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[Remuthra]

Spoiler: Phaseshot (click to show/hide)

Casts a projectile bolt of pure energy towards an object the caster specifies. The bolt connects only tenuously to reality, phasing through anything in its way until it impacts the prechosen target.

Chaos- For the phase part
Chaos- For more phasing
Air- For the energetic part

The enchantment must be too strong. Go back to town to look for a diviner.

[Tack]

Is this any better?

Much, thanks

[lemon10]

Obligatory bump for Avis.

[Avis-Mergulus]

-No prob at all.

Ven moves to stand next to Ren and Cromwell.

[Tack]

Realizing that Bertram won't be joining them anytime soon, Russ gives an irritated scowl and walks over to Cromwell, jerking his thumb in a vague 'Let's go' signal.

Edit: Realizing that Cromwell won't be going anywhere for a while, Russ elevates his level of annoyance, snatches the direction stone back off Cromwell and begins puzzling out how to make the guidance work.

[lemon10]

Turn 7: Wherein a lecture begins

Thanks for the help, Ven.
No prob at all.
((Cromwell’s wounds heal completely))

Russ looks at Bertram, shrugs and begins the long walk back to the outside of the tower. When he finally gets outside, he tosses his stone and Cromwell rather catches it, while Ren rather cautiously avoids the stone completely not.
((Russ loses Direction Stone))
((Cromwell gains Direction Stone))

Anything interesting inside?"
No.
After waiting for Bertram for quite a while, Russ decides that its time to get moving. After waiting quite impatiently for a few moments, Russ gets annoyed and attempts to snatch the direction stone back. Cromwell sees him coming, and puts the stone into his inventory, foiling the attempted theft altogether.

Joe meanwhile decides to find the nearest diviner to break the foul enchantments obviously covering the hidden doors, before realizing that he has no clue where the nearest town is, or even if there are any nearby towns! Nevertheless, he could still set off in a direction and hope he finds something.

Well, what's MYRTA or however you pronounce it?
((Derp, I didn’t fix Narno’s name to be the same color as his text in the previous post, rest assured that they should indeed be the same))
Zamtek splutters.
You call yourself a wizard and don’t know who MYRTA IS? Or wait, perhaps you already know who he is, but know how shoddy the academy is on this subject, and know that I am the only one who can truly teach you the truth.
What follows is a rather long lecture on MYRTA, the universes, and ancient history.   
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Spoiler: Russ; Strong Golem- Earth/Earth/Life (click to show/hide)

Made from Metal. Must be drawn from the ground, built from surface deposits or cobbled together from forged metal.
Touching a sizeable piece of metal is enough to start the process as it slowly attracts the rest towards it. The resulting golem is incredibly resilient, and the amount of jagged edges make damaging it difficult.
If some of the metal targeted to become part of the golem does not attach, the golem will not fully form and the spell will collapse.
The spell controlling it lasts 10 turns, but there can only be one golem at a time. The metal used in the golem is fused after 10 turns, killing it and making it impossible to use the metal again for the purposes of golem making unless melted down again.
If it somehow manages to avoid fusing its own body, it will outlive the part of the spell ensuring its loyalty to the caster.

Spoiler: Joe; Phase Shot- Chaos/Chaos/Air (click to show/hide)

Fires two projectile bolts of pure energy towards two objects in a linear path that the casters specifies. The bolt connects only tenuously to reality, phasing through anything in its way until it impacts the prechosen target. Despite being able to pass through any mundane physical substance (including armor and physical shielding spells) things that are resistant to magic disrupt fragile the phase state of the projectiles, often harmlessly dissipating it.
If a bolt misses the target it also dissipates harmlessly.

((Note that if you target something magic resistant (eg. An antimagic shield) as the primary target, it won’t be dissipated, but if you try to bypass it (eg. Targeting the warlock behind it), it will.))
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Spoiler: Joseph Bridger; Remuthra (click to show/hide)

Color: Pink
Status: None
Items: Clothes, Staff, Elemental Seed
Traits: Strength:Fire, Weakness:Order

Spoiler: Cromwell Jackson; mastahcheese (click to show/hide)

Color: Orange
Status: Bloodloss: trivial
Items: Clothes, Staff, Magestone , Direction Stone
Traits: Strength:Air, Weakness:Fire

Spoiler: Ren; Harbingerjm (click to show/hide)

Color: Grey
Status: None
Items: Clothes, Staff, Cloak of Shielding
Traits: Strength:Order, Weakness:Water

Spoiler: Vendemaire Flynn; Avis-Mergulus (click to show/hide)

Color: Blue
Status: None
Items: Clothes, Staff, Elemental Seed (ingested)
Traits: Strength:Water, Weakness:Fire

Spoiler: Bertram the Badass; Xantalos (click to show/hide)

Color: Maroon
Status: None
Items: Clothes, Staff, Cloak of Shielding , Direction Stone, Direction Stone
Traits: Strength:Chaos, Weakness:Life

Spoiler: Russ Vergensford; Tack (click to show/hide)

Color: Black
Status: None
Items: Clothes, Staff, Magestone
Traits: Strength:Earth, Weakness:Air

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Due to not wanting to have all the info on MYRTA done as a single huge wall of text (and also not wanting him to be stuck inside for 5 turns), I am going to break the info up over the next few turn. Xantalos will be able to ask questions and such over this time (despite the lecture having chronologically taken place over the course of this turn), but no one else will.

