Seal of the University

(Contains repeated material from earlier posts.)

Located down the promenade from Gallax Hall in Wizard City Hexcrawl, the mighty Seal of the University lies at the heart of hallowed grounds intersecting the thoroughfares five great buildings: The Hand of the Archmages, the Bureau of Spatial and Temporal Matters, the Pyramid of Providence, The Graduate Library, and Gallax Hall.

A great brass pentagram lies embedded in the stone, depicting the five esoteric items that symbolize the university's commitment to sorcery and magic:

• The Lamp of Knowledge
• The Hourglass of Eons
• The Eye of Providence
• The Tome of Secrets
• The Word of Truth

Each item aligning respectively with each building above. Along the perimeter of the pentagram, are words in plain language for all to comprehend:

"UNIVERSITY OF CHRONULUS: 

ALL THOSE WHO DEFACE THIS SEAL SHALL PERISH."

And indeed, all those who deface or step upon the seal are instantly slain. Every few years or so a freshman is goaded into testing the seal's magic by cruel upperclassmen or measuring faculty, only to wither away to nothing but bones in a matter of moments before the eyes of the entire school. It is considered a test for foolhardy wizards who would dare to meddle in the affairs of the unknown or the rules of the university without proper respect.

There's an urban myth in my hometown that anybody who
stepped on the M would fail their first bluebook exam.

As a crossroads of sorts within the University, one can see and meet a variety of students and professors simply going about their business (and staying far away from the Seal).

Undergraduates

AC Unarmored  HD 1-4  HP 1-16  Morale 6  Wizard 1-4

1d4 Knife

Spells: 1/2HD: Roll Once ; 3/4HD: Roll Twice

Undergraduates have 1HD per academic year attended. 

Freshman = 1HD, Sophomore = 2HD, Junior = 3HD, Senior = 4HD.

Everyone despises them. Nobody respects them. The bottom of the academic food chain. Ranked according to their Year. For when a singularly important student is required, roll on the following table:

d20	Name	Spell	Appearance	Personality
1	Alstaff	Alarm	Puffy-eyed	Screaming Goblin
2	Bee	Burning Hands	Too short	Glitching Automaton
3	Chew	Charm Person	Anxiety-inducing	No Pet Only Throw
4	Dennis	Color Spray	Mutant	Secret Snake Person
5	Elvis	Comprehend Languages	2/10	Get A’s or Get Graves
6	Falgrave	Detect Magic	Vomit-skinned	Bubblemint Pretty Princess
7	Gemini	Disguise Self	Fit like a walrus	Gym Rat King
8	How	Feather Fall	Euthanized	Beavis
9	Ilidia	Find Familiar	Dungeons-under-eyes	Egg-Eater
10	June	Floating Disk	Ghost?	One Step Above Zombie
11	Karol	Fog Cloud	Bleeding	Professor’s Pet
12	Lep	Grease	Hairy-lipped	“My Parents Are Rich!”
13	Minnie	Hideous Laughter	Albino frog	“I’m From The West Coast”
14	Nupital	Identify	Dingle dangle	Dog in a Sausage Shop
15	Organ	Illusory Script	Too tall	Lazy Serial Arsonist
16	Philinx	Jump	Sailing ears	I Drink Bleach
17	Quop	Mage Armor	Father was clearly a snake	Psychology Major
18	Rins	Magic Missile	Tuberculosis, personified	Bum At Heart
19	Segg	Silent Image	Cancer beefsteak	Noodles and Doodles
20	Timet	Sleep	Like an actual human being	Scary Clown

Graduate Students

AC Leather  HD 4-6  HP 4-24  Morale 9  Wizard 4-6

1d6 Long Knife

Spells: Roll twice on Spell Column

+3 from Undergraduate Spell List

Graduate Students have 4 + 1HD per two years graduate schooling.

Graduate Students are smart enough to never give their real names to anyone. Hence, whenever someone asks for their name, they’ll give something obviously fake. It won't even be the same fake name every time, just to throw you off.

