Acquisitions Incorporated

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LINGERING NIGHTMARES

d6 Nightmare

You stand atop a cliff as an apocalyptic sea monster

emerges and begins painting the world around you

with a brush in each tentacle. You cannot escape its

attention, but wake up just before you are recolored.

2 You dream about walking on pieces of paper, each

of which is scribed with the word "eggshells." This

is written in multiple languages, some of which you

can't read.

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You are giving the most important presentation of

your career, and the magic you are using to create an

impressive visual display has gone haywire. It now

displays an illusory image of you wearing nothing but

a strategically placed scarf.

A franchise staff member has gained a huge inheri-

tance and retrred. A note signed by you indicates that

you withdrew the same huge amount of cash from

company accounts the day before, but you have no

memory of doing so.

You feel the pleasant tickling of feathers, then look

up to find a cockatrice preening on your chest.

All your pockets have been torn open, but you can't

stop placing valuable objects in them. Each time an

object falls out of a pocket, you pick 1t up, then put it

in a pocket again.

LEARNING FROM THE BEST

Over the long years of study it took you to become a

wizard, the arcane master you studied under left an

indelible mark on you. Possibly a physical one. Kind or

cruel, exacting or eccentric, this teacher shaped you

during your apprentice days in profound and probably

disturbing ways. Whether a typical mage wearing a

pointy hat and dwelling in a remote tower, a bespecta-

cled bookworm lurking in a dusty library. or an eldritch

maniac with personal habits you're not comfortable

talking about, your master made you the wizard you

are today.

ARCANE MASTERS

d8 Master

Ph ilia Fjor, a half-elf abjurer who baked cupcakes that

functioned as potions.

2 Oghhga, a mute half-ore diviner who beat her unsuc-

cessful students to death with rocks.

3 lmpler Rickys, a gnome transmuter who lived under

a bridge and worked for candied beets and honey

peanuts.

4 Dame Melna Rothburntonberryville, a 238-year-old

elf croquet player and evoker, and hero of the first,

second, third, fifth, and sixth Troll Wars. (She was out

on maternity leave during the fourth.)

S Fernstern Drockburn, a deep gnome ventriloquist

and conjurer, and his "dummy" Vinceroy, an imp fa-

miliar in a puppet suit.

6 Loa Hatt, a tiefling illusionist and cobbler, whose

rumored dealings with devils led to many jokes about

fixing soles while destroying souls.

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Reni the Hare, a halfling enchanter with an odd fond-

ness for carrots. You ate a lot of carrots as an appren-

tice. You don't much like carrots anymore.

Sylvester Delague, a human necromancer whose

greatest possession was a portrait painted by an

ex-student, said to capture his green eyes perfectly.

In truth, Sylvester was color-blind, and the portrait's

eyes are bloodshot red. No one ever told him.

MATRICULATING FROM THE

SCHOOLS OF MAGIC

With so many schools of magic available to wizards,

each type of specialization brings a different set of skills

and strengths to a franchise. Your chosen school can

help define your ro le in the business. as well as your fel-

low franchise members' expectations for you.

ABJURATION

Protective magic is often underappreciated by the mem-

bers of the lesser character classes. with their focus on

dealing the most damage in the flashiest way possible.

But in an Acquisitions Incorporated franchise, where

property and real estate need protection as much as

the party members. your role as an abjurer is always

greatly appreciated.just don't make the rookie mis-

take of protectin g everybody else before you take care

of yourself and the goods. And if you need to reserve

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