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12965 No. 12965 ID: e31d52

This is a thread for the upcoming Alchemist Quest, an entry into the saga that follows Hat and Rune Quest. I'm starting it in a seperate thread because some decisions must be made, and the system outlined, before we can begin.

First of all, you'll notice a shitty chart as the OP image. this illustrates the the system I will be using for this quest: The Elements Magic system. I shall explain.

Styles are how you use elements. Steel indicates a military/martial use.
Mind indicates a utilitarian use.
Body indicates a use that empowers the body.
Wood indicates a use that benefits the environs and others besides the user.
Keep in mind that these can be used as Elements and Bases. which will be described soon.

Elements are the element you use.
Fire is the element of heat, anger, passion, and wild creativity.
Earth is the element of strength, tradition, constitution, and willpower, as well as dirt, and stone.
Water is the element of change, calmness, determination, and intellect.
Air is the element of grace, speed, empathy, and gentleness.
Keep in mind these can be used as Styles and Bases, as will be described soon.

Bases affect how an element manifests.
Magnetism manifests elements in concordance with other materials, harmonizing them with other objects.
Weird manifests the element in its purest form, and often in a chaotic manner.
Kinetics manifests the element in a manner of movement, shaping already present forms of the element.
Lightning manifests the element in a single blast of the element, directed and short-lived.
Again, any of these can be used as both a Element or a Style.


One Alchemist often takes two elements from each teir, resulting in six total masteries. You can only take two elements on the same teir if they are adjacent, you cannot take opposing forces.

Now, the question is: What masteries should our intrepid character take?
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No. 12966 ID: 60477c

Body style
Earth only
every base
final destination
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No. 12967 ID: 34470e

Wood/body
Fire/air
Kinetic/lightning
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No. 12972 ID: e31d52

Rule change/Clarification:

You may master opposing elements. You may not use them in the same spell.

You may not 'double up' in mastery.
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No. 12973 ID: 1ac39d

can you use the same thing for all parts?
lightning base
lightning element
lightning style
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No. 12984 ID: e31d52

>>322773
Certain Elements, like Air, Fire, Lightning, or Water, indeed lend themselves to being 'blasted' which is to say, used exclusively in a spell. This results in a huge torrent of the energy chosen. A fireball, a lightning bolt, a gale of wind, and a huge deluge of water. However, there are better ways of throwing around blasts of a chosen element with more control, this way is easiest.
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No. 12985 ID: 1ac39d

so would steel, steel, steel shoot a sword beam?
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No. 12986 ID: e31d52

>>322785
Some elements are incondusive to blasting. Steel is one.
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No. 12987 ID: 632862

Protip: Read 'element' as 'elephant'.

Hmm, what kind of shenanigans should we try this time around?
Wood-Mind-Magneticism could allow us to do some telepathic communication.
Body-Steel-Earth would probably enable IRON MAN mode.
Wood-element-Magneticism would likely give resistance to our allies from that element.

Looking at each element, hmm. It's time for...

SPECULATION AND THEORY!

Steel Style indicates a military/martial use. I think it's going to wind up targeting equipment, kindof like how runes work. As an Element, it would probably relate to sharpness, metal, and skill. As a Base... perhaps it creates a physical object.
Wood-style affects the environment and other people; this could have a large variety of different applications. As an Element, it would relate to vegetation, growth, and life. As a Base... perhaps it gradually 'grows' over an area.
Body-style is self-buffing. Always useful. As an Element, it would be flesh, bone, blood, and carnal desires. As a Base... does it summon up an elemental golem or something?
Mind-style would relate to adding/improving senses or knowledge, I imagine. As an Element, it would relate to psychic energy, thought, and information. As a Base... perhaps it's an illusion.
Fire-style would uhh... be destructive? Element is heat, anger, passion, and wild creativity. Base would be radiation, I suppose.
Earth-style is the intent to change the terrain. Element is strength, tradition, constitution, and willpower, as well as dirt, and stone. Base would cause the effect to generally have a downwards tendency.
Water style would have to do with nourishment and healing. Element is change, calmness, determination, and intellect. Base would 'flow'.
Air style indicates a ...something. Element is grace, speed, empathy, and gentleness. Base manifests it spread out over an area.
Kinetics style indicates a use that works in favor of moving objects. Element would be pure force, inertia, and quick thinking. Base manifests the element in a manner of movement, shaping already present forms of the element.
Lightning style indicates a use that affects the weather. Element is electricity, energy, time and surprise. Base manifests the element in a single blast of the element, directed and short-lived.
Magnetism Style would

wait blasting this fucks up all my theory
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No. 13009 ID: 632862

Apparently the order has been changed to Base-Element-Style. Alphabetical order.

