Mobius - Human Wizard

[Mobius]

References:
Player's Handbook I - PHB
Player's Handbook II - PHB II
Forgotten Realms Player's Guide - FRPG
Arcane Power - Arc Pow
Martial Power - Mar Pow
Open Grave - OG
Adventurer's Vault - AV
Adventure's Vault II - AV II

Character

Character Name : Mobius
Character Race : Human
Character Class : Mage
Alignment : Unaligned
Deity : -

Gender : Male
Age : 21
Size : Medium
Height : 5' 5"
Weight : 132 lb
Hair : Black
Eyes : Black

XP : 16500 xp

Character Level : 9
Paragon Path :
Epic Destiny :

Known Languages : Common, Primordial

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Attributes

Str : 12 (+1)
Con : 15 (+2)
Dex : 15 (+2)
Int : 21(+5)
Wis : 14 (+2)
Cha : 12 (+1)

Vision : Normal

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Health

Hit Points : 57
Bloodied : 28

Healing Surge : 14
Surges / Day : 8 (Class + Con Mod)

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Armor and defense

Armor Class : 23 (10+4+3+5+1, 10+1/2 lv+armour+int+class)
Fortitude : 18 (10+4+2+1+1, 10+1/2 lv+con+race+enh)
Reflex : 21 (10+4+5+1+1, 10+1/2 lv+int+race+enh)
Will : 20 (10+4+2+2+1+1, 10+1/2 lv+wis+class+race+enh)

Resistance:

Special Armor Class Notes :

Special Save Notes : Feat - Human Perseverance: +1 to saving throws

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Combat Statistics

Initiative Modifier : +10 [+2+4+2+2 (Dex+1/2 lv+Warlord's power+Quickdraw feat)]


Special Combat Notes : Goldenarm - +1 to atk rolls and dmg rolls for melee attacks and wizard attack powers.

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Weapons
Staff of the War Mage +1
+1 enhancement bonus to atk rolls and dmg rolls for melee attacks and powers with the 'implement' keyword.
Critical: +1d8 per plus
Power: Daily, free action. Increase the size of a power's blast or burst by 1.
Basic melee atk roll: +9 vs AC (+4+1+2+1+1, +1/2 lv+str+prof+staff+Goldenarm)
Basic melee dmg roll: 1d8+2

Magic Staff +2
+2 enhancement bonus to atk rolls and dmg rolls for melee attacks and powers with the 'implement' keyword.
Critical: +1d6 per plus
Basic melee atk roll: +10 vs AC (+4+1+2+2+1, +1/2 lv+str+prof+staff+Goldenarm)
Basic melee dmg roll: 1d8+3

Staff of Fiery Might +3
+3 enhancement bonus to atk rolls and dmg rolls for melee attacks and powers with the 'implement keyword.
Critical: +1d8 fire dmg per plus
Basic melee atk roll: 11+ vs AC (+4+1+2+3+1, +1/2 lv+str+prof+staff+Goldenarm)

Horn Totem
+1 enhancement bonus to atk rolls and dmg rolls for melee attacks
Critical: +1d6 per plus
Property: +1 to dmg rolls for creatures sized Large and above.
Basic melee atk roll: +8 vs AC (+3+1+1+1, +1/2 lv+str+dagger+Goldenarm)
Basic melee dmg roll: 1d4+2

Powers

At Will:

-Light (PHB 158) :
Wizard Cantrip
At-Will ✦ Arcane
Minor Action, Ranged 5
Target: One object or unoccupied square
Effect: You cause the target to shed bright light. The light fills the target's square and all squares within 4 squares of it. The light lasts for 5 minutes. Putting out the light is a free action.
Special: You can have only one light cantrip active at a time. If you create a new light, your previously cast light winks out.

-Mage Hand (PHB 158) :
Wizard Cantrip
At-Will ✦ Arcane, Conjuration
Minor Action, Ranged 5
Effect: You conjure a spectral, floating hand in an unoccupied square within range. The hand picks up, moves, or manipulates an adjacent object weighing 20 pounds or less and carries it up to 5 squares. If you are holding the object when you use this power, the hand can move the object into a pack, a pouch, a sheath, or a similar container and simultaneously move any one object carried or worn anywhere on your body into you hand.
As a move action, you can move the hand up to 5 squares. As a free action, you can cause the had to drop an object it is holding, and as a minor action, you can cause the hand to pik up or manipulate a different object.
Sustain Minor: You can sustain the hand indefinitely.
Special: You can create only one hand at a time.

