The Blackwood Ring of Silence (Constant Effect: Fire Damage 150 pts on Self) was from the Fighter's Guild questline. Meanwhile, Hannibal Traven casts a spell called Immolation, which does 10000 Fire Damage for 15 seconds on Self. Michael must've conflated the two in his mind.
7:34 I know it's out of context, but I love the term "I had a memory from Oblivion". Not as in "from the game", but a memory that was thought lost forever, recalled again.
33:21 Making the parallel to "a certain thing in America" is actually a really good analogy to understanding the legality of Magic in TES and makes the points of view between organizations like the Psijics and the Mages Guild much easier to understand.
The College of Winterhold hurt my soul so much! TES IV Oblivion and the Mages Guild was so good! It actually felt like a magical educational institution. The College felt flat by comparison
Hell overall the DB, the College, Thieves guild all broke traditions that were set in oblivion. The DB in Skyrim threw away the 5 tenants, the college even with embracing necromancy where as the mages guild didn't due to Mannimarco, and Mercer Frey killing Gallius and framing Karliah while having the skeleton key.
@@UnsilencedOutspokenTikTok there is so much nostalgia connected to Oblivion! And as much as I love Skyrim, and everything it did got the Elder Scrolls, all of the guilds felt so much weaker compared to Oblivion. Being part of the guilds just felt empty in Skyrim. In Oblivion all the guilds felt like they had history! All venerated institutions that had standing and say in the world. That's my biggest hope for TES 6. The story will always be good! But I want to see stronger guilds and more unique personable characters within those guilds. All the stuff with Mercer for example in the thieves guild. When he killed the former leader. We just hear about it and never see that happening. It should have been a part of the story, we should have gotten attatched to characters and seen what Mercer did. It would have made us want that revenge and made it all the more sweet when we kill him. But because we didn't get to see that side of the story. He just came across as a bit of a dick who was cranky. I didn't look up to him as guild leader he was just there. Have a lot more I'd like to say on the matter, but overal I just want more story in TES 6.
@@carldoran4048 right with the guilds in oblivion you had to work hard and travel far to meet the requirements of the next mission. Skyrim just drops the prize in front of you after a few hours of that factions main story.
It's worth noting that in the quest Fingers of the Mountain, the spell you're given is purposefully meant to be a 'scribbling', Earana keeps the 'real power' of the book for herself.
In regards to the college of winterhold entrance exam. I can only imagine somebody walking up to me, asking “what is this place”, I tell him what it is and what spell he will need to learn to join. And just having the person read it once and cast it perfectly right in front of me. Of course they let you in lol
Would make sense if the higher up mages would limit certain spells from being taught to the general public. Most people are stupid and dangerous lol but once you get good at it and build a reputation for not being crazy or evil then i imagine more of those top tier spells would be taught to you over time. Which makes sense, they don’t train soldiers day one on a tank lol. Gotta start with the basics first cuz someone thst doesnt know how to operate a tank can fuck some shit up lol.
Reducing accessibility to magical knowledge, in my opinion, just causes the general public to be more susceptible to those who study it in secret anyways and for nefarious purposes because magic then becomes an even greater edge over everyday people whom lack any defense against it resulting from lacking knowledge. It's like in modern times we fight hackers with our own hackers.
Traven doesn't kill himself with a ring, it's just a self-damage fire spell. The Blackwood company wizard Ajum-Kajin kills himself with that (the Blackwood ring of silence) when you are interrogating him with Modreyn.
All I could find as far as "Fire Damage Self" rings goes is the Blackwood Ring of Silence, which does 150 points of Fire damage to the wearer per second. Its used by Ajum-Kajin to prevent himself from talking.
Regardless of how, Traven did kill himself for no reason. Very upset we don't see Traven in the Soul Cairn. Would have been fascinating to hear what he had to say about his time as Arch Mage, how he handled necromancy, and if he had any regrets. I mean, he damned himself. Maybe lore wise he had to but would be cool to see what he has to say now.
I just have to tell you that I listen to this over and over while I work. I also listen to everything else you make. Brings me right into the world of Elder Scrolls. Its wonderful. You guys are brilliant. Thank you!
I know you guys don't play ESO much (if at all) but I think a discussion of which alliance was the best (morally, militarily, lorewise, motivation, whatever), which had the best chance to win, and which would have been best long term for Tamriel would be really cool!
