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Among other things, Olympia has:

Vis (1159)

Creo 21 Animal 10 Ignem 2
Intellego 3 Auram 10 Imaginem 7
Muto 9 Aquam 25 Mentem 9
Perdo 8 Corpus 4 Terram 18
Rego 8 Herbam 3 Vim 14

Vis Sources

  • +5 Aura
  • Terram source: the rock of Olympus, while waning in power, is still quite potent in some areas. There is one secluded valley where the valley walls are impossibly vertical; this rock can be harvested over the course of a season by mundane efforts and typically yields a pawn of Creo and a pawn of Terram each season. However, in the past half-century, this site has become increasingly erratic in its yield (roll a simple die for each pawn each season: on a 4+, the pawn is attained).
  • Imaginem source: a stream runs out of a regio near Olympia. This water can be distilled for magical essence in a process akin to draining vis from an aura. Shimmering Light of Criamon was the inventor of the process, and it is from his notes that others may learn of it as well. In his notes, Shimmering Light describes how in the Spring, the stream becomes ``a raging torrent, both in water and vis''; it seems now, however, that the stream is drying up, and the amount of vis that a magus can accrue is equal to
    (Int + Magic Theory + Aquam/5) / 2 - 2

    There is a gloss by Alexander of Bonisagus, which states that he had some ideas on how to improve the process, but that his initial research proved futile and that he will ``return to this project in the near future''.


Dave Leung (dcltdw@mit.edu)