-Ghost Sound (PHB 158) :
Wizard Cantrip
At-Will ✦ Arcane, Illusion
Standard Action, Ranged 10
Target: One object or unoccupied square
Effect: You cause a sound as quiet as a whisper or as loud as a yelling or fighting creature to emanate from the target. You can produce nonvocal sounds such as the ringing of a sword blow, jingling armour, or scraping stone. If you whisper, you can whisper quietly enough that only creatures adjacent to the target can hear your words.

-Prestidigitation (PHB 159) :
Wizard Cantrip
At-Will ✦ Arcane
Standard Action, Ranged 2
Effect: Use this cantrip to accomplish one of the effects given below.

• Move up to 1 pound of material.
  
• Create a harmless sensory effect, such as a shower of sparks, a puff of wind, faint music, or a strong odour.
  
• Colour, clean, or soil items in 1 cubic foot for up to 1 hour.
  
• Instantly light (or snuff out) a candle, a torch, or a small campfire.
  
• Chill, warm, or flavor up to 1 pound of nonliving material for up to 1 hour.
  
• Make a small mark or symbol appear on a surface for up to 1 hour.
  
• Produce out of nothingness a small item or image that exists until the end of your next turn.
  
• Make a small, handheld item invisible until the end of your next turn.
  

Nothing you create with this cantrip can deal damage, serve as a weapon or a tool, or hinder another creature's actions. this cantrip cannot duplicate the effect of any other power.
Special: You can have as many as 3 prestidigitation effects active at one time.

-Magic Missile (PHB 159) :
Wizard Attack 1
At-Will ✦ Arcane, Force, Implement
Standard Action, Ranged 20
Target: One creature
Attack: Int vs. Ref
Hit: 2d4+Int mod force dmg
Increase dmg to 4d4+Int mod at 21st level
Special: This power counts as a ranged basic attack. When a power allows you to make a ranged basic attack, you can use this power.

-Scorching Burst (PHB 159) :
Wizard Attack 1
At-Will ✦ Arcane, Fire, Implement
Standard Action, Area burst 1 within 10 squares
Target: Each creature in burst
Attack: Int vs. Ref
Hit: 1d6+Int mod fire dmg
Increase dmg to 2d6+Int mod at 21st level

-Thunderwave (PHB 159) :
Wizard Attack 1
At-Will ✦ Arcane, Thunder, Implement
Standard Action, Close blast 3
Target: Each creature in blast
Attack: Int vs. fort
Hit: 1d6+Int mod thunder dmg and you push the target a number of squares equal to your Wisdom Modifier
Increase dmg to 2d6+Int mod at 21st level

Encounter :

-Burning Hands (PHB 159) :
Wizard Attack 1
Encounter ✦ Arcane, Fire, Implement
Standard Action, Close blast 5
Target: Each creature in blast
Attack: Int vs. Ref
Hit: 2d6+Int mod fire dmg

-Icy Rays (PHB 161) :
Wizard Attack 3
Encounter ✦ Arcane, Cold, Implement
Standard Action, Ranged 10
Target: One or two creatures
Attack: Int vs. Ref, one attack per target
Hit: 1d10+Int mod cold dmg and the target is immobilized until the end of your next turn.

Daily :

-Flaming Sphere (PHB 160) :
Wizard Attack 1
Daily ✦ Arcane, Conjuration, Fire, Implement
Standard Action, Ranged 10
Target: One creature adjacent to the flaming sphere
Attack: Int vs. Ref
Hit: 2d6+Int mod fire dmg
Effect: You conjure a Medium flaming sphere in an unoccupied square within range and the sphere attacks an adjacent creature. Any creature that starts its turn next to the flaming sphere takes 1d4+Int mod fire dmg. As a move action, you can move the sphere up to 6 squares.
Sustain Minor: You can sustain this power until the end of the encounter. As a standard action, you can move the sphere up to 6 squares.

-Acid Arrow (PHB 160) :
Wizard Attack 1
Daily ✦ Arcane, Acid, Implement
Standard Action, Ranged 20
Primary Target: One creature
Attack: Int vs. Ref
Hit: 2d8+Int mod acid dmg and obgoing 5 acid dmg (save ends). Make a secondary attack.
Secondary Target: Each creature adjacent to the primary target.
Secondary Attack: Int vs. Ref
Hit: 1d8+Int mod acid dmg and ongoing 5 acid dmg (save ends).
Miss: Half dmg and ongoing 2 acid dmg to primary target (save ends) and no secondary attack(s).

-Sleep (PHB 160) :
Wizard Attack 1
Daily ✦ Arcane, Sleep, Implement
Standard Action, Area burst 2 within 20 squares
Target: Each creature in burst
Attack: Int vs. Will
Hit: The target is slowed (save ends). If the target fails its first saving throw against this power, the target becomes unconscious (save ends).
Miss: The target is slowed (save ends).

