Benevolence of the Manatee
x Water
The x in the cost of Benevolence of the Manatee is the number of other Sorcerers in the casting Sorcerer's School. A Sorcerer must have Balance greater than 4 to cast Benevolence of the Manatee. Benevolence of the Manatee has no effect on Sorcerers with a Benevolence Effect. On casting Benevolence of the Manatee, the casting Sorcerer gains 1 Balance.
Each other Sorcerer in the casting Sorcerer's School gains a "Benevolence" Effect, tracked in the GNDT. When a Sorcerer with a Benevolence Effect gains energy as part of his or her School's attunement, he or she may choose to destroy his or her Benevolence Effect to gain 1 Energy of any type.
Courage of the Mongoose
x Fire
The x in the cost of Courage of the Mongoose is the number of other Sorcerers in the casting Sorcerer's School. A Sorcerer must have Balance greater than 4 to cast Courage of the Mongoose. Courage of the Mongoose has no effect on its caster, or on any Sorcerer who already has a Courage effect, except that the Caster gains 1 Balance.
Courage of the Mongoose gives each other member of the caster's School the effect "Courage (timestamp)," where timestamp is the time of casting in the format hh:mm {am, pm} GMT. While a Sorcerer has a Courage effect, if he or she has his or her Power reduced by another Sorcerer's Spell, he or she may attempt to ignore it by rolling DICE-5. If the result is 1, that Sorcerer gains back all Power lost to the ignored Spell.
If the timestamp on a Courage effect is older than 12 hours, any Sorcerer may destroy that Courage effect. Once a Courage effect is destroyed, a Sorcerer may no longer attempt to ignore Spells cast during its duration.
Cunning of the Armadillo
3 Air
A Sorcerer must have a Balance with an absolute value <= 3 to cast Cunning of the Armadillo. On casting, choose Sorcerer A and Sorcerer B, neither of whom may be the casting Sorcerer. Both chosen Sorcerers must have at least one non-Unique Gewgaw. Cunning of the Armadillo is not considered to affect either of these Sorcerers.
Choose one non-Unique Gewgaw held by Sorcerer A; Sorcerer A loses that Gewgaw, and Sorcerer B gains it. Choose one non-Unique Gewgaw held by Sorcerer B; Sorcerer B loses that Gewgaw, and Sorcerer A gains it.
Ring of Elephants
3 Earth
A Sorcerer must have a Balance greater than 4 to cast Ring of Elephants. Ring of Elephants gives another Sorcerer, who may not be the Caster, the effect "Ring of Elephants (4)," where the parenthetical is the number of Charges on Ring of Elephants. The caster of Ring of Elephants gains 1 Balance.
Spells that would damage a Sorcerer with a Ring of Elephants do not affect that Sorcerer, but remove one Charge from Ring of Elephants. Other Spells that would affect a Sorcerer who has a Ring of Elephants do nothing.
If a Sorcerer who has a Ring of Elephants effect casts a Spell or Crafts a Gewgaw, his or her Ring of Elephants is destroyed. If a Ring of Elephants ever has 0 or fewer Charges, any Sorcerer may destroy that Ring of Elephants effect.
Failed by Kevan, 28th Jan - timed out, 1 vote to 2. -5 to Brendan, +1 to Kevan.
If all but one School has been Dispersed, then the remaining School gains complete control of the magical energy of Serl - the Magus of that School becomes the Archmage, and may claim Ascension.
Enacted by Kevan, 28th Jan. +12 to Kevan.
Anbaric Dynamo
2 Air, 1 Fire, 1 Earth, 5 Power
Each Anbaric Dynamo starts with 0 Charges, and this is tracked in the GNDT. Any time another Sorcerer's Spell reduces the Power of the Sorcerer holding Anbaric Dynamo, the Sorcerer holding Anbaric Dynamo may gain either one point of Air Energy or one point of Fire Energy.
Each time a Spell is absorbed in this way, Anbaric Dynamo gains one Charge for each point of Energy the spell costs. For example, if Cayvie holds an Anbaric Dynamo and Bluebottle casts a Lightning Blast at him, Cayvie's Anbaric Dynamo gains two Charges. Any time any other Sorcerer's Spell affects the holder of Anbaric Dynamo but does not cause an absorption of Energy, Anbaric Dynamo gains one Charge.
