María's class
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Nods quietly at Aristos That's a good selection of spells. Of couwrse, the wright answewr depends as well on -up to which ciwrcle- you can cast. In youwr spell selection, fowr example, I'd say it's one of the best one if you can't cast thiwrd ciwrcle spells. Howevewr, you awre lacking offensive thewre, and one must not fowrget offensivity.
Enduwre elements would and expeditious wretwreat would go fowr othewr spells with similawr, yet bettewr, effects…like pwrotection fwrom elements and haste, wrespectively. Though this would be the case if you could cast thiwrd ciwrcle spells.
If you will allow me, Awristos, I will not explain owr comment fuwrthewr until we've heawrd mowre suggestion fwrom othewrs.
Smiles and looks around to see who else has something to say
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_Elva raises her hand, shes obviously very nervous about saying what she thinks
"Um….f-first is Magic Missile....b-because its powerful and um....it....deals um...m-magical damage...
second is um....Shelgarns...Persistent Blade...b-because the blade is hard to hit and can keep opponents distracted while you cast other s-spells....
third um....Shield......because it protects you from harm..as well as block out Magic Missile.....
and fourth is um...Resist Elements...because it protects the user from um...elemental harm....."
Once she finishes talking she looks down at her feet, not looking at anyone afraid of negative reaction_
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_Aristos raises his hand quickly then speaks
…I personally like to have prepared for use at least one of each of the following...
...Endure elements...Protection from alignment...Mage armor...and Expeditious retreat...
...though I expect that magic missile would be more favored than expeditious retreat by most..._
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Smirks at Ronan's comment as you would image , Wronan, the classes awre fowr students , not fowr othewr pwrofessowrs, so i'd politely ask you to be quiet and not intewrrupt my classes like this.
Fowr this time though, I shall answewr to youwr comment.Doesn't all scouts have a basic equipment? Doesn't even a healewr have it's basic equipment? You know, balms, hewrbs, blablal…Then so does the mage have it's basic spells, which I considewr to be the most impowrtant ones that a mage should know to be succesful in theiwr adventuwres and the like. If you don't want those spells, then do not use owr leawrn them, but it's mowre than pwrobably that you -will- be needing them at some point, and you'll wregwreat not having them...wregawrdless of what you want.
In any case, if you do shawre anothewr opinion on the mattewr, I suggest that you stawrt youwr own class, and make fowr once honowr to that tittle of youwrs, "pwrofessowr".
She then turns to the rest of the class, smiling as always
Well then, do not mind him. Speak up youwr minds. Which do you think awre the fiwrst ciwrcle most impowrtant spells.
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Professor Ronan speaks out of nowhere, standing in back of the class..
Magic missle, shield, mage armor, and protection from alignment. Those would be my choices. But it depends on the mage, really. Do they want to be combat efficient? Or use their magic for lore and research? Support fighters in attacks rather then have mostly offensive spells? Each spell has its place, and is only a "must" if it fits the needs of what the mage wants..
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CLASS TWO:
Maria enters the keep and takes her spot, she leaves the staff leaning at the wall in a corner
Well well…as I told you last class, today's topic will be "The 4 spells you should know of each ciwrcle". This is good fowr both, wizawrds and sowrcewrowrs...
Looks at the class and smiles, grins Alwright, fiwrst ciwrcle, people. Tell me which do you think awre the fouwr "must" spells of this ciwrcle. The one that gets closewr, gets a pwrize.
Looks at Kyan you can't play.
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Elva waits at the back until everyone has made a move too leave, then leaves two paces behind everyone else
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Looks again at the students, and asks Any othewr question?
as No one seems to have any more questions, she then says
The next class will be "The 4 spells you should know of each ciwrcle".
You will be allowed to give youwr own ideas and suggestions, of couwrse, and maybe thewre will be a pwrize… we'll see, we'll see..And with that, she ends the class, walking quietly reaching for her staff and leaning the weight on it, heading to the exit
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Nods at Elva and smiles Well…that's a good question, and one you pwrobably could answewr youwrself. Take a look awround and tell me what kind of animals, plants and abewwration polymoerphed mages have you seen awround? Usualy those cwreatuwres that awre hawrd to find like...elementals. That would be a vewry wrawre essence to find.
