Jasper could see his wife was already caught up in choosing her powers. He knew that she would probably be making a budget for how to spend her points and, at the same time, not thoroughly weigh her choices.
In his opinion, this kind of planned recklessness was one of her best features.
Jasper knew that he would most likely need to look for someone to teach magic. He could probably make this land the foundation for all magic if he tried, though he would need some information before doing that.
As the god of magic, Jasper would need to know how magic worked, and probably something about how the world worked, which would mean that he had to start looking into getting his powers.
He knew that he didn't want any new Domains, as they would take up too many of his points for mediocre benefits.
Jasper decided to look at his Magic Domain first, knowing that it would probably give him the most benefits.
As soon as it opened, he could feel his mind get overwhelmed with strange text. The Domain clearly wasn't ready.
Power name Summary Read more? Greater Pavis of Rule Use Energy to ensure that you are immune to all non-divine magic spells. See full description Perfection of Understanding You learn magic quickly, any magic path you find will take you a week to achieve Archmage status. See full description The Subtle Eye of Knowing You are able to determine the function and effect of any spell active or being cast in your area. See full description Ē̷̘̖̚͠͝R̵̢̡͙̺͙̬͉̺̩͌́̽͒̓̚͝R̸͙͊̔͐̓͐͐͊̑̀͜O̴̡̧͈͉̺̙̼̓͜͜Ŗ̷̛̤̠͚̞̙̄̿̐̋͒̈̍̉͑͜!̷͈̪̮̤͚͚̙̼͎̯̐ ̶̛̩̦̗̟͉̥̄̄͐́̾̽̋̈̓P̶̢͖͓̭̺͇̦͙͎̐̀͜͝L̶̲͊E̷̛̺̳͈͋̓̑̌̆̏Ä̶̮̯̲̣̰́̕S̸̟̤͍̓͋É̵̢̖̼̀͆̃ ̵̨̛̺̤̬̰̈́͆̍̔̚C̴̤̼̠̣̱͍̟̘̽̎̇̃̊̍̍̈́̕͠Ò̵̦̘̳̙̝͇̰̹͍̓̋́́̆̕͝N̸̢̜̘͈͙̹̭̾͒̈́̒̀͛T̶̨͖̙̺̋̌̇̅̄̚̕͘͜A̶̢͕͙̖̼̹̹̙͒̉̈̀̑̆͊͜͝Ç̵̳̩͖̮̦̬̏̌̓̎̀́́͜T̸̫̫̹͗͐͜ ̶̙̬̤̮̣͉̈̾̐̿͒Ş̶̛͎̟̻̲̺̱̘̼̜̈́̒̌̃̀̚Y̷̞̑̉̍̿̾̈́͋̕͘̕S̴̨̲̤͆͐͑̕A̴̳̻̰̯̳̐́͊̀̂̍͐̏̐͝D̶͔̀̚M̷̗̈͊̐̕͝ͅİ̸̭̥̑͐͆̌͠Ṉ̸̲̙̲̙̜̼̱͔͚͌̎͛̆ Ē̷̘̖̚͠͝R̵̢̡͙̺͙̬͉̺̩͌́̽͒̓̚͝R̸͙͊̔͐̓͐͐͊̑̀͜O̴̡̧͈͉̺̙̼̓͜͜Ŗ̷̛̤̠͚̞̙̄̿̐̋͒̈̍̉͑͜!̷͈̪̮̤͚͚̙̼͎̯̐ ̶̛̩̦̗̟͉̥̄̄͐́̾̽̋̈̓P̶̢͖͓̭̺͇̦͙͎̐̀͜͝L̶̲͊E̷̛̺̳͈͋̓̑̌̆̏Ä̶̮̯̲̣̰́̕S̸̟̤͍̓͋É̵̢̖̼̀͆̃ ̵̨̛̺̤̬̰̈́͆̍̔̚C̴̤̼̠̣̱͍̟̘̽̎̇̃̊̍̍̈́̕͠Ò̵̦̘̳̙̝͇̰̹͍̓̋́́̆̕͝N̸̢̜̘͈͙̹̭̾͒̈́̒̀͛T̶̨͖̙̺̋̌̇̅̄̚̕͘͜A̶̢͕͙̖̼̹̹̙͒̉̈̀̑̆͊͜͝Ç̵̳̩͖̮̦̬̏̌̓̎̀́́͜T̸̫̫̹͗͐͜ ̶̙̬̤̮̣͉̈̾̐̿͒Ş̶̛͎̟̻̲̺̱̘̼̜̈́̒̌̃̀̚Y̷̞̑̉̍̿̾̈́͋̕͘̕S̴̨̲̤͆͐͑̕A̴̳̻̰̯̳̐́͊̀̂̍͐̏̐͝D̶͔̀̚M̷̗̈͊̐̕͝ͅİ̸̭̥̑͐͆̌͠Ṉ̸̲̙̲̙̜̼̱͔͚͌̎͛̆ See full description
Jasper looked at the screen, honestly a bit taken back by how much the system was struggling with implementing magic. It wasn't even able to create a complete set of lesser powers, and when he tried to get greater powers, there was nothing.
Jasper felt that messing around too much with the Magic Domain might be either an excellent idea or a terrible one. After all, this was a bug, and he could help resolve it, meaning he would be doing his job or trying to exploit it.
Exploiting the system might just lead to more headaches down the line so Jasper decided to focus on fixing the system.
He was reasonably sure that the reason for the errors was that the system hadn't time to generate any magical paths. Jasper could probably help with that, but he would need to make the system relatively exciting and ensure that it could be used for plotlines whenever the real development of the game started.
Before picking anything, he looked over the power called "Perfection of Understanding". It was the one he was most inclined to choose since it seemed perfect for teaching magic to others as well.
Perfection of Understanding Description. [https://i.postimg.cc/XJbfH99k/image.png]
Jasper could see a lot of hidden mechanics underneath the hood of those short descriptions.
He felt pretty confident that he shouldn't be picking these out with his wife, as he was a horrible backseat gamer and might ruin the experience for her.
It had taken him quite a bit of self-control not to suggest various Domains to her.
The god of magic decided that Perfection of Understanding was a good choice for him, and he picked it without a second thought, spending one of his six points.
He wanted to look into the Knowledge Domain as well, though he was pretty sure that there wouldn't be any harm in waiting with the Endurance domain until he needed it.
There was some merit to having some points left over for reactive usage.
He pulled up the list of Knowledge Domain powers and was almost instantly overwhelmed. There was a lot.
He looked at the little textbox at the bottom that would allow him to craft his own Power and wondered if he could use it as a filter. Selecting the box, he found a small keyboard hovering over his right hand and quickly typed out the filter he wanted. "Please provide the top 3 powers that will be useful for me in the Knowledge Domain."
Jasper noted that the box wasn't that intuitive, and he should probably get this fixed. He sent the request, and while the AI struggled with the input, it soon became apparent that it was shrinking the list, making Jasper groan. It meant that the inputs for this textbox weren't being sanitised. It probably wasn't that big a problem, since only Celeste and himself would have access to it, but the fact it hadn't been done here, absolutely indicated that it hadn't been done elsewhere. He would have to try and fix that at some point.
Power name Summary Read more? Type Omniscient Scholar You have mastered all spheres of mortal academic knowledge. You always know the answer as long as a book has been written about the subject, and the book is correct. See full description Greater A Word Far Off Use Energy to know whats going on in a particular community or place. See full description Lesser Knowledge Shared Any community you build or contribute to has their tech level increased by one. This effect lasts for one year for every day you help the community. See full description Lesser
Looking over the AI's suggestions, there were some viable picks.
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However, Jasper couldn't help but feel that the ability Knowledge Shared would quickly bring any community he aided out of the Fantasy setting that the main branch of the studio wanted. As such, that probably couldn't be picked. That left him with two options.
A greater power and a lesser power. Both of them seemed good, and while Omniscient Scholar probably didn't provide much information at the moment, Jasper knew that it would only get more powerful as time passed.
A Word Far Off, on the other hand, would provide immediate knowledge about any location, though he hoped that it was more efficient than what he had done at the gate since he was still missing one energy. He had tried to pull it back, but it seemed to have been dedicated for the rest of the day.
As such, he wanted to pick both options but knew that picking something without reading it over first was probably a bad idea, so he quickly decided to see the full details of each of the powers.
Omniscient scholar description [https://i.postimg.cc/KvS1nmrt/image.png]
A word far off description [https://i.postimg.cc/FsTQhZR1/image.png]
Both powers had quite a few tradeoffs, especially compared to the summarised version. Even so, they were worth picking, and Jasper took them both, leaving him only two points left.
The two points weren't something he was going to use right away; instead, he kept them around for a rainy day. To achieve this, he didn't even look at the Endurance Domain, knowing that it would be far too tempting.
Jasper walked away from the town square, knowing he could find someone and start teaching them about magic.
"It is honestly fairly simple", Jasper said, though the ten people around him knew him as Magnus. "Magic is the underlying energy of the world, and it is the manifestation of the supernatural." He said, only meeting vacant glances from the people.
He tried again. "So, can anyone of you name a powerful aspect we see in the world around us?" He hoped for some audience participation. None of his young students seemed to understand his question, though Jasper wasn't that great of a teacher, and the kids that he had managed to collect were all too young to go out hunting and had been more intrigued when they had been promised hidden knowledge of the world.
A young girl with bright red hair raised a hand, clearly a little nervous. Jasper nodded at her.
"I saw lightning split a tree once." She said, and Jasper was about to dismiss the story out of hand before he realized that he could probably use that story as part of his lecture.
"That is right. Lightning is a compelling aspect of nature around us. It is one of the elements that make up the world, and we call it Elementalism. The world consists of four elements... do you know what they are?" Jasper asked the crowd, and suddenly, a tiny army of hands were raised.
While pretending to think, Jasper used his last remaining energy to dedicate it to the school of Elementalism. The knowledge that the path provided flooded into him and he suddenly seemed to know everything about it. He knew just how to manipulate the elements under his will, he knew the difference between an Elementalist and a druid, and he also knew that he had been about to say something wrong.
One of the kids looked up at him, clearly eager to answer his previous question, and he nodded for the young boy to talk.
"Fire is one of the elements." He said, absolutely pleased with himself as he was sure he got at least one correct answer. Jasper nodded, and with only a slight flex of his will, a burning flame appeared over the palm of his hand. It was burning with a warm glow, and he smiled.
"That is right. Fire is one of the elements." He said while the pre-teens gasped in amazement, one particularly courageous girl reaching out to touch the flame from his palm before realizing that it was indeed hot.
Jasper smirked, turning the flame blue and transferring it to the tip of his finger.
"You see? If a flame moves quickly..." he started to explain, feeling the mastery over the flame pour through him, jumping from finger to finger, allowing him to make it blur together, making it look almost like lightning. "it will become lightning." He finished.
Jasper knew that it was wrong, since there was far more complexity in creating lightning magic, but it was fine for now. The kids just needed to understand that lightning was part of the fire aspect within the school of Elementalism.
The kids were much more interested now that Jasper had shown that he was actually able to manipulate the elements and the god of magic smiled, knowing that he would be able to teach them something.
"What do you think the next element is?" He asked, and once more a sea of hands shot up, though this time it was followed by the kids shouting out the answer.
Jasper had no idea who said wind, but he quickly showed off by letting himself hover a couple of centimetres off the ground, using only wind.
Flight was pretty much impossible to achieve using wind-based Elementalism, but it was very efficient at knocking things over, which most likely would be able to kill anyone wearing heavy armour.
Someone suggested Metal, which made Jasper pause, that wasn't quite right.
"I can see what you mean, but where does Metal come from?" He asked, trying to be patient, but it was slightly getting on his nerves with ten eager kids all trying to shout answers. There was a reason why he had never become a teacher.
"The earth", he finally said, not having the patience to let his new students learn the lesson on their own.
He pulled on the Elementalist path once more and turned the pounded dirt around them into rich soil, perfect for planting. A couple of beneficial roots and tubers could even be seen in the soil, something that Jasper realized he knew because someone wrote down what kind of alchemical components were useful.
It pleased him that he was already benefiting from another one of his powers. Lastly, he heard someone say water, and he nodded, waving his hand once more and creating a localized raincloud above the children, which drenched them.
Some of them, of course, started to cry, but everyone got a lot more muted.
"Good, now then. Who wants to learn how to perform magic like this?" He said with a smile, of the ten pre-teens, Jasper found eight new willing students that he started to teach about Elementalism.
While Jasper taught them the basics, an idea slowly started to come to mind. He had a problem. The problem was that as soon as Energy wasn't dedicated to giving him access to Elementalism, he would lose the spells. As the god of magic, he could probably learn it faster than anyone else.
An average human, like these kids, would probably be dead of old age or a stray fireball before they reached the level of Archmage, but Jasper could probably achieve that level within a year before getting his Powers, with the help of Perfection of Understand it would only take a week.
However, if he could write down everything he knew about the school, he would instantly know it through the Omniscient Scholar power, which would allow him to reabsorb the knowledge lost through his Perfection of Understanding power.
He would have to get his lovely wife to create a tome and some writing tools for him.