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Embrace AU Session 3 thread!
I was sick last week but Bhaalist Amarie is back! This time, she got humbled in ways she didn't expect and is now forced to actually face the unavoidable fact that the power she once prided herself in is now gone. 🧵
Stardust politely declines at first, skeptical, but it turns out the Blackstaff is a huge fan or her latest book and everyone wants to hear about her process. Gale is very proud of his wife, of course, he’ll make sure the auditory is full ☝🏻
Drinks at the yawing portal after.
Marcelline would lecture on the magical uses of Underdark mushrooms and mycology in general.
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Ares guest lectures for Gale frequently! Usually it's on sigil magic, but he will also try and hop on whatever topic Gale has been covering for relevance with the students, heavy on the basics of casting. Ares likes getting into the details, the weeds of the weave, when he visits.
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Avarice would do a class on appraising the worth of treasures. This would dip into bits of history, art, and geology, especially when it comes to gemstones. Basically, "Antiques Roadshow on the Road 101"
Orya wouldn’t mind giving a lecture on healing magic. She would show different examples between the more traditional styles plus her bardic style through music!
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Tufani is an herbalist so I can see him giving a lecture on botany and the best plants for alchemy. He could also give a lecture on weather and elemental magic as well as the best way to use it without harming allies.
#Ophelia gives lectures on wizard/sorcerer relations to try and dispel the rivalry (and at times, discrimination)
I hc that sorcerers have a difficult time landing jobs relating to magic because of the risk they pose to themselves and students/colleagues due to the volatility of their magic.
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Dalamus lectures on how gemstones are formed, what makes a gemstone jewelry-worthy, and how to spot quality jewelry (he's biased and basically talking about his own jewelry. Which IS quality, because he IS one of the best--if not THE best--jewelers, but... still.)
Gnash gladly takes this opportunity to talk about the history of music along the Sword Coast, something he doesn't get to talk about very often. He has a few transformative works in mind and is more than happy to play a demonstration for his students.
His lecturing style is... colorful.
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Most likely artificing. She has shown Gale some basics during their adventures and even made him goggles with stored spells (Darkvision, which was especially useful in the Underdark). Gale as the nerd he is, is hooked and asks her to lecture about imbuing machines with spells
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Al would EAT THIS UP! He'd present What Wizards Can Learn From Sorcerers: Merits of Innovation and Creative Spellcasting.
No matter how much you study magic, everyone's magic is unique. Especially when magic can be unpredictable, you have to trust your gut as much as your spellbook!
#TavQOTD Professor Siraan's talk is titled: "Power and Philanthropy: Our responsibilities as wielders of the weave."
The purpose of her talk is to encourage students to use their magic for the betterment of others, not just themselves. She wants to make sure none of them become the next Lorroakan.
Fortunately for them, there wouldn't be anything overtly spicy in it enough to cause any kind of scene if someone were to read it. If anything, the thief might feel secondhand embarrassment 😅
Attempts at slander failing because there's nothing publicly exciting about "guy loves his wife" 😂
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Your Tav/Durge has been invited to Gale's university to give a lecture (or three). On what do they present?
She and Wyll wouldn't spend enough time apart until their return to Baldur's Gate for her to consider writing Wyll letters. During his busy dukedom, however, perhaps she might consider occasionally leaving him something cheeky, but well sealed, on his desk...
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This certainly isn't something Meliahwyl is practiced in, and she wouldn't have reason to be. Writing something romantic and a bit poetic she'd absolutely get into. The thought of Wyll blushing at the severity (and perhaps even sensuality) of something spiritually intimate makes her smile.
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Intense curiosity aside - and after giving it a sniff - Meliahwyl would eventually destroy it. If the magic on it might allow decomposition, she would find some discreet spot in the woods to bury it deep in the earth. If it seems like it might not decompose, she would consider burning it.
"dysautonomic druid" has potential actually.
why have orthostatic intolerance when you can simply wild shape into a quadruped?
"oh this?" she said, casting entangle, "these are my compression vines".
dysautonomic dnd adventurer carrying around a salt lick on a rope and wearing it like a magical amulet
have I considered giving Meliahwyl some sort of chronic illness in the present/future? absolutely. but then, I hesitate,,
Between the "Lilly"s I know in person and Meliahwyl's surname being Moonlily (or Moonbloom...I've continued to be wishy-washy), it felt like it would be strange to keep "Lilly Aurora". Lilly Aurora Ravengard-Moonlily seems a little too... circular. And a bit of a mouthful.
Elanor's current WIP head mod was made by @varisia.bsky.social and she's so beautiful 😭😭😭 I don't have kid models for them, unfortunately! you'll have to use your imagination for now ;)
Aurora is modeled after canon "Lilly Aurora" and has heterochromia, although it's intentionally subtle!
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Yes! Meliahwyl and Wyll have two daughters. Aurora was taken in during their last adventure prior to returning to Baldur's Gate, ~10 years after the main story. She was ~4-5 years old. Elanor, their biological child, was born a couple of years later.
To be clear, telling Wyll wasn't the source of her fear. She was excited to tell him, and he was, of course, elated. However, talking Wyll made her realize how real it was. This was a part of the cycle that she had previously considered herself to exist outside of, and she was ashamed of her fear.
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Meliahwyl, while no one is watching, shoveling handfuls of cream into her mouth like a cat with a death wish:
