>>593470
Yes, excellent! On the way there show off your green light to random pedestrians!

Sika 2014/09/09(Tue)18:24 No. 593472 ID: 265534
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Wow. Rude.
But more importantly, I'm here, I have my little wizard robe and I need to figure out which kind of magic I want to focus on. Transmuting, Conjuring, Elementalism, Warding, Illusion, Necromancy or Healing.

I need to come up with an awesome personal magic style that makes every go 'That was awesome, she must be the best wizard.'

I guess I can just wander around and ask someone about whichever kind I'm interested in. This is less like normal school and more like... Weird people doing weird stuff. The schedules are kind of non-existent, so I can just go pester someone for learning, I guess?

I don't know what you were expecting. Elves are always little bitches.

Go transmutations. Good school for a kobold. Lets you do things with poisons and gasses, making weapons and traps out of other things, and maybe even body horror transformation stuff.

Conjuring.Binding astral beings and the occasional demon to your will is a true test of your powers.

Transmutation
Remake the world you want it

>>593472
well she's a bitch, hey you're still sneaky right? well give her three strikes, if she keeps being a bitch you can make her life hell. right now she has 1 strike against her.

But yeah as for what to focus on, you're planning to hook back up with Ryan later right? Because if so she kinda has Elementalism down what with being part dragon (cheater), you and your brother are already good at sneaking around so unless you want to use Illusions just to show off a bit more I'd say you can probably try something else so I'd have to say... either warding or conjuring.

Warding you could use your stealth to move around lay down traps and then laugh as your foes walk into them and with Conjuring you could summon minions to distract your opponents well you can sneak around and stab them in the back. I mean who expects a wizard to cast knife.

obviously you need to become so amazing and kick ... uhh... it's ass.

>>593472
Offensive warding. Make shields that you can move around and shove/crush people with. If that's not possible go with necromancy- wait, isn't necromancy taboo? What sort of legal necromancy do they teach here? The wussy seance kind or the almost-Healing reanimation kind? What sort of things can a Transmuter do? Can Conjuring do anything except summon elementals and shit? Like, can you conjure armor or weapons or open a temporary portal into the plane of fire to emit a huge gout of flame at your enemy?

Now, normally I would suggest going with Illusion, to maximize your sneakiness with the sneakiest kind of magic. But, you want an awesome personal style, one that makes people think you're a great wizard. Illusion is also good for that, except when people find out they're just illusions. Which will happen. Also, the thing about being an illusionist is, once word gets out you're an illusionist, it doesn't work so good. Also, there's a bit of a stigma to it, other wizards might look down on illusion as only pretending to do 'real' magic.

So let's look at our other options.

Transmutation requires you either still do things yourself once you've transformed yourself, or you have people and things with you to transform. Too dependent.

Warding is good if you want to fight other magic things, but won't attract attention by itself.

Necromancy is lame because that's where all the emo wizards who think they're being edgy go, also using a shovel is hard work.

Healing is good if you want to earn money. Everyone'll pay cash to get their owies taken away, you'll always be popular. And if some big army or something marches in and conquers the place, you'll get preferential treatment over all the rest of the poor conquered schlubs around you. Having you use it on yourself is not so great, but better than not being able to use it on yourself.

But, if I read you right, your main goal is to show off and make sure people know you're a great wizard, so you want to go for the big, flashy kinds of magic. Elementalism has the most bang and flash, but there are so many elementalists, it's diluted. When people think 'wizard' the first thing they think is 'shooting fireballs'. You don't want to fit expectations.

Conjuration, however, is also very flashy and impressive. Also, useful. No need to carry tools, just teleport them to your hands. Need someone roughed up? Summon someone to do it. Someone want to rough you up? Summon someone to take the hit for you! And it's even better for someone of your small normal stature, as the contrast with the size of the creatures you summon will make the summon look more impressive than when any bigger person does it. And you'll be able to start riding on the backs of your summoned creatures much earlier.

Conjuration is my recommendation.

Conjuration.
Conjure all the owies on your opponents! Or neat things to make traps with! There's plenty of fun trickery you can do when your magjicks can pull things out of thin air~!

Learn Elementalism specifically so you can zap that snotty elven bitch with lightning.

Conjuration is cool.

Conjuration. Maybe you'll learn how to swipe stuff right out of people's hands without touching 'em.

Wards are cool. Good solid utility magic with valid applications to combat if used intelligently. I think it might need more wizardly tools and junk to use than average though? I dunno, I'm no wizard.

Transmutation. It'll be hard but it'll be worth it for the first time you turn some jerk into a chicken.

Transmutation, so much variety. Turn enemies into something non-threatening, turning yourself into a dangerous animal and maul someone, Turn yourself into something small and unassuming for ultimate spy potential.

Transmutation. Or maybe healing.

One, the other, or both, could be used to dramatically extend your lifespan. From there, you're golden.

Also, Identify bitch-elf before deciding how to deal with it. It could be a teacher, or some sort of important visitor.

None of this makes it exempt from being messed with, of course. It just effects how~

Can we get some basic summaries on each type? They're self explanatory for the most part but it'd be nice to know if there's any specific limitations on any of them beyond the assumed capabilities.

Whichever discipline you choose make sure you ALSO master whatever lets you use telekinesis. Preferably at will.

Or play the long game: Master them all. Become the (an) Avatar.

Mix conjuration with transmutation.

You'll be able to summon small things, then use transmutation to turn them into more powerful things that would be harder to directly summon. Conjure a wall of ice and transmute it to steel, for instance.

A bit of healing could be useful too, since as noted earlier healing is always in demand.

So what did you pickpocket from her?

illusion with a side of healing

You should definitely mainline transmutation. Working on things that are already there is just so much more efficient. Try to focus on permanent changes. If you can make something a little better each day and make it stay that way then you'll be able to do some legendary things eventually. It's definitely worth dabbling in the others as well. Conjuration and healing work well with transmutation. Summon things and change them or change and heal for best effect. Healing is always profitable; People are always willing to pay to make their pains go away.

Also your new secondary goal is to sex up that prejudiced elf girl as soon as possible. That soft, comfy butt is yours for the taking.

>>593472
What kind of magic lets you turn elves into rats?

That is the kind of magic you should focus on.

Is that Transmuting? Healing?

You'd be best off focusing on elementalism, with some transmutation on the side.

Here's my reasoning:
To start, you have to realize that you're probably never going to beat the wizards at their own game. You have no experience, and in all likelihood you just don't have the potential to be throwing around high-level spells. So if we can't beat the wizards at their own game, we'll force them to play by our rules. From what I've seen you're probably pretty good at fighting and sneaking, so you're going to need to to exploit those advantages to their fullest potential in order to stand out.

Warding, conjuring and necromancy are all straight out. Warding is useless, conjuring is too flashy and necromancy is just an edgier version of conjuring.

Healing is a nice practical skill, but it certainly won't make you famous.

Illusion is the obvious choice, but it's not necessarily the most effective. Aside from the fact that illusion in general isn't a terribly powerful school, it also doesn't let you use your skills to their fullest potential (you already know how to stay unseen, you won't benefit much from magical assistance).

Elementalism is actually an excellent choice, despite all appearances. Used creatively it has the potential to be incredibly useful for all sorts of sneaky tactics, while still having the ability to hold your own in a direct fight. Also, 90% of all elementalists are retarded blaster mages so all you have to do to stand out is put a bit of thought into your style.

Transmutation is another good choice. Polymorph is love, polymorph is life.

We also need to get our big wizardy Ceremonial Ass Woopin' Stick or C.A.W.S as I like to call it.
We can use it to cast spells or bludgeon people.

Sika 2014/09/13(Sat)18:44 No. 593976 ID: 265534
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I guess I'll go find a conjuring person. I'm not exactly sure what conjuring actually does. Magic schools seem to be less like schools and more like really vague categories.

There's a crowd gathered up the hall.

"ALRIGHT, LOSERS. I see a lot of newbies wandering around in your stupid little robes with no purpose or direction, so I want all the dumbasses who want to learn magic to fry shit over here. If you're here to learn the mysteries of the universe, fuck off! I got no time for you!"

There's humans and elves gathering around, a gnome, other goblins, orcs, cyclops and I think that's an ogre. I feel small.

"Alright! My name is Atu and you're going to do what I say and learn whatever magic bullshit you want to kick ass, I'll help you as long as you keep me amused. Now if you'll all follow me, I am going to get you all started."

This seems to have some promise for that I want, on the other hand, she seems kind of insane. It's probably just a goblin thing.

sounds good.

>>593976
As long as you keep her amused, huh? Yes, she is going to fuck with you. This is not a straightforward teacher. However, it could still be fun and you could learn things. Go ahead and try it out for a bit.