-Fireball (PHB 161) :
Wizard Attack 5
Daily ✦ Arcane, Fire, Implement
Standard Action, Area burst 3 within 20 squares
Target: Each creature in burst
Attack: Int vs. Ref
Hit: 3d6+Int mod fire dmg.
Miss: 1/2 dmg.

-Stinking Cloud (PHB 161) :
Wizard Attack 5
Daily ✦ Arcane, Implement, Poison, Zone
Standard Action, Area burst 2 within 20 squares
Target: Each creature in burst
Attack: Int vs. Fort
Hit: 1d10+Int mod poison dmg
Effect: The burst creates a zone of poisonous vapor that blocks line of sight until the end of your next turn. Creatures that enter the zone or start their turns there take 1d10+Int mod poison dmg. As a move action, you can move the zone up to 6 squares.
Sustain Minor: The zone persists.

-Web (PHB 161) :
Wizard Attack 5
Daily ✦ Arcane, Implement, Zone
Standard Action, Area burst 2 within 20 squares
Target: Each creature in burst
Attack: Int vs. Ref
Hit: The target is immobilized (save ends).
Effect: The burst creates a zone of webs that fills the area until the end of the encounter or for 5 minutes. The zone is considered difficult terrain. Any creature that ends its move in the web is immobilized (save ends).

-Wall of Fire (PHB 163) :
Wizard Attack 9
Daily ✦ Arcane, Conjuration, Fire, Implement
Standard Action, Area wall 8 within 10 squares
Effect: You conjure a wall that consists of contiguous squares filled with arcane fire. I can be up to 8 squares long and up to 4 squares high. The wall lasts until the end of your next turn. Any creature that starts its turn adjacent to the wall takes 1d6+Int mod fire dmg. If a creature moves into the wall's space or starts its turn there, the creature takes 3d+Int mod fire dmg. Entering a square occupied by the wall costs 3 extra squares of movement. The wall blocks line of sight.
Sustain Minor: The wall persists.

-Face of Death (Arc Pow 106) :
Wizard Attack 9
Daily ✦ Arcane, Fear, Illusion, Implement
Standard Action, Area burst 1 within 10 squares
Target: Each creature in burst
Attack: Int vs. Will
Hit: The target is immobilized (save ends).
First Failed Saving Throw: The target is helpless (save ends).
Aftereffect: The target is slowed (save ends).
Miss: The target is immobilized (save ends).
Aftereffect: The target is slowed (save ends).

-Mordenkainen's Guardian Wolf (Arc Pow 106) :
Wizard Attack 9
Daily ✦ Arcane, Conjuration, Implement
Standard Action, Ranged 10
Effect: You conjure a Medium guardian wolf that occupies 1 square within range, and the wolf makes the following melee attack. Once per round as a minor action, you can have the wolf repeat its attack. As a minor action, you can move the wolf 6 squares. The wolf lasts until the end of the encounter or until you dismiss it with a free action.
Target: One creature adjacent to the wolf
Attack: Int vs. Ref
Hit: 3d4+Int mod dmg. The target takes a -2 penalty to its next attack roll that targets you.


Utility Powers:

-Shield (PHB 161) :
Wizard Utility 2
Encounter ✦ Arcane, Force
Immediate Interrupt, Personal
Trigger: You are hit by an attack
Effect: You gain a +4 power bonus to AC and Ref defense until the end of your next turn.

-Phantasmal Terrain (Arc Pow 103) :
Wizard Utility 2
Daily ✦ Arcane, Illusion, Zone
Standard Action, Area burst 3 within 10 squares
Effect: The burst creates a zone of illusory obstacles that lasts until the end of the encounter. Difficult terrain within the zone costs 2 extra squares of movement to enter instead of the normal 1 extra square. Additionally, hazards and traps within the zone gain a bonus to attack rolls against your enemies equal to your Int mod.

-Dispel Magic (PHB 162) :
Wizard Utility 6
Daily ✦ Arcane
Standard Action, Ranged 10
Target: One conjuration or zone
Attack: Int vs. the Will defense of the creator of the conjuration or the zone.
Hit: The conjuration or the zone is destroyed. All its effects end, including those that normally last until a target saves.

-Wizard's Escape (Arc Pow 105) :
Wizard Utility 6
Encounter ✦ Arcane, Teleportation
Immediate Interrupt, Personal
Trigger: An enemy hits you with a melee attack
Effect: You teleport 5 squares to a space that is not adjacent to an enemy.

