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« Reply #120: September 27, 2011, 08:07:57 AM »
Wasn't shifts just shifting around of numbers? They can be reduced as well?

P.S - Can't find the question I asked Tom about the shift. But I think he said reduced numbers have to go somewhere instead of simply disappearing.

Correct. There is conservation of magical energy. That's why it's called "shift".

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« Reply #121: September 27, 2011, 08:17:17 AM »
As the Inquisitor began to cast a spell that Dynamis himself had created he recognized the movements of the hands and quickly errected a Earthen Shield made of the cobblestones between himself and the Inquisitor. Hearing the Orbs thump into the shield dislodging some of the stones he peeks out from his protection. "Why hello there! Sorry about the mess, but you know how it is," as he continues to talk his fingers play over his spell book, "Say, would you mind holding onto this!" With a sweep of his arm out behind his cover he throws a Lightning Bolt at the Inquisitor, "And this!" He says sending a Mana Spear hurtling after the Lightning Bolt. Not willing to take chances Dynamis ducks back behind his cover and takes a quick step back ready to protect himself again.

The attacks seemed to hit something inbetween the two men, and almost break it. Inquisitor Lucious was hit, twice, but again his armour absorbed most of the damage. It was, however, breaking apart now.

"A true caster. We've not had your kind in the south for a long time. A good thing that I came prepared." - he then sent a few prayers to his gods, one of which turned into  The Gasping Breath precisely at the point where the gods were asked to rob his enemies of their breath. But that was just a distraction. Towards the end of the prayer came the real attack - Discombobulation.

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« Reply #122: September 27, 2011, 08:49:48 AM »
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Things are not getting better it seems. Astalos thought. His miserable healing magics were failing him. He decided to try one more time. But in a more safer place. He crawled his way to the closest building and sat down on the floor. He then quickly casted spontaneous magic (Heal/Body - 4-1-1) (1 shift), spontaneous magic (Heal/Body - 4-2-1) (3 shifts)and spontaneous magic (Heal/Body - 3-2-1) (2 shifts).

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« Reply #123: September 27, 2011, 01:41:55 PM »
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Things are not getting better it seems. Astalos thought. His miserable healing magics were failing him. He decided to try one more time. But in a more safer place. He crawled his way to the closest building and sat down on the floor. He then quickly casted spontaneous magic (Heal/Body - 4-1-1) (1 shift), spontaneous magic (Heal/Body - 4-2-1) (3 shifts)and spontaneous magic (Heal/Body - 3-2-1) (2 shifts).

You absolutely need to read the "notes on magic" part about durations. All of these spells would kill you because you are doing major changes to your body instantly. No way that's not going to rip things apart.

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« Reply #124: September 27, 2011, 05:32:59 PM »
Let's replace those with this then. I think this is some what better. spontaneous magic (Heal/Body - 2-2-3) (4 shifts)

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« Reply #125: September 27, 2011, 06:46:13 PM »
The attacks seemed to hit something inbetween the two men, and almost break it. Inquisitor Lucious was hit, twice, but again his armour absorbed most of the damage. It was, however, breaking apart now.

"A true caster. We've not had your kind in the south for a long time. A good thing that I came prepared." - he then sent a few prayers to his gods, one of which turned into  The Gasping Breath precisely at the point where the gods were asked to rob his enemies of their breath. But that was just a distraction. Towards the end of the prayer came the real attack - Discombobulation.
Dynamis heard the chanting of the first spell and stood his ground behind the cobblestone wall waiting. He listened carefully and after the first spell was released he continued to breathe normally, until suddenly he didn't. Thinking furiously he recognized some sort of control air spell. The other caster must've been able to see him through the small gap at chest level. Diving to the ground he hides himself completely in the shadow of the wall as the Inquisitor incanted his next spell. Dynamis' mind tingles as the energies of a mind spell disorient him for a bit. While he couldn't be sure he was almost certain it was a spell he himself had once reviewed. Lucky for him it required hard clear line of sight to take effect. Otherwise he'd be on the ground blubbering about his mother. The mistake would be the end of the Inquisitor, of that Dynamis resolved.

This Inquisitor was powerful, almost too powerful for Dynamis. Only his wits would keep him alive through this fight. Shaking his head a bit he gauged he could throw another three lightning bolts at the Inquisitor. Maybe four. His hands stroking his book he rolled out with an outstretched hand at the open target of the Inquisitor. His arrogance would be his undoing. A Lightning Bolt shot out at the man before him, then another Lightning Bolt, and another Lightning Bolt. The magickal stores of his book nearing exhaustion and his mind starting to go a bit dim from lack of air Dyanmis threw up a quick Air Shield between him and the Inquisitor and hazarded There Can Be Only One directed at the anti-thetical inquisitor. Doubtless his foe would shield himself from some of the blows, but the blunder of not fully understanding the Discombobulate had doubtless cost him dearly in magickal energies. This fight would goto Dynamis, surprise and long practice had served him well.

Edit: For the curious Dynamis has about 3 mana left from the start of the scene now.  Are we going to try and limit ourselves Tom or just play it out with whatever new reserves we've gotten?  This would've been quite the show for some low level wizards as it is.
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« Reply #126: September 28, 2011, 01:02:05 AM »
The lightning bolts smashed away the defenses of Inquisitor Lucious, and singed his body. He was taking serious damage by now, and only quick thinking and one of the relics embedded in his armour saved his life as an invisible blade almost chopped his head off. This was a worthy foe, indeed. Lucious decided to retreat - for the moment.