Aw. I thought transmutation might actually win.

Eh, she might be good for an intro teacher, I guess. No bullshit, make magic work. Still, sounds like her kind of magic is flashy and blow-up-y. Not nearly sneaky or tricky or koboldy, enough.

>I feel small
Size don't matter much in magic. It's not about being big and strong. If fact, being small is probably a good thing. You're a smaller target. Harder to hit when something blows up.

sounds like it could be interesting, plus if all she wants is to be amused then that probably means you can fuck with other students who piss you off and she'll probably laugh at them with you.

Rynh paid out the ass so you could be taught in a disorganized manner by this "proffesional"?
The fuck can you get here you can't get anywhere else there's mages? The fact that a bunch just live here?
Shit, you can't make a school out of a goddamn dorm and library.

Sika 2014/09/14(Sun)08:11 No. 594039 ID: 265534
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We are all ushered into a big room with glowy crystals in it. This is starting to seem a bit more magical already.

>>594004
"Alright, some of you might be thinking that you didn't pay a buttload of money to get taught magic in a disorganized manner. Well, I've been teaching here for over forty years, so if you don't like it, I can give you a very organized lesson in getting your ass kicked!"

She pauses and looks at the bunch of us for a while,
"Okay. We're going to do some basic skill evaluations. Kobold, fight the ogre! Don't worry about holding back, the crystals in here are enchanted with some crazy time/space magic, so that if anybody gets maimed or killed, it'll revert them to before they were maimed or killed. Go nuts!"

Wait, what?

GO FOR THE EYES!

IF you do fight. Slash tendon in leg, then climb up the back of the robe and get knifing.

>>594039
Cool, you're working with a safety net.
Find out what happens when you put LOTS of power into that little green light of yours, then poke Red with it.

At worst this will be a painful lesson.

.. okay, at worst your teacher lied and she wants to get the first death in the class out of the way.

Wait, wait, wait. This is a test of how gullible you are. Don't believe there's some crazy magic that undoes dying or murdering someone in front of an audience until she proves it.

...of course, if you ask her to prove she can rewind death, she'll probably prove it by killing you. So ideally, you want to trick someone else into asking her to prove it.

Seconds, um, nope. You kill the fuck out of people when you want to, not when some green snot tells you to jump. You're not her kill terrier on command.

>>594039
...I think you better figure out how to make your little green light MUCH brighter. If you can blind the ogre then you'll stand a better chance of winning. Well that or try to turn it into a fireball.

While trying to figure out how to do something magically useful, dodge like you're trying not to get horribly maimed, because you're trying not to get horribly maimed here.

>>594039
Call her out on her bullshit.

If mass-revive spells are a thing, then why haven't they ever been used in war?

Sika 2014/09/14(Sun)15:10 No. 594120 ID: 265534
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So what if she's well over twice my height. That means she's a bigger target. I have the advantage here, right? I'm going to win this with cunning and intellect like a kobold and/or wizard.

>>594041
I'm going to go out on a limb and assume she wants us to use magic. Using a knife won't really evaluate anything.

>>594047
That's dumb. I'm just going to keep going, because I'm not dumb.

>>594044
Little green light, go! Shine the path to victory!

... Aw, nuts.

quick dive into the group of students and see if you can't sneak behind the ogre well she tries to find you... you still got your knife on you right? Oh and also can you cast that light spell away from you or is it limited to your hand? cause if you can actually move it away from you you could throw the light away from you and if you're lucky she'll think it's you casting a spell. If not then don't bother and just try and lose her in the crowd.

crawl up her robe and zap her in the tits

...diving behind classmates for cover seems like a good idea, if she's going to retaliate. Let them take the fireball or whatever.

Little green lights are apparently useless. Although maybe you can use them as a distraction to set up a stab.

And I know she wants you to use magic, but hey, better to win the wrong way than get killed the right way.

>That's dumb. I'm just going to keep going, because I'm not dumb.
Uh-huh. Because this totally isn't going not dumb.

...or maybe you can make things with the little green light? Stabbing someone with a glowing energy dagger might count better than one made of metal.

And pointy energy might better stab through her invisible hand defense or whatever.

>>594120
Alright try to put more power into it than that. Or output a large quantity of them to overwhelm your opponent's defenses.

Try making several of them and throwing them at the same time.

Feel smart yet?

Can you make the green light brighter? Like bright enough to momentarily blind someone, would give you a nice opening to attack with.

>>594120
Okay, it didn't connect, but it DID reveal a few things: She has some kind of big invisible hand thingy, and your little green light thing made it sorta visible?

Be ready to listen to that little voice in your brainstem that will tell you to dodge.

Combine the previous suggestions. Cast several lights as distractions as you dive into the other students. While she's looking for you, try to get around behind her, climb her robe, and shove an overpowered light into each eye.

Surrender. It's still a fight if you surrender, just one you've lost. Which is fine.

Invisible hand = telekinetic defense with magic.

Another idea: Beyond being a test, this is supposed to entertain the teacher.

I bet you'd score major points if you dragged more classmates into the demonstration.

That gnome, for instance, look large enough for cover and small enough to yank around. Its like Kobold God placed him there to take a hit for you.

Sika 2014/09/20(Sat)10:31 No. 594909 ID: 265534
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I can make the light brighter AND pointer, probably. I just need to...

"Don't try to make it what you think is sharp, think what makes it sharp, then start thinking of that as what's sharp!" yells Atu.

That sort of makes sense I guess? There! I got it to stick out in the front! And while I was doing that, ogre made giant, flaming punching fists.

I'm starting to think this is super unfair.

>>594909

Aim your magic missile at the bra! If she loses her bra she will lose her equilibrium.

Make a feint for the throat, then attack her exposed stomach.

Missile spam! It doesn't matter if all your little green pointy things are tiny if you're attacking with a million of 'em.

It's extremely risky, but you'll definitely have to get in closer to land a hit, I think.

We don't know if she can throw those things of if they just extend her reach, definitely don't want to give her a chance.

>>594909
"This is super unfair!"

Try to keep control of your projectile after you release it, so you can make it weave around her defenses. Or put in a secondary charge to make them burst into more projectiles when she blocks them.

Ha, wow, your little magic dagger bullet is going to fucking wreck her.
It does piercing damage and can go at high speeds. Even a dull edge would be dangerous if you launched it fast enough.
She's using those fists as an extension of her body, think of fighting a giant creature and dodging her attacks. If you can get some decent aim on her, you'll actually win. I know you can dodge those hulking fists easily, you just GOTTA BELIEVE!

BELIEVE IN ME WHO BELIEVES IN YOU
AIM FOR THAT BRA

>>594909
Fair is for stupid people. Like the nobility.

Go for the eyes. You'll either blind her or get her to panic.

Or she'll have magic shielding up and you'll just bounce right off.

Aim attacks towards her left side; she is holding her glasses with the same hand that is controlling the magic fist, so that hand is partially occupied. If we can get her to accidentally toss her glasses that might distract her.

>>594912
do it!
clothing damage rpg!

make more at the same time. throw three at the same time and she can't block all of them!

>>594909
Aim for the belt buckle. Its already at critical mass, and she might trip over the robe

Engage magic fists with pointy magic. Engage ogre with regular pointy metal.

>>594909
aim for the bra

It looks like the summoned hands mimic her movements, so watch what she's doing. She can only grab with the right hand if she wants to keep holding her glasses, that's the dangerous one.

Feint at her face and move once her eyes are off you.

Shoot a few at her face, she'll either block or dodge which will create an opening, then nail her in the bra or in the waste band of her pants. Then she can only fight you with one hand because she'll be to busy trying to cover herself up... Unless she's a slut of course

>>594979
She is an ogre, one of the races that stereotypically feels complete indifference about nakedness.
Though this is an educated ogre...

You are small, you are quick, remember to use that to your advantage and DOOOOOOOOODGE!

Starting to feel like maybe she's a planted teaching aid(e).

Anyway, you're right that it's unfair now that she's discarded the advantage invisible hands. And yeah, the hands seem to require she control them with her actual hands so she probably can't do any other magic with them out.

>>594974
Yeah looks like the spell may be tied to her hands. That's a very limiting factor. She just gave you time to cast a counter.

As well as thinking sharp how about also thinking slippery kobold thoughts as well? Imagine the feeling of polished glass needles coated in hot pepper oil. Sharp, painful and making even its surroundings frictionless and greasy. Channel that feel and hit her in the feet with one or more stinging, slippery spells. It it covers her foot with magic grease and makes her flinch then she is likely to slip and fall over. If she does drop then she'll have to use both of her hands to lift those fat tits off the floor.

That's when you hit her hands with the glue spell. No hands, no spells.

If she doesn't trip straight away then just run and circle around her. She will have to turn her body around to use both of the magic gauntlets and that's not a good thing to do on unsteady feet.

Sika 2014/09/26(Fri)16:20 No. 595965 ID: 265534
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>Dodge
I can manage that. Kobolds are natural do- HOLY SHIT! I meant to do that. Now I have an opportunity!

WHA-CHA!

>>595965
Her striking fist is already up again, expect something like a backhand as she turns around. Duck low and attack low this time.

>>595965
climb back up onto her shoulders and shove magic in her eyes

Use your sharp little kobold magics to shred her clothes.

Well, from her expression she felt that, at least. Your little blips do something.

But yeah, totally expect a backhand, right now. ...maybe drop flat and slide under her while shooting up?

how much damage does that spell do that you're casting? cause if it can go past the skin I say try and take out one of her achilles tendon so she can't walk or really even move anymore making her a much easier target.

If not then swing past her as she counter=attacks and keep taking shoots at her while sticking to her blind spots.

>>595965
Go for the horns.
Ride the Ogre.

climb onto her head, and when she goes to thwack you off, you jump out of the way and she'll hit herself!

Sika 2014/09/27(Sat)20:20 No. 596187 ID: 265534
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>climb onto her head, and when she goes to thwack you off, you jump out of the way and she'll hit herself!
>Ride the ogre

These are probably better than trying to get her top to fall off. What is that even going to do, really?

It's like there's no benefit at all. This was a dumb plan.

...it made her drop her glasses? Maybe she needed those.

More seriously, it buys you a second. She's reacted to it, and let her hands drop. Those are connected to her spell-hands. This means you have an opportunity for a follow up attack. Take it, quickly.

Take a hostage! Grab those glasses!

>>596187
wait a tick, something is distracting her, If you're going to do something I'd say do it now before she regains awareness. If you're going to ride the ogre see if you can't hit her in the eye or two to try and blind her.

Grab those eyeglasses! You might be able to figure out if she is far-sighted or near-sighted by looking at them and then adjust your fighting style accordingly.

>>596187
Smack her with more magic!

grab the eye glasses! that way if she smacks you to hard she'll risk breaking them,

meaning she'll have to be cautious giving you an edge

You're right, that isn't enough. Quick, shoot her belt while she's distracted!

If her pants fall down, her mobility will be severely hampered. Piling up disadvantages for your foe is the way of wizards.

Shoot her in the eyes!

She is distracted, attack while her guard is down.

>>596187
>It's like there's no benefit at all. This was a dumb plan.
Well duh; she started the fight by literally disrobing.

>>596187
You have the shred -all- the clothes, everyone knows that. Losing just the top literally only works on human girls and elves. They're weirdly sensitive about that.

Go for the eyes!

Geeze, you stabbed her in the back with magic and this isn't over yet? Don't they blow a whistle when you get a hit or something?

It's like the instructor wants to see you get dismembered or something. On the upsides it looks like she dropped her spell for a moment. Maybe... go for the eyes? Magic stab the eyes while riding the ogre, that sounds freakin awesome.

She's almost certainly farsighted since she took the glasses off before casting. She'll be less likely to notice subtle effects on herself. Now it's time for the glue and oil spells. If she covers herself up make the hands stick. If she moves to get her glasses then make her slip. Extra points if you use low-power telekinesis to slide her glasses away or in between her legs as she reaches for them

Can you summon an elemental of some sort to do some fighting for you? I'm thinking air would work well here.

Whatever you do do not threaten the glasses for those that wear glasses for eyesight will enter into a homicidal rage if they are threatened or damaged.

The whole point of removing her clothes is to make a mockery of this "class" without insulting the teacher.

I hear nudity is good for female bonding. Makes gals open up to new people.

Ryhn has her Minotaur buddy, why not gain yourself an ogre buddy?! Just be a good sport about it after the fact and be honest with your intentions, and you'll get along in no time!

Sika 2014/10/01(Wed)14:02 No. 596702 ID: 265534
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>Whatever you do do not threaten the glasses for those that wear glasses for eyesight will enter into a homicidal rage if they are threatened or damaged.
I'm just going to quit while I'm still in one piece. Since she's more concerned about not showing off her boobs to a large group of people, I might be able to slink out of here.

"Geez... If you guys aren't going to slaughter each other, go back with the group and we'll give someone else a chance. But good agility whatsyername... kobold."

"Sika."

"Yeah, that. The power needs a lot of work and the exact opposite is true for the ogre, so get on that. NEXT!"

>The whole point of removing her clothes is to make a mockery of this "class" without insulting the teacher.
I think she might actually be seeing what all the new people can do and might actually be trying to carefully assess our strengths and weaknesses... or she wanted to see me get flattened.

>>596702
Alright slink off to the side somewhere and try to make your green light bigger.

I would go apologize to the big girl for embarrassing her.

Maybe you can make a friend and learn some of her fancy hand magic later.

>>596706
This.
Apologize about that, something along the lines of "Best thing I could think of on the fly to not get squished"

>>596706
Seconding

>>596706
When you apologize remind her that the clothes shredding was only in response to to potentially being killed, which, even if the room is specially prepared for such, you'd rather avoid. Which the clothes shredding has 100% accomplished.

Its not personal, you like her glasses, etc.
+1 ogre friend.

Buy her some tea .. or something.

As long as we're being friendly, retrieve her glasses before she inadvertently stomps them.
Also, be prepared to dodge a very flustered ogre.

>>596734
Yes, steal glasses from the floor and return them.

Might be worth sticking around and seeing how the other students try to kill each other. Maybe you'll learn something? Or you'll get to see if the people not staying dead nonsense she was on about is bullshit or not.

Sika 2014/11/24(Mon)18:38 No. 605214 ID: 265534
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>steal glasses from the floor and return them
I pick up the glasses and return them to her. I don't steal them from the floor, because that makes no sense and would be super racist.
"Sorry. I was just trying to shoot you in the spine, not take your top off."
"It's alright," she replies. "I was showing off, so I deserve some humiliation."

I could mention how it might make her more popular now that a bunch of guys have seen her huge boobs, but I'm not going to push my luck with anyone that's like ten times my size.

"Hey, kobold! C'mere." says Atu.
Crap. Am I in trouble or am I awesome? This whole thing is kind of nervewracking.

Assume you are awesome until proven otherwise.

well if all else fails you can always fall back on your kobold skills and just run like hell. Anyways let's see what Atu wants.

>>605214
Well, she looked pretty cool, if that makes her feel any better? Also, what's her name anyway?

>>605214
Go with it. Maybe she'll surprise you and act like a teacher all of a sudden.

>Crap. Am I in trouble or am I awesome?
Who knows? Authority figures are weird. Sometimes you get in trouble for doing awesome things, sometimes they think your trouble is awesome. They're fickle.

Just go see what she wants and don't worry until there's something to react to.

Stay on your toes, smile and try to keep your crazy teacher entertained so she doesn't kill you. Give her an amusing clever response that also implies that you are on the same side. Something like: "What is it my green-skinned mistress? Is it time to crush our enemies and drive them before us?"

Sika 2014/11/27(Thu)19:16 No. 606143 ID: 265534
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>what's her name anyway?
"That was pretty cool with a fists and the smashing, anyway. I'm Sika, what's your name?"
"Korcha."

Now that I have that out of the way and didn't get smashed, I can see what Atu wants.
"So... You wanted to talk to me? Is it because I'm really great and have a ton of potential?"
She scoffs and waves her hand, probably to gesture that I'm pretty good.
"Pfft... You completely suck all kinds of ass, kid. Did you think your career choices through here?"
"HEY! I just started this magic crap like a month ago. I only know some stuff from books right now."
Calling me crappy just because I have no experience. I'll show her. I'm gonna be the best at magic in no time.
"That doesn't mean you don't suck, that just means I have a blank slate to work with. What are you going for here? You can jump around well enough."
"Well, I can make a green light and kind of shoot it out at things."
"It's a start, I guess. You just need to figure out what feels right, then make people explode with it. That's what magic is all about. You'll probably like Earth and Poison element stuff with illusions. Kobolds always love that shit."

Hmph... She's one to talk. I'm pretty sure goblins have the exact same stereotype.

thought we were going to look into conjuring?

Oh well fuck it, if she's tell us to try out all 7 schools of magic to see which one we like best then sure why not?

>You'll probably like Earth and Poison element stuff with illusions.
Tell her you were perfectly capable of throwing dirt at people or using poisoned weapons or sneaking up on people without magic. You want to learn to do stuff you couldn't do before.