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Skills :

Acrobatics: +6 [2+4 (Dex+1/2 lv)]
Arcana: +14 [5+4+5 (Int+1/2 lv+training)]
Athletics: +5 [+1+4 (Str+1/2 lv)]
Bluff: +5 [1+3 (Cha+1/2 lv)]
Diplomacy: +4 [1+4 (Cha,1/2 lv)]
Dungeoneering: +11 [2+4+5 (Wis+1/2 lv+training)]
Endurance: +6 [2+4 (Con+1/2 lv)]
Heal: +6 [2+4 (Wis+1/2 lv)]
History: +14 [5+4+5 (Int+1/2 lv+training)]
Insight: +11 [+2+4+5 (Wis+1/2 lv+ training)]
Intimidate: +5 [1+4 (Cha+ 1/2 lv)]
Nature: +6 [2+4 (Wis+1/2 lv)]
Perception: +6 [2+4 (Wis+1/2 lv)]
Religion: +14 [5+4+5 (Int+1/2 lv+training)]
Stealth: +6 [2+4 (Dex+1/2 lv)]
Streetwise: +5 [1+4 (Cha+1/2 lv)]
Thievery: +6 [2+4 (Dex+1/2 lv)]

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Feats
Armour Proficiency - Cloth, Leather (PHB 193)
Weapon Proficiency - Quarterstaff (PHB 201)
Ritual Caster (PHB 200)
Expanded Spellbook - +1 daily spell at every available level (PHB 195)
Human Perseverance - +1 to saving throws (PHB 198)
Action surge - +3to attack rolls during any action gained by spending an action point
Quick Draw - draw weapon or item as part of the action to attack or use. +2 to initiative checks (PHB 200)
Dual Implement Spellcaster - Adds off hand's implement's enhancement bonus to damage rolls (Arc Pow 125)
Arcane Reserves - After all arcane encounter attacks are expanded, +2 to dmg rolls with arcane at-will powers until end of the encounter or until regain of any arcane encounter powers.

Racial & Class Features :
Human -
+2 to any one ability score
1 extra class at-will power
1 extra feat at 1st level
Training in 1 extra class skill
+1 to Fort, Ref and Will

Wizard -
Implement Mastery: Staff of Defense - +1 to AC, +Con modifier against one attack as an immediate interrupt once per encounter.
+2 to Will

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Rituals Known -
Comprehend Language (PHB 302)
Gentle Repose (PHB 305)
Teser's Floating Disk (PHB 312)
Make Whole (PHB 309)
Enchant Magic Item (PHB 304)
Transfer Enchantment (AV 199)
Last Sight Vision (OG ?)
Skull Watch (OG ?)
Undead Servitor (OG ?)
Undead Ward (OG ?)

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Equipment & Gear :

Worn : Leather Armour of Sudden Recovery (15 lb.)
Wavestrider Boots
Cloak of Resistance +1
Gauntlets of the Ram

Gear :
Staff of the War Mage +1 (4 lb.)
Magic Staff +2 (4 lb.)
Staff of Fiery Might +3 (4 lb.)
Horn Totem +1 (1 lb.)
Spellbook - 25/128 pages (3 lb.)
Ritual Book - 15 pages, 4 rituals
Standard Adventurer's Kit (23 lb.)
Everlasting Provisions

Current weight carried: 72 lb.

Carrying capacity :
Normal load : 120 lb.
Heavy Load: 240 lb.
Max Drag load : 600 lb.

Gold : 907 gp, 14 sp(18 lb.)

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Character History :

As an infant, Mobius was found by Nimozaran The Green in an unknown burning village and raised as his apprentice.

This is all Mobius knows of his past. This is all Mobius cares to know.

Growing up on countless battlefields at the side of his War Mage master, Mobius's earliest memories were of screaming enemies incinerated and ripped asundered by his master's fireballs and lightning bolts. Seeing the War Mage triumph over enemy after enemy with his magic awoken a hunger in Mobius by the time he was 3; he would learn magic and be a great wizard just like his master.

Yet, when Mobius requested to be taught the ways of magic, Nimozaran’s only reaction was a cold smile.

“You have eyes, boy. Use them." was all he said.

And so, for the next 2 years, Mobius remained at the side of Nimozaran as he fought one battle after another. During a particularly brutal engagement, Mobius was separated from Nimozaran in the chaos. Lost and bewildered, Mobius scrambled best as he could for dear life as slaughter raged all about him. Luck was not on his side; a mercenary of the opposing side spotted him. Seeing an easy kill, the blood-crazed man stalked after Mobius, determined to skewer the boy with his spear.

