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[dragnar]

You 6(for now, more might get in later... maybe) are the most recent graduates of the great Academy: The one and only school of magic in the world! What does this mean for your abilities? Well, it means you know a few words of power and how to cast spells with them. The mechanics, the ways in which the words interact to work magic... these things are kept secret, each mage jealously guarding his knowledge of magic's workings. From here on out, you're on your own. The Academy will allow you to continue living within it's walls for a time, but before long you will have to set out from here and try to make a name for yourself in the world outside.

Spoiler: rules... that you know of (click to show/hide)

1. magic spells take the form 1 | 2 (2) (2) | 3. (there are rumored to be other forms, but the Academy does not teach them)
? are required, (?) are not, and | indicate the three divisions of words of power.

2. the final word is the most important. It is the difference between a fireball and lighting yourself on fire. Try not to blow yourself up.

3. each turn you may take one of the following actions:
gather information- speak to the people in the area to find quests, rumors, and other tidbits of information.
adventure- go questing. Covers basically anything you might want to do, from traveling to another town to exploring a cave to helping a cat out of a tree.
study magic- PM me up to 3 spells you want to test and I will PM you back the results of each one. You can cast spells you have not studied while on adventures... but they aren't guaranteed to work, and you won't have time to set up magical safeguards(see rule 2).

4. The spelling of each word means nothing. They are simply short, one syllable words I made up. Just getting that red herring out of the way now.

5. character creation:
Name:
Description:(optional)
Knowledge: 1 word you understand totally(section 2) and 2 you understand partially. 3 spells.

Spoiler: starting words (click to show/hide)

SECTION 1
an, te, ra, zu, ag

SECTION 2
nac, ram, tez, yek, olg, chu, mev, roc

SECTION 3
manl, quwn, tarc, rens

Players:
Nirur Torir
Nivm
Kadzar
Armok
Virex
Techno65535
Poltifar
Neyvn

Waiting list:
Happerry
lemon10

[SHAD0Wdump]

You know I'm in, so chalk it down already!

Name: SHAD0Wdump(as usual)
Description: Don care.
Spells:
-rom|sur|ta
-da|tav|haz
-ka|sap|pan
-tor|ols|ta
-rom(nil)|sur(ols)|haz

These were mostly randomly generated, so I have no idea what is gonna happen.

[Hugehead]

In!
Name: Hugehead
Spells: rom nil-sap fa-pan. ka da-qur tav-ta. da nil-sap qur-nil. rom-ols-da. da-fa-ta.
Method of above: E.X. rom=? nil=(?) -=l .=spell end

[Nirur Torir]

I must have in.

Name: Frederick XXII
Description: He is tall, thin, and wears his shoulder-length red hair in a ponytail.
Spells:
Nil|qur|pan
Tor|sap|haz
Ka|om|ta
Ka-da|ols-sur|haz
Nil-tor|sur-qur|pan

[dragnar]

And that's all I need.(the other signups were from a different game I announced this in)

In!
Name: Hugehead
Spells: rom nil-sap ta-pan. ka da-qur nil-ta. ta haz-pan qur-nil. rom-nil-da. tor-rom-om.
Method of above: E.X. rom=? nil=(?) -=l .=spell end

Wrong format for the spells. The different punctuation is fine, but the words need to go in their own sections.(IE: the last word must be ta, haz, or pan, because those are the only ones from section 3.)

[Kadzar]

Name: Kadzar
Description:This friendly man has almond-shaped brown eyes that are like two discs of wood. His thick, curly, chestnut hair is worn in a style that reminds you of a drifting cloud. He has a graceful build. His skin is pale. He has a weak chin and large feet. His wardrobe is mysterious, and is mostly violet and gray. (Thank you, Seventh Sanctum.)
Spells:
da(ka)|sap(fa)|ta
rom|ols|haz
da(tor)|qur(om)|pan
tor(rom)|ols(fa)|ta
nil|qur|pan

[Hugehead]

Ok, you didn't tell us that very clearly, I though those were the levels of the words.

[Nivim]

 It does say section, not level.

Name: Croix
Description: Robes he wove himself, of half decent quality. Heavy boots. A unique face easily forgotten. Managed to be listed for public punishment in the academy four times, but no one was present for any of these events.
Spells: rom(ka)|fa(sur)|pan, tor(ka)|sap(sur)|ta, da(nil)|qur(ols)|haz, ka(rom)|om|pan, nil|tav(ols)|ta

Edit: Also, was the game inspired by this at all?

[breadbocks]

Want next spot, if say, someone dies.  I intend to be quite analytical about spells.

Name: Tick
Description: Once ran afoul of a very powerful enchanter, and now is in the form of a talking watchdog. He looks similar to an Irish Wolfhound with a matte blond coat and a high quality Rolex for his watch. It constantly makes an annoying tock noise.
Spells:
Tor|Qur|Pan
Tor(da)|Qur(olm)|Pan
Tor|Qur|Haz
Tor(da)|Qur(olm)|Haz
Tor|Qur|Ta

[Hugehead]

If you want to play science, go play science, this is magic, we use what kind of spells we feel like!

[breadbocks]

If you want to play science, go play science, this is magic, we use what kind of spells we feel like!

Well, the saying goes "Sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic." So, the inverse is also true. "Sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from science."

[Nivim]

 I expect this game will encourage all of us to use careful analysis and intrigue. Reminiscent of the stereotype, those who don't will lose to the competition.

[Nirur Torir]

Along the scientific line of thought ...

You can cast spells you have not studied while on adventures... but they aren't guaranteed to work, and you won't have time to set up magical safeguards(see rule 2).

Does this mean that they have a chance of misfiring, or is it more of a chance that we'll be trying to cast something that just does not work? IE, if we know how to cast fireball, and know the word for ice, will we be able to make a quick substitution and cast iceball without it failing, so long as it's a valid spell?

[Hugehead]

I think that's the case, but if you don't know what a word does...

[RAM]

Waiting list please.