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[lemon10]

Just waiting on harbingerjm for the next turn.

[Harbingerjm]

"Nice place."
Ren follows the group.

[lemon10]

Turn 3: Wherin everyone but Joe simply walks over to the tower

Russ, Ven, Cromwell and Ren  all begin walking towards the tower together.
Glad we got that over with.
Oh right, the turn.
Saying this Bertram attempts to make a dash for the portal, only to find out that there is no portal to make a dash for! After spinning around aimlessly for a few moments (to the immense amusement of the other mages) Bertram pretends nothing happened and follows the other mages.
Joe decides that it might be better to see what is nearby then head directly to the tower. He spends nearly an hour wandering in every direction and discovers that there is quite a lot of grass in every direction. For the most part the grass is short, but there is also some long grass, which has nothing of note in it either. The only outstanding feature is the large black tower, and the mountains very far behind it. He figures that perhaps if he had explored in a single direction he would have a chance at finding something. Rather to his annoyance he notes that the party has already reached the tower by now.
The party walks up to the tower, only to discover that its exactly as it appeared at a distance. There is a large set of doors on the front, and the building looks rather slumped whilst managing to retain its foreboding nature. It is only when Cromwell steps onto the road do any of you notice its existence.  There is a small road made of green brick terminating at the entrance to the tower, which after about fifteen meters blends seamlessly into the grass. Given how none of you noticed the road till you reached it, odds are good that it continues quite a bit farther then it appears.
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Tack: I’ll work through the spells you want me to change/approve from the top to bottom, one per turn. Yes, strong golem should be Earth/Earth/Life.

Spoiler: Russ; Summon Order Elemental- Order/Order/Order (click to show/hide)

Focuses elemental energy into a small humanoid creature, which can 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.

((The order elemental wouldn’t really know anything you didn’t already know since you created it from nothing. You can still ask it questions, but it wouldn’t be particularly helpful unless it somehow learnt the answers on its own))

Spoiler: Ven; Icemark- Water/Order/Earth (click to show/hide)

The spell allows the caster to rapidly cool any solid object, causing most matter to shatter under the strain. It can be also used to "mark" any solid object for later activation. The mark can be applied either as a projectile or through physical contact.

((Note that I removed the “explodes” part. The reason for this is that almost all cooling solid matter shrinks as it cools, which while it could easily make it shatter wouldn’t be explosive (it might be explosive it was super heated before cooling, but that would require a different or additional spell). The only exception would be matter with ice/water in it, which could indeed explode. If the spell is acceptable to you (without the explosive part), you can keep it as is. Otherwise you can remove/change it so that its acceptable.))

Spoiler: Joe; Crystal Flame- Fire/Earth/Life (click to show/hide)

One of the caster's hands is transformed into a reflective black blade, dancing with the light of its innate immolative energies. This spell is permanent, although the flesh can be reverted back fairly easily. The transformed hand cannot be used to assist in spellcasting.
 

((Note that if your blade-hand is damaged then the hand will be damaged when it is reverted. Also note that if you lose (or otherwise misplace) your other hand, then you will be unable to cast spells at all))
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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:Earth

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: Navy
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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On the subject of editing spells after I have balanced them: You may do so on the following conditions: A) It takes up a spell-creation turn (you can delay it if you want to create a new spell, but it will take a turn up when you do end up refashioning it). B) You must note both that you want to change it and how you want to change it the turn after you create it. C) You cannot have casted it yet.
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RE: Colors. Navy and Blue are pretty similar when put right next to each other, it would be rather nice if one of you was willing to take another (less similar) color.

[Xantalos]

((I'll take maroon then.
What happened to my spell?))

[lemon10]

((I'll take maroon then.
What happened to my spell?))

How embarrassing, it seems that I somehow completely forgot it, and color change noted.
Here is your spell then:

Spoiler: Bertram; Deathly Rage- Death/DeathFire (click to show/hide)

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.

[Tack]

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

Knock. Stare down all successive attempted knockers.

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.

Changed
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.

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.

[Remuthra]

((I'll take maroon then.
What happened to my spell?))

How embarrassing, it seems that I somehow completely forgot it, and color change noted.
Here is your spell then:

Spoiler: Joe; Deathly Rage- Death/DeathFire (click to show/hide)

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.

((I get a free spell?))

[Xantalos]

((That's me; Lord Lemon mixed us up.))

[lemon10]

Yeah, that goes to Xant. Fixed now.

[Avis-Mergulus]

Ven sighs.
-All right, let's do this in a civilized manner.

Approach the doors and knock.

Says the dude who has a whole almanac of them.

All already created spells are grandfathered in.

((Stop logicking at me, can't you see I'm bitter and resentful?))

((Also yes, Lemon, this is acceptable. For the exploding part, it's the degree and rapidity of the cooling that matters - I think if you cool a chunk of perfectly ordinary wall to 5 K in a second, you're gonna have yourself some shrapnel. But it's fine either way, so there.))

[Harbingerjm]

Ren also approaches the door.

Spoiler: Spell will go here problems writing it blaaaaaaaaargh (click to show/hide)

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[mastahcheese]

Cromwell follows along, whistling innocently.

[Xantalos]

Get to the choppa door.

Spoiler: Lodestone (click to show/hide)

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 the way to the destination. As the caster moves, the line moves with him/her.
It's basically a quest arrow, with the destination being whatever place the caster was thinking about at the time of casting.

[lemon10]

Ven sighs.
-All right, let's do this in a civilized manner.

Approach the doors and knock.

Says the dude who has a whole almanac of them.

All already created spells are grandfathered in.

((Stop logicking at me, can't you see I'm bitter and resentful?))

((Also yes, Lemon, this is acceptable. For the exploding part, it's the degree and rapidity of the cooling that matters - I think if you cool a chunk of perfectly ordinary wall to 5 K in a second, you're gonna have yourself some shrapnel. But it's fine either way, so there.))

If you freeze something small (and without huge changes in volume by temperature) very rapidly nothing will happen. If you hit said frozen thing with a decent amount of force it will shatter, possibly quite violently.
Scale it up and the object in question will probably fracture, and possibly shatter when the top part falls off and hits the ground.
In neither case would it be particularly violent. If you hit a frozen object with a very large amount of force it would shatter violently, but even then the force behind the shrapnel would be fairly small compared to more standard methods of blowing-stuff-up.

A flash-frozen rock thrown at the ground would indeed be quite dangerous to exposed body parts, but the force behind the shrapnel would stay small for the effort required.
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Everyone should note that instant-death spells are the easiest spells to resist. While lesser foes will be slain without any chance of survival (assuming you hit them with it), more dangerous foes (eg. the ones who have a decent chance of surviving an attack spell of any kind) will probably survive them.

Also, waiting on Remuthra.

[Tack]

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