University of Magical Arts
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The University of Magical Arts is a college sponsored by the Guild of Wizardry in the Free City of Greyhawk. One of the most architecturally striking buildings in the City' of Greyhawk is the University of Magical Arts, a dramatic three-sided pyramid with no apparent entrances. Inside, the pyramid contains working and living space for hundreds of students of wizardry and their instructors. At any time, a number of students arc off adventuring, since the school encourages people to gain experience in this way. The tremendous wall (6ft tall, 100ft on each side) surrounding the college creates a courtyard, but doesn't have any apparent gates or other entrances, just like the pyramid itself. "Across the whole of the Flanaess, the rich and the humble alike dream of sending their children to Greyhawk's prestigious University of Magical Arts." -Living Greyhawk Journal Built by the mayor-archmage Zagig Yragerne, this structure is hard to miss in the city. It is a pyramid with no doors, windows or mars of any kind, and a wall surrounding that. New students are met at a pre-arranged spot at the pyramid and are allowed in by a mage using spells to bypass the school's protections. The university has an underground auditorium and nine floors, each corresponding to a level of arcane study. Tutors and senior students may come and go from the university at will, but the youngest students aren't allowed to leave the pyramid at all for their first two years! Students who finish this apprenticeship (and are thus first level wizards) are then allowed to leave the school and "explore the world". Because of this practice, students of the university generally return to train for their further levels. (Note: this means students of the higher levels may be quite older than those starting out.) There are generally 100 new apprentices on the first tier, 60 1st level mages, 40 2nd level, 20 3rd level and decreasing so on as the students become more advanced and move on. Admission to the University of Magical Arts requires sponsorship of another wizard, approval of the board of tutors and an initial fee of 100 gp. The school takes applicants from most races and all over the Flanaess, with the Greyhawk domain area being most common of course. Important NPC: LoKivas Maervour (Headmaster and also Guildmaster of Wizards) Cinmin Ambercrown (Professor of the College of Novel Rebuttel) Female Human Rasmash Hillabill (Professor of the College of Curious Manifisations) Male Deep Dwarf Sorin Yonik (Professor of the College of Enigmatic Studies) Female Elf Marin McTorrin (Professor of the College of Charms and Enchantment) Female Human Dantir Korfis (Head of the College of Energetic Manipulation) Male Half-Elf Britta Killman (Professor of the College of the Deceptive Arts) Female Human Akordia Abburth (Professor of the College of the Necrotic and Anti-necrotic) Female Drow Farmop Dimbletomble (Professor of the College of Transmutation) Male Gnome Darnak Khorshan (Head Porter, both the university and the Guild of Wizards have dwarven security) Ephraim Blackrod (Master of Ceremonies, a ceremonial title but does hold real power in the school)Associations
Guild of Wizardry Free City of Greyhawk The University does have competitions in the Free City Arena with the other colleges of Clerkburg.Rumors
The students of the University of Magical Arts are fond of testing their powers on unsuspecting citizens, making them the victims of numerous practical jokes. This practice is strictly forbidden by the University; students caught in such activities are expelled.
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