Sounds like she's saying try a whole bunch of stuff until something feels right. For starters why not try out something that'll enhance your mobility. Maybe you can make the ground push your feet around? Or have the air push you? Or directly make yourself faster.

ask about invisibility spell so you can sneak up on someone and then shoot a fireball up their ass.

>>606147
This, pretty much. You're a kobold, even if you're good at poison magic and illusion you'll just be doing what you could do well without magic anyway. Earth might be neat, sure, but conjuring is still the way to go. And it enhances your natural abilities! No one expects you to stab them in the back with a poisoned dagger when they're being mauled by a celestial lion or whatever.

>>606169
Personally, I was on the Transmutation side of that argument, but yes, something cool and not that you already have is good.

And I don't want to make an illusion mage for the bazilionth time. We always do that.

>>606173
Agreed. Transmutation and conjuration are great fun.

The little stabby light is conjuration, right? And the giant smashy fists? Could you make a mobile shield? Or you could pickpocket with a less smashy fist if you want to live up to filthy stereotypes.

Or try something with transmutation to stop having to fight things twice your size. Shrinking things is pretty entry tier.

Well try out some conjuration first. Call on the green light and see if you can make some sand, some water or a tiny animal like a beetle appear. Try a couple of different methods like:
* Imagine a portal or tunnel where the other end sorts of searches through reality for something that fits your expectations and sucks it through.
* Think of it as sort of swapping spaces. You send a patch of air somewhere else and trade it for whatever was there.
* Try to just create the thing you want. It's the essence of magic. squeeze and form it until a solid object appears.

Try to avoid making that green light though. The light means you're wasting mana as radiation. Magic doesn't actually have a color, it's only green because you think it is.

Sika 2014/11/29(Sat)15:38 No. 606637 ID: 265534
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"If I wanted to throw rocks at people and poison them, I could do that without magic," I tell her. "I want to do cool stuff."

"That's really dumb. That's like saying wind magic is crappy because you can blow out with your mouth without magic. Who would say that? Some idiot who immediately gets their ass kicked by wind magic, probably."

I wiggle my little green light on the end of my finger to show of my magical prowess, "I want to learn something neat like conjuration or transmutation."

"Okay, here's what you do. You get a theme, then make a bunch of stuff based on that. That's how all the cool wizards do it. You learn all the basics, of course. But then you work on some theme and stretch it out to do what you want, like changing sizes, shooting fire everywhere or turning into monsters. It makes it easier to throw them out on the fly if they're similar too. It's the best way for a newbie like you to do practical stuff."

"Ah... Got it."

Themed magic. It makes sense. It's a lot easier to do something like something else you know how to do, than something completely different. What kind of theme would I even work on? Thinking about it makes me feel super generic.
I go to school, beat up my siblings, tease boys... Nothing that translates into awesome magical powers.

I guess I'll have to come up with something that makes me awesome and distinct.

>>606637
I would suggest dragon themed stuff, but then I realized that Rynh might take it as kind of racist AND there are probably a ton of people already doing that.

Uh, maybe golems? Golems are cool, just big monsters made of random shit that do things. Could work out some kind of radical golem launcher or some kind of golem chariot or something, I dunno

well you seem to have something with this green going on. perhaps summon some kind of poisonous plant monster?

Everything you do should be a green ball. Small ones, large ones, thousands of them, riding inside one, smashing people with them.

But no, healing magic to save on medical bills. And some counter illusion and trap detection. Rynh is the muscle in your group. If you ever feel like you are playing second fiddle, remember she is the one getting her ass kicked.

>>606637
Snakes. Can work poison into that if you want to, and snaring/transformation/etc effects. Even some healing if you wanna stretch it.

If a concept can make a theme rather than a mechanism than Traps might work, with things like summoning pit traps under people, making illusions of yourself that explode when hit, or coating the floor in invisible spikes.

transformation sounds fun, I mean you're already quick and in good shape so you'd probably struggle less then most wizards since transforming into a monster and tearing shit apart requires actual physical ability which even the goblin chick her said you have in spades. Healing could probably also be worked in there since there shouldn't be much difference in fusing flesh back together as shifting fleshing into so kick as monster.

2 Words: Death Rays.

Nothing says "Fuck you, i'm a wizard." Than a ray of green light burning a Hole through theyr head.

Play to your strengths. Become..
The Mage of Muggings.

All that 'healing' and 'protection' magic that's being suggested is fine, if its needed. The best part about being ruthlessly sneaky is dealing out the trouble without getting any back, right?

>theme
Well. You've got your magic glowig dart thing. Maybe we could call it... a drone?

Drone based magic would be kind of neat. Conjure up a swarm of little glowing thingies, and make something out of them. Elaborate weapons, or a bigger spell made up of smaller moving parts.

Transformation would be throwing enough little green drones at something to rebuild it. Changing something into something else? Hard. Making a ton of tiny little chances? Way easier, especially if you have a lot of little things to make the changes.

Plus, the visuals would be kind of neat. A whole lot of those little light things interacting would look like some kind of elaborate crystal machine. Or 3D stained glass.

As for whole it relates to your life? It's about making something out of nothing, determination (that's you, damn it). It's about small things working together (kobolds). It's about building something (traps).

It's a million bullets more daka approach and shooting smart at the same time. Overkill and finesse. That's what you like about your people.

And it's damn well showing up everyone at school, a way to beat up boys, and tease people too, if you want.

tldr: Be the drone mage of a million little glowy pointy things you can do anything with!

Sika 2014/11/30(Sun)07:21 No. 606951 ID: 265534
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I could make a giant rock man to ride around on and smash things for me and open up holes in the ground for people to fall in. That would be awesome.

...

That's earth elemental stuff. Maybe Atu was right.
Oh well. It's not like there's a ton of kobold wizards out there already to seem unoriginal in comparison to.

I guess I never had a choice. My dad is a geologist and metallurgist for mining companies. He had to go to school for it, but dirt and rocks are in our blood, I guess.

Now I think I know what I want to do, so the main thing is to find out how to do it.

great... so would creating a golem be elementalsim, transmuting, or conjuring? I'm pretty sure it would be elementaiim but not entirely sure.

Aw, what do little blips of light thingies have to do with golems.

If you're going to focus on rocks and stuff, at least be some kind of crazy metal-mage. Metal's better than rock. You can make people's own armor and weapons grow spikes and stab them to death!

Fuck yea! become a earth bender! Rock armor!

When in doubt, assume that the person you've gone to a lot of trouble to get training from isn't a complete idiot with regard to their chosen subject, and take their suggestions on that subject seriously, *especially* suggestions that sound weird and dumb at first, because those are the things you wouldn't have tried by yourself.

Ooh! Malfeas themed! Make a giant rock man whose surface is constantly cracking apart and re-forming like it's molten inside, with spikes of toxic green light that come out through the cracks.

>>606964
This. Earth and stone is so slow and primitive. How about leaning towards metal and environment control with a bit of conjuration thrown in to make up for lack in materials? You could control flying blades, change the size and mass of weapons on the fly, make yourself more agile by telekinetically pushing your own armor and jewelry, command metal golems, summon deadly mercury and arsenic clouds, conjure water-reactive caesium needles, the list can go on...

Atu isn't necessarily correct so ask some other tutors what the truly great mages did. My guess is that they specialized somewhat, but mastered most or all of the basics.

Sika 2014/12/03(Wed)17:22 No. 608440 ID: 265534
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One month later...

Alright, I'm here with my acquaintances Gustav Aldrick and Fiona Johan, who are humans, by the way, learning the basics of elemental magic. After some study and lots of practice, I now have the skill required to summon my battle golem.

Check this out.

"That's good, Sika." says Gustav. "But isn't it a little small to be practical?"

"You could have it fetch your stationary, I guess," adds Fiona.

The little golem just kind of stands there, since I'm not really versed in how to make it move much, but I have the earth element conjuring part down, kind of. I can shoot rocks at things and make little stone men. That's something.

>>608440
"I dunno, could be cool for stealthy stuff or fetching keys from drains. Or I could just make a lil' army of them later on!"

>>608440
Can you make it explode? That'd be pretty practical.

>>608440
Make a bunch of them. Then have them stack up into the shape of a bigger golem!

Golem: punch Fiona in the tits. That'll teach her to make fun!

Seriously though, little golems could be used to set traps on people unseen? Or for swarming people. Especially if you made little rock bugs.

Can you make one out of metal? Metal's better than rock.

...can you make the golem shoot green things? Magic attack bots.

What do your looser acquaintances do, anyways?

Make it jump down Gustav's pants.

>>608440
well, one that tiny could probably grab someone's ankle or something and put them off balance. maybe you can get it to grow a mouth or spikey bits to really inconvenience targets

Could you learn to see through your tiny golem, perhaps some sort of implanted seeing stone in the face?

