Turn 3: EphemeralNO NO NO. Try again to harden my body then attack Arkaras
[1] You perfectly harden your outer shell without affecting the gooey center. You are now both really satisfying to punch and completely unable to move.
[2] Arkaras winds up a powerful blow and then tries to punch one of your ears off specifically. He misses and ends up breaking a nail.
+1 xp to Earth
Soft Flesh -> Elven DelightLife, Instinct, Arguing. 1/2 magnitude for +1 roll.
Convince Arkaras that he should take a break from his fruitless fight with the rando weakling and smash the deathmageling with his mace because I'm kawaii and helpless and need a big strong man to protect me and we could totally hook up after this.
[4+1] You sprint back towards Arkaras and make sultry puppy eyes at him. Kitten eyes. He nods in agreement that you'd look better at his feet in a skimpy outfit, probably with a chain around your neck and the city burning in the background.
The deathmage doesn't follow you, oddly enough.
+1 xp to Life, Instinct, ArguingSomething isn't right here, that spell should have her dead, but... Guess I'll need to do something more direct.
OoC, why are they not dead yet?
Double Magnitude of Action for -1 to roll. Target is the Catgirl, ER's character.
Time Specter-[Classification: Undead, Spirit] A soul that has been raised into a ghost that exists in time, rather than the physical plane. Can bypass most defenses and drain the lifespan and life of others. Extremely difficult to hit with anything other than pure energy attacks targeting it's plane of existence.
Due to using a soul with Life and Instinct, it's lifespan drain, life drain, and ability to detect and dodge attacks is increased.
Enslavement is an ancient act, one that has existed in many forms for millennia. Through the Precept of Death and my Particular of Time, you are raised as a Time Specter in my service. Your will is gone, lost to eternity, your form mine to command as Servant. This is not something that immortality can block, for all things can die eventually.
[2-1] You hurl your own soul out of your body and into time itself. This sounds pretty neat, but it turns out physical reality is hurtling through time at a rather impressive rate, sort of like the entire world falling down a shaft where gravity doesn't affect you. This means, among other things, that if you don't catch up to your body (or something else to grab onto) soon you might lose sight of it, at which point your chances for ever getting back will probably not be great.
Now Castoff Timewraith
+4 xp to Time
Now +2 Apprentice of Time!"Wading through fountains of blood is very much not-Christmas."
Retrieve some metal, and approach the NPC Daelin Fangsong. "Hey, Want to help out? I'll give you some metal too if you help me build this.."
Try to go build a lovely magical forge out of a single bar of metal, using Precept of Fire, Particular of Metal, and Precipitation of Architecture. Ask Daelin Fangsong to help out, perhaps with air to help with the draught, Song for some pumping tunes or such.
You approach Daelyn with your suggestion.
"HAH! Me?! Help you?! Poor insolent fool, you'll be crushed like all the rest!" he laughs dismissively.
However, just as you prepare to do it yourself he clears his throat.
"However, I am slightly short on funds at the moment. I might coincidentally appear to assist with your foolish endeavor to the untrained eye!"[5] Despite your questionable partner and lack of skill, together the two of you make an impressive forge using the power of Fire and Song! The songforge seems to sing on its own, and will no doubt imbue whatever's forged there with song somehow.
...hopefully not carols.
You pass some silver bars to Daelyn for his assistance, who gloats about foolish fools while swaggering off.
+2 xp to Fire, Metal, Architecture
Now +1 Novice of Metal! Now +1 Novice of Architecture!
+SongforgeGratefully accepting the help, Wylmir does his best to focus on getting the polymorph right. Gotta go girl! And hopefully without looking like some wannabe drag queen. Oh, and apparently this is now to be useful to my new... confidant? Yeah, let's go with that.
"What's your opinion on Chaos, by the by?" he asks conversationally. "Or are you more the Ordered kind of mistress?"
[3] With Maerith's assistance (using the serene flow of Water rather than Chaos) you manage to turn yourself into a girl!
...sort of. You keep kind of... uh... wobbling back? Like a gentle cyclical rhythm between genders, which is actually making you kind of sick. And might or might not fly with the professor.
She stiffens up slightly at the mention of Chaos.
"Sounds dangerous to me. I much prefer the gentle flexibility of Water."+1 xp to Water, Shapeshifting, Deception
Now +1 Novice of Shapeshifting! Now +1 Novice of Deception!
Now Tidally GirlKeep working on it damnit, I’ll make sure this lead melts like it’s supposed to. Try making sure the lead is in an easily-melted state first this time, rather than doing the fire first.
[6] You whisper foul lies to the lead until it bubbles and melts. Um... it's not actually getting hot, though, so you're not sure if that counts. It's just kind of bubbling in the coals, same dark sheen as before you started.
+3 xp to Chaos, Metal
Now +1 Novice of Chaos! Now +2 Apprentice of Metal!
