The Board of Academics

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Scholar Side Quest One

Scientia Potentia Est

The greatest minds of the realm are gathering in the Winter Duchy for a prestigious academic conference. Present yourself in attire befitting a true intellectual.

Design a formal conference outfit for your character.

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Rainbow ink pot

Hobgoblin dung pulp paper

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Scholar Side Quest Two

Cogito, Ergo Sum

⚠️Characters must be level 2 to complete this mission!⚠️

The professors who lead the specialized classes at the universities are lecturing at this conference. Attend a lecture and learn as much as you can!

Arithmancers can attend Pythagorus’ [Satyr] class

Linguamancers can attend Taliesin’s [dog wilding] class

Astronomers can attend Mab’s [high fae] class

Meteorologists can attend Cailleach’s [storm hag] class 

Botanists can attend Lugh’s [craith] class

Historians can attend Bran the Blessed’s [giant] class

Draw or write about your character attending a lecture by your academic hero.

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Lecture Notes

Peacock feather quill

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Scholar Side Quest Three

Methodus Socratica

The debate team of Orbost University are holding an open debate on "The temporal dissonance caused by the semi-annual alignment of the crystal rivers of Dinn and their adverse effect on the sibilant language of the Thistlekin, as well as the ramifications on their seasonal trade agreements with the Spring Court". Delegates from the Thistlekin are in attendance as well as nobility from the Spring Court. It’s going to be an interesting debate. Wait a second, they’ve called on you to share your opinion… do your best! Roll a d6 dice to see how you do!

If you rolled a 1: Caught off guard, your fumbling and lack of knowledge on the subject has made you look like a buffoon. You mumble something and flee from the room.

If you rolled a 2-3: You’ve managed to bluster your way into a completely nonsensical response so complex and convoluted that the delegate believe you to be an expert on the subject! You’ve been asked to sit in on the technical working group later, as a subject matter expert. Oh dear, what have you got yourself into…

If you rolled a 4-5: You keep it general, and throw to another debate member as quickly as you can. Your response flies under the radar, and you’re safe.

If you rolled a 6: You just read an article on this yesterday! You wow the room with your knowledge of Thistlekin linguistic culture and moon phases, and no one realises you’re just reciting the research paper you read yesterday. You receive a bunch of respectful nods from the people in the room, and you receive an extra +25 fairy gold and a Thistlekin root from an impressed delegate.

Draw or write about your character participating in the debate. How do they do? Do they appear well-read and intelligent or make a complete fool of themselves?

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Vial of crystal river water

Thistleskin paper

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Scholar Side Quest Four

Carpe Librum

After the conference, you take a wander in the vast libraries of the Orbost Library. The shelves are endless, with multiple levels and books upon books upon books all around you. Magical ladders are available to give you access to the top shelves, and forbidden sections are constrained by chains and guarded by winter goblins.

As you wander deeper and deeper into the library, you lose track of time and realise you’re lost. You swear the bookshelves are moving around you and rearranging when you turn your back (revealed by a little giggle when it happens a few times). Uh oh. Try to find your way out!

Draw or write about your character getting lost in the library. What do they encounter? How do they find their way out?

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Tome of Ancient History

Quick drying ink

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Scholar Side Quest Five

Lusus Verborum

Scholars just love complex, logic-based puzzles. A notice has been posted on the board in your university, calling for challengers to answer a complicated puzzle about the six magical properties of magic. Can you find the answer, impress your fellow academics, and claim the prize?

Determine the correct sequence of the following words: Chaos, Growth, Change, Perception, Harmony, Essence.

The clues to arrange them in the proper order are as follows:

Essence comes before Growth.

Harmony follows Chaos but precedes Change.

Perception is placed directly after Change.

Growth is neither first nor last.

Change is positioned exactly between Harmony and Perception.

DM the founder Isi (isi.a) on discord with your guess. You have 3 tries per character.

Alternatively, draw or write about your character attempting to solve the puzzle.

If you have already solved the puzzle, roll 1d6:

If you rolled a 1: You can’t figure it out 

If you rolled a 2-3: You succeed but at a high cost (or only partially succeed)

If you rolled a 4-5: You succeed 

If you rolled a 6: You succeed wildly!

Rewards:

100 fairy gold (200 if solved)

10 crystals

‘The six properties of magic’ tome

Arcane ink stone

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Scholar Side Quest Six

Expeditio Scientifica

⚠️This is a partner quest! Recruit another scholar and include them in your quest submission or do a collab.⚠️

As part of your research for your thesis, you are going on a field trip to a magical site. What do you find there? Temporal anomalies? Strange weather patterns? Ancient runes? Never before seen flowers or plants? Bones or other archaeological phenomenon?

It’s dangerous to go on expeditions alone, so take a fellow academic. Perhaps it will help their research too.

Draw or write about your character and their partner investigating a magical site. What do they find there?

Rewards (for each character, not shared):

200 fairy gold

20 crystals

Research specimen

Field study journal

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Scholar Side Quest Seven

Undecima Hora

You’re up late, working on an assignment.You really need to get this done, but you’re getting very sleepy. What do you do to keep yourself focused? Drink a whole bucket of bean juice? Pay a goblin to smack you with a book every time your head nods (“10 fairy gold for an hour, plus 5 fairy gold if I have to jab you more than twice per minute”), do you take a magic potion, or do you give up and go to bed?

Draw or write about your character trying to finish an assignment at the eleventh hour.

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Potion of minor speed

Potion of wakefulness

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Scholar Side Quest Eight

Vox Fae

As part of your scholarly pursuit, it is time to gather first-hand evidence from a primary source. Prepare your interview notes carefully—you're about to speak with a fae creature who holds crucial knowledge. Whether you are meeting with a territorial Bridge Troll, an isolated Strzyga who keeps eyeing your neck, or a Water Spirit that insists on splashing you with every word, you must practice professionalism and academic rigour. Will you charm, persuade, or outwit them to gather information?

Draw or write about your character interviewing a fae creature for their research.

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Interviewee’s Memento

Phoenix feather quill

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Scholar Side Quest Nine

Tempus Examinis

⚠️Characters must be level 2 to complete this mission!⚠️

It’s exam period, and the usually bustling halls of your university have fallen into a strained quiet. Fae are cranky and frazzled, frantically cramming last minute for tests. Study halls have filled with the sound of shuffling papers, frustrated sighs, and quiet sobs from doomed students. The librarian has been kicking people out with gusto (the last unfortunate victim made the fatal mistake of sneezing too loudly).

Draw or write about your character studying for their final exams or taking them.

Rewards:

100 fairy gold

10 crystals

Invisible ink

Bottomless inkwell

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Scholar Side Quest Ten

Magna Cum Laude

⚠️Character must be level 8 to complete this mission!⚠️

In order to become a professor, you must hand in your thesis you have been working so hard on. Go and present your topic to the Senior Professors of the Board of Academics. What is your thesis on? If you succeed, you will get to teach your own class at a university of your choice.

Draw or write about your character’s academic pursuit and what they present in order to graduate and become a professor. It should be a unique field of study they are passionate about and have spent their academic career researching.

Rewards:

300 fairy gold

30 crystals

Title: Professor

Self-writing Quill

Neverending Parchment

Professor’s Office & Nameplate

Research assistant [you design them]