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The Grand Arcanuim




Far off on the coast of the land is the port town of Sildra, a vibrant thriving fishing town happily buying and selling goods from across the land. In the dead center of the town, towering above it all as if a ever vigilant guardian, the grand Arcanium. A place where the greatest wizard of the world Azathoth has gathered knowledge for hundreds of years to learn all he can. A master of magic, and regarded as the greatest wizard of all time, he has opened his home to all that seek out knowledge. The Arcanium soon became known to all as the greatest school for aspiring wizards to attend, allowed to live and breath in the Wizard's home as they studied avidly during their days there. Here, young mages have arrived to learn any secrets the great wizards that teach at the Arcanium have to offer, and if they are truly lucky study under the great Azathoth himself. Those who have the will, and those who can strive for greatness, all will strive in this great school if they try. And always will they be welcome in the wizard's halls.





Ok so let's talk about this rp. The Arcanium is a location pulled straight from my personal DnD lore invented as a place for wizards to state their origins in. Really I loved making this location, and I wanted to take the oppurtunity to see if anyone here would like to share the experience with me of exploring the school and learning under it's many odd teachers. Competing against each other and earning grades in their wizardry classes, this rp will be one of my more casual ones and won't really be any more complicated than it needs to be to fit the DnD landscape. You will get free range on your magics, with very few spells being forbidden, and as long as you gain the approval to practice it you may add it to your spellbook to use in the rp. This isn't your average Harry Potter-esk magic rp, this is set in the vast DnD landscape, albeit in a very isolated location. So this will be a very unique experience as an rp hopefully, where you actually will have a tier list of who's more powerful than who under the absolute law of the gm, being me, to reference as a general combat scale. Though it's really up to your skills in writing to determine who would win a wizarding contest. This is a bit more light heart'd than it sounds, I promise, not too complex and encourages participants to not really know what DnD is like. I want you to experience the wonder of the Arcanium the same way your characters will, all leading up to the end of your semester (Roughly 260 rp days or 8 and a half rp months) with class projects and classes to rp in. If anyone is interested in taking a journey into the mysterious city of Sildra, and the Grand Library Arcanium, please raise your interest to my attention. If I get at least 4 people interested in enrolling, I will gladly make this a full fledged rp.

*This will be a casual rp, the lore will be available but will be explained upon request through studying or by OOC request, simply because you won't really need to know any of it to participate
*I ask that you have the skills to write at least a minimum of 2, 5 sentence structured paragraphs per post
*I am a patient man, so I won't mind a day or two of absence, but too long without an excuse and you will likely fall behind to those with good attendance.
*Diverse or not, all wizard aspirants are welcome in this library, inexperienced rp'rs are welcome among me. You can relax with us, and here you can develop a writing style without worry of being judged. I in fact will encourage others to reach out with advice.

Thank you for Viewing my interest check! Until next time mages!
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This looks great, I'm most definitely interested and I'll be keeping an eye on this.
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Keeping my peepers peeled!
Is this going to be mostly pvp-esque? :s
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interested
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I'm interested. Always love playing mages.
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Kinda regretting my account isn't still Azathoth.

Interested.
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Interested, love magic. Especially the lore and workings behind them. I know you wrote that no prior knowledge is required but still, could you recommend any good sources?
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My DnD Lore is actually entirely original, I've been working on it for roughly 5 years now on actual paper and so I don't quite have a place to recommend you go and read it. I love telling my stories though, so if you'd like to hear about the expansive world this rp is just a snippet of you're more than welcome to talk to me more about it or just research it in the rp to learn about it through exploration in character. After all the school is part of a giant all knowledge containing library. Probably the most important part of it that everyone would likely have to keep in mind is that Dragons are actually not a normal part of the world the lore takes place in, and you won't find any books on them. There are dragons, but they're more like demi-gods than monsters and you wouldn't really know if you ran into one without looking for some context clues. Have fun trying to find the few that actually will show up in this rp!~

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Not entirely, the pvp aspect will be for when Players are not only dueling but for also when they are expected to compete in their prowess of magical ability through non-violent means. So this will have some Player vs Player aspects, but also some Player competitions and maybe even a little PvE stuff. You could also try to fight me since I'd be playing most of the teachers, but y'know I wouldn't recommend that since it would be the equivalent of a fence stopping an avalanche. Cause y'know. Grand Masters vs Students would not work out well for anyone involved.
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I've had a keen interest in this topic, so please forgive my intrusion.
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I'm interested
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Interested.
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@Illusion I bet I know what school you specialize in...
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Interested. Are familiars okay? Have a friend who wants to play a talking cat.
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I wouldn't really have an explanation in lore for it so as long as you're not looking at me to explain why they can talk I'm completely ok with that. Like I say this is based in a DnD world setting but for the rp I'm leaving it VERY loosely based in it's magic as to give freedom to those that want certain abilities.

Short answer, by all means sure I'm cool with talking cats as long as we're all in agreement a talking familiar is pretty unique.

OK So I'm gonna start writing up this OOC rules, lore, and CS formats and I must admit, this was way more popular than I expected it to be so I am highly considering making it a larger group setting to allow anyone who wants to join to come in since I am encouraging new roleplayers to join in. So just wanted to let you all know, this is plenty of interest to influence me to start writing this up. I'll be putting the link here when it's done, I'll mention everyone, etc. It'll be ready by tomorrow same time, if not sooner.

THANK YOU EVERYONE, IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY YOU'RE ALL SO INTERESTED! I LOOK FORWARD TO WRITING WITH YOU ALL!
UNTIL NEXT TIME MAGES!
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Sounds great, thanks. Thinking about a sorcerer with a talent for transmutation since sorcs are too often 'nukers' in DnD. Cat familiar could be result of a transfiguration gone awry.
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@Spirit, Is Healing Magic allowed for Wizards?
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@Letter Bee

Healing magic is allowed. Though I'll be sure to emphasize that natural talent can't really be in both harming and healing based magic as well as a similar relation between utility and sabotaging magic. Y'know, character balance.

If you're in need of a reason why it's like that, I have my own godly pantheon that's hidden from the knowledge of the world of my lore, and so healing magic and holy magic is typically just a form of channeling the same as magical energy being used in elemental magic and any other magic usage. I'll be sure to clarify the nature of magic in relation to the world.

You don't necessarily need to be a priest or religious to be talented in healing magic. Likewise you would have a good deal of talent in protection magic.
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Is our character has to be on the good guy all the time? Is our agenda must always remain as good or neutral?
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@Letter Bee

Healing magic is allowed. Though I'll be sure to emphasize that natural talent can't really be in both harming and healing based magic as well as a similar relation between utility and sabotaging magic. Y'know, character balance.

If you're in need of a reason why it's like that, I have my own godly pantheon that's hidden from the knowledge of the world of my lore, and so healing magic and holy magic is typically just a form of channeling the same as magical energy being used in elemental magic and any other magic usage. I'll be sure to clarify the nature of magic in relation to the world.

You don't necessarily need to be a priest or religious to be talented in healing magic. Likewise you would have a good deal of talent in protection magic.


Healing and protection. Can I be a Mage-Knight, then?
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You're more than welcome to be mischievous or even down right evil at times if you want to be, though I warn you that your actions will have consequences if and once caught. For example if you want to be a bully, don't be shocked if you find another student shooting a fireball back at you in retaliation. If you sneak into areas you aren't allowed to be, you may draw the attention of a teacher. If you do something truly unwise such as attack a grand master, you may find your new life as a toad a little less than agreeable.

So no you don't have to be good by any means, but you do have to prepare to face the consequences of your actions. What fun would a story be with no conflict, after all?
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