TES6 needs more than one group of joinable magic factions. High Rock and Hammerfell are both filles with so many clans, guilds, knighthood and other groups. TES6 should be faction overloaded.
@FudgeMuppet @21:35 Hey guys remember that necromancy itself involves conjuration of the dead. Therefore, let us no confuse things Conjuration is just that whether we call things from Oblivion or the realms of the dead. Soul Trap in our world is what we called blood sacrifice, used to power prayers/magics.
It really felt like an Institution the you join and work for and not like a Magic themed questline. But that was the case with every guild in Daggerfall.
The answer for what Scott said there at the end about bringing back utility spells like lockpicking is morrowind's spell failure, IMO the system was freaking incredible and if it wasn't so harsh on % chance it could easily be used for TES VI
I came here like 3 days ago looking for a video about the Mages Guild. and I got the notification and was so happy. than it was a podcast.... Well, I'll try my bestie to enjoy it
It seems to me that most necromancy, apart from any obviously antagonistic NPCs labeled "Necromancer" as just attackable foes, is usually done with the aim to resurrect a loved one right? I mean at least a big part of necromancy is people trying to use some ritual to bring back their loved one and then it goes horribly wrong
Archmage Traven completely banning Necromancy was either a complete fluke, or the biggest brain move. This can be seen as a little bit of a head-cannon but him banning it right before the God of Necromancy returned gave the guild an easier time fighting the Necromancers. Dagail and Uriel Septim are evidence that people can see into the future with some amount of accuracy so its not impossible that Traven could have had forewarning. Banning Necromancy also meant that the most staunch supporters left the guild prior to Mannimarco's return leaving only Falcar and Caranya as members of the Guild with any degree of power.
The ring of immolation was a fighters guild thing. When you interrogate an argonian from blackwood company. Hannabil travan just used a basic attack spell on himself.
When they had Camel on, for the deep lore episodes, I had a similar thought. I had Scott as the Breton, Drew as a Nord, Michael was an Imperial, and Camel was the Dunmer. Kinda similar.
I sincerely despise Arch Mage Traven, he does very little throughout the storyline even when the King Of Worms returns, and then kills himself and every npc talk about him being a hero
Am i the only one who thinks we all need complete review of the College of Winterhold? It's flaws and what could have been better and it's cones of course
You guys are like the moirai of Greek mythology, Scott is the spinner (what is up LADIES and gentlemen…), Michael is the inevitable (well I think we’re gonna wrap up here, thanks you all for watching…) and drew is the alotter, keeping the discussions alive by playing daedras advocate when Scott and Michael agree on something
I like when Michael was describing the mages guild as if they were a bunch of computer nerds so cities let them build guilds so they can fix their PC. It's kinda like how in the real world we eventually allowed Geek Squad to exist after many years of nerd persecution once computers became more accessible and prevalent.
Why is no one cooking with magic? There is definitely a character using Frost Salts to keep meat cooled, but man, Fresh Fire Roasted Everything, they could be making ice cream with ice magic.
The mods Obscure's College of Winterhold and Interesting NPCs play with that idea. The former adds an alchemist chef to the College with her own personal recipes! And the latter adds, among many things, a breton cook at Understone keep that experiments with magic and gastronomy.
It would have been nice if the college require a recommendation from an recognised alumni, but it could have been any court wizard or important Mage npc. Could have need a nice ode to the oblivion system.
Kind of random but I really want to see badass mortal Characters in elder scrolls 6, I want them to be iconic too like the ncr veteran rangers from fnv
I believe that the school of magic as nothing To do with the magic itself. But is only a larger classification system. Ex: ayeild starlight magic would also be divided in the same schools as daedric magic. Starlight destructions spells, starlight respiration spells... starlight is the source of power while destruction is the use for it.
I lowest key want someone to ask Jeff Bezos what his stance on necromancy is. Also I would love to know the lore behind spell cost reduction enchantments.
14:00 I wonder in that questline in cindha mine if you side with the forsworn warriors after completing this quest they give the armour of the old gods I wonder if they are also following this old ways like the physijic or dunmer they do they practice some sort of ancestor worship?
Not really. The nords also have an "Old Ways". It's different for most races. The Reachmen just worship select primal daedra, such as hircine and namira.
bezos would be a daedric worshipper or perhaps would be a big fan of the elven flesh gardens. hes already one bad month forgetting to shave his head away from being a hagraven prince.