Lead Bar -> Bubbling-But-Not-Hot Lead PoolCeline was immensely frustrated that she wasn't making any progress. Her rivals surely would notice her weakness soon and try to kill her for their own gain. She decided that she would beat them to it by doing what she was always good at, inspiring hate in others.
Give a random student a sudden burst of murderous hate against the headmistress. Use the Air precept for this.
[High Players, Low NPCs: 2, Low][5, Maeric Thornmantle]
[2] You casually stroll up to a snooty-looking elf (doesn't narrow it down) and inspire him to murder you. You had a slightly different plan in mind, but sometimes magic works just well enough to make things worse. And also inform your target that you meant him ill.
[4] He takes it pretty well, all things considered, meaning he lights you on fire. It's not a lot of fire, but it's kind of a lot of fire. You could do with less fire.
+1 xp to Hate
Now Somewhat On FireUse Life, Water, and Earth to stop the leaking without killing the flowers
Use Chaos to change the goo’s boiling point to whatever temperature is the temperature here, causing it to evaporate as soon as it touches air. Hopefully this doesn’t damage the plant
[1] You cause the goo to crystallize shortly after exposure to air, resulting in ever-growing crystals that cover the flowers entirely and stain when touched.
Mediocre Hideous Neon Green Leaking Hallucinogenic Flowers -> Mediocre Hideous Neon Green Crystal Hallucinogenic FlowersElora Wildbeast (ziizo)
Failure (no friends)
+1 Novice Precept of Earth (1/4)
+0 Inexperienced Precept of Chaos (1/2)
+1 Novice Particular of Flesh (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Unarmed Combat (0/4)
Elven Delight: Paralyzed outer shell with a gooey filling. Really satisfying to punch.
Wylmir Wysendra (Xvareon)
Fake (no house)
+1 Novice Precept of Water (0/4)
+0 Inexperienced of Chaos (1/2)
+1 Novice Particular of Serenity (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Shapeshifting (0/4)
+2 Apprentice Precipitation of Flattery (2/8)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Deception (0/4)
Tidally Girl: Sort of a girl some of the time. The constant cycling is making you queasy.
Celine Valeheart (Hotfire)
Failure (no friends)
+1 Novice Precept of Air (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Hate (1/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Archery (0/4)
Somewhat On Fire: This isn't a huge problem but it's a pretty big problem. You are severely motivated to fix this problem.
Felidardinia Aslorvinaorvinia (ER)
Fake (no house)
+1 Novice Precept of Life (1/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Instinct (1/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Arguing (1/4)
+0 Inexperienced Precipitation of Toadying (1/2)
Lost Time: -1 to effective skill level of actions
Solanum Tuberosum (Dev)
Commoner (no freebies)
+1 Novice Precept of Fire (2/4)
+1 Novice Precept of Chaos (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Joy (2/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Metal (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Toymaking (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Flattery (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Architecture (0/4)
Songforge: This impressive silver forge is elegantly designed and can imbue its creations with song.
Cieri Gardenplanter (Naturegirl)
Commoner (no freebies)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Life (3/8)
+1 Novice Particular of Plants (0/4)
+0 Inexperienced Particular of Hallucinations (1/2)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Gardening (1/4)
1 Mediocre Hideous Neon Green Crystal Hallucinogenic Flowers
Aelfi Aelvenguard (TricMagic)
Failure (no friends)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Death (0/8)
+2 Novice Particular of Time (2/8)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Knowledge of Ancients (0/4)
Borrowed Time: +1 to effective skill level of actions
Castoff Timewraith: Your soul exists in the stream of time itself, apparently separate from the material world. It and your body are falling away from you alarmingly fast.
Auric Argentum (Glass)
Fake (no house)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Life (2/8)
+1 Novice Precept of Chaos (1/4)
+2 Apprentice Particular of Metal (2/8)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Robotics (0/4)
Slightly Sprouting
1 Bubbling-But-Not-Hot Lead Pool
Lyrica the Impassioned
Failure (no friends)
+1 Novice Precept of Life (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Plants (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Sleeping (0/4)
Para Wormtongue
Commoner (no freebies)
+1 Novice Precept of Death (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Bone (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Democratic Governance (0/4)
Cerennic of Cin
Failure (no friends)
+1 Novice Precept of Order (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Arcane (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Research (0/4)
Arkaras the Harbinger
Fake (no house)
+1 Novice Precept of Chaos (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Destruction (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Maces (0/4)
Maeric Thornmantle
Bastard (no freedom)
+1 Novice Precept of Fire (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Fire (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Smug (0/4)
Maerith Thornmantle
Bastard (no freedom)
+1 Novice Precept of Water (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Ice (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Smug (0/4)
Ythra Moltentongue
Fake (no house)
+1 Novice Precept of Earth (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Horror (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Treason (0/4)
Daelyn Fangsong
Commoner (no freebies)
+1 Novice Precept of Air (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Song (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Hunting (0/4)