Magic Name: Arc of the Scribe
Magic Type: Lost Primary | Summon Auxiliary
Description: Words are what breathe life into a scribe, and magic is what defines a mage. It isn't unlikely for these two professions to cross, not when they might share a core dependence on their talents. However, while there might've been a time where arcane scribes rose to notoriety, the current era considers those years a memory folded between pages left unread. The most popular theories that scholars have adapted as an answer to this decline brings up an average scribe's reclusive tendency and modern wizards growing to favor grander magics.
The small handful of mages that did go on to practice this art have described their magic as a liberated form of expression beyond typical means - a far cry from the fabled 'word-play' that some people like to harp when they see these scribes at work. Given a writing device, the arcane scribes can print specific keywords as their spells, called scripts, in order to combat specific situations through their constructs. Script designs are encouraged to be as diverse as possible, since these mages subscribe to a belief that words provide the substance while creativity provides the flavor.
The novice practitioners are known to have relied heavily on writing fluid in order to cast their spells, while the masters are able to condense their mana into specially augmented tools that they forged themselves. Then there were the elders from their prime that appear in many of the scribes' historical narratives as their words are said to have manifested even the intangible; but actual existing sources of these elders remain scarce, if not lost entirely, reducing their so called feats into what the newer arcane scribes assume to be the truth - that the elders are probably just a marketing strategy that the ancient scribes used to entice the greenhorns who knew no better.
The small handful of mages that did go on to practice this art have described their magic as a liberated form of expression beyond typical means - a far cry from the fabled 'word-play' that some people like to harp when they see these scribes at work. Given a writing device, the arcane scribes can print specific keywords as their spells, called scripts, in order to combat specific situations through their constructs. Script designs are encouraged to be as diverse as possible, since these mages subscribe to a belief that words provide the substance while creativity provides the flavor.
The novice practitioners are known to have relied heavily on writing fluid in order to cast their spells, while the masters are able to condense their mana into specially augmented tools that they forged themselves. Then there were the elders from their prime that appear in many of the scribes' historical narratives as their words are said to have manifested even the intangible; but actual existing sources of these elders remain scarce, if not lost entirely, reducing their so called feats into what the newer arcane scribes assume to be the truth - that the elders are probably just a marketing strategy that the ancient scribes used to entice the greenhorns who knew no better.
Unique Abilities:
✦Material World: Lucid Scripts are a beginner-friendly spell script type that can be used to produce mundane objects with no magical attributes once a post. These scripts demand 5% of the caster's current MP per Lucid Script and an existing memory of the scribe's encounter with the desired object's real-world example.Spells:
- Signature:
- Lacewing:
- Name: Spell Script: Lacewing
Rank: Character Rank
MP Cost: 0 MP
Category: Auxiliary
Type: Burst
Damage: --
Range: Max burst range of current rank
Speed: Max burst speed of current rank
Duration: Max duration for current rank
Downside: --
Description:Blinks the user to an unoccupied space within spell range after stamping themselves with the script, imparting a small butterfly marking on their skin that must be reapplied after a duration. Lacewing can only be cast on the scribe themselves.
- D Rank:
- Hawthorn:
- Name: Spell Script: Hawthorn
Rank: D+
MP Cost: 34 MP
Category: Offensive
Type: Multi-target
Damage: 45 HP
Range: 68 meters
Speed: 45 m/s
Duration: 7 posts
Downside: --
Description: The caster applies the script on an object within touch range and manifests several meter-long projectiles that can be remotely commanded through the writing device that was used to imprint the spell script. Hawthorn creates up to seven projectiles upon cast, which may be recalled as pleased after being launched. Each projectile created through this script can only damage one target per post.
- Walnut:
- Name: Spell Script: Walnut
Rank: D
MP Cost: 23 MP
Category: Defensive
Type: Burst
Durability: 120 HP
Range: 15 Meters
Speed: 15 m/s
Duration: 5 posts
Downside: --
Description: The user molds a meter-long shield from the source that the script is written on. It has the appearance of a rectangular wall of material or element that can be repositioned within its duration using a writing device. The caster receives bonus 5% MP regen while the wall is active.
- Goldenrod:
- Name: Spell Script: Goldenrod
Rank: D
MP Cost: 23 MP
Category: Supportive
Type: Single Target
Healing: 40 HP
Range: 60 meters
Speed: 60 m/s
Duration: 1 post
Downside: --
Description: This script may be printed on a living entity or object in order to repair a certain amount of injury or wreckage, blooming a yellow flower in its wake. The extent of Goldenrod's healing capacity will only be effective towards damage taken within the past hour, while also not being able to cure disease, fix dismemberment as well as damage done to large constructs.
- Elm:
- Name: Summon Script: Elm
Rank: D
Grade: Normal
Linked Equipment: --
Melee Damage: 5 HP
Summon HP: 50 HP
Range: 15 meters
Speed: 15 m/s
Duration: 5 posts
Downside: --
Description: Elm is the summon name given to a small forest dryad that relishes in the happiness of other people. Its inherent body structure limits the application of the script to plant matter as its source, but the dryad likes to adopt features from nearby terrain as subtle cosmetic changes to its appearance upon summoning.- Lavender's Blue:
- Name: Lavender's Blue
Rank: D
MP Cost: 23 MP
Category: Auxiliary
Type: AOE
Damage: --
Range: 30 meters
Speed: 15 m/s
Duration: 5 posts
Downside: --
Description: Elm borrows an ounce of magic from the caster in order to make a glowing mushroom appear in its palms. The shroom releases a type of spore that spreads through the area surrounding Elm, producing a small zone of influence that causes all hostile entities to be 50% less resistant to magic damage. Entering the affected area for the first time puts a hostile creature to sleep for 1 post.
