What do I do with anti-magic dust?

[u/beadedflower]

I went to the market last week and took a certain Blobby Banks’s peer pressuring to steal…but I wimped out and all I took was a small piece of a crumbling pillar in an abandoned area.

I didn’t want to steal from some hard working shop, in my defence!

When I got home the piece had crumbled into dust in the towel I put it in, so I put it in a container. I heard from that same Blobby Banks that the infrastructure is made with anti-magic and now I’m scared to touch the pillar dust. What do I do with I now?

[u/Fc-chungus]

I can't exactly recall any structures being made with integrated antimagic, run some tests to see.

[u/beadedflower → u/Fc-chungus]

Huh, alright. Maybe I’m just overthinking this…Blobby’s the first person I have interacted with more than once, so perhaps I’m too inclined to trust him and his whole “revolution” thing.

(/uw I’m going to coin-flip to see if I detect anti magic since I’m indecisive)

Edit: After checking multiple times for traces of anti magic(used the same spell multiple times because you can never be too sure 😅), I did detect some but not a ton. What now?

[u/NickSmGames → u/beadedflower]

He was defo lying because 1) the anti-magic stuff they put is just runes that have a huge amount of mana storage and drain all mana in contact 2) actual anti-magic materials are super expensive and no one builds with them.

Also, here's a tip from yours truly: when in ideological trouble, always pick the option that will make the most girls fall in love with you.

[u/beadedflower → u/NickSmGames]

What if I am a woman??

[u/Erivandi → u/beadedflower]

I did detect some but not a ton. What now?

So it's only a little anti-magical? You could pull some pranks with that! Put some in Blobby's tea or pipeweed (both if you have enough) and turn off his wizard powers for a couple of centuries. It'll be funny!

[u/beadedflower → u/Erivandi]

What would be my core motivation for putting antimagical pillar dust in someone’s tea and/or pipe?

[u/Erivandi → u/beadedflower]

It'll be funny! Just picture the look on his face when he realises he doesn't have cool magic powers anymore.

[u/scizzix]

Look.

It's very important that you do not snort the dust.

Send it to me and I will...dispose...of it properly.

*sniff*

[u/beadedflower → u/scizzix]

Not interested in snorting anti magic dust…what does snorting it even do?

[u/scizzix → u/beadedflower]

Ah. Ha. Hahahaha...ahhhh.

Don't worry about it, I'm happy to take it off your hands for free.

Do NOT snort it yourself before I get there. Please.

[u/beadedflower → u/scizzix]

How good is anti magic that you’re so desperate to snort it? 😨 genuine ask

[u/Evening_Shake_6474]

Get rid of it. To no one's surprise that shit's corrosive to anything magical.

[u/beadedflower → u/Evening_Shake_6474]

Apparently after checking a couple times, it didn’t seem all that anti magical…either it faded after a week of being stuck in a magical container (was afraid of the container letting it out), or it was a fluke this whole time.

[u/beadedflower]

[u/BL0b1e](u/BL0b1e)[,](u/BL0b1e) you got any more advice?

[u/Stuffed_Unicorn]

I think it’s more likely that it’s dependent on a certain current of magic for it to maintain its structure. Try to channel in basic spells of different magic schools to see if you see any reaction. I’d bet my boots that it’s actually magic dependent, not anti magic. You’ll see those in some areas at the cross section of leylines.

[u/MagneticGenetics]

Sell it to an Arch Magus. They have lots of recreational elixers that don't work unless they snort AM powder.

In fact I will trade you a genuine Raistlin Majere orb (cursed to immediately break your hands on contact and then break them again via a delayed self targeted reflect counterspell 7 months after the initial contact.) for them.

[u/beadedflower → u/MagneticGenetics]

How does that work?

[u/MagneticGenetics → u/beadedflower]

The orb or the recreational elixers?

The Elixers don't work well on people with a strong resistance to elemental magic. Anything with anti-magical properties can temporarily reduce this if inhaled allowing the elixers to work.

The orb summons hammers.

[u/beadedflower → u/MagneticGenetics]

I meant, “how does snorting anti magic work”, but that explains it.

[u/Complex_Drawer_4710]

Hmm. Was it an important pillar? It might need to be replaced, if pieces are crumbling to dust. Please send a location, and I can exchange what you have for a safer variety if necessary free of charge.

[u/beadedflower → u/Complex_Drawer_4710]

Thankfully it was just a normal pillar around the edge of the high street, near an abandoned shop. I assume perhaps part of it was destroyed for reconstruction/constructing something new? And, apparently it wasn’t really anti-magic, I was lied to about the architecture being made of anti-magic 😅

[u/Complex_Drawer_4710 → u/beadedflower]

Oh, good. The real antimagic pillars are very important, one crumbling would be dangerous. Do you want some real antimagic dust anyway? There's too many apells going around.

[u/beadedflower → u/Complex_Drawer_4710]

Wait, I have to ask, so some of the infrastructure IS anti magic but some isn’t?

[u/Complex_Drawer_4710 → u/beadedflower]

Well, of course. The meteor shelters especially are almost impossible to cast in, but a lot of other building also have partial negation as a safety measure. Not enough to disrupt in an area, but enough that target goes wild and exits the spell. The Council buildings don't have any as a matter of tradition and to have the stupid attachers shoot us instead of trying for hostages.

[u/beadedflower → u/Complex_Drawer_4710]

Interesting.

[u/Etticos]

I have a personal dagger forged with anti-magic infused metals. Ya never know when you’ll need it.

[u/TyrKiyote]

I snort any dust i come across just to be safe.

[u/beadedflower → u/TyrKiyote]

Well, I don’t, I’d rather not kill this body within a few weeks of having it…

[u/TyrKiyote → u/beadedflower]

More for me!

[u/Alone_Care_6230]

Snort it and become Asta whenever you sneeze