1223.4 Once More Unto the Breach

((If Alexei wants to come, that's fine. He will probably want to be embiggened by Fiona and the gear embiggened by the Blacksmith, I think I got who does what, right. Otherwise, Alexei may be seriously disadvantaged if he ever gets hit in combat. Of course, his Wizard's Leap spell will be useless if he is embiggened, and he will have to spont a 20th level version, if it becomes necessary. This is up to Alexei and would be apparent to him before deciding to join. This is a combat centered story. I think gerg is suggesting playing a grog, if you'd rather not take Alexei. This could impact study/lab work, given the time differential.))

((I'd rather play a grog though, just because Alexei hasn't said anything or acted in this thread the entire time. Brionne would love to have spells cast on him and is very familiar with magical combat as well as fighting while embiggened, it's a spell Alexei has used on him often; Turb of Giants))

For the record, Jacques will take Orrand as his shield grog.

Stats: Qk: +1 Str +1 per +1
Skills : single weapon 4: Ride 4, Animal handling 2, Awareness 3, Bow (Crossbow )3 , Area Lore 3, Latin 2, Second Sight 2
Virtues Custos, Clear thinker, Second Sight
Flaws: Pessimistic, Hatred (Capuchonnes),reckless

Isen has a good memory of Brionne, and would be glad to see him come.

He'll not get enlarged. Instead, he'll create an illusion of a giant over him, without fatigue, and will have his talisman maintain it.
The Illusory Giant
CrIm base 3 (illusion to sight, hearing and touch), personnal range, +1 conc, + 1 for size +3 = lvl 05.
(Cr 19 + Im 2 + Sta 2 + Aura 10 = more than enough)

((I totally forgot about Falko, who was Marcus's shield grog, so is probably interested in joining the rescue party. Since he's statted already and Phelippe isn't, can we retcon that? So Tranquillina just brings Falko and Jehanne, easy enough. Someone else is welcome to play the grogs in this thread if they want!))

Fiona points out (if she hasn't already) that anything Sun duration or longer, as near as she can tell, lasts until you leave the Magic Realm. So, if you want to bump up your Illusory Giant to Sun (giving it Level 10)...

When Isen casts his spell, Fiona smiles appreciatively. [color=blue]"Too bad that's not real," she says as she reaches over to stroke the illusion's arm. Once she makes contact with it, her smile grows broader. [color=blue]"Hellooooooo, Giant."

Under the illusion, Brionne is sniffing at the wisps of glamour that surround him like it was perfume. Before it becomes too noticeable though he asks Fiona.

"M'lady, was this cast so that I might distract our enemies and then make off with something important? If everyone is so large and I remain my true size, I might be able surprise the enemy."

((Isen is under the illusion. I really suggest Brionne get embiggened, for realz. Or at least that he not have a choice in the matter. While you will be faster, the damage that giants can inflict on a normal sized person is rather frightening. One-shot kills become pretty easy to get.))

((Fiona offers to embiggen anybody who wants it. As before, to change the size of a person, with R: Touch, D: Sun, T: Individual, starts at a Spell Level of 10 to make them Size +1, and an additional +1 size for every additional magnitude she hits. Her CT is Sta 3 + Mu 17 + Co 15 + Co 15 (Minor MF) + Aura 12 = 62 + the die roll, halved, so she will almost definitely get you at least a Size +5. Size +6 if she rolls well. Oh, and with the way Sun Duration works in the Magic Realm, it's basically indefinite until you leave. So, just need to know who's getting bespelled.))

((Brionne would LOVE to have a spell like that on him, even if it Warps him even more))

((For Brione: CT 62 + die roll of 8 = 70, halved is 35, which is good for Size +6 (which is 22'-28'...call it 25'?). Oh, and have a chocolate chip Warping Point.))

Brionne is... now too large for the Blacksmith's demesne....and cannot fit through the door to get out. I'll leave it up to Peregrine as to Fiona would really make him that size...

((Ah. Yeah, Fiona's been there enough to know that 22' is about as much as the doors can handle. So, let's go for 20' tall, which is Size +5. That would make it a Spell Level 30, which still grants a Warping Point.))

