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[King Zultan]

3

[brewer bob]

3

[Yellow Pixel]

3

[Enemy post]

Personal persuasion.

You think trying to promote a mysterious herb is unlikely to work unless you personally do the promoting. So you arrange for meetings with every lieutenant in the army, trying to convince them of the benefits of this alchemical trick.

Unfortunately, your explanations aren't as clear as they could be, and you say some things that make you come across as arrogant and unconcerned with the welfare of the troops. The lieutenants leave these meetings with even more misgivings than they had coming in—about both your alchemical remedy and your plans for the war generally. (Lost Kingdom Power.) You simply aren't used to interacting with so many people who are so different from you.

At least it was a learning experience. (Gained Charisma.)

When the Magisterians roar into your kingdom, they find your border towns even less well defended than they expected, with only a handful of dragons in each that are quickly routed. The Magisterians spread out to take all the border towns along the Negative Sea.

Meanwhile, all of the residents of these towns who could be convinced to evacuate have done so, fleeing to the town of Medieton under the leadership of Mayor Cos.

Your forces quietly gather just beyond the Magisterians' reach, waiting for the Magisterians to overextend themselves further. You just hope this plan works; you already have a lot of angry refugees on your hands. (Increased Vilification.) (Gained Kingdom Power.)

On returning from the front, some of the soldiers report that their dragons would sometimes get a strange, murderous look in their eyes, even when the enemy wasn't around. It was a bit unsettling, they say.

But you think a little murderousness indicates a dragon is working as intended, and if it meant something else—well, you're not sure what you would do about that anyway.

Shortly after your discussion with the queen, you're up late in your room in the palace, studying a map of the current state of the war, when you get a knock on the door.

From her perch on the window, your baby dragon Verdigris sniffs at the air. She squawks in anger or fear, you're not sure which. Apparently she doesn't like whatever she smells.

You answer the door, and find that it's Cos.

He's abandoned his typical orange vest for a black one. You see he's holding a dagger in his hand.

He surprises you by quickly lifting his dagger and throwing it at your head. You barely dodge out of the way, and the dagger embeds itself in the plaster of the wall behind you.

"Cos, what's the meaning of this?" you ask, hoping to buy time as you think of a strategy. But you're also genuinely perplexed.

"Since I met you, you've only made decisions that put Akriton in harm's way," Cos says, reaching for another dagger. "I've decided the best thing I can do for the town is to put a stop to you, once and for all."

Verdigris growls angrily, as if to say, I'm so sure!

1.I blast Cos with negation magic.
2.Cast a glamor and command Cos to explain.
3.Hide and cast a divination to determine if this is an impostor.
4.Turn Cos into a tortoise, even though it's a slower spell to cast.
5.Draw my sword and fight.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Royal Sorcerer Foo

Appearance

A bookish, spectacled man wearing a shimmering cloak and a noble duelist's uniform

Magic
  Negation:9
  Automation:11
  Glamor:2
  Divination:11
  Vivomancy:12

Skills
Ancient History: 9 (Fantastic)
Fighting: 2 (Decent)
Subtlety: 3 (Decent)
Charisma: 8 (Fantastic)

Personality
Optimism:49%/Caution:51%   
Humor:42%/Solemnity:58%   
Empathy:47%/Calculation:53%   

Relationships
Romances (Interested romantically, but not sexually, in men and women)
None

Relationships are hidden for this encounter.

Kingdom

Kingdom Power: 5 (Decent)
Adoration: 40%/Vilification: 60%

Inventory
Gold: 267 gold
Sword
Alchemy Set
Torc of Life and Death
Antidivination Ring
Clutch of Dragon Eggs
History Book, True Life of Abraxas
Golem Manual
Shield

Students
Blessed Sam

Pets
Verdigris the Baby Dragon

The Dead
The Academy Inquisitor
Student Vera

Plot Points

Chapter 1

You and Tal stumbled on an ancient magic academy.
You discovered a book of vivomancy, and an inquisitor chased you.
You found an ancient dueling ground.
You killed the inquisitor with negation magic.
You explored the academy library.
A divination revealed a potential ally in the form of a golem, so you took a manual on the operation of golems from the library.
You animated a serving tray to retrieve an alchemy set, but in the process, you released some dangerous chemicals.
You found a laboratory with a trapped specter.
You destroyed the specter.
You obtained a clutch of dragon eggs from the crow's nest of an ancient airship.
It became clear that the spilled chemicals were going to consume the whole academy.