Terror gripping his heart like a vise, all Mobius could do was crawl mindlessly away in a futile attempt to escape. A heavy boot slammed down on his back, crushing the breath out of his lungs and blood from his throat. With a flick of his foot, the mercenary turned Mobius over on his back, so that he may see the smug face of his killer. Spear raised high above the man’s head; one downward thrust would be all it would take to end the boy’s short life.

Afterwards, Mobius would never be able to recall exactly what happened or how he found the strength to do what he did. With a cry of defiance, he thrust a clawed hand at his would-be slayer and a jet-black wolf’s head screamed towards the man. It took an eternity for the mercenary’s body to topple to the ground. Mutely, Mobius stared at the body. It was long moments before he finally registered that the man’s head had been taken clean off.

Taken clean off by his magic missile.

Before shock could even properly kick in, Mobius sensed a familiar presence behind him. Turning, he saw Nimozaran. The mage must have seen what Mobius had just went through yet all he did was stand there looking at him.

And there was nothing on his master’s face.

No concern, no shock, no anger, no disapproval, no pride.

Nothing.

Had Mobius been able to, he would gladly roast the old bastard where he stood.

Nothing changed for Mobius since that day. As usual, he would be busy observing Nimozaran who would be busy killing beings with spells. For the next 7 years, Mobius devoted every waking moment to attempts at casting the spell he knew he casted. But as much attention as he paid to the War Mage’s spellcasting and as hard as he tried, he was never able to replicate that desperate feat.

Since he grew up next to soldiers and mercenaries, Mobius had the benefit of education in the swearwords of half a dozen races and from just about as many classes. (Clerics swear the most. They swear to their gods they will do anything if their prayers are answered and when nothing happens, they just swear at their gods.)

Combat-hardened veterans who were fortunate enough to share the same camp as Mobius found themselves blushing whenever the 12 year-old eloquently vocalized his frustration and displeasure at continuously failing to cast a spell. There was no one for the boy to turn to. Nimozaran had made it abundantly clear that Mobius was on his own. Mobius knew that he possessed the spark of magic within him but simply did not know how to reach deep enough to fan it. It got to the point that swearing aloud was accompanied by hair pulling and ground beating.

An observer once remarked that Mobius could swear for an entire day without once repeating himself.

The same observer also noted that Mobius was going mad.

Before his mental facilities could deteriorate any further, Nimozaran suddenly announced to Mobius that they were leaving to take up residence at his tower in Fallcrest. Why the old man would spend a dozen years fighting battle after battle when he had a tower to his name was beyond Mobius. Nonetheless, he could sense an impending change…

When they finally arrived at Fallcrest, Nimozaran did something totally unexpected; he taught Mobius how to read and write Common. Mobius proved to be a swift learner and once he had mastered what the mage had to teach, he was unleashed within Nimozaran’s vast private library. Here, in this world of knowledge, Mobius hunted for the one subject he knew would certainly be found here – Arcana.

He wasn’t disappointed.

Row after row of spellbooks, grimoires and magical treatises filled shelves that occupied almost half the library. Mobius could feel power radiating from the books but of course; he wasn’t yet ready to read the majority of them. Starting from the basics, Mobius quickly grasp the fundamentals of magic. Finally, he was able to understand what it was he lacked to ignite the magical spark within himself. And with that knowledge came the attainment of power.

It was a full moon's night when Mobius stood atop the tower, preparing his body for what his mind now knew he could do. Exultantly, he threw a clawed hand heavenwards. The accompanying howl of the wolf’s head was the sweetest thing Mobius had ever heard. In his ecstasy, the night sky over Fallcrest was filled with black howling wolf heads whose blazing red eyes left trails of crimson light. In that moment, Mobius swore that for him, there will never be pleasure, rapture or exquisite sin greater than magic.

If only Mystra was there to hear him………

After succeeding in waking up the entire town for the whole night, Mobius returned to his studies. Besides magic, he voraciously devoured books on history, literature, monster study, geography and lifestyles of peoples inhabiting the Realms.

Mobius would have happily spent the entirety of his life within the library but for two things.

Firstly, Mobius had discovered early on that he could not grow in magic simply by reading. Magic was knowledge that had to be applied to practical uses in order for a mage to further his understanding of the intricate workings of spells. (One would never learn how to cast a fireball if one cannot make full use of lesser attack spells in combat and advance from experience. Conversely, there’s not much point in knowing how to cast a fireball if one is never going to fight for dear life.) Mobius understands that magic can be used for much more than death and destruction but has decided to walk the path of a War Mage to gain mastery over magic. In short, he had to get a life, even if that life is going to be filled with pain and suffering and quite possibly premature death...

