You already paid the scribe
You buy a ream of paper (500 sheets), a burlap sheet, and 10 thick charcoal sticks.
The cart is capable of carrying around 10 tons if stuffed to overcapacity, and efficiently transforms zombiepower into mechanical horsepower.
The full capacity would require 100 zombiepower.
Each of the 9 cranks can individually support 11 Zombiepower being applied to them.
The frame of the cart is composed of he same type of wood used in the original cart, barring some thin ironwood lines for stability.
Machinery in the undercarriage allows the wheels to be turned using the cranks, but does not interfere with normal pulling (however inefficient it may be,)
The cart has a theoretical health value of 50,307.
It's maximum speed is around 30 miles per hour, if nearly unencumbered with 99 zombie power.
The identifications scroll is glowing at the bottom, likely waiting for another sheet of paper (and more mana) to be added so it can finish.
-2 Mana
As soon as the coin falls in to the scribe's hand, at the hands of your bone golem, you feel a curse lifted from your shoulders, which was preventing you from being happy, you suddenly realize just how AWESOME your cart is and give Phteven a big sappy hug, with a massive adorable grin on your face, The bill explodes into a flaming ball of suspended disbelief at you not skipping out on your bill. the flames of greed dissipating into nothingness. Your face is massively adorable the entire time.
"Er..."You stop hugging the poor confused machinist and act like nothing had happened. purchasing 4 Ricks of birch wood, in the shape of 4 8X8X2 square panels.
"Almost out of mana again, Amazing how Casting incredible feats of magic can do that to a fella' huh? I can identify the Circlet That I mindlessly plopped on my Head, Work with Phteven to try and create an undead wooden android, Try the sentry skulls, or Give the automatic powering system a try using some of those bones. those are ranked from most likely to least likely to work by the way, with the amount of mana I have left."
Maybe I should find something to do with my overwhelming amounts of excess Elbow grease? Then again that is more of a Warrior sort of thing.Your undead load all the crap up on the roof, and pile some dirt off to the side, ready for farming! (you think.)
After searching around, you find the only thing that looks more comfortable than your loveseat, A giant fluffy king sized bed, the entire thing purple... It costs 1000 gold (and you have 900.)
"No, It's not fair! It's not fair!!!""Yesss...
"Well, what business to you have with the son of the esteemed vizier? Your master already made it apparent how I am not allowed to aid him."
Day 5. Encounter 1
104/105 Health points
1 Elbow grease (Used for performing actions)
32 Zombiepower (This determines how big your tank-castle can be and still move.)
0 Pontification points (Spend these during peacetime To develop new actions and learn new Spells)
4 Mana (Cast spells with this)
0 Flame charges (Shoot fireballs or gouts of flame, Can imbue these with any spell you know.)
Level 5 Magic filled Catrat Roserod equipped (Unknown skill, Requires mana to use. )
Level 1 Gunmetal circlet equipped (Looks cool!?...)
You can choose how much energy you wish to put in a spell.
Splintered life: Animate dead plants using magic.
Raise Dead: Raise an Undead minion, requires (1X) corpses.
Sustain dead: Add days to a zombies sustenance.
Mutate: Attempt to warp a creatures flesh in any way you desire.
Melt Metal: Activate the Dwarven extruder, melting whatever you put in it.
Make Plate: Activate the Dwarven extruder, making a metal plate out of whatever metal you put in it.
Blood boil: Spend Health to gain mana.
Re-Dispel: Dispels a negative effect on the user, and recasts itself once for every point of mana used in the initial casting if the user is affected by another negative effect.
False Target: Creates an illusion of the user that draws negative effects onto it by sacrificing a small amount of your own health.
Flame inhale: Stores 10 charges of fire within your stomach, which can be imbued with any other spell you know and breathed out as either a fireball or a gout of flame.
Detect object, Spoken: Attempts to divine the location of an object by speaking it's name.
Blood circle: Use blood to create a circle that transforms blood poured onto it into ambient magic. 100% chance to learn
Ritual of Bloodsteel: Transforms any metal object into a bloodsteel version of it, Bloodsteel objects generate life energy when used, healing the user.
Craft Golem Core: Transform an object into a golem core, the material used affects the core's potential.