If 24 hours elapse after the casting of a Spell on the holder of Anbaric Dynamo, and the holder of Anbaric Dynamo has not yet gained any Energy from that Spell, Anbaric Dynamo still gains Charges, but the holder of Anbaric Dynamo may not gain Energy from that Spell.
If at any time Anbaric Dynamo has 11 or more Charges, any Sorcerer may destroy Anbaric Dynamo and deal 20 Power damage to the holder of Anbaric Dynamo.
Failed by Kevan, 28th Jan - timed out, 3 votes to 3, boringly. -5 to Brendan, +1 to Kevan.
Benevolence
x Water
A Sorcerer must have Balance >= 5 to cast Benevolence. Benevolence gives 10 Power to each other member of the caster's School; x, in the cost, is the number of other members of that School. The caster does not receive any Power, but does gain 1 Balance.
Failed by Kevan, 28th Jan - self-killed. -5 to Brendan, +1 to Kevan.
If the oldest pending Proposal's FOR votes exceed or equal Quorum, or if it is more than 48 hours old, there are a number of votes on the proposal (not including the proposer's assumed for vote) equal to or greater than one third of quorum (rounded down), and more than half of its votes are FOR, then any Admin Staff may mark that Proposal as Enacted, then update the Ruleset and/or Gamestate to include the specified effects of that Proposal.
If the oldest pending Proposal has enough AGAINST votes that it could not be Enacted without one of those votes being changed, or if all Sorcerers have voted on it and it still cannot be Enacted, or if the Sorcerer who proposed it has voted AGAINST it, or if it is more than 48 hours old, there are a number of votes on the proposal (not including the proposer's assumed for vote) equal to or greater than one third of quorum (rounded down), and most of its votes are AGAINST, then any Admin Staff may mark that Proposal as Failed.
Failed by Kevan, 28th Jan - timed out, 1 vote to 5. -5 to Squirrel, +1 to Kevan.
Failed by Alex, 3:00 am GMT 26th Jan; -5 to Squirrel, +1 to Bluebottle.
Failed by Kevan, 25th Jan; timed out 1 vote to 4. (The rules didn't allow Proposals to be withdrawn, at the time that Chindogu attemted to withdraw this.) -5 to Chindogu, +1 to Kevan.
A Sorcerer who has been Dispersed from a school may join another school. To do so, they must first email the Magus of that school asking for his or her permission, which may be given at a price.
Sorcerers without Schools may choose to convert 2 points of power to 1 point of the Energy of their choice. They may only convert power to energy in this way once per 24 hour period. If they choose not to do this, they can regenerate 2 power instead.
Enacted by Kevan, 25th Jan. +10 to Joranj, +2 to Kevan.
Enacted by Kevan, 25th Jan; timed out 7 votes to 0. +12 to Kevan.
11 - Our Glorious Past
There exist documents known has Dynasty Records. A Dynasty Record records events that took place during a Dynasty, noting the theme, the Archmage or equivalent, interesting rules, large arguments, the winning move, etc. A Dynasty record must accuarately reflect the Dynasty it refers to. There also exists a position, nominated by the Archmage, called the Archivist. If any Dynasty (including Round 1) other than the current one has no Dynasty Record, then any Sorcerer may write one, and send it to the Archivist. It is the Archivist's responsibility to ensure that Dynasty records can be accessed by a link in the sidebar. Any player who writes a Dynasty Record receives 20 Power. The Archivist gets 5 Power for adding a Dynasty Record to the Archive.
Failed by Kevan, 25th Jan; timed out 1 vote to 1. -5 to Cayvie, +1 to Kevan
Life Crystal
3 Water
Each Life Crystal starts with 50 Power, and this is tracked in the GNDT. Whenever a Crystal wearer chooses to spend Power, they may spend it from their Life Crystal instead of their own reserve.
Life Crystal
5 Water
Each Life Crystal starts with 50 Power, and this is tracked in the GNDT. Whenever a Crystal wearer chooses to spend Power, they may spend it from their Life Crystal instead of their own reserve.
Failed by Kevan, 25th Jan; timed out 3 votes to 5. -5 to Elazar, +1 to Kevan
Holy Relic
1 Fire, 1 Air, 1 Earth, 1 Water, 10 Power
The Posser of a holy relic may (if they wish), at any time when they are directed to gain balance, instead gain twice the specified amount, simply by mentioning the relic in the GNDT
Unholy Relic
1 Fire, 1 Air, 1 Earth, 1 Water, 10 Power
The Posser of an Unholy relic may (if they wish), at any time when they are directed to lose balance, instead lose twice the specified amount, simply by mentioning the relic in the GNDT
Enacted by Cayvie, 25th Jan. 4:49 GMT
Raw Sacrifice
15 Power
Gain 1 unit of any Energy.
Vetoed by Cayvie, 25th Jan. 4:48 AM GMT
Bubble Shield
1 Water, 1 Air
The Sorcerer casting this Spell (the Shielded Sorcerer) gains the effect "Bubble Shield (timestamp)," where timestamp is the time of casting in the format hh:mm {am, pm} [ZONE].
As long as this effect is in place, no other Sorcerer's offensive Spells affecting the Shielded Sorcerer have any effect. An offensive Spell is defined as one that would reduce the caster's Balance, or one that would reduce the Shielded Sorcerer's Power. Spells affecting only the Shielded Sorcerer's Gewgaws are not included in this restriction.
Instead, the Sorcerer casting the offensive Spell to affect the Shielded Sorcerer may roll DICE-2. If the result is a positive number, the Shielded Sorcerer loses that much Power.
At the end of 24 hours after Bubble Shield is cast, any Sorcerer may destroy the Bubble Shield effect on the Shielded Sorcerer.
Failed by Cayvie (time-out), 24rd Jan. 20:05 GMT
Poison Dart
1 Water, 3 Fire
A chosen Sorceror becomes Poisoned. While they remain Poisoned, any Sorceror may deduct 10 Power from them if nobody else has done so earlier in the day. If a Healing Jet is administered to a Poisoned Sorceror, and if it rolls 7 or higher, then the Poison is removed.
Charge
1 Fire, 3 Air
Double all numbers (excluding the "6" in "D6", and adjust dice comments appropriately) in the effect section of the next spell that you cast.
Avalanche
1 Air, 3 Earth
Every Sorceror (including the caster) takes 3D6 damage. (The caster must make a huge comment of "Name (DICE+DICE+DICE)" for each Sorceror, when expending the energy.) Caster gets -1 Balance.
Fountain of Life
1 Earth, 3 Water
Every Sorceror gains 20 Power. Caster gets +1 Balance.
Failed by Squirrel (self-killed), 23rd Jan. 15:22 GMT
Vortex
1 Air
Destroy a Dust Cloud.
Enacted by Squirrel, 23rd Jan. 15:16 GMT
If no Dispersion intentions are already pending, then the Magus of a School may declare an intention to Disperse another (specific) School, by posting such an entry to the BlogNomic weblog.
The Dispersion Battle will begin at the next midnight (in the timezone of the BlogNomic weblog), and will last for exactly 24 hours, during which the two Schools shall engage in magical warfare, with however much outside assistance as they are able to muster.
At the end of those 24 hours, whichever of the two Schools has the lowest total Power is Dispersed - its members are removed from the School, and lose any remaining Energy of the elements associated with that School.
Currently, no Schools have been Dispersed. (Any Admin may update this paragraph to reflect the Dispersion of a School.)
A Sorceror may not join a School which has been Dispersed.
Enacted by Squirrel, 23rd Jan. 15:13 GMT
SPELL Steam Conduit
Cost 1 Water 1 Fire 5 Power
A chosen Sorceror loses 10 Power, and another chosen Sorceror gains 10 Power.
If the first target is not the caster, the caster loses 1 balance.
If the second target is not the caster, the caster gains 2 balance
Enacted by Squirrel, 23rd Jan. 1:23 GMT
The Archmage may, at any time (but no more than once per calender week), call all Active Sorcerers to a Contest, making a post on BlogNomic entitled Contest: {title}. The terms of the contest are for the Archmage to choose, as is the prize. There may only be one Contest running at a time, and it is never mandatory for any Sorcerer to take part in the contest. The terms of the contest may not explicitly or specifically favour any specific Sorcerer; if any Sorcerer believes this to be the case, they may issue a CTJ to get the contest declared void.
