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  1. Yep, seconding the generalist. It's called that or Universal Magic for any wizard (in D&D) that hasn't gotten a domain. There was also a Master Generalist as a Prc somewhere...There is also an Elf Generalist class...in Races of the Wild I think. Work fast enough in Academagia and you can put copyright on it. Be the only generalist mage around. Or start your own school.
  2. Replayed Captain's adventure...again. Will we ever get a shot at that staircase? It sounds wonderful to slide off... What sort of authority does the Captain have in places other than Mineta? Treated like a king, foreign ambassador? Dignitary? What is the general response for a visiting foreign power? Since there are no emperors/kings outside of Auncesay? And off-topic since I have no idea where to post this. Free Fallouts for all at GOG. All three old-school games are free until the 14th. Get it now, since after this year, GOG won't have the rights to sell it anymore. Just refresh until you can get it, otherwise works fine.
  3. Free, Well, you could just lower the relationship with him drastically, but he might take a couple of your clique with him, so make sure your relationship with them is better than his with the others. Still, easier to restart. What did IE and D&D games in general taught us? Save often and early and in different slots. I have at least 30 saves for each game. It's horrible. I think I'm addicted to saving. Legate, I was hoping that you guys wouldn't have to do the work, but such an option would be welcome. Maybe just be the only one who can decide if you can make a character fail...? Kind of like Skyrim's final blows on companions. I would assume that at least some would want Phillipe out. I wouldn't know how easy that would be to make, since I have no idea of the engine, but I hope it's easy. Do we have some sort of graduation party or something at the end of the each year?
  4. Ooo Legate! Can we get/make a mod that makes everyone pass? Not necessarily an official one, but can it be done? Or do students have to fail, for story purposes or to keep the proper number? It's just that I would really hate for friends or even rivals to fail since they provide so much of the environmental atmosphere.
  5. Unusual enough to get investigated? Hmm.. As a wealthy noble, I might have to start handing out cash like candy to make sure everyone stays in class. Mastery is a last resort. For now. If only because it would raise a lot of red flags. I imagine though, that an empty classroom would be pretty sad and you'd reminisce with your friends "Hey, remember what Vettor did to that girl?" or "Hey, Alan would have been really interested in this". And after playing for a few years, half a dozen or more games with a new char, you get attached to everyone.
  6. Hmm, that might work. And would make sense. I wonder if we'd have to make this large project at the end for a degree. Kicking out students is still something I'd rather avoid. Mostly because I can already hint at those who will fail (Phillipe?, Flore?, Joana? Rui?) and they're the ones who really make an impact on the game. They're everywhere. So hopefully there are ways to keep them in school.
  7. Well, it certainly depends on how you'd take Orsi down. Something that can't be proven, will not be investigated much and in fact, won't even tie to you can keep you from alienating everyone. After all, the Captain is still very suspicious of him and the man in question does do vaguely illegalish things. It wouldn't take that much. And who would suspect a student? I agree that being best buds with him would work wonders, but therein lies the role-playing potential. Does your character believe that friendship and loyalty can keep others from turning on him or does he need to resort to blackmail and intimidation to force others to do his bidding? Personally, I wouldn't trust Orsi too much because he's bound by his responsibilities. You are one of his best buds, but gaining favour isn't that hard and in a school full of potential masterminds, he needs to watch out for all of them in front of the authorities of the city, of magic, in front of parents and if the child is high-born enough, in front of royalty. That severely limits his usefulness. I imagine he is also closely watched by others. As for the students, I think that all of them provide something interesting. Yeah, you might not interact with all of them in a school year, but have you ever been to a class that only contained four people? I have. It was boring and there was little discussion due to lack of differing opinions. It can get interesting , since all of them speak up but having all classes like that would be exhausting.
  8. That definitely depends on the person you're asking. Some would say that unless he can keep that advanced position, he wasn't worthy of it in the first place and helping someone get such a high position is worth quite a bit of favor (and blackmail material). More than just helping someone secure it, seeing as they were already entitled to it in the first place. (yes, I am Godina why do you ask?) Granted, I'm also on the Orsi fan-team. Rupprecht creeps me right out and by year five we might end up with more than a reason to dislike him (or worship him if Aranaz). Also, I must mention again that my main character is weary of everyone named 'von'. I don't like the idea of 2-3 students around per teacher. I want all of them. They should stick around and provide us with amusement! And pranks! Even the bullies have that special place in Academagia. On whom would we practice our offensive spells? First Years? That's no fun. ...Wait, how exactly did Marchant's brothers stick around in school for so long if they drop out like mayflies?
