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[Nirur Torir]

No. Bad.
-1 to casting spells or practicing magic while suffering from severe manaburn.

Begin a more through search of the ruins. Pay particular attention to finding a main area to base ourselves out of, weapons for our future armies, and any shrines that need avoiding.

[Worldmaster27]

No. Bad.
-1 to casting spells or practicing magic while suffering from severe manaburn.

Begin a more through search of the ruins. Pay particular attention to finding a main area to base ourselves out of, weapons for our future armies, and any shrines that need avoiding.

Oh. Yeah, okay. +1

[~Neri]

No. Bad.
-1 to casting spells or practicing magic while suffering from severe manaburn.

Begin a more through search of the ruins. Pay particular attention to finding a main area to base ourselves out of, weapons for our future armies, and any shrines that need avoiding.

Oh yah, forgot about the manaburn. Lets do this instead.

[Tomcost]

No. Bad.
-1 to casting spells or practicing magic while suffering from severe manaburn.

Begin a more through search of the ruins. Pay particular attention to finding a main area to base ourselves out of, weapons for our future armies, and any shrines that need avoiding.

Oh. Yeah, okay. +1

+1.

And also keep researching if that won't involve any penalties.

[Detoxicated]

Well I feel that the city is perfect for us. We should set up base here, and enforce it as our forces grow. Imagine a city filled with abominations and undead.

Also

No. Bad.
-1 to casting spells or practicing magic while suffering from severe manaburn.

Begin a more through search of the ruins. Pay particular attention to finding a main area to base ourselves out of, weapons for our future armies, and any shrines that need avoiding.

Oh. Yeah, okay. +1

+1.

And also keep researching if that won't involve any penalties.

+1

[escaped lurker]

The Plains of Grating, Fifth Age
The Age of Death, Year 625
Day 13, Early Night

Climbing atop one of the two ruined towers that once guarded the northern gate, you let your gaze wander about the metropolis. As expected, it seems to be completely devoid of life, safe maybe some small mammals – if the presence of an owl within the city bounds is anything to go by.

Having reached your destination, you leave your mind to wander. While your previous search of the city held nothing of greater importance, the part that you searched was comparatively small – unless it was looted extensively there really ought to be something left that you could find. Claiming the whole thing for yourself is also something that you think about, a most refreshing thought even.

After taking in the cityscape from your elevated point of view, you came to a few realizations. While not surprising, it can easily be divided into a few quarters, if one is to look closely at it.

Noble Quarters
Disjoined from the rest of the city by another wall, imposing buildings, what once may have been barracks and a mud-pit that could form a lake if weather permits. These should be where the social elite of this city once lived, all right.

Temple Sites
Ornate and grand buildings, withered plazas and even some long since unattended gardens surround the several places of worship. You are not all that keen on searching there, not even to speak of taking shelter therein.

Traders Market
A big areal of cobblestone, connected to the major walkways and gates. Whatever they traded back in the day, it seems they were quite prosperous. You somehow doubt that any of the wares are still on display, but it is a distinctive part of the ruins.

Crafting District
Something about these houses strikes you as a bit odd, especially that they are very connected with the market, the odd chimney every now and then and such. The streets are also far too wide for any normal living area. You guess this to have been the infrastructural centre of the city.

Residential Areas
Small streets, densely packed ruins of houses out of mainly brick, with the odd one of stone. Here would be where a good deal of the citizen lived – and maybe even met their end. You actually came to your senses in the northern parts of here.

The Slums
While most of the materials that were used in this area have since long rotted away, the plethora of ditches, crowded walkways and chaotic layout still remain. It seems the bygone inhabitants adhered to a clear divide in class – at least if you take into account what you see here, it certainly would seem that way.


There is still quite some time until you should be able to cast again, which means you just might comb through the city for a while. Obviously you also could start to pick up on your ritualism-studies again, but that would be a bit more complicated, as only theoretical study just doesn't cut it after a while.


Currently:
205/205 HP
32/175 MP
50 MP Stored

Status:
Well-Fed - Doubled HP-Regeneration
Lacking Sentient Nourishment - -1 Agility and Intelligence for Skill- and Combat-checks
Unable to Cast - Just hope this one wears off soon
Strong Manaburn - Makes casting spells and gathering mana harder. Resulting in easier miscasts. Funny how that works.

