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[lemon10]

Writing it up, still quite a bit to go (most notably writing up and attempting to balance all the spells to some degree). I *should* be done within a few hours though.
EDIT: The spells are done. I always feel annoyed writing these up, so much balance issues. I don't want to make them too weak (and ruin people's ideas of the spells they wanted), and I don't want to make them too strong (and have them stronger then what everyone else would get or trivialize enemies).

[Tack]

True. We're all trying to make big fancy spells but at the end of the day you can't really make an '= win' spell and expect the game to stay fun.

Also, if you have three of your strong element in a spell, does it bump up the power/cooldown even further?

[lemon10]

Nope, having a three strong-element spell is (without any skills saying otherwise) the same as a two strong-element spell.

[Remuthra]

If I had fire as my strong element, made a 3-fire spell, and set it to strike a specific target only by design, how much fire could I get?

[lemon10]

Quite a bit. It really depends on what type of spell you want it to be. Would it require you spending ten turns meditating while eating a fire reagent, then exploding violently? Would it be a touch spell? Bolt that causes intense fire after hitting? Would it be a flamethrower? A beam of fire that homes in on the target? Point targeted (eg. Without a visible attack connecting it to you)?

Each of those on the list would create a less powerful spell as it goes down the list.

[Tack]

Nope, having a three strong-element spell is (without any skills saying otherwise) the same as a two strong-element spell.

Yes... What is this 'Skills' thing you mention?

[lemon10]

Nope, having a three strong-element spell is (without any skills saying otherwise) the same as a two strong-element spell.

Yes... What is this 'Skills' thing you mention?

Nothing that anyone has yet. If the game lasts long enough people will start to get them though. I didn't add any at the start due to the difficulty of balancing as well as the desire to keep the game as simple as possible at the start (something that my previous rulesets for this game lacked). (Perhaps it would simply have been best to say no to your question instead of raising more questions of it its own).

[lemon10]

Turn 10: A Guardian Awakens

Hmm, this guy is immune to both fire and water? Alright, let's prepare for this.
After saying this Cromwell, sits down and prepares some spells for the upcoming combat.

Russ meanwhile takes this opportunity to climb all the way up the stairs and after a few moments deliberation, picks a tree to animate. His hands move in mystic signs and countersigns to cast Wood Golem, and after a few moments part of a nearby tree begins to detach.
What pulls itself free is a tall rather spindly wooden figure in the shape of a man. After a few moments delay it puts its hands to the bark of its parent tree and closes its eyelids. The tree seems to be shrinking slightly where his hands are, while the golem grows larger. Looking significantly more impressive the golem takes its hands off the trunk and faces Russ.
Protect myself and my allies.
The golem slowly nods its head in acceptance and understanding.

Bertram takes a more aggressive approach.
Hmm. Well, let's try this. Shoot with that death fire bolt!
To his confusion, no death fire bolt comes. It takes him a moment to realize that if he doesn’t explicitly name the elements used (and ideally name the spell as well), nothing will happen.
Trying again he casts Entropic Flame, and the bolt flies outwards, dissipating harmlessly against the crystal casing surrounding the orb. Drats.


Well, that sounds like fun.
Ren says as he walks over to the mouth of the staircase. He summons up energy, and casts Stasis Shard, and a small shard of metal condenses from energy a few feet from him at the entrance to the staircase. After a few moments it is slowly pulled down by gravity and falls on the floor.
((The floor gains a Stasis Shard ))
((Being summoned and not made of physical metal, the Stasis Shard will only last 5 more turns maximum (till the end of turn 15), as well as not being listed in your inventory))
Ven rolls up his sleeves and yells, - Oy, Orb-guardian-thingy! Wakey-wakey or I'ma start the stabby-stabby!
The orb completely ignores him.

Joe walks over to the orb, and attempts to pick it up, only to find that he is completely unable to move it at all. He tries very hard, but his attempts are all foiled completely. That is, until he walks to the side of the orb nearest to the circle in yet another attempt to pick the orb up.

Quite suddenly, his attempt to pick it up succeeds beyond his expectations, and he flings the orb high up into the air, where it stays for a few moments. The crystal casing falls off the orb, and the intense barren heat in the room turns into a sudden instant liquid cold.
Water and ice spew out of the orb, and in moments a large elemental creature in the shape of a deer touches lightly down between Joe and the magic circle. The deer is a beautiful creature. It body is made of clear water, and its horns of pure crystalline ice. The orb is in the center of it, and you can see icy veins branching through its body, pulsing as magic flows from the orb to the rest of its body. It opens its eyes, and they seem to burn with an infinite immortal malevolence.
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Spoiler: Cromwell; Whirlwind- Air/Air/Chaos (click to show/hide)

The caster whips up terrible winds centered on himself, flinging everything around that isn't nailed down, and toppling foes. In the presence of sand the whirlwind becomes a deadly sandstorm, capable of tearing flesh off the bone.
The winds will not harm the caster (or indeed pass closer than a meter to the caster), but is unable to control the storm otherwise.
This spell is far less effective if the winds are disrupted by nearby walls or stone objects.

