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Pony Artificer (draft 1)

Jan 11th, 2018
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  1. >Be an Artificer from Eberron. Artificer Anon.
  2. >You live in a dirty office in the Cogs, which gives off a strange smell you can never get rid of.
  3. >You don't get many customers, so you are usually sleeping at your desk during work hours. Like right now.
  4. >"Greetings. I have a commission for you, Artificer Anon."
  5. >You can hear a flat, monotonous voice.
  6. >You open an eye to see a hulking warforged, covered in adamantine plates, staring down at you.
  7. >"Greetings. I have a commission for you, Artificer Anon."
  8. >You mumble something noncommittal.
  9. >"Greetings. I have a commission for you, Artificer Anon."
  10. "Yeah, I heard. You said so twice already."
  11. >"Will you accept my commission, Artificer Anon?"
  12. >You hazard a glance at the clock on your desk. It's 11:30 at night. Not work hours.
  13. >You were sleeping in the office again.
  14. >"Will you accept my commission, Artificer Anon?"
  15. "No, it's night. Stop repeating yourself."
  16. >You begin to close your eyes when you feel cold metal against your neck.
  17. >The warforged has a sword.
  18. >"You will accept my commission, Artificer Anon."
  19. >This is the problem with having an office in the Cogs. Every once in a while, someone tries to rob you.
  20. >They don't normally ask for commissions, though.
  21. "Fine! What do you want me to make?"
  22. >"Artificer Anon, you will make a magic item."
  23. >He's a slow one.
  24. "Yeah, I got that. What kind of magic item?"
  25. >Hopefully you can buy time, and figure out some way to escape.
  26. >"Artificer Anon, you will create a spell scroll."
  27. >Pretty standard stuff, not too hard.
  28. "Okay, do you have a specific spell you want on it, or...?"
  29. >The blade presses against you neck.
  30. >"Artificer Anon, you are to scribe this spell."
  31. >The warforged places a bloodstained paper that seems to be from a spellbook on your desk.
  32. >You never were very good at reading magical notation, but it looks like some form of transmutation spell.
  33. >"Artificer Anon, you must begin scribing."
  34. "Look, dude, my materials are over there. So could you please remove the sword?"
  35. >You gesture to the door to your workroom.
  36. >"I am not dude. I am Spork."
  37. >The Warforged removes his sword from your neck, thankfully.
  38. >You head over to your workroom and begin to scribe the spell.
  39.  
  40. ~
  41.  
  42. >It is noon the next day when you finish, and you have passed out from fatigue."Done. Evil spell scroll. Goodbye."
  43. >Spork grabs the scroll, and trudges out of your office wordlessly.>You fall asleep
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