Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)00:06 No. 841535 ID: c2ac0b
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Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)00:06 No. 841536 ID: c2ac0b
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*splash*

Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)00:07 No. 841537 ID: c2ac0b
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*GAAAAASP*

Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)00:08 No. 841539 ID: c2ac0b
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Oh, you're alive.

Neat.

>Name thyself.

>>841539
Kliks.

>>841539
Blisket.

Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)00:19 No. 841542 ID: c2ac0b
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>>841540
>>841541
Clicks? BISQUITS? What are you, some kind of pet moth?

Hell no! You're a real BADASS, through and through, and your name, which you chose yourself, reflects that.

>>841542
MAKALA HELLSCOURGE, DEATHBOLD CONQUEROR?

Smoke Stoneflare

>>841542
Okay fine.

Shred Fire-eater.

>>841542
>your name, which you chose yourself, reflects that.
Which means you're not using the name given to you by your parents, right? I hope they're not insulted by their son/daughter pretty much telling them, "I hate the name you gave me, so I'm changing it!"

Unless you changed your name to protect your parents? That way none of your enemies would know they're related to you and won't attack them to get back at you. Because if that's the case, then it's a good thing you're not using the name they gave you at birth!

>Name?
Laguz.

Fenir Tridrax

Blaze Killgore

Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)00:35 No. 841552 ID: c2ac0b
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>>841544
You are MAKALA HELLSCOURGE, veteran Red Witch of the Easthills Dragon-Clan. Almighty master of the elements and arcane spellcraft!

Also you're currently stuck in the middle of an underground river. It's really fucking cold.

If you're a master of the elements can't you just... make a bridge? With rock or ice?

>>841552
If you're a Red Witch, that means you can control fire or blood, right? So try and warm yourself up and uhm..... Can you like, generate a really low intensity explosion to knock you to one of the riverbanks?

>>841552
Then what're you waiting for, an invitation?! Magic yourself out!

Unless you're not as good as you claim to be?

Actually let's cut to the chase.

List spells.

Water is an element so..

Swim.

Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)01:14 No. 841561 ID: c2ac0b
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>>841553
>>841555
Uh, DUH. SPELLCASTING. You know, that thing you devoted your entire fucking life around!

You chuckle, marvelling that such an obvious solution hadn't crossed your mind. Nearly drowning must have shook you more than you thought. Ah well, no matter.

You ready yourself mentally, mulling over what kind of spell you might like to cast to get you out of here, but then you make a sudden realization.

your name is mediocre it says it right there
>>841541
i read that as brisket

Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)01:15 No. 841563 ID: c2ac0b
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Your grimoire is gone. It must have been knocked loose from your belt while you tumbled down the river.

>>841563
fuuuuuuuck

Anything else in our inventory?

Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)01:25 No. 841566 ID: c2ac0b
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>>841558
Ha ha, cheeky. But you can't swim! Why learn to do such a tedious thing as that when you could just cast a floating spell on yourself... but only if you had your Grimoire.

Without the book, it doesn't MATTER that you're a master level witch, you can't cast nearly any of your spells... only the few, simple ones you've readied for the day.

B-but hey, you've gotten out of worse situations before. You're a smart gal, you're sure those three spells will be enough to get you to safety.

Submit a weak, beginner-level spell that Makala might have readied, as well as a short description of what it does. Three will be chosen, and be available for the duration of the quest.

"Roar" spell. It increases the strength of your voice by several times. You always keep it ready in case you'd want to shout at someone in anger.

Use it to shout for help.

T3rr@ 5p1k3 (warp pull) - You're not sure how you invented this spell, but it works. Terra Spike (normal) causes high pressure in the earth, which usually forms instant stalagmites from the ground up. Your spell is different - it causes a tiny black hole to appear with minimal critical mass required to 'plug the hole', while simultaneously causing a hollow sphere of subspace around the hole to 'fracture'. End result: earth go up. And anything around the hole is sucked in. And at the edge anything nonmagical is sliced up by a void cleaver.

This spell would be amazingly powerful... IF YOU COULD CAST THE DAMN THING. Unless you're standing in a ley line to increase your casting range, this spell's range is about ONE FOOT, putting you directly in danger of the terra spike and more importantly the slicing sphere accompanying it.

Feather Fall - A must-have for any dungeoneering wizard. This spell is what saved you from the previous 400-meter waterfall.

Voodookinesis - Not many mages focus on physical strength. You do. In your case, you can link two different objects together at a distance of about 10*level feet, and imposing force on one object will cause the other to develop a near-parallel force at the opposing side. The problem is, both objects have to be about the same weight (note that the objects may have differing masses if the net force imposed on the objects is almost the same), and you're lifting their combined mass.

Mage hand: Weak telekinesis (5lb at 25ft+5ft/lv)
It's a basic but useful spell, but it's also good for remote pick pocketing and hilarious pranks (Tying shoelaces, undoing belts, etc).

>>841566
Entangle -- Causes a bunch of green, tendril-like vines about two inches thick to emerge from all surfaces within 20 feet of the target point and begin clinging to everything but the caster.

Vague - It's effects are kinda hard to explain...

