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The woman behind the desk doesn't quite seem to understand what you've said. She stares at you, mouth slightly agape, neither moving nor speaking. After a time you grow impatient, after all your reserves of vys will only hold up for so long when you have fire vatis shooting jets of flame at the wall of ice you're struggling to maintain.

Slamming one of your hands against the counter top to snap the woman out of her fear-induced paralysis, you speak. “You know Rhynian, yes? You understand the words that I am saying? The scroll which contains the vys metamagic. It's in the reserved section of your library. I wish to check it out.”

Nervously she makes her way over to a ledger, flipping open the cover and turning the pages with shaking hands. She stops at one page in particular, running a finger down the page until she find the entry she's looking for. Clearing her throat, she finally answers you with an unsteady voice. “I-it was l-last checked out by Grandmaster Albrecht Teufel. He maintains a residence in the faculty dormitories.”

Albrecht Teufel, what an exotic name. You wonder where he might be from? You've never heard anything like it before. Standing straight, you smooth out your clothing. You'd been left in a bit of disarray after your run through the city streets. “Wonderful. Where might I find these dormitories and what room is Grandmaster Albrecht staying in?”

The woman glances once more towards the ledger before answering. “The faculty dormitories are down the eastern hallway. Before you reach Hayes' workshop, there should be a door to your right labeled staff. You'll find the dorms within. He's on the third level, in room twelve.”
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Turning your attention away from the woman, you note with some curiosity that your frosty barricade is no longer being bombarded. Have the bastards beat a hasty retreat in the face of your arcane might, or are they merely lying in ambush on the other side?

>Evaporate your barricade and walk out like nothing's the matter.
>See if you can't take advantage of the secret passage the Archmagos showed you on your first visit, in the restricted section.
>Write-in

>>38807703
>See if you can't take advantage of the secret passage the Archmagos showed you on your first visit, in the restricted section.

>>38807703
>Evaporate your barricade and walk out like nothing's the matter.


Being insane certainly makes for humorous situations if nothing else.

>>38807680
>went for a jog
I'm still salty
>>38807703
>>Evaporate your barricade and walk out like nothing's the matter.
We'll just explain that we were in a hurry to them, no need to be thought of as a criminal after all.
Soma, I have some magic/expeirment related question, should I ask now or on your ask?

>>38807703
>>Evaporate your barricade and walk out like nothing's the matter.
Remember to nod politely

>>38807703
>like nothing's the matter
Can we not?
Just go out, hands held up, and calmly explain to our friends that there was a slight misunderstanding and we apologize for any hypothetical troubles that we may have caused.

>>38807703
>>Evaporate your barricade and walk out like nothing's the matter.
We were simply in a hurry, it's really not a big deal.

>>38807703
>>Evaporate your barricade and walk out like nothing's the matter.

>inb4 Albrecht Teufel is the racist asshole we met in the early threads

>>38807703
>Evaporate your barricade and walk out like nothing's the matter.

>>38807703
>>Evaporate your barricade and walk out like nothing's the matter.

Rolled 1 (1d10)

>>38807703
>>See if you can't take advantage of the secret passage the Archmagos showed you on your first visit, in the restricted section.

>>38807703
>Evaporate your barricade and walk out like nothing's the matter.

>>38807780
>>38807764
>>38807748
>>38807836
>>38807867
>>38807869
>>38807871
>>38807886
>What, a guy can't get a little exercise?

Oh, and you can use either the thread or my ask for magic questions. You're more likely to get an answer on my ask, but asking here might spark discussion. Up to you.

>>38807733
>>38807883
>Sneaky sneak

>>38807803
>Pretend to be a sane individual.

Writin'

>>38807867
Oh fuck me I forgot about him. That or he is the guy we humiliated when examining for our masters robes on Spice.

i legitimately forgot why we needed the vys scroll. i know it was important, but can someone remind me why? mainly because a guy got an arrow to the throat because of us

>>38807867
I don't even remember that, but the way I pronounce his name, it sounds like 'tejfel', which means 'sour cream' in Hungarian, and that's kind of funny to me.
I wonder what place has a German naming scheme though, we've seen Arab and Greek so far, plus Basque with the dragon language, and I think maybe English with the Aelamondians, plus of course glorious Latin with Rhynia.

>>38807906


If question just say it was a false alarm and that the scroll is still in store.

>>38807935
We healed it it's cool

>>38807935
Vys literally lets you control people like puppets, for one thing.
Might also improve our casting efficiency, is my guess, and maybe improve Manipulate?
It's also damn rare and an important/powerful lost(?) magic from before the fall of Rhynia.
I think it might be what's used to control beasts like they do in the place that could've been our starting location, was it the Pa'vala? Anyway, might need to be combined with Nature, but whatever.

>>38807935
Its a super rare, near forgotten meta? I really don't recall if we had any grand plans for it other than manipulating Vys in other people to produce an effect.

>>38807935

I still question how a guy running and shoving merchandise and people aside could merit an arrow in the back.

>>38808005
>shoved people aside
>ran away from police/guards
>skipped over borders and check points
>does magic and constantly ignores their attacks

>>38807942
in German it's pronounced toy-fell

>>38807906
I think ask.fm deletes anonymous questions. I've entered a few, got success notices every time, but never an answer. Probably because I'm not signed up. The questions were on topic and without bad words.

>>38807703
>>38807695

We forgot to say "thank you" to the nice lady!

>>38808032
I am somewhat familiar with German, and I didn't think 'eu' had an 'o' sound in it. Regardless, it's close enough, if you switched that out for the 'e' in 'pen' then it would be spot on.
It doesn't, Soma has answered my question that I've sent from computers I wasn't signed in on, but regardless sometimes the site doesn't even let you ask shit without a question.
I got taken off the "robot" list just recently so I can now ask more shit.
>tfw was Soma's original 3000th question I think

>>38808086
Shit, seconding this! Gotta remember our manners

>>38808124
I am German. "eu" is a diphthong pronounced as "oy". IPA: [ˈtɔJ̯fl̩]

>>38808086
Yeah, we're a well-behaved guy after all. Why are all those vatis standing in front of the door?

