Study group (Lucy)

[Anastasia]

Sylvie leads you to a table tucked away between bookshelves, separated from everything else. Sage Vul'lath gathers books - magically of course, floating them to him - as Sylvie sits down.

"So, where are you from," Sylvie asks again as you settle in, "Or do you not remember?"

[Corwin]

Lucy raises an eyebrow, asking, "Would I be correct in stating that your specialty is divination, Miss Sylvie?"

[Anastasia]

"I'm great at just about everything," Sylvie says, a cocky half smile on her face. "You're probably better at it if you're an archmage, I'm more of a queen of all trades."

[Corwin]

"Call me the quuen of all magic, then, Miss Sylvie," Lucy responds with a conspiratorial grin. "At the expense of neglecting all other doctrines."

She nods slowly. "I don't recall anything before waking up in Talos's realm a short while ago."

[Anastasia]

"That happens occasionally," Sylvie says, "We have a few others here suffering from things like that."

"Moore's problem?" Vul'lath remarks as he sits, a small pile of books on the table now. "It resists magic to cure."

[Corwin]

"Cure?" Lucy repeats curiously. "I don't need anything like that."

[Anastasia]

"Suit yourself," Sylvie says, "It gets Moore's goat good, don't know about the other girl with it, she's new."

A pause for her to read, "Say, what do you know about magnetic principals in iron spellcasting, such as minute adjustments to a wall of iron spell in areas of high natural magnetism?"

[Corwin]

Tackling the question with her usual approach, Lucy responds with, "At low levels, the innate superiority of magic triumphs over the laws of nature. As we progress beyond conditions likely to appear on a Prime, however..." She pauses briely in thought. "It would be best to view this case as similar to the incidence of casting a fire spell underwater. The spell would demand exceptional skill and focus from the caster." Another pause of contemplation, longer this time. "In extreme cases, I would expect swifter erosion, much like the overall effect on magic in Vacuum."

[Anastasia]

"I would also worry about the metal becoming magnetized and drawn to a source of magnetism, if it was sufficiently powerful and your spellwork not properly insulated," Sage Vu'llath remarks. He sits back, hands steepled in front of him. "I've been studying optional material components for cases like this, but they are ultimately crutches to support a wizard's insufficient skill."

[Corwin]

"Please consider the Wall's sheer mass and volume, Sage," Lucy respectfully disagrees. "While a certain degree of magnetization is inevitable, even if you were to rub it all over the face of the Wall, and despite it being made of the best possible ferromagnetic metal for such purposes, the Prime Material is unlikely to have magnetic forces strong enough to cause such a Wall to be drawn to the source of the magnetism." She taps her chin, her hair waving back and force with her reflections. "We will definitely see interesting results over time, however! Just as the Wall would rust, so it could with sufficient exposure over enough time become a magnet in its own right, rather than merely being drawn to one."

[Anastasia]

Before Sage Vul'lath can reply, Sylvie cuts in, "A magnetic wall of iron spell, or simply a wall of iron with a sympathy effect. Potential for a new spell?"

[Corwin]

"Sufficiently powerful that it draws one's weapons to it, Miss Sylvie?" Lucy muses. "It would be a hellish obstacle for those favoring full plate."

[Anastasia]

"Not so useful for devils, but I like the idea," Sylvie remarks, starting to scribble away on some scrap paper. "Really, the type of wall could be varied as well, but I think iron would be the easiest." He liked that sort of work, you remember.

[Corwin]

"Without going into energy while bypassing the material altogether, iron is the best option," Lucy eagerly agrees. "To take things a step up you would need to properly research a better material, perhaps coaxing iron into a state that it doesn't tend to hold naturally and then summoning that as a wall."

[Anastasia]

"Now, depending on how strongly you polarize the iron and the strength of the magnetic pull, the circle of the spell could vary," Sylvie continues as she writes, eyes on it even as she talks. "Circle control is important, otherwise you end up with a spell that's a nightmare to implement and you have to revise anyway."