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[@Jumbus]Tragically, the implication behind Mesmerology in the OOC is that there’s not a single Mesmerologist in the world that can actually do what they claim to be able to do, as the very nature of this particular Major works against the most difficult parts of Formulization in general, due to requiring you to essentially alter the properties of the intangibles (memories/thoughts) of a living being (which is difficult enough to do when it’s yourself). The hurdle to Mesmerology is high enough that everything about it is theoretical and there’s no systematized method of actually attaining it. So a school that can produce Mesmerologists (that aren’t just scam artists) is out of the question. Either find another Major, accept that Franz is lying through his teeth, or make him a real genius of geniuses.

Otherwise, the backstory is good enough. You’ll want to talk to Dog about how Austira-Hungary exists when the Ottoman Empire also does. Qualia isn't anything relevant to the world though.

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Hi yeah fully understand. I was going for a 'some countries might have secretly developed it more' but I get that isn't the direction you want for Mesmerology. I do find it curious that Mesmerology is an option when it is hamstrung this significantly. However, my original concept for this character was to have no power at all so I'm certainly not complaining. I quite like under powered characters who use their brain over their power. I have reworked multiple parts of his backstory to fit the advice:

-The Vienna Academy is now just a Young Polymath academy that happens to have an interest in developing Mesmerology past the theoretical phase.

-Franz's powers got reworked to be his experimental progress in the Mesmerology field. Hopefully thats a good power level for it. If it isn't, I would appreciate some clearer guidelines with it. As its a bit rough to gauge it at the moment haha

-I would say Franz is a mix between genius of geniuses and scam artist

-I mistook Qualia for being a shorthand name for the academy sorry

Edit: The first edit was not saved so I have only just got those changes up