Chapter 2


You flew up the coast of the Negative Sea back to Akriton.
You created two horses and freed them in the woods.
You made your parents think your finds in the academy were purely of historical interest.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that those who follow orders regularly are more likely to be glamored.
You learned the location of the Magisterian capital from True Life of Abraxas.
You met a hat seller but bought nothing from her.
You allowed a thief to steal from Fruitseller Fran.
You agreed to hunt a dodecapede with Tal.
You kissed Tal.
You restarted the automated mine that was the dodecapede's lair.
You restarted Akriton's giant fans after the death cloud passed.
Cos and you agreed that you would secretly work for Akriton.
Though you thought you kept a low profile, you heard inquisitors are coming to town anyway.

Chapter 3

Two inquisitors came to your door: the more aggressive Blessed Jacob, and the kinder Blessed Sam.
An old man intervened, claiming you weren't home.
You waited until the inquisitors left.
The old man revealed himself to be Mayor Cos, who is a shapeshifter.
You went to a House of Sun service, led by Blessed Sam.
In the middle, your vivomancy disguise wore off, but Blessed Sam did not take any action to pursue you.
Blessed Sam asked you to heal his pet dragon, Thomas.
You agreed and healed Sam's dragon.
You offered to teach Sam vivomancy, and he agreed.

Chapter 4

You rode to the capital in a wagon with Sam and Jacob.
While Sam and Jacob fought, you sneaked into the basement.
You found a university student held in the Cathedral dungeon—the last mage left there.
You decided to leave the student in the cell.
You found a secret passage that avoided a somewhat terrifying room.
You found a room that looked similar to a vision of a pleasant afterlife.
You found the Cathedral's library.
You found an old statue of Abraxas that promised to answer questions about the Church.
You learned that an item called the Great Oracle lies in the Magisterian palace, and that it could be used to join all minds into one.
You learned some designs that may help scour the sky from True Life of Abraxas.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that Abraxas became an immortal specter, and that you might become one yourself given enough negative energy.
The hierophant came to make an offer of sainthood to you.
Inquisitors and Church guards pursued you out of the capital.
You escaped the Cathedral and headed home.

Chapter 5

You blasted all but one of the guards pursuing you, leaving the lone survivor to report that you are not to be trifled with.
You headed back to Akriton.
On returning to the market, you discovered it had burned down due to a lightning strike.
Tal's house was marked for destruction by the Twilight Band, a group of shapeshifter haters.
The queen offered you a position as an advisor, which you accepted.

Chapter 6


You returned to the capital, summoned by the queen for an interview.
You became the official court wizard for the queen.
You moved into the royal palace.
Spymaster Dol reported sightings of the Neighbors' airships near the Negative Sea.
The queen asked you to determine in what ways the kingdom should adopt magic to stay competitive with the Magisterians.
Blessed Sam became Blessed Advisor Sam when you arrived at court.
You recommended using vivomancy-created beasts to supply the kingdom's labor and enhance its military.
You told the queen glamors were not worth the health risks.
Over dinner with Tal and the queen, you learned of the queen's childhood stuffed animal, Bear Bearson.
You animated Bear Bearson, and he defeated Royal Guard Tam in combat, delighting the queen.
Your plan to create beasts to perform the kingdom's labor and fighting appeared to be working.
You learned from a book how to craft an antidivination ring, and made one for yourself.
Vera started a magic academy.
Vera's magic academy ends in tragedy, with a dead student and Vera dead at the hands of inquisitors.
You created a divination-based broadcasting system for entertainers, but did not teach the entertainers glamors.
Tal proposed.
You said you weren't ready.
You learned that Abraxas made use of an item called a fateshaper to gain negation power, and that the one he used fell into the hands of an Akritonian collector.
A visit to your mother turned deadly when she turned out to be a shapeshifter, who attacked you with a knife.
Your mother recalled the shapeshifter was Fruitseller Fran.
Your mother's house was destroyed by a Magisterian bombardment.
You advised the queen to prepare for war.