Secondly, Nimozaran had begun sending Mobius on menial errands. From cleaning duties to delivering messages, there seemed no end to the mundane chores that Nimozaran could think up for his apprentice. Already resenting the old mage for not instructing him, Mobius’s temper was severely tested by this callous treatment. Mobius had harboured the fantasy that once he had proven himself capable of grasping the fundamentals of magic, Nimozaran would take it upon himself to properly oversee his education. When Nimozaran did not deign to do so, Mobius could only resign himself to self-study. Yet now, he wasn’t even allowed to devote full attention to his pursuit!

Three years after Mobius had begun his studies, Nimozaran brought a young Halfling to the tower and declared him his new apprentice. Tobolar Quickfoot was the Halfling’s name and within 2 years under Nimozaran’s tutelage, he had achieved what it took Mobius over 7 years to achieve on his own.

By now, the only emotion Mobius could feel towards Nimozaran was a cold fury. In the past, Mobius had idly wondered if the old mage was responsible for the deaths of his parents but in truth, he didn’t care. Only the magic matters. He ignored his fellow pupil and kept to himself as much as possible. The less others knew of him, the better it was. Determined not to be outdone by the newcomer, Mobius threw himself deeper into his studies.

As much as he loathed his current situation, Mobius was well aware that he wasn’t yet ready to strike out on his own. Years of self-study still remained before he would be ready to face the dangers of the Realms and he would have to find others to journey together. No lone novice mage could survive for long out there. He would have be patient and glean as much power as he could from Nimozaran’s tower before leaving. Travelling the Realms, he will stop at nothing to grow in magic before returning. Having lived in the tower for so long, Mobius could sense that it held great magic.

One day, the magic will be his. All his.

Vae Victis – woe to the conquered. This Mobius will apply to any and all who stands in his way.

So swears Mobius.

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[Mobius]

So there you have it guys. Basically, you are traveling with a 21 years-old emotional cripple with an unwholesome lust for power and highly dubious social skills. He also has severe daddy issues (or rather, master issues). As mentioned, Mobius prefers to keep to himself and is traveling with his current companions only out of necessity. Growing up on the battlefield have left him desensitized to the pain and suffering of others. While Mobius wouldn’t go out of his way to cause harm to others in his pursuit of power, he certainly wouldn’t mind letting them take the fall if circumstances dictate it. The years spent in Nimozaran’s tower have tempered Mobius’s foul mouth and this trait only manifests itself in the heat of battle. Yet, there is another reason for all the swearing in battle...

[Mobius]

Now that Mobius has the power of the Goldenarm, I'm thinking of setting his BGM to "Goldeneye", Pierce Brosnan's 1st James Bond movie. The title will be "Goldenarm" and I will be mucking up the lyrics to fit Mobius.

DM, is the Goldenarm upgradeable? Say yes.

[thedungeonmaster]

Interesting history... but was Nimozaran that cold? And Mobius is not Mozart leh... at the age of 3 he knows magic?!

Okok... if you intend to allow for your goldenarm to be upgradable, I can allow that but at the expense of magic weapons to be fair to others. As in, when I plan treasure hoards, I will only implant treasures suitable for the others, and you won't get any free magic items.

Which means to say, if you want magic weapons, you have to get it with your own gp. And when and how it is upgraded will go along with the levels that you attain. I can't allow Mobius to be too powerful as compared to the other PCs. But, Mobius will be a powerful. The aim is for Mobius to be a demigod of magic when he reaches 30th level.

[Mobius]

Mobius casted his first spell to save his life at the age of 5 and didn't succeed at magic again until 12. What can I say? Magic's in his blood all the while. And yes, Nimozaran was one cold bastard.

So you're saying Goldenarm will auto upgrade as I rise in levels? Ok, but not just enhancement to atk rolls and dmg. I'll think of a suitable property and power (daily) for it. Guess I owe Corellon big time but I'm fine with it since he is a patron of arcane magic.

Time to raid a huge dragon's hoard when we reach paragon level. Gods know we need the money...

[thedungeonmaster]

Yes, it can auto-upgrade in exchange for lack of other magical weapons with specific properties. It's all about balance and fairness to other PCs.

[Mobius]

CS updated.

Guys, I now have the feats - Enchant Magic Item and Transfer Enchantment. This means I can create magical items of my level or below as long as we're able to pay for it. I can also transfer the powers and properties of any magical item to something else you favour.

10% commission to me for any item created or transferred. Welcome to Edmund's Enchanting Emporium.

[Neo|*|Origin]

awesome. now you can create a pair of hourglass-like contact lenses for yourself.