As to combat well, to control lots of tiny golems very well could be even more useful than a single large one.

Sika 2014/12/04(Thu)04:21 No. 608647 ID: 265534
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I'll need some practice to make a bigger one, but this is a good start.

Suddenly, another larger golem appears and smacks mine to pieces. This is a dick move and I think I know who did it...

Sika 2014/12/04(Thu)04:21 No. 608648 ID: 265534
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"Bundri, you wrecked my golem, you ass." I growl, confronting Bundri Hoptundle; giant prick and confirmed gnome.
"It's not my fault. I was just checking it's quality and it broke apart. It must not have been very good to break so easily," he says dismissively, shrugging the whole thing off.

I try to be nice to gnomes. I try not to obey the divine mandates of Kurtlemak that dictate that I should be trying to rip him apart with my teeth right now. A hundred years ago, I'd probably be doing that, but this is a more civilized time. I will show restraint and tolerance. Maybe.

>>608648
Inform him that his gradeschool antics would be endearing if he were a kid, but there's better ways to show affection. Not that he has a chance, sorry.

"i knew gnomes could be mistaken for human children, but i didn't know they act like them too"

punch him in the sternum to remind him that even if your golems' weak your not.

Grow more golems out of his golem. Avenge your golem by giving his golem golem-cancer.

Instead of being a dick bag, teach me how to make a better one.

To be fair your golem wasn't that great if it breaks that easily. Therefore you should take his golem apart to see how it is made and how you can improve yours.

I'm guessing the trick has to do with structure and magical conductivity. Muscles, skeletons and exoskeletons. Also try to make your golems out of metal or some better materials. Stop playing in the dirt like a gnome. We want deathmachines, not little mud men.

Sika 2014/12/05(Fri)04:34 No. 609079 ID: 265534
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>teach me how to make a better one.
He's a student here too, I don't need to learn from someone else that isn't very good.

>punch him in the sternum
"It's not my fault you got knocked out, I was checking to see if you were a bitch. You must be if you went down that easily."

Bundri is crumpled on the floor and I stand triumphant as the superior fist mage.

"Ms. Nirskas. Is there something urgent that you feel the need to interrupt my class?"

Oh... Right. I was too caught up in messing around with the golem and kind of didn't think of how I'm in the middle of Ms. Tisalian's elementalism basics class.
Oops.

Just go "Oops, sorry, he interfered with my project. Had to deal with him."

"equal trade of services"

>Is there something urgent that you feel the need to interrupt my class?
*cough*. No, professor. Sorry for the disruption.

...as you prop up the gnome and pretend he's not unconscious.

Sika, you are a woman of class and dignity. Keep up the good work.

Tell her sorry, you two were just working on quality control together.

Sika 2014/12/06(Sat)16:54 No. 609523 ID: 265534
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"Sorry. We're just working on some quality control." I say, propping Bundri against the desk so he looks less incapacitated.

"Just keep it down and try to pay attention." she replies.

The dark elf lady is Llorali Tisalian, our elementalism teacher. Her classes are really popular, especially with the boys. They probably want to learn to blow things up more.

"As I was saying, now that you all have some degree of skill in basic elemental channeling, we can start into advanced elemental planar matrices."

This goes on for some time. Basically how to make things catch on fire with your mind and how to make rocks out of thin air by concentrating really hard, then how to make more fire and rocks by wobbling things around just right.

"The elemental planes are extremely hostile environments, composed almost entirely of their namesake element in infinite amounts. However, we will be making excursions, starting with the least immediately hostile, the Earth plane. Anyone wishing to participate has two weeks to prepare. That is all for today. You are dismissed."

Ooh... I've never left reality before. That could be neat. A deadly dimension of infinite rocks. There's probably other stuff there too. I should practice some things to get ready for adventure, since that's my main goal here anyway.
I need some practical skills to compliment my stone throwing and rock mans.

suggest ability to move a lot of rock with your mind. cause casting a spell that makes stone tunnels at a monster made out of stone hurts them like fuck.

>They probably want to learn to blow things up more.
Yeah, I can imagine what they want her to blow.

>I need some practical skills to compliment my stone throwing and rock mans.
Well, unfortunately, you can't stab rock monsters. And you can't make a big rock monster to crush other rock monster. Your only useful skill here is the ability to dodge rocks.

Maybe you should revisit you green light blips. If you could cut cloth, maybe a stronger one could cut or shatter rock.

Be sure to bring food and water. You can't eat rocks. And the plain of earth is probably dry.

Being able to see and move through dirt and stone would be vital, I think. After getting a supply of food and drink to take with you... Actually, how long are you going to be there for? No point in prepping for like a week long trip if you're going to be there for a couple hours.

>>609523
In my opinion, the best first step of preparation would ask someone we trust how to prepare properly.

Will there be monsters at all? Will it be dust, stone or more like the thing beneath our feet? Water, food, air? 5 min, 2 day, 1 week?
We know too little to be prepared for anything at any time in my opinion.
So, can you ask the teacher? I doubt you actually have some trustworthy friends yet...

So, my vote is for: get further information.

Sika 2014/12/06(Sat)19:53 No. 609573 ID: 265534
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I'll ask her what I need to worry about. That's probably best.

"The earth plane has a series of tunnels, caves, galleries running through it in every direction. It's an infinite labyrinth of rock, dirt, sand and metal. The elemental planes to intersect in places, creating breathable air, underground rivers and lava flows. As for native life, there are all kinds of cave-dwelling and burrowing creatures, earth elementals. When I said it was the least hostile plane, I meant that it is the one that does not require special methods to move around or survive inside of."

Okay. So I don't need to learn to burrow or anything. I just need to not get killed by monster worms or moles or whatever else lives in the dirt.
That and not fall into lava or off a cliff into a hole thousands of feet deep.

This sort of just sounds like crawling through a cave full of monsters, but it's actually crawling through an infinite cave full of monsters in another dimension, which is way cooler.

>>609523
Find out how earth elemental natives tend to react to earth mages. Fear? Annoyance? Anger?

Rock climbing would be useful and is useful in adventuring. Whatever gear or practice you need for that would be a good investment. At least minor medical supplies too. Aaand you'll want to bring rations, even if that's not really a skill.

Picking up adventuring buddies for one-off adventures is basically a skill, maybe try recruiting a field trip buddy. Now, you're inherently unlikeable, so you'll need to find someone who is either equally unlikeable and no one else would go with or someone who is too shy to seek out the companionship of others but who is placid enough to get bullied into it.

That ogre girl, maybe.

How do we get in and out? Is there a gate we need to keep secure? An escape spell you need to learn? A competent mage we have to keep alive?

Seriously, though, crawling through an infinite cave of monsters is no fun if you can't kill the monsters. Daggers won't work. Gotta learn a spell that shatters rock. Experiment with your green stuff!

>>609573
I think you'd better learn how to climb good.

magic digging spell can also open giant holes under enemies.

>>609573
Make sure Bundri got all that. If he's still out, write him a note. then make that note into one of those stupid cone-hats Gnomes like and leave it on his head.

Sika 2014/12/07(Sun)14:36 No. 609807 ID: 265534
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>How do we get in and out? Is there a gate we need to keep secure? An escape spell you need to learn? A competent mage we have to keep alive?

I'm just going to assume this is accounted for and not think about it.

>I think you'd better learn how to climb good.

I am a kobold. If I can't climb on some rocks, I'd be ashamed of myself. I can use my fingers and teeny toes to challenge the rock. It's no problem, but maybe I could get one of those climby pickaxe things. It could double as a weapon that would work better than a knife against stony monsters. I should go shopping for one.

>you're inherently unlikeable.

Wha...

"Gustav, am I unlikeable?"

"You've been completely tolerable pretty much the entire time I've known you. Why?"

"It's nothing."

Everyone likes me because I'm adorable. Shut up.

>>609807
Ok then you should learn how to fight stony monsters. Practice against some golems or something.

yes, learn to fight big hard monsters. practice with thodren.

You should learn to cast Shatter, or Lee's Rapid Deconstruction, or Dig, or something. Spells that wreck things made of earth.

A small pick or something isn't a bad idea.

>>609812
Does earth magic work like normal on earth elementals? Could you make little golems horribly burst out of them?

What a gentlemen, that Gustav is.

Make your tiny golem and keep punching it. Or maybe mix your clay with some sort of volatile solution to make tiny golem bombs!

Reading up on the plane of earth is probably a good idea in general. Who knows how being there will affect your magic. Maybe it'll be way easier and you'll get a better taste of what you'll be capable of later on.

Still, get a partner as soon as possible for this. You probably don't want to have one chosen for you. Maybe Korcha? You know she's capable of defending herself.

