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Chemical Alteration Spell

Chemical Alteration Scroll · Bartender's Scroll

A bartender's utility scroll that changes the chemical composition of water in a container, weaponized into acid.

Story so far

Rather than stock the bars with many different types of alcohol, the Showrunners issued NPC bartenders a few scrolls able to alter the chemical composition of water within a container. It was never intended as combat magic.

Team Retribution's NPC spies discovered the loophole: treat the enemy's empty middle trench as the "container." They filled it with a Temporary Water Source Scroll and converted the water into acid, creating the Acid Trench. Carl calls it a horrifying spell, and Baroness Victory tells him the rules on what counts as "offensive" magic may need revisiting because the chemical alteration spell is a little too powerful.

Role

A civilian utility scroll whose loophole produced the battle's worst massacre.

Relationships

Acid Trench — Created by applying it to a water-filled trench.
The Porsuk Bartender Scout — The NPC bartender who cast it.
Baroness Victory — Wants it reclassified as offensive magic.
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Chapter 32
  • A bartender's utility scroll that changes the chemical composition of water in a container, weaponized into acid.
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