before mage job

Loophole · Post by **Loophole** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:36 pm

Hey all, I mafe a character a while back anf I designed him to be a mage, I have found someone who I think is willing to teach me, but I have a problem, until then I need to make money so is there any job that usres the mge stats? Because for mining you need to be sttong and for smithing you need to be dexterous or whatever, so is there any job that uses mage statsa?

Arvemor · Post by **Arvemor** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:29 pm

A writer? An entertainer? Anything revolvin around being clever, willful or charismatic....I'm not sure it will be easy finding a way to make money out of it though.

Kranek · Post by **Kranek** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:51 pm

Fishing and selling the maps

Alexander Knight · Post by **Alexander Knight** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 1:57 pm

Chopping up people for bounty. You can do pretty much anything you want.
Miner-Hire a donkey
Fisherman-Buy a rod
Fighter-Train and PG

Due the your high intelligence (Assuming you set the mage up right) you should have no trouble skilling and being the best in all possible fields. If not, dont spend money. Walk around and RP but I heard if you go to Nordmark and say you are a mage in training they will instantly give you a job

Loophole · Post by **Loophole** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:01 pm

Nordmakers give you the job og being the top of a pole! Woopwoop! Lol. Ima try fishing then

Flux · Post by **Flux** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:05 pm

Mage students have to charm people and make strong friendships, maybe get a bit of political power and stuff to earn a living. The journey to magedom involves having no money ever (and, indeed, for the many weeks in which you will not have good enough runes or high enough skill to cast any decent spells you will still be poor).

I suggest you go round exploiting people in the time being

. But you have to watch out not to piss anyone off considering even a noob can cloud you in a few seconds.

Being a prospective mage is so fun xD.

Arvemor · Post by **Arvemor** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:06 pm

I'm not letting my mage character anywhere near a Nordmarker's pole.

Loophole · Post by **Loophole** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 2:30 pm

@flux, YUP! Thank you, lol anfortunatley my hopefull to be twacher is hardly online, @Arvy, lol until ur powerful

Rekarafi · Post by **Rekarafi** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 3:59 pm

Make some RP jobs like playing music and singing, dancing around and making people laugh and throw fish at you.
The fish you could sell for good money! Seriously!

You could also write books or poems, i am sure the town leaders would pay some money to get new things in their library.

Or...yeah, most mages who are bored talk about life in the early ages while fishing for maps.

Grim_banned · Post by **Grim_banned** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 4:32 pm

http://illarion.org/community/forums/vi ... hp?t=33110

Donatelo · Post by **Donatelo** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:46 pm

I heard there is a rich man arround who helps mages and druids on their journeys with money...provided they shall help him when they get better...

Loophole · Post by **Loophole** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 7:37 pm

@grim, cool idea, I was writing a book on some illarion stuff anyway, I'm almost done, hope this still stands when I'm done. And it really is useful. @don coolio, hope I run into this guy

Rekarafi · Post by **Rekarafi** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 8:12 pm

I gave a mage 15 coppers for a glass of wine...am I the one? Oh my gosh...

Post by **Nitram** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:26 pm

professional punching bag
beggar
fortune-teller
cannon fodder
drunkard

Flux · Post by **Flux** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:33 pm

Nitram wrote:drunkard

Too expensive

Rincewind · Post by **Rincewind** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:44 pm

Arvemor wrote:A writer? An entertainer? Anything revolvin around being clever, willful or charismatic....I'm not sure it will be easy finding a way to make money out of it though.

HA! ha....HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HA. chrm. Hi. hi hihi. HAr! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Juliana D'cheyne · Post by **Juliana D'cheyne** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:28 am

Artist, dancer, singer, wino that winds up in jail (will make the time fly *g* ), torch lighter, town cryer (when a certain someone not around), offer to personally deliver parchments from one town to the other for a fee, beggar is always good also but the fortune teller sounds interesting!

Arvemor · Post by **Arvemor** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 4:28 am

Rincewind wrote:
Arvemor wrote:A writer? An entertainer? Anything revolvin around being clever, willful or charismatic....I'm not sure it will be easy finding a way to make money out of it though.
HA! ha....HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. HA. chrm. Hi. hi hihi. HAr! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

I'm not sure I see the funny side...
Eh?

Rekarafi · Post by **Rekarafi** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:46 pm

The "lolwut?" part is marked in red. Making it easy to get the "lolwut?" feeling.

Arvemor · Post by **Arvemor** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:52 pm

Yeah, I got that part...why is it funny that a mage might try to take a job that may involve charisma?

Rekarafi · Post by **Rekarafi** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:57 pm

I guess the statement was that most mages actually are NOT charismatic.

Some really are not. Some are.

Arvemor · Post by **Arvemor** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 2:23 pm

AH! Took me a while. Gotcha.

I guess the reason I said Charisma was because I sometimes relate it with Essence.

Rekarafi · Post by **Rekarafi** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:08 pm

Would not do so.

I guess essence is more of your 6th sense. That you notice ghosts (some RP they dont, quite funny at times), or don't sense mana, whatever.
Charisma...there are charismatic farmers and asshole-mages, and vice versa.

Korwin · Post by **Korwin** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 5:38 pm

If any attribute relates to charisma, it would be willpower.

As far as temporary jobs go, try anything that doesn't require you to produce high-level goods to make a profit (NOT blacksmithing, tailory, or goldsmithing). Consider something where quality isn't so important, like farming, collecting herbs, fishing, etc. Alternatively, though it's probably not easy (I've never tried) find someone who's an established craftsperson, and supply them with what they need. Make handles for smiths, or spin cloth for tailors.

Rekarafi · Post by **Rekarafi** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:28 pm

Jobs/Hobbies:

Drinking.
Chatting.
Annoying people.
Drinking with annoying people/other wannabe mages.
Chatting with annoying people/other wannabe mages.
Annoying other annoying people/other wannabe mages.
Pretend to be a real mage and scare children.
Pretend to be a real mage and demand money for the magic academy.
Annoying random people and punching them when they tell you that you're annoying.
Run away from several people chasing you with forks and torches.
Die.

Arvemor · Post by **Arvemor** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:15 am

Sounds like an excerpt from that "How to be a Simple Monk." Has anyone ever roleplayed doing that stuff?

Vern Kron · Post by **Vern Kron** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:26 am

Yes. The guy who wrote it did. Maybe you should ask around about him, and see what those who knew him thought?

Rincewind · Post by **Rincewind** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:45 pm

Korwin wrote:If any attribute relates to charisma, it would be willpower...

There isn't a attribute for charisma. And nothing relates with it.

Rekarafi · Post by **Rekarafi** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:42 am

Willpower? If someone says kill yourself you should watch your willpower if you can say 'no'