(note: i fixed the formatting of your cs a little too. )

[Mobius]

Jun 8, 2009 22:46:46 GMT 8 Neo|*|Origin said:

awesome. now you can create a pair of hourglass-like contact lenses for yourself.

(note: i fixed the formatting of your cs a little too. )

Wah lau, you make me sound like a poser leh. So to prove my originality, I shall create a pair of hourglass-like contact lenses with crimson irises to establish my individuality. See? Where got poser, right?

(Err... what's the difference in the CS?)

[thedungeonmaster]

It's ok... we will always read Mobius as Raistlin-wannabe.

[Mobius]

No problem, you Strad-loving fey snot.

[thedungeonmaster]

Strahd...

[Mobius]

I'm gonna use the Transfer Enchantment ritual to transfer Goldenarm from my left arm to the right. And DM, can upgrade the Goldenarm boh?

[thedungeonmaster]

No, the golden arm remains on the left arm. And, the golden arm cannot be upgraded after much debate and thought. Because, your golden arm isn't a magical item. It just so happens that the Gods have given the weakling - Mobius a chance to live once more. The +1 to attack and dmg rolls are not magical enchantments but more to divinity aid from the Gods. Therefore, the golden arm remains on the left, and the arm remains a +1.

[Mobius]

Awww, and I was so looking forward to switching back to my right hand to jerk off.

[Mobius]

CS updated.

[elijin]

you might wanna take note of this update:

Flaming Sphere [Revision] Player’s Handbook, page 160
Move the Effect line above the Target line and replace the text with the following:
Effect: You conjure a Medium flaming sphere that occupies a square within range, and the sphere attacks. Any creature that starts its turn adjacent to the sphere takes 1d4 + Intelligence modifier fire damage.
As a move action, you can move the sphere 6 squares.

I compared the text from the PHB to this, and I think the meaning is you can have your sphere start in a square that an enemy is occupying. You can attack immediately, and whoever starts its turn in adjacent takes dmg. quite good for minions and large groups.

[Mobius]

I've just realized something: the power cards on sale for the various classes are printed with the updated info. I'm glad I got mine.

[Mobius]

CS updated.

[Mobius]

A year.

A year since I’d left Nimozaran’s Tower, that place I loved and loathed. That place I had hoped to one day claim as my own, now no more. (#@&%$*!!!)

A year since I started adventuring with those I call my companions.

For now.

I’ve never made it a secret that I am travelling with the others only out of necessity. Our purposes align for the moment but once it becomes necessary, I will not hesitate to go on my own way. Though I had gritted my teeth in aggravation at times (mostly due to the big, dumb Goliath), truth be told; we have learnt to fight well together. Whatever else that can be said of Gond, he is a strong fighter, able to strike terror in the hearts of our enemies. Tas’sadar has done well to lead from the front, directing weapon strikes to hit where they hurt the most and keeping the group alive more than once. Viona is a good healer though her primal ways are strange to me. Methinks her fixation with her dead lover is most unhealthy. The fact that we can all see him on a regular basis speaks for itself.

Others have come and gone. Ainarielle seems to appear whenever her whimsical nature deigns to, otherwise disappearing to whatever occupies Tieflings in their free time (or is it the other way around?). Romean had decided to retire to a nunnery in order to devote his soul to pious reflection. About the only thing I could see reflected in his eyes when he broke the news was a bevy of nubile young nuns awaiting his instruction on ‘holy’ matters. Asher had departed the continent on a mission of vengeance as per his church’s edict. He was tight-lipped about the nature of this mission but that was only to be expected. Lucien, ever chasing after his missing daughter, had gone marching into Elven lands after hearing some unconfirmed rumours of her being sighted there, gods help the rash fool. Good riddance to the Drow sorcerer, the Abyss take him. His brand of chaos magic hindered far more than helped.

Yes, I have been through much over the past year. I had been stabbed, slashed, scorched, frozen, shocked, necrotized, cursed and poisoned more times than I cared to count. I had been forced to flee the only stable home I’ve ever known in my life (though I fully intended to leave in the first place). I had suffered mortal fear of losing an arm, rendering my Art useless. I have seen for myself how awry and twisted magic had become in the lands still ravaged by the Spellplague and it was soul crushing.

Yet I would endure all these and more a hundred times over again. Gladly.

My magic has grown exponentially over this past year. Had I remained with the old fool, I would not achieve even a fraction of the power I currently possess. Already I am adept at crafting magical items and no small joy I experienced when I finally shaped the staff of my dreams. Jet-black, jagged and wolf-headed, it will rain devastation on any who stand in my way. Of course, more powerful items require greater costs. With my limited resources, crafting true artifacts remain a dream. Oh, I have come across treasure during my adventures but the amount is unsatisfactory, to say the least. Perhaps I can convince the rest to raid a manageable sized dragon’s lair before we move on with the quest…?