  9. What are the consequences for skipping in the Esteban Contu school and maybe Schohanwicht? Maybe we could alternate the days we go...? I sense most characters are going to be 'Hermione Grangers'. We need doppelganger spells. One question...in Ana's adventure, when it comes to observing her at Incantation, you are directed towards Massioti. Even though he is Godina's regent, shouldn't we have been directed towards Knoht? Was there a specific reason for it? Doesn't he do solely sports or Rimbal?
  10. Tough school, this. Now I'll have to plan on Mastering only rich kids with influential parents. Make them fail... This could be a wonderful "Taking over the world" simulator. One student at the time.
  11. Kurt gets First Class Honours? Kurt!? What sort of game are you running here, Free? Man, I should make a spreadsheet like this of my own for the classes. I know that my characters pass, but I'll have to keep an eye on everyone else so that they'll pass too. Welp, Mastery, here I come. Legate, are there ways to redo exams? Like in college where you can take a class again or retake an exam during the summer or just generally catch up? Maybe on your parents' funds, maybe because of an amazing grade in another subject, maybe a teacher likes you? You can't have a "you're out" on the first strike can you? And since the classes are so graded, a few of them are bound to fail.
  12. So, if say, we were Godina, we would specialize with Ol' King Leo for sports or play music? Now I just got the imagery of using a violin to kick a ball. Well, at least we'd be really good at Rimbal. Will the sports be a more fully rounded experience? As in, get on the Rimbal team, play for the championship and such? I forget if this was asked before. With special classes, sports, self-study, the Sphinx, the adventures and all the groups and secret societies, my character won't have time to sleep, I bet. At least there's self-Mastery. Is there a spell that would be the equivalent of a really really strong shot of espresso? And if we decide not to sleep can we have an extra timeslot? *bats puppy eyes*
  13. In D&D, I wasn't talking about parties of level 30 (I have never reached that in PnP, we stopped around 15 to keep it interesting) which is actually hard to reach (Larloch is level 32 and he's an Arch-Lich of Netheril...so we thought we'd keep it down). I was thinking about Pun-Pun the kobold, if you've heard of him, who reaches divinity as a Divine Minion1/Wizard1/Master of Many Forms 3 or Nut-Pun, rank 1 Demigod Squirrel or an Ilithid with 5 ranks in Ilithid Savant...which brings me back to my point. You cannot beat the players. Even low-level players. And yeah, there may be a difference, but seeing as there is precedent and that, say, by year four we may very be a master at, at least, two forms of magic - possibly illegal - and have several quite powerful allies, people will try to murder us. Tried to murder us in year one too. Maybe got spoilt a little by the team. We defeated Mjolnir, got into a forbidden school and have a buddy-buddy relationship with one of three large figureheads of Mineta, saved the world a couple of times, annoyed some pretty large organizations or joined them.... Can we get more epic than that in later years? How epic? At the end some of our characters will have mobs after them, let alone people trying to poison them. And for some with more glory than most...well. I have the feeling that many of our characters stepped into something that is going to be very very hard to control.
  14. Oh, can I get in on this? I don't think it matters if it was luck or power. A mixture of both, sure, or just a lot of bad luck on Mjonir's part and calculations gone wrong. He might have a bruised pride and a desire to get back at us. None of us have any idea on the rumours that started after this and what the rest of the teachers have learned. Stories only grow in telling. Mjolnir could have tripped for all we're concerned. It's all rumour and conjecture. We, as players, know he might return, and that we will be involved. The character might know this too ( Cue song "Everything Happens to Me" by Dorsey and Sinatra). And freespace, I think you're forgetting something that is true even for us little first years and any PC in any game, ever. We are all the Determinator (link to TvTropes missing because we would all lose precious, precious hours). Our characters might not be but we are. We will plan and train and magic and finally, cheat to get our way, just because we want to know what happens. You know how in D&D there's a saying "If it has stats, the players will kill it" ? So even if we are but a minor cog that everyone avoids, we will want a piece of that glory, we will go out of our way for it and at some point, if the team is so kind as to sneak around threats and means to achieve power, we will find it and we will grab it. So how much of a threat are we? Well, a fairly big one.
  15. Check your adblocker or antivirus. If it isn't that, try another browser. I tried it on Chrome and it downloaded it right away but I've had some similar issues with Opera.
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