Sika 2014/12/11(Thu)19:13 No. 610805 ID: 265534
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I'm going to find out what the Earth Plane is like before I freak out about preparing to go there.

"The Elemental Plane of Earth consists almost entirely of an infinite expanse of mass composed of every conceivable type of mineral which is riddled with twisting, labyrinthine caves of every imaginable shape. Cramped passages, smoothly bored tunnels and galleries of immense size await the interplanar traveler.
The Earth Plane is not without dangers, as a host of creatures call this dimension their home. Elemental creatures devour metals or gems for sustenance and great worms swim through the solid stone as easily as fish swim in the sea."

Blah blah blah... Magma flows. Blah blah... Cave-ins, poison gas, monsters, giant cliffs, jagged crystals, sand holes.

Should be fun.

"Earth elemental magic operates at a substantially higher level of power."

Neat.

I guess I'm going to be perfectly fine.

>>610805
Yep. Hey! You should learn how to identify valuable minerals so you can make the most of the trip.

Also get something to carry valuable minerals in. ...maybe you should just grab some gems or something instead of trying to get metal.

>>610805

>>610808
Seconded, but also make sure you learn to tell similar looking stuff apart. You don't want to have something that looks precious, but is actually near-worthless clogging up your loot bag.

I'd recommend you not loot the place. That could piss off some people.... or things.

>>610805
hey, if every type of mineral can be found here, what do you think your chances are of coming across a gold or diamond deposit? Just asking.

>Earth elemental magic operates at a substantially higher level of power.
>I guess I'm going to be perfectly fine.
Sure, you'll get a boost. But remember that all the natives probably tap into the exact same thing, and they aren't beginner students.

>>610805

This means Bundri will also be enhanced if he comes along. Hopefully he'll just stick to pranks if he tries anything. 'outside reality' sounds like a really easy place to hide a body. Especially a tiny one. Like a Kobald's.

.. or a Gnome's

>>610805
>Elemental creatures devour metals or gems for sustenance
Wear leather, cloth, etc. Avoid buckles. No shivs.

Be Not Tasty.

Sika 2014/12/13(Sat)09:56 No. 611152 ID: 265534
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Two Weeks Later...

So this is a completely different plane of existence outside of the physical universe. Just looks like a cave, really. But the cool stuff is probably not at the portal, since the cool stuff tries to murder you. It just wouldn't be safe.

I've spent the time learning some useful basics and improving my offensive spells. So now I have enough to survive, I hope. A list of things that can be called proper spells that I can do now would be:

Stone Missile: It's like throwing a rock, except at high speed and magical. It also just appears out of thin air.
Golem: I can make a little stone man that I can kind of control to do simple tasks, like punching things.
Earth Snare: Rock teeth that come out of the ground and catch things that step on them. I'm a kobold. I can't not do this.
Minor Heal: I can heal up cuts and scratches. If you lose an arm, don't come running to me.
Little Green Light: Makes green light. No need to try to force it into an offensive form anymore, since I can do something reasonably proper now.

I have a backpack with some food, water, rope and matches. I wonder if I could just magic up some fire. I'll pack some matches, just in case.

So, now that I am super magical, I can enter a hellish world of darkness and monsters and hopefully not die. Also the teacher is here and will probably save us if everything goes to crap, so it should be fun.

Who is your party?

Huh. You don't have a good spell for breaking rocks, and most of the baddies here are probably stone. Unless you can throw a harder rock at them with stone missile.

So we have have an objective here, or we just gonna wander around like idiots?

Follow the leader.

Immediately attempt >>606951

Now is the time. Now is the place.

Sika 2014/12/14(Sun)07:24 No. 611600 ID: 265534
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>>611154
A big chunk of the braver elementalist students came along.
Including the teacher and myself, there's ten of us.

From left to right is Gustav, who seems to favor ice spells for attack.

Fiona is sort of a generalist, but likes fire more than other stuff.

Rhisalia Viveldi is that really racist elf that I walked into my first day.

Bundri Hoptundle uses earth, but also screws around with annoying illusions, like rainbow sparkles and crap. So obnoxious.

Soken Niroi tries to do stuff makes him seem badass. You know the type?

Rugaz Nikirrat is a snot-nosed goblin that blows up everything. The alchemy lab was out of service for a week one time, now he's learning to blow things up spontaneously, without the need for chemical assistance.

Xochiyotl is a lizardman. I've never even seen one before, but she's the closest thing to another kobold in the school. Seems to like water element.

And Cysan Geddar hangs out with Soken, trying to be cool and edgy with him. It's like high school all over again.


These are my classmates. Just a bunch of weirdos. Not like me.

>You don't have a good spell for breaking rocks, and most of the baddies here are probably stone. Unless you can throw a harder rock at them with stone missile.

Of course I can. You can break rocks by smashing rocks against them.


>So we have have an objective here, or we just gonna wander around like idiots?

I am all for idiotic wandering. I want to check out the super fatal rock dimension.

pick Zochiyotl and Gustav as team mates

you'll be able to do the best rock killing combos

Zoch can spray them with water which'll seep into the cracks
Gustav can then freeze all that water expanding the cracks
and you can finish the combo by shattering them with your rock throws!

as an added bonus it makes you look like the most important and most badass teammate as you are always executing the finisher.

(when in reality your powers are by far the least useful)

>You can break rocks by smashing rocks against them
Just make sure your rocks are the harder rocks in that equation, so they do the smashing rather than getting smashed.

>students
Gustav might be the most useful against rock monsters, offensively. Ice can turn the smallest crack or gap in stone into a much larger one. You might want to hang out with him and Fiona (generalists always have some use, even if they're not the best at killing specific things).

Ignoring the 'edgy' idiots. And the exploding goblin hazard.

Be sure to watch the elf and gnome, see if this place gives them their comeuppance.

Gustav and Fiona where the two helping you out earlier right? I'd say either one of them since you know they're not dicks but if you don't feel like hanging out with them then maybe Xochiyotl since she seems like the only other member in the group that isn't trying to be some emo punk or just an unbearable asshole.

>Just make sure your rocks are the harder rocks in that equation, so they do the smashing rather than getting smashed.
Actually not necessary; throwing harder rocks makes it easier, but you could be throwing dirt and still smash stuff if your throw hard enough.

Avoid the elf, the gnome, and the goblin; they're the most likely to kill you through accidents or 'accidents'.

what makes Xochiyotl 'closest thing to a kobold'? Just the general physique, or do they have the attitude?

Stick with your lab partners for now. You have a lot of options between the three of you if anything happens.

Sika 2014/12/16(Tue)11:58 No. 612418 ID: 265534
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>what makes Xochiyotl 'closest thing to a kobold'?
Lizardmen are draconic like kobolds, except they're big and scaly and we're small and fuzzy. They also don't like the cold or breed as fast, so they're kind of rare while kobolds can and do survive pretty much everywhere in huge numbers.

>Avoid the edgy idiots.
They're just trying to look cool. One of the main reasons to learn magic is to wear silly outfits, right? I need to work on that...

>Avoid the elf, the gnome, and the goblin; they're the most likely to kill you through accidents or 'accidents'.
I'm not that worried about that, but they probably wouldn't go to much effort to help if something went wrong.


I'll worry about splitting off with someone when I'm actually going to split off somewhere.
So far, it's just a cave, but it does feel strange underfoot, I can't tell how though.

I like the glowing crystals, very atmospheric. It looks like it's been moved here deliberately to light this corridor.

One of the offshoots is glowing orange, so that one's probably interesting. The others are kind of nondescript.

"Alright," says Ms. Tisalian. "Everyone can go out and look around. Just be careful and keep your bearings. No one has ever mapped this cave system fully. It may go on for thousands of miles in all direction. Try to find a blue shelf fungus; small, dark pink crystals and a grey-green moss and bring back some samples. They're all in different local areas, so you get to see the sights."

I think this is a ploy to get us to do her grunt work...

YOU ARE IN A GIANT ROCK WORM!

well you only got one way to go, plus even if this is grunt work you might find something useful or at least valuable down here.

roll a cave lore check to find the stuff.

Sika 2014/12/16(Tue)19:19 No. 612616 ID: 265534
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>you only got one way to go

There's actually four ways to go, but who wants to argue semantics? Glowy bits, ahoy!

I don't know what I was expecting. It's a lava river and this area is stupidly hot. I feel like they should put a safety rail here or something, but it would heat up and burn everyone, so it wouldn't be all that safe in the end.

"Should you be standing that close?" says Gustav, sounding a bit concerned.

"It's fine. Actually, this is murdering me in the face." I tell him.
I'll probably pass out from heatstroke at this range, so I'm going to back up a bit. I just needed to get a good look and feel the tingly fear of knowing one false move will instantly kill me. Exciting.

