Turn 4: DensityYes, hopefully not carols. Still, songs of slaughter aren't carols..
Use the songforge and some metal to make the crab beast some armour. And by armour I mean a weapon it can wear. Use Fire for strength and passion, since it seems enthusiastic about murder, Metal because metal, and Weaponsmithing because it's "armour."
[5] You create a silver harness featuring a giant bladed spike it can easily ram into its foes, then drag back and forth in a sadistic sawing motion. It makes ominous musical sounds as it does so.
The crab monster is incredibly happy with its new toy and departs at once to "feast on the screams of the unworthy."
+2 xp to Fire, Metal, Weaponsmithing
Now +2 Apprentice of Fire! Now +1 Novice of Weaponsmithing!Return to my body through the time stream.. Then just drain more lifespan from that troublesome cat. How in the world did I turn myself into a wraith...
[5] You "swim" desperately down to your body, stopping by the cat on the way. It seems she's falling slower than you are, while your body is falling faster than the rest of the world. The two are linked by a very tangible chain, which you realize must be the time drain effect between the two of you. You use that to clamber to your much swifter-falling corpse and stuff yourself back inside.
You wake up back in the central hall with some really interesting things going on in your vicinity.
+2 xp to Time
No longer Castoff TimewraithGo ahead and go back to the death mageling with my horny minion in tow. When I see she's not home, simply bite out the throat of her vacant body. Then, fuck Arkaras the Harbinger on top of the corpse. Good amount of blood that way. (Life, Instinct, Lovemaking)
[6] You start vigorously gnawing on the mageling while making out with the minion. Some might call this a misunderstanding of the term bloodlust. You call it multitasking, until the mageling wakes up still insufficiently gnawed. Arkaras seems pretty down for a threesome including two mortal foes.
+2 xp to Life, Instinct, Lovemaking
Now +1 Novice of Lovemaking!Try to remove the magic and walk away from the fight in shame. Just go the Earth Arch to do the Bone cage thing and probably die.
[4] Unsure of how to remove the magic, you just wiggle your soft flesh internally until you get your body pendulum-tottering around from internal forces. You shovel yourself into the Earth classroom, beg for death, and quickly knock yourself into the candy crusher.
[4-1] You scream a lot as you're partially crushed into paste. The professor sneers out a
"Disgusting" as he throws a coin at you. Through the haze of agony it looks like platinum with a yellow star on it.
+Hideous Agony
+Sigil of Earth"Hahaha! Was that the best you could do? Pathetic!"
Convince the flames currently burning me that they really hate Maeric and should burn him instead.
[2] They continue to hate you with a, heh, burning passion.
Geddit? Because you're running out of skin.
+1 xp to Fire
+Agonizing FireCall over to the fire lady.
“Excuse me, is this suitable for your commendation?”
If there’s an objection: “Well, it is melted. It’s in a liquid state. It’s just not that hot.”
"Wow, really clever! Why would you need to HEAT something to get a FIRE recommendation?"She beams at your addendum.
"Wow, good point! Sure! You get my commendation. I'm just not going to give you the sigil that proves it or tell anybody about it. Clever move there buddy!"Use Life and Chaos to make the crystals hallucinogenic when touched, then tell the professor to come over to where I am, and that I made a drug he can try
You try to use Life and Chaos to adjust the crystals, but can't merge the two. It seems two Precepts can't be used at the same time.
Right, then. We're close. I can feel it. I just need two things... clothes befitting this awkward form, and... to make said form actually stick.
"A fair point..." Wylmir murmurs, still dealing with the very unsettling wobble between genders. "Wow, this... is actually starting to work. You're as strong as I thought!"
Practice Water magic together with Maerith. Something we're both good at. If my transformation has anything to do with it, then I want to be able to control the "flow" of my body's "tidal changes". Also, while I'm at it, since she's helped me out a lot, I want to know if she has anything I can help out with too.
[1] Maerith has you assist in augmenting her own appearance. This goes, uh...
Her skin is rebelling. It's trying to flow right off her bones (or muscles, you guess) and wriggle off somewhere. She's understandably shrieking-in-terror about this.
+1 xp to ShapeshiftingNPC UpdateLyrica: [4] Sleepy elf sleeps up some flowers. They're comfy to sleep some more in.
Para: [3] Para gets into shenanigans trying to acquire corpses.
Cerennic: [4] Cerennic does stuff in a library or something. What is he, here to learn?
Arkaras: [Yakety Sax] Arkaras breakdances with one elf before making out with another on top of a third. Been a weird day in general.
Maeric: [3] Vicious assault notwithstanding, Maeric burns his fingers practicing the fire arts.
Maerith: [Assistance] Maerith gains a minion and works on shapeshifting, to mixed effect.
Ythra: [1] Ythra spends most of the day tumbling around with her evil earth-clone as they try to ritually sacrifice each other.
Daelyn: [1] After a very, very, very brief incident with local authorities (that is to say, the giant hellbeast guarding someone's muffin cart) Daelyn makes a deal with a gnome and lays low for a while.
Elora 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.
Hideous Agony: You're alive, but that might not be a good thing.
Sigil of Earth: A platinum coin?
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 (1/4)
+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)
+0 Inexperienced Particular of Fire (1/2)
+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.
Agonizing Fire: You're severely burned and this is an ongoing process.
Felidardinia Aslorvinaorvinia (ER)
Fake (no house)
+1 Novice Precept of Life (3/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Instinct (3/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Arguing (1/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Lovemaking (0/4)
+0 Inexperienced Precipitation of Toadying (1/2)
Lost Time: -1 to effective skill level of actions
Solanum Tuberosum (Dev)
Commoner (no freebies)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Fire (0/8)
+1 Novice Precept of Chaos (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Joy (2/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Metal (2/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Toymaking (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Flattery (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Architecture (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Weaponsmithing (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 (4/8)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Knowledge of Ancients (0/4)
Borrowed Time: +1 to effective skill level of actions
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)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Life (0/8)
+1 Novice Particular of Plants (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Sleeping (0/4)
Comfy Flower Bed
Para Wormtongue
Commoner (no freebies)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Death (0/8)
+1 Novice Particular of Bone (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Democratic Governance (0/4)
Comedic Skeleton Sidekick
Cerennic of Cin
Failure (no friends)
+1 Novice Precept of Order (0/4)
+1 Novice Particular of Arcane (0/4)
+2 Apprentice Precipitation of Research (0/8)
Theoretical Text
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)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Fire (0/8)
+1 Novice Particular of Fire (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Smug (0/4)
Sparking Ember Wand
Maerith Thornmantle
Bastard (no freedom)
+2 Apprentice Precept of Water (0/8)
+1 Novice Particular of Ice (0/4)
+1 Novice Precipitation of Smug (0/4)
Rebellious Skin
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)
Cart of Silver Bars