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[Glass]

3

People hate magic. Let's not go blatantly blasting it about.

[Superdorf]

1

We can be subtle about this, right?
Right?

[brewer bob]

3

[King Zultan]

1

[Knightwing64]

1

NOBODY EXPECTS THE TREE

[Yellow Pixel]

3

[Enemy post]

A coin flip says we'll let this one go.

You'd prefer to keep a low profile now that you're a magic user. Certainly, the best ways to stop the man that you can think of all involve magic. You watch as the thief disappears into a nearby alleyway with the stolen basket of apples. (Increased Caution.) (Increased Calculation.)

But the whole matter of the thief is quickly forgotten when a man down the street shouts: "Death cloud!"

Looking down Main Street to the east, you can see a dark purple-and-black cloud on the horizon. The cloud looks big, maybe as big as the town. Judging from the strong wind today, it may be here in less than an hour.

This is not Akriton's first brush with a cloud of negative energy. Immediately, the merchants break down their tents, and many market patrons hurry into their houses and basements. Shutters snap shut all down the street. The animal sellers hastily bargain with landowners, then push their sheep through storm doors into basements. A baby cries madly despite her mother's tense reassurances. Some people uproot flowers as they pass them; they'll be no good to anybody else soon enough.

Since everyone will be sheltering inside soon, you could help out the town with some magic. But you think it will take some very powerful magic indeed to stop this cloud.

1.Use automation to repair the town's ancient, rusty set of giant fans.
2.Part the cloud with negation magic.
3.Use divination to find stragglers whom this cloud might kill.
4.Take shelter myself and continue my magical studies.

Spoiler: Stats (click to show/hide)

Foo Orison

Appearance

A bookish, spectacled man wearing a shimmering cloak and tight black clothing fit for a thief or an assassin

Magic
  Negation:5
  Automation:3
  Glamor:1
  Divination:1
  Vivomancy:8

Skills
Ancient History: 2 (Decent)
Fighting: 1 (Bad)
Subtlety: 5 (Good)
Charisma: 2 (Decent)

Personality
Optimism:44%/Caution:56%   
Humor:58%/Solemnity:42%   
Empathy:30%/Calculation:70%   

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

Tal: 55 (Good)
Church: 40 (Bad)
Undiscovered relationships: 4

Kingdom
Adoration: 50%/Vilification: 50%

Inventory
Gold: 220 gold
Sword
Alchemy Set
Torc of Life and Death
Clutch of Dragon Eggs
History Book, True Life of Abraxas
Golem Manual

Students
None

Pets
None

The Dead
The Academy Inquisitor

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.

[Glass]

We could try negation, but I don't think we're specialized enough in it to make it work. It does say we'd need powerful magic, and we're only at 5 there, compared to our 8 vivomancy that we've specialized more in. I say we take shelter with 4.

[brewer bob]

3

Probably not enough divination, but maybe worth a shot?

[Knightwing64]

4

[King Zultan]

1

[FiveBalesOfHay]

3. Surely if the divination’s drawback shows them that we’re a wizard, they wouldn’t harm someone who just saved their life.

[Yellow Pixel]

3

[Glass]

I’d like to remind you all, we only have Divination 1. I’m not sure if we’d accomplish much of anything with that action.

[brewer bob]

I’d like to remind you all, we only have Divination 1. I’m not sure if we’d accomplish much of anything with that action.

Well aware of that. Just thought it might be the least risky choice to try to help out, instead of just seeking shelter and leaving our townsfolk to fend for themselves.