September Event Log

[magicademymods]

September Event Log The Magicademy has a special treat for students this week: Combined Classes. The Curriculum-by-Curriculum education of the Magicademy lends itself to viewing each Curriculum on its own, not part of the greater whole that is magic. So in lieu of normal lessons this week, Professors are joint-teaching classes to show you what you can do by merging magic together. Profs. Porfsin & Kith: Making Modification Fantastic If Diatu students love anything, it's expressing their individuality by wearing unique clothing, particular ones similar to home in the case of the Sundered. Working together, the good Professors will teach you a basic and beloved trick of wizards everywhere: combining Modification and Fantastics to make a spell that provides you with clothes that are outstandingly fashionable and flamboyant on the outside, but fit perfectly and comfortably despite their flair. At last, the secret of how wizards can swoop around in dramatic capes and flowing robes without constantly tripping! Of course, the potential for mayhem is pretty high in practice. Shrinking clothes, accidentally creating a scarf 250 feet long... Professor Trammel has loaned them his familiar, a top hat named Decorum, so it is on hand to quickly deploy wide black censor bars in the event a mishap leaves you perhaps offering more in the way of an Anatomy of the Sundered class than you might expect. But if you work hard and give it your all, you might come out of this looking good indeed! Profs. Loshakle & Mala: Advanced Warding A lesson Professor Loshakle hammers home in his classes: the more broad the spell, the weaker its effect. A ward against fire specifically will repel so much more fire than a general ward, but of course the fire ward is entirely worthless against lightning. Today, these two Professors show one way to get the best of both world: a Predictive Ward. The theory is simple: Suspend an Intimation effect within the ward's construction, then make the ward manifold-responsive -- or in other terms, capable of shifting its focus from one danger to another. The Intimation spell predicts the damage and preemptively shifts the ward to full effect. Simple! Enjoy testing them. Since it involves hurling some things at each other. What better way to test a ward than practically? Profs. Trammel & King: Pocket Summoning One of the problems inherent to Discovery is the danger involved in creation. For example, if you desire a large quantity of water for whatever reason, you need to create it all at once -- you can't create it ahead of time without a way to transport it, for example. Sundering offers an intriguing possibility that actually is much safer than most of its uses: opening a portal into a small pocket dimension, where you can Discover and store whatever you might need, and release it later in small doses or full-tilt. Now, mess up the Sundering spell and you could end up discharging a large volume of water or stone or pudding out of midair at a terribly inopportune time. But don't worry! Several groundskeeping golems are on-hand to help with the inevitable messes. Also Professor Trammel knows how to clean clothing. You might need that help. Headmaster Camillah Birony: ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO ATTEND THIS CLASS This opportunity is unique. For all her flaws, Headmaster Birony is unquestionably a master wizard, who has developed an entire branch of magic hereto undiscovered by wizardkind. The art of working magic on magic, or as she calls it, "Metamagic". "And it will be the third Metacurriculum! Wizardkind everywhere will develop and master these powers that I have paved the way for! AND THEY CALLED ME MAD!" she yells to the sky, before flinging her hands wide and laughing maniacally. So! You get to start very basic: Modifying a spell to last longer. Pick your favorite spell, any spell, and cast it. While its magical energies still exist in the pattern your will has imposed on them, Modify them. A simple equation. Add 1 to them. Multiply them by 2. Whatever works for you. You don't get much more instruction than that, says the Headmaster, because you have to figure out how to make it work for yourself. More than most magic, this depends entirely on your will and your determination. Everything else is just trappings -- take what you want from the foci of Modification, that will help, but find your own path forward. And unlike every other lesson, this one is utterly safe. At the first sign of a spell getting out of control or going haywire, Headmaster Birony squelches it like a bug beneath her heel. Not even literally, for a pleasant change!

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Fascinating Modification

[perfectenn]

Tenn, in a military-inspired version of the Valhudor uniform he was experimenting with, responds promptly and with a gleam in his eyes.

"That depends on what you would like." He says, peering up at her faceplate. "You could start small, you know. Like a hat."

A hat would look cute. But he's not going to say it outright.

[stillnewatthis]

"A hat," Orisa repeated. "That covers a great deal of ground. With these lessons I would not need to worry about one falling off, but I still need a style recommendation!"

[perfectenn]

Tenn frowns. "Personal style isn’t something to follow on recommendation." (Says the idol without a trace of irony.) "It’s about what you feel expresses who you are."

He gestures to the riot of color and shapes going on in the rest of the room. "Do you see anything you like?"

Considering there’s everything from Tenn’s kepi, to a student trapped in an oversized fez, to someone wearing a pineapple, it’s a broad selection.

[stillnewatthis]

Too broad. "I have no grounding or knowledge of such things. My database was not focused on style. If I am going solely by my purpose, I would have a helmet. But I don't think this is stylish, and I am already armored."

Truth be told, she had no idea what would make her look good in even the most general terms.

[perfectenn]

"I see." Put like that, it rather makes sense. He folds his arms in thought.

"In that case, something that compliments your appearance." Something that will work with horns and create a complimentary silhouette. Like maybe... ah.

"Why not try this?" Tenn indicates a rounded, cloth hat with side flaps – much like the deerstalker style. "It will look good and fit well, don’t you think? You can customize the color to your armor or your House."

[stillnewatthis]

"All right!" Brightly, Orisa scooped up the hat, then set it on her head.

The side flaps promptly popped out, sticking sideways because of her horns.

"How is it?"

[perfectenn]

Tenn scrutinizes a moment, then gives a nod. It is rather cute. Perhaps they'll Modify the design later, but for now, why not try the whole look?

"This style is normally paired with warm clothing and accessories. You could try a scarf or short shoulder cape to go with it." He doesn't think those would interfere with her mobility, as long as she doesn't end up like the students with miscast literal infinity scarves.

[stillnewatthis]

"Oh! A scarf!" Orisa lifted her arms, closing her hand. She was fired up now! "Numbani did not have cold weather and as an omnic I did not require insulation against it, but now I shall use one for style!"

[perfectenn]

That coaxes a smile to his face. Good, styling outfits should be fun!

"If being too warm isn’t an issue, thick fabric should be fine. Try one." While his Modification is no doubt lacking in comparison to her processing ability, he’s willing to offer his voice if called on for the Fantastics part.

[stillnewatthis]

Orisa picked one up to do just that!

...only to discover what she probably should have concluded already: putting on a scarf is difficult when you have only one hand, and long sweeping horns that get in the way...