History Roleplay / PolyhistorAcademy

* AnythingThatMoves: Charlemagne has had sex with the AnthropomorphicPersonification of pretty much everything. The fact that the AnthropomorphicPersonification of nearly everything is now female is related.

* {{Main/EnlightenmentSuperpower}}/{{Main/PowerBornOfMadness}}: There's very little difference, in-universe. Mikelle, for example, gains bonuses from his psychosis.

* RitualMagic: Present and accounted for.

->''[[AC: A School for Science, Culture, Magic, and Death]]''

Polyhistor Academy in an online roleplaying game in the form of a [[ChooseYourOwnAdventure text adventure]] format. In it, you play as a student at the (in)famous Polyhistor Academy, where those who succeeded will be granted unlimited funding for life upon success, and those who fail will die....if they're lucky.

--> "Oh, it's a condition with a whole host of symptoms: Inability to manifest willpower[[labelnote:*]]Hyrdomancy[[/labelnote]] ; inability to connect to or enter other realms[[labelnote:*]]Aeromancy[[/labelnote]] ; a glaring physical deformity of a magical nature; mental instability usually expressed in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and/or the inability to think clearly and rationally; sterility; physical and mental compulsions; need I go on?"

* MaleGaze: Mikelle has to use his considerable self-control to avoid ogling the Librarian, and during one time while using {{TrueSight}}, one of the first things he noted were his enemies chest and lower parts.

Discussion, and story posts can all be found [[http://forum.questionablequesting.com/index.php?threads/nsfw-polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/ here]]. Visitors should be warned that Polyhistor Academy is hosted in the NSFW section, which requires you to login to access. While Polyhistor itself is SFW, the thread feature's fanwork that is occasionally not.

* TrueSight: A dangerous, difficult, but known ability. Grant 360 degree vision, X-Ray vision, the ability to see magic and various other things. Risks the casters sanity and life is not properly used.

Discussion, and story posts can all be found [[http://104.171.4.145/index.php?threads/nsfw-polyhistor-academy-original-setting-survival-quest.614/ here]]. Visitors should be warned that Polyhistor Academy is hosted in the NSFW section, which requires you to login to access. While Polyhistor itself is SFW, the thread feature's fanwork that is occasionally not.

Discussion, and story posts can all be found [[http://questionablequesting.com/index.php?topic=668.0 here]]. Visitors should be warned that Polyhistor Academy is hosted in the NSFW section, which requires you to login to access. While Polyhistor itself is SFW, the thread feature's fanwork that is occasionally not.

* RandomPowerRankings: The grade system, which uses the Hebrew alphabet. It goes Aleph(The Three Demons, impossible), Bet(The Division heads), Gimel(Master of their field), Dalet(powerful magic users), Hey(can use magic) and Vav(cannot use magic).

->''[[AC: A School for Science, Culture, Magic, and Death]]''

Polyhistor Academy in an online roleplaying game in the form of a [[ChooseYourOwnAdventure text adventure]] format. In it, you play as a student at the (in)famous Polyhistor Academy, where those who succeeded will be granted unlimited funding for life upon success, and those who fail will die....if they're lucky.

Discussion, and story posts can all be found [[http://questionablequesting.com/index.php?topic=668.0 here]]. Visitors should be warned that Polyhistor Academy is hosted in the NSFW section, which requires you to login to access. While Polyhistor itself is SFW, the thread feature's fanwork that is occasionally not.

