A School of Sorcery, An Academy Game

[Logan Marchman]

A School of Sorcery
An Academy Game​

The Setting...
Welcome to Ukultni, a prestigious Academy of Magic, located in a land inaccessible to those that do not practice the occult arts. Its top graduates are confiders of kings, emperors in distant lands, and leaders of the world of sorcery. At this time, which is mid-13th century, no like institute can compare with its celebrity.

You are a first year, although you have had prior magical training. Indeed, you are the brightest your people have produced in many years. However, you will now be matching your talents against the most talented young magicians in the world, in a battle for Glory, Gold, Honor, and most importantly, Class Rank.

I must warn you, the intense competition has produced a very high student mortality rate over the years. The final tournament is particularly vicious. Be careful, and watch your back.




Credits:
the Harry Potter Universe
the Civ Fanatic Sith Academy Games
the Oblivion Universe

 

[Logan Marchman]

Structure of the Game

Phases

Spoiler :

The game will have two phases, Day, and Night. Each day phase is broken up into sections, Morning (6:00AM-10:00AM), Mid-day(10:00AM-2:00PM), and Afternoon(2:00PM-6:00PM)

Each night phase is split into pre-midnight(6:00PM-12:00AM) and post-midnight (12:00AM-6:00AM).

Day Phase
For every section you have one action. During Morning you could, for example, duel or attack your peers, sleep in, study, go to class (different classes will be scheduled each day, at various times), do pushups to increase your physique, explore exc.... Your limit is realism, and your imagination. However, any every action you take will effect you in some way, as will doing nothing at all.

An example:

Morning: I sleep in
Midday: Attend the potions class
Evening: Go explore the upper part of the school.


A period of 48 hours will pass, at which point the teachers, any other admin i can collect, and myself will decide the effects of your actions, P.M.ing you any changes to your character sheet, results of successful stealth actions, and anything else of interest.

All public actions and unsuccessful stealthy exploits will be posted. It will look something like this:

Morning

Logan slept in. The teachers noticed. ____ dorm has lost 5 glory points, and Logan has lost 10 prestige points. He appears well rested though.

Midday
Logan attended professor ______’s class on healing potions. He did very well, and appeared to learn a considerable amount. Professor _____ was pleased and Logan has gained 5 prestige points.

Evening
Logan decided to explore the upper levels of the school. He found a gold wand, and bragged about it at supper.

You will also recieve a private message, going into more detail.

You have been healed 10%, and your stamina has recovered. You can now go ___ hours before you need to sleep again.

Your alchemy knowledge increased 7 points, your knowledge of restoration increased by 3 points, and you now know how to make a basic antidote. You have acquired one weak quick-heal potion, and one basic antidote potion.

You have gained advanced knowledge of the upper levels of the school, and found a secret passageway. This might be useful in the future. You found a golden wand in an abandoned room. When equipped, it gives you a 10% increase to Tenacity, and a 20 point increase in charisma. Wizards dig the gold

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Night Phase
At night, the rules are different. You have two actions per night. You can sleep, study, or hone your skills in your room. You can sneak out to the library, explore the school, steal from your classmates, attempt to wound or kill your competitors, play practical jokes, or anything else you can think of. I suggest not getting caught your dorm at night.

You PM your actions during the night phase, and there is no posting in the game thread. In the morning, you will receive the news of the night.

Learning

Spoiler :

You do not level in this game. Raises to your attributes and knowledge come from study, use, training, magical assistance, and just plain luck. As your knowledge in each order of magic raises, you learn new skills, and anything you do involving that order becomes more successful.

The rate at which you learn is determined by your Tenacity and Cogency. Luck and an RNG play a large part as well.

Glory

Spoiler :

This is called "Prestige" in game. It can be raised and lowered by any action, and effects any npc actions, quests, how your teachers see you, and class rank.

Gold

Spoiler :

Items play a large part in this game, although its up to you to find out how. There is a school store on campus, and there are several in the village below the castle. You can both buy and sell items, receive quests, learn, and more at any store. Bartering is accepted, but most merchants rely on currency, in this case Gold and Pi. Owning a high amount of gold can generate prestige, as can bribing your teachers and donating to the school.

