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Scion: Children of Light

@Obscene Symphony Just the same. It tends to kill OOC thread activity, makes discussions more difficult to read after they've taken place, is more difficult to search through, and would require me to monitor and moderate an entirely separate platform. No thank you.

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@Achronum I'm not a fan of using discord for RPs for a number of reasons.

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Yes, hello, I had a busy couple of days, and I'll probably be occupied for much of tonight as well. Nothing to be concerned about, just usual life stuff. Let's take a look at what we've got, shall we?

@Theyra Changes meet my approval. Move it to the Character tab at your leisure.

@Crusader Lord Overall fine. Needs cleaning up, there are still some remnants of the CS template left in it. I found it kind of difficult to follow at times, so I'd advise giving your future contributions a more thorough look-over.

@Hero I like it, accepted.

I can try and have the IC up sometime in the next week, maybe Monday or Tuesday. Need to work out who is going into what Cults, and what your masters will be like.

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@Scribe of Thoth Yeah it's fine.

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@Zardoric Countermagic is a tenet of basic/general magical study. Essentially how to undo a spell that goes wrong, or defend oneself against magical attack. There are a variety of different ways to skin that particular cat, such as using Telepathy to disrupt the spell structure, or just literally deflecting or destroying it with Telekinesis. Different problems require different solutions, which is why the most effective Sorcerers have well-rounded foundations in the fundamentals of each major Discipline.

Adding more energy to a spell that you're trying to counter... It could make it blow up in someone's face. But nothing would stop it from blowing you up as well.

Sensing magic is another fundamental skill that varies depending on the individual. It requires training your senses to detect the presence of the Aether. What this means for everyone is different, and not due to preference, literally everyone "feels" magic a different way.

@Theyra A couple of things... It's important to remember that the civil aspect of the Red Order is as important as the martial aspect. Unless the Nouzari were also reputable civil engineers, I don't think they would be inordinately recruited for their fighting skills. Also, those already within the Order would know very well that one cannot will their way into the Order, they have to be selected. The other thing is that Geomancy is a Minor Discipline that would not be taught at a pre-vocational level.

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@Zardoric Using Biomancy to extend one's lifespan is a relatively common practice among Sorcerers. The most obvious practitioner being the Crimson King himself, who is at least as old as Photep.

Most Sorcery involves a positive influx of energy. It's exponentially more difficult to remove energy than it is to introduce more. That said, what one might describe as "Cryomancy" falls under the umbrella of the unsanctioned Discipline of Aeromancy.

Telekinesis covers teleportation, and could reasonably be used to achieve the other ends you describe.

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@Achronum Looks gucci, accepted.

@Gisk Overall it looks fine. My only note is that there is not only one Fellowship for scientists or prostitutes. Think of them like union chapters, they can become rather specific. The scientist's Fellowship might be for whatever particular branch of science she studies, biologists perhaps, and the other sisters' might be something like "Fellowship of the Sisters of Silk." A minor point, but this information wasn't available to you previously.

@Crusader Lord I use that description to mean that it is a field that has not had much work done in it yet, and those engaging in its research are among the most innovative and respected Sorcerers in the Heka. Returning to my old analogy, your characters are freshman physics undergrads, and something like Death Magic is like using the Hubble to look for exoplanets. Suffice to say, if I've dubbed something too advanced for your characters at the moment, just put it out of your mind.

World Beyond the Lexicon

Make some more friends (or enemies) with your classmates.

@Blu

Sekhandur has decided that's peasant shit and is making enemies with the professor.

World Beyond the Lexicon

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Sekhandur's opinion on this trip had already soured. He now wished that he had truly overslept and missed the train altogether. This western chauvinist appointed as their professor seemed to take umbrage with the fact that Sekhandur wasn't enthused by his incompetent lessons. The likelihood of Sekhandur learning anything from this man seemed to drop even further, given that he was now the whipping boy for soothing his bruised ego. Over the past few weeks, Sekhandur had heard of Class C's reputation for being the refuse pile for outcasts and idiots, and he was beginning now to understand where that reputation came from.

Rising to his feet, Sekhandur scoffed loudly enough for the other students to hear. "Might as well," he muttered, again at a clearly audible volume, "I'll gain as much from that as I have from anything else you've told me to do."

After mincing back to the rear of the car, Sekhandur leaned against the wall as it lightly jerked and bounced from the motion of the train. He produced his grimoire, unfurling the ancient scroll, and began to read through it for what must have been the thousandth time, just to pass the ride along more quickly. His eyes fell upon a familiar passage, which after rough translation amounted to, "...descended the Presence of the Judges, magic given voice and shape. They fell upon the wayward tribes of Man, the scorpion held high in their battle-standard. Sons of the stars, men born of fire, as the earliest peoples of our race were born from dust and clay."

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@HiippoAF We're open until I say we're not, have at it.