Spoiler: Character (click to show/hide)

Ghoulish Vessel
Strength: 11
Endurance: 11
Agility: 8
Intelligence: 15
Wisdom: 15
Charisma: 5

~10 HPD
~40 MPD

Inventory:
Medium Band of Gathering 20/20 MP
Leather Jerkin
Woolen Pants
Leather Shin-boots
Twohander
Shortbow w. Iron tipped Arrows

Resources:
1 Human Corpse - 3/4 Rations of Human Flesh
1 Amethyst Geode - 30/30 MP
1 Schorl Geode 0/40
1 Emerald Chunk 0/100
1 Horse Hindleg

Items:
1 Saddlebag
1 Shortbow
2 Quivers
3 Wooden Arrows
12 Iron tipped Arrows
1 Rope – Thin, 4 Meters
1 Tinderbox
1 Hatchet
1 Bronze Axe
1 Quarterstaff
3 Daggers
1 Long-Dagger
1 Shortsword
1 Wooden Spear
1 Knapsack
7 Silver – Crudely minted
45 Copper – Crudely minted
1 Pair of Linen Clothing
8 Smoked Goat Cuts

Skills:
Adept of the School of Necromancy
Adept of the School of Transmutation
Beginner in Feral Combat
Capable in Archery

Spoiler:  Spells (click to show/hide)

School of Necromancy - Adept
Branches: Mysticism, Occultism

Animate Skeleton – 50 MP
Raise a temporary Skeleton to do your bidding. Lasts 1 Day, extendible by 3 MP per day.
Can be made permanent by spending additional 30 MP on it.

Turn Lesser Undead – 30 MP
Allows you to destroy, render harmless or straightly take over an undead creature.

Soulspeaker – 20 MP
Allows you to contact the souls of the dead, and to communicate with them. Duration 1 Hour.

Enslave Lesser Souls - 25 MP
Allows the enslavement of lesser, or rather “newly dead” souls.
A soul may be placed into a construct, resulting in an autonomous undead.
A souls essence may be devoured, restoring half of the souls previously held maximum mana.
Devouring a Soul or failing this spell has the chance to transform the affected into a wraith, which will be hostile towards the caster.

Animate Zombie – 80 MP
Raise a temporary Zombie to do your bidding. Lasts 1 Day, extendible by 5 MP per day.
Can be made permanent by spending additional 40 MP on it.


School of Transmutation - Adept
Branches: Enchanting, Alteration

Drain Energy – 20MP +50% of the drained Energy must be paid in MP
Allows you to drain a prone or enslaved creature of its mana or vitality.

Change Object – 30 MP, Duration 1 Hour
Allows you to temporary change the properties or shape of an object.

Store Mana – 25MP + Desired Amount
Allows you to store mana into gemstones.

Spoiler: Followers (click to show/hide)

	Skeletal Horse Permanent Quite Damaged
	Skeletal Human Permanent
	2 Skeletal Goats Permanent

Spoiler: Mind Map (click to show/hide)

Purple Dot: Location of our Cave Red Dots: Attacked Places

" Guess I'll be safe here for the time being. Or so I hope, at least. "

[GiglameshDespair]

If there were slums, there were probably graves for them, which would most likely be a) crowded and b) shallow. It might be a good source of minion material for later. So have a look around there.

[Worldmaster27]

If there were slums, there were probably graves for them, which would most likely be a) crowded and b) shallow. It might be a good source of minion material for later. So have a look around there.

+1

[Detoxicated]

Also let us move to the noble area, search the place thoroughly and then attempt to set our headquarter there.

[Tomcost]

Also let us move to the noble area, search the place thoroughly and then attempt to set our headquarter there.

Why the noble are? Why not stting on the most unpredictable place? I vote for the slums.

[Detoxicated]

Because the noble area has a second wall just for the nobles, therefore it is easier to defend it. While as of now we are still very weak, this will prove to be advantageous later on. Maybe if we can create a puppet necromancer in the future we could go into hiding in the slums, while leaving the puppet there.

[Tomcost]

Well, we could settle in the noble area first, then, but we need to search the slums for bodies.

Also, now that I think aobut it, we need a pet. See if we can shoot down an owl to resurrect it later.

[Shadestyle]

Well, we could settle in the noble area first, then, but we need to search the slums for bodies.

Also, now that I think aobut it, we need a pet. See if we can shoot down an owl to resurrect it later.

And just what is wrong with a perfectly skeletized goat? Anyway,

Search the noble's area, nobles hire wizards, wizards have magical items, dead people leave behind items. we need magical items, see where I'm going with this?

Cause if we can't -cast- spells per say, we need something that can cast for us in a sense, until we are cured of our magical malady.

[Tomcost]

I have an idea about what to do with those who we don't like: besides enslaving their souls, we could put said souls in little skeletal heads, like those of rodents, so that they can see what we do, but they can't react at all. What do you think about that?

[Worldmaster27]

I have an idea about what to do with those who we don't like: besides enslaving their souls, we could put said souls in little skeletal heads, like those of rodents, so that they can see what we do, but they can't react at all. What do you think about that?

I think it's incredibly cruel and unnecessary. +1.