- Ring a Ring a Rosie:
- Name: Ring a Ring a Rosie
Rank: D
MP Cost: 23 MP
Category: Auxiliary
Type: AOE
Damage: --
Range: 30 meters
Speed: 15 m/s
Duration: 5 posts
Downside: --
Description: Friends that stay beside Elm make Elm happy. If it chooses to do so, it may radiate an aura of goodwill that translates to bonus 5% bonus HP regen directed towards a maximum of five allies within spell range. Staying inside the zone for at least 1 post also supplies 45% spell damage to friendly entities. All effects will vanish once the spell ends.
- C Rank:
- Nightshade:
- Name: Spell Script: Nightshade
Rank: C+
MP Cost: 51 MP
Category: Offensive
Type: AOE
Damage: 55 HP* | 27 HP per post | 135 HP total
Range: 90 meters
Speed: 45 m/s
Duration: 5 posts
Downside: *Drain 25% of user's current HP on initial cast for 23% additional spell damage
Description: Imbue an object or allied entity with a script that releases a toxic aroma, covering the area in a colorless haze that will deal damage to enemies over time upon exposure. Hostile entities that remain in the affected zone for at least 2 posts receive an additional 5% HP drain that persists until they withdraw from spell range. There cannot be more than one instance of Nightshade active at any give time.
- Lobster:
- Name: Spell Script: Lobster
Rank: C
MP Cost: 34 MP
Category: Offensive
Type: Singe Target
Damage: 60 HP
Range: 120 Meters
Speed: 120 m/s
Duration: 7 posts
Downside: --
Description: The Lobster is a spell script that fashions a thumb ring once cast, giving off a reddish glow when worn. To realize its ability, the wearer must rub the exterior of the ring aggressively for three seconds. This action discharges the energy stored inside it, causing a four ft. long lobster claw mimic to attack a seen entity within spell range, dealing magic damage to the target. The way the construct moves is chiefly determined by the ring-bearer, where they need only move the hand that holds the ring in a manner they see fit. After some delay, the claw follows the motion that the user's arm made prior, forcing its weight down on an enemy.
The Lobster ring holds up to three charges, and will need to expend one post to recharge all three charges. A successful hit translates to a 50% magic resistance reduction, which lasts until another spell damages the affected enemy or until the spell duration is spent. An enemy, however, cannot be targeted by the claw more than once within a post.
- Canary:
- Name: Spell Script: Canary
Rank: C
MP Cost: 34 MP
Category: Defensive
Type: AOE
Healing: 90 HP
Range: 60 meters
Speed: 30 m/s
Duration: 5 posts
Downside: --
Description: Canary is a script that must be applied onto a liquid surface. If this condition is met, a bird-like construct shapes itself from the fluid. It exhibits the same mannerisms of any other small bird, but makes no sound. The caster is able to manipulate this script such that they may place the Canary on a tangible object through a writing instrument. This will make it so that the bird appears seated on the object until it serves its purpose, which involves soaking up a certain amount of damage directed at its perch. The bird explodes once the damage it takes exceeds its durability or if the spell is 1 post away from ending.
The explosion will cause the blast radius to be altered by the magic energy stored inside the script, creating an area that has the same properties of deep water - though there is no visible liquid to be seen. Oxygen still exists inside the zone, but any entity still within the area following the blast will have their movements slightly impaired by a sluggishness akin to sinking for 1 post.
- Shale:
- Name: Summon Script: Shale
Rank: C
Grade: Normal
Linked Equipment: --
Melee Damage: 12 HP
Summon HP: 100 HP
Range: 30 meters
Speed: 30 m/s
Duration: 7 posts
Downside: --
Description: This summon script calls to the sleeping energies within the bedrock to send forth a 7 foot tall rock golem unto the surface - nicknamed Shale. It's thinking capacity is severely limited as compensation for its size, but it will remain loyal to its summoner through thick and thin.- Erode:
- Name: Erode
Rank: C
MP Cost: 34 MP
Category: Offensive
Type: AOE
Damage: 30 HP
Range: 60 meters
Speed: 30 m/s
Duration: 7 posts
Downside: --
Description: Shale leaps upward through sheer faith, landing at a destination within its summon range. The impact sends strong tremors across the area, warping the ground beneath it and dealing magic damage to entities caught within spell range. Affected enemies will be temporarily disoriented for 1 post.
- Calcify:
- Name: Calcify
Rank: C
MP Cost: 34 MP
Category: Auxiliary
Type: Burst
Damage: --
Range: 30 meters
Speed: 30 m/s
Duration: 7 posts
Downside: --
Description: Using the summoner's mana, Shale projects its resilience into the material world as spirit armor that protects itself and its caster. Both receive 50% magic resist as a result.
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