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[brewer bob]

I was a bit afraid we'd be late because of taking time to divine, so, that went better than expected.

1.

Maybe a better option to mention the stuffed bear than telling about the meetings, which could've been spied upon?

[Glass]

1 does seem like the better option. It’s a much more personal event, and something not only less risky about being spied on now, but also probably wasn’t divined at the time.

[Enemy post]

We've met Bear Bearson.

"I've met Bear Bearson," you say. "Had I known something like this would happen, I would have tried to animate him permanently. That was one very formidable bear, if I recall."

The queen breathes a sigh of relief. "That's you, all right." (Increased Thecla Relationship.)

The surviving shapeshifter assassin is arrested and taken to the palace dungeon.

There, the queen's interrogators extract the names of several other Magisterian shapeshifters who have infiltrated your military. You're glad to have captured the assassin alive. (Gained Kingdom Power.)

A few days later, you feel the urge to travel to the Akritonian refugee camp, just to make sure the real Cos is all right.

You find him puttering about in his orange vest as usual, trying to keep the various guildmasters happy as they try to adjust to the new world order. He waves away someone who looks important to talk to you instead. "Foo! Good to see you!"

"Cos, did you hear?" you say. "Your double tried to kill me in the capital!" You go on to describe your strange encounter.

Cos puts his hand on your shoulder. "You're one of ours," he says. "I look after every Akritonian, no matter where they go. And I'll be on your side no matter what."

Well, that's good to know.

The next year sees a string of successes for the queen's forces, as they push the Magisterians back toward the Negative Sea. Your strategy worked; the Magisterians spread themselves too thin in their advance, and you choked off their supply lines with a pincer attack followed by a divide-and-conquer strategy for the stranded forces.

The Magisterian airships are no match for your agile dragons, which breathe flame at the Magisterian dreadnoughts until they crash in a magnificent blaze.

With the front safely distant from the capital, you have the opportunity to perform some longer-term experiments aimed at developing even more powerful beasts to replace your dragons. You begin designing the prototype.

What kind of body will this huge creature have?

1.Scaly, like a dragon.
2.Feathery, like a bird.
3.Furry, like a lion.
4.Shelled, like a tortoise.

What kind of wings will it have?

5.Feathery, like a pegasus.
6.Leathery, like a dragon.
7.Thin and translucent, like a dragonfly.


What will its head look like?

8.A ferocious dragon.
9.A wise-looking dragon, with long whiskers.
10.A cat.
11.A friendly dog.
12.A majestic lion.

What will its overall color scheme be?

13.Rainbow-hued all over.
14.Black with gray and white highlights.
15.Earth tones: brown with some green highlights.

What will your creature breathe?

16.Fire.
17.Lightning.
18.Bubbles.

Guessing the bit with the surviving assassin was a bug, but it seems to have worked out for us.

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

Tal: 54 (Fine)
Cos: 56 (Good)
Sam: 79 (Great)
Thecla: 65 (Great)
Church: 31 (Bad)

Kingdom

Kingdom Power: 6 (Good)
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
False False, a False

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.
The queen was being attacked by a shapeshifter pretending to be you, but you stopped the assassin and convinced the queen you were the real Foo.
Your forces succeeded in pushing the Neighbors back to the Negative Sea.

[Glass]

4, 5, 9, 14, 17.

Thought process here:
-The only body type that’s likely to have notable effects is the shelled one. Normally, I’d say that having a shell, while advantageous defensively, would likely make it too hard to fly. However, we are very fucking good at vivomancy.
-Feathers or leather don’t matter for the wings. If anything, feathers are technically better protected and more useful in flight - after all, only bats and bugs fly without them. Insect wings feel likely to be too fragile.
-I suspect the head may influence the creature’s behavior. I suspect the normal dragon head or either of the two felines may be too likely to turn on us, while the dogs may not be violent enough. The wise dragon feels like it strikes a nice balance.
-Color is aesthetic, and greyscale is cool.
-Magisterians depend a lot on airships. We’ve seen what happens when those things get electrified.

[brewer bob]

4, 5, 10, 13, 17

[King Zultan]

4, 5, 10, 13, 17

[Maximum Spin]

Little disappointed that I can't make it just be one thing.

4, 5, 9, 14, 17.

I agree with this except that I lean toward wing type 7. I don't think we'll be penalized too much for a choice most players probably make purely on aesthetic grounds, and dragonflies are fast and cool.

[Yellow Pixel]

4, 6, 9, 13, 17

[BlackPaladin99]

1, 6, 8, 14, 17

[Enemy post]

4, 5, 9, 13, 17.

What kind of body will this huge creature have?

Shelled, like a tortoise.

A great shelled beast. Very well.

What kind of wings will it have?

Feathery, like a pegasus.

Your shelled beast has huge feathery wings.

What will its head look like?

A wise-looking dragon, with long whiskers.

Your creature's draconic head will look wise and gentle.

What will its overall color scheme be?

Rainbow-hued all over.

The creature will be rainbow colored—check.

What will your creature breathe?

Lightning.

So your creature will breathe lightning. Fearsome!

What will you call this new kind of creature?

1.A rainbow luckdragon.
2.A shelled luckdragon.
3.Something else.

If you vote 'something else', please include the name you'd like for our war koopa creature.

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

Tal: 54 (Fine)
Cos: 56 (Good)
Sam: 79 (Great)
Thecla: 65 (Great)
Church: 31 (Bad)

Kingdom

Kingdom Power: 6 (Good)
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
False False, a False

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.
The queen was being attacked by a shapeshifter pretending to be you, but you stopped the assassin and convinced the queen you were the real Foo.
Your forces succeeded in pushing the Neighbors back to the Negative Sea.

[Glass]

3a
Akritan Lung

("Lung"/"Long" is, naturally, the Chinese name for dragons - naturally, the kind the "wise dragon" head is based on. Akritan is basically declaring this thing is from our hometown so the Magisterians can go suck it.)

[brewer bob]

3b

Horse II

Edit: Going with Maximum Spin's suggestion again

[Yellow Pixel]

3a
Akritan Lung

+1

[Maximum Spin]

3.3 Seahorse