Chapter 7

You used divination magic to scout out the Neighbors' forces.
You returned from a successful scouting mission.
The kingdom prepared for war.
You decided not to use negation magic in the war.
You decided to lure the enemy forces into overextending themselves.
At your suggestion, the queen chose Cos as her heir.
The Magisterians invaded, as you planned.
The dragons on the front were reported to be more menacing than usual.

[Maximum Spin]

1
The real one is a shapeshifter anyway, would turning him into a tortoise even work?

[brewer bob]

3

Pretty sure it's not Cos, so I'm willing to consider other options

[Glass]

Damn, I thought 7 charisma would be enough.

Also what the ripe fuck is this? That's very not a Cos.

1

[King Zultan]

1

[Yellow Pixel]

It's probably Fran again...

1

[Enemy post]

Negation.

You quickly draw energy from the dark sun and point at Cos: "Nihilo!"

The explosion obliterates Cos, leaving only a fine purple-and-black mist.

You think it a bit strange that the mayor of Akriton should try to come kill you. Something strange is going on here.

Something doesn't seem right about this.

You cast a divination to learn whether your assailant was really Cos.

In your vision, you see a shapeshifter morph into Cos. Next to Fake Cos, another shapeshifter morphs into…you.

As you suspected—this wasn't Cos at all, but an assassin—probably sent by the Magisterian Empire.

So where is that other shapeshifter masquerading as you? You have a hunch—perhaps you should act on it before you waste any more time.

1.Cast a divination to learn the other shapeshifter's position for certain.
2.Sneak to the queen's chambers, sacrificing speed for stealth.
3.Run to the queen's chambers, stealth be damned.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Royal Sorcerer Foo

Appearance

A bookish, spectacled man wearing a shimmering cloak and a noble duelist's uniform

Magic
  Negation:9
  Automation:11
  Glamor:2
  Divination:11
  Vivomancy:12

Skills
Ancient History: 9 (Fantastic)
Fighting: 2 (Decent)
Subtlety: 3 (Decent)
Charisma: 8 (Fantastic)

Personality
Optimism:49%/Caution:51%   
Humor:42%/Solemnity:58%   
Empathy:47%/Calculation:53%   

Relationships
Romances (Interested romantically, but not sexually, in men and women)
None

Relationships are hidden for this encounter.

Kingdom

Kingdom Power: 5 (Decent)
Adoration: 40%/Vilification: 60%

Inventory
Gold: 267 gold
Sword
Alchemy Set
Torc of Life and Death
Antidivination Ring
Clutch of Dragon Eggs
History Book, True Life of Abraxas
Golem Manual
Shield

Students
Blessed Sam

Pets
Verdigris the Baby Dragon

The Dead
The Academy Inquisitor
Student Vera

Plot Points

Chapter 1

You and Tal stumbled on an ancient magic academy.
You discovered a book of vivomancy, and an inquisitor chased you.
You found an ancient dueling ground.
You killed the inquisitor with negation magic.
You explored the academy library.
A divination revealed a potential ally in the form of a golem, so you took a manual on the operation of golems from the library.
You animated a serving tray to retrieve an alchemy set, but in the process, you released some dangerous chemicals.
You found a laboratory with a trapped specter.
You destroyed the specter.
You obtained a clutch of dragon eggs from the crow's nest of an ancient airship.
It became clear that the spilled chemicals were going to consume the whole academy.

Chapter 2


You flew up the coast of the Negative Sea back to Akriton.
You created two horses and freed them in the woods.
You made your parents think your finds in the academy were purely of historical interest.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that those who follow orders regularly are more likely to be glamored.
You learned the location of the Magisterian capital from True Life of Abraxas.
You met a hat seller but bought nothing from her.
You allowed a thief to steal from Fruitseller Fran.
You agreed to hunt a dodecapede with Tal.
You kissed Tal.
You restarted the automated mine that was the dodecapede's lair.
You restarted Akriton's giant fans after the death cloud passed.
Cos and you agreed that you would secretly work for Akriton.
Though you thought you kept a low profile, you heard inquisitors are coming to town anyway.

