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[lemon10]

I'm just waiting for it to get to a more tense point so that I can drag it out and make people wait while they are on the edge of their seats. 

I'm also pretty relieved because its quite a bit easier to run (so far) then the previous RTD that I did (where I kept track of wounds and HP and time of day and hunger and rain level and tons of other rather annoying stuff).

[Avis-Mergulus]

God, it's a GM who waits on his PLAYERS.
We doing Russian Reversal or something?

Obviously you haven't been to the RtD board a lot recently.

[Remuthra]

Ignore the obvious tower. It's obviously a trick, and there's some sort of secret entrance around here I can find.

[mastahcheese]

God, it's a GM who waits on his PLAYERS.
We doing Russian Reversal or something?

Obviously you haven't been to the RtD board a lot recently.

Yeah, I frequently have to bump my own games.
...When I'm not being super lazy, that is.

Also, lemon, since I was kinda planning on having my character by a glass-based caster (cause I think it would be cool) would it be too much trouble to switch one of my element choices over to fire? That way I could mix earth and air, which is kinda needed for glass to form. (at least through lightning, I could make glass out of just sand and heat, but that's not as cool as a frikkin' lightning bolt.)
I only ask because I've yet to do any casting yet, and if you say no then I'll be ok.

[Tack]

((Turn post is edited with my spellbook n' shizazzle.))

[lemon10]

God, it's a GM who waits on his PLAYERS.
We doing Russian Reversal or something?

Obviously you haven't been to the RtD board a lot recently.

Yeah, I frequently have to bump my own games.
...When I'm not being super lazy, that is.

Also, lemon, since I was kinda planning on having my character by a glass-based caster (cause I think it would be cool) would it be too much trouble to switch one of my element choices over to fire? That way I could mix earth and air, which is kinda needed for glass to form. (at least through lightning, I could make glass out of just sand and heat, but that's not as cool as a frikkin' lightning bolt.)
I only ask because I've yet to do any casting yet, and if you say no then I'll be ok.

Even if one of them isn't your weak element, mixing opposite elements results in a weak spell. While you could probably manage, having a character based around a subpar (due to them all being weak) set of spells seems unwise to me. The earth+fire way seems far better due to not mixing opposites then the earth+air way.

I will let you swap your weak element over to fire though if you still want though.

[Tack]

Fire + Air = Lightning?
Fire + Earth = Glass/Magma?

Why not make your weak element something like Death? Between Order for sculpting and Chaos for scattering shards, you should be set.


I'm slightly regretting not picking death, as a golemancer. But I don't really mind having Air as my weakness.

[lemon10]

((If the order elemental is made from the raw magic around the area, then could it maybe answer geographical or history questions?))

Not with just Order/Order/Order. If you put air, earth or even water in it could answer obvious geographical questions.
With air it wouldn't be able to see caves or underwater. With earth it wouldn't be able to see water (only noting it as a valley), anything flying, things more then a few feet from the ground. With water it would only be able to know about things nearby in the water (not including living things).
None of these would be able to notice things purposefully/naturally hidden (although you could probably craft a spell to do just that).

It would be unable to answer history questions except possibly noting nearby magical residue from recent magical battles.

Fire + Air = Lightning?
Fire + Earth = Glass/Magma?

Why not make your weak element something like Death? Between Order for sculpting and Chaos for scattering shards, you should be set.


I'm slightly regretting not picking death, as a golemancer. But I don't really mind having Air as my weakness.

Air on its own makes electricity, you don't need fire at all.
Fire+Earth can be used to make glass/magma, although the glass cannot be permanent without using natural sand to craft it.

[lemon10]

Turn 4: The Knocking, it does nothing!

Russ quickly raises his hand and knocks on the door, the sound it generates is quiet and dull, surely impossible to hear from inside the tower.
Ven also tries to knock, but Russ glares at him angrily. Ven ignores the glare, and knocks on the door quite a bit harder. Despite this the sound is still quiet and dull.
Cromwell and Ren, Bertram  contemplate knocking on the door as well, but Russ’s angry glare convinces them otherwise.
The door stays shut.
Meanwhile Joe figures that the tower is a trick. He wanders around for another hour looking for anything else of note. He finds nothing, the grass in every direction obscures sight, and anything hidden here would be well hidden indeed.
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Spoiler: Russ; Soulflame- Fire/Life/Order (click to show/hide)

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.