>>38807906
I guess I'll just ask here and then copy it to your ask if it's not worthless then.
How did Mik talk to the dragon?
Did he use some magic(Nature?) to establish the connection(not counting Metal mental buff), or is it some non-specific/non-magic thing he picked up form Zahak?
Was it something instinctual, or does he think he could replicate that with others too?
Since Metal left him with "cold, unfeeling logic", could he use that state to more quickly find logical patterns, deduct things, or maybe find meaning in languages and notice patterns more quickly, maybe by sorting through the dragon's brain for emotions and using them to figure out his language?
Would making our own language help with the above? Would it being somewhat similar help(I could help with that, since I think Basque is also agglutinative to a degree and I already based my alphabet on Hungarian)?
Is talking mentally similar at all to the brooches, and did using them make it easier for Mik to learn this(if he did, that is)?
If Mik got high enough level, would it be possible to think people could be directly controlled through the brooches, in a mind control way?
>>38808240
That's close enough for me, tejfel is basically just [tɛjfɛl] or so.

>>38808294
>If Mik got high enough level, would it be possible to think people could be directly controlled through the brooches, in a mind control way?
Nope because true mind control is impossible.

>>38808324
Consider what Papa dragon was trying to do to us before the Stooges saved our asses. I meant like that or something.

>>38808344
That's influencing not mind control.

>>38808366
Close enough, when he could literally make Mik act against his will.
Maybe he knew Vys?

>>38808396
>Close enough, when he could literally make Mik act against his will.
>literally make Mik act against his will
That's not what he was doing. It's a mind trick not actual control.

>>38807703
Thanks for confirming the gate didn't increase our insanity in the ask page Soma.

>>38807906
Soma if Metal is the magic of altering reality then wouldn't Earth govern the structure of reality? That would explain why Decay/Erosion is one of the uses of it.

>>38808430
Wait what?

>>38808556
Don't forget the mental aspects of both metal and earth.
>>38808572
http://ask.fm/Quidam_Asinus/answer/124782245947
Basically confirms that the gate didn't push us up to 5 or 6 like some anons were saying after we went inside.
i was annoyed at the time he didn't even answer if it went up and instead skirted around it
I still think we should get good at metal before even deciding on doing the gate thing, hell might even want to consider using the gate for metal GM, or meditate on the insight we got to get a clue on what it helps do for fire.

>>38808428
What's the difference between a mind trick and mind control in this instance? Had Mik not asked for help he would have done what the dragon wanted even though he knew it was a terrible idea.
>>38808627
>meditate on the insight we got to get a clue on what it helps do for fire
This one, no messing with the gate or fire magic until this.

>>38808556
Changing the structure of something is also altering it, anon.
And making different elements is really just changing the quantum structures, maybe making some more particles as well.
Seems to me more that Earth is chaotic while Metal is orderly, in a way.

Still wanna figure out mind/soul healing with Water magic. It's been hinted at.

>>38808637
>What's the difference between a mind trick and mind control in this instance?
Straight up hijacking is impossible subtle manipulation is fully possible. Remember Mik didn't realize he was being manipulated also trying to hijack someone's mind generally damages their mind.
>>38808688
Earth governs orderly structures which in case you didn't know are crystals.

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Realizing you forgot to thank the woman for her help, you turn your attention briefly towards her. “Oh, and thank you by the way. You've been a great help.” She stares at you oddly, like you're some kind of mad man, but you have more important things to worry about. Namely, what awaits you on the other side of your hastily erected wall.

You meander your way across the library, coming to stand in front of the thick wall of ice. You can't see anything on the other side, the ice is solid white. Placing your hand flat against its cold surface you start to channel water magic. Immediately the wall begins to melt away, steam pouring off its surface as it rapidly melts away. Soon there's nothing left save a bank of fog, and even that is slowly dispersing.

You stride forward calmly, the mist clinging to you as you pass. You imagine it must look very dramatic, from an outside perspective. As you emerge from the bank of fog you're greeted by a crowd of perhaps forty people. Most of them are guards, armed and armored. Most wield spears, while some wield swords. Regardless, every weapon in the room is pointed at you. Of forty people in the room perhaps twelve are residents of the Academy. You count six apprentices, three Vatis, two Masters, and the Archmagos, your friend Suresh.

It's Suresh who breaks the silence, shouting in your native tongue. “Pani's tits Mikhael I thought for a second we were under attack! You know, if this weren't a magical academy you'd be liable for the damages you caused. You should count yourself lucky that we have nature vatis who can fix that door. Why would you go through all this trouble just to see the scroll of Vys? I know it's rare, but that's no reason to go breaking in doorways and attracting the attention of half the city guard!”
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>>38808748
Metal governs metals which in case you didn't know are orderly.
Consider that Earth can be used to cause insanity, which I wouldn't call very orderly, while Metal helps keep things unchanging. Earth also erodes things, which is literally destroying the order of their structure, while Metal reinforces things and helps them keep the same.

You shrug your shoulders nonchalantly. “I was worried it might have been bought by the time I got here, or lost through some other means. Surely you understand that it's one of the rarest metamagics in existence, anyone would get a little excited at the prospect of learning it.”

Suresh holds up his hands in mock surrender, sighing deeply. “Look, you'll have plenty of time to study the scroll later. It's not going anywhere. Why on Earth would an academic institution like ours ever, in three hundred thousand years, part with a scroll containing instructions vital to understanding the vys metamagic? The scroll we keep in the library is just a copy to begin with, the real scroll is in a vault we keep hidden. Anyway, help me get rid of these guards. Try to act normal for five minutes.”

Unable to resist a little friendly ribbing, you frown. “Five whole minutes, Suresh? I don't know, you're asking a lot of me. I can do my best but I make no promises.”

He doesn't deign to respond, instead turning his attention towards the rest of the crowd. Switching to Rhynian, he calls out above the murmur of the spectators. “You'll have to excuse my friend, he grew perhaps overly excited upon hearing that we have a rare scroll in our library. He's harmless, really.”

One of the guards steps forward, an officer you'd guess by his armor. It's built more for form than function, the cuirass designed to look like a man's well-muscled torso. He rest one of his hands on the hilt of a sword, eyeing you warily even as he addressed Suresh. “Be that as it may, we'll still need to bring him in for questioning and fine him for distur-”

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>>38807703
Now would be a goodtime to see if we can find any books on golem, cores, and Gems

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The guard is interrupted by another, this one in a tight fitting cloth jacket with all manner of patches and metals on his breast. “Bullshit! This isn't even in your jurisdiction, townie! He refused to stop at a checkpoint and so it's the Gate Guard who ought to be the ones to brin-”

Yet another man interrupts. “Oh, piss off! The Gate Guard is completely irrelevant anyway, you sorry louts have no actual power!” The speaker is a man wearing a simple steel cuirass, polished to a shine. He's holding a halberd at the ready, angled not towards you but towards the man in the cloth jacket. “He violated the peace of the city and so it's the Civil Service who ought to bring him in to be pilloried!”

