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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aboyd" data-source="post: 5570312" data-attributes="member: 44797">My DM wanted everyone to start at age 16, regardless of profession.  So he took 2 years to get up to age 18 and level 6.Correct.At your discretion.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I doubt he would gain a wizard's tower unless he was very self-assured.  Don't forget: he's aware of his mediocrity, and he runs from fights that go badly.  So he will not advertise himself as a powerful mage, nor a rich one.  He will likely be interested in Glamer spells & items at a certain point, so that he can go about his business armed to the teeth even though he won't appear as such.The only reason I can see for him to get a tower would be if it were remote and never advertised, so he could be safe & protected, or if he were in a town/village small enough to be a "big fish in a little pond."  In other words, if he was assured that he was the most powerful wizard in the area, he might build a tower simply for the intimidation/respect benefits -- if he felt the tower would not draw ire or attention but rather encourage the populace to think him more powerful than he really was, he might be OK with that, as it would discourage attack.If he had a tower, don't forget that he would have populated it with an annoying number of escape routes.  And he would have rehearsed escaping through each route.  And it's likely that none of his escape routes would also be entry routes.  For example, a physical tunnel out?  No.  That's too easy for others to use as a way in.  Instead, he would likely have a one-way portal or teleport device in each room.  There may be other magical tricks to enable a safe escape, but my mind is elsewhere so I can't work through them all right now.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />He would love a construct so long as nobody ever knew about it until it was too late.  In other words, some kind of golem or something inside his home?  Yeah, probably, if the golem was strong enough to one-shot kill intruders, so that none ever got away to tell others about it.If you're thinking of something smaller to travel with him... probably not, unless he could hide it.  A clockwork bogun?  Perhaps, if it was cute and could fetch him things from the market.  He'd want such a thing to be endearing and harmless, so as to ingratiate himself to people, if possible.Again, he's always going to think self-preservation (which actually makes him an annoying enemy, as he will likely flee over & over again and never die).  If making people in town love him will help to keep him alive, then he will take humble steps in that direction.  If making people in town think he is supremely dangerous will help discourage attackers, then he will do that.  If he can do both, he will.  If there are other options, he will look at them too.</blockquote>

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