>>26847120
Why is this on the second page? I almost missed it.

Things got a little crazy last time with romance, so here's what McTerrorcastle does.

Tell Ariane that we had a lot of fun but we're not really ready for a serious relationship right now.

Ask her how she feels about the relationship.

Tell her we definitely want to stay friends and are open minded but we want to take it slow, so we can focus on all the crazy shit that's about to happen.

Then we can wrap up this stuff and get back to Magic and Plot. Please.

>>26847175
Was it on the second? I just fired it up like now.

>>26847120
Blah blah, we shouldn't rush in to things like that blah blah things be crazy, blah blah I suck at human interaction.

>>26847175
>Not using the catalog
>Not following the twitter

>>26847185
/tg/ is on fire now it seems.

And I agree with this >>26847180

Just make it clear that we feel it's too early to start an early relationship when school has just begun, and that we need some time to focus on other matters before you can turn your thoughts towards a relationship.

>>26847180
>>26847224
I think maybe telling her that while we didn't exactly mind what happened between the two of us, we would prefer to let the feelings develop naturally. Hold her hand, smile, and tell her that we should take things slow.

>>26847180
>Then we can wrap up this stuff and get back to Magic and Plot. Please.
Yes. I will be fucking off somewhere else until we get done with this faggotry.

I have no energy or desire to participate in or watch people be retards about Ariane and / or Pythianne.

>>26847268
Yes. I just want this over while maintaining a warm friendship with her so we can move on to magic again.

>>26847120

We should stick with Ariane for now, see how things go. Oh, sure, Pythianne has a fantastic chest and is a cheerful woman, but she's also two or three times our age and doesn't seem interested. Logic aside, practically no kid's going to fixate on an uninterested teacher to the extent of ignoring a reasonable attractive classmate who's willing to make out with him.

That's not to say Castle won't continue to appreciate the existence of that chest in the abstract, but that chest isn't attached to someone who wants to make up with him. So it goes.

We don't want to press Ariane for anything major, though. No declarations of undying love or marriage proposals. We've had all of one date, and a chemically enhanced encounter. But tell her we think she's pretty cool, would like to spend more time with her, see how things go. That we don't want to force her into anything too serious because of one evening, but that she's fun to hang out with and she's cute and smart and why not.

Maybe a bit more tactfully that that.

Besides, she's in the same boat as us here. Intelligent, ambitious, maybe in danger of having an.. imperial accident.. if things go poorly. We could do worse than to watch each other's backs.

>>26847224
>>26847216
>>26847180

She gives you an inquisitive look. You take a deep breath. You apologise, and explain to her that you feel you aren't ready for a serious relationship - not right now at least. Right now you'd like to establish yourself in the Academy.

She listens to you silently (not that she could say anything if she wanted to). You finish by taking her hand in yours and saying that you'd like to remain friends for now but wouldn't object if things became amorous later on the line.

"Is that okay with you?" She nods. She doesn't seem to have taken it badly, and she gives you a bright smile.

Well. That went well. You think.

>Continue to talk with Ariane
>Go see the rubble
>Return to your Dorm
>Other?

>>26847290
I'm not sure about fulling ending our relationship, but I agree that it should be (And be in Hairy's character) of less importance than becoming Emperor of Everything.

>>26847296
No, stop, please. Can't we just ignore all that crap and do something magical? Let's please just move on from this. >>26847180

>>26847310
RETURN TO DORM
RETURN TO DORM
RETURN TO DORM

>>26847331
The reason we were going to the Alchemical Labs was to talk to the Archmagister about... something. Damned if I remember what.

>>26847310
>Return to your Dorm
And for the love of god keep that (incu/succu/omni)bi book in the middle of the pile. Spine towards our chest.

No guys, we were gonna talk to that alchemy magister about DESTRUCTION magic.

Let's see to that first, then go study.

>>26847377
What would she know about Destruction magic? She can't do anything but Alchemy, and being Destruction aligned makes it so you can't do alchemy.

We have nothing to say on the topic to her about it.

>>26847348
Oh yeah, we wanted to learn magic from the Archmagister. Might as well stick our lips to his ass in the hopes of not being assassinated by the Empire. If we decide to study under him, we could probably also learn some stuff about politics from him, under the guise of wanting to not be assassinated, to help when we decide to take over the world.

>>26847400
Woops. Misread and thought you said Ariane and not the magister for some reason.

>>26847377
>>26847348
Oh, right. Screw my post here >>26847331

DESTRUCTION MAGIC
DESTRUCTION MAGIC
DESTRUCTION MAGIC

We should see if it's even possible to do anything constructive with it, or if it's all just magical dynamite.

>>26847414
>>26847408
>>26847348

You ask Oblitus to return your books to your room as you stand up and bid goodbye to Ariane.

The Archmagister can teach you about Magic right? Specifically, Destruction! Didn't Vann mention the Magister of Alchemy was also attuned to Destruction?

The rubble has been cleared of Students - the Archmagister is busy tsk'ing, and stroking his chin, talking in a low voice with Vann.

>Approach?
>Watch?
>Listen?
>Other?

>>26847453

>Listen

>>26847453
>>Watch
>>Listen

>>26847453
It was the magister of alchemy that we were going to in order to learn from in the first place wasn't it?

Lets talk to him.

No need to listen in, they are probably talking about the event that just unfolded.

>>26847487
The alchemy magister is destruction attuned, seemingly even more than us.

The archmagister is good at everything, we were going to talk to him. Now he's talking to Vann.

Let's talk to the Archmagister. Just approach him.

So confused. Magister Ahavans is the Alchemy magister, yeah? But how can he be the Alchemy Magister if he's not even allowed to do alchemy because it just explodes?

>>26847522
He's just not allowed to do it in front of students.

>>26847453
Approach. No need not to.

