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Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on February 02, 2013, 06:10:59 pm

Quote from: Persus13 on February 02, 2013, 04:58:59 pm

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on February 02, 2013, 04:57:16 pm

Quote from: Persus13 on February 02, 2013, 09:23:05 am

Derm GWG before he derms me.

Derm Persus before he derms me.

Derm GWG before he derms me before I derm him before he derms me.

Derm Persus before he derms me. Because he will not have dermed me before I derm him.

Derm both of them.
At the same time.
Equally.
Synchronized.

Suggest an Enemy Mine solution to Persus.
Derm The Zoom Zoll.

i guess its fine for a one-way thing.

If you're fine with the destination also being screwed up. And don't care about the start point. And people let you near such a destructive device.

Say abracadabra with malicious intent!
Then bash at the centipede again using my sledgehammer

[20!+1,4-2] Javier waves his wand and feels his power drain from him. A weird bearlike creature appears. It looks...mostly like a bear. It has a pair of batlike wings, however. Its shaggy fur also contains what seems to be more bats, whether growths on the bear or simply roosting there you're uncertain. The bats aren't normal bats either, oh no. They're warped bats. Some have wolflike snouts; some have tentacles growing from their faces; some have elongated snouts and large claws on their furry wings. The bear does not seem to be under Javier's control...on the bright side, you feel your wand's magic shift!

Alright then, lets try the word "Zap" on for size. Pointing at the centipedes with harmful intent, again.

[9+3,19+2] You summon another breastplate, this one seeming to be tarnished silver. It floats, before falling towards one of the centipedes and [4+2] causes the creature to shudder once, then die. Excellent.

((14 years))

((I had imagined her a few years younger. Thanks for the FYI.))

Pointing a wand at a centipede, Clair intone a incantation, hoping it will die.

"Caedis"((it latin for murder))

[9+3-1,5-2-1] A tiny glob of...something bubbly and molten-hot smelling like burnt hair, with chunks of glass holding bits of black stuff within forming from the bubbles, appears above Clair's head. [14+1] She dodges, and notes that the glob seems to be cooling into a bunch of stony strands in airy arcs, while the dark stuff seems to be harmless. Probably. Whatever that was, your wand didn't seem to like it...

"No, Sashaaaaa!"
I thrust my wand at the offending centipede!
"Alakablowstuffup!"

[Heads] Said offending centipede was killed already, so the Archmage calms and decides to go for the other one. [4+2] Nothing happens.

((A level of -1? INFINITE LEVELS!

I don't see how that follows. It's two levels lower than y'all, which means you get 25%, one quarter what you would if you (say) overpowered the Archmage and slit his throat.

Meus grumbles and shakes the feeling off. He commands Tattletale to attack any remaining centipides. "Cmon Tattle, show these centipides who's boss!"

[5-2+2] Meus still feels pretty angered at everyone. He expresses this anger by ordering Tattletale to attack the last remaining centipede. [13+1v18+2] The beast neatly leaps out of the way.

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Hm. I haven't said how big the room is. It's 15 feet from east to west wall (4.5 meters), and 20 feet (6 meters) from north to south.

The room gets a bit crowded as Javier proudly summons a mighty bear, likely a head taller than a grizzly if it was to stand up, with copper-colored fur, batlike wings, and shrieking hosts in its fur. Jane summons something a bit less terrifying: A silvery breastplate, which nevertheless seems to be capable of slaying upon contact.
The other spellcasters do little, at least little effective.
Meanwhile, the final remaining large centipede [14-5] chooses to flee rather than fight the beasts present.
The five glance around nervously. Jane is distracted by her creation of last turn, which pleads for help. It seems so lonely and helpless. The others' focus is drawn to the giant winged bear for some reason. [16] It glances around some before squeezing uncomfortably through the southern arch to the right, causing shrieks of protest to come from its fur. Incidentally, those bats do seem to be somewhat independent entities--some on the flanks leave the bear's fur while it squeezes through before returning to its warmth and safety.

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I'd like to make a few notes.
One, I have a bestiary in the OP.
Two, could javierpwn please name his creation?
Three, if you want to be able to replicate a spell's effect, write it down in your journal.
Four, I've thought over the ruling I gave on secret spellcasting and am going to amend it. You may choose to not "count" for determining if anyone can hear the incantation for when I'm posting, for one or all people. For instance, if Javier and Clair made an Alliance of Science, they could go to some distant room, choose to not "count" for each other, and cast spells without the incantations being known by anyone else. All it needs is a better description.
Five, this may be a good time to explore the arena, interact with others, or whatever.

Quote from: GreatWyrmGold on February 03, 2013, 05:17:43 pm

Didn't someone say an Alcubiere Drive would screw up the start and end points?

I did. Proof:
http://www.universetoday.com/93882/warp-drives-may-come-with-a-killer-downside/
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/140635-the-downside-of-warp-drives-annihilating-whole-star-systems-when-you-arrive
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/5395/warp-speed-visitors-make-unwelcome-guests

Why does anyone want to test something that dangerous before we have at least another planet with a lot of people on it?

on a completely different subject.
We need heavy shock troops, correct? for most other uses we have the stems/saps (main troops), dragons (Heavy Air), drakes (Ground support), firejackets (Light air) and spiders (light round support).
Now, think of a tank. A Main Battle Tank.
Now, use life magic to create a bio-machine that looks and operates like a real life tank that can be manned by stems.
They could either fire shaped explosive charges (our alchemist is already making the explosives) or fire flames or spores from its cannon.
It's heavy armour (heavier if we clad it in steel over the hull) would be good against the hoards of he EoT and Maher.

Even if we accept your premise ("We need tanks"), why would we make bio-machines?
We could make them fully biological, which removes the need for Stems to man it and also fits with our current feats better (not to mention isn't so anachronistic).
We could make them fully mechanical, reducing complexity and maintenance as well as protecting them from death magic.
Making them a weird hybrid gives them the weaknesses of both and few advantages of either.

Quote from: gman8181 on February 04, 2013, 03:52:19 pm

About the trogs, how about instead of making them like serving us just make them enjoy working hard.  Sort of like how dwarves are industrious, these could be similar.  It doesn't force them to work for us or to perform specific tasks but it does make them try their best at everything they do which would make them good citizens.

I can dig it

I like the idea of making them motivated, or high achievers. Rather than restricting their abilities, it encourages them to reach higher and higher, helping them improve their position. I approve.

There is a lot of mutation going on, including the creatures and the plants. Some plants have found ways to survive without sunlight, living off electricity, metal, concrete... some, even flesh. The rest who were not mutated died, leaving the world a very strange and unpleasant place.

Hm. Where's the electricity coming from?

I take it we don't get to keep our words secret this game?

You can, if you get far enough away from other people. If you get two or three rooms from any other players' characters, PM'd words will not appear in the text. As you're all in the same room, though...

Anyway, if possible, grab the breastplate without getting in range of any of the centipedes.

They're distracted, but no, not really.

Name: Flame Rubynemesis
Gender: Female
Class: Jeweler
Class Ability: Gemcrafting
Personal Ability: Gem Magic