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((I want you to succeed, so I stopped attacking you))

((Thanks! Edited my action so I drown the other guy instead.))

Consider this: The castle was a colaborative effort, and it took 130 POT. So for a solo mage, that would be 200 POT, or so. While length of a turn in a value entirely related to the plot, it is usually below one minute. Jase could build a fortress against both physical and magical, with dangerous traps inside and magical cannons outside in less than four hours.

((So, we're not lousy mages after all? Neat.

Actually... given 24 hours, we could probably conquer the multiverse. Anyone else want to give that a shot?))

Quote from: NAV on December 13, 2015, 03:36:24 pm

Remember Whaz the Gloomy? Or Azenfar the Quick Death? Now those were two mages who could really hold their own in a fist fight.

((If they hadn't come here, they would had had decent chances at becoming the Archchancellor of Unseen University.))

((Because they were actually fit?

...It sounds like mages outside the island are even more incompetent than we are.))

But what if you don't have enough essences for even a +2/+2 spell?

((Well then, you should probably try breaking your opponent's nose and stuffing a gag into their mouth. The existence of spells doesn't prevent your from making full use of your fists.

In any case, a temporary lack of magical power is a perfectly reasonable trade-off for fighting or casting a large spell. It's basically what happens in real life, albeit with exhaustion of a more physical kind.))


((As for new players...

I know the first incarnation of gloomy had a pretty bad experience, but in all honesty, he had some terrible luck to match. Literally every moderately-established player in the game has gotten past that initial stage of weakness. That's ~18 now, plus many others who have died over the course of 134 turns.))

Archon: Recruit more animals via mind-control.
5 beasts: Search for a stagnant orb.
5 beasts: Search for an orb of storms.
2 cultists: Research a summoning ritual designed to bring random horrors to earth rather than specific entities.
5 cultists: Learn about battlefield tactics.

Use telekinesis to carry myself across the water. Maybe slow down the idiots trying to swim, too. Don't drown them, though. They're just useful enough to spare.

Anyway, claim the island's loot as my own.

I am Alexander, a madman with psionic powers.

Spawn, and be annoyed at the guy currently ruining the reputation of proper bards. Maybe telekinetically crush his banjo, if I'm feeling particularly lucky.

I just finished reading Shadows of Self, book 2 of the Wax and Wayne Mistborn series by Brandon Sanderson.

Incredible, just as I expected.

Statements like this are the only things that make me reconsider my dependence on the library for reading material.

You'd think it would possible for them to order a book before its been out for six months.