So firstly, something I missed last session is that we don't have Arcane Foci, Component Pouches, and the like. The DM wanted us to learn about materials and what not, and also give us a reason to do extra credit and take odd jobs in the city (ya know, adventuring) so we can pay for supplies. Everyone else apparently used their starting gold on a few supplies to start, so we just took some of mine and pretended I did too. No big deal, moving on! The Party/Class. Currently Level 2 [spoiler]Raxion "Rax" Summerheart Leonin War Cleric - Jock Imperial Noble Gwyn Saige Hexblood Dream Druid - Witchy Stoner Commoner Sebastien "Seb" LeBlazu Tiefling Bard - Jazz, Cool Guy Rich Business Family Gertrude Willowcreek Halfling Scribes Wizard - Nerd Commoner Anastasia Silvestre Aasimar Aberrant Sorcerer - Legacy Mean Girl Imperial Noble Remelia "Remy" Shedaershye Shadar Kai Hexblade Warlock - Goth Nerd (just me in high-school at this point) Pirate Princess NPC Students Who Don't Matter Friggit - Goblin Wild Magic Sorcerer Grelog - Half Orc Divination Wizard Danek - Dwarven Artificer Brindlebook - Gnome Bard[/spoiler] We started this session off with me sneaking out to peruse the restricted section of the library, and I immediately bumped into Seb planning the same thing. We got there and discovered a lot of spells and enchantments on the doors, because duh, and had nothing to use against them so we decided to come back later with a plan. We're friends now :) There was some socializing in the night, and then some more in the morning. Anastasia asked Gertrude for help with studies, Rax and Gwyn blazed it up. Everyone gossiped about Seb and I sneaking out together. He talked mad sh[i]i[/i]t to save face, I cast Hush and kept applying my daily skull paint in the common room. He magic'd it off and I gave him a Hex and an Eldritch Blast. He backed off, Rax healed him, everyone left, I reapplied paints and was late to class. Friendship ended with Bard. Classes! Skipping over the standard ones. I suck at Alchemy and made some poison. Not like deadly poison, food poison, it's just really gross. Rax asked me for them so he could dare people to drink them. I happily obliged in return for a few healing potions he brewed up. Gwyn made booze, which is also just poison, but that's what he was aiming for so his don't smell like farts. In Enchanting we made some more-worthless-than-Common magic items. No personal crafting today. Behind Danek I'm the best in class. I've been spending pretty much all my available time outside of rest to study Enchanting, which the DM shows mechanically with a bonus to the rolls. I'm a nerd playing a nerd. Lunch was eventful! Anastasia the Mean Girl was ambushed by a group of Even Meanier Girls, and one of them looked just like her. It was her older half sister, who then had her Druid friend cast some kind of Moonlight spell that exposes shape shifters. Anastasia is a Changeling. She ran off but some other Mean Girls tripped her and blocked her path to bully her for being a poser and a freak, Rax and Seb were making their way through the crowd to help her, but it was slow going. I rolled to see if I cared and got a Nat 20, so -blam!- them bullies. I decided to look up from my book and used my racial ability to Nightcrawler Teleport between Anastasia and the Mean Girls. And I did a edgy glare. Being all cloaked in black and grim faced made up for being like 5 foot 1. Also my +5 to Intimidation. They backed off, and we walked back to our classes table. She was angy cry but thanked me and ate in silence still all pale alien like. Seb comforted her and Rax told me I was very honorable and that I'm an honorary bro now. I took a seat as far from everyone else and their feelings to continue studying broodily, totally not blushing. Gertrude and Gwyn were just chillin with the NPC students of our class. Watching the show and eating popcorn, which definitely exists. More Classes! We had Magic Gym Class. Basically a bit of supervised sparring with some background target practice and what not. Sparred with Rax and he kicked my axe. Then, we made custom 1st Level Spells! For mine, I cut myself with my own egde and turn 1 spell slot into 2! Action to cast and until I take a Short or Long Rest my max HP is reduced by 1d6 per spell level +my Charisma modifier(3) and I gain 2 spell slots! Calling it Black Sacrament, Hail Sithis. I decided when else am I ever going to get to play with all my terrible Blood Magic ideas? Outside of Offtopic rp I mean. And lastly, a class on dealing with threats! A Lich teacher raised some zombies and threw us into a Lazer Tag arena with them. That's literally how the DM described it. Dark, with black lights and neon paints and what not. We won, obviously. On our way back to our dorms we came upon a conspiracy of teachers speaking in Giant, which Rax and Gertrude knew and translated after we passed. One of them was worried about being tailed, and the other shushed him saying they'd discuss it at the tavern later, then they smiled at us and moved on. Oh hey look we found the main plot. And then we returned to the dorms, socialized, and made plans for our free weekend to make a bit of gold in the big city. Also apparently some kinda magic competition thing is happening and we talked about forming a team to enter for the scholarship prizes. End of Session 2.