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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 785166" data-attributes="member: 5137">Yeah, cantrip and ray of frost variants, that's about it <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=":)" />. If you can't tell, I purchased Tournaments, Fairs and Taverns before I ran the Olympiad, and spent about two nights reading through it. I was generally impressed (the rules for drinking and degree of success in competition were particularly good), but when I got to the magic section, everything was just... implausible.A wizard spends most of his life being unable to even practice the skills needed for the contest, and THEN, suddenly, he's in a life or death transformation competition? That works in mythology, where being a wizard is an on/off affair, but in a world where the majority of wizards are low level and have a competitive spirit, they will develop competitions they can play in.The conjuring game was obviously inspired by miniatures, Magic the Addiction, and the militant nature of Theralis <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=":)" />.The ray shooting competition was suggested by Greppa, and overall I think it was rather excellent. A measure of reflexes, mastery of rays, and certain feats, it makes an excellent test for a particular kind of arcanist combat. It also gave me an idea for a northern tradition of spell duelling with rays & a 0-level shield (will save to interpose the shield between the ray and yourself). Ray duelling isn't done in Theralis, but Greppa may find himself in such a situation when they travel north <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=":)" />.The "impress the crowd" contest is mostly a matter of Perform skill and a good idea. Props to Greppa for an excellent portrayal of a drunk arcanist entering with neither one <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=":)" />.Next up, Bellos finds out that backwater Theralese know how to use a sling as well, and Merideth demonstrates remarkable development as an esper.</blockquote>

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