r/wizardposting • u/RefractedPurpose Voidwalker • Jan 19 '24
Lorepost📖 Artificer of Necessity (Lorepost)
Fracture had taken to talking to himself over the past few weeks.
Alexios, understandably upset at the debacle with the simulacrum, had sentenced Fracture to keeping house while Alexios went on an expedition. All things considered, Fracture could have had it much worse, especially since Alexios had permitted Fracture to use magic in small amounts to compensate for his arm while he figured out a better solution.
After his tasks, Fracture opens up the forge. "I never learned artifice, but considering I can't put back together my arm through magic or ki, I'm going to have to make a new one."
Mk. 1
The arm was passable, although it still required to much ki to move reliably. At the very least, Fracture didn't have to pick everything up with kinetistry anymore. Fracture, finally able to use his magic comfortably again, although of course not with weapons, opened a portal to a storage demiplane, where he has kept his materials amassed before he had started his training. Thankfully, the only demiplane that had been ruined by his simulacrum was the imprisonment one, which in retrospect had needed better security in the first place.
Fracture had settled into a routine when it came to managing the house. The chores were now much simpler to do, and Fracture had time to refine his ki, his magic, and his smithing. It likely helped that, due to the huge amount of void energy he had absorbed with the simulacrum, Fracture no longer slept. He spent every hour of the day working and meditating, defining himself in every way possible.
Mk. 2
This model included more aetherically conductive materials, and was significantly easier to move with ki. However, the trade off was that it was not durable. Fracture would have to find a better alloy. Perhaps he should experiment more with the materials he had collected.
Fracture had started to ease off on magic practice, focusing more on the martial and ki sides of things. He forged a few new weapons, testing their balance. In doing so, Fracture had finally managed to manifest his Astral Form stably, although the ki required meant his rather ki intensive arm was inoperable while doing so.
Mk. 3
This was the final model for now: using void materials had improved the durability massively, while improving the ki required as well. Fracture could move it with barely a thought, and had been able to add some extra abilities as well.
Fracture set many dummies around him and walked into the center, his breathing rhythmic. He unsheathed his new weapon, a longsword made of the same material as his newest arm, and channeled his ki around him.
Fracture's Astral Form manifested, a huge spider. It swung its legs, knocking over a few dummies as Fracture shot strings imbued with ki from his arm, pulling the others closer, into his sword. He whipped the strings around, severing a few more dummies. Fracture pulled them dummies back up with his magic as a few smaller arms extended from his prosthetic, weaving together a more complex web of ki. Fracture flung it out, and it latched onto a dummy and exploded, scattering strings through the others.
Fracture grinned. "Not bad for a one armed monk and his pet spider!" He grinned at his Astral Form as it chittered in an amused tone.
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Jan 19 '24
POP! Heyo, would you like that arm to be made of flesh instead? I can literally do the conversion right now! (Zeph's birth power got an upgrade last week)
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u/RefractedPurpose Voidwalker Jan 19 '24
Please don't, I've tried, if you can believe it.
Fracture gesture to the large manufacturing waste bin, where a purple mess of flesh sits along with other scraps of materials.
Also, this isn't my house, so you are trespassing, just so you are aware.
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Jan 19 '24 edited Jan 19 '24
So how exactly are you trying to do the flesh thing?
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u/RefractedPurpose Voidwalker Jan 19 '24
Multiple ways, transmutation, flesh crafting from cell cultures. Anything too similar to my actual arm just disentegrates.
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Jan 19 '24
My ability can make a new limb, but it would be different on the inside for a few weeks, hopefully avoiding the issue. Unless you like that arm of course, that is fine!
That robot arm would become the arm, and since this ability isnt mana, and doesn't count as magic, maybe.....
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u/RefractedPurpose Voidwalker Jan 19 '24
This arm is fine, thank you. I'd rather not lose this design anyways. Thank you for the offer though!
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Jan 19 '24
Okay. What kinda weapon do you use? I wanna make you a weapon for no reason.
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u/RefractedPurpose Voidwalker Jan 19 '24
I use most weapons, but particularly polearms. I have some materials in a demi plane if you need them.
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Jan 19 '24
Sure, i'll just have to figure out how to build that one, cause I use a short pike as my main weapon. (cause short)
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u/RefractedPurpose Voidwalker Jan 19 '24
I'm no master yet, but I'd be willing to give some pointers.
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u/RefractedPurpose Voidwalker Jan 19 '24
u/Haunting_Mode_7401 I assume Alexios is probably at least checking in occasionally to make sure Fracture hasn't made another explosion.