>>26847522
Probably because he knows alchemy and they want to keep him close.

>>26847522
He can still teach it lecture style and observe students as they work. I guess he has an older alchemy student TA for him if he needs demonstrations?

>>26847453
Incidentally, I feel that it would not only be amusing but politically wise to out up a more convincing facade of madness (something I am confident the Archmagister is doing as well). If we increase our safe outward displays of irrational behavior we might be able to convince the Empire's spies that we do not pose much threat to them. I hardly think this plan would be completely successful, but anything to increase our personal long-term safety must be considered.

>>26847555
That sounds like one of the worst ideas ever.

>>26847555

I disagree, the less like the Arch Magister we are the better. That guy is like the definition of a fool, especially is no potential pure power.

>>26847555

Literally nothing we have done since we named ourselves Hairy McTerrorcastle has been sane. The divination magister thinks there's something wrong with us from a prediction standpoint. I'm not sure we need to worry about a facade at all.

I think we're already a bit nuts.

>>26847599
"Uh, Sir? I don't suppose I could talk to you in private?"

>>26847628
By definition we're schizophrenic. But that's okay, so long as we eventually take over the Empire.

>>26847599
Fuck it, balls deep.

"What does it mean to be attuned to Destruction?"

>>26847534
>>26847506
>>26847487

You approach the two men. "... just received word myself, actually." Jasper finishes in a low murmur. The moment he sees you, he brightens up considerably though, expression doing a complete 180.

"Oh! Hello McTerrorcastle! Can I help you with anything?" Vann gives you an off-hand glance and yawns lightly. "Just take what I said into account." He mumbles, swigging his flask again to head over to the grass nearby. He pats it down and... lays down to sleep.

"Well, McTerrorcastle?"

>Ask about Destruction
>Ask about Tutoring
>Ask about the Empire
>Other?

>>26847677
"Uh, Sir? I don't suppose I could talk to you in private?"

>>26847675
>>26847658
>I apologise, just forgot to add the >responses

>>26847608
Except that he is the Archmagister of the only Magical Academy that we know about. He has likely achieved this through political savvy as opposed to brute magical power, which hardly makes him any less powerful or dangerous. He has also avoided being assassinated, which we must assume is an impressive achievement given the Empire's attitude towards powerful wizards.

>>26847581
I would like to know why you think so.

>>26847677
Ask if there's any constructive use for destruction magic and if it's worth even bothering to study it.

>>26847677
>>Ask about Tutoring

>>26847677
>Ask about Tutoring

>>26847677
>Ask about Destruction
"I guess you already knew about it, but I just found out about my attunement really recently and I thought I should ask if there's anything that I should definitely not do at all."

>>26847677
>Ask about Destruction

If this means that we could accidentally blow ourselves up, we need to know.

>>26847694

I'm not saying he's weak. I'm saying we can accomplish all that and look good while doing it.

>>26847715
This

>>26847755
But until we have enough power that we can be confident in our ability to defeat any assassins, our best defense would be to ensure that no assassins come after us in the first place. We could continue using the strategy we used as regards Magister Pythianne's paper on our journey to the Entropic Plane and simply do our best to skate by beneath the notice of the Empire, but that strategy would likely become less viable to more powerful we become.

>>26847715
>>26847698
>>26847691
>>26847709

"Uh, sir? I don't suppose I could talk to you in private?" He smiles again and puts a hand on your shoulder. When you blink, you're in his office again. "Of course you can! My office is always open!" He sits you down in an armchair, flopping into his own.

He almost looks tired, despite his exuberant expression.

"... I guess you already knew about it, but I just found out about my attunement really recently and I thought I should ask if there's anything that I should definitely not do at all."

He chuckles. "Destruction attunement... rare AND dangerous. You've already seen what a particularly powerful attunement can be like." He gestures out his window - you can clearly see the wreckage of the Alchemy Lab. "Destruction is the magic that unmakes reality. It can turn an army into a pile of dust you could sweep under your rug." He gives you a serious look.

"The Empire will not stand for even the slightest hint that you are learning of your power. I had hoped to keep your... talent under wraps, but know that you know, it's best you KNOW. You know?" He giggles.

"So it doesn't have any constructive uses?" He snorts.

"'Constructive' is the opposite of 'Destructive'. So no. Unless Destruction itself is constructive..." He trails off and shakes his head.

"Oh... could I maybe get some tutoring though?" He gives you a sly look.

"You know, out of all one hundred students that entered the Academy this year, not including the other few hundred or so, you are the only student to actually ask ME for tutoring."

A pair of tea cups walk onto the coffee table, followed by a teapot. The pot pours steaming tea into the cups for the two of you, and he raises his to his lips. "You'd think they were afraid of contracting Crazy or something." He tilts the tea cup forward... but doesn't open his mouth. It pours down into his lap.

"Ah! Refreshing!"

>He didn't say no - ask him to confirm?
>Consider that you might catch 'Crazy'
>Other?

>>26847832
>>He didn't say no - ask him to confirm?
ALL RIGHTY THEN!

>>26847832
>>He didn't say no - ask him to confirm?

>>26847832
Ask how he teleports.

>>26847832
"S..Should I be afraid of contracting crazy?"

>>26847894
We are already crazy.

>He didn't say no - ask him to confirm?

>>26847894
Harry Mcterrorcastle doesn't care about catching crazy.

>>26847894
Nah. We shouldn't be. It's like smallpox and cowpox.

He's got the serious thing, but we're immune because we've already got the lesser strain of batshit.

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>>26847832
>He didn't say no - ask him to confirm?

Also, pfft, like we're not already infected with more than enough Crazy to be inoculated. Let's do it.

>>26847915
with a name like that, we should probably heck to see if crazy is hiding somewhere in the family.

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>>26847938
We chose our own name, at age 6 when we were told we could do magic.

We were, and still are, very precocious.

>>26847938
*I meant "Check", not "heck".

>>26847894

We're too concerned with our image to reach his levels of madness. Future 'evil' overlords have to be cool.

>>26847867
>>26847868
>>26847904
>>26847915
>>26847924

You don't bat an eyelid. "That's not a no, sir." He puts the tea cup down, now empty.

"No. No it wasn't. It wasn't a 'yes' either." He refills his cup again, but leans forward to give you a serious stare.

"Why do you want to learn from me, McTerrorcastle? The Academy can help you rise to greatness... why do you want more?"

>Response?

>>26847983
On the contrary, a little madness would do wonderfully to ensure nervous obedience in our subordinates.

>>26847988

Money, fame, women, and power to protect our fortune.

>>26847988
"I want to be, the very best.
LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS!"

>>26847988
Completely seriously;
"I wish to know everything, Archmagister."

>>26847988
"Because I'd rather learn from someone who's got experience with it."

>>26847988
"To become the best, I need to learn from the best. As for catching crazy, my name IS Hairy McTerrorcastle after all."

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>>26847988
"I want to reach my full potential. To live a life where none of my regrets are roads not taken."

>>26847988
You know better than the other teachers what I need in order to keep the empire off my back. Also teleportation.

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>>26848016

>>26847555
Yes, lets convince the Empire's spies that in addition to being attuned to dangerous magics, we are mentally unstable to boot. That'll definitely lead them to feel safer about keeping us alive.

>>26847988
To be the best.

And possible governmental reform, because lets face it, a world with no magic would be incredibly boring.

>>26847988
"The power to change what I can, the power to change what I can't, and no regard for the difference"

>>26848016
Shit, nobody knows that one. Let's make it our catchphrase!

>>26847988
If we're not studying our attunement, why bother studying at all? We'd never reach our full potential.

>>26848059
Thus, only 'safe' displays of madness, like the Archmagister exhibits. Wearing our clothes in reverse (pants on head, shirt, vest, and sports jacket on our legs, gloves on feet, etc) or other such demonstrations.

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>>26848140
We'd study it secretly, of course, in case of assassins.

>>26848153
pls no more metagaming.

>>26848103
>>26848067
>>26848044
>>26848039
>>26848034
>>26848019
>>26848018
>>26848016
>>26848011

All of it.

>>26848153
No, we continue like Hairy McTerrorcastle would.

>>26848034
>>26848016
>>26848039
>>26848018

You return his stare. "I want to be the best. I want to know everything. I want to reach my full potential and further. I want to reach the skies, to touch the stars. That's what I want Archmagister."

He gives you a scrutinising look before leaning back in his chair. He picks his tea cup up, and takes a bite out of it this time. You can hear the china crunch in his mouth. "... Heh."

Despite taking a bite out of the cup, the tea does not spill out. "I'd be a terrible educator if I couldn't accept such strident determination." He puts the half-eaten cup back on the table.

"Very well. I'll take you as my apprentice... but you have to be aware of what this means, McTerrorcastle. The Empire won't try anything whilst I'm watching over you... but they're certainly not going to take the idea of you being my understudy lying down." He gives you a mirthless smile. "One Archmagister is bad enough." He holds out his hand now.

"Do you agree to heed my words when I give them, Hairy McTerrorcastle? If so, I will show you Magic beyond your dreams."

>Accept?
>Refuse?

>>26848178
I don't particularly feel that it's metagaming. I'm using information Hairy already knows about, and he could hardly be unconcerned by the knowledge that he's on the Empire's hitlist.

>>26848204
>>Accept?
Without a shadow of a doubt.

>>26848204
Accept. We've come to far to turn back now.

>>26848204
Go for a fist bump. "I accept."

>>26848204
I don't think heeding the archmagisters words would be a bad idea in the first place.

ACCEPT

>>26848140
Destruction is our third best skill. Summoning obviously has a lot of class/reading in it, but for some reason we are CRAZY GOOD at Force magic. Probably because we have an ego the size of a planetoid.

>>26848153
But what if he isn't crazy?

There was one episode of the Twilight Zone, where this man had a machine that essentially prevented disasters. It could only be maintained with the proper parts. Doll heads, silver washers, socks with holes in the heels...Random items, things that make absolutely no sense.

Unless you know how the machine works.

>>26848204

"Beyond my dreams? Challenge accepted, Archmagister."

>accept

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>Accept?
Hell yeah motherfucker

>>26848204

>Accept

As long as we don't start acting like him.

>>26848249

Less robe, more useless chains and belts.

>>26848204
"I warn you: My dreams are very, very wild."

Guys. Let go full cuhrayzee.

Destruction of nothingness.

TRUE MAGIC

>>26848245
I'm saying that he is, like I think we should be doing, pretending to be mad to make himself seem less dangerous to the Empire.

>>26848249
"Sweeeerve , Empire. Terrorcastle comin' through!"

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>>26848249
Needs moar beltz and zippers.

>>26848257
>>26848249
>>26848248
>>26848236
>>26848235
>>26848229
>>26848225

You take his hand. There's no going back. He shakes it firmly, grinning at you. "Well! I'm going to need to send out notices, inform the proper parties, fill out the paperwork..." He rises up. There's no stain on his robes from where the tea should've hit him.

"So much to do! Maybe I should host a ceremony? Ceremonies are fabulous! Yes, a Ceremony!" He claps his hands and gives you a wild eyed stare. "Two days, Great Hall. The adventure begins then." He disappears in a whirl of robes.

What the hell have you signed up for...?

>Return to dorm?
>Explore the Office?
>Other?

>>26848341
>Explore the Office?

It would be irresponsible not to.

>>26848341
Oh my. Well, we should probably hit the books hard for the next couple days.

