¶ Archmage
Difficulty: Hard
Duties: Lead the College and watch over the Barrier.
Restrictions: The role's faction falls into the category of Combatant factions.
The Archmage is the wisest and oldest mage in the entire College. Supervising the Novices and the Barrier, as well as selling magical books, are the Archmage's duties.
¶ Sage
How do you read and learn new spells? How should you manage your mana? How do you protect yourself from a curse? The Archmage, leader of the College of Mages, can help with all of these questions. Their main activities are issuing orders, assigning groups to search for scrolls, monitoring the Magic Barrier, and selling and teaching all kinds of magic. The Archmage must also remember to protect the entire College from outside threats, which means that no one should be allowed beyond the hall without a clear reason.
¶ Archmage Equipment
Equipment
Item
Specifications
Description
Archmage Hood- Blunt damage reduced by 20%.
- Slashing damage reduced by 25%.
- Piercing damage reduced by 15%.
- High-temperature damage reduced by 40%.
- Explosive damage reduced by 25%.
- Max Armor Durability: 250
- Mana regeneration: 0.7
- Blunt damage reduced by 5%.
- Slashing damage reduced by 5%.
- Piercing damage reduced by 5%.
- High-temperature damage reduced by 10%.
- Explosive damage reduced by 10%.
- Max Armor Durability: 250
- Mana regeneration: 0.7
"Only an archmage is permitted to wear this." Woven from magical fabric, it does not restrict movement and provides some basic protection.
Archmage Armor- Blunt damage reduced by 90%.
- Slashing damage reduced by 88%.
- Piercing damage reduced by 70%.
- High-temperature damage reduced by 70%.
- Stamina damage reduced by 25%.
- Explosive damage reduced by 82%.
- Max Armor Durability: 520
- Mana regeneration: 2.2
- Blunt damage reduced by 10%.
- Slashing damage reduced by 10%.
- Piercing damage reduced by 10%.
- High-temperature damage reduced by 10%.
- Stamina damage reduced by 25%.
- Explosive damage reduced by 15%.
- Max Armor Durability: 520
- Mana regeneration: 2.2
"Only a leader is permitted to wear this." Armor woven from magical fabric, it does not restrict movement and provides some basic protection.
Archmage Bag- Radiation damage reduced by 50%.
- Acidic damage reduced by 50%.
- Blast damage to contents reduced by 10%.
"Pairs perfectly with the archmage armor."
Novice Robes- Mana regeneration: 0.6
"FIREBAAAALL!"
Wizard Shoes - Mana regeneration: 0.25
"Why does a mage need boots if the robe covers their legs? Beats me. Oh well, let them be."
Grimoire- 100 Fire Essence
- 100 Light Essence
- 100 Water Essence
- 100 Earth Essence
- 0 Dark Essence
- 4 Archmagic Points
The archmage's grimoire contains a large amount of essences for learning various spells, and a bit of dark essence for studying dark magic.
¶ Defender of This World
Protection from otherworldly evil forces and spirits comes from the Magic Barrier in the College's basement. Who placed it there and how is unknown, but its influence on the surrounding world is clear. If its stability falls to zero, demons will break free and consume the world. To prevent this, the Barrier must be fed magical scrolls that restore its stability. The Archmage may use any method to find scrolls, such as buying them from wanderers or recovering them through groups of mages. The important thing is to keep the Barrier stable.
¶ Buyers
If you choose to buy scrolls, there is room for creativity. Send a pair of mages to major settlements and task them with attracting wanderers who have scrolls to the College by promising payment. Alternatively, send the same pair of mages out with direct offers to buy the scrolls.
¶ Seekers
If the College's finances cannot support the large-scale, continuous purchase of scrolls, another option is to search for them in ruins. A group of Mages and Novices assigned for training could travel throughout the entire region in pursuit of these scrolls. This approach is more dangerous but costs less money.
Each option has its own advantages and disadvantages, so choose according to the situation and your circumstances.
¶ Conclusion
Once the scrolls have been found and the region made safe, the mages can begin helping travelers in earnest by teaching them magic and admitting them into the College. With that security established, the Archmage may issue assignments to find special components and use them to create custom magical items. Put simply, once the search for scrolls is over, the Archmage is free to run the College however they wish, either helping people or closing its doors to them.