Suresh clears his throat, attracting the attention of all three of the men. “Technically, the Academy of Anthus isn't actually within the jurisdiction of the city. None of you have any right to be here, let alone make arrest. Now, if you'd like my retinue can show you to the door.”

The guards whom you'd bowled over when you hurled a boulder of ice at the gates step forward to flank the Archmagos, swords drawn. The other Vatis likewise move to join Suresh. Slowly, the various branches of the city guard begin to file out of the building, led by the Academy's own guard. In your own language, Suresh confides “I swear sometimes I'm glad the fools running this city are completely incompetent. Now then, surely you haven't come all this way just to seek out a scroll, have you?”

>Tell him you're here to collect on your share of the profits from Siege!
>Tell him you're simply passing through on a mission for a friend.
>Actually, you totally are just here to see the scroll.
>What, a friend can't pay a visit now and again?
>Write-in

>>38808834
>>Tell him you're here to collect on your share of the profits from Siege!

>>38808834
Kill yourself, Mik is too insane to live

>>38808627
I like the idea of using metal to understand the gate, that could be really interesting

>>38808834
>What, a friend can't pay a visit now and again?
Also
Tell him you're here to collect on your share of the profits from Siege!

>>38808834
>What, a friend can't pay a visit now and again?
But really:
>Tell him you're here to collect on your share of the profits from Siege!

>>38808834
>What, a friend can't pay a visit now and again?

>>38808834
>What, a friend can't pay a visit now and again?
>But yeah, you do have some business here, including the scroll.
>By the way, how quick could he set up a test for Grandmastery? We're kind of in a hurry, but would like to get that over with.

>>38808834
>>Tell him you're here to collect on your share of the profits from Siege!
>>What, a friend can't pay a visit now and again?

>>38808834
>Tell him you're here to collect on your share of the profits from Siege!
>Offer to make a Permancy Scroll for the school, but for a profit/finding shit in the library for free

>>38808834
>>What, a friend can't pay a visit now and again?
>Tell him you're here to collect on your share of the profits from Siege!

>>38808834
>Tell him you're here to collect on your share of the profits from Siege!
>>38808798
Both metal and earth govern order and reality.

>>38808834
all of the above, make conversation, but don't go into detail about the mission

>>38808834

>Write-in

All of the above. We got business to attend in the city and further on, but we could pass the chance to say hello to a friend and see the scroll.

>>38808888

Not in million years.

>>38808895
Makes sense, since Metal was originally and aspect of Earth.
I wonder if the same is true for Water and Nature, maybe Pani wanted a daughter/sister...

>>38808877
>>38808888
Seconded on all of the above and mentioning about taking the GM test and making a scroll.

>>38808914
It could let us get a lot of free shit, and we can sell it if you want.

>>38808888
NO

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>>38808888
Hell no

>>38808922
>Teaching enchanting
You so want to die.

>>38808930
NO
YOU DON'T JUST USE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF A LOST ART TO GET A LIBRARY PASS

>>38808944
>>38808935
>>38808914
Mind explaining why?
>>38808947
You do know permanency isn't enchanting right?

>>38808930
We literally have everything we could ever need ever. No.

>>38808952
Vys is also a lost art, and i'm just suggested it we could sell it to the school to get some artifacts/ gold if you want.

Why are people so against sharing the knowledge of permanency?
Keeping it secret is how knowledge is lost, I think we should at least offer to teach the archmage

>>38808957
It's on the same damn level of it.

>>38808957
>You do know permanency isn't enchanting right?
IT IS FAGGOT! IT IS A MAJOR PART OF ENCHANTING!

>>38808834
>What, a friend can't pay a visit now and again?

>>38808834
>Oh, there are various small things to do…
>btw, did you see a dragon recently? If one ever decides to visit try to talk to it via metal-magic.

>>38808985
How the fuck is it on the same level?
One is forbidden the other is just a lost art that died away when a crazy guy hid the scroll.

Teaching Permenancy to anybody will drastically change the political landscape of the region.

It is a Massive military tool.

>>38808895
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>>38808922
>Gotta get dat money, namean?

>>38808901
>>38808900
>Mission for a friend.

>>38808866
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>>38808892
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>>38808901
>>38808922
>What, a friend can't visit?

>>38808888
>>38808922
>Ey mane, you know I got dat perma meta. I'll hook you up.

Writin' for
>Visiting a friend.
>Get dat money, money, money

>>38808834
>write-in

Oh you know,a little business, a little pleasure, a little knowledge hording, a little dragon watching, a little sharing of possible world shattering portents, how's your office doing by the way

>>38808975
We've already taught it to someone else and one other person knowing it is enough.

>>38808987
You are a fucking retard if you believe its a major part of it, it is a big component but it was never truly a part of enchanting, it was something that helped it out.

>>38809006
Did you purposely make Samjans the best race so that the racism was not unfounded?

>>38808957
That is retarded, we aren't going to make Permanency public
First of all it's a high level lost art.
Second of all could lead to people messing with the Void, which is not good.
Third of all that shit is worth so much more than what you're implying, it's not even funny.
Fourth of all it's better to keep it to ourselves to have a trump card and keep power concentrated.
Fifth of all that shit could be all kinds of dangerous in the wrong hands.
Sixth of all it's way too important to share willy-nilly, could incite wars and shit.
I'm going to stop listing reasons now, but know that it's a retarded idea.
>>38808975
No, fuck him, he made us kill a faggot because he had dirt on us, we1ll be buddies, but he doesn't get to learn fucking PERMANENCY for free, and he has nothing worth it either.
>>38809006
No GM test shit?

>>38809006
How does sharpening our mind with Metal work?

Does it depending on our level or how much vys we can pour into it?

>>38809026
>helped it out
IT'S WHAT MADE IT AS RELEVANT AS IT WAS
IT'S WHY THERE ARE EVEN ARTIFACTS STILL AROUND
IT'S LITERALLY MESSING WITH A PERSON'S CORE, THE SOUL

>>38809035
nothing of worth? did you forget the vault?
I'm not saying give it for free, but i'm saying that there is a damn good chance that he could offer us something good in trade

>>38809035
We can do that back at El-Amin.

We are not teaching Permenancy to Suresh. We wouldn't even teach it to Ismail and the rest of our friends.

>>38809035
>and he has nothing worth it either.
I'm against teaching permanency, but you do know he has a vault full of artifacts, which if we are assuming like it is like the library a random loot table of anything we can think about.