BACK TO THE DORM!

>>26848341
Return to dorm and STUDY.

Shit man, we are gonna be the apprentice of the archmagister. We are in for some wild shit and we need to PREPARE outselves.

I guess we could take a look around the office first though.

>>26848341
>>Explore the Office?
loot time.

>>26848341
Steal some of his clothes.

>>26848341

>Explore the Office?

I mean we are his apprentice now. Right? He's insane but I don't think he'd leave us with anything he didn't want us to find.

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>>26848341
Return to dorm, read books.

>>26848341
Start grinding on library.

We want yo be the best, go for it and never stop...unlike that scrub ash.

>>26848341
>Returneth to the dorm from which you came
Oh god, please tell me he isn't taking us out of Summoning

>>26848357
>It would be irresponsible not to.

You stop that. You keep giving us bad advice in the guise of excellent advice.

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>>26848380

Explore the office.

What's the worst that could happen?

Destruction on nothing

Fuck equal exchange.

>>26848386
It's fine if he does. We can still go to the classes if we want and learn the spells, and do Summoning type stuff.

>>26848408
It would be irresponsible of you not to listen to me.

>>26848341
Explore the office, find out it's actually a dungeon with amazing loot. Beat the dungeon, get all the loot and get all the praise from our dear Archmagister.

Destruction of nothingness

Fuck equal exchange.

I like all this DESTRUCTION

But...wouldn't CONSTRUCTION be useful? Is construction even a thing?

This may be getting ahead of ourselves, but thinking long term...if we could find a way to invert our spells, we could become a powerful force of construction. Which, depending on the situation, may be more useful.

>>26848341
Destruction sucks. Can we get something else?

>>26848462
We can construct things. With our BARE HANDS!

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>>26848431

>>26848462

I can take TAKE SOMETHING APART. Why can't I PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER. And Hairy created a new school of magic that day.

>>26848462
Consider the following:
Destruction is the opposite of construction, as nothing is the opposite of something. Construction would logically increase something, but destruction of nothing would, logically, produce something as well.

>>26848462
CONSTRUCTION was lost and forgotten because DESTRUCTION was jealous of how much more useful it was.

...wait, if it was forgotten....LUNA! COME TO ME!

>>26848409
>>26848380
>>26848368
>>26848379
>>26848357

You decide to look around. It's... small? Cozy. Shelves line the walls, full of various books and tomes. There are the armchairs you sit in, the coffee table. A chandelier hands from the ceiling.

He has a large, mahogany desk, on which is covered with... a large board? It looks like a board for a war game. You peer at the little figurines. Hey, that one looks kind of like Pythianne, and that's definitely the Archmagister... Oh. Ohhhh. The Magisters are all huddled around on a spot you assume represents the Academy. Looking around, you can see various figures you don't recognise - some seem wizard-y, some do not.

You aren't sure what any of this really means though. You notice one of the pieces is currently face down - an old looking man in robes, quite a ways away from the Academy.

>Continue exploring?
>Leave?
>Other?

>>26848501
And that, kids, is how the entropic plane was invented.

Come on destruction of nothingness let us bypass our hardest magic due to attunement.

>>26848481

>physical labor when we have magic

>>26848501

>the destruction of nothing

Our long-term research goal is to figure out how to destroy nothing, thereby creating something.

>>26848480
Giving you another attunement would involve a whole lot of backroom changing. Destruction was determined at the beginning via a random roll.

That's why I rolled 1d20 at the very start. Possible results were any of the Schools of magic, elements, or even raw power.

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>>26848480
>>26848500
>>26848501
The anti-spirals warned us about this...

>>26848515
Look at the books on the shelves.

>>26848515
Inspect the map more closely.

>>26848515
>>Continue exploring?

>>26848515
Leave nigga. LEAVE

>>26848515
Take a look at the books in the shelves.

After that, leave and STUDY MAGIC

>>26848515

Poor face-down dude.

Inspect the bookshelf. Can we inspect the map and actually learn some geography?

After that, time to STUDY.

>>26848515
We gots to read

Back to the dorm room, read all our books thoroughly over the next 48 hours, timeskip.

>>26848480
You know we don't have to do much with it if we don't want to.

Honestly, I prefer most other of the magics myself over Destruction

>>26848521
This is the best of all possible plans.

>>26848528
Considering how we got to the Entropic plane the first time and what we did when we got there, it doesn't seem particularly unlikely.

I hypothesize that we are all being astrally projected from another plane, and death merely returns us to that plane. However, the reason we shouldn't simply kill ourselves is that arriving on this plane we have no memory of our previous lives, and so logically returning would wipe our memory as well. However, use of magic can let us bridge the two planes together.

>>26848589

Same, I was pretty happy with summoning at least.

>tfw you are the only one who enjoys good old destruction magic

>>26848547
Can't we perform some kind of ritual to change it?

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>>26848631
It's unwieldy. What would you even do with it unless it was severely nerfed?

GUYS, just because we have an attunement for destruction doesn't mean it's the only magic we use the rest of our life.

We have been studying force magic and summoning too after all.

>>26848665
Literally whatever we want.

>>26848665
Power my own city using combustion, obviously.

>>26848554
>>26848568
>>26848563
>>26848576
>>26848587

You examine the map a bit closer. You can see a few groups of people huddled up together - some mages you think, and what appears to be the Imperial Court. Straightening yourself, you skim over a few of the books on the shelves.

They don't have labels. You try to remove one and it doesn't move... hang on a minute... these aren't books at all! They're just wood! Shaking your head, you head back to your dorm to begin reading. The trip is uneventful, but everyone is whispering about the Alchemy Lab.

Safe in your Dorm, alone... except for Oblitus. Who has been reading the book on Incubi, Succubi and Omnibi. He doesn't react to you entering.