Body, Earth, Magnetism for the ability to heal ourselves and allies via Body/Earth/Magnetism (according to shot). This also allows EARTH FORM via Magnetism/Earth/Body. This can ALSO let us immobilize opponents via Earth/Body/Magnetism.

Put in Fire for some added offensive capability, and Wood for helping others and also for stopping projectiles via Magnetism. Slap Mind in there for mindraep and utilitarian stuff, and we're GOLDEN.
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No. 13010 ID: e31d52

Body/Wood, Earth/Fire, Magnetism/Kinetics

Wood/body Fire/air Kinetic/lightning

Body Earth Magnetism/Weird/Kinetics/Lightning

Body/Wood, Earth/Fire, Kinetics/Magnetism

Be on the lookout for the first thread, arriving soon!
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No. 13020 ID: 632862

>>322810
What? The voting was actually this:

Body, Earth, Lightning/Magnetism/Weird/Kinetics

Wood/Body, Fire/Air, Kinetics/Lightning

Body/Wood/Mind, Fire/Earth, Magnetism
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No. 13022 ID: 1ac39d

>>322820
yes, but he picked the most popular 2 of each section. 2 base, 2 element, and 2 style.
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No. 13093 ID: 632862

I see a pattern to the elements. There's the basic building blocks of reality: Magnetism/Gravity, Lightning, Weird, and Kenetics. Then those elements spawn the basis for the world: Earth, Air, Water, Fire. Then there's the stuff that developed ON the world: Body, Mind, Steel, Wood.

Apparently there's another layer yet to be discovered. I can't really think of what it could be... Divine, Demonic, Order, Chaos?
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No. 15048 ID: e31d52
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15048

Miss Me?
I'm not gone yet.
Ohhohohoho, no. I'm never gone. Something like me 'dies' about as easily as you do. You couldn't stop me if you rallied the world against me. I'm here to stay, here to play, and the best part is?

By the end, you'll all be begging for my help! You'll come crawling to Virul, pleading for me to solve all~ your problems.

Maybe I will, maybe I won't.



We will see, Legion.

We... will... see.
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No. 15055 ID: a594b9

>>324848
What.

No. Bad shot. Stop that. That doesn't even make any sense.
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No. 15057 ID: e31d52
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15057

>>324855
I'm not supposed to make sense! I'm a horrific criminal from a psionic race of creatures!
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No. 15058 ID: 4531bc

>>324857
No, you are not. You are merely a tasty root vegetable.
Wake from this delusion!
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No. 15059 ID: 34470e

>>324857
Virulent is back? Possibly going to be a superpowered evil side for Achilles that could possibly help us. Also, stop giving me good desktop wallpapers.
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No. 15060 ID: e31d52
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15060

>>324859
>implying I ever left

No, no... I live in people, like you do! You inconvenienced me, but that's all. I'm like a madness that hops from thing to thing, a psychic fingerprint. At any rate, you'll know soon enough what I'm planning.

Can't have the world turned to one of pure Law, now... that would be boring. And I hate boring!
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No. 15061 ID: 1ac39d

>>324860
oh, so, at least for now, our goals go roughly in the same direction
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No. 15063 ID: 655d51
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15063

The worst things in life don't hide in the darkness.
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No. 15064 ID: 655d51
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15064

>>324863
Here is the original, hooray for photoshop inverts!
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No. 15068 ID: a594b9

>>324860
Madness doesn't work like that! Coyote must have helped you live on as something more than just trauma.

Fine then. If that is what our actions have wrought. We've discovered that we can fight on the same terms as things like you. Don't cross us.
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No. 15075 ID: c1b520

>>324860
Hi there!
>>324864
Face here.
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No. 15131 ID: e31d52
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15131

On the left, Achilles's new preferred form. On the right, Tyka as an adult.
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No. 15137 ID: 0fc814

He'll always be an angry red-eyed stickman for me~
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No. 16497 ID: a594b9

Hey shot if you can't figure out how to resolve certain things you could always just have the Titan do it.
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No. 17428 ID: e31d52
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17428

Oh, hey, this is the closest peice of illustration to Vorana, like, ever, since her self-reimagining after the events of Rune Quest. Enjoi.
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No. 17436 ID: a594b9

>>327228
Looks like I would imagine Anataire looking, if she had grown up normally. I mean, she's got the wings and stuff.
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No. 18161 ID: e31d52
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18161

:3c

This is canon, by the by, but it happens after you leave.
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