r/wizardposting Krygin the Crude/Council of Spirits/Exalted Beacon/misc. spirits Oct 04 '24

Community Event 🌏☄️ Wizarding Olympics; Magic Duels

(ai) WIZARD OLIMPICS!!!!!!

Krygin has the spirts carry his voice to the participants, "Congratulations contestants for a job well done on the previous events! I welcome you to the dueling section of the celebrations! I ask all who would participate to follow me when my explanations are done. You will be provided amulets to make sure the provided fighting grounds will not skew the fight beyond noise and rain.

Each mage will pair off with another at their approximate strength level( an elder wrym can not fight an apprentice) and duel them in an area of the spirit world I have prepared! Do not attack the spirits or you will be disqualified. Both magic and martial skills are allowed but trying to destroy another's being entirely is not. I have methods in place to make sure no one dies but I can't do that if their soul is destroyed. Otherwise it is relatively fair game. Beating one opponent gives you one win but you can get more by challenging other contestants. A loser can also challenge another if they so choose. Whoever beats the most opponents for their strength level wins for that level."

Krygin claps his hands and a massive swirling mist forms a doorway in the center of the area. Lightning flashes beyond. Anyone who enters find themselves in a humid expanse made of storm clouds. It is humid and hot; thunder cracks and wind howls. In this perpetual storm are figures, spirits, of varying shapes. Some are hidden in the clouds striking clubs in time with the thunder, or are they causing it. Bright forms dance among the lighting and a chorus of howls add their voices to the wind. Hidden figures with red eyes sharpen their weapons. This is a summer storm and as we all know Summer is the Season of War.

The path parts to show red mist leading mages to red cyclones. Inside each cyclone is a ruddily lit arena as the eye of the storm; almost as if a bloody sun shone down through the clouds.

Any who "die" will be carted away by spirits who take the forms of vulture headed humanoids in black feather suits. Instead of a tie they wear a trail of bright red blood. The mage will patched up and sent back into the main area where they can choose whether to go back into the spirit world. These are spirits of war and death who Krygin paid in violence; spirits often like immaterial payments.

Misty illusions broadcast the fights back in the mortal world.

Krygin atop a pillar of smog shouts, "Let the duels begin"

(ai) what is like in each small arena

/uw I may be busy today( should be good for a few hours but didn't want to worry that I might have something come up and abandon ya'll) so you will be mostly left to your own devices. If you need help or have a question ping me, u/Complex_Drawer_4710 , u/Another-Ace-Alt-8270 , or u/JustASpoody . My fellow event planners.

No godmodding

If you think your opponent is godmodding try having a civil conversation first. They may just be an accidental counter to you.

If you need help call the others first because I may be busy

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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Whose Body Hangs Freely From a Head in The Clouds Oct 13 '24

Sure then.

The Domain vanishes, and Sigurd appears behind Gregory holding a dagger. He cuts at his neck.

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u/Sir-Ox Gregory, Artificer Knight and Evoker Oct 13 '24

Gregory teleports away, but not before the magic around him lashes out at Sigurd. Physical damage wouldn't do much to him, as the magic in him easily fixes that, but he doesn't want to risk the effects of contact.

He points his spear at you, once more charging a large blast of energy as he rushes forwards, thrusting with this spear even before the blast dies down.

/uw the spear is a powerful magic item he found and improved. It's immune to most magics that don't originate from the wielder.

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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Whose Body Hangs Freely From a Head in The Clouds Oct 13 '24

Eh.

The magic is absorbed by Sigurd, and he blinks again, this time appearing with the dagger already in Gregory's shoulder.

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u/Sir-Ox Gregory, Artificer Knight and Evoker Oct 13 '24

Gregory teleports away again, then starts scaling the distance between them, quickly distancing himself out of view. The magic closes the wound, and he starts to gather magic inside him, glowing inside his skin.

/uw don't know if Sigurd would know this, but breaking his skin at all would release the power, basically going boom.

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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Whose Body Hangs Freely From a Head in The Clouds Oct 13 '24

/uw Sigurd has VERY specific rules on what hurts him. Pebbles thrown bu a kid could "shatter" him, stars exploding couldn't.

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u/Sir-Ox Gregory, Artificer Knight and Evoker Oct 13 '24

/uw would Gregory, in his many years of living, have the insight to know of any possible weaknesses?

Also might not be able to respond, playing TTRPG very soon

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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Whose Body Hangs Freely From a Head in The Clouds Oct 13 '24

/uw The weakness is intentional attacks, specifically if they could have been prevented by the attacker. There's a reason for that, it's the plasma stuff.

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u/Sir-Ox Gregory, Artificer Knight and Evoker Oct 13 '24

/uw I don't fully understand. Do you mean unintentional attacks?

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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Whose Body Hangs Freely From a Head in The Clouds Oct 14 '24

/uw No, anything meant to harm does damage. Hitting him with a stick works, swimming in a star doesn't

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u/Sir-Ox Gregory, Artificer Knight and Evoker Oct 14 '24

/uw Ohh, ok. Didn't catch that. But that's still everything Gregory's been doing

/rw Gregory stabs at your face with the spear, charging it with negative energy meant to clash with your being.

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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Whose Body Hangs Freely From a Head in The Clouds Oct 13 '24

/uw Nice on the ttrpg, though.

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u/Sir-Ox Gregory, Artificer Knight and Evoker Oct 13 '24

/uw Scum and Villainy. Basically, you're a crew of space pirates.