Craft Golem: Transform a Statue of any material into a golem, The statue must already be in the intended shape, Requires Golem Core.
Crackpot Sigil I: Engrave a magical symbol on a solid container, objects placed inside will slowly melt into their liquid form.
Changing Sigil: Draw a symbol on the ground, which allows you to manipulate a solid lump of matter like clay.
Circle of Life: Draw a circle where organic materials can be easily manipulated, requires material to make circle.
Deep quaff: Absorb ambient blood magic as Mana.
Fusion Sigil: Draw a symbol on the ground, which will fuse the concept of two objects placed inside.
Ritual of Living Metal: Transforms any metal object into a Living metal version of it, these objects are sapient and retain memories of before their awakening.
Craft scroll: Creates an identification scroll.
(Undead require one of three forms of sustenance to survive, Flesh fed zombies can last for long periods and survive crippling blows, but are unintelligent and weak, Blood fed zombies require a constant source of blood, stored either in an organic or mechanical container, and are faster and stronger than their flesh fed brethren, but a single blow to their blood container will render them inert. and the final food is magic, either from you, an object, or a soul, These zombies can be intelligent, strong, and hardy, they also last forever with a soul, but souls are a difficult resource to acquire.)
Gnome, wizard and dwarf zombies, Sustained by flesh/magic:
47 Total Health points
4 days of sustenance (Dwarf gnome)
2 days of sustenance (wizard)
5 Zombie power
Level 1 Prehensile chest-and-back vine equipped (Dwarf)
Covered in Poison (Gnome Dwarf)
Level 1 wizard hat equipped (Wizard)
Level 1 wizard robe equipped (wizard)
Skullduggery(on mission), sustained by magic:
67 Health points
96% Sustenance
1 zombie power
Covered in Poison
Level 1 Poisoned Axe equipped
Level 1 Leather coat equipped (-2 damage)
Level 3 Leather boots equipped (-1 damage +1 grip)
Level 1 Leather gloves equipped (-1 damage)
Level 2 Cloak equipped
Skeleton duo(on mission), sustained by magic:
92 Total Health points
193 Total Sustenance
2 zombie power
Covered in Poison
Wizard soul(on mission 1 day), Sustained by magic:
feasibly unlimited sustenance
Wolf zombie pack (3), Sustained by flesh:
183 Total Health points
4 days of sustenance
8 zombie power
Bandit zombies (4), sustained by flesh:
90 Total Health points
4 days of sustenance
4 zombie power
Fingernails, Inert
Criminal skeletons,(10) Sustained by magic:
250 Total Health points
991 Total Sustenance
15 zombie power
7 Level 2 Glass cannons equipped.
Ghastly Quote: Nevermore
120 Health
Golem core is functioning at 100%
1 Zombie power
Internal mana storage at 0% capacity, and 0% density.
Blood cattle
35/100 Health
0/1 Mana
Level 1 Facemask equipped (Looks scavengy)
Level 1 Inert Blood Nails equipped (Refer to fingernails in "Undead")
4 Wooden panels
499 Sheets of paper
10 Charcoal sticks
Burlap sheet
Red and white flower
Scroll about Death melon
3 Heavily dented steel plates
1 Jagged Iron plate
Rusted Iron plate
Lightly rusted steel box
Tin Soup ladle
3 Tombstones
8 Corpses
18 Skeletons
Mantis blade
20 berries
5 Red hot seeds
Giant gourd
Tarp
3 filled bodybags
7 Scarred green bones
10 Purple gems
Shiny dust
1 plank of wood
Flawless Copper plate
Maneater Seed
3 Wolf corpses
2 druid's teeth
10 tasty fruit
1 Sturdy Stick
2 Empty Clay Jars
1 Oasis Water Filled Clay Jar
2 Bone plates.
Strange purple sword
Map of Eadlestein
King's permission
9 small Human coins
Dwarven extruder
Canteen
Stump seat
7 Glass cannons
Homunculi
Circle of Life: Draw a circle where organic materials can be easily manipulated, requires material to make circle, Learned.
Craft Cells: Create the most basic form of organic life, Requires Carbon, Water, and Sodium, 75% chance to learn.
