Quote from Guilliame >>

"Well we both operate in the same area and Negress has been getting a lot of trade from the school. But I'm sure we can sort something out that will be of assistance to both of us."

"So you were going to tell me about Wamzut becoming Attina."

[OOC: I should have caught this before. In the timeline of this campaign (which is the world of my book), Guilliame only met Wamzut, not Attina, and until just recently Guilliame thought Wamzut was dead. All he should know at the moment is that a strange woman with pointed ears seemed to know him by name and referred to herself as Wamzut. Also, Guilliame doesn't know the name Attina yet. You will need to change the last sentence above.]

OOC from post 280: Minton looks at Guilliame with surprise in his eyes, before saying, "That was the alfaren, Attina, the woman Wamzut's spirit now inhabits. She spoke with you, didn't she?"

That's how Guilliame knew.

Quote from Guilliame >>

OOC from post 280: Minton looks at Guilliame with surprise in his eyes, before saying, "That was the alfaren, Attina, the woman Wamzut's spirit now inhabits. She spoke with you, didn't she?"

That's how Guilliame knew.

[OOC: LOL. Score one for Andrew! Sorry about that, trying to do too many things at once.]

"Yes, that's right," says Minton. "You'll have to excuse me, but I have a lot on my mind at the moment."

After taking a sip of his own char, Minton says, "Believe it or not, the Wizard Wamzut's spirit now inhabits the body of that... woman. She's a half breed alfaren, which is apparently even rarer than a full-blooded alfaren. And as far as I know, the only place the alfaren are ever seen is in the Coloured Court of Gont."

After another sip, he continues, "My understanding is—and by the way, I am having a lot of trouble understanding most of what he was thinking—he lost his body, somehow—burnt to a cinder, I think—and she lost her mind..."

After a moment, he continues, saying, "How? I don't know. Anyway, somehow he managed to... possess her body... which sounds nastier than I think it is, because he said her spirit was gone..."

Another pause, and then he asks, "Having told you this, I am having doubts. Are you a religious person? Is this just a complicated example of one of the restless dead. Should I be telling the temple of Donai about this?"

"I'm sure that the temple of Donai has lots on it's mind and doesn't need complicated issues like this to cloud it's otherwise clear view on things. Anyway thank you for clearing that up, sort of. Hopefully Wamzut will get back to me at some stage and we can discuss any theological issues in greater depth."

"On another matter, do you know if Melitta is at the school at present? I would like to tell her something."

For a moment, Master Minton doesn't seem to know what Guilliame is talking about and then he frowns.

"Melitta Taloran?" he queries. "I haven't seen her for months. Is she even in Constantine?"

"I don't know where she is but she sometimes pops in so I just hoped. If you see her can you let her know I am looking for her."

"Anyway I must get back to my studies. Thank you for the tea and chat."

"Certainly," says Master Minton, reaching for Guilliame's cup. "Sad story that, about her sister, Melissa?"

OOC What, if anything, does Guilliame know about Melissa?

Quote from Guilliame >>

OOC What, if anything, does Guilliame know about Melissa?

[[Possibly not a lot, she was before Guilliame's time with the party and Melitta probably wouldn't have talked about her a lot.]]

"I never knew Melissa. What happened?"

"She was Melitta's twin," replies Minton. "She was killed up north near Ilbarsis, I believe. It's not often we get twins through the School and to lose one of them was not a happy thing."

He then pauses for a moment before saying, "And don't repeat this, but poor Negress Black had a thing for her at the time. He took it badly, if I remember correctly."

"OK. I won't tell anyone. I must hit the study books. Thank you again."

Get up and start to go.

"And don't say anything about Attina either," says Minton. "At least, not until we hear from Wamzut. I for one would love to find out more, I'm writing his life story, don't you know."

Bruxa had gotten to his feet at the same time as Guilliame and is now looking up at him expectantly, tail wagging in a good natured way.

Minton comes over and takes Guilliame's cup from him. "Okay Guilliame, I won't keep you from your studies any longer, and good luck mastering that Unseen Servant ritual; it's apparently tricky to master for beginners, but very useful once you have it down pat."

[OOC: When Guilliame leaves, please include in your move whether he is going to go to the library or to one of the practice areas?]