((I assume that you want this spell to be constantly centered on you as opposed to being cast at a set location, but if I am wrong, I will change it))

Spoiler: Cromwell; Finger of Death- Death/Death/Order (click to show/hide)

A narrow, intense beam of negative energy erupts from the casters left index finger, stopping the vital functions of the target.
Creatures with no positive energy vital functions  to be stopped (golems, elementals, undead) are completely immune to this spell.

((I really like the idea of one of your fingers being a literal finger of death (in that none of your other fingers can use the spell). If you have any problem with this at all (or would like to choose a different finger for your finger of death), obviously this too can be changed))

Spoiler: Russ; Purge- Order/Order/Life (click to show/hide)

Dispels any negative magical poisons, infections, effects or influences on the target.
The spell requires touch to take proper effect. If cast at range it has a 66% chance of removing a single negative status effect of your choice.

Spoiler: Russ; Tremor- Earth/Earth/Earth (click to show/hide)

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, small or specific castings are actually less effective.
This spell is channeled, requiring at least two turns to gain full power.

Spoiler: Ren; Time Grasp- Order/Order/Air (click to show/hide)

Creates a roughly hand-sized area of force, under the caster's control, that can interact with objects outside the usual flow of time, allowing them to be moved around as if they are in the flow of time the caster inhabits. The force is about twice as strong as the caster can normally carry, but is unable to focus itself or temporarily increase its strength above that.
The hand of force requires conscious control (preventing other spells from being cast while it is effect), but does not interfere with combat.

Spoiler: Ren; Imbue- Order/Earth/Life (click to show/hide)

Binds a spell into the structure of a permanent object. Results vary depending on the spell, but it will normally either bestow the properties of the spell on the object, allow the object to act as a trigger or control for the spell, or allow the object to show the status of the attached spell (for instance, if a trap spell has been triggered/discharged).
Imbuing an already enchanted object can have unexpected and dangerous consequences.
All parameters from spells imbued are defined at the time of casting, and put both imbue and the spell used to enchant the object on cooldown. This requires the casters complete concentration, and is thus unwise to use during combat.
Using imbued objects does not take a turn (and can be used in the same turn as casting another spell), but imbued objects share a three turn global cooldown.

Spoiler: Ven; A Door to the Plane of Infinite Knives- Earth/Chaos/Death (click to show/hide)

A projection portal opens between the caster's hands, spewing a summoned shower of razor-sharp metal fragments in a cone.

((Note that you are materializing the metal, not actually opening a plane filled with knives (since almost certainly no such planes exist (and if they do you lack access to them))

Spoiler: Ven; Timewarp Cloak- Order/Order/Air (click to show/hide)

Creates a shell of slowed time around the caster. Objects passing through temporarily have their time factor massively changed, but upon emerging fthe shell they retain their initial velocity. The shell massively slows objects traversing it from the outside while significantly increasing their speed while traversed from the inside.
The outside radius can be increased at the expense of decreasing the power of the warp effect.
Only objects completely immersed in the cloak are affected.

Spoiler: Joe; Sign of the Earthshaker- Chaos/Life/Earth (click to show/hide)

Upon completion, this spell summons to the subjects hands a massive silver maul known as the Earthshaker. Wielding the weapon two-handed increases the caster's strength heavily, allowing them to swing the preternaturally heavy hammer. Upon swinging, the great sledge head develops a great attraction for the ground, smashing through anything in the way with immense force and slamming into the earth, the weapon's name coming from the tremors given off by its impact.
Summoning the Earthshaker for the very first time requires a single turn channeling, after which its summoning (and dismissal) is nearly instant.
The Earthshaker form this point forwards is a single physical artifact, and if damaged will slowly repair itself. The enchantments on the spell are highly disrupted whilst damaged however, making it nearly useless in the hands of a squishy mage.

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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), Direction Stone,
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
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

[mastahcheese]

((Both of my spells are exactly as I wanted. Except, could I change Finger of Death over to the left hand? Still on Index Finger.))

Channel my power, to be stronger for when the fight begins.
((We can do this, right?))

[lemon10]

((Both of my spells are exactly as I wanted. Except, could I change Finger of Death over to the left hand? Still on Index Finger.))

Channel my power, to be stronger for when the fight begins.
((We can do this, right?))

Finger of death edited.