Also, in the interests of not wanting to take traveling to take traveling to your destination to take forever, we will use fast travelling. As long as A) You have been somewhere before, or B) You know how to get there (from a spell or map) you can fast travel to your destination, in this way a journey of a month can be done in a single turn (as long as you don’t run into any obstacles).


Sorry for the delay on this, I had oodles of homework.

[Xantalos]

Where have you looked for the tomb, so I don't get sidetracked?

[lemon10]

Ah, I suppose I wasn't very clear. The lecture chronologically takes place during 7 and is already over, and you can leave now (or ask him a question unrelated to the lecture if you have any).

[Tack]

Seeing that his plans of doing anything for the next while have been expertly sabotaged, Russ walks inside the tower and leans against the door.

Spoiler: Russ Vergensford (click to show/hide)

Color: Black
Status: None
Items: Clothes, Staff, Magestone
Traits: Strength:Earth, Weakness:Air

Spoiler: Non-Golem Spells (click to show/hide)

Approved
Summon Order Elemental
Order|Order|Order
Focuses elemental energy into a small humanoid creature, which can answer questions, detect lies and aid in scrying, as long as it isn't required to move.
The channeling to amass and shape enough order requires an entire turn be spent casting the spell.

Approved
Magnetic Sling
Earth|Earth|Order
Applies a massive directional magnetic charge (either towards or directly away from you) to ferromagnetic items in a small area. The strength of the effect is directly proportional to the time the force applies over. A ten second pull is a gentle tug, while a thousandth of a second pull is exceedingly deadly.

Approved
Flame lance- Soulflame
Fire|Life|Order
Burns away lifeforce in order to create a thin ray of swirling fire which can pierce enemies. Flames have a silver sheen and do vastly increased damage to undead, and almost no damage to enemies having elemental life as part of their makeup.

Approved
Artesian BoreWas Stone Squeeze
Water|Water|Earth
Drills a small hole down from the point of the spell up to 50 meters deep, and redirects the pressure gradient of any water encountered upwards. This results in a small (but quite potent due to the high pressure) stream of liquid spurting upwards. It typically takes a single turn for any effects to be noticeable, and lasts for three turns.
This spell typically has no effect if there is no aquifer (or other source of liquid) within 50 meters beneath the caster.

Approved
Bloom
Earth|Earth|Water
Causes a rampant increase in the fertility and growth of an area specified by the caster. Plants, seeds and grass will grow at a ridiculously increased rate over the next turn.
The smaller the area, the more potent the growth. This has a minimal impact on magical plants, due to their non-standard biology and nutrition requirements.

Pending
Purge
Order|Order|Life
Dispels any magical effects or influences on the target, along with infections or poison.

Pending
Tremor
Earth|Earth|Earth
Sends roiling seismic waves underground which build and grow, resulting in a powerful quake which can devastate buildings, damage enemies and can create inhospitable terrain. Due to the compound nature of this spell, more specific or targeted castings are actually less effective.

Spoiler: Golem Almanac (click to show/hide)

- Self: A golem's sense of being. All golems are created as mindless automatons, however those with a high 'Self' will eventually develop those pesky Self-Preservation instincts.
Addendum: Self also increases the chances of a golem developing sentience and going rogue.
Thankfully the more risky golems are -by their nature- unlikely to instantly attempt to kill their creator, but it's doubtful that they'd continue following their whims.

- Intelligence: A golem's ability to understand given commands. The most simple golems can only handle one or two monosylabular words. "Kill that", thankfully, usually does the trick.

- Special Ability: A golem's link to that beyond the mundane. If it goes boom, fizz, pop, wshh, or any other onomatopoeia, this is why.

- Longevity: Stone isn't actually meant to move and think, crazily enough. Sooner or later they all fall apart or become inert, and later is better

- Defense: Some golems are made tougher than others. This affects how hard it is to kill, if time isn't on your side

- Attack: General ability to hurt things. Whether it's because of natural martial prowess or the fact that their hands are on fire, this affects it

- Golems can be made from their component parts or thrown together by just throwing together raw magic- although the latter ones will be far less potent.

Approved
Unstable Golem
Life|Chaos|Earth
Made from mud. Explodes upon command or death. Lasts one turn before becoming inert.
Pending

Approved
Strong Golem
Earth|Earth|Life
Made from Metal. Must be drawn from the ground, built from surface deposits or cobbled together from forged metal.
Touching a sizeable piece of metal is enough to start the process as it slowly attracts the rest towards it. The resulting golem is incredibly resilient, and the amount of jagged edges make damaging it difficult.
If some of the metal targeted to become part of the golem does not attach, the golem will not fully form and the spell will collapse.
The spell controlling it lasts 10 turns, but there can only be one golem at a time. The metal used in the golem is fused after 10 turns, killing it and making it impossible to use the metal again for the purposes of golem making unless melted down again.
If it somehow manages to avoid fusing its own body, it will outlive the part of the spell ensuring its loyalty to the caster.