Enacted by Kevan, 22nd Jan. +10 to Joranj, +2 to Kevan.
If a Sorceror belongs to a School and has a higher Power than any other member of that School, then he or she is the Magus of that School; all of its other members are Adepts.
If a Sorceror is a Magus at the time of their daily Energy gain, they may claim an extra Energy of either of the School's strains.
Enacted by Kevan, 22nd Jan. +12 to Kevan.
Enacted by Kevan, 22nd Jan. Timed out, 4 votes to 3. (Mat is no longer a player.) +2 to Joranj, +1 to Kevan.
Clay Wall
1 Water, 1 Earth
The caster gains a "Clay Wall" effect. Whenever a spell would affect a Sorceror who has one or more Clay Walls, one of their Clay Walls is destroyed instead.
A dark mage may only choose a light mage as the target of Opposition. A light mage may only choose a dark mage as the target of Opposition.
Enacted by Kevan, 22nd Jan. +2 to Orkboi, +1 to Kevan.
Each of the six schools has a unique name, as follows:
Island - Water, Earth
Ocean - Water, Fire
Tundra - Air, Water
Desert - Earth, Air
Volcano - Earth, Fire
Sky - Air, Fire
The members of a School can change the name of their school at any time, with a majority vote of members of that school in a post to BlogNomic.
A Sorceror declares, in the GNDT, which two strains of magic his or her School follows,
A Sorcerer declares, in the GNDT, the name of the school he or she is a member of,
Failed by Kevan, 22nd Jan. -5 to Royce, +1 to Kevan.
A sorcerers Elemental Reserves may never be negative. If an effect would reduce them below 0, they are instead set to 0. If this effect is a cost, then the cost is not considered paid.
Failed by Kevan, 22nd Jan. -5 to Chindogu, +1 to Kevan.
Sorcerers may not bid more than they have at the time the bid was made. If a sorcerer is unable to pay their winning bid, then that bid is considered void, and the Gewgaw goes to the highest bidder able to pay his or her final bid.
Enacted by Kevan, 22nd Jan. +2 to Squirrel, +1 to Kevan.
Each Sorceror belongs to a magical School of their choosing. Each School is attuned to two of the four strains of magical energy (Water, Earth, Air and Fire), and thus its owner, once a day, may add 1 of each of the attuned strains to his or her reserves. A Sorceror declares, in the GNDT, which two strains of magic his or her School follows, and, after doing so, may not change his or her attunement preference.
Each Sorcerer belongs to a magical School of their choosing. At first, each School is attuned to two of the four strains of magical energy (Water, Earth, Air and Fire), and thus its owner, once a day, may add 1 of each of the attuned strains to his or her reserves. A Sorcerer declares, in the GNDT, which of the strains of magic his or her School follows, and, after doing so, may not alter his or her attunement preferences until they reach a balance of 15 or -15.
Once a Sorcerer has gained a balance of 15 or -15, he or she may choose to add 1 new attuned strain of energy to their school or specialize further in 1 energy strain. (Ex: Mat has a Balance of -15 and chooses to add Air making his school: Earth, Fire and Air. Or Mat decides to specialize in Earth making his School: 2Earth and Fire) They may now add 1 of the newly attuned strains into their reserves, daily. There are three conditions; the benefit of achieving -+15 balance by adding an energy strain to a School can only be done once, a School cannot be attuned to 3 or more of the same strain and a School cannot be attuned to all 4 energy strains unless a spell cast by another Sorcerer adds another strain of energy.
Failed by joranj, 23h40 GMT
If the 24 hours expire and the Gewgaw has not been claimed, it is considered destroyed.
If the 24 hours expire and the Gewgaw has not been claimed, it is considered ‘up for grabs'. By making a comment in the GNDT 'Sorcerer's name: Mine!' The first Sorcerer to comment in the GNDT after the expiration receives the Gewgaw in question. If no one claims the Gewgaw within 2 hours after the expiration then the Gewgaw is considered destroyed.