>Which books do you want to read over the two day timeskip?
>Maximum of four.

Books owned:
Summoner's Spotting Guide: Things That Should Not Be and You - Vailean Wretchbringer
Dissertation on Daemons - Atrocitus
Book of Names - Unknown (Few days, Library)
Planar Encyclopedia - Scholar Devayth (Few days, Library)
Treatise on Summons - Lanius (Few days, Library)
Incubi, Succubi, Omnibi - Unknown (Few days, Library)
War of the Wizards - Historian Latian (One week, Library)
The Way of the Force - Ranafiel, (READ, One week, Library)
The Diary of Magister Kaline - Magister Kaline (One week, Library)
Planar Travellers Handbook - Jackyl the Traveller (One week, Library)
Deals with Devils, and other Infernal Bargains (?, Fifth Circle)
The Ambitious Guide to Devil Summoning (?, Fifth Circle)
Unusual Elementals (?, Fifth Circle)

>>26848685
1.Unusual Elementals
2. The Ambitious Guide to Devil Summoning
3. And grab a book on Destruction from the secret clubhouse.
4. Don't care

>>26848685
>Who has been reading the book on Incubi, Succubi and Omnibi.
Mah nigga. He knows what's up.

Incubi, Succubi, Omnibi
Deals with Devils, and other Infernal Bargains (?, Fifth Circle)
The Ambitious Guide to Devil Summoning (?, Fifth Circle)
Unusual Elementals (?, Fifth Circle)

>>26848685
Find a piece of wood, make a figurine of our own and leave it as a gift for the Archmagister to find.

>>26848694
The ambitious guide to devil summoning, unusual elementals, succubi, omnibi and incubi, and a book on destruction magic.

>>26848685
The three we got from the fifth circle, and try to find one on destruction magic--fifth circle is probably the best bet, considering it's what got us in there.

>>26848694
>The Diary of Magister Kaline - Magister Kaline (One week, Library)
>Unusual Elementals (?, Fifth Circle)
>Dissertation on Daemons - Atrocitus
>Planar Travellers Handbook - Jackyl the Traveller (One week, Library)

>>26848685

Unusual Elementals, The Ambitious Guide to Devil Summoning, Deals with Devils, and other Infernal Bargains. Considering we might get the most interesting things out of the 5th Circle books.

>>26848685
>Summoner's Spotting Guide: Things That Should Not Be and You - Vailean Wretchbringer
Must keep being the best summoner!

>Unusual Elementals (?, Fifth Circle)
Same reason

>Planar Encyclopedia - Scholar Devayth (Few days, Library)
Honestly, I may be alone in this, but I feel we need to learn more on Celestial plane, so we can at least something that can heal when we need healing for ourselves or someone else

>>26848716

And make sure it's bigger and cooler than all the others too.

>>26848685
>Summoner's Spotting Guide: Things That Should Not Be and You - Vailean Wretchbringer
>Incubi, Succubi, Omnibi - Unknown (Few days, Library)
>War of the Wizards - Historian Latian (One week, Library)
>The Diary of Magister Kaline - Magister Kaline (One week, Library)

We've been sitting on some of these for a while, and they have some sort of due date apparently.

>>26848716

That's a great idea.

Planar Travellers Handbook - Jackyl the Traveller (One week, Library)
Deals with Devils, and other Infernal Bargains (?, Fifth Circle)
The Ambitious Guide to Devil Summoning (?, Fifth Circle)
Unusual Elementals (?, Fifth Circle)

Let's get our summoning on.

We skimmed the planar traveller's handbook, but I want to go more in-depth with it.

Since no one seems to be commenting on it, our "hot teacher" is actually some sort of undead lich or something. Her brother warned us about what we'd find under her skirt, and Oblitus outright said she was undead when we first met him (albeit, underneath zalgo text). Plus he's scared of her. Since he seems perceptive, it might be interesting to get his opinion of the people we interact with

With this many choices it's going to be tough to get a good consensus.

Hey Archmagister, just put together the greatest common denominators and throw it at us for approval, I don't want to sit here for 20 minutes. They'll all get read eventually.

>>26848776

That is an excellent observation and suggestion.

He said she was undead, though? What were his exact words?

All destruction

All books on it. Master.the strongest point, then go to second strongest. Continue until all is mastered.

>>26848776
Relevant quote:
Pythianne is shaking your hand. "OH MY GOD YOU ARE SO COOL!" She squees. You stare at her, affronted. She is strange. Unlike the others. Who is she? What is she? "Ş̧͡p̡̢͘̕e҉̧͡a͘k̀͏ ͠͏ǫ̕ŗ͘ ̵͢h͘͞͝͞o̷͞l̕͝͞d̴̀͘͟͞ ̢y͢o͜͏̸͡ù̴̶̧r̢̀͝ ͏̴͠b̷̴̴͘͟ŗ̴́͏e͢͠á͜͞͡t̸̸̢̧͢h҉͏͡,̧͞ ̴͟͠c̢͜͟r͟͡͏͜e̷̴̡͢a̧̡̢͏t͜͞͏͟͢u̡͡r̴̕͜e͜͏̶͜ ̡̧͜o̵̕͠f̴̧͜ ̨͠҉̸̡f̢͟͡ą̶l̢͘͞ş̴͠è̸͟͢͝ ̵̸̡́l̨̧i̵̵f̵e҉͜ ̵҉͘҉͟a̵̢̛͘͢n̨̡͜d̴̶͢͞͝ ̵̨̢͘͡u̴͘ņ͜͡͏d͞͝ȩ̷̀a̢̡̡ţ̷͡͡h̛͠҉̵̀.̢҉"

>>26848753
>>26848746
>>26848742
>>26848730
>>26848713

>Unusual Elementals
>Incubi, Succubi, Omnibi
>Planar Travellers Handbook
>Ambitious Guide to Devil Summoning

>Accept?

