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[Grek]

Which brings up the question of our cover story - I think we should portray ourselves as a kind of historian, researching necromancers and necromancy, hoping to discover weaknesses and the like to bring back to our homeland to fight the threat.

I think we're already doing that (but it's been a while).

Since page one, in fact.

[GlyphGryph]

Well, actually, since we've left the elven lands we haven't portrayed ourselves as much of anything. And I think we might want to work out the details when we pick it back up is all. For example: Are we going to be an independent scholar, an "official elven representative" (who may nonetheless be trying to lay low), are we going to pretend that we aren't an elf at all (and fall back on one of the previous two) as we seem to be doing now? Should we try to acquire books or other physical objects that would back up our story? Etc and so on. Are we going to have a possible cover story for our magic, if we need to use it publicly? Perhaps some other branch of magic, and say we've been using the knowledge we've learned to hone it against necromancy, and that's why it seems different? Which branch if so?

Maybe this has all been discussed before, but I think it's worth reviewing what we decided if so.

[wer6]

lets try to be a someone who escaped from the vale so we could  explore the world: elfishy elfish adventurer!

[V-Norrec]

We're elves, obviously we should say we specialize in life magic.  Also, I vote we just act like some kind of scouting force for the moment, because really... that's the only thing remotely believable.

[Angle]

Neh, we say we specialize in life magic, someone might expect us to follow up. We should say our magical talents are limited, and go with the scholar persona we've talked about.

[wer6]

Neh, we say we specialize in life magic, someone might expect us to follow up. We should say our magical talents are limited, and go with the scholar persona we've talked about.

i agree.

[RAM]

We should call ourselves a generalist, with no great affinity, and avoid any displays of 'life' magic outside of the most isolated of communities. I could see us being asked to demonstrate elven life magic before trained magicians, they would have to be curious about it...

[Cellmonk]

I think we should underplay and deny our magical abilities as much as possible. A generally muggle peasantry might be too curious if we speak of any magical abilities beyond parlor tricks. Its not like all elves have a great magical ability anyway.

I think its best to say we are a historian/sociologist. people wont be too interested, and it gives us an excuse to collect artifacts/information. Human officials might think we're a spy, but who captures the spies of their allies?

[Fireiy]

I think we should underplay and deny our magical abilities as much as possible. A generally muggle peasantry might be too curious if we speak of any magical abilities beyond parlor tricks. Its not like all elves have a great magical ability anyway.

I think its best to say we are a historian/sociologist. people wont be too interested, and it gives us an excuse to collect artifacts/information. Human officials might think we're a spy, but who captures the spies of their allies?

That seems reasonable. Besides, we can't actually DO life magic can we?

[Grek]

We have two life magic spells, all of them unimpressive:
Calm Animal- 1 MP - causes wild animals to become peaceful.
Sense Vitality- 1 MP - you can detect the Vitality of living things, with a bit of effort.

We also have three general magic spells which are neither life nor necromancy:
Detect Magic- 1 MP - detects spells and magical items near you.
Brew Mana Potion- A Mana Potion takes twice the potions potency in Mana cost, and requires 1/2 hour per point in brewing time.
Waterproof- 1MP/Hour duration - Makes an object non-absorbent. Does not prevent corrosion (such as from acid or rusting) or magical effects related to water/liquid.

[wer6]

im just gonna sum up what we wanna do:

say that we are a historian

say that are magic ability are  not very good

we are not sure about joining.

think of what to ask.

tell me if i missed any thing

EDIT: line means that we answer his/her question with that.

[Grek]

tell me if i missed any thing

You missed the question of "What do we tell the necromancer talking to us now?"

The consensus there is "we aren't sure about joining and won't commit to anything until we've had time to decide."

[wer6]

we need other peoples opinions 

[Felius]

we need other peoples opinions 

You did see the pages upon pages of discussion about it, didn't you?

[wer6]

huh... thought it was about the last one.