Exam: Chamber 1 (OOC)

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When and how to Roll:
Narrate your character's action up until the point were there is doubt about the outcome, then we can talk about if there is need for a roll, and what sort it is (we will get a feel for this, and it will, mostly, become obvious after a bit of play).

Add the relevant roll (in a new post or in the one that triggered it), then, based on the final results --and taking any help from your companions into account-- continue the narrative in a new post.

Waiting for the final GM decision, but looks like pretty bad 😅 So spectacularly bad immediately sounds like setting the kitchen on fire but, given I'm trying to cool it down, maybe I can lower it to glacial temperatures instead and actually freeze the fire solid?

That happening, probably should to shapeshift into something cold as well due to the wild surge

@The_Librarian: If you want to just eat and see what comes of it, you are welcome to. Else you could maybe roll:
and then decide. If you roll well, whatever you choose will be right, if you roll badly, whatever you choose will be the wrong thing (I don't know yet if the food is 'safe':).

It does matter what you are rolling, the mechanical outcomes and consequences are different depending on which it is.
You only know the listed spells, so you only roll Wizard when you are casting one of them, everything is risky Wild. But this 'control flame ritual' could easily be Frost-Nip with a pompous name?
No, but using your prop allows you to choose to Add 1 to Wizard or Subtract 1 from Wild (it does not modify the rolls), so, since you used it before casting, you can make that change if you want. It won't make a difference in this case since 4 is still lower than the 5 you rolled.
The dice have spoken. You get to describe the failure, so go for it if you want that to come up, you will have to deal with that problem quite quickly else risk drawing attention.

Maybe keep the consequences limited to yourself rather than the room for now? We don't need two new issues right away. :)

totally forgot about the spell list 😅

freezing myself would definitely fit Frost-Nip

Well... a Frost-Nip failure, yeah. :)

Don't forget to add 1 to your Wild Stat.

Is this permanent by the way? Why would I want to decrease my Wild temporarily if it can only make me fail and get wilder?

No, the Stats are fluid. They constantly increase and decrease.
If your Wild is at 6 you can't cast Wild Spells. If your Wild ever goes higher than 6 you fail, that is game over.

Props are one way to save you from that. The other way to bring down your Wild is to cast a Wizard Spell when your Wild is locked at 6. However when your Stat is at 6 you can't use that Stat, so if bother your Wild and your Wizard even end up at 6 your Props are the only way for you to lower Wild so you can cast Wild to lower your Wizard.

The whole game is about balancing those Wild and Wizard Stats.

There is no limit on the number of times you can use your Props, but they could be destroyed or damaged if they are used too much (simple abuse prevention:). Use the fiction to guide when they are appropriate (in this case it looked --to any unseen observers-- like you were looking up a spell, which looks very much like what a Wizard would do, so that hides your Wild nature, so it seems like a completely reasonable use of the Prop).

right, I think I got that. I will say I used it for RP purposes now, as I'll probably be referring to it a lot of times (as part of the character MO) and get the benefit at a later time so I'm not always using its bonuses

Yeah, a spell book is an easy Prop to work in, but it also takes time, and there might not always be time to use it convincingly. A Pocket Full of Glitter --for instance-- takes almost no time at all, but would reasonably run out if used too much. Being 'reasonable' balances most of the Props, I am not stressed.

Any Wild value at all will be 'suspicious' if it ever goes over 6 that is an immediate failure and we end the game.
Cool... (um, sorry, was that insensitive?:)

🥶 🤣🤣

It does not sound like you are helping with the task, so I am not sure that you need to roll anything just for that. There are open fires, hot pots, and griddles and such if you want to cook it in a mundane way (but what sort of cat are your?! Cats don't cook their fish!:).

The closes Wizard Spell would be:
and that would not cook food any better than a lighter would.

If you want to cook the fish using magic, then it would probably be a 'Wild Spell' --which can be any effect of your choosing. If so, describe what you are doing and roll Wild.

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If you want another PC to, maybe, shout at you and get you to help the team, let us know. Don't expect us to force your character without your express permission.

@nezzeraj, a 3 is equal to your Wild Stat, so that is a success. If you are able to make this look like 'proper magic' or hide that your are using Wild, then all is good, else you need to add 1 to your Wild Stat.

What are you doing? Using the gloves as 'oven mits' so you can touch things? Trying to cool the oven down to the correct temperature so the bread can finish baking and not burn? Something else?
Sure, your Wild Spells are from the stuff you have collected, but you do also know a few 'real wizard spells' that you actually can cast 'properly'. (Frost-Nip is one of those spells.)

Hunch - You sorta get a sense for what someone else is thinking, or get a hint at what to do next.

Frost-nip - You shoot a beam of cold air at your enemies, making them chilly.

Singe - You produce a small flame, like a built-in lighter.

Harm - You hurl a tiny ball of magical force, like throwing a pop-it firework.

Transmogrify - Turn a small amount of non-magical material into a slightly different one.

Shield- You create a small force field, although it shatters after one hit.

Slowish fall- Maybe now you won’t break your legs.

Slime- You conjure a ball of goop. Gross!

Simple illusion - Make a thing look like something else, if you squint.

Acid- You produce a small stream of weak acid. Put it over some baking soda for a winning science fair project

Unles it is one of the official Wizard spells (as listed above) you will need to use your Wild magic to achieve your goal.

A 2 is a success, so go ahead and describe what happens. Either show us how you make it look like you are using Wizard Magic, or increase your Wild Stat.

Yeah using the gloves as oven mitts to take the bread out of the oven before it burns.

Cool. You doing anything to make it look like you are using allowed magic? If not, increase your Wild.

Either way, it works, so do it.