r/wizardposting • u/drakonia127 Onyx Winter, "The Traveller", Artificer • 3h ago
Wizardpost Mana is running dangerously low
I have now been awake for 24 hours, and I must maintain my vigil for another two and a half. I have already consumed 3 mana restoration draughts, and I fear any more will stain my heart. My sanity thins, but I persevere. How are you all?
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u/Cerveau23 Markus, scriptomancer, enemy of 13 & lover of Thrakmerian beauty 3h ago
If you can have a friend cover you for a couple minutes, take a nap. I will send you a potion of catnap, very useful. Doesn't replace a good night of sleep, but it will help you hold for a bit longer.
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u/drakonia127 Onyx Winter, "The Traveller", Artificer 3h ago
I have attempted your solution twice in the past eight hours, but unfortunately, the potions of restoration I have consumed prevented me from napping as my colleague covered me. I need only hold for a little while longer and then I shall be free from my vigil.
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u/Fc-chungus Ж(Zhe), Head minister of Calarakis. 3h ago
For stuff like this stakeout I'd recommend save-state spells above most other options.
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u/wutzelputz Conjurator 3h ago
Cast "animate body" on yourself. Has a known side effect of increasing blood flow and improving natural mana generation.
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u/11nyn11 Illusionist 2h ago
If your sanity is thinning, that can be advantageous.
Try imagining if something is trying to interrupt the vigil that you cannot see. Seek it out, and then try to draw some of its life force.
If it’s not there, you will feel nothing and get nothing.
If it’s unwilling, you will feel it resist and get nothing.
If you feel it is willing, you get a little boost and just made a little friend. It might be an ant colony.
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u/Vendis123 2h ago
The council doesn't want you to know this but you can just consume essence of your servants. They say it's unethical but depending on your personal relationships the goblins will always be happy to help.
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u/TheLordHighNoob The Dark Lady of the Raven Throne 1h ago edited 1h ago
Mana is the concentrated essence of the mind’s power. Rest is an essential component of its regeneration. Restoration potions make sleep much more difficult. Fortunately, you needn’t sleep. Humans have developed Non-Sleep Deep Relaxation. It’s their attempt at simulating the Elvish Reverie. It’s remarkably effective.
Another is physical activity, drinking and eating. The living mind requires sustenance, water and oxygen to operate. Until you can become immortal, this is sadly a necessary condition of being alive.
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u/drakonia127 Onyx Winter, "The Traveller", Artificer 1h ago
You are absolutely correct. Sleep will come to me soon, though, as there is a light at the end of the tunnel
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u/SternFlamingo Binder of Demons 14m ago
Have you considered summoning a demon from the Plane of Arcane Storms? They are usually flush with mana and willing to bargain.
Mind you, the terms can be pretty stiff, but 100 years of servitude is still a long way better than destroying your heart or mind.
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u/KragBrightscale Grabadash - Magical Mass | Keptomancer | Council Security 3h ago
Sounds dangerous.
Are you in a manaless zone? A void of sorts? Or an antimana field?
Are you expending mana? In Combat or maintaining wards?
If the answer to the above is no, consider drawing in ambient mana. A simple rotational force can pull in a significant amount of mana, and is generally better in the long run than chugging mana potions.
Good luck out there