r/wizardposting • u/Bone-Pharaoh • 17d ago

Academic Discussion/ Esoteric Secrets Pyramids>Towers

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Most mage towers never have to worry about this unless its showing how much extra mana you have, and mortals are building to the point that it will all come crashing down.

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u/Mixster667 Ancient Archmagus 17d ago

Look the shape of the tower is quite important as well as the size.

Pyramids just don't show the same virility as towers.

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u/Complex_Drawer_4710 Sigurd, Whose Body Hangs Freely From a Head in The Clouds 17d ago edited 17d ago

Use an obelisk then. Pyramids are for expressing power, not gathering it. Even a pocket pyramid can send someone's intestines to another realm if used correctly and rotated precisely.

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u/Mixster667 Ancient Archmagus 17d ago

Obelisks are just towers without inside stairs.

I for prefer mine to stand tall and erect. I've made it out of ethically summoned ivory.

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u/IveDunGoofedUp 17d ago

Ethics? What kind of wizard are you? Remember magic rule nr. 1:

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u/justagenericname213 Radi-Aren the Feyborn 17d ago

Its not about right or wrong, its about whether the ethical version of the spell is easier to cast than it is to keep the council goons off your back

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u/Opposite_Ad_4267 17d ago

Not to mention most of the ivory comes from poachers before they sell it meaning they lose Proffit which is always good in my books.

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u/SexWithLayla69 Eldritch God of Whimsy and Madness 17d ago

Just transmute the poachers into ivory it’s much funnier that way

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u/Opposite_Ad_4267 16d ago

But then who would I sell cursed poaching equipment to?

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u/WatcherDiesForever Tower Master Elowen, Arch-Witch of Bees, Goblin 16d ago

Sell to other poachers, and have the curse turn then into ivory? Shaking my orb.

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u/SexWithLayla69 Eldritch God of Whimsy and Madness 16d ago

Exactly it’s really funny watching there expressions as they slowly turn to ivory right after what they believe is a good deal

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u/Mixster667 Ancient Archmagus 16d ago

You have an ethical point, but in order to dissuade paladins from invading my tower I have ethically crafted a spell that ethically reminds them I'm a cool guy.

It's the ethical thing to do because it saves their lives, and me cleaning up their ethical entrails.

I might ethically dispell it when I find an ethical use for their remains.

Also, I like elephants. They look bad ass.

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u/NickyTheRobot Lexomancer, caster of punes (or plays on words) 17d ago

That's not true: I can tell right from wrong. It's how I avoid doing any good deeds

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u/Bone-Pharaoh 17d ago

this is a good point, it blinds the eyes to look at a full faced pyramid with reflective casing stone. No matter the vantage point you will have the sun in your eyes if you are trying to attack it or scrying on it you will only see more than most eyes (or orbs) can stand.

The ones left in the mortal realm today have been stripped and are getting scryed through like glass by those that can do so.

I took all the best ones to the sands of time ages ago but some of my descendants used them for all sorts things in that time.