But no, you can't channel your power. It would be possible to make a spell that would make your next [element here] spell more powerful, or make a any spell cast next turn more powerful, or have a contingency that would let you get an effective second spellcast when you start the fight. That said, you can't do any of those without a spell that lets you do so.

[mastahcheese]

Coolio.

Spoiler: Diverge Mind:Order/Chaos/Life (click to show/hide)

The caster's mind separates into two trains of thought, allowing focus on two spells at once, at the cost of power on each spell individually.

[Tack]

Russ gives a satisfied nod, and then returns to the depths of the gazebo.
He follows the wall to the side of the gazebo opposite the stairs and attempts to cast Artesian Bore, before activating the guardian

[Wood Golem = 3 Turns]

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 Bore
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.

Approved
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, small or specific castings are actually less effective.
This spell is channeled, requiring at least two turns to gain full power.

Pending
Snap Barrage
Chaos|Chaos|Air
Immediately attacks with a salvo of force projectiles. Spell is cast with a simple right-handed click.

Pending
Snap Barrier
Order|Order|Air
Immediately creates a force shield. Spell is cast with a left-handed click.

Pending
Dissociating touch
Chaos|Chaos|Death
Shreds the powering force of a construct or creature with elemental life, dealing damage and increasing the power of the next spell (of that type) cast in the area. Is cast over a turn and then can be released via a touch on the next.

Approved
Purge
Order|Order|Life
Dispels any negative magical poisons, infections, effects or influences on the target.
The spell requires touch to take proper effect. If cast at range it has a 66% chance of removing a single negative status effect of your choice.

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.

- Longterm combat golems have a global cap of 1, other golems have a cap of one per type

- The starting command given to a golem is their Prime Directive. One must always be given when creating golems. They will follow other instructions given by the caster (or those it has been commanded to follow instructions from), but their Prime Directive will always take precedence.

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.

Approved
Wood 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'. Livewood golems can command fellow (friendly) golems. If the golems are summoned from nothing or dead trees, they are deadwood golems, otherwise if they are summoned from living trees they are livewood golems.
Deadwood golems are much faster and lack a sense of pain and fear (while being much stupider).
Livewood golems are much stronger and resistant to damage at the expense of speed, they can also regenerate, but will be incapacitated (and quickly killed) by fire.
Deadwood golems typically only last 4 turns (depending on what they are made of), but livewood golems last until destroyed.

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 shortcutting the process it is more brittle and less powerful.
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).

[Remuthra]

((Are we in Fight Mode now?))

Begin summoning Earthshaker.

[Harbingerjm]

He summons up energy, and casts Stasis Shard, and a small shard of metal condenses from energy a few feet from him at the entrance to the staircase. After a few moments it is slowly pulled down by gravity and falls on the floor.

Oh dear. That is much less static than I thought. Welp.

Ren continues up the stairs a bit, keeping the door at the base in view, then casts Time Grasp (Order/Order/Air), using it to pick up the Shard and hold it in the doorway- ready to stab the water thingy if it comes this way (passive stabbing if it charges through, active if it tries to split up and go around the shard or something).

[Avis-Mergulus]

-Well, well, fuck!

Ven moves out of Ren's line of fire and casts Timewarp Cloak (Order/Order/Air)

Spoiler: Things Ven Flynn Knows (click to show/hide)

Blizzard Armor (Water/Air/Chaos) - Summons a large amount of ice plates and shards and sets them swirling around the caster at terrifying velocities. The shards protect the caster's body from harm and wound anybody in the radius of a 4/duration meters from the caster. Having a radius shorter 1 meter diminishes the protective and retaliatory power of the spell. This spell can be negated by a powerful fire attack, but is highly effective against enemies with elemental fire.

Knitback (Life/Water/Order) - Closes wounds, reduces infections and dulls any pain.  It takes effect over two turns, and completely stops all but the most potent of bleeding wounds. Rapid movement (as you would get from combat or running) cancels the healing portion, but the pain remains dulled.

Languid Stupor (Water/Water/Death) - Slows both the physical and mental speed of nearby targeted creatures greatly. When most powerfully effective it also lowers the targets' metabolism hugely.

A Door to the Plane of Infinite Knives (Earth/Chaos/Death) - A projection portal opens between the caster's hands, spewing a summoned shower of razor-sharp metal fragments in a cone.

Timewarp Cloak (Order/Order/Air) - Creates a shell of slowed time around the caster. Objects passing through temporarily have their time factor massively changed, but upon emerging fthe shell they retain their initial velocity. The shell massively slows objects traversing it from the outside while significantly increasing their speed while traversed from the inside.
The outside radius can be increased at the expense of decreasing the power of the warp effect.
Only objects completely immersed in the cloak are affected.

Icemark- Water/Order/Earth - 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.