Lesser Thermal Conduction - Select two targets. One will gain heat the other will lose it.
It's a much weaker effect than the equivalent level fire or cold, and is at the lower tier, so you will only produce ice or fire if the targets are already cold or hot.

>>841566
>But you can't swim! Why learn to do such a tedious thing as that when you could just cast a floating spell on yourself...
You learn to swim for those occasions you happen to lose your Grimoire. Like right now. Bet you wish you took the time to learn how to swim right now!

Ray of Frost. Shoots a laser of coldness out of your fingertip. Can't seriously injure anything bigger than an insect unless they're extremely vulnerable to cold, or you hit 'em in the eye or something, but it's a handy effect for training accuracy with more powerful attack spells, or nonlethal dueling, or making ice cubes as a party trick. Repeated castings might be able to construct an extremely flimsy ice bridge.

Embarrassing Updraft. Basically weak levitation, but only works on clothes which are being worn by someone. Originally developed for pranks, such as giving someone a wedgie from across the room with quick and plausibly-deniable casting gestures, but it's also handy for surviving a fall, or walking across something that can almost but not quite support your weight.

Summon item - Bind a single item to a summon spell to be recalled at any time. Too bad you didn't think to use this on the grimoire!

>>841566
Make Presentable - A convenient repair/cleaning spell for the caster on the go, the caster and all their gear is cleaned, polished, dried freshened (as applicable) and otherwise made to look and feel wonderful. It can't repair serious damage but it can all but negate daily wear and tear.

Lanternlight - Conjures a source of heat and light that will float within arms reach of yourself, can be repositioned relative to your body or the light refocused between a torch or spotlight at-will.

Walk on Water - Pretty self-explanatory. Allows caster to walk on water and possibly water-like substances.

Deafen - Dampens sounds in the affected area.

Dry - Makes target become free of moisture faster.

Pickpocket - Makes an item from a hard to reach area such as a chest, crevice, or another one's pockets to appear onto the caster's hands or pockets.

Folly: Gain sudden good luck related to whatever you are focusing on.(Cannot choose the effect. Effect might not even be noticed or make an appreciable difference). Gain sudden random bad luck sometime within the next 4 hours.

>>841566
Blink. Short-range teleport.

Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)10:39 No. 841640 ID: c2ac0b
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>>841570
>>841572
>>841577

'Readied' spells selected. Each can be cast instantaneously with little effort, and has up to 4 uses per day.

>>841565
You aren't exactly strong, so you normally travel light and keep most of your stuff in a pocket dimension spell... yeesh. This is a real worst-case scenario.

>>841640
Alright let's try to get out of this bind with some of those vines. Cast Entangle on the general area between you and that other large rock, then drag yourself over there. You'll be closer to the shore, and the vines should give you good footing to stand up on the rock so you can try to jump with Feather Fall to extend the distance you travel and land on dry land!

>>841649
This sounds reasonable. Try it.

Roar for help :3

So you already took a tumble today? Who or what were you running from?

>>841667
roar like a cute kobold for a dragon to help you.

Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)23:43 No. 841831 ID: c2ac0b
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>>841649
Well, it's worth a shot!

Mediocre 2017/11/01(Wed)23:44 No. 841832 ID: c2ac0b
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Oh. They didn't really make a bridge, so much as just kind of sprout all over the rock. Not really what you had in mind...

It'll cost you another charge, but if you repeat that on this rock you can at least tie the vines together.

Mediocre 2017/11/02(Thu)00:04 No. 841834 ID: c2ac0b
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>>841833
Yeah you can't reach them, this aint gonna work. You decide to have one more go.

Mediocre 2017/11/02(Thu)00:14 No. 841836 ID: c2ac0b
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>>841833
So, uh, it turns out that the vine growth trajectory follows whatever path gives the plants the least resistance.

Meaning they followed the water's current and immediately went in the opposite direction you wanted them to.

You learned a neat fact about these magic vines, though.

These vines are way larger than what I'd expect from a beginner-level spell. Or perhaps that's coz there's a lot of water here for easy growth.

So! I guess we'll be trying shouting then? But what should we shout?

"Wow, look at all these free blowjobs here!"

>>841836
If you had both hands available you could make a lasso out of vines to try to pull yourself over to the other rock. Or the riverbank if it had something to lasso onto. Wait, maybe you can still do that by using your mouth to help manipulate the vines.

I don't suppose you can climb on the rock you're on now? Then you could try jumping off it with feather fall, towards the other rock, then use that as a stepping stone basically. Does feather fall even work that way? Or will it dampen horizontal velocity too?

You have enough vines to get a grip. Climb on the vine bush, make some rope, then jump to the other vine bush and do what you can from there.

Continue casting until you created an island you can hold on to and stand on.

>>841836
Cast the spell slightly above the first at the wall so when the water pulls it down they touch

WAIT A MINUTE

Can you cast Entangle on the ceiling? Or is it too far up for the vines to reach you?

>>841850
I'd kinda don't trust these beginner-level vines to hold the full weight of a person.

What's going on downstream?
Anything you could float towards with a makeshift vineraft.
I mean you can paddle, even if you can't swim.