Level 1Elementus:
Level 0Ianus Resarcio:
Level 2,
Terrible DoctorLiquidus Umbra:
Level 1 Water Chestnut Ianus Resacrio: Level 0: Close Minor Wounds, can heal most shallow cuts and bruises. 10 exp, Can now heal minor bone cracks and injured tendons. Level 1: Healing Glow, it can heal any wound, but it takes a very long amount of time to heal anything major. 7 exp, no bonus.
Liquidus Umbra: Level 0: Minor Water Animus: Creates a small animated being out of water. 3 exp, It is capable of following simple camands. Rope of Water, creates a rather strong rope of water. 10 exp, the spell can now be used as a whip with a +.5 to damage. Instant cast.
Sex'd Up: You get +1 to all rolls for one turn, and a 6 shield.
Female Elf. From the College of the Battle Mage.
Whelp of the Fighters Guild. Inside the Fighters Guild.
Equipped:
Gilded White Robe,
Light ShieldUnequipped: 50 gold and a tome on wind spells
Strength:
14+1Endurance:
10+1Intelligence:
10+1Dexterity:
15+1Charisma:
11+1Wisdom:
13+1Skill:
10Swords:
Level 0Body Magic:
Level 0Complexo Ventus:
Level 1,
OzoneSolers Inficio:
Level 1,
Semi IncompetentElementus:
Level 0Ortus Aer:
Level 1,
Air PufferComplexo Ventus:
Level 0:
Air Fist, a touch attack that gives +.5 to hit. 3 exp, no bonus.
Weak Air Shift, a spell that shifts you five feet in any direction, extremely quickly.
Instant Cast, 10 exp, can be cast with one more spell.
Level 1:
Lesser Air Sphere, a touch attack with a plus +.5 to damage. 7 exp, no bonus.
Solers Inficio:
Level 0:
Imbue Minor Melee, an enchant that adds plus +.25 to melee damage. 10 exp, +.5
Level 1:
Weak Wisdom Enchant, an enchant that increases Wisdom by +.5. 5 exp, no bonus
Ortus Aer:
Level 0:
Gust, a spell that makes a nice breeze. 10 exp, can push people a small distance away.
Level 1:
Minor Blade of Air: Creates a thin, short blade of air that can be shot forward (no roll, homing) with a +.5 bonus to damage. Ranged, 30 feet. 10 exp, Instant Cast.
Male Human. Went to the
Animus University.
Bus Boy of the Archaeological Guild. In a strange ruin located in Ggryymirr.
Vampire's Leather Armor,
Staff Strength:
14+1Endurance:
12+1Intelligence:
14+1Dexterity:
12+1Charisma:
14+1Wisdom: 8+1
Skill:
10Volo Plagiarius:
Level 0Validus Refragatio:
Level 0Lamia Veneficus:
Level 0Mind: Level 1, Brainster
Ianus Somes:
Level 0Redimio Ianus:
Level 0, Parlor Magician
Alius Sive:
Level 0 Lamia Veveficus:
Level 0:
Weak Drain, a spell that
drains others of energy and
boosts your own. 5 exp, no bonus.
Ianus Somes:
Level 0:
Weak Push, a spell that pushes people back a slight distance. 5 exp, no bonus.
Redimio Ianus:
Level 0:
Arcane Pulse, a weak offensive magic with a +.25 to damage. Ranged, 30 feet. 8 exp, no bonus.
Male Elf. From the
Animus University.
Bus Boy of the Archaeological Guild. Right in the heart of Tantalan, outside the house of Bale Withersnake.
Unequipped: 2 gold pieces.
Equipped: Robes of Ianus,
Dagger Strength:
6+1Endurance:
14+1Intelligence:
18+1Dexterity:
14+1Charisma:
10+1Wisdom:8+1
Skill:
10Mind:
Level 1, Brainster
Ianus Somes:
Level 1,
Lame ArcanistRedimio Ianus:
Level 0Ianus:
Level 0Realm:
Level 0Regnum Prodigium:
Level 0 Ianus Somes:
Level 0:
Weak Push, a spell that pushes people back a slight distance.
10 exp.
Redimio Ianus:
Level 0:
Arcane Pulse, a weak offensive magic with a +.25 to damage. Ranged, 30 feet. 10 exp, It now has +.5 damage, and is instant cast.
Regnum Prodigium:
Level 0:
Very Short Range Minor Portal , it allows you to create portals within twenty feet of each other. It takes several minutes to cast. 7 exp, no bonus.
Manipulate Portal, It allows you to manipulate the portal in any fashion, physically. You can move it around and change the portals size, but you can't seem to close it. 3 exp, no bonus.
A Male Human. From the Summoning College.
Bus Boy of the Archaeological Guild. Inside the Archaeological Guild.
Strength (Body): 8+1
Endurance (Body, Realm): 8+1
Intelligence (Mind):
14+1Dexterity (Mind, Body): 8+1
Charisma (Realm):
18+1Wisdom (Realm, Mind):
14+1Skill (all): 10
Appelo: Level 1
Everto Voco: Level 1,
Demon's Bitch Everto Voco: Level 0: Summon Fuzzy Demon, summons a useless in combat demon. It's pretty cute, though. 7 exp, no bonus. Level 1: Summon Diminutive Imp, you summon a very tiny fireball wielding imp. It's like a glass cannon, except without the cannon part. More like a muff gun. 5 exp, no bonus.
Okay here are the main changes. I haven't finished it completely, but you can see the changes through the character status part.
1st: There is no 1/10 anymore for skills. There will be no cap. Exp stays the same, though.
2nd: Spells will hit 10 exp, and then any exp that would have gone to training that spell will no go into the main skill that spell uses. You can specifically train spells past 10 exp, but some spells have no extra bonus that comes from a higher level of mastery.
3rd: Spell casting itself has been changed. All spells that label
Instant will now work like this: You cast the spell, and because it was instant, you have time to cast one other spell, be it instant or no. This effect can only happen once per turn. Gaining higher level of mastery for some spells will unlock the
Simultaneous Cast label. Spells with the label
Simultaneous Cast may be cast along side one other
Simultaneous Cast spell, or another regular spell. This works the exact same as the instant label, except that there are perks that allow for extra
Simultaneous Casts to be made. In example, it would work like this:
You six spells. Three of them are
Simultaneous Cast, two are
Instant, and another is just a normal spell. You have a perk that allows you to cast three spells with the
Simultaneous Cast tag at once. These are the combinations of spells you can do in one round:
(S=
Simultaneous Cast, I=
Instant, N= Normal Spell)
S,S,S
S,S,I
S,S,N
S,I,N
S,I,S
S,I,I
I,I
I,N
S,N
I,S
N
S
I
Note the order. You
have to cast the Simultaneous spell first in order to link. So you couldn't go SNI, whilst you could go SIN. The S would allow you to link to the Instant, whilst the instant could be linked to either a normal spell, instant spell, or S spell. However, you could only have up to a max of three spells at any time. If you started with I, you could only link to one other spell. If you start with N, you couldn't link to anything. You may not think that order would be important, but your order of spells would be very important. For example, it would be best to stun the opponent and then hit them with the slow moving spell, instead of the other way around, no?
4th: Endurance will now determine how many spells you can cast without needing a break. I haven't the logistics quite figured out yet, but that's how it's going to work.
And that's all, folks.
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