Professors might actually tolerate them, as they’ve proven themselves useful. Only the most ruthless students survive the undergraduate program and decide to continue their studies.

d20	Fake Name	Spell	Appearance	First on the Hit List:
1	John Doe	Animate Dead	Evil gnome	Undergrads...
2	Jane McClane	Bestow Curse	Scary goth	Their Mentor...
3	Call Me Jack	Blink	More piercing than flesh	Their Partner...
4	Eye P. Freely	Clairvoyance	No face	Their Father...
5	None O. Yerbizz	Fear	Sumo!	Their Mother...
6	Bigby	Fireball	Literally on fire	Their Abjuration Instructor...
7	Salamander Hammerhead	Fly	Trench coat ate a person	Their Siblings...
8	Full Powers	Gaseous Form	Glitter central	Fellow Program Rivals...
9	Macaroni Rioux	Haste	Elder spawn	Custodians...
10	Milkshake Mike	Hypnotic Pattern	Secret skeleton	The Police...
11	Molly Prepper	Lightning Bolt	Librarian hobo	The Secret Police...
12	Shirly Temple	Major Image	Elf on a shelf	The Ultra-Secret Police...
13	Cassidy Dance	Nondetection	Knockoff Shrek	Everyone...
14	Mollux Prime	Phantom Steed	Bootleg preppy	The Dean...
15	Lisa	Prot. from Energy	A dirty, filthy gun	Ghosts...
16	Ludwig Von Blap	Remove Curse	Goldfish bowl supervillain	Geese...
17	Frank Yips	Sending	Spaceman hermit	Professor Sitch...
18	Wendy	Sleet Storm	TUBES	And That Little Dog, Too...
19	Esther Candlelime	Slow	Doc Ock with a Glock	All Their Imaginary Friends...
20	Contessa Q.	Stinking Cloud	Bionic coffee press	You!...

Professors

AC Leather + Shield  HD 6-10  HP 6-40  Morale 10  Wizard 6-10

1d8 Longer Knife

Spells: According to Department

+2 on Graduate Spell List

+3 on Undergrad Spell List

Now THESE right here are proper Wizards. Professors form the backbone of the University. A Tenured Professor will be infamous for their exploits, their genius, and their utter lack of accountability. Most, except perhaps the most egotistical and powerful, will be referred to only by their first initial, because names carry power.

d20	Department of...	Pioneering Spell	Professor...	Minion(s)
1	Torture	Mass Pain	R	Four sycophants
2	Medicine	Summon Gout	P	Talking tumor
3	Familiars	Charm Familiar	N	Thirty cats
4	Tongues	Speak With Eyes	W	Magic mouths spontaneously erupting from every surface
5	Reality	Shade	4	1d6 Clones
6	Accounting	Locate Psychopath	$	2d4 Student Calculators
7	Circles	Protection from Students	M	Magic Circle that crawls along the floor around them
8	Venoms	Hands to Spiders, Arms to Snakes, Bones to Bees	L	Beeeeeeeeeees!
9	Thought	Bestow Thought	Q	Floating brain in jar
10	Space and Time	Omni-Adjacency	&	Themself from the past
11	Tailors	Hat of Faces	K	Living, Talking Robes
12	Grammar	Misspell Magic	Y	Walking, talking dictionary
13	Spying	Detect Crime	!	Definitely NOT the Secret Police...
14	Charms	Power Word: Ignominy	J	Floozies
15	Whales	Combust Fat	B	Ghost Whale Calf
16	Names	_____ 's Instant Summons	V	1d4 Foolish Student Thralls
17	Elements	Wall of Swords	T	Two tiny little oozes
18	Forms	Ethereal Flying Kick	Z	A very petty old philosopher
19	Elves	Memory Souffle	C	Contingent of Woodland Creatures
20	Crystals	Magic Jar	H	Sentient Rock