>I just needed to get a good look and feel the tingly fear of knowing one false move will instantly kill me.
that or the explosion happy goblin to do something to cause the river to erupt or something. might not be a bad idea to hurry along before he can make that fear into a reality.

This seems like an ideal location to start messing around with your allegedly boosted earth magic. Like dropping chunks of stone into the lava river or something. I bet it'd look wicked.

>>612616
Small dark pink crystals spotted down by the lava. Summon a golem to climb down and get some.

Crystals, maybe the ones we want, are near the lava. Cast Earth Snare on the cliff wall (making purposefully large and blunt spikes if you can), then have a golem use the spikes as handholds to climb down and try and grab some.

>One of the main reasons to learn magic is to wear silly outfits, right? I need to work on that...
The idea behind silly mage outfits is to announce the fact you're a mage. Command respect, or fear, whatever. Somewhat useful in a social or political fashion, and nice for the ego.

For dealing with actual threats? You're way more dangerous not looking like what you are. C'mon, this is traps and trickery 101. The most dangerous attack is the one no one expects to be hit with.

>>612616
MMMmmm. Toasty.

>crystals
...can we get a golem down to collect them that won't simply melt or fall apart in the heat?

Maybe if you cooperated with the ice mage, we could rig a cooling system on a crystal collecting golem.

So how'd it go?

Send in more golems!

Hrrm.
Part of me wonders if you could make a smaller spider-ish golem. Or maybe do something kinda like Earth Snare but raises stone teeth out for the golem to use as grip points so it doesn't fall...
Maybe if you can swing it, start the golem down there with the crystals so it can gather them then climb up, instead of having to make a golem that has to climb down and then back up.

>>613216
Okay second try. Manipulate the earth around the crystal to pull it up towards you.

>>613216
try altering your earth snare spell a little so it makes some climbing handholds for the next golem. Oh have the earth snares keep a grip on it so it won't fall.

Or just look for an easier spot to get crystals from.

could you just use your stone missile spell to lightly hurl the crystals up onto the cliff? I mean just lift the stone under the crystal and make it big enough for the crystal not to simply fall off.

Can't you form smaller golems? Everyone knows smaller things are more nimble and lighter and better at climbing. C'mon, you're a kobold, you know that.

All you really need to do is form a small golem right under the crystal, so the crystal is stuck to it's back. And then have it climb up rock snares.

See if you can daisy-chain some smaller golems down to grab a crystal. Or alternatively if you can't summon multiple golems, see if you can find Fiona to help you make a Lava Golem instead to grab it.

The crystals are probably heat resistant anyway since they are so close to the lava so it should be fine. Just make sure you let it cool off before you touch any though, since they must be hot as fuck.

Sika 2014/12/20(Sat)19:17 No. 613614 ID: 265534
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>could you just use your stone missile spell to lightly hurl the crystals up onto the cliff?

That's not even how that spell works. It just shoots a magic rock out of nowhere, just like casting a fireball or lightning bolt or ice shards.
I'll just have the golem do it. That would probably be best.
So long, golem. You were the best one yet.

I feel a little bad about this, but not that bad, since they're not alive in any way.

Now I can take the shiny rock and put it in my bag. Later, when it's not blazing hot.

>>613614
Oh, it managed to stay above the lava long enough to get the crystal. Good job! Summon another golem to carry it for you so nobody can steal your phat lewt. Then go back and try a different path. Try the opening on the other side of the corridor.

Guard your rock till it cools down, so no one else takes your stuff! Golems died for that rock.

Its noble sacrifice won't be forgotten. Check how the others wizards are holding up. Bask in their admiration.

That really was the best golem. I'm going to call it T-2, since it was the first of the second tier of quality Sika managed to make. Rock on, you crazy automaton.

alright we got one part of this scavenger hunt down, only two more to go. So is anyone else you seeing going for the crystals or are you the first?

>>613614
Boast to Gustav. See how he gets one.

We must make a golem out of crystals. Use our green light on it. Then we will have a RAVE GOLEM!

Rock temperature can be tricky to judge just by looking. Once it looks like it's cooled of, spit on it, and if the spit boils away or does anything else interesting, it's still way too hot to touch safely.

Form a rock glove around your hand to pick it up.

Sika 2015/02/03(Tue)17:07 No. 623407 ID: 265534
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>Make rock gloves
I don't want to accidentally smash my fingers, so I'll just make a new golem.

>>613761
"Hey Gustav? Need some pointers? I mean, I'm just a newbie and all, but I have the crystals and you don't, so I figured..."

He just ignores me and tries freezing the lava. Maybe I should find more items on the list or go smug at somebody else.

>>623407
Let's go find a new thing! Try the passage mostly-opposite this one.

Suggest he make an ice pillar or something to push a crystal up. Trying to freeze the lava will take forever.

Caution Gustav that rapid cooling could cause the crystal formation to shatter. He might already knows this, but you should remind him just in case to be nice and show off your brain smarts.

Pick a new tunnel to explore but before you go, take a minuet to check out what other students are doing to get their crystals. You could learn more about them by watching how they solve a problem and maybe pick up some new tricks.

Either way, cast light on your new sweet crystal to make it look cooler and have a multifaceted light source.

>>623407
hope that ice he's throwing around doesn't cause to much steam. It sucks dick to get burned by steam. If that crap is hot enough it burns like fire but since it's a vapor it gets into your pores and burns you from the inside out.

Anyways I say try to find the other 2 items first so then you can not only brag that you got all the items but you did it before anyone else did.

Laugh at Gustav for trying to freeze lava in the earth realm then go look for more materials. Be sure to find a way to have your golem kick Bundri by accident.

Sika 2015/02/04(Wed)10:50 No. 623516 ID: 265534
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A bit of wandering down the opposite branch from the entry cave, I run into Soken, hanging out by some moldy rocks.
"Hey. You have some of those lava crystals, right? Fork them over. I don't want to singe myself screwing around."

"Go get your own, Soken." I tell him. "If you're so great, you should be able to figure it out."

"I have figured it out. I'll take yours."

>>623516
Introduce his testicles to your claws. "Either you back off or I take your rocks."

use earth snare to grab the moron and hit him in the nuts with a stone missile. then walk away and find the other things you need.

Amateur. A good thief never announces it. And intimidation rolls don't work on ballsy belligerent types.

Speaking of balls, you're at the perfect height to punch his. He wants stones? There you go, you found some.

After you turn him into a castrato, remember to call him a lazy faggot as you leave.

This has two effects;
It reminds him that he is a lazy faggot,
And it makes him think that you cursed him, as the hormonal imbalances that ensue will cause him to lose drive and begin gaining weight.

>>623516
"This is the plane of earth, not handouts. Figure out how to deal with fucking lava now, or you're fucked when you have to do it for more than a good grade"

You could probably just make a pit under him.

Have your golem sit on him.

He should know better than to argue with someone who is at the perfect height to punch him in the balls. Proceed with said ball punching. In fact, punch him so hard his voice goes all high pitched and squeaky.

Sika 2015/02/05(Thu)22:25 No. 623726 ID: 265534
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I'mma punch him in the dick. That'll teach him to try robbing me.

"Where are you aiming at? That's not very nice."

Aw, crap! He's over there now. He's like some kind of wizard or something.
This could have gone better. I was kind of hoping he wouldn't expect me to try hitting him with something that's not magic.

use your earth magic to collapse the tunnel on his head. Trust me you're an earth mage. Worse comes to worse just use your golems to dig you a way out.

Hmm, now was that an illusion or a teleport? Either way, an area of effect attack is best here. Make the floor spiky except where you are. They don't even have to be big spikes.

Or, y'know, collapse part of the tunnel, after making a shield around yourself or just having your golem shield you with its body.

Of course he's a wizard! So are you! Use your golem to punch him!

I don't like bullies. Break a few of his bones.

Check he hasn't magically pilfered your crystals. Because that would be embarrassing.

>>623726
Just… go away. Summon a golem to keep him busy while you do.

>>623726
unfortunately, as long as you two are alone anything that happens is your word against his.

... hell, if the crystal's still burning hot, LET him try and take it.

Also, what do you know about defeating illusions? If that's his strong point its understandable why he couldn't get the rock himself.

.. on that note where is your carry golem? This could be a distraction while he tries to swipe it from your pet rock directly.

Call him out on his Gnome-tier illusion bullshit.

Golem, now standing behind him: shove him in the knees.

throw the walls at him.

The tunnel your in is pretty dark and he's probably using that as a combined advantage to his illusion or shadow magic.

Close your eyes for protection and conjure your Light Spell at its maximum level of luminosity if you can. That should either blind him or at least ruin his low light vision for a moment.