>>26848776
When did we find out she's an undead lich exactly?

>>26848821
Yeah, don't forget making that figurine.

>>26848821
YES

>>26848821
Accept

>>26848776

Well I figured the Arch Magister a senile old croon with a glamor, considering we know he's a lot older than he looks. I think that Pythianne being a lich is possible.

>>26848776
Son, I saw/called that out back in thread six

But yes, we need to find out more on this

>>26848821
Acceptable

>>26848821
I'd rather pick up a Force / Destruction book than work on the sex demons

>>26848841
We could just ask her.

>>26848821
Sounds good. It'd probably be polite to leave Incubi, Succubi, Omnibi until Obby is done with it though.

Rolled 74, 45, 68, 87 = 274

>>26848836
>>26848839
>>26848856
>>26848874
>Rolling!

>>26848865
Hah, taking "how old are you" to an entirely different level.

>Are you an undead lich?

>>26848865
or ask Oblitus. he is right here...

>>26848889
It's rude to talk about people behind their backs...

>>26848821
ACCEPT
ACCEPT
ACCEPT

So guys, I see we have a spell called "cantrips" with no DC, what's that spell do?

>>26848926
They're just minor spells, like the compass or ball of light. "Cantrips" are a kind of magic, more like tricks than proper magic.

So...she a lich...so what?

If so, i want to have that. Immortality!

>>26848934
Ah, like that

>>26848937
I bet that if she is a lich, she became one through a deal with a devil/deamon

Or we could pick the indirect route, and find out WHEN this school was created and ask about their previous adventures.

>ohh, 70 years ago in the great war I...

Wait, so now that we're under the Archmage's tutelage and protection, we might as well publish that article, right?

>>26848878
>Unusual Elementals

You study the book a bit more, and learn of another subtype, this time of the Earth Element. You can now summon Elementals of the Crystal-type.

>Known list: Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Lightning, Cloud (Air), Ice (Water), Crystal (Earth)

>Incubi, Succubi, Omnibi

Unfortunately, Oblitus spends a lot of time reading it. You're too polite to just snatch it off him. When he's finally done, he looks at you quietly and mumbles '... I can't remember how to read...'

Fortunately, you get a little more knowledge on the spell. Summoning and Binding should be easier for you. (Reduced base DC's by 15)

>Planar Traveller's Handbook
>Plane learned: Infernal Plane
>You can now Astral Travel to the Infernal Plane!

>Ambitious Guide to Devil Summoning
+5 Summoning

>It's now the day of the Ceremony. It begins in two hours. Nobody else knows what it's about.
>Get ready?
>Panic?
>Other?

>>26848972
GET READY BRUH

fuck I wonder what he is going to do

>>26848972
>Panic>

PANIC!

>>26848972
Aww sweet, soon we'll be good enough to bind a succubus on a crit. Soon...

Let's get dressed in our snazziest outfit, sans fedora, and head on over.

>>26848972

>Get ready... to arrive fashionably late

>>26848972
Upside-down clothes. Legs through the head-hole of our best robe. Belt to secure the upper half. Have to look our best for the Archmagister.

>>26849009
Hell no, Hairy McTerrorcastle has never arrived late so far in his time at the academy. Time to arrive fashionably ON TIME.

>>26848972
Panic! We forgot to make a figurine of ourselves!
The archmagister deserves a gift for his good will.
Quickly try scraping something together.

>>26849005
can we at least be euphoric?

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We run this shit

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>>26848972
>When he's finally done, he looks at you quietly and mumbles '... I can't remember how to read...'

>>26849028

Construct figurine of self.

>>26849043

We look like we run Ted's Tattoos to Go.

>>26849043
Pens? In a pocket? WITHOUT PROTECTION?

HAIRY MCTERRORCASTLE KNOWS NO FEAR.

PREPARE FOR TAKE-OFF, WE SHAL CAPTURE THE ATTENTION OF ALL.

In a COOL way of course. Hairy McTerrorcastle is COOL.

>>26848972
>>Get ready?

Get Ready

We chose this path. No regrets, no hesitation.

We going to be the best that ever was, ever be and ever for.

>>26849065
Thuglyfe

>>26849080
>>26849069

This.

Hairy McTerrorcastle has no room in his life for fear and regret. We don't look back, we move forward.

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No need to panic.

Accept

Also, we should suggest to our new master that maybe we can calm the empire down a little by trying to work on something that interprets Destruction in a non-threatening way.

-Anti-magic for instance: either destroying the magic itself, the ability to CAST magic, or the underlying control structure so that energy just bleeds/dribbles away from the mage with no particular effect.
-Some sort of (possibly out of our specialty) magically binding oath thing that means they don't have to be paranoid anymore?
-Mining: destroy the dross earth to reveal the useful minerals
-Destroying diseases
-dive so deep into the theoretical study of magic and the study of the underlying rules of how magic works that they realize we're never going to be a threat because that would require leaving the library
-destroying denizens of other planes and/or their ability to interact with ours
-attempting to destroy the barrier to the divine plane we read about in our book

Alternatively, we could try to destroy the Empire's divination spells that touch us.

>>26849073
>>26849069
>>26849025
>>26849005

You take a quick shower and eat a quicker breakfast, put on your best clothes and head out to the Great Hall. The hall is packed with students, a thrumming mass of mild confusion and adolescence.

"Attention! Can I have your attention please?" The Archmagister stands up on the podium, voice amplified through some unseen magic. Or just a powerful set of lungs. "Thank you all for coming on such short notice." He looks... normal. The Magisters seem vaguely confused themselves... except Vann, who is sleeping in his chair and Ranafiel who is the same as ever.

There are also a pair of figures you've never seen before - a man dressed in ostentatious clothing, rich silks and gleaming jewelry and a woman in steel armour. Representatives of the Empire?

"I have brought you all here for a very special announcement, oh yes... Would Hairy McTerrorcastle please come up on the stage?"

He looks directly at you now.

>Showtime
>Cold feet?

>>26849160
IT'S SHOWTIME.

WALK WITH OUR TOPMOST SWAGGER

>>26849160
It's showtime

>>26849160
>>Showtime
Do that walk. You know the one.

>>26849160
Let's fucking do it.

Get ready. Also we need to teach Oblitus how to read in our spare time. Hopefully it will be as easy as trailing a finger along the words as we read out loud. Hopefully

Showtime

Put on our determination face.

>Summon and bind an Imp to your will for 1d4 hours. Base DC 50 (DC 18)
DC should be 13
>Summon and bind an Elemental to your will for 1d4 hours. Base DC 40 (to summon) (DC 13)
8

Just throwin that out there for whenever.

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>>26849160
We got this shit.

>tfw no succubus companion like Mshyu

show time

>>26849194
I tried teaching a 6 year old to read once. Good god was that hell.

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>>26849160
>>Showtime
Showtime

>>26849194
But he said he remembered how to read.

Oh fucking swag. Just realized that now we can have 3 summons + Obby out at once.

Personal army, here we come.

given that the entropic plane (which is probably tied to destruction) is also tied to memories, we might want to see if there's a tie between destruction and memories.

>>26849160
>There are also a pair of figures you've never seen before - a man dressed in ostentatious clothing, rich silks and gleaming jewelry and a woman in steel armour. Representatives of the Empire?

The archmagister doesn't give a fuck.

I feel a shiver in my spine..it's the terrible cold hand of the QM touching the back of my neck, slowly pushing us towards conflict.

One small sway for man...one giant swagger for mankind.

>>26849160
Apologize for not bringing a gift.

>>26849243

see

>>26848972
>'... I can't remember how to read...'

>>26849269
>(which is probably tied to destruction)
But we're already established that it's like force magic in there. And you will things into existence in entropy land.

Kinda seems very not-destruction

>>26849278
>merchant detected
The magic of money is truly a powerful magic...

>>26849291
Aww shit sorry. I keep misreading things. Didn't get to sleep last night and I'm forcing myself to stay awake because I have to be awake tomorrow night and I don't want to fall asleep early and then wake up early and then be tired later.

Sorry.

>>26849171
>>26849169
>>26849168

You do The Walk. The McTerrorcastle Walk.

Everyone gives you confused looks, compounded only by your sheer audacious swagger. Some of the Magisters have dawning looks of revelations.

The Archmagister takes your hand when you come up on stage. "I, Archmagister Jasper Auriel, have taken an Apprentice!" The crowd goes deathly silent. "Yes, that's right! None other then Hairy McTerrorcastle shall study under me!" He gives cheerful looks to everyone in the crowd. "An exciting era is just around the corner, don't you think? I think so!"

There's murmuring in the crowd now. The Imperial Representatives don't look pleased but they're whispering to each other.

Before Jasper can continue, the jeweled man stands up. "If I may interject, Archmagister," His tone clearly says he doesn't care what the Archmagister has to say regarding his interjection, "The Empire has an announcement all of it's own." He says with a sneer. The Archmagister quirks an eyebrow.

From the corner of your eye, you can see Vann waking up with a silent yawn.

"The Empire has received dire news indeed. It is unfortunate that we must sour this happy declaration with news of a grim and dark nature, but alas, such is the way of life." The man paces in front of the podium. "Indeed, the news we have received pertains to this very Ceremony... and this very apprentice!" He whirls about and points his finger directly at you.

"Under the power invested in me by the Empire, I, High Inquisitor Jamal, accuse you of High Treason against the Emperor, blessed be his name, and hereby place you under arrest! Aria!"

The heavily armoured woman rises to her feet. The crowd is gasping and murmuring. You move to react before you feel a hand on your shoulder.

"Jamal... what is the meaning of this?" The Archmagister says, tone and voice pleasant but with an incredible edge of fury. The Inquisitor doesn't seem disturbed.

>cont.

>>26849360
Oh shit

>>26849360
I regret nothing!

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>>26849360
Jamal you dumb nigger...

Let's watch what happens next.

>>26849360

Prepare for combat, we may still be just a fledgling but if all else fails we can use our ultimate attack running away

>>26849360
Let the Archmagister handle this. He's go this for sure.

>>26849426
No need to do that, trust the archmagister to handle things if they decide to go full retard

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>>26849360

>>26849360
>Jamal

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>Never learned how to summon shadows, the things Bowie recommend in case of shit going down
>Never into force magic at levels greater than minor brick lifting
>Never into destruction magic at all
>Our greatest summon is literally illiterate.

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>>26849459
Forgot my image

So uh, because we were born with magic we are planning treason?

>>26849360
This is obviously a test

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>>26849360
Never trust a wealthy merchant...

Somebody better tell Jamal-kun these aggressions will not stand, man.

Rolled 99

>>26849468

BITCH WITH THESE ROLLS ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS STAND STILL

>>26849360
Book it nigga, I Harry Mc T ain't going out like a sucka today

>>26849468
HAIRY MCTERRORCASTLE

MASTER OF ALL TRADES

JACK OF NONE

>>26849520
Indeed

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>>26849520

>>26849520
Well shit.

.......see. the dice gods are with us.....

......right?

>>26849360
We're probably going to escape the academy and go to that old wizard guy on the map and learn his sekrit magic to fuck the empire up.

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>>26849520
Gunha? Is that you?

>>26849360

"Stand aside Jasper! I have the Authority of the Emperor himself!" The Inquisitor declares, still pointing at you.