I think you are wrong about Umbriel having a negative effect on magicka pr. Prince Attrebus asked his father to credit the synod and the college of whispers for the defeat of Umbriel
I just hope that if/when we get Elder Scrolls 6 they make the Mages Guild and actual guild again. Oblivion and Skyrim kinda had a Harry Potter-like magic academy thing going on that I just think has been played out There’s just so many things you can do with a guild of magic users than ‘like Hogwarts but…’
I forgot where i was or who i was talking to in skyrim but thair a line where someone say something “alteration kings have risen and fallen becuse of it”
I have a serious question for drew and michael. Is Scott hard to work with? is he pretentious because he seems pretentious? thanks for your videos guys, they are great!
Took the words right from my mouth. Scott needs to talk over people less and listen more; I don't think I ever see him engage something someone else says. He just interrupts and inserts a whole different point.
A note about the difference between the older, philosophical magick compared to the stricter, schools of Magick...it's sort of like Magick in D&D. The power of Magick only works with certain rules and limitations, and in the world there are governing bodies that restrict and control it to not allow Magick users to become too powerful.
The Blackwood Ring of Silence (Constant Effect: Fire Damage 150 pts on Self) was from the Fighter's Guild questline.
Meanwhile, Hannibal Traven casts a spell called Immolation, which does 10000 Fire Damage for 15 seconds on Self.
Michael must've conflated the two in his mind.
Makes sense! Finally happy to have this blur solved 😁
@@FudgeMuppet 👀
7:34 I know it's out of context, but I love the term "I had a memory from Oblivion". Not as in "from the game", but a memory that was thought lost forever, recalled again.
Drew’s analogy equating freedom of magic to erm… “projectile launcher” rights was spot on lmao
Oh yes. Bezos would totally replace his workforce with undead thralls if he could.
Bezos would definitely be business partners with the Sload, and ally to Mannimarco 😅
Imagine skeletons running around with water bottles full of pee because of their demanding work schedule.
Does automation count?
I think more like Dwarven constructs, undead thralls are too fragile.
i love this
33:21
Making the parallel to "a certain thing in America" is actually a really good analogy to understanding the legality of Magic in TES and makes the points of view between organizations like the Psijics and the Mages Guild much easier to understand.
That one actually went over my head when Drew mentioned that. What exactly was be referring to, if you don't mind?
@@stephencampbell2735 Firearms
@@definitelynotacrab7651 thanks man. Lol I guess as an American I just see firearm possession as such a natural thing I don't think twice about it
32:38 The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a spell is a good guy with a spell
"I need this rapid fire lightning spell for....hunting! Yeah. Hunting." *cough*
@@mattyschell1973 more like for defense against the thalmor invasion
Yeah, that’s correct. Or a sword I guess.
Restoration is a perfectly valid school of magic.
As an American, watching Drew beat around the bush to not anger people was the funniest part of my day.
I hope a magic based institution is a bigger part in ES6
Let’s hope it’s based
Or institutions! Especially if it's in High Rock, I could see rival magical guilds getting very political
"Mwahahaha, I am going to be evil", was more funny than I might have expected.
I always manage to fall asleep whenever I lay down and listen to these videos.
Hah! I replay old ones for the same purpose-- them kids have soothing voices :D
The College of Winterhold hurt my soul so much! TES IV Oblivion and the Mages Guild was so good!
It actually felt like a magical educational institution. The College felt flat by comparison
Ikr! and the spell crafting in oblivion it was epic. a mechanic sorely missed in skyrim.
Hell overall the DB, the College, Thieves guild all broke traditions that were set in oblivion. The DB in Skyrim threw away the 5 tenants, the college even with embracing necromancy where as the mages guild didn't due to Mannimarco, and Mercer Frey killing Gallius and framing Karliah while having the skeleton key.
@@UnsilencedOutspokenTikTok there is so much nostalgia connected to Oblivion! And as much as I love Skyrim, and everything it did got the Elder Scrolls, all of the guilds felt so much weaker compared to Oblivion.
Being part of the guilds just felt empty in Skyrim. In Oblivion all the guilds felt like they had history! All venerated institutions that had standing and say in the world.
That's my biggest hope for TES 6. The story will always be good! But I want to see stronger guilds and more unique personable characters within those guilds.
All the stuff with Mercer for example in the thieves guild. When he killed the former leader. We just hear about it and never see that happening.
It should have been a part of the story, we should have gotten attatched to characters and seen what Mercer did. It would have made us want that revenge and made it all the more sweet when we kill him.
But because we didn't get to see that side of the story. He just came across as a bit of a dick who was cranky. I didn't look up to him as guild leader he was just there.
Have a lot more I'd like to say on the matter, but overal I just want more story in TES 6.
@@carldoran4048 right with the guilds in oblivion you had to work hard and travel far to meet the requirements of the next mission. Skyrim just drops the prize in front of you after a few hours of that factions main story.
Eh, Mages Guild in Oblivion was better than College of Winterhold sure but it still sucked.
Great timeing just got into my car to do an hour drive so this is a gift
It's worth noting that in the quest Fingers of the Mountain, the spell you're given is purposefully meant to be a 'scribbling', Earana keeps the 'real power' of the book for herself.
In regards to the college of winterhold entrance exam. I can only imagine somebody walking up to me, asking “what is this place”, I tell him what it is and what spell he will need to learn to join. And just having the person read it once and cast it perfectly right in front of me. Of course they let you in lol
Yeah but it’s the most basic or one of the most basic spells you can cast of any of the schools she tests you with.
Would make sense if the higher up mages would limit certain spells from being taught to the general public. Most people are stupid and dangerous lol but once you get good at it and build a reputation for not being crazy or evil then i imagine more of those top tier spells would be taught to you over time. Which makes sense, they don’t train soldiers day one on a tank lol. Gotta start with the basics first cuz someone thst doesnt know how to operate a tank can fuck some shit up lol.
Too bad the Mages Guild has terrible judgement and let half the upper echelon join Mannimarco.
Reducing accessibility to magical knowledge, in my opinion, just causes the general public to be more susceptible to those who study it in secret anyways and for nefarious purposes because magic then becomes an even greater edge over everyday people whom lack any defense against it resulting from lacking knowledge. It's like in modern times we fight hackers with our own hackers.
this is the topic i been waiting for! for some reason I've always mained the mage roleplay in EVERY game, ES was no different.
Traven doesn't kill himself with a ring, it's just a self-damage fire spell. The Blackwood company wizard Ajum-Kajin kills himself with that (the Blackwood ring of silence) when you are interrogating him with Modreyn.
Knew there was a fire damage on self ring somewhere 😁 Thanks for the clarity we were looking for!
All I could find as far as "Fire Damage Self" rings goes is the Blackwood Ring of Silence, which does 150 points of Fire damage to the wearer per second.
Its used by Ajum-Kajin to prevent himself from talking.
Interesting, I always loved the mages guild quests
This episode felt similar to the College questline in Skyrim: shorter than the others
I’ve not always been happy with the standards of conduct in the Mages Guild, but Fudgemuppet’s discussions are quite encouraging.
Regardless of how, Traven did kill himself for no reason. Very upset we don't see Traven in the Soul Cairn. Would have been fascinating to hear what he had to say about his time as Arch Mage, how he handled necromancy, and if he had any regrets. I mean, he damned himself. Maybe lore wise he had to but would be cool to see what he has to say now.
I just have to tell you that I listen to this over and over while I work. I also listen to everything else you make. Brings me right into the world of Elder Scrolls. Its wonderful. You guys are brilliant. Thank you!
What if the Mandella effect is the after-effect of a real-life Dragon Break?
hey its me, the dude who tagged all of you in the asteroid post on twitter. made me smile that it’s still on drew’s mind. love the podcast :)
At 7:35 a memory from oblivion sounds like an amazing book title
These get me through my night shift I’m having to catch up on all of them
I know you guys don't play ESO much (if at all) but I think a discussion of which alliance was the best (morally, militarily, lorewise, motivation, whatever), which had the best chance to win, and which would have been best long term for Tamriel would be really cool!
I keep on forgetting about doing sun spells to increase restoration, because i always go with the vampires.
Thank you for another fun episode guys! ❤️💜💙
TES6 needs more than one group of joinable magic factions. High Rock and Hammerfell are both filles with so many clans, guilds, knighthood and other groups. TES6 should be faction overloaded.
@FudgeMuppet @21:35 Hey guys remember that necromancy itself involves conjuration of the dead. Therefore, let us no confuse things Conjuration is just that whether we call things from Oblivion or the realms of the dead. Soul Trap in our world is what we called blood sacrifice, used to power prayers/magics.
Does this mean we're getting a Mannimarco episode soon
I require necromancy lore
The mages guild in Daggerfall was wild bro
It really felt like an Institution the you join and work for and not like a Magic themed questline. But that was the case with every guild in Daggerfall.
I can't wait for Elder Scrolls 6.
Thank you Scott! I feel welcome every time. 😁💙💙💙💙
Oooooh now THIS is good weed and coffee sunday morning material, yesss. Thank youuuu!! lml
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@@americkseowdevries1443 indeed
You guys make the coolest skyrim lore ever
Mages guilds are so cool and I hope they can bring back the mages guilds in elder scrolls 6
The answer for what Scott said there at the end about bringing back utility spells like lockpicking is morrowind's spell failure, IMO the system was freaking incredible and if it wasn't so harsh on % chance it could easily be used for TES VI
I came here like 3 days ago looking for a video about the Mages Guild. and I got the notification and was so happy. than it was a podcast.... Well, I'll try my bestie to enjoy it
It seems to me that most necromancy, apart from any obviously antagonistic NPCs labeled "Necromancer" as just attackable foes, is usually done with the aim to resurrect a loved one right? I mean at least a big part of necromancy is people trying to use some ritual to bring back their loved one and then it goes horribly wrong
Archmage Traven completely banning Necromancy was either a complete fluke, or the biggest brain move.
This can be seen as a little bit of a head-cannon but him banning it right before the God of Necromancy returned gave the guild an easier time fighting the Necromancers. Dagail and Uriel Septim are evidence that people can see into the future with some amount of accuracy so its not impossible that Traven could have had forewarning.
Banning Necromancy also meant that the most staunch supporters left the guild prior to Mannimarco's return leaving only Falcar and Caranya as members of the Guild with any degree of power.
This podcast gets extra fun if you imagine it's a history podcast from the Fifth Era
The ring of immolation was a fighters guild thing. When you interrogate an argonian from blackwood company. Hannabil travan just used a basic attack spell on himself.
My hot take:
Scott’s a Breton mage.
Drew is Breton bard.
And Michael is an Imperial spellsword.
Drew is definitely a Nord
Scotts a dunmer he'd be offended if you called him a breton im sure.
@@jcjohncurtis Agreed, he's a Nord. And dont forget that hes also a daedrologist.
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Why are the Vigilants knocking at my door?
When they had Camel on, for the deep lore episodes, I had a similar thought. I had Scott as the Breton, Drew as a Nord, Michael was an Imperial, and Camel was the Dunmer. Kinda similar.
I sincerely despise Arch Mage Traven, he does very little throughout the storyline even when the King Of Worms returns, and then kills himself and every npc talk about him being a hero
Am i the only one who thinks we all need complete review of the College of Winterhold? It's flaws and what could have been better and it's cones of course
Havent watched it yet but I think this is what you were looking for?
th-cam.com/video/vHkjchvpcC0/w-d-xo.html
Holy shit this is episodes 72 keep it up guys this shit is great
I loved the fingers of the mountains quest
Oh I appreciate how good the Mages guild and Fighters guild are. I played Skyrim and saw how empty a game without them was.
You guys are like the moirai of Greek mythology, Scott is the spinner (what is up LADIES and gentlemen…), Michael is the inevitable (well I think we’re gonna wrap up here, thanks you all for watching…) and drew is the alotter, keeping the discussions alive by playing daedras advocate when Scott and Michael agree on something
I like when Michael was describing the mages guild as if they were a bunch of computer nerds so cities let them build guilds so they can fix their PC. It's kinda like how in the real world we eventually allowed Geek Squad to exist after many years of nerd persecution once computers became more accessible and prevalent.
Why is no one cooking with magic? There is definitely a character using Frost Salts to keep meat cooled, but man, Fresh Fire Roasted Everything, they could be making ice cream with ice magic.
The mods Obscure's College of Winterhold and Interesting NPCs play with that idea. The former adds an alchemist chef to the College with her own personal recipes! And the latter adds, among many things, a breton cook at Understone keep that experiments with magic and gastronomy.
It would have been nice if the college require a recommendation from an recognised alumni, but it could have been any court wizard or important Mage npc. Could have need a nice ode to the oblivion system.
Kind of random but I really want to see badass mortal Characters in elder scrolls 6, I want them to be iconic too like the ncr veteran rangers from fnv
I believe that the school of magic as nothing To do with the magic itself. But is only a larger classification system. Ex: ayeild starlight magic would also be divided in the same schools as daedric magic. Starlight destructions spells, starlight respiration spells... starlight is the source of power while destruction is the use for it.
I lowest key want someone to ask Jeff Bezos what his stance on necromancy is.
Also I would love to know the lore behind spell cost reduction enchantments.
When he said “Untill one man who we will talk a lot about” my brain went Tod H.?
I'm ever the pessimist because I have a bad feeling Elder Scrolls 6 will be another Cyberpunk.
14:00 I wonder in that questline in cindha mine if you side with the forsworn warriors after completing this quest they give the armour of the old gods I wonder if they are also following this old ways like the physijic or dunmer they do they practice some sort of ancestor worship?
The reachmen worship the daedra
Not really. The nords also have an "Old Ways". It's different for most races. The Reachmen just worship select primal daedra, such as hircine and namira.
I've not always been happy with the standards of conduct in the Mages Guild, but Hannibal Traven's reforms are quite encouraging.
The right to keep and bear magic shall not be infringed!
Last time I was this early I was greeted by the "star struck fan"
I LOVE Drews beard!
100% was just saying to myself the other day while playing skyrim that I really miss the unlock spells.
Fellas great video ty. Stay healthy...
Oh hell yee good timing!
Bezos could really use some necromancy now...
Vanus is the Horace Mann of the TES universe.
bezos would be a daedric worshipper or perhaps would be a big fan of the elven flesh gardens. hes already one bad month forgetting to shave his head away from being a hagraven prince.
Yes I did infact watch the whole video in 12 minutes and no I'm not lying
Walking to work. Perfect timing.
I think you are wrong about Umbriel having a negative effect on magicka pr.
Prince Attrebus asked his father to credit the synod and the college of whispers for the defeat of Umbriel
Mandela effect. Traven casts a fire spell on himself and soul trap.
I actually just rewatched the centaurs one 😁
There is a now mod that gives you the mage guild into solitude try it
Mannimarco is the bezos of tamriel.
I just hope that if/when we get Elder Scrolls 6 they make the Mages Guild and actual guild again. Oblivion and Skyrim kinda had a Harry Potter-like magic academy thing going on that I just think has been played out
There’s just so many things you can do with a guild of magic users than ‘like Hogwarts but…’
I forgot where i was or who i was talking to in skyrim but thair a line where someone say something “alteration kings have risen and fallen becuse of it”
19:50
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but they *did* graverob en masse.
You guys should do the psijic order next
You guys should do some sort of crossover with the Zelda youtubers. Monster Maze, Zeltik.. those kinda guys.
You guys are tight! Could beguile me Lucy b/w the three of you what with the magic you continually seize us by.
What would the guild do in the civil war and in the event of a thalmor invasion?
Yo Drew good shirt my guy \m/
I think I said that on a different episode 😁
Who is the greatest mage of each race and who is the greatest mage of them all
they did vanus so dirty in eso
You guys should make a pixel 6 pro case with your logo on it🙏
Orb-Ponderer build coming soon?
I like fudge
I have a serious question for drew and michael. Is Scott hard to work with? is he pretentious because he seems pretentious? thanks for your videos guys, they are great!
Took the words right from my mouth. Scott needs to talk over people less and listen more; I don't think I ever see him engage something someone else says. He just interrupts and inserts a whole different point.
Literally one of my favorite topics, as I fanboy hard for the mages guild.
IRL, I’m built like a Nord (A lazy Nord)…But with the soul of a Breton!
so what school of mageic u think they cut next game
opinions on the yassification of vivec
4:15. Science used to be called Natural Philosophy!!! Lol. You guys should read abit more bout the real world stuff that inspired this game!!!
A note about the difference between the older, philosophical magick compared to the stricter, schools of Magick...it's sort of like Magick in D&D. The power of Magick only works with certain rules and limitations, and in the world there are governing bodies that restrict and control it to not allow Magick users to become too powerful.
so how tell me how they burnt the guild down when the town got the army in it