Chapter 3

Two inquisitors came to your door: the more aggressive Blessed Jacob, and the kinder Blessed Sam.
An old man intervened, claiming you weren't home.
You waited until the inquisitors left.
The old man revealed himself to be Mayor Cos, who is a shapeshifter.
You went to a House of Sun service, led by Blessed Sam.
In the middle, your vivomancy disguise wore off, but Blessed Sam did not take any action to pursue you.
Blessed Sam asked you to heal his pet dragon, Thomas.
You agreed and healed Sam's dragon.
You offered to teach Sam vivomancy, and he agreed.

Chapter 4

You rode to the capital in a wagon with Sam and Jacob.
While Sam and Jacob fought, you sneaked into the basement.
You found a university student held in the Cathedral dungeon—the last mage left there.
You decided to leave the student in the cell.
You found a secret passage that avoided a somewhat terrifying room.
You found a room that looked similar to a vision of a pleasant afterlife.
You found the Cathedral's library.
You found an old statue of Abraxas that promised to answer questions about the Church.
You learned that an item called the Great Oracle lies in the Magisterian palace, and that it could be used to join all minds into one.
You learned some designs that may help scour the sky from True Life of Abraxas.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that Abraxas became an immortal specter, and that you might become one yourself given enough negative energy.
The hierophant came to make an offer of sainthood to you.
Inquisitors and Church guards pursued you out of the capital.
You escaped the Cathedral and headed home.

Chapter 5

You blasted all but one of the guards pursuing you, leaving the lone survivor to report that you are not to be trifled with.
You headed back to Akriton.
On returning to the market, you discovered it had burned down due to a lightning strike.
Tal's house was marked for destruction by the Twilight Band, a group of shapeshifter haters.
The queen offered you a position as an advisor, which you accepted.

Chapter 6


You returned to the capital, summoned by the queen for an interview.
You became the official court wizard for the queen.
You moved into the royal palace.
Spymaster Dol reported sightings of the Neighbors' airships near the Negative Sea.
The queen asked you to determine in what ways the kingdom should adopt magic to stay competitive with the Magisterians.
Blessed Sam became Blessed Advisor Sam when you arrived at court.
You recommended using vivomancy-created beasts to supply the kingdom's labor and enhance its military.
You told the queen glamors were not worth the health risks.
Over dinner with Tal and the queen, you learned of the queen's childhood stuffed animal, Bear Bearson.
You animated Bear Bearson, and he defeated Royal Guard Tam in combat, delighting the queen.
Your plan to create beasts to perform the kingdom's labor and fighting appeared to be working.
You learned from a book how to craft an antidivination ring, and made one for yourself.
Vera started a magic academy.
Vera's magic academy ends in tragedy, with a dead student and Vera dead at the hands of inquisitors.
You created a divination-based broadcasting system for entertainers, but did not teach the entertainers glamors.
Tal proposed.
You said you weren't ready.
You learned that Abraxas made use of an item called a fateshaper to gain negation power, and that the one he used fell into the hands of an Akritonian collector.
A visit to your mother turned deadly when she turned out to be a shapeshifter, who attacked you with a knife.
Your mother recalled the shapeshifter was Fruitseller Fran.
Your mother's house was destroyed by a Magisterian bombardment.
You advised the queen to prepare for war.

Chapter 7

You used divination magic to scout out the Neighbors' forces.
You returned from a successful scouting mission.
The kingdom prepared for war.
You decided not to use negation magic in the war.
You decided to lure the enemy forces into overextending themselves.
At your suggestion, the queen chose Cos as her heir.
The Magisterians invaded, as you planned.
The dragons on the front were reported to be more menacing than usual.

[Glass]

Relationships are hidden for this encounter.

Huh.