Craft Tissue: Combine and align cells to form tissue, Requires Cells, 50% chance to learn, Prerequisite "Craft Cells"
Craft Organ: Combine several tissues to make an organ, Requires Tissues and Cells, 25% chance to learn, Prerequisite "Craft Cells" and "Craft Tissue"
False life: Use organic compounds to create a fake creature, Requires Carbon, Water, Sodium, Iron and Soil, 25% chance to learn, Prerequisite "Circle of life" and "Craft Cells"
Alchemical sigils for dummies
Crackpot Sigil I: Engrave a magical symbol on a solid container, objects placed inside will slowly melt into their liquid form. Learned
Crackpot Sigil II: Engrave a magical symbol on a solid container, Objects placed inside will slowly melt into their pure chemical form. 75% chance to learn
Crackpot Sigil III: Engrave an incredibly powerful symbol on a solid container, Objects placed inside will melt into their pure atomic form. 50% chance to learn
Fusion Sigil: Draw a symbol on the ground, which will fuse the concept of two objects placed inside. Learned.
Separation Sigil: Draw a symbol on the ground, which will split an object into two objects of equal value. 75% chance to learn
Changing Sigil: Draw a symbol on the ground, which allows you to manipulate a solid lump of matter like clay. Learned
Golem creation, a step by step process
Craft Golem Core: Transform an object into a golem core, the material used affects the core's potential. Learned.
Craft Golem: Transform a Statue of any material into a golem, The statue must already be in the intended shape, Requires Golem Core. Learned.
Craft Secondary Core: Create a golem core designed to serve as a backup when a golems main core is damaged. 50% Chance to learn.
Empower golem: alter a golems magical structure so it cannot cease function unless its core is rendered inert. 50% Chance to learn.
Blood Rituals, and the creation of living weapons.
Blood circle: Use blood to create a circle that transforms blood poured onto it into ambient magic. learned
Deep quaff: Absorb ambient blood magic as Mana. Learned
Ritual of Bloodsteel: Transforms any metal object into a bloodsteel version of it, Bloodsteel objects generate life energy when used, healing the user. Learned
Ritual of Living Metal: Transforms any metal object into a Living metal version of it, these objects are sapient and retain memories of before their awakening. Learned
Ritual of Vlad's Offering: Temporarily makes a blood circle transform blood into Random objects of value equal to the blood sacrificed. 25% chance to learn, Prerequisite "Ritual of bloodsteel" and "Ritual of Living Metal"
Defense against the dark arts.
Re-Dispel: Dispels a negative effect on the user, and recasts itself once for every point of mana used in the initial casting if the user is affected by another negative effect. Learned
False Target: Creates an illusion of the user that draws negative effects onto it by sacrificing a small amount of your own health. Learned
Previve: Places a revive token on the user, when the user's health dips to 0, they are automatically revived with 1 point of health for every point of mana spent casting it. 5% chance to learn.
Anti-Aura: Prevents Auras of any kind from affecting the user, 25% chance to learn, Prerequisite "Re-Dispel"
Divination, finding what can be found
Detect object, Spoken: Attempts to divine the location of an object by speaking it's name. Learned
Detect object, Sigil: Creates a sigil which will point in the direction of an object placed on it. 50% chance to learn.
Detect object, Destroy: Sacrifice an object to a map, and the locations of every object like it will be marked on that map. 25% chance to learn.
Unnamed Book
Random Utterances: This incantation has no instructions, or description. 5% chance to learn.
Random Utterances: This incantation has no instructions, or description. 5% chance to learn.
Random Utterances: This incantation has no instructions, or description. 5% chance to learn.
The art of Sustained spells
Sustain spell: Allows any spell to be cast as a glowing orb, which will only activate normally on your command. 25% chance to learn.
The Dragon turtle's flame, a Dimensional guide to the elements part I
Flame inhale: Stores 10 charges of fire within your stomach, which can be imbued with any other spell you know and breathed out as either a fireball or a gout of flame. Learned.
Immunity Flame: Learn sheer control over your fire, it will only hurt what you will it to, even if spell infused. 25% chance to learn.
Magma Gulp: Store a globule of molten lava in your stomach to hawk up later, Can be imbued with any other spell you know, Requires swallowing a meltable object. 50% chance to learn
((So close, just like, one usable siege weapon and I won't feel bad about...
well... Notice how you haven't used the green health bar yet?))