I must gain more rituals and make use of them more often. In the past, I had overlooked the usefulness of rituals in solving problems and had not fully utilized them. War mage I may be but blasting foes isn’t the only expression of magic. I am only starting to understand this truth. And my power will continue to grow.

Yes. If pain and suffering is the price I must pay for my magic, then so be it. This I had already expected the day I made up my mind to leave the Tower.

What’s unexpected are some of the things I’ve discovered about myself.

I care too much.

Why had I bothered to retrieve Marmetrus’s corpse, that fallen Dragonborn, from Col Fen? There was no gain or profit for the effort so why had I exerted myself so? Some misguided sense of honour?

I could almost sneer at myself.

Growing up on the battlefield, I had seen comrades-in-arms turn on one another in order to survive when the tide of battle turned against them. I had seen brothers stab each other in their backs to gain more loot for themselves. Trust is for the naïve and honour for the foolish. This is the lesson I had learnt so early in life and I have yet to see anything to convince me otherwise.

Yet, I acted even more ridiculously when I encountered children in danger. I sacrificed reason and risked life to rescue or avenge them. Even the mere mention of young ones being threatened was enough to boil my blood and spur me to do things which on hindsight were sheer nonsense. As before, there was nothing to gain from my foolishness.

So why?

I do not have any answers for myself but I do know this: I am making powerful and dangerous enemies along my way and if I do not purge this weakness from within myself soon, someone is going to use it against me. Everything I do, I do for the magic and it will not avail me to go to an early death by taking unnecessary and foolish risks for reasons I cannot even fathom. I will not allow this to be the doom of me…

Sigh…

Turmoil engulfs the Realms. The after effects of the Spellplague can be felt even now, ninety-five years after Mystra’s death. Numerous pockets of the Realms left in chaos and darkness, thanks to cursed Shar’s and Cyric’s murder of my Goddess. Shar thought she could wrest control of the Weave with Mystra’s demise but all that monumental idiot of a goddess achieved was the ruination of magic. Not only did Shar fail to master the Weave, her own Shadow Weave crumbled since there was nothing left for it to be a shadow of. Her grand scheme earned her only diminished power and sundered the planes of existence. Magic ceased to exist for a time and though it is working normally now for the most part, the damage caused by the Spellplague will never truly heal. Not only that – if even half the accounts I’ve heard are true, magic today is but a pale shadow as compared to before the Spellplague. So much power and knowledge were lost in the aftermath of that cataclysm and only a fraction have been recovered since then. The Art will remain so unless the Weave is repaired. And only the god of Magic can do that...

Many would deride my notion as madness but what if a new god was to ascend the pantheon? For eons, the use of magic in Toril was focused through a single deity of Magic. Since Mystra’s demise, her portfolio has remained unclaimed. A new god of magic can restore the Weave, eradicate the Spellplague for good and restore the Art to its former glory and beyond. Not to mention that this new god would be able to avenge Mystra by fighting Shar and Cyric on equal footing.

This then, is my heart’s true desire. Madness or no, I fully intend to carry on with it. The others intend to quest against Netheril for the destruction of Fallrest. Gond in particular was loud in proclaiming his intention of becoming the new ruler of said nation. He had even graciously offered me a part of the empire once his heel grinds down upon the necks of the conquered. Very well, if that is the height of his ambition, for I suppose I am no one to talk about having an inflated ego... It is no secret that Shar is the true power behind the twelve Princes of Netheril. Bringing about the downfall of an entire empire devoted to her will prove enjoyable and stimulating to say the least. Netheril is home to powerful beings, masters of the power of shadow. Still, when one’s intention is to bring down a god or two, such obstacles are just there to be overcome. The rest are welcome to keep their conquest for themselves once I’m done.

There is one whom I must speak with if I am to have any hope of success - Elminster, sage of Shadowdale and former Chosen of Mystra. The Old One remains in Shadowdale and all accounts indicate that he is less than welcoming to those seeking his wisdom. I can only guess the extent of the effect of Mystra’s death on him. The Old One may or may not approve of what I have in mind but I consider it a matter of courtesy to inform the greatest magic user the Realms have ever known.

I am under no delusions of my current capabilities. Yet, to punish the two responsible for bringing magic so low, I am more than willing to risk everything. All I ever had was the magic and to the magic I give myself. To any and all who would stand in my way – Vae Victis.