Well, anyway, I say 1 (we have 11 Divination, may as well use it I think). Either that or 3; we've kinda sacrificed our Subtlety for Charisma (not that that's done us a whole lot of good, it's seemed...)

EDIT: Wait, Divination tells the other person a bit about you. Let's just run with 3. Best not to give them a heads-up in my opinion.

EDIT2: Nah, we know that the caster can avoid that. We just weren't skilled enough to when trying to play the old guard against each other. I'm mostly worried about how long casting it might take.
1

[brewer bob]

Relationships are hidden for this encounter.

Huh.

They were hidden for the encounter with "Cos" too.

Anyway, 1.

[King Zultan]

1

[Yellow Pixel]

1

[Enemy post]

Divination.

"Mysterion gnomai, apocalypto allo sicario."

You receive a vision of yourself, in the third person, in the queen's bedchamber. You—he—seems to have just entered, as the queen is rising from the chair at her desk to greet her visitor.

You snap out of your vision. You experience a moment of disorientation from casting two divinations in rapid succession, but your experience with the magic allows you to shake it off.

You hurry out of the room toward the queen's bedchamber.

You manage to reach the queen's bedchambers just as your double and the queen are facing off from opposite sides of the bed.

The queen is wearing a white shift fancier than most Akritonians' church dresses. "Guards!" she cries hoarsely, as if she has been calling for a while.

Negative energy curls up your double's body, in preparation for a deadly bolt.

The queen sees you, and her expression turns hopeful. "Foo? Are you the real one?"

You leap between your double and the queen just as he shouts, "Nihilo!"

You raise your shield and channel negative energy through it, just in time for the bolt to connect. Shield and bolt alike disintegrate, and the queen is safe.

Before your double can summon another bolt, you stab him with your sword, and he slumps to the ground, dead.

"Can you prove that you're the real Royal Sorcerer Foo?" the queen asks you.

Where to begin? you think.

1.Point out that I've met Bear Bearson.
2.Describe the secret meetings we've had since the war broke out.

Looks like the shield was a good call.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Royal Sorcerer Foo

Appearance

A bookish, spectacled man wearing a shimmering cloak and a noble duelist's uniform

Magic
  Negation:9
  Automation:11
  Glamor:2
  Divination:11
  Vivomancy:12

Skills
Ancient History: 9 (Fantastic)
Fighting: 2 (Decent)
Subtlety: 3 (Decent)
Charisma: 8 (Fantastic)

Personality
Optimism:49%/Caution:51%   
Humor:42%/Solemnity:58%   
Empathy:47%/Calculation:53%   

Relationships
Romances (Interested romantically, but not sexually, in men and women)
None

Relationships are hidden for this encounter.

Kingdom

Kingdom Power: 5 (Decent)
Adoration: 40%/Vilification: 60%

Inventory
Gold: 267 gold
Sword
Alchemy Set
Torc of Life and Death
Antidivination Ring
Clutch of Dragon Eggs
History Book, True Life of Abraxas
Golem Manual


Students
Blessed Sam

Pets
Verdigris the Baby Dragon

The Dead
The Academy Inquisitor
Student Vera

Plot Points

Chapter 1

You and Tal stumbled on an ancient magic academy.
You discovered a book of vivomancy, and an inquisitor chased you.
You found an ancient dueling ground.
You killed the inquisitor with negation magic.
You explored the academy library.
A divination revealed a potential ally in the form of a golem, so you took a manual on the operation of golems from the library.
You animated a serving tray to retrieve an alchemy set, but in the process, you released some dangerous chemicals.
You found a laboratory with a trapped specter.
You destroyed the specter.
You obtained a clutch of dragon eggs from the crow's nest of an ancient airship.
It became clear that the spilled chemicals were going to consume the whole academy.

Chapter 2


You flew up the coast of the Negative Sea back to Akriton.
You created two horses and freed them in the woods.
You made your parents think your finds in the academy were purely of historical interest.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that those who follow orders regularly are more likely to be glamored.
You learned the location of the Magisterian capital from True Life of Abraxas.
You met a hat seller but bought nothing from her.
You allowed a thief to steal from Fruitseller Fran.
You agreed to hunt a dodecapede with Tal.
You kissed Tal.
You restarted the automated mine that was the dodecapede's lair.
You restarted Akriton's giant fans after the death cloud passed.
Cos and you agreed that you would secretly work for Akriton.
Though you thought you kept a low profile, you heard inquisitors are coming to town anyway.