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>>38809030
>The best

Actually the best Samjam are the mountain ones

>>38809086
>Implying

>>38808972
We have a spear that destroy minds/souls/bodies, we have a high end armor that's even better than what Varvar had, we are incredibly rich and will be the richest person on the continent once the water plant takes off.
They have nothing we need that's worth the knowledge of Permanency.
>>38809054
>>38809065
I really really doubt it has anything that's worth Permanency right now. We have no real need for anything, and 3 of the items we saw in the vault had steep prices.
>>38809059
We'd need to become a vatis for that again, and can only be done after unbanishment, and is more complicated than a simple fight.

>>38809094
>Denying

We should probably warn him about the dragons.
Maybe get him to organize a group to defend the city and watch for them.

>>38809086
Let's meet them first.

>>38809086
kek
I bet they aren't even as good at magic as real Samjan are
>>38809104
We'll pass the dragon pass on our way back, we'll deal with it with diplomacy, don't worry

>>38809104
This

Though we'll seem really crazy.

>>38809120
We're getting a boat back, there's no way in hell we're going past Longia again.

>>38808294
>Mik talk to the dragon
Some races are more telepathically attune than others. Thus, they more readily facilitate mental conversation. Dragons are one such race. Thus, Mik was able to use his limited understanding of Nature magic to communicate even though normally he wouldn't be able to.

He could replicate it with other dragons, certainly. Not yet with other people. Most all Grandmaster Nature Vatis are capable of telepathy though. Some at quite long ranges.

Figuring out logical patterns and deducting things is totally something magic can help with, but it's just spending vys to enhance some aspect of yourself. It's not really a Metal magic thing.

I'm going to say that at Mik's level of Nature magic he couldn't pick a dragon's brain to learn its language, but perhaps at higher levels it could be possible.

Making your own language might give you a bonus to learning languages, I haven't really decided yet.

The brooches aren't really the same as telepathy. For one, the brooches translate the thoughts of others no matter what language they're speaking in.

Directly controlling someone with magic isn't something you can do with any known form of magic, no matter how high level you might become.

>>38809035
>Second of all could lead to people messing with the Void, which is not good.
How does this make people mess with the void?
As far as i can remember its tearing a chunk of our soul and adding it to something else/spell.
>>38809049
We found out enchantments last for ever, and only need vys to work.
Also its used for alot of other shit than that, you act like it was created for enchantment.
The soul grows back anon.

>>38809100
>We'd need to become a vatis for that again,
and can only be done after unbanishment, and is more complicated than a simple fight.
Actually that's fairly simple to hand wave.

>>38809132
Getting a boat back will take longer.

>>38809148
It's only a little deeper than soul-level meditation when people start seeing the threads of reality.

>>38809132
B-but Al-Gasreed?

>>38809184
He's dead, Jim.

>>38809100
>3 of the items we saw in the vault had steep prices.
You forget that their vualt is a random loot generator, but i can see why you are against telling the idea to him.

>>38809148
>How does this make people mess with the void?
You do realize Permanency can be used on spirits to create more powerful enchantments.

>>38809167
And doesn't get us roasted by dragons. Good plan.

>>38809183
Oh i thought that was part of the new enchanting system.
Yeah that can be a problem than.
>>38809205
Yeah, but we aren't teaching that.

>>38809214
Instead we arrive back to El-Amin in flames, ruled by Mama dragon.

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Anybody want to meditate on the shockwave gem and maybe find a books about gem and their creations?

he argument is getting stupid now. We're not teaching him Permenancy, end of story.

>>38809167
And give us more time to improve without interruptions.

>>38809243
We have so much shit to do it's not even funny.
After the Pa'vala, I want to coop up in our estate for a month and just read and experiment and meditate.

>>38809243
Maybe we should drain some of the Vys first.

>>38809146
Soma, magic question.
Is grandmaster the absolute highest you can get with an element or is it possible to go higher?
Are the theoretical higher levels restricted to more innately magical beings, like dragons or spirits?

>>38809243
I'm all for meditating on it eventually, but it isn't terribly high on my priorities

>>38809100
>They have nothing we need that's worth the knowledge of Permanency
Except that secret book he offhandedly mentioned within the same two posts when referring to the Vys scroll, which he was trying to decode into the time meta. Are you even paying attention?

>>38809253
Getting home sooner will give us more time, actually.
>>38809243
Soma has hinted that soon, it will backfire horribly, putting 147 in a sword meant for common soldiers.

So who's up for taking some of that 147 Vys and putting some of it into that fancy sword? Seeing how Soma said it might be more of a curse than a blessing.

Please? Cause it seems really urgent.

>>38809276
This is answered in the magic pastebin

Levels in the Five Basic Elements
> Grandmaster: No further advancement.
> Master: DC 35 to gain insight. 5 insights needed.
> Expert: DC 30 to gain Insight. 4 insights needed.
> Vatis: DC 25 to gain insight. 3 insights needed.
> Apprentice: DC 20 to gain insight. 2 insights needed.
> Novice: DC 15 to gain insight. 1 insight needed.

>>38809276
>>38809270
>>38809261
I love that soma hinted at it becoming sentient.

I forget, did we ever give Suresh a brooch? I thought we did.

>>38809297
Yes, this, let's do this.
I don't even know how Mik managed to pump that much into it, but I will call bullshit if he can't take it out without being hurt now.

>>38809276
I believe Grandmastery is more the absolute measure of skill, efficiency and effectiveness, and the highest level one can obtain.

However, there are apparently races (like dragons with fire magic and Hydras with water) that have even more control over their natural elements than say, a human or elf or Samjan. There's an upper threshold of what we're capable of.

>>38809285
Where did he say that?

Time may be worth it but only if it's a sure thing..

>>38809325
No reason to, he's not all that close to us, Demetrios has one because of business.

>>38809295
>Getting home sooner will give us more time, actually
>improving without interruptions at home
>implying that's possible.

>>38809325
We gave one to Demetrios, that's all I can recall.

>>38809297
THIS

Soma i demand you include this as an option in the next few votes. Or when we finish with this.

Please don't ignore this like you do with half the suggestions.

>>38809285
>>38809342
>Time
>worth it
Nigga, that shit made a very high level vatis pass out after seconds of using it. And it can't be used for combat or anything active, really. It would only possibly be good if we had thousands of vys.

>>38809375
Seconding.

>>38809375
>>38809297
The Hiacian Sabre (that's the fancy new sword I think you're referring to) has a maximum charge of 5 vys. It's already fully charged.

>>38809402
Do we have anything else capable of storing Vys?

Cause if not fill our reserves and release some until we hit 100 in the sword.

