Legate of Mineta Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 1) It is theorized that it's possible for glamour magic to have such permanent physical effects, but it's not been done...provably. 2) ...maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted October 29, 2014 Report Share Posted October 29, 2014 Can't you make a fire-glamour that might be perceived as heat by snow in order to melt it? I thought that things like that were part of the reason behind the use of Looks over Substance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Free; You definitely can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I can definately see how Glamour and Incantation are considered the most practiced. Anyway, legate, If I wanted to use magic to copy the Venalicium library, (or at least the parts of it that I thought I could still learn from post-gradution) I could see that the librarians (and the school itself) wouldn't want me to for a variety of reasons. If I made the preparations in secret, and arranged a spell to copy the information on said books (without disturbing them) onto a blank tome (or two..) that would be designed not to be legible, but to hold a maximum of info in small print... How many books do you think I could glom in a single night In Y5 just before graduation? (assuming I was interested in text only, I know enchanted books would be a no go) After it was copied, I would be able to leisurely recopy portions of the highly compressed tome into legible books whenever I wanted/needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Freespace I supect this come down how good your in the magic that can fast copy books and how many books are protected by even simple magic against fast copying. So for this you most likely have to be good in Revision or Calligraphy. But there might be other methods like a mind library that serve to the same end where you can use other type of magic. But if you go the slow way in manual copy a book you end up using up a lot of timeslots per book and most likely end knowing nearly all that is in this book afterwards already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think it'd be more productive to spend your time establishing contacts in Mineta (or wherever your character plans on settling down) that can get you easy access to other libraries. Surely the Academagia's libraries aren't the only ones in existence where you can study magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Or alternative train your Forgery skills together with glamour to mask your appearance so you can easy lend the books you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 @Free; It's more likely you'd run afoul of the magics designed to prevent this, but I imagine that provided the librarians didn't notice the ever-growing pile of books, you might get away with as many as you could cast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Surely Revision spells have been designed to allow you to squeeze several normal books' worth of material into one book. If my one book was large, (think of the largest bibles for practical use) and set to have text so small you would probably need a microscope to see it... How many books from the library could I squeeze into my tome of ill-gotten knowledge? My goal is to use only one or two such books, sneak into the library the middle of the night, copy away, and be gone before there was a chnce for a librarian to find anything out of place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Free; Again, if the Spells and the Librarians don't stop you...then it would depend entirely on the Spell you're using for copying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 Its also a question if the bookspirits leave you alone when you try to use magic on their books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted October 30, 2014 Report Share Posted October 30, 2014 An important point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 How is DLC 17 coming along? Any plans to make it public this month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Schwarzbart; I do not think this month, no, unfortunately! I hesitate to give a new date, though. Free's signature was terrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Legate, I promise to you that I will not nail your quotes to my signature. Until I need to compare the wait for Y3 with our current wait, which will be some time now. *watches intensely* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 After Freespace got tame with his signature I start to use my Signature Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 I couldn't think of anything catchy to say in it, so I just put in a filler until that time that I come up with something. Of course I could threaten to put my sig of quotes from the Legate back, plus a few more I've found for good measure, unless he spills some information, but I won't. Maybe I'll draw a picture. heheh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 Schwarzbart & Free; Hahaha! I will ask them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Well, maybe this will help speed up the process of your asking. I call it "The Allure of the Forbidden." I suck at art, but I think this came out pretty good for a work of MS paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 How is a bookspirit become part of a book anyway is it something that is part of creating certain magical books or do it happen later in the live of a book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Svinik Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Its also a question if the bookspirits leave you alone when you try to use magic on their books. Wouldn't that depend on if its one of the carnivorous spirits? And what spell you use? Some of them might even try to make students cast particular spells on their books as a dietary supplement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Schwarzbart; Generally, during the life of the book. Free; That...is...AWESOME! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 I'm glad you like the picture. You know, drawing it made me think of something. How hard is it to clean up Pigments of the Airy Void? This particular Gate was open for some time as you can see by the splatter on the floor, and I am curious if the pigments can be readily visually identified as the result of Gates Magic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Free; The pigments wouldn't be visually identifiable, but of course magic could tell otherwise... Schwarzbart & Free; Some answers! 2) Aranaz kids often go for projects of magical/historical scholarship - which can mean anything from spending a year in the Venalicium writing a paper on early Saisyne metalwork to seeking out and enchanting a mirror that belonged to an eighth century duchess so that it would replay scenes from her life. Avila kids often pick a significant event from their own lives and painstakingly reconstruct the Astrological forces that helped shape it. Durand kids often try to turn their projects into work-study service with the Minetan guard (i.e., "I want to develop Negation techniques for revealing invisible contraband goods!"). Godina really varies depending on the passions of the kids; some write symphonies, some go semi-pro in Rimbal (with Massioti's enthusiastic blessings), and some try to combine Incantation effects into genuinely novel spells. Hedi encourages public service - you might work as a page for the Court of Grace or some civil society and then write a perfunctory paper with presentation at the end. Morvidus projects tend to send kids out into the Imperial Reserve, often to magically tag one or more animals and study their habits for a year. And, of course, Vernin kids usually make something utterly awesome - an enchanted staff is traditional, but not required. For the familiars, capable of speech from the outset? We think it's just Pamela, the Shade, the Strange Doll, and the Sprite. [Also parrots and some crows, though none of the players have any of those.] In the future, it's something the Muffler could naturally learn - if only by "eating" useful words and regurgitating them when needed. And it's probably something the Faux Dragon will try to figure out how to do all on its own. And it's remotely possible the carnivorous plant will gain the ability just to freak people out (maybe with help from Girars). All the others would probably require some kind of magical intervention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted November 2, 2014 Report Share Posted November 2, 2014 Public service encouraged for my planned Sync-studying Hedi kid? Now there's a recipe for totally-not-a-disaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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