[quote=@PrankFox]
So for aspiring villains can we pick initiate in the infernal arts or do we need to wait until the secret classes start?
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That depends on whether or not they have a relative or previous mentor who is part of the Cult of Tiamat. Since one of my characters is going to be the child of cult members and doing the initial recruiting for the Secret Arena, they will be an Initiate in Infernal Magic. Though, since not everyone will be taking place in the dark magic class, that progression is separate from what I mentioned for the Academy-approved magicks. So, regardless of whether or not one is going to learn Infernal Magic, they still get the same starting options with the approved magicks. 

And to give something extra for the non-villain characters, we could have those be the ones who join the Battlemancer team. So, in addition to what is learned in classes, the hero-leaning characters get combat experience in the Battlemancer League and the villain-leaning characters get combat experience in the Secret Arena, where the students are forced to fight each other, monsters, the dark teachers, etc. For that part, we can have some generic NPC student villains that each of us can control when writing the combat scenes. Sound good?

So, assuming we're all in agreement, I'm going to be less active on here for a few days while I focus on getting everything written and ready for the main thread. I don't have an exact ETA, especially with the upcoming week being fairly busy due to family stuff and Thanksgiving, but I'm hoping to have everything ready to go by Friday.