Noah...really...you are going to be playing with fire twice over...once by summoning a demon and the second time by attacking Lonemine, and if you sack it...Kain ins't going to be to happy....
I am only going near lonemine in case the demon goes crazy
I won't attack lonemine but the demon might MUHAHAHAHA
Aye, I really doubt a spell-caster would just so happen to be hiding in the cave, I know the ztah tribes usually have one, but there's no mention of him at all. I would have thought he would be somewhere high up on the tribe's social "ladder".
More like on a seperate social ladder.
People respect them but also fear them.
Summon the elementalists indeed... If wizards were that common, the world would be torn in two long ago.
Wizards are rare Noah, you either have to look for them or they come to you. Do these elementalists even obey the magic rules since they are npc's?
The Zacmar don't belive in magic only insanely complicated rituals to summon demons that require Quadruple checks to give a chance of summoning them and three elementalists to do it even remotely safely, then the demon will want something before they even consider listening, then after listening they will ask a price for doing it.
I.e. they aren't wizards they just know how make Element Demons visable without magic.
Element demons are nowhere near as powerful as regular demons.
3 checks for if each person did the work properly then one for if the demon shows up
I missed this when I scanned the posts this morning, so I am just going to say
no. You do not get to pull NPC wizards out of a hat.
In fact, the only person who can pull NPC wizards out of a hat is
me, and when that happens you will get
plenty of warning because wizards are like nuclear missiles - best used as a deterrent or a weapon of last resort. Any ruler openly employing a court wizard will let that news get around and even the covert ones you'll hear rumours well in advance. Right now the only ruler I have on my notes that does openly employ a wizard (wizard-priests) is the hatcuri Emperor, and he's on the other side of the world.
Regarding the whole 'Alchemy' question."Alchemy" is a wide field, and like true alchemy was a wonder hybrid of various natural sciences plus philosophy. "Chemistry" as a science is directly adapted from the original name alchemy (which was adapted from the Arabic word). Alchemists could (and did) study physics, the properties of matter, metallurgy, the properties of herbs, all three or only select parts of each. Isaac Newton (the last great alchemist) was very noted for his work in both physics and chemistry. The division of the sciences was a cultural distinction, not one inherent to science itself - organic chemistry and biology for example overlap so much that there is an entire division of science (the aptly named biochemistry) devoted to it.
The definition I work by (and the one I use doing my rolls) is that Mahtan is an engineer/alchemist (with a focus on chemistry) and Drua is a physician/carographer/alchemist (with a focus on but not exclusive to herbalism). Contrast with Dr Johnston, a physician/surgeon/herbalist who is not an alchemist, but is much better suited to dealing with medicine and surgery.
Weasel's miscellaneous points: Rock oil exists and is mostly used for lamps.
Boy is it right time for me to ditch Miring. Can't wait for spring to leg it from the place.
You can technically ditch it before Spring happens, I just gave you the option to wait.
Edit: Trubaldsome, I really wish you could make catapults, but Terenos left all Miring's engineers in Preston.
Hold up a minute. Didn't Miring have catapults? Let me check my notes. No, no they did not. I was thinking of Preston. Oh, if only their catapults had headed south instead of north!
Edit 2: Micelus, I saw your post, but you and everyone else looking to join up with Drua need Little to okay your accompanying her on the voyage first.