((Typically only divine, semi-divine, and life-constructs have elemental life))

Spoiler: Bertram; Lodestone- Order/Order/Earth (click to show/hide)

This spell imposes order on the earth itself; the caster envisions a destination and a thin line inscribed itself in the ground that points straight towards the destination. As the caster moves, the line moves with him/her. This spell cannot point to a destination whose location is unknown

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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: None
Items: Clothes, Staff, Magestone
Traits: Strength:Air, Weakness:Fire

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

Color: Grey
Status: None
Items: Clothes, Staff, Cloaks 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, Cloaks of Shielding
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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Yeah, sorry for the boring turn.

[Tack]

It'll do.
Sucks my golem spells are so far down the line.

([IF] cursory inspection doesn't reveal a knocker or doorbell)

"Step back"

Russ creates an Unstable Golem[L|C|E] with the command "Open Door".

And make go boom.

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.

Fixed
Artesian BoreWas Stone Squeeze
Water|Water|Earth
Uses minor seismic shifts in order to reroute an aquifer into creating a positive pressure gradient, forcing the aforementioned water to choose the path of least resistance to the surface - generally directly below the caster.
Requires an aquifer. Results may differ if you're over oil, or say... on a cliff-edge

Fixed
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.

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.

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.

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

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
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
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).

Pending
Strong Golem
Earth|Earth|Life !!
Made from Metal. Must be drawn from the ground, built from surface deposits or cobbled together from forged metal.
Is incredibly resilient, and the amount of jagged edges make damaging it difficult.
Tend to last a day or two.

[Xantalos]

Well, I think I'll back away a bit.

Back away a little and huddle under my magical cloak thing while I devise another spell.

Spoiler: Basebreaker (click to show/hide)

Chaos/Chaos/Earth
This spell injects entropic energy into the loadbearing parts of the structure it's targeted at, which must be made of stone or some other earthly material; wood, for example, is immune to it's effect. The loadbearing parts then break due to being weakened by the chaotic energy, and the structure collapses. If it's built very strongly, it may resist the effect, but still be far less sturdy.

Spoiler: Created Spell List (click to show/hide)

Entropic Flame: Fire/Chaos/Death: This bolt of flame is imbued with chaotic energy that unravels the life span of the target, shortening it by a significant number of years; the more magic imbued into the bolt, the more years. It can even kill someone outright if the number of years deducted exceeds the amount they'd live on their own.
Deathly Rage: Death/Death/Fire: A touch spell that sends the victim into such a rage (fire component) that he dies from a sudden increase in blood pressure, as well as the various symptoms of stress (stomach cramps, acid flux, diarrhea, ulcers, baldness, gas, etc) that develop unnaturally fast as a result of the tremendous rage coursing through them. Scavengers have strong enough digestive systems (most notably goblins) that they are able to resist the death effect, but they still undergo the rage effect.
Lodestone: Order/Order/Earth: This spell imposes order on the earth itself; the caster envisions a destination and a thin line inscribed itself in the ground that points straight towards the destination. As the caster moves, the line moves with him/her. This spell cannot point to a destination whose location is unknown.

[Avis-Mergulus]

-Alright, I think we're gonna need this later...

Retreat while making up another spell.

Spoiler: Knitback (click to show/hide)

 Water/Life/Order: this spell draws the edges of wounds closed, normalizes the functions of organs, hence the Order component, and numbs pain with the application of Ice magic - in a metaphorical sense, since while having your bits frozen does dull pain, it's also counterproductive.

[mastahcheese]

Wait for the others to brutally abuse the door, begin summoning Magma Hammer.

Also use this turn to re-create Sword of Glass.

[Remuthra]

Spoiler: Spell Creation (click to show/hide)

Fatesight- The caster is blessed with the power to see objects in their vicinity which they will need in the near future

Order- For the divination part
Order- For the interpretation of the divination part
Death- To make the important stuff light up

[lemon10]

Just waiting on Harb (I am assuming that all Remu's doing this turn is creating a spell to use next turn).