Passed by joranj, 23h20 GMT
Opposition
1 fire, variable power (see below)
A dark (negative balance) or light (positive balance) mage may cast opposition. The target of the spell loses an amount of power equal to the sum of the absolute values of both his/her balance and the caster's balance. The caster loses half this amount of power, rounded up.
Passed by joranj, 23h15 GMT
Passed by joranj, 00h55 GMT
A Sorceror with a Clay Wall is unaffected by Spells which cost their caster 1 Energy or less. If a Wall-owning Sorceror would be affected by a Spell which cost its caster more than 1 Energy, that Spell has no effect on the Wall owner, and one of their Clay Walls is destroyed instead.
Passed by joranj, 00h55 GMT
No Sorcerer may gain an Element they already have in their list
Conditional; Failed by joranj, 00h52 GMT
Mentoring
5 of the chosen Energy, 2 Air, 20 Life
The caster may teach another Sorcerer the secrets of one of their chosen Schools. The target may then add the new school to their list and gain Energy from that school each day as well. Caster gains +5 balance.
Failed by koranj, 00h50 GMT
Enacted by joranj, 00h48 GMT
A Sorcerer may not take any action which would reduce his or her Power below 0. If any action (Spell, Gewgaw or otherwise) would reduce a Sorcerer's Power from a positive integer to 0 or less, the Sorcerer targeted by the effect has his or her Power set to 0. If any action (Spell, Gewgaw or otherwise) would reduce the Power of a Sorcerer with 0 Power, that action has no effect.
A Sorcerer with 0 Power may not claim Ascension.
Enacted by Squirrel, Jan 20, 15:49 EST
If a proposal has been pending for longer than 48 hours, an admin may enact it if greater than half of the current votes on it are FOR; otherwise, he/she may fail it. If the Archmage has not yet cast a vote, all DEFERENTIAL votes are ignored.
If a proposal has been pending for longer than 48 hours, an admin may enact it if greater than half of the current votes on it are FOR; otherwise, he/she may fail it. If the only vote on a proposal is that of its author, and if there exists at least one other non-idle Sorcerer, the Admin may fail it. If the Archmage has not yet cast a vote, all DEFERENTIAL votes are ignored.
Failed by Squirrel, Jan 20, 15:20 EST
Sorcerors can cast the following spells, each of which costs some amount of Power, and depletes some combination of Water, Earth, Air, and Fire reserves when the spell is cast. A sorceror must have the required amounts of Power and Magical Energy at the time of casting (this is to prevent spells like "gives a Sorceror 3 Fire. Costs 2 Fire.") Proposing a new spell to be added to the spell list is always a trivial proposal.
Enacted by Mat, Jan 20, 11:02 EST
If a Sorceror belongs to a School and has a higher Power than any other member of that School, then he or she is the Magus of that School; all of its other members are Adepts.
The Magus of a School may veto any Proposal that would create a Spell or Gewgaw which includes both of the School's Elemental types in its casting cost. A Magus may also veto such a Proposal if it contains only one of the School's Elements, and if the Magus of the other School that shares that Element has already voted against the Proposal.
Failed by Mat, Jan 20, 11:01 EST
A Stone Head may cast one spell per day on your behalf, at no cost, provided that the Spell costs no more than 1 Energy and requires no Power. The Stone Head is considered to be a Sorceror for the purposes of its own spells, but any effects on the "caster" are passed back to its owner.
Enacted by Mat, Jan 20, 10:59 EST
Rain Fall
1 Water
Every other Sorceror gains 1 Water. Gain 1 Balance.
Heat Sink
1 Fire
Every other Sorceror loses 1 Fire. Lose 1 Balance.
Air Currents
1 Air
Any Sorceror with an even amount of Air Energy gains 1 Air; all others lose 1 Air. The caster is unaffected.
Tectonic Shift
1 Earth
Any other Sorceror with less than 5 Earth gains 1 Earth; all others lose 1 Earth. The caster is unaffected.
Enacted by Mat, Jan 20, 10:58 EST
Bubbling Heat
Cost : 2 Water 2 Fire
Effect : Target Sorceror loses 3D6 energy
(The caster must make a comment of "Damage = DICE+DICE" when expending the energy.) Caster gets -1 Balance.
Failed by Squirrel, Jan 19, 20:24 EST