"So you do. You have accused my dear apprentice of High Treason. You will present your evidence for such a charge, as is required by law." Jasper's hand on your shoulder tightens slightly. The crowd is unsure what to do, and neither are the Magisters. Aria, the Guard, advances to grab you, but freezes under the Archmagister's cold glare.

"The evidence is confidential and privy only to the Courts, Jasper. Stand aside, or be guilty of defending a traitor." Jasper's smile widens.

"Privy only to the Courts... Jamal? Does the Empire mean to imprison my dear student without even telling his teacher why?"

Suddenly, the air feels incredibly heavy. You can barely breathe through it's thick, heavy weight as the podium around you cracks and splinters.

"T͠h̵a̵t ͠wou͘ld̨ b̛e ̷ve͜r̡y͠ ͡ru͞d҉e ̧of̶ the̸ E͏m͠p҉ire,̧ ̴d̀o͏n͟'t͞ ̵you t̷hin͏k?"

Jamal sneers back. "Are you threatening me, Jasper?" He jerks his chin at Aria. You hear the clinking of chains.

Jasper raises an arm in defence, and you watch as the chain wraps around it tightly. "... Well. I see negotiations have failed." He says pleasantly. The Archmagister goes to cast a spell... and it fizzles. He looks incredibly surprised.

Jamal laughs and strokes his gold. "Anti Magic, Archmagister. A relic from the past recently rediscovered. You didn't think we came unprepared did you?"

The Magisters are rising up to their feet, but Jamal holds a hand out to them in warning.

This doesn't look good. Jasper stares down at the chain. "..."

>Actions?

>>26849520
This guy

>>26849520
> ohhhhh snap, can we like, summon a fire elemental and demand to see evidence? or... fuck I wish we could clone or something and let the clone take the hit... I guess we'll have to diplomacy this somehow

>>26849568
RUN TO THE HILLS!

>>26849360
"What SPECIFICALLY have I supposedly done. I haven't left the goddamn academy, haven't conspired against the empire or emperor with anyone much less the enemies of the state. And I certainly don't have any state secrets or even contact with anyone outside of this castle."

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Rolled 61

>>26849520
>>26849568

IT'S TIME! SOVEREIGN SCHOOL NATION!

YOU WANT DESTRUCTION MAGIC? YOU GOT IT!

>>26849568
O sheit nigger.

Is oblitus here? Summon oblitus and tell him someone is trying to murder us.

See if anything interesting happens

>>26849568
Call oblitus to fuck his shit up. Quickly summon bowie as well. Try summoning a crystal golem, I doubt those chainse can hold all those and Oblitus's puppets.

>>26849568

lets summon up a few elementals and get this party started

>>26849568
Destruction. All the Destruction.

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>>26849568
There's nothing we can do that the Magisters can't do better.

Ask how we can have betrayed the Emperor if we don't even know him.

>>26849520
>>26849568
destroy ant-magic with force magic "how boring"

>>26849568

Kick Jamal in his dick. Also can he stop Obby's magic? Maybe he can dominate the inquisitor.

>>26849568
Snatch the chain, it's not anti theft

>>26849611
... What the fuck is Bowie gonna do?

>>26849568
is summoning instant? I keep forgetting if it is or not,
> crystal elemental, break/eat chains

>>26849568
BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE. BE DESTRUCTIVE.

>>26849568
Lawyer up motherfucker

>>26849520
>>26849568
destroy ant-magic with force magic "how boring"

stand still and exzude destruction of Anti Magic

>>26849568
Throw something nearby at him

Rolled 51

>>26849602
I want to do this so bad. It's such a bad idea but its sooooo right!

All hail HAIRY MCTERRORCASTLE!!!!

>>26849627
It takes a bit to cast.

>>26849568
Rip that shot off his neck

Rolled 10

>>26849568
I roll to knock Jamal the fuck out with a mean right hook.

>>26849624
Claw them maybe? What ever it is he does.
Also be strong.

Rolled 3

WE HAVE A TALENT FOR DESTRUCTION? DESTROY THE ANTI-MAGIC FIELD.

>>26849568
NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO SHOW OUR TRUE POTENTIAL

>>26849568
OBBBY GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE PLEASE!

wait, are the chains AoE magic? are we effected? or are they on the magistrate? also why the fuck don't we carry a knife

Rolled 85

>>26849658
The dice have abandoned us!!!

>>26849568

Headtbutt everything and everyone. Mind over matter!!!

Rolled 49

Unleash hell.

Rolled 12

Quickly try to go through a variety of spells to see if they have any effect.

If not, yell out that IF MAGIC DOES NOT WORK, WE WILL SIMPLY HAVE TO BEAT YOU DOWN WITH OUR FISTS. STUDENTS, ATTACK!

Rolled 75

>>26849673

roll!!

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>>26849621
>Snatch the chain, it's not anti theft
>it's not anti theft
>it's not anti theft
>it's not anti theft
>it's not anti theft
>it's not anti theft

>>26849658
>>26849659
>>26849641
>>26849630
>>26849613
>roll 1d100 to manifest raw Destruction magic
>also who are you targeting with it?

panic

>>26849663
WAIT IDEA, if we have time to summon, do it. then
"if the antimagic goes anywhere near this elemental, its binding breaks, and we all die. let the magister go"

gah, always too slow.

"You do realize that doing this will set off exactly what has you running scared. This blatantly unwarranted arrest will only turn every person in this school against the empire, no longer content to merely live and let live because they have to live in fear that it could be them hauled up on trumped up charges next. You're laying the groundwork for the next mage war.

Rolled 6

>>26849673
>>26849691

Rolled 76

>>26849691
Either the CHAIN, or the IDEA OF THE ANTI-MAGIC

>>26849691
THE CHAINS

>>26849691
Target the stage

Rolled 55

>>26849691
Target Jamal.

Rolled 51

>>26849691