Pending
Living Golem
Life|Water|Earth
Made from Wood. Understands multiple languages if the caster understands them. Can follow complicated commands and solve basic puzzles, and can make noises (tree noises) to indicate 'yes' or 'no'.
Has a mild regenerative ability but is very vulnerable to fire, and will avoid it if possible. Will stay functioning for almost a day.
Live wood is smarter but more likely to become sentient, and upon enlightenment will generally go find a safe place to plant itself, (after making reasonable efforts to ensure its creator doesn't follow).
Pending

Pending
Magma Golem
Life|Fire|Earth
Made from Magma and assorted stones- must be siphoned from below the ground or conjured into being- although 'fire-earth' areas such as campsites or hearths will do in a pinch.
Constantly burns everything near it, and has an incredibly powerful melee attack. However, can't follow any commands besides 'kill x'. The only golem universally taller than humans.
Golems made from real magma are much more resistant to being doused than those made from fire or raw magic, though all will last a few hours regardless.

Pending
Blighted Golem
Life|Death|Earth
Made from 'deathly elements'. Blighted earth or graveyard soil is best, in a pinch can be made from battlefield soil, or corpses. Able to channel necrotic energies to either raise dead or inflict debilitating curses/diseases on enemies. Very small and very easy to kill, and opposing elements make it short-lived (An Hour or so)

Pending
Glass Golem
Life|Air|Fire
Normally made from superheating a 'Swift (sand) golem' this spell summons the golem outright or blasts it out of nearby sand, however due to the longer process it requires a whole turn.
A non-humanoid golem, it resembles a small pterodactyl made of smooth glass, and is able to fly and attack with its talons.
Can carry messages by mimicking the resonant frequencies of the speaker's voice.
Can survive for more than a week before becoming inert, however is extremely dangerous (and loud) if it develops sentience.

Pending
Faithful Golem
Life|Order|Earth
Made from Stone. Lasts a seriously long time, but tends to fare badly in combat.
Highest sense of self, will start to avoid combat after a year and in later life will almost certainly become sentient (This usually results in it wandering off and becoming a farmer somewhere).

[Xantalos]

((Edited.))

[lemon10]

Turn 7.1:  On elements

I should begin by talking about what elements actually are. Why for example is sound not an element, while Gravity is. The answer has to do with the fundamental nature of elements and the gods. Each element is really the projection of an elemental god into reality. Gravity is the manifestation of GRAVITY, while there is no applicable god for sound. Whenever you are manipulating a element, you are directly using the energy of the god. Your spellcasting is changing the world through manipulating the already living manifestation of gods. Of course, this isn’t entirely accurate. GRAVITY is Gravity. Any distinction between the two is almost non-existent, to try to distinguish between them is akin to distinguishing between your soul and your self.
Other things that appear on the surface to be elements are simply rules of the universe of the universe we live in, or emergent properties of these rules.

[Xantalos]

So if I were to somehow become a god, I'd have my very own sphere of magic? Awesome. Do the gods interact with the world in any other ways?

[lemon10]

Turn 8: Wherin shit gets forcibly moved along

Where have you looked for the tomb, so I don't get sidetracked?

I have looked everywhere. Your task is simple. You are not to look for the tomb, because you will fail if you try. You just have to disable the masking devices. Now, I believe I have been more than forthright. Goodbye.

Saying this, he spreads his hands and the floor tilts slightly towards the door, causing Bertram to slide all the way to, and then out the door.

Meanwhile Cromwell looks at the stone, and figures out how it works pretty easily, it just tugs (very slightly) towards the direction you are supposed to go.

Bertram tosses his extra direction stone to Ven.
((Bertram loses Direction Stone))
((Ven gains Direction Stone))
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Since it appears that besides Xantalos’s questions people aren’t really going to do anything this turn (except possibly figure out how the direction stones work), I figure its best for me to just speed things along a bit.
I’m not really going to do any spells, because I’m not really counting this as a full turn.
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You can all fast travel to a destination starting this turn, just pick a partner and get going. Obviously one of you will need to go get Joe though (and if he refuses to come one of you will just have to go on your own).

[Remuthra]

But solo adventuring! I've got to rebel against the fascism of plot, and embrace the democracy of side quests!

[lemon10]

Well good luck with that I suppose. You will probably be able to find a sidequest eventually, although at the rate turns seem to be going, it will take a very long time.
No sidequest (in this area at any rate, if you had went to the desert there would be oodles of sidequests) is really going to get you anything magical worth keeping. You might get a good sword/heavy armor or something, but those aren't particularly useful for squishy wizards in general.