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* AchievementTestOfDestiny: The Final Exam, with those who don't reach the top 10% often [[DrivenToSuicide kill themselves]] to avoid the FateWorseThanDeath.
* AlmightyJanitor: Played with. The Janitor is both incredibly powerful, ''and'' high-ranking.
* AnatomyOfTheSoul: The identified aspects are: Body, Mind, Self and Soul.
* AnythingThatMoves: Charlemagne has had sex with the AnthropomorphicPersonification of pretty much everything. The fact that the AnthropomorphicPersonification of nearly everything is now female is related.
* ApatheticTeacher: The General Art's teacher seen is completely apathetic, telling the class what to do, then reading a book for the rest of the lesson. He never even offers his name.
* BeyondTheImpossible: One of the background characters, Charlemagne, beat the [[AnthropomorphicPersonification literal embodiment of Perfection]], in a fight. Since then, 3 others have reached similar heights.
* BlessedWithSuck: The Thrice-Cursed. Born an innate magical ability, it comes with various negative symptoms.
--> "Oh, it's a condition with a whole host of symptoms: Inability to manifest willpower[[labelnote:*]]Hyrdomancy[[/labelnote]] ; inability to connect to or enter other realms[[labelnote:*]]Aeromancy[[/labelnote]] ; a glaring physical deformity of a magical nature; mental instability usually expressed in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and/or the inability to think clearly and rationally; sterility; physical and mental compulsions; need I go on?"
* BountyHunter: Members of the Blooded are this.
* BoardingSchool: Once you enter Polyhistor Academy, you either leave as a graduate, or you don't at all.
** AcademyOfAdventure: Not a good thing.
** BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: The school itself is pretty nice, as are most of the teachers. It's everything else that's the problem.
** WizardingSchool: Magic is part of curriculum.
* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: The Enforcer's ensure that the school rules are enforced, ''harshly''. And they ''always'' know.
* CosmicHorrorStory: The setting is set in one.
* CoolTeacher: Professor Kuslov is regarded as the best teacher in the Academy. Professor Blue is also very cool, but rather new.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Visitors of the Library tend to get distracted by the Librarian.
* {{Main/EnlightenmentSuperpower}}/{{Main/PowerBornOfMadness}}: There's very little difference, in-universe. Mikelle, for example, gains bonuses from his psychosis.
* FateWorseThanDeath: The fate of those who graduate without being in the top 10%. Also, those who [[EldritchAbomination Deimos]] get it's hands on.
* FunctionalMagic: There are three kinds of magic: Geomancy(Force Magic, based on Monism/Pluarlism), Hydromancy(Mentalism/Ki Manipulation, is based on Solipsism) and Aeromancy(Innate Gift, is [[WrongContextMagic Bullshit]]).
* HotForTeacher: Mikelle acted as an art tutor for Mia, which served as the basis of their eventual relationship.
--> Its as if somebody took the standard trope, but skipped past the "let your hair loose, take of your glasses, and unbutton your top button" to get straight to the glorious end.
* ItsNotPornItsArt: Mikelle once muses whether or not some of his art pieces would be viewed in such a way. He determines that it doesn't matter, as he himself doesn't, and he doesn't show his personal collection anyway.
* LawOfInverseFertility: Mia wanted kids someday. Mia is sterile. It's a sore spot.
* MagicEnhancement: A standard magic.
* MagicalEye: Mia has them, allowing her to see with her eyes closed. [[spoiler: Because she's a Thrice-Cursed.]]
* MaleGaze: Mikelle has to use his considerable self-control to avoid ogling the Librarian, and during one time while using {{TrueSight}}, one of the first things he noted were his enemies chest and lower parts.
* {{Masquerade}}: One enforced by reality itself with the "Lethe" effect, which causes people to forget magic exists, and all evidence of it to be erased. Magic users have to learn a spell that renders them immune to the effect.
* MarkOfTheSupernatural: The Thrice-Cursed all possess an obviously magical deformity/mutation, that grants them a magical ability, and is usually blatantly obvious.
* MasterOfIllusion: The current protagonist, Mikelle, as well as the (Sexy) Librarian.
* MurderInc: The Blooded, for the lower levels. Mikelle is part of it.
* MysteryCult: The Blooded, for the higher levels. Possibly Red Lightning, as well.
* OurSoulsAreDifferent: Souls are indestructible and unchanging, existing outside of time. People generally have multiple souls during their life-time, as they change and grow, becoming a different person to what they once were.
** Items that a "Soul Crafted" exist, where the creator has forged their soul into an item, erasing their existence and creating an indestructible item with magical powers. This is believed to be unintentional on the creators part.
* PublicExposure: Mia thought that Mikelle was going to paint a nude portrait of her. [[spoiler: They end up painting one anyway, as a companion piece. Off-screen.]]
* RitualMagic: Present and accounted for.
* SanityMeter: Psychosis and Stress. If Stress reaches 10, gain a Psychosis. Get enough, and it's Game Over.
* SchoolClubsAreSeriousBusiness: School Clubs are neutral territory for it's members, and some are full-blown alliances of students, which wage wars against others. Mikelle is part of the Art Club, which is neutral.
* SentientCosmicForce: For a given value of "sentient", Gaia, which is what Geomancers use for their magic.
* SchoolOfHardKnocks: There are few harder.
* TrueSight: A dangerous, difficult, but known ability. Grant 360 degree vision, X-Ray vision, the ability to see magic and various other things. Risks the casters sanity and life is not properly used.

* {{HotLibrarian}}/{{MagicLibrarian}}/{{ScaryLibrarian}}: The Librarian is one of the most powerful, dangerous and skilled magic-users in the world, and uses [[VainSorceress magic to enhance her already good looks.]]

* MadDoctor: Dr. Park, the school Doctor, is a psychopathic monster, who regularly performs unwilling experiments and [[Transhumanism upgrades]] to students.

* AlmightyJanitor: Played with. The Janitor is both incredibly powerful, [i]and[/i] high-ranking.
* AnatomyOfTheSoul: The identified aspects are: Body,

* AlmightyJanitor: Played with. The Janitor is both incredibly powerful, [i]and[/i] high-ranking.

* AlmightyJanitor: Not actually almighty, but the Janitor is definitely up there.

* PublicExposure: Mia thought that Mikelle was going to paint a nude portrait of her. [[spoiler: They end up painting one anyway, as a companion piece.]]

* TerribleArtist: Mia, at the beginning of the story, is a terrible artist. Justified, in that she's colorblind, and she improves when instructed by a competent artist.

* DistractedByTheSexy: Mia has trouble focusing when Mikelle's naked.

* TerribleArtist: Mia, at the beginning of the story, is a terrible artist. Justified, in that she

* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: Dr. Park, the school Doctor, is a psychopathic monster, who regularly performs unwilling experiments and [[Transhumanism upgrades]] to students.