What would you do if you were a mage?

[Balthizar]

Let's say that you are a mage in the Nasuverse. Everything about your status as a mage are fairly average; average mage lineage, average magic circuits, etc. Given your current knowledge and understanding of Nasuverse lore and its magic system, what would you do as a mage? What kind of magecraft would you develop and how? What would you use it / them for? What would be your ultimate goal as a mage? What organizations would you join if any? I'm curious to see what you all will come up with.

[Spinach]

Get money get bitches.

That's a serious answer btw.

[Nobody]

Drop out of college and go the Clock Tower, I guess. Maybe study under Waver since he seems to turn people into high ranks.

[Spinach]

Go to Clock Tower, learn absolute basics, scam my way with poverty magecraft into being rich and sustaining an endless NEETlyfe.

[Nuclear]

Go to Clock Tower, learn absolute basics, scam my way with poverty magecraft into being rich and sustaining an endless NEETlyfe.

Buy ALL the quartz, then roll for all my GO waifus and husbandos.

Legit answer: I would devise a spell that destroys harmful bacteria that resist antibiotics. As for the actual craft, I'd go with the native magecraft here, which involves using insect familiars to curse people.

[Balthizar]

Get money get bitches.

That's a serious answer btw.

So basically Atomic Gatorade then?

[forumghost]

Buy ALL the quartz, then roll for all my GO waifus and husbandos.

Legit answer: I would devise a spell that destroys harmful bacteria that resist antibiotics. As for the actual craft, I'd go with the native magecraft here, which involves using insect familiars to curse people.

Don't do it man, we've seen where that road leads.

[Balthizar]

Buy ALL the quartz, then roll for all my GO waifus and husbandos.

Legit answer: I would devise a spell that destroys harmful bacteria that resist antibiotics. As for the actual craft, I'd go with the native magecraft here, which involves using insect familiars to curse people.

Cool answer. This is the kind of stuff I'm looking for.

[Spinach]

But there are magi in the other parts.

[Marmadillo]

Get money get bitches.

That's a serious answer btw.

I don't consider any other answer serious.

[Spinach]

yes but they're much less likely to go around summoning heroic figures from myths and legend to play a bad rpg

I don't even understand how this repsonse is meant to go anywhere Bridge.

[forumghost]

yes but they're much less likely to go around summoning heroic figures from myths and legend to play a bad rpg

At no point is the HGW/Servants mentioned. It's just "you're a magus of average ability and lineage in the Nasuverse, what do?" Doesn't mention if it's Fate, KnK, or even Extra (though probably not).

Personally, I'd get as far out of dodge in terms of the Supernatural world as possible and focus on using magecraft to cheat at real life, instead of doing dumb stuff like gaining superpowers for dumb things like Reaching the Root.

[I3uster]

Cheating in real life means you are free to fuck up by Church or MA though doesn't it?

Probably smarter to look for an organization that can offer a degree of protection.

[Leftovers]

Live off the family patents as a MagiNEET.

[forumghost]

Cheating in real life means you are free to fuck up by Church or MA though doesn't it?

Probably smarter to look for an organization that can offer a degree of protection.

More like a degree of guaranteed backstabbing. Nah, I'd just go to the Supernatural equivalent of the boonies and do nothing of any interest to anyone. As long I keep my head down, chances are I'll not be bothered.

[I3uster]

Not like anybody cares about an average magus in the MA. Stabbing is probably not gonna happen.

Unless you start writing your rebellious thesis.

[Spinach]

If I get caught rigging the Kentucky derby I probably deserve to die.

[forumghost]

Not like anybody cares about an average magus in the MA. Stabbing is probably not gonna happen.

Unless you start writing your rebellious thesis.

Fair point, but like you said, nobody cares about an average Magus. MA don't care because "lol what a loser, come back in a couple centuries N00B." Church don't care because they have better things to do as long as you don't disturb the peace. DAA don't care because Random N00B Magi are worthless.

So yeah, I'd rather just ensure that I'm on the other side of the planet from all the Crazy A-holes so I don't get mixed up in anything. (Though it would be funny to write a rebellious Thesis about how trying to reach the Root is stupid, pointless, and futile and Magi should find better things to do with their time)

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If I get caught rigging the Kentucky derby I probably deserve to die.

For Rigging it or for getting caught?

[Dartz]

Best choice is to get access to as many magecraft books as possible, hole yourself in a basement for decades and aim to become a DA. It's a realistic goal if the obsession is high enough. Then go from there.

[I3uster]

There seem to be less terrible methods for longevity.

i mean would you really go around killing people for sustenance, youre not gonna be sacchin