>>38809402
whaaaaaaaat then how did we slam 147 into it. That's like triple. It'll explode if we try to draw from it.

>>38809388
That's true. It'd only be useful for small experimental stuff, not something that'd be likely to prepare us for our next adventures.

>>38809402
Doesn't the Hician Sabre have 3 Gems?

>>38809423
>147 is like 3 times more than 5
Try 15 times more.

>>38809423
>triple
Nigga, 147/5 is almost 30
But we have 147 in the shockwave sword, not the Hiacian sabre.

>>38809422
>>38809423
your fault for bitching about not putting vys inside of it, now let it become sentient and bitch about being stuck in our cloak.

>>38809458
>>38809461
Our capacity is 53 friends.

>>38809388
>>38809443
Or group spells where a bunch of people work together using ambient Vys.

>>38809472
But I did not vote for it, I'm mostly archive reader. Though it is an interesting experiment.
Don't project your upset at them on me.

>>38809473
That has nothing to do with what we responded to.
>>38809478
Okay, so now you want to teach TIME to a bunch of people.
This is getting more and more ridiculous.

>>38809473
My friends list actually has a capacity of over 70, buttscrub.

>>38809422
>>38809402
Can we do this then? Cause i say we cap it at 100 and don't let it go any higher.

>>38809513
I say cap it at 60 to 75, we won't need that much pretty much ever anyway.

>>38809513
>>38809422
If you really want to do that at least coincide it with a vys intensive experiment so that it doesn't go to waste.

>>38809508
Not my fault you're scrub at reading, nerd :/

>>38809508
I'm not saying we should. But Time would be the only thing that you could reasonably teach to a bunch of people because no once person can do anything with it.

It takes a bunch of people working in tandem to actually use it.

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>>38809453
Yup, and they're all much smaller than the gem in the shockwave sabre. The first two gems take 1 vys to charge fully. The third and largest gem takes 3 vys.

>>38809423
The 147 vys is in the Shockwave sword, not the Hiacian sabre.

>>38809422
You have nothing else with the ability to store vys.

>>38809473
You pumped the absolute maximum amount of vys you could without hurting yourself into the sword before each meditation session. This was 41 vys, at the time. 80% of 51 rounded up. 41*3 is 123. You had 24 vys already stored in the blade.

Anyway, I'm going to focus on writing so I can get this post out before my class starts.

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>>38809295
Wait guys if the cloak can drain vys in some way why don't we do that with the sword?

Maybe ask Rick for help?

>>38809532
>:/

>>38809530
Do we even have any "vys intensive" experiment ideas? I don't think we do. What experiments could we possibly do?

>>38809559
>:^/

>>38809530
>>38809527
>>38809513
Didn't soma say a walking fortress goelm would cost us 158 vys?

>>38809553
>>38809540
How about we just visit Hayes and ask him for something that can absorb Vys?

Best idea.

>>38809553
>>38809577
Why do we need to do anything at all?

>>38809577
>>38809553
How about asking hayes about it, and seeing why the sword having so much vys is a curse.

>>38809576
Just 150.

I'm tempted, I really am.

But no let's just do >>38809577

>>38809577
Why not show him the gem actually, the old man's crazy enough to work something with it.

>>38809576
We are not making a walking fortress golem in Anthus, anon.
>>38809572
>What experiments
HAHA, my time to shine!
>partial invisibility
>invisibility to Nature Sight
>Tremor Sense/Liquid Fire/etc.
>Regrow a limb while mimicking the process with Nature magic on a plant simultaneously, for added benefit do the same with Ice at the same time

>>38809598
Anons freaking out about soma saying they might regret putting so much vys in the sword.
I personally think it changed the sword to become sentient.

>>38809132
There's no boat from Khemdi.

>>38809120
Diplomacy is only going to get us so far with a race of warmongering monsters. Besides, they're probably already spread out.

>>38809598
>>38809618
That thing is a time bomb. at 50 Vys it burned our hand. and was so bright it hurt to look at. Now we have 3 times that. So something has to be done. Preferably split it up between multiple storage devices.

>>38809624
The only one that would realistically require a lot of vys is the last one.

>>38809632
I hope the sword is scottish
"OI LADDIE YE LEFT ME IN THAR TOO LONG"

>>38809577
I vote for showing hayes the sword and figuring out why its cursed for the players, but i'm iffy on taking the vys away, i want to see what Soma has done to it.

>>38809638
But there is in Anthus

>>38809654
Wonder how it looks like now.

>>38809632
...Right, so you're just really jumpy.
I get it.

>>38809662
Scottish pirate?

So we are visiting Hayes while we're here. and while we're there we'll ask him if he has any ideas/other gems to help us out.

>>38809576
150 for 3 stories ignoring density etc still want a walking fortress/transportation/home/Store

I also asked him if we have to pour the 150 in at one time and if we could use Vys batteries like the Gem in the sword to work around that.

>>38809665
>cursed
stop being retarded

GUYS!

WHAT IF WE TAKE THE SWORD...

AND PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.

Like dumping it in an alley somewhere and going far far away.

>>38809687
I don't want to visit hayes because if we do someone will vote to put on that mask.

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>>38809662

>>38809666
But we're going to Khemdi.

>>38809687
>visit X, and Y, and...
For fuck's sake can't people stay focused for just 5 threads? We come here for business and a bit of magic, let's get that over with, fuck off the Khemdi, kill the faggot, and then fuck off back to our estate.

>>38809700
I would jokingly suggest something but there's a bad track record with things like that in this quest

>>38809701
We won't. I promise Anon.

>>38809728
No we're going to Longia. To talk with the dragons.

>>38809738
>Put on the mask.

>>38809734
We have serious problem. And a visit to hayes is quick. Will take like 3 posts maybe 4.

Plus hayes is our friend and it would be rude not to visit our friend cause we're not gonna be back here for a while.

>>38809753
We're crazy enough to try that.

>>38809701
Actually, it might help us get an idea on how to get rid of the entity.

>>38809738
>Put on the mask.

>>38809753
Don't see the point, most of them probably already left, and last time we were there they weren't exactly open to diplomacy.

>>38809774
>our friend
We've talked with him twice.
That doesn't make him a friend.

>>38809728
Then we're gonna come back to anthus and get a ship back to El-Amin. So we don't have to deal with Dragons.

>>38809780
No.

>>38809793
Friend in insanity and madness.

>>38809738
I mean, maybe we can put it back in there.

>>38809774
I am not against visiting him.

Hayes is in definition of the word, our friend. Not yet, at least.

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>>38809734
I dont care if we visit him or not but Anon Hayes is in the same direction as that bt of magic you refer to

Don't get your rectum so twisted

>>38809793
Then Suresh isn't our friend either.

>>38809797
Mate, they already spread out, one of them was circling our ship near the shores of Anthus. Going back to Anthus just to take a ship isn't any safer than taking the mountain pass. It's just a waste of time.

>>38809780
Studying it with a meditation given our recent advances in the understanding of enchanting I can understand, but you don't need to put it on to research it with a ten foot prod.

>>38809815
>*no definition of the word.

>>38809797
Takes too long, don't want to leave our baby alone.
Also, the dragon we met at sea was pretty alright, very reasonable even, he realized we were intelligent/curious and didn't attack us.
Might be fun to meet it again, eh?

Reminder that now is not the time for joking suggestions.

>>38809836
The mountain pass is more likely to have them or have a higher concentration of them.

>>38809821
We've talked to him more times, actually.
But yes, Suresh isn't actually our friend either, nice job figuring it out anon!

>>38809774
Also, maybe we can buy the compass from him instead of doing that mission now that we have shitloads of money.
It would be incredibly useful if we're going to the Pa'vala.

>>38809843
Maybe it just had speaking anxiety which surfaces when it talks with adults. Mik did point out that it was an adolescent after all.

>>38809146
>Directly controlling someone with magic isn't something you can do with any known form of magic, no matter how high level you might become.
BUllshit.
Master ROSSHAHSHAHSHS w.e his name is.
Had his apprentices burst out into song and dance on a whim.
Don't backup now son.

>>38809836
>Going back to Anthus just to take a ship isn't any safer than taking the mountain pass. It's just a waste of time.
The water gives us a major advantage in case we do have to fight them.
>>38809861
>Also, maybe we can buy the compass from him instead of doing that mission now that we have shitloads of money.
We can't buy it anon.

>>38809861
Might actually be a good idea if he's willing to part with it.

>>38809861
speaking of which we should get info about it from here.

>>38809875
That's puppeteering, not mind control.

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>>38809836
Technically it is

Yknow us being a water GM

And being on an ocean

>>38809821
That is correct, Suresh is by no means a friend. He's an acquaintance who calls everyone around him friends. Or did you not notice that he goes out of his way to do that?

>>38809875
thats controlling their bodies with manipulate+vys.

>>38809878
About what, the Pa'vala? You think this place has more info on the killer desert than the greatest library on the continent which is right next to said killer desert?

>>38809855
Doubt it, from what we heard about them and what it looks like they seem to be territorial, I don't think they would group together.
Even if I'm wrong, there's not reason for them to stay near the mountain pass anyway, there aren't many animals to eat there nor anything else really. Some merchants here and there, but nothing significant.

>>38809884
And them being creatures of pure Fire.

>>38809891
Then why in the fuck did people want to give him Permenancy?

Well, he ain't my boy but the brother is heavy.

>>38809913
Because people are just like you, baka!

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>>38809892
Wait if he knew Vys why didn't we just ask him to teach us?

>>38809913
Because, anon, some people are not very smart, or they are very tired and weren't thinking straight, maybe they were drunk.

>>38809876
>The water gives us a major advantage in case we do have to fight them.
We're also going to be on a ship with nowhere to run when he decides to fucking burn it.
And I'm pretty sure the dragon has the advantage when it comes to fire.
>We can't buy it anon.
No reason why we shouldn't try.

>>38809947
Can confirm I am so drunk right now that I've never typed more coherently legible nonsense since otherwise had I been sober at this very moment.

>>38809945
we read some dudes book and it said that shit, we've never actually met the guy.

>>38809898
Soma said that both libraries are basically roll tables of info he made this place to basically be a second place to get info/artifacts if we never came back home(no clue if thier locations help the rolls or not).
I'm not sure if there are other places like those two places.

>>38809945
Because we don't even know if he's alive.
We read about it in his journal.
Jesus Christ anon keep up.
Also
>thinking an insane megalomaniac like Master Rosham would share his powers willy-nilly

>>38809905
They're reporting back to Momma

>>38809950
We could be alone in the middle of the ocean and have the advantage over a dragon. We don't need a boat.

>>38809950
>And I'm pretty sure the dragon has the advantage when it comes to fire.
>Water counters fire
>They also have Earth magic

>>38809891
He calls Mik a friend because they're both agtakhi.
Speaking of which, we should probably share the news with him.

>>38809984
How dare you try to be friendly to Suresh. He's a filthy Aghtaki!

>>38809983
>Earth magic
>Middle of the ocean


>>38809998
>>38809984
Funny because technically talking to Suresh is grounds for Execution for us.

>>38809998
Haha fuck you, dude was cool to us

>>38809971
>>38809968
Oops got confused with our master for a moment apologies

>>38809879
>>38809892
mhm


On a complete and different note.
Guys We've increased our vys pool.
We should have our warlock armor on.
It provides us some mental fortification.
That ALONE should be reason enough to have it on. It would likely make sure we aren't looking like an assault team on A city.
Also gives us a MUCH stronger passive bonus to all of our basic stats.
Likely the same amount that we gain using vys in our rhynian armor.
Also lets us draw in VYS.
We should have enough vys that using the warlock armor will not fuck us up.
Also remember the time it fucked us up was a double meditation. Using drugs, that was KNOWN to have side effects.

>>38809982
>They're reporting back to Momma
What makes you think that? What makes you think she stayed there either?
>We could be alone in the middle of the ocean and have the advantage over a dragon. We don't need a boat.
Mate, I highly doubt we're going to have an advantage over a dragon no matter where we go.
And we need a boat to actually get to El-Amin.

>>38810017
WAIT

ANON

HOLD THAT THOUGHT

>Grandmaster Rostam
>Grandmaster Karim

They're the same person! Both names have two vowels!

>>38810027
See, now THIS isn't a retarded idea, except for walking around in armor all the time and freaking people and especially humies/elves out because we're wearing the armor of the Samjan elite forces, but that I can live with mostly.

>>38810054
Magical fuel can't melt steel beams

>>38810027
Ah I forgot about that. I guess we'll do it when we get to it.

>>38810027
Yeah, we are going to try it again some time soon. It is on to do list.

There has just not been a real reason to put it on lately.

>>38810080
MAGICAL BEAMS CAN'T MELT STEEL FUEL

You adopt a hurt tone. “What, a man can't visit his friend every now and again? I'm hurt, Suresh. I thought we had something special.”

