Rolzup said:
The little man steps forward, smirking a little, and makes a low bow to the robed silhouettes. Too low a bow, one might think, to indicate the proper amount of respect.
"I am Brummagem," he says, straightening. "Brummagem the bold, Brummagem the brilliant, Brummagem the bloody. I have been saint and savior both, student to fools and teacher to gods. I have walked the paths unseen, and I have learned the names which may not be spoken. I have seen the beginning of time, and I have heard its end."
He smiles a crooked smile.
"It was the sound of a whimper...not a bang."
Long fingers twitch, half-shaping arcane sigils. "Shall I impress you? Truly? I can call forth a god, or a monster, or a Thing that is both at once. Or I can show you something greater still.
"Myself."
"HAH!" the laugh filled the silence following Brummagem's proclamation.
"Brummagem the Boisterous, maybe.. Brummagem the Delusional, most likely." A young man, perhaps not even out of his teens yet, stepped out of the crowd of 'recruits'. His hair was wild and red with a large silver streak, and his robes were green, with red and silver highlights.
"You come before a group of your peers, and honestly believe any of us to be naive enough to believe such outlandish claims? The only way an ungifted charlatan such as yourself has seen the beginning and end of time is with hallucinations!" The man walked a circle around Brummagem as he spoke, paying as much attention to their 'audience' as he did to the wizard he was busy ridiculing.
"Let us forget, for the moment, my own extensively researched theories on Temporal magics and future/past divinations. Let us forget even the findings of the 238th anual Sarion Convention of mages at the Wizards Cove. Let us focus solely on your claims and your current actions. IF you were a powerful enough mage to have actually done or seen both the beginning and end of time, then what need would you POSSIBLY have of coming to this institution of learning? No, you're here to learn, just like the rest of us, which means that you do NOT have the powers you claim. Thus one must deduce that you are either Delusional, or a Charlatan, or perhaps just too full of yourself and used to interacting with people who believe you are as powerful as you believe yourself to be. Most likely some combination of the three, I think."
He turned to face their 'examiners' then.
"Besides, these fine beings have asked us to impress them, not to bore them with our words. So that is what I will humbly attempt to do."
"Many sorcerors claim that their power stems from dragons. But few can prove the power of their blood. I, Elzmyr, descendant of the great Silver Patriarch Darelzmyr Cierellyx.. can." Elzmyr spoke a few arcane words as he raised his hands to the sky. The ground beneath his feet began to rise with a shudder, a 10' wide column rising from the ground, lifting him a hundred feet into the air. Once there, he continues chanting more, though at that range it is difficult to hear. Nonetheless, the effects are rather obvious as stone continues to change, the top becoming four dragon-heads which each spit forth a tiny bead to fly down and out, exploding into glorius starbursts of electricity above the watching crowd, Elzmyr slowly floating down amidst the explosions to land once more on the ground beside them.
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First off, I think we need an IC thread to continue this.. I'm foreseeing some GREAT roleplaying potential here.
Secondly, to Rolzup - Please do not feel like I'm attempting to slight you. As you said yourself, Brummagem is Arrogant.. And thus when another Arrogant, powerful mage with opposing views appears (My character), there will be instant friction. I personally think it'll offer some good roleplaying. A nice little rivalry, perhaps turning into friendship, perhaps further emnity, who can tell? Nightly debates on Magical theory and practice are not out of the question.
Finally, as to the mechanics of what's actually going on -
The Column raising him into the air is Polymorph Any Object [the ground under his feet into a 10X10(rounded) 200' tall Column. Same kingdom (Mineral), Same Class(Stone), Same or lower Intelligence. Duration factor 9 = Permanent.]
The Electric Explosions are Meteor Swarm, altered by Archmage abilities (Mastery of Shaping making them appear to be 'starbursts' instead of spheres, by cutting out areas of them. Mastery of Elements to change it from Fire to Electricity.)
The top of the colum reshaping itself is Quickened Stone Shape(He has Eshcew Materials, so doesn't need to do the clay-shaping thing,), and he 5' steps off the edge, casting feather fall to gracefully glide down.
The rest is 'artistic license'.
The whole thing takes 2 'rounds', so roughly 12 seconds, during which I expend a 1st lvl spell slot, two 8th lvl spell slots, and a 9th lvl spell slot.
Now if THAT doesn't Impress, then I'm stumped.
Furthermore, I've decided finally on my Character. I'm going with the Loremaster. And yes, he WILL be able to do everything I've said, though there is still some tweaking to be done.(Mostly in spell list).
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Elzmyr (pronounced L's-meer)
Human Sorc7/Loremaster8/Archmage5
AL: CG HT: 5'11" WT: 150 Hair: Red with a Silver Streak Eyes: Sea-green
STR: 10 (+0) [2 Points]
DEX: 14 (+2) [6 Points]
CON: 11 (+0) [3 Points]
INT: 14 (+2) [6 Points]
WIS: 10 (+0) [2 Points]
CHA: 22 (+6) [13 Points + 5 level]
HP: (20d4) AC: 12 (10 base +2 dex)
Saves:
FORT: +7 (5 base +2 misc)
REF: +9 (5 base +2 dex +2 misc)
WILL: +17 (15 base +2 misc)
Init: +2
Bab: 9
Attacks:
Skills(Total/Ranks):[131 Points, Max rank 23]
Concentration (+10/10), Craft[Weaponsmithing, Alchemy, Stoneworking] (+10/8), Diplomacy (+30/20), Bluff (+11/5), Sense Motive(+5/5), Intimidate(13/5), Know:Arcana (+28/23), Know:History(+12/10), Spellcraft (+30/23), 6 more
Feats: [8] Skill focus: Knowledge[Arcana], Spell Focus(Transmutation), Spell Focus(Evocation), Eschew Materials, Empower Spell, Maximize Spell, Quicken Spell, Practical Metamagic(Empower)
Class Features: +2 Fortitude/Reflex/Will(Loremaster Secrets), Skill Focus: Spellcraft(Loremaster Secret), Lore (+10), Greater Lore(Identify), Bonus Language(Celestial), Mastery of Shaping, Mastery of Elements, Spell PowerX3, Metamagic Specialist(Instead of Familiar)
Languages: Common, Draconic, Sylvan, Celestial
Spellcasting (CL 23)
Level (Per day) - Known - List
Cantrip (6) - 9 -
1st (8) - 5 - Feather Fall, Shield, Magic Missile,
2nd (8) - 5 - Scorching Ray,
3rd (7) - 4 - Lightning Bolt, Elzmyr's Sight(Arcane Sight)
4th (7) - 4 - Stone Shape
5th (7) - 4 -
6th (7) - 3 -
7th (6) - 3 - Greater Teleport, Greater Scrying,
8th (6) - 3 - Polymorph Any Object, Elzmyr's Energy Ray.
9th (6) - 3 - Elzmyr's Disjunction, Metor Swarm
*NOTE: Many of his spells are called 'Elzmyr's X', as one of his theory's is that these spells were actually created by his ancestor. (Examples: Mordenkainen's Disjunction = Elzmyr's Disjunction, Polar ray = Elzmyr's Energy Ray, etc)
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