What looms next?

[Nephrite]

"Hm." Moore looks down at the grass. "Well, really, anything, right? So that's easy enough... but what do I do with it? Hm... I know we talked about creating magic with it, but I feel like that's... a dangerous path to head down."

[Anastasia]

"How about hope?" Xandra ventures, "The creation of hope."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods. "That sounds like a great idea." He smiles and shifts his posture a bit. "Yes, I think that's great."

[Anastasia]

"The spell good hope is a fine starting template, and I have no doubt you'd be able to develop this," Xandra finally says, "Then expand it."

[Nephrite]

Moore nods and takes a breath. "All right. Let's see what I can muster, then."

So his plan is to envision the morale bonus that he gets from Good Hope, i.e. the 'feeling of doing better' at something and try and create that sort of feeling with the Words of Creation, if that makes sense from a mechanical perspective.

[Anastasia]

Sure, give me a Wisdom check and a Charisma check.

[Nephrite]

It's always wisdom with you, isn't it...

[22:32] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+21 wisdom
[22:32] <Penuche2> Nephrite invokes Penuche's magic: < 32 > [d20=11]
[22:32] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+45 charisma
[22:32] <Penuche2> Nephrite invokes Penuche's magic: < 47 > [d20=2]

[Anastasia]

I have to earn my evil DM points somewhere.

It's...surprisingly easy. It feels right to you. Have you advanced this far, or is it merely a natural extension of what you last worked on.

It doesn't matter. You can feel the words coiling around your tongue, ready to be spoken. Close.

[Nephrite]

Moore takes a breath and tries to speak the words!

[Anastasia]

Charisma again.

[Nephrite]

[22:50] <Nephrite> roll 1d20+45 charisma
[22:50] <Penuche2> Nephrite invokes Penuche's magic: < 61 > [d20=16]

[Anastasia]

Like that, the basic usage is felt, snapping into place with startling ease for you.

You gain a new usage of the Words of Creation.

Create Hope

This is identical to a good hope spell with a caster level equal to your hit dice. Using the Words of Creation in this manner deals 5d4 points of nonlethal damage to you.

[Nephrite]

"Ah! Just like that...!" Moore says quietly. "Amazing..."

[Anastasia]

"Already?" Xandra asks, "Just like that you have it?" Her eyes widen, "Congratulations!"

[Nephrite]

"I... I don't get it either, it just came to me all of a sudden." Moore says. "Maybe it's due to what we've already trained on as well as my... motif, as it is."