Falko and Jehanne both went with Fiona/Marcus earlier in the thread, and were embiggened at the time ... so they can get embiggened too - Tranquillina will defer to the military experts on this.

((Falko gets 62 + (die roll of 1, followed by die roll of 2, for a 4) = 66, halved is 33. Size +5 and a Warping Point.

((Jehanne gets 62 + (die roll of 1 and a die roll of 3, for a 6) = 68, halved is 34. Ditto.))

[color=blue]"It would probably be a good idea if you were about the same size as everyone else," Fiona says. [color=blue]"The locals don't care for humans much, I gather." Fiona pauses for a second. [color=blue]"Although the spell does nudge you just a wee bit closer to Final Twilight," she continues, holding her thumb and forefinger tips about a quarter inch apart.

Ignitio looks on at everyone else getting bigger. "What about me?" His proportions probably require this being done just outside the Blacksmith's demesne. ((And Tranquillina riding a dragon might give someone pause to attack her, and might even be the impetus for Fiona's desire for a large Pegasus of stone...))

((It looks like it would be MuAn Base 4 ("Make a major change in a beast (for example, make a horse bigger...)"), R: Touch +1, D: Sun +2, T: Individual, for a target level of 15. Her CT would be Sta 3 + Mu 17 + An 7+7 + Aura 12 = 46 + die roll, halved, so probably around a 25 or so. If we continue the +1 magnitude per +1 size above the +1 for the base given by the spell, it's not looking promising. He's currently, what, Size -2? And the base spell would increase that to -1?))

Fiona studies Ignitio for a minute as she ponders. [color=blue]"Unfortunately, my knowledge of Animal is nowhere near my knowledge of Corpus. Even with my talent for transformation and the powerful Aura here, and discounting your resistance to magic, I might be able to make you about two or three times bigger than you are now. Um...how resistant are you to magic, anyway?"

((It'd be pretty cool to have a maga ride a dragon, true; but Tranquillina wouldn't really want to wrap her legs around a beast made of vis.... Also she probably wouldn't trust him to keep her safety as high in his mind as his own goals.))

((It seems to me that Diameter duration works the same way ... doesn't it? RoP:M page 20))

((All righty then, check this out....))
Tranquillina muses upon Fiona's words, then slowly nods. "I suppose we might as well present a united front. But I can tailor my own magic to myself more precisely than someone else can, without any harm." She goes outside where there's plenty of room (and away from all the vis-bearing folks) and casts a spontaneous self-embiggening spell, using loud words and gestures. ((Desired spell is Base level 3 for Size +1, rolling up for size; Personal, +1 Diameter, Individual. Sta -3 + Mu 9 + Co 27 + Talisman attunement (transform self) 4 + words/gestures 2 + aura 10 - Vis Allergy 1 + stress die 1/exploder 1/exploder 7 :astonished: = 76, halved is 38. That's an additional 7 magnitudes :open_mouth: for a final Size +8. No warping since it's self-cast.))

Tranquillina shoots up quickly until she is about 45 feet tall. She looks down at everybody else with undisguised surprise. "Um ... I seem to have overdone this." Her tone of voice sounds more satisfied than apologetic.

((Edited to add: I'm assuming that her talisman cloak grows along with her with no ill effects - otherwise there's no way she'd allow herself to be embiggened....))

((I think JL touched on this, but basically, the MuCo doesn't work on clothes. What we had done before is everyone stripped, Fiona cast her spell, and the Blacksmith made clothes for them. So...I guess everyone's getting an eyeful? :wink:

Also, isn't the Magic Realm more or less made of vis?))

((Vis isn't all over or present in everything. Whether Fiona has disclosed the vis manifests within her, is up to Fiona. I think she explained this to Isen, to some extent. But vis isn't anywhere.))
Ignitio looks at the giant, naked form of Tranquillina. "So, can you do that to me, since the true giant can't?" He offers the cutest puppydog look one has ever seen from something that looks like a dragon...