Power: 2, action die 1d8
Cohesion: 2
Features:
* The pillar provides room and board. They also provide scholarships for specific students staying in the pillar.
* The pillar trains wizards in a more formal education. The people who learn here learn magic at twice the speed.
* The pillar performs magical research. Primarily wizard fields of study, but not limited to it.
Problems:
* Occasional magicals distasters cause issues for locals residence. Mostly do to stress from studying. Lots of pressure on the students to succeed by family.
* Classism is rampant amongst the student population. Mostly do to large amounts of nobles at the school.
Summary:
The Arcane Pillar, a large three-hundred and thirty feet tall, one-hundred and sixty six feet in diameter tower emanating from the center of the city. Placed on a hill with one western bridge that covers the eighty feet wide moat around it. Founded by Nathaniel Vandrel lord of Osirus and funded by the late Emperor Calaban during the early days of the Magi Purge covertly as a fortress and safe haven for arcanists.
Academy Type: Boarding School / Elite Institute
Academy Perks: As a patron, members of the Arcane Pillar, or even hired adventurers gain the following perks:
Compensation - the Arcane Pillar pays for the work adventurers do on its behalf. On the average, the academy gives a bounty of at least 250 sp for each artifact or relevant magical discovery that is brought back from adventures and donated to the academy.
Documentation - Each student of the Arcane Pillar has identification denoting affiliation with the institution. This comes in the form of recommendation letters, identification papers, as well as letters of introduction. This association carries the reputation of the Arcane Pillar within the scholarly circles, as such the administration of the Arcane Pillar may hear about potential unruly behavior carried out by its members (temporary or otherwise) while adventuring and potentially sanction such members if such actions go against the institution’s code of conduct.
Resources - The Arcane Pillar hosts a library with a diverse stock of books that members can use to further their arcane training or work. Additionally, members can consult with the faculty of the Arcane Pillar who may be experts in various fields of study.
Academy Contacts
How much autonomy you have in choosing your missions and how often you’re expected to perform on the academy’s behalf depends largely on your place in the institution’s hierarchy. As students, new professors, or support staff, you aid the work of a senior professor or an entire department. If you are further along in your career, you have your own goals and assistants, but you may still take on assignments to further the goals of esteemed experts, deans, or the academy as a whole. In any of these cases, a pacific contact manages your relationship to the academy.
Potential Academy Contacts
See NPC list
The Arcane Pillar Vision Statement:
The mission of the Arcane Pillar is to discover and preserve magical knowledge, to disseminate that knowledge from one generation to the next, to promote free and open study of magic in all its forms, and to enhance the lives of people throughout the world through the use of magic.
The Arcane Pillar Departments
The various departments of the Arcane Pillar gives students the option of choosing which specialization they wish to embark in their magical education. Students may choose which area of study they want to take up as their major, but may still take up classes under other departments should they wish to have a wider selection of spells to master.
Arcanium Evocatus
Arcanium Transmutus
Arcanium Enchantus
Arcanium Abjuratus
Arcanium Illusionatus
Arcanium Conjuratus
Arcanium Necromantus
Arcanium Divinatus
War & Bladesing Arcanium