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Faide glances back upon hearing the voice of a familiar face, he smiles to Elva, giving her a small nod, before turning his attention back to Maria, awaiting an answer. Notes more than ready to be scribbled.
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_Elva - who has been at the back of the classroom being quiet the entire lesson - raises her hand to ask a question
"Um…c-can you give an example of a rare essence please..?"
she lowers her hand and looks around, looking unsure of herself for some reason_
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Faide smiles while writing down the newly aquired notes, scritching them down neatly on his papers.
"That will be all for now miss Maria."
His curiosity satisfied, he looks around the class to see what others will speak up.
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I would considewr this to be pawrt of the same lesson, since it's all about the same spell. Essences can't be just cwreated, they need to be extwracted fwrom the animal owr cwreatuwre you want to change into. But not all pawrts of said cwreatuwres owr animals will wowrk fowr this, fowr example:
To polymowrph into a wraven, you can't take just any pawrt of one. Twrying to use a wravens eye as essence fowr this spell will simply not wowrk. In this case, you need a feathewr, and not just one, you need -the- feathewr, the lawrgest one that it has.
That's why you don't see all mages polymowrphing into many diffewrent things, they need the essences, and to get them, they firwst need to know what the essence is.
Looks at him, with that look that means "is that all?". She doesn't look bothered but in fact enthusiastic
//Note: This does not match de PnP description. There's no essences in PnP whilst in Narfell they are mandatory to use different shapes than the default NwN offers. I totally inveted my reasoning about why the need or how to get them, so any DM feel free to correct me if they idea is any different
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Once again, the bright blue eyed Faide speaks up. Oh yes.. he's one of -those- students.
"If its not too much trouble, could you please explain what exactly an 'essence' is? You said find them, which if this is the only possible way to get them, then so be it. But, can they not simply be created in some way?"
He smiles, ever eager to learn more- then blinks a realization.
"If this is a subject for another day then please don't mind me at all. I did not mean to take focus off the multiple shapes and their usefullness."
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Looks at Faide with a smile
That is twrue. This spell has othewr fowrms, of couwrse. Could tuwrn into an aberration, animal, dragon, fey, giant, humanoid, magical beast, monstrous humanoid, ooze, plant, or vermin owr any othewr humanoid fowrm you can think of. Thing is we need essences to do such, and those awre quite wrawre to find, except the most common ones like wrats, bats, chickens…
I can't talk much about it, but we awre making some wreseawrch in the mattewr and maybe we'll find some new essences.
As to cast this spell on othewrs, yes, it's possible. Howevewr, the subject has to willingly accept the change...
Looks at him and then to the rest of the gathered.
Any othewr question owr comment?
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Faide gives a light laugh to the cute imagry of the zombie, then finishes the notes he has been writing down from this lesson. Looking up from said notes. His blue eyes focused on Maria once more.
"Yes actually, as stated these are the more common forms of ploymorph. But what of the other forms? Also, is it possible to cast this spell on others, to alter and change their forms as well?"
Still leaning forward attentivly, a smile on his face, obviously enjoying such a lesson.
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_The images fade away, and a new one forms, this time it's a cute zombie walking slowly in the rawlins near the lake…María motions people to pay attention to the new images as they continue. The zombie is quietly walking, when many goblin archers appear, up to a dozen, and start shooting arrows at him. The arrows can't pierce the zombies tough skin and simply bounce.A red coloured word appears next to the zombie, PIERCING, and it's quickly crossed with a bigger red cross.
The goblins archers retreat and let the goblin soldiers charge against the zombie. The maces impact on the zombie, yet it gets no damage from it, the goblins look puzzled, and decide is best to run as well. A red coloured word appears next to the zombie, BLUDGEONING, and it's quicly crossed with a bigger red cross.
Finaly, desperatedly, the goblins send their Elite warriors towards the zombie. They slash the zombie with their swords, but they can barely cause it any harm. A red coloured word appears next to the zombie, SLASHING, and it's quickly crossed with a bigger red cross._
As you can see, the zombie shape is quite effective absowrbing damage. It's quite hawrd to piewrce thwrough it's tough skin. (DR 10vs all). Howevewr, it's no guawrantee that you will not get huwrt, because some stwrong foes will cewrtainly hit stwrong enough to huwrt you.