Chapter 3

Two inquisitors came to your door: the more aggressive Blessed Jacob, and the kinder Blessed Sam.
An old man intervened, claiming you weren't home.
You waited until the inquisitors left.
The old man revealed himself to be Mayor Cos, who is a shapeshifter.
You went to a House of Sun service, led by Blessed Sam.
In the middle, your vivomancy disguise wore off, but Blessed Sam did not take any action to pursue you.
Blessed Sam asked you to heal his pet dragon, Thomas.
You agreed and healed Sam's dragon.
You offered to teach Sam vivomancy, and he agreed.

Chapter 4

You rode to the capital in a wagon with Sam and Jacob.
While Sam and Jacob fought, you sneaked into the basement.
You found a university student held in the Cathedral dungeon—the last mage left there.
You decided to leave the student in the cell.
You found a secret passage that avoided a somewhat terrifying room.
You found a room that looked similar to a vision of a pleasant afterlife.
You found the Cathedral's library.
You found an old statue of Abraxas that promised to answer questions about the Church.
You learned that an item called the Great Oracle lies in the Magisterian palace, and that it could be used to join all minds into one.
You learned some designs that may help scour the sky from True Life of Abraxas.
You read in True Life of Abraxas that Abraxas became an immortal specter, and that you might become one yourself given enough negative energy.
The hierophant came to make an offer of sainthood to you.
Inquisitors and Church guards pursued you out of the capital.
You escaped the Cathedral and headed home.

Chapter 5

You blasted all but one of the guards pursuing you, leaving the lone survivor to report that you are not to be trifled with.
You headed back to Akriton.
On returning to the market, you discovered it had burned down due to a lightning strike.
Tal's house was marked for destruction by the Twilight Band, a group of shapeshifter haters.
The queen offered you a position as an advisor, which you accepted.

Chapter 6


You returned to the capital, summoned by the queen for an interview.
You became the official court wizard for the queen.
You moved into the royal palace.
Spymaster Dol reported sightings of the Neighbors' airships near the Negative Sea.
The queen asked you to determine in what ways the kingdom should adopt magic to stay competitive with the Magisterians.
Blessed Sam became Blessed Advisor Sam when you arrived at court.
You recommended using vivomancy-created beasts to supply the kingdom's labor and enhance its military.
You told the queen glamors were not worth the health risks.
Over dinner with Tal and the queen, you learned of the queen's childhood stuffed animal, Bear Bearson.
You animated Bear Bearson, and he defeated Royal Guard Tam in combat, delighting the queen.
Your plan to create beasts to perform the kingdom's labor and fighting appeared to be working.
You learned from a book how to craft an antidivination ring, and made one for yourself.
Vera started a magic academy.
Vera's magic academy ends in tragedy, with a dead student and Vera dead at the hands of inquisitors.
You created a divination-based broadcasting system for entertainers, but did not teach the entertainers glamors.
Tal proposed.
You said you weren't ready.
You learned that Abraxas made use of an item called a fateshaper to gain negation power, and that the one he used fell into the hands of an Akritonian collector.
A visit to your mother turned deadly when she turned out to be a shapeshifter, who attacked you with a knife.
Your mother recalled the shapeshifter was Fruitseller Fran.
Your mother's house was destroyed by a Magisterian bombardment.
You advised the queen to prepare for war.

Chapter 7

You used divination magic to scout out the Neighbors' forces.
You returned from a successful scouting mission.
The kingdom prepared for war.
You decided not to use negation magic in the war.
You decided to lure the enemy forces into overextending themselves.
At your suggestion, the queen chose Cos as her heir.
The Magisterians invaded, as you planned.
The dragons on the front were reported to be more menacing than usual.
A shapeshifter masquerading as Cos attacked you, and you realized an accomplice must be attacking the queen.