100 Pi =1 Gold. A good meal costs about 10 Pi.

Honor

Spoiler :

On day one, your teachers will draft you into 3 dorms (think "Houses" from Harry Potter). Each house is in competition for the House cup, which gives a fat bonus in prestige to the winners at the end of the game. Teachers can award students house points for any reason, and deduct points as well. Teachers CAN NOT add points to their own house.

Class Rank

Spoiler :

The leader-board. Ranks students in order of prestige. The highest students get very lucrative jobs on graduation.

 

[Logan Marchman]

Your Character

You start by posting 4 things about your character.

Teacher/Admin or Student

Name

Race: Are you Human, Dwarf, Elvish? A centaur or a dragon? You tell me. Every race will get a different starting stat allocation, and possibly a few skills.

A Basic History: What are your interests, experiences, wants or desires? Why are you here?

I will then forward you a character card with the Details of your Character, and give you several points to modify it. After you finish, send it back to me so i can save it.

Example:

Teacher
Logan Marchman
Human

The newest Headmaster of the Academy, Logan has plans in motion to revolutionize his school. Professor Marchman is known for his insight, charisma, strength of will, and general ability to survive. There are many rumors about his younger exploits, and many are widely disbelieved.

Details of your Character will include:

Stats:

Health Level
Stamina Level
Resistance %
Wealth
Items
Prestige


Constitution- Your physique. Effects your strength, natural resistance, and health.

Tenacity- Your persistence, stamina, courage. Also effects your natural resistances, and governs the strength of your enchantments, how long you can go without sleep. Also affects your success in battle and exploration.

Cogency- Your native intelligence and perceptive ability. Effects how quickly you learn, your skills at searching, seeing through illusions, and detecting stealth.

Charisma- Your personality, attractiveness, and presence. Effects your ability to convince, barter with, and gain prestige from NPC’s.

Covertness- Your ability to sneak, cast illusions, hide items, poison or dope your enemies, and scout.


And Your Knowledge of Orders of Magic:

Charms
Curses
Illusions
Alternation and Transformation
Alchemy
Regeneration
Necromancy

 

[Logan Marchman]

Game Start: TBA
Let Discussion and Signups Begin!




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[Duke Blackstone]

Whoa. Cool. Wish i could join.. I have too much on my plate right now.
Ill advertise for you though

 

[Omega124]

Roll: Student

Name: His original name is unpronounceable, so he goes by Elephas

Race: (African) Elephant

A Basic History: Elephas was once a normal Elephant in a herd. However, as a calf, he was hit by lightning. Elephas survived it, and started to rapidly gain intelligence, to the point he became sapient. Legends of him spread to would-be poachers, and he gained a fiercer reputation, being called "The Grey Terror". This escalated to one day, when defending his herd from poachers, he somehow managed to fire a magic missile at them. This sparked interest from representatives from Ukultni, and after teaching Elephas their language, they convinced him to go to the Academy.

Elephas's main motivation to go is to prove Elephants are just as capable as two-legged animals.

(The fact that Dragons sometimes come to the academy means there is room for him in the classrooms, I think)

 

[Mango Elephant]

Student

Name: Snooki Firhaerten

Race: Dwarf

A Basic History: Snooki may be small, but she has a lot of spunk, she sticks up for herself, and she doesn't give a ****. She was born in a Dwavish village in Bulgaria, and her favorate color is purple. Her eyes are dark blue, her hair is wavy and black, she's really pale, and she has a wide nose, and damn she has an ass you could throw a penny at and get a dime back. She's a lesbian, but she's willing to try anything, and she calls herself 'The Main Ghetto Princess of Bulgaria'. She gets a lot of hate, but she doesn't mind it because she knows 'The jealous ******* just mad 'cause they ain't got none of this'. Snooki would like to one day visit Genoa, a city she says 'it's where all the ghetto ******* come from all around to suck **** and tap ass, you know what I iz sayin'?' She doesn't yet know why she's at the Academy, nor what it's purpose is, but she's 'in it to win it, babyyyyy'.

 

[Logan Marchman]

Hello all. I will PM you as soon as I can. Unfortunately the site is not letting me send private messages, or post a signature right now. Im guessing its a new account thing?

 

[GhostWriter16]

Hello all. I will PM you as soon as I can. Unfortunately the site is not letting me send private messages, or post a signature right now. Im guessing its a new account thing?

Yeah, 5 days and 5 posts, but there's a thread in forum games that you can post in to ask for it earlier. Its security against spambots that's all.

Character:

Name: Eragon Shadeslayer

Race: Elvish

Teacher/Admin or Student: Student

Basic History- A boy who lost his parents to an odd race called the Razaac at a young age, Eragon hates the species and is glad he killed all of them. Now, he wishes to prove he is best of the best.

 

[Silv Something]

Name: Silv Something

Student

Race: Griffin

History: Silv was born in the forests of Znar'znarc, far to the north. Being brought up in the cold, his feathers and fur turned a silvery hue, giving him his name. He is about 5' in length and 4' tall. He wants to learn all he can about magic, but don't let that fool you about his intentions. Watch out for the claws; they can hurt. He is a good flier and would like to practice during the weekends. Although some have accused him of eating animals alive, he only eats human-food and thinks that the taste of raw meat is disgusting. He also has always been especially nice to leprechauns, as it was one of them who suggested he attend the school. He is here to learn and to live a successful life.

 

[Omega124]

Yeah, 5 days and 5 posts, but there's a thread in forum games that you can post in to ask for it earlier. Its security against spambots that's all.

Here's a link for that thread:

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=350036

 

[Abaddon]

This looks sooo cool.. in shortly!

 

[Logan Marchman]

Right.. Im back and the messages will begin to fly. I like the creativeness. Is there any way to spam invitations? I kinda like the accepted letters J.K. Rowling did for Harry Potter, but i don't have the first book.

 

[Duke Blackstone]

Just wait and get one of your staff to do it for you. Or get your current signups to post a link in their signatures like I am

 

[Abaddon]

Student: Aiken Drumn
Human

Had no idea magic existed, until one day, he set a bully's hair on fire.. seemingly not long after this he got a visit where his parents were told of this fabulous school which wanted to give him a scholarship... he was a bit of a nuisance anyway, so they happily packed his bags.

 

[Logan Marchman]

Student: Aiken Drumn
Human

Had no idea magic existed, until one day, he set a bully's hair on fire.. seemingly not long after this he got a visit where his parents were told of this fabulous school which wanted to give him a scholarship... he was a bit of a nuisance anyway, so they happily packed his bags.

What areas in magic are you interested in? I could give you a perfectly balanced character right now but what fun is that

 

[Abaddon]

Illusions and Alchemy!

 

[Omega124]

Where's the PMs at?

 

[Seon]

Teacher/Admin

Name: Kinzo

Race: Human

A Basic History: A teacher infamous for his ability to seemingly appear out of nowhere to surprise the students doing inappropriate actions (I mean seriously, was he actually WAITING inside that closet?). He usually lurks in the catacombs of the school and rarely ventures to the upper levels. Rumors has it that he is actually far older than he looks (he looks not a day over 37...).

He has a rather jolly personality, although that combined with his tendency to sneak means that he is rather infamous.

His specialties are Necromancy and Curses. His class aide is rumored to have been dead for many years....

 

[Jarrema]

Student: Yarg Hogh
Race: Half-giant

Born in unusual circumstances, killing his mother in the process. Magic caused his birth. So, magic killed his mother (or at least he thinks so). In truth, he do not like magic, and tries to find ways to get himself resistant to it - if he must use magic to fight magic, then be it. You can assume, that he is interested only in defensive magic.
Yarg is maybe not very smart (hmm... it was too kind. Word 'smart' should never be used in the sentence with his name) or talkative, but people are afraid of him. No wonder, he is HUGE. On the other hand, his body is so large, that it is hard for him to be sneaky

Yarg exercises a lot, trying to get a perfect control ovver his body. He can stand on one leg for hours, for example. He tries to sleep less and less, eat less and less, endure extreme pains, and does another stupid things like that.