Fredegar[3]
".... I guess. We are pretty good at our job, right guys?"
"I don't trust him. He's totally lying."
"What? No. Didn't you hear that? He said he just got paid!"
"But he spelled it payed! Not paid!"
"You spelt spelled wrong. It's spelt spelt."
"No, spelled is spelled spelled, not spelt. Spelt would be stupidly spelled."
The guards seem to be getting into a heated argument.
Wait, how can they know how each other is saying it? It sounds identical no matter how it is spelled.
Or was that spelt?
Abgarn[4]
"Well.... okay"
The wizard takes 50 coil from Abgarn.
"Now, how do I start...
Magic is a communion of the human mind and the unseen forces which drive our world. There are many of these forces, but the most commonly manipulated force is called mana. This is known as
Blue Magic. There are other types of magic. There is
Red Magic, the usage of fate as a type of magic. This usually alters one's
rolls fate. There is
White Magic, which relies on the usage of order as a catalyst. This magic can usually be used to heal or reconstruct things. There is
Black Magic, which relies on the forces of entropy and chaos to cast. These are commonly associated with death or destruction, but have other uses. There's
Green Magic, which uses the power of nature to affect the world around oneself. That's very potent, but also very situational. And there's...
What was the last one?
Oh! Right!
Purple Magic! That relies on the ability to summon and manipulate creatures of mythology. That's a fun one. I don't know it. In fact, I only know Blue Magic, White Magic, and Black Magic. In fact, starting wizards can only learn Blue Magic, then branch out from there. Blue Magic is pretty basic. Fireballs, Magic Missiles, Flinging Shit at enemies...
Oh! Oh! I'm stupid. Rewind a second.
Brown Magic! That one's all about alchemy and transmutation! But... that's not a real magic. It's just alchemy. And physics. So it's not REALLY considered magic. It's closely connected with Green Magic, however. But that's not important.
To become more powerful at magic, one must utilize magic and connect with it. But first, you must receive magic. I can assist you with this. In fact, that's the main reason people take this course. I will infuse you now with some mana, but after that the mana which will regenerate within you will be your own. Are you ready? Here goes..."
Abgarn feels tingly. Rather tingly. The old man is chanting and waving his fingers around. After a few moments, all the strength leaves Abgarn, and he collapses. He is still fully conscious. He regains the feeling in his extremities after a few moments, and stands after about a minute. He feels strangely empowered.
[Abgarn has obtained the ability to utilize
Blue Magic!]
"A great place to increase your magical power is in the cellar. Well, it's more of a dungeon. It goes down six-hundred and forty-three floors. Probably more, actually. That's the farthest anyone has ever gotten before being eaten. I suggest sticking to floors one through five for now.
You access it from a ladder on this floor. See that corner? Go there, take two lefts, a right, and when you get to the door, cast a spell. Any spell. You can use any kind of blue magic. Just think of something that manipulates mana. When I first went down, I manipulated mana into the form of a bunny. Really cute one. Lived for four hours before it died when I sneezed and lost concentration.
Oh god, now I'm sad again..."
Ordrum Welg[5]
The mother spider seems genuinely taken aback. She glares at her son, and speaks in a strange tongue before swapping back to English.
"You should know better than to attempt to eat strangers!"
"But mooooom.... I just wanted to know if he had any crumpetsssss..."
"That's no excuse. Go to your lair and consider your behavior!"
She glares at her son as he retreats to a corner of the room, before sighing and looking back.
"I'm sorry. He's hopeless. All he can think of is 'Food this, food that'. Is there any way I can repay you for the obvious stress he has caused?"
Eizkol Arb[3]
Eizkol begins to scoot away rapidly, almost like a snake. The guard follows closely however, put off slightly by Eizkol's erratic movements.
".... I think you're more than just drunk."
Name: Fredegar
Money: 46 coil
Magic: None
Skills: High Speed Theft [+1 to pickpocketing rapidly moving targets]
Name: Abgarn
Money: 53 coil
Magic: None
Skills: Basic Parkour Skill: [+1 to most free-running based rolls]
Two unknown potions
Dagger
Name: Ordrum Welg
Money: 20 coil
Magic: None
Skills: Basic Parkour Skill: [+1 to most free-running based rolls]
Name: Eizkol Arb
Money: 10 coil
Magic: None
Skills: None
Name: Derek Smith
Money: 11 coil
Magic: None
Skills: None
Name: Halska Bluth, out-of-work actor/actress.
Money: 10 coil
Magic:
Skills: ? ? ?
Author
Topic: The Twelfth Bay (Tavern Economic Simulator.... kinda?) [6/6] (Read 6337 times)