The Archmagos laughs politely, shaking his head. “Of course I don't mind, though I would certainly prefer if future visits came with less fanfare. It's been an eventful month in Anthus, since your departure. Lord Spiros' successor has yet to be appointed, though the elections are coming up. I've also heard there have been a few riots in the lower cities due to rumors that Lord Spiros was planning an invasion of Anthus to seize power and make himself king.”

You've no doubt that one of Suresh's agents was responsible for spreading that little rumor. He's a craftier bastard than you gave him credit for, at first. “It sounds interesting, Suresh. You'll need to fill me in on all the details I've missed later. On a more serious note, I did come here for a purpose. I seek to collect on my share of the profits from Siege! and there's also the matter of some business I have elsewhere which I must see to. After that it will be back to my new Estate in El-Amin.”

Suresh raises an eyebrow curiously. “An estate in El-Amin, you say? How did you manage to sneak that past the bureaucrats? Last I heard they were as hawkish as ever when it came to tracking down signs of Aghtaki in the city.”

You grin. “Actually, it's a funny story. I managed to save the Shah's life. Almost by accident, really. He was poisoned by an assassin and I noticed whilst meditating. A friend and I managed to return him to life before too much time had passed. I'm not yet officially unbanished, but it's only a matter of time.”

(1/2)

Suresh pulls you briefly into a brotherly hug, clapping you on the back. “Congratulations, my friend! The first in who knows how many centuries and millennia. I can't say I agree with the notion of returning to the corrupt society we come from, but if it reunites you with your friends and family than I'm happy for you.”

He separates from you, clapping you once more on the shoulders. “Well, I suppose I will allow you to see to whatever it is you need to see to. Perhaps later you could join me for dinner at a coffee house? I wouldn't worry about the guard, were I you. The events of the day will no doubt be forgotten as soon as the shifts change. Record keeping does not seem to be this city's strong suit.”

You express vague interest but don't really promise anything, and then the two of you part ways. Perhaps you will join Suresh later, but for now you'd like to keep your options open.

Since there's no longer a contingent of pike-wielding city guardsmen blocking your path, you make your way across the grand atrium of the Academy towards the eastern hallway. There are surprisingly few students crowding the halls today. A few lounge about on the window ledges, some reading while others nap or practice simple spells. The air smells vaguely of ozone and scorched hair.

You pass the guest quarters and the student dormitories, taking a right turn into a torch lit hallway devoid of windows. You pass a number of doors, some echoing faintly with the sound of voices. Others silent. Eventually you spot the familiar double doors of Hayes' workship. Currently they're flung wide, the sound of a hammer striking metal resounding through the largely empty hallway. On the opposite end of the hall, you see a small doorway labeled simply “Staff”. That would be the faculty dorms.

>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.
>Speak with Hayes about your artifacts first.
>Write-in

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>>38810027
Yeah soma confirmed that the ball of vys was because of alot of different shit being done together.
I'll second putting on our warlock armour.

AAND I gotta go to class. Back soon!

>>38810130
>>Speak with Hayes about your artifacts first.
Though i don't really care as long as we do both

>>38810130
>go see dat nigga hayes

>>38810101
Well except for the dragon. Probably would've been prudent to put it on when we first noticed it tailing us.

Kinda scary nobody suggested it at the time.

>>38810130
>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.

>>38810137
I agree, I think warlock armour has ceased to be dangerous to us by this point.

>>38810130
Does Master Karim know Animate? What about the other masters?

What's their Vys pool at

>>38810130
>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.
>put on our armour

>>38810130
>>Speak with Hayes about your artifacts first.

>>38810130
>>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.
THE GOAL IS IN FRONT OF US
DO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT

>>38810130
>>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.

>>38810101
As soon as the needle protruding from your helmet slides out of your neck all of the energy seems to drain from you, but the withdraw isn't nearly as bad as it has been in the past. Where as before you'd practically collapse after being cut off from the constant flow of vys, now you're left with only a mild sense of exhaustion and discomfort. It's easily ignored, fortunately.
Far more worrisome than the withdraw is the sudden onrush of anger and regret. Your heart rate spikes and your teeth grit as the knowledge that you just stood not three feet from that rat bastard Kadir without harming a hair on his arrogant little head. Eventually the anger subsides, but the fact you seriously considered running out of your room and hunting him down to extract your revenge is in and of itself concerning.

>There has just not been a real reason to put it on lately.
NIGGUH did you not bother to read the mess we're in because we just went batshit?
>>38810130
>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.
Talking to hayes will happen. but best we get small shit out of the way.

>>38810130
>Speak with Hayes about your artifacts first.

>>38810130
>>Speak with Hayes about your artifacts first.

>>38810130
>Conjure illusions to mess with Hayes as he works

This autocounts because we're insane, yes?

>>38810130
>>Speak with Hayes about your artifacts first.

>>38810130
>>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.
it's in character, we just ran through the city for the scroll so we won't leave it be noww

>>38810130
>>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.

>>38810130
>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.

>>38810130
>Speak with Hayes about your artifacts first.

>>38810137
what the fuck is that

>>38810130
>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.

On another note, can we test for the Grandmaster robes while here? Or do we plan on waiting to do it when unbanished as a big fuck you world kinda thing?

>>38810130
>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.
>>38810137
What is this?

>>38810130
>>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.

>>38810143
You mean 4 hours from now. Since you'll be fixing a meal and may be having a shower after class.
>I know you this well.

>>38810137
What the actual fuck is that shit.

>>38810249
Don't forget sex with his sister.

To the dorms!

>>38810252
The censoring should be enough for you to figure it out.

>>38810277
If he can have class and sex with his sister as the same time he's not giving the incest the attention it deserves.

>>38810252
>>38810231
>>38810218
It provides you a link anons, just follow it into adventure.

>>38810286
I refuse to believe that's an actual vagina being pumped full of blended cephalopod soup.

>>38810311
Well that was more than I needed and less than I wanted and all for free. I thought I'd gotten used to shit like this.

>>38810335
Oh god it's actually worms, that's somehow even worse.

>>38810335
You are certainly entitled to your beliefs.

>>38810335
I don't want to believe it either anon.
Unfortunately, I've seen worse things on this site.

>>38810344
>less than I wanted
What else did you want?
You could always go and find the pain olympics.

>>38810130
>Speak with Hayes about your artifacts first.

>>38810335
The website is shown in the video. Go there, I dare you.

>>38810425
I made a mistake and I won't let you hold me to it, don't worry about it brah you're fine.

>>38810130
>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.

