Category Archives: World-Building

Magic Monday – Thaumaturgic Tuesday? – They’re the faces of the stranger, but we love to try them on

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Confanity

Animal Mask “Animal Mask” is a generic term used in Order record-books for innumerable spells in which the caster takes the form of… a wild animal. To prepare for this spell, the caster must first venture into the Dreamlands (in … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – Mother’s Day Version

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Confanity

Birthing Charm A ritual beloved by midwives. When a woman is pregnant, the father creates a small stylized human figure and performs ritual actions over it for ten days. After it is complete, the man ceremonially presents it to the … Continue reading →

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Ode of the Battle Poet

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Confanity

Ode of the Battle Poet Chop chop chop chop Chop chop chop chop Chop chop chop chop Stab. (Found jotted in charcoal on a piece of leather after the Skirmish of Round Rock)

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Magic Monday – End-of-Semester Anxiety Version

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Confanity

Fear-Spell The caster must prepare an object to be the vessel of this spell at the start of the day, in the darkness just before the sun rises, by symbolically filling it with his or her own fears. To cast … Continue reading →

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Friday Forge – Term Project Break Version

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Confanity

I’m not planning on making this a regular or weekly feature – it’s just that it’s going to be Friday when this goes up, and I still like alliteration. Anyway, I’m taking a brain break from some pretty intense data-gathering … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – The sounding dark

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Confanity

Yambu This spell requires a flute, pipe, or other wind instrument to cast, and the caster must play the instrument continuously for the duration of the spell. Darkness is generated in a roughly spherical space centered on the caster, and … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday – Hearing is believing

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Confanity

Mouth of Baen Even the most upright of wizards is tempted at times to use this persuasive device. The caster must make a hand sign and speak in a certain tone of voice while pronouncing a short sentence or phrase. … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday: Double illumination

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Confanity

– Two for the price of one this week! Variations on the basic “light spell” theme. The second owes a pretty obvious debt to Gandalf’s staff in Lord of the Rings. Werelight The caster summons a small ball of light … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday: Finally, a spell!

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Confanity

Sight from Darkness Three hundred and nine number the words of Ekarmadedgon’s Whisper. Eleven of them, recited slowly, will bend the caster’s eyes: they will catch the light, not of this world, but of its Shadow, and see all things in … Continue reading →

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Magic Monday: Introduction to YAOSC

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Confanity

+What is YAOSC? YAOSC is Yet Another Old School Clone. The name is a joke; the important thing to know is that this is an adventure game of wilderness exploration, dungeon bashing, and perhaps a little social climbing in a … Continue reading →

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