Go to the practice area and start working on Floating disc

"Floating disk is also a very useful spell," Master Minton says as Guilliame takes his leave.

[OOC: For the record, Guilliame has already mastered the Floating Disk ritual (it is listed in his 'Spellbook contents' on the Notes tab of his character sheet), it is the Unseen Servant ritual that is new to him (See Comment #6 from 19 September). Either way, he can practice his rituals, but the roll at the end of this move only applies if he is trying to master the Unseen Servant ritual.]

It is a sunny afternoon as Guilliame makes his way through the School grounds towards the practice areas. He passes several other students, some he knows by names and greets, others only by sight. Most of them are younger than he is, some are children.

The practice areas, of which there are six, are little amphitheatres separated from the campus buildings to provide both privacy for those practicing and safety for the rest of the school. Each of them is open to the air but has a small shelter associated with it where equipment and spell books can be kept out of the direct elements. The amphitheatre themselves have a slightly raised wooden floor upon which chalk and other materials can be used to inscribe any mystical diagrams needed for the casting of rituals. There is also a school attendant who moves between the amphitheatres keeping a lookout for problems and providing help if required.

Guilliame finds a free practice area and settles down to practice his rituals.

[OOC: If he is trying to master the Unseen Servant ritual, please make an Arcana check at Advantage (+2 bonus) to represent his efforts to master the ritual. The number he has to exceed is 11.]

Guilliame practices the Unseen servant spell.

22

Quote from Guilliame >>

Guilliame practices the Unseen servant spell.

22

[OOC: Guilliame has mastered this spell and I have added it to the list of spells in his spellbook and its required components to his component pouch.]

[OOC: Ritual spells are not normally selected as 'Prepared Spells' because they can be cast for free taking the longer time. However, they can be 'Prepared' and cast quickly if a character wants to. At the moment, Guilliame has seven non-cantrip spells, four of which are rituals and three that aren't. According to the rules, as a 1st level wizard with an Intelligence of 15, Guilliame can prepare 3 spells. I chose the 3 spells which can't be cast as rituals to be his prepared spells; their use will cost one of Guilliame spell slots. Let me know if you want to change this, and I will do so, but for future reference 'Prepared Spells' spells are specified and/or changed after a long rest.]

Later in the afternoon, after much practicing of the ritual, Guilliame is now quite confident that he has mastered this new ritual.

Looking at the sky, he realises he still has at least two candles of daylight left before Mithra sets.

[OOC: What would you like him to do now?]

Head home. Will take some extra precautions close to home to check for anyone suspicious lurking and go in the backdoor (not running).

Here's a perception roll if you need one.

19

Once home when she is free enquire about Naomi's day. Tell her when she has time we can go over what she can tell potential clients for magickal identification services.

What I propose she tells people if I am not there is:

1. Either the object needs to be left or preferably arrange a time for the person to come with item. 

2. Within about 30 minutes a basic result will be obtained but this could be inconclusive and would be incomplete in that there would be no knowledge of recharge time of the item for example. For a fuller analysis the item would need to be left for longer.

3. Clients need to give consent for the magickal item to be used for a complete analysis. If consent is not given then the amount of information given will be less. Consent involves acceptance that some of the power may be lost in use - for example if an item only has a certain number of charges then obviously one would be used if fully testing the item. While all care will be taken any costs resulting from the use of the item (eg. fireball damage) will be charged to the client.

4. Sometimes the use of an item will not be discernible and in these cases there will still be a lesser charge for the service. 

5. Costs would vary depending on whether the item is magickal or not, the complexity of the item, and the amount of knowledge obtained.

i. 3 Cons if an item is identified as being not magickal

ii. 5 Cons if an item is identified as being magickal but it's use cannot be further identified

iii. 2 Engles for a basic analysis - what an item can do 

iv. 3 Engles to fully identify the use and recharge time of an item

Ask Naomi if she thinks that sounds fine and/or whether she needs more information. 

Guilliame leaves the School after being congratulated by Master Minton for his successful afternoon.

Keeping an eye out, he reaches home without incident only to find someone outside looking at the sign he put up earlier in the morning.

The woman is a Sorian who lives in the neighbourhood, and he recognises her as the mother of someone Guilliame knew when he was young, a boy called Wilf.

"Good afternoon. Aren't you Wilf's mother? Are you interested in the magickal identification service?"