Guys, seems like Suresh is doing well handling himself.
We should ask about an aspirations he have towards solidifying the academy's power. Or towards increasing his influence over the city it's self. And if we could help.
Having friends in high places is great.
Especially when they have a shit ton of influence.

I also want lands and Fulvia ruling them. While we adventure. But that's more a long way down the road.

Also how do you guys feel about either reading the codex or trying the
Vys Theory, Mental Fortification Using Soul: You turn the page again, as nothing seems to be happening. The figure reaches into itself and tears away a chunk of the golden ball with its bare hands, placing the torn chunk in its mouth even as ball reforms. As it swallows, its head turns to gold. Again, the tendrils attack the wispy figure's head but make no progress. You can only assume this is intended to be some sort of meditative guide, perhaps the most basic of techniques for steeling oneself against mental assault? You can't be certain.
For mental fortification, towards metal insights from now on. As master, we could gain a small passive. Then again at Grand master a bigger one. Would solve a lot of future issues, and less worrying over losing sanity short/long term.

>>38810130
>>Head into the dorms in search of Albrecht.

Other things to do while here.

>Visit partner to talk business and collect money
>See if we could meet with the princess.

Are you guys seriously going to go to someones room and ask for the scrolls they just spent money to rent out?

>>38810544
Problem?

>>38810529
>>Visit partner to talk business and collect money
Of course.
>>See if we could meet with the princess.
I would like to sounds like fun. Tell her about our pending unbanishment.
>>38810544
When you put it that way..
We kinda should just ask Suresh to pick up a copy or let us sneak a peak at the original.

Should be an issue, considering all the "trouble" he saw us go for it.

>>38810544
He might be done with it and just hasn't brought it back yet

>>38810218
>>38810231
>>38810252
That shit is all over /b/ lately.

>>38810544
we would bludgeon them to death with our bags of money if need be anon.

>>38810544
Yes.

Watch it be someone who's a friend of that guy who we beatdown in our masters robe challenge.

>>38810596
I refer you to >>38810582
instead of doing this.
GUYS lets do a write IN.
Talk to Suresh about it.
Read it or better yet, have him explain and meditate with us on the meta. Before we leave.
Before we do a mission or pay an arm and a leg for what we know to be a copy of something.

>>38810630
That's why Suresh asked us about having coffee together later.

He knew.

>>38810544
Actually if you're part of the academy staff you get to check out books for free Anon

>>38810630
We're not buying the scroll, just like Albrecht didn't buy it. We're reading it, memorizing it and learning it, then we'll leave. Like Suresh said, they "wouldn't ever part with it"

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>ITT Anons forget we could sneak into his room and take a picture of it with the Arechotech

>>38810760
You mean the Archeota which is currently in our companions hands, in El-Amin?

>>38810760
Prof has it.

>>38810774
lets go back for it

>>38810777
goddamnit prof

>>38810760
Why the fuck would you even sneak in?
We can just talk to the man.

Players are going crazier by the thread, I swear.

>>38810795
God damn it players you mean
>well, there's this camera that even Mik can use to take pictures
>nah, let Prof have it, he comes across a lot of shit after all, and look, he can make video clips! so cool!

>>38810823
Yeah, if Soma gave an additional point to insanity because of player behavior I couldn't really say anything against it.

>>38810760
>>38810774
Do we even need to? Can't we just spend an hour reading it then just meditate on we learned later as usual?

>>38810877
>Hi, and welcome back to Prof's vlog!

>>38810900
This is why I told you guys to dedicate a meditation session or two to getting photographic memory.
That shit can be learned and can be incredibly useful.

>>38810911
>not porn vlog
>Not him trying to remeber his past
I'll be disappointed if mik doesn't find home made porn on it when he gets it back.

>>38810935
But we've read scrolls then put off learning the shit they contained days or even weeks later haven't we?

>>38810955
>prof making porn, trying to see if any of it helps with his memory
>it's the most depraved solo porn Pidjata has eve seen
Mik has to destroy it, IT HAS TO BE PURGED

>>38810983
Reading shit can take hours.
Photographic memory is literally a couple minutes at most, as far as I know.

>>38810998
Those are books, but scrolls don't take long to read.
Speaking of which what did the animate scroll say?
I think soma forgot to put it up last thread.

>>38810998
Oh I see, you just want to read shit without cutting into our time, I knew I was missing something. I guess that could be quite useful, do you know for a fact that this can be learned in game?

>>38811018
Uh, something something pure unadulterad vys, I think? It was posted, I'm pretty sure.

>>38811018
we didn't get a full reading of the book because it was during the time skip, we just got a brief overview

I don't remember voting to fill our sword with a ridiculous amount of vys, did soma just decide we did for some reason?

>>38810998
Except seeing everthing doesn't amount to reading it.
Me showing you something and you being able to tell me every letter on the page doesn't mean you know whats on there.

You still have to read.

A better point that makes your point useless is,
we have "photographic memory" in the sense we can spend vys to remember something exactly like we saw it.
SO we can ask to see the scroll. Take a good look at it, then read from our mind later.

OR the smart thing to do. Read it and meditate on it at a later time. likely with Suresh.

>>38811026
I seem to remember asking Soma about it on ask, but it may have been deleted by now.
Regardless, I know for a fact it can be learned in real life, so I assume it can be done with meditations in game too.
Regardless, I'll submit a question on ask, but ask him once he returns if you'd like, I'll be going to sleep now and waking up in 6 hours or so.
>>38811054
>for some reason
7/10 insanity

>>38811054
anons kept bitching at him to do it, and he caved.

>>38811070
Yeah but why was it filled to the degree that it's actually dangerous?

>>38811054
Don't see the problem.

>>38811026
Learning speed and casting it on ourselfs has also been confirmed to increase our reading speed

>>38811060
Are you retarded though?
With photographic memory we could
>never need to borrow/buy a book again
>recall every detail without having to go into meditation for it, which can take hours
>remember shit on the fly
Yes, we'd need to read, but it would cut out the physical medium between the knowledge and us.

>>38811095
You will once we try to use it.

>>38811066
I hope he'll do it but I doubt it considering the gamebreaking implications, we do increase our vys cap by reading magical tomes after all.

>>38811092
It's probably not that dangerous as anons are making it out to be, probably just hard to control and slightly unstable when we release a wave.
Soma wouldn't screw us over a decision made without a vote.

>>38811103
>implying it doesn't also make us age quicker
Good thing we're biologically immortal, but still, would like to get a beard at the age that we'd get it naturally, don't want to cheat it.

>>38811108
I'm pretty sure you can't just meditate on making yourself smarter anon.

>>38811116
Mistakes into miracles friend.