A few in game questions

[Legate of Mineta]

Schwarzbart;

 

Yes, although I use 'club' here loosely- the on-campus organizations you can join are all led by people at the Academagia, but you can join off-campus organizations, too...

[Schwarzbart]

Do this mean we already can join the Thief guild in year 2?

[freespace2dotcom]

you know that's [redacted], right?

[Legate of Mineta]

That's right, Free.

[isadorbg]

Any news on that:

 

14. For future reference, what term should be used for illegal mages? Maleficars? Apostates? Evil Meanies?

I like Maleficars, personally! I'll have to check with the Team.

 

 

http://academagia.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=1274&page=63

 

Ho and how does contract Geas work ?

[Legate of Mineta]

isadorbg;

 

No answer yet, but I still think Maleficars is the best.

 

For Geasa, essentially you are 'compelled' to carry out the terms of the contract. It can be broken with sufficient magical skill, but usually is made to be quite sturdy.

[freespace2dotcom]

Are there any good euphinisms revolving around magic?

 

Just curious.

[Legate of Mineta]

Free;

 

Hahahaha! There must be, but that discussion is best left to your imagination.

[Schwarzbart]

Will we have events and adventures with clearly evil and good paths or at last have some moral decisions that have follow up in year 2?

i.e. a event I came up today (feel free to claim it)

 

You took a short cut to the next class when you spot a lonely female student sitting on the floor. From the robe you would say its a first year.

Would you like to exploit this situation to bully or prank her?

Probably its all just a waste of time and today, just today you want to be in class on time?

Or maybe its even better to *chough* ask her if she need some help?

 

(Btw is it just me or do paste no longer work for this forum)

[Metis]

And if yes, will these evil paths accomplish things beyond letting you be evil for the sake of being evil? I don't have a problem with copy/paste, BTW.

[ronikai]

And if you make active evil choices, will you get contacted by that one society Philippe was? Also, would most of your clique dissolve immediately if it's filled with goody-two-shoes? And would you be in danger of expulsion?

 

If we had obviously evil choices, I'm pretty sure Orso would do something about it and search your room

[Legate of Mineta]

Let's see- there are some 'clear' good and evil paths, although their eventual outcomes may be less than clear. Certainly, you can pick some just to be 'evil' as it were. In most cases, the full ramifications of the decisions may not be apparent in Y2, just as the case with many Y1 decisions...

[Schwarzbart]

1) Are there different races of human shapeshifter? If so what animals are known?

 

1b) Is a weasel among the possible human shapeshifting races?

 

2) How difficult is it to transforming one self into a animal for prolonged time while keeping the full human mind and what Magic can do it?

[ronikai]

If you do Iustus' adventure you get some insight into that stuff... Or are animagi and were-animals two different things?

[Metis]

Random question: Do wands (generally) have a tip and end to them or are both ends equal for all intends and purposes?

[Schwarzbart]

@Metis part of this was already answerd recently

 

18 Do wands/staff with multiple Ends exist? Say if you wanted to draw the same pheme repeatledly quickly.

Ist possible, but quite difficult to craft

 

(Sadly copy and past also not work from my Laptop and Quote also not so I had to type it)

[Cyx]

Expand Random/Self seem target Research topics as well as skills. Is this intended?

[Legate of Mineta]

Schwarzbart;

 

1) Are there different races of human shapeshifter? If so what animals are known?

I can't answer this directly, but there are many varieties of animals, including weasel.

2) How difficult is it to transforming one self into a animal for prolonged time while keeping the full human mind and what Magic can do it?

It is very difficult, although there is an easy way to do it that you may learn about. Revision is the typical way chosen.

 

Cyx;

 

Expand Random/Self seem target Research topics as well as skills. Is this intended?

 

No! But it's been difficult to exorcise.

[Schwarzbart]

1) Will new year 2 chars have to Mentor a year 1 Student as tuturial how the game works?

2) Are the new year 1 Students already worked out or do we have some freedom for our adventures here?

[Legate of Mineta]

Schwarzbart;

 

1) No, but some will have the opportunity.

 

2) Some appear, but there are plenty which remain- you have freedom.

[Schwarzbart]

Are electric motors already known in this setting (i.e. powerd by some form of enchanted lightning incantation device)

[Legate of Mineta]

No, motors are unknown. Clockwork and steam power unsophisticated forms of machinery, but the electric motor hasn't been created.

[Schwarzbart]

1) How common are magical devices that gain their power from a bound creature?

 

2) Is the magic to bind a creature into a device to power it still known and if so what school do it belongs to?

 

3) Are there evil variants of this binding that actual drain up the liveforce / soul of the bound creature over time?

 

4) Are there laws regarding binding minor creatures and ghosts to devices?

[Legate of Mineta]

Schwarzbart;

 

1) O-ho. Officially, not very common.

 

2) It does; it belongs to Gates, but with several other Pillars involved.

 

3) Such draining occurs by default- it is necessary to power the magic.

 

4) Yes, it's illegal.

[Schwarzbart]

Looks like I have to do a Vernin char that have both backgrounds for mastery and gates in the next DLC ^^