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Magic Monday – Bigger than baby steps
Small Steps (Unseen Travel; Shadow Travel) This odd but versatile spell involves repeated physical entry and exit into and from the Shadow (the spiritual reflection of the material plane). It reduces the difficulty and stresses of this passage by making … Continue reading
Magic Monday – A spell for finding Nemo?
Old Salt Song This song, or chant, is an example of hedge-magic: a ritual, or slow-cast spell, primarily preserved and practiced by common folk rather than academics or specialists. Every fishing village or port town along the coast of the … Continue reading
Magic Monday – Forget-me-do
Reap Memory This ritual allows memories to be extracted wholesale from the victim’s mind. The magician must speak with the victim on multiple occasions for a significant amount of time (at least about half an hour), on each occasion making … Continue reading
Magic Monday – “Um, I like your nose.”
Snuffer’s Mirror (A Spell to Change your Face) Many dedicated wizards can take on at least one animal form. A change of appearance while retaining human shape, however, requires this difficult spell. Because of the potential for abuse, many governments … Continue reading
Magic Monday – An anti-spell spell
Soft-Hand Ward (Unweaving) Although generally thought of as a complement to the Strong-Hand Ward, this magic-working is substantially different, to the point where some scholars argue that it isn’t a “spell” at all. Instead, a magician who detects other magic … Continue reading
Magic Monday – Just say “no” to getting stabbed
Strong-Hand Ward A rare and difficult, but powerful, spell that renders the magician impervious to physical attacks. The actual casting takes time and effort, and the magician must concentrate to retain its efficacy, but for as long as the spell … Continue reading
Magic Monday – Put yourself into your work
Enliven Blade This is one of the few widely acknowledged rituals that can be performed unconsciously. It is known that proper care and attention from a wielder – and taking the lives of sentient beings – can leave traces on … Continue reading
At First
He lived in