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« Reply #127: September 28, 2011, 01:22:03 AM »
The protections of the Inquisitor had been broken. That much was clear. Some powerful ritual no doubt. As he began to retreat Dynamis was quickly running out of air. Not wishing to die having already won he quickly exhaled and cast Breath of Air upon himself. Then in a Thundering Shout yelled to the crowds, "Stop him, his cannons will destroy us all!" who were left only with a ringing in their ears.

Staggering to his feet, Dynamis felt for his book wishing to cast Stumble, anything to slow the Inquistor, but found that he had no energy left. The crowds however were now alerted to their potential danger. These colonists were not about to let some southerner destroy their homes over magic. In their eyes the only damage done was by the Inquisitor when he had indiscriminately wounded several innocents. Two burly longshoreman stood in the way of the Inquisitor. Others began to converge on the man. Street urchins began to strip the armors of the dead Templars, searching for coin pouches. A few handy men picked up the Templar's swords.

Knowledge is power Dynamis thought to himself as he stood utterly exhausted of his magickal abilities. Curious how things would play out he, but cognizant of his weakness he slipped away towards an alleyway.

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« Reply #128: September 28, 2011, 02:37:33 AM »
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Astalos stopped trying to healing himself after the third try. He had healed enough to walk back to his inn. He casted spontaneous magic (Move/Body - 3-1-3) (3 shifts) hoping he can move a bit quicker.

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« Reply #129: September 28, 2011, 03:51:56 AM »
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Astalos stopped trying to healing himself after the third try. He had healed enough to walk back to his inn. He casted spontaneous magic (Move/Body - 3-1-3) (3 shifts) hoping he can move a bit quicker.

(shifted to 1-4-2)

The entire street around Astalos suddenly became incredibly slippery - as if he were walking on ice, or a banana peel.  He suddenly found himself laying on his back, seeing stars after his head hit the cobblestones.

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« Reply #130: September 28, 2011, 03:54:13 AM »
Zuno brushed the splinters from the shattered wall off his arm and out of his hair.  Well that was certainly interesting, he thought. I definitely need to figure out how I did that ... it'd be plenty useful.

Exhausted by his activities and ensconced in a relatively comfortable and secluded place, Zuno curled up to get some rest and recover from a rather eventful day.

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« Reply #131: September 28, 2011, 04:24:25 AM »
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What a mess, Astalos thought. People on the street were having trouble standing. The magic soon disappeared but his bruise stayed. He just decided to take a long walk since his wounds felt much better.

As he entered the inn, he realized the place was almost empty. Most people must have gone to the harbour to see the battle between the caster who cannot even aim properly and the ruthless inquisitor who pretends being blessed by a god.

The names of gods are actually the names of dragons who shielded the south while the north suffered. The foolish templars and inquisitors believe simply killing a spellcaster will stop magical activities happening in the south but they are nothing more than naive fools. The body is only a shell and nothing more. Once a caster dies, he can simply travel through the astral planes and occupy another body. Of course, it is only limited those with a sufficient control over their souls. Most casters who focus on primal spells cannot even dream of accomplishing such acts. Astalos was thinking about taking over another person but thankfully his body manage to stay alive.

He needed to leave this town before those templars recover. He needed to remember more spells to defend himself.

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« Reply #132: September 28, 2011, 02:52:25 PM »
The inn, Astalos entered, was named "The Salty Mug", a little gin mill with some guest rooms near to the harbor. The lower floor was quite empty,  just one of the several tables was occupied by a thin, short guy in dark clothes and a young woman, possibly the waitress. 

"No, Saniel. You are quite a charmer, aren't you? But - no - I won't join you in your room tonight.  Ah ... we have a new guest."

The waitress left the table and closed in to Astalos. However the mage was lost in thought about dragons, magic and templars and didn't realize the waitress at first and there was a moment of silence.

Still sitting at his table,  Saniel raised an eyebrow.  Not knowing that he was dealing with a powerful mage, he casted Focus Attention on Astalos in order to direct his attention to the waitress.
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« Reply #133: September 28, 2011, 09:42:49 PM »
Kalan tossed and turned in his sleep, the alcohol was still flowing around his body and causing him to have terrible dreams. Nobody knows what he was dreaming of, not even Kalan, but he muttered a few words and let out a spontaneous magic (Change/Death - 1-1-4) towards a squirrel that had appeared to inspect the sleeping mage.

After letting the spell fly, Kalan grunted a little, rolled over and began to snore rather loudly.

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Completing these actions has resulted in the following changes:

    * 0.50 concentration expended
    * 0.31 energy expended

[OOC: This is a really long night. Which brings me to the question, who has power over saying "it's now day"? Anyone taking part in the roleplay, or does it have to be a GM?

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« Reply #134: September 28, 2011, 11:14:46 PM »
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Astalos suddenly felt like looking at the waitress for a brief second as he was moving toward the stairs. But he soon remembered he had more important things to do than standing and staring at a person. He walked across the hallway and entered his room. Then he quickly grabbed his bag which contained all his belongings and walked out of the inn after paying his fee.

He decided to leave the town and head for an old fortress he heard about while staying at the inn.