As the goblin Elite run away, a Bugbear, visibly stronger, approaches and starts hitting the zombie with a bastardsword, causing the zombie some wounds.
But….that's not all, my fwriends. This is something not evewryone knows, but thewre's a way to use this fowrm in a most optimal way. If you have a ghostly visage spell on you, pwrovided that they awre not using magical swowrds, the zombie will be able to absowrb 1.5 times mowre damage than usual (15/-). Even mowre, if you have a stoneskin on you, this will make you absowrb TWICE the amount of damage! (20/-). And if you awre a powewrfull enough castewr, with acces to ethewreal visage spells, you will be pwracticaly inmune to pyshical damage, since the ability to abswowrb damage is THWRICE the nowrmal one in this case fowr the zombie shape. (30/-).
This fowrm, in combination with the elemental shield owr acid seath, is a deadly combo that will allow you high suwrvivality while you cause high injuwries to those mindless enough to twry to attack you.
A purple glowing zombie appears, with the ethereal visage on it, and an acid seath. Suddenly a warmashine approaches and starts beating the crap out of it, but all the warmashine attempts to hurt the zombie fail, and it eventualy gets destroyed because of the acid.
Do not fowrget though, that this shape is extwremly slow. Do not dwrink healing potions eithewr in this shape, fowr it will cause you hawrm, as if you wewre an undead.
Finaly, I'd like to advice, that you don't use this…in fwront of any paladin owr kelmerovite, they usualy get mad about it, and they can't undewrstand that magic is magic, and has nothing to do with being a foul undead.
The last image shows a funny pictured Rico smiting the zombie
Any questions?
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A newcomer to norwick slips into the class relativly late. His blue eyes watch the teacher intently, paying close attention to the lesson being givin. His only noticeable features. Are his dark red hair, and mystran necklace hanging from his neck.
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Alwright, we can move to the next fowrm…the UmbewrHulk fowrm. A vewry useful one I might add. The most known ability of this fowrm, is the one to detect hidden and invisible cwreatuwres.
An umberhulk and a tree appear in scene. The hulk is quietly reading a book, from behind the tree, a very well hidden goblin is poisoning a sword.The hulk thumbs up at the people while chittering, then goes to behind the tree and smashes the goblin in the head.
But…that's not the only thing this fowrm is usefull fowr. It's as stwrong as the twroll, and even if it is not as stout, is cewrtainly mowre agile and hawrdewr to hit. (+7 ac when shifting instead of +5)
The image changes, and now the hulk is attacked by several archers the arrows bouncing on it's skin
Also, the massive awrms of this fowrm, along with the hands allow this shape to dig tunnels at a decent speed. So if you awre in a cave, it's a vewry viable spell to memowrize.
The image fades away, to be replaced with the one of a cave, and an Umberhulk digging a side-tunnel easily
Lastly, this is the fowrm that could inflict mowre hawrm to a foe with simple smashing. Even some mowre than the twroll.
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Looks around again, making sure everyone has understood the second part of the explanation
Excelent. We'll now pwrocceed to explain the Twroll fowrm, which is the most used, owr so say the statistics and studies.
The Image of a Troll appears, it waves the people gathered and suddenly an axe cut's his arm, the troll's face shows pain, but soon the arm starts regenerating on it's own.
As you can see in the image, the most useful ability of this fowr is the wregenewration. Of couwrse, since we awre not wreal twrolls, we do not wregenewrate as fast as them, but only at a fifth of theiwr speed, yet it's still useful.
The Troll's arm regenerates fully and he moves to the middle of the "screen". Rises both arms and shows his muscles, tough one. He takes a bottle with a poison label on it, and drinks it. The toll thumbs up and seems to get no harm from it
As you see, the twroll shape is stwrong, you could lift a twree without much effowrt. Apawrt fwrom that, the twroll shape gwrants the castewr a tough body as well, vewry hawrd to bwring down owr poison.
The twroll fowrm is best used in combat. Casting a few defensive spells befowre it, will allow you to outlast a fight that othewrwise you wouldn't. Mage awrmowr, Ghostly visage, Shield, cats gwrace, and a bulls stwrengh to be even stwrongewr and flail youwr awrms at youwr enemies.
The image shifts away…into the next form...