Also if he is using illusions, they are probably shit-tier and wont cast any shadows. So you might be able to find his real location that way.

Sika 2015/02/07(Sat)20:16 No. 623960 ID: 265534
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I'm just going to punch him with rock fists if he wants to- Hrrk!

"Come on now. This is more like a trade. I'm going to teach you how little you actually know and I get the rock in exchange. It seems fair."

I feel all tingly and I'm falling down. What a dick!

"I done with this school anyway. Just a little longer, then I'll show everyone I'm too good for this dump."

Sika 2015/02/07(Sat)20:28 No. 623966 ID: 265534
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He took my shiny rock... I guess this is just payment in advance for when I beat up a new student in the future after I'm super powerful, and the cycle continues.

I'm not sure what he was even talking about. Probably something stupid. I'm too adorable for this shit.

Did you actually... do anything?

Go tell a teacher what he said. You're too good for menial tasks anyway.

Did he silence you? Your golem crumbled.

Pick up rock broken golem rock, and chuck it at him head.

A bit of illusion and a paralyze spell can be a nasty combo. Well make sure you get your shit together so you do not get eaten by a rock monster.

And go get another crystal while you are at it. He might have stolen one but that's just because his magic sucks.

You know if he wants to try some magic nonsense with the crystal the best way to ruin his day would be to get a bunch and sell or give them to everyone. Then he cant be the only one with magic lava crystal crap. Hard to impress everyone with rare magic when everyone has one already.

Go tell the teacher this guy is defiantly going to be evil.

Hey, Sika. There's an answer to what just happened to you. Start binge eating some comfort food and get fat. Trust me, it works and you will feel better about what just happened.

>>623966
Go back to get another crystal. Tell freaking everyone you run into about that asshat.

Teleporters. Next time you see him, you need to shoot rocks from the wall to get him from behind.

Anyway, if Gustav hasn't succeeded and/or messed things up there were more crystal clumps back there. Next time you get one hide it inside a golem.

Sika 2015/02/09(Mon)07:23 No. 624221 ID: 265534
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I'm not tattling, yet. I have sixteen brothers and sisters, I don't tattle. I get even. You need to kick butts to keep them in line.
Besides, I didn't come here to learn how to run to the teacher, I came here to learn crazy superpowers. I'll get him eventually. It's fine.
I head back to gather some more crystals and plan my insideous revenge when Rhisalia interrupts me.
"What are you doing over here? You're going to burn up getting that close."

"It's fine. Kobold hair is a really good insulator and I need to get more crystals because Soken took mine, so don't worry about it," I tell her.

"Is that why you're sitting there like an angry cat?"

"Am not! I'm just thinking. Maybe you're just jealous that you don't have a limb growing out of your butt."

"Hardly."

"Anyway, I'm trying to figure out what he meant when he said he'd show everyone how great he was soon."

Rhisalia turns up her nose and clicks her tongue "Tsk... That would probably be that tournament they have here in Belja every year. It started as local orcs getting into fights to pass the time during the winter months, then the humans turned it into an organized event over time, because they are all barbarians."

This is great. Now I can really show up Soken. And my golem hasn't fallen into the lava flow. Things are looking up.

"Perfect. I'll enter it, beat Soken and ruin his dreams. I just need to get better than him before then."

"He's been doing this for years, didn't you just start recently? You barely know what you're doing. It's not realistic."

"Realism is for suckers! I need to push myself to get better and beating up Soken might help me get better faster."

"You are mad at him, but you don't realize that you are both the same..."

No, I'm better.

Well he started it!

Ask her why she is studying magic.

>>624221
Dare her to explain what you have in common with that asshole

>>624221
You're not the same. You don't steal from your fellow stud- wait that's a good idea. If you see anyone else carrying around one of the items, you should steal it from them.

Oh wait you are the same. Maybe you can be friends after you beat him up.

>>624221
Pfft, Soken doesn't have a tail. I think?
Not at all like him.

Am not. I don't tell people beforehand when I am going to steal from them.

>He's been doing this for years, didn't you just start recently? You barely know what you're doing. It's not realistic.
Experience isn't everything. Sometimes you just need to the right thing to trip someone up. No one can be prepared for everything.

>You are mad at him, but you don't realize that you are both the same...
Like that's ever stopped jerks from going after each other. Sure, it's magic instead of actual backstabbing, but it's the same deal.

And I didn't backstab anyone I wasn't supposed to. Yet.

What's your deal?

Your similar not the same if she dosen't believe you show her by getting a bunch of people crystals (this will also help making allies). And if he's so powerful why did he have to steal a crystal instead of getting one himself?

Sika! You should be ashamed of yourself sitting like that! Imagine what would have happened if you were wearing a skirt while sitting like that!

So, does this mean kobolds are related to cat's somehow?

Sika 2015/02/13(Fri)10:32 No. 624966 ID: 265534
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"I'm not like him," I tell her.

"You're both impatient. That tournament is a gathering of all the brutes from the entire region. If that really is his plan, neither of you stand a chance of winning."

Pfft... What does she know? I may be completely new, underpowered, inexperienced... But that doesn't mean I can't win. If I can't beat a bunch of drunks at a sporting event, how can I deal with monsters and demons and all that stuff roaming around out in the world? I'm going to do it!

"When is this tournament exactly? I want to know how long I have to show that jerk up."

Rhisalia rolls her eyes. "It's generally early or mid-winter. They put out all the flyers and whatnot when it's close."

So I have a couple months to really crank things up. This'll work out just fine.


>>624352
What? Kobolds are related to dragons more than anything. I'm not a cat and I sit how I want.

I know what will cheer you up! Just imagine how helpless and miserable Rynh's group is without your awesomeness to help them!

Hey your guy has your stuff. Make sure you don't burn the fuck out of yourself picking it up though.

Hey want to prove you're not like him? Offer to grab a crystal for Rhisalia if she doesn't have one yet. She might be able to help out getting one of the other items too.

>>624966
I think you should find a hyperbolic time chamber and train up!

>>624966
You could always get back at that guy who stole your crystal by just simply mentioning to everyone that he did it. Don't make it too obvious, bring it up like you did in conversation a few minutes ago. If that dude wants to be edgy and cool, then maybe we can hurt his reputation in small ways.

>>624966
ask Rhisalia how She plans on getting one of these shiny rocks.

Consider getting extras for personal shininess and possible value later.

>>624966
Dragons are basically cats that can breathe fire and fly. And talk.

Sika 2015/02/14(Sat)19:31 No. 625110 ID: 265534
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>ask Rhisalia how She plans on getting one of these shiny rocks.
"Don't worry about me. I'm more than capable of moving some stones around."

Ugh... Okay. I'm going to get back to what I was doing.

>Just imagine how helpless and miserable Rynh's group is without your awesomeness to help them!

Hehe... Yeah.

>>625110
Yeah, I'm sure they're getting eaten by a dragon. And your brother isn't busy riding the (half) dragon.

Wander further down the main corridor. If you run into anyone carrying the moss, ask/demand to know where they got it.

I see you didn't imagine anything bad happening to Thodren, the minotaur guy. Is it because you love him and think he's perfect and nothing bad can happen to him? You're totally in love with him aren't you? ^_^

While you are getting this crap make sure to save a sample or two for yourself. So if this is all for some awesome potion or spell you can have one of your own later.

Sika 2015/02/16(Mon)14:47 No. 625324 ID: 265534
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>>625111
Ahh! I don't want to think about them humping.

I'm just going to go over here and not think about that.

Staying near the central hub area with the portal, I take the path straight ahead into a huge cave with a big crack in the floor.

Gustav, Fiona and Rugaz are already in here.

"HA! What's the matter, nerds? Can't get over here?"
Rugaz is on the other side of the chasm somehow, taunting everyone else.

"How did you get over there in the first place?" I call back.

"I... uh... What? Do you expect me to remember everything I did three minutes ago? I have important stuff on my mind."

And they're letting him learn how to set fires with his brain... Anyway, I could probably get over there if I wanted, somehow.

Use earth magic to make handholds off of the pillar(s). You can then jump and swing across.

Kobold agility with making your own environment to work in.

Just make a bridge. Then test it with a golem before you go across.

Make a bridge out of golems. Then ride a golem across.

Honestly why you are not riding a golem around 24/7 I have no idea.

>>625342
you could probably just continually create golems and have them walk off into the hole until they filled it.

not sure why that would be easier than just making a bridge, though.

Have a golem throw you across.
No, wait! I take it back! The Laws of Comedy dictate that in a situation like this, the golem throws you too hard and you hit the far wall on the other side with a painful "SPLAT"! Or the golem doesn't throw you hard enough and you go straight down the chasm to your death!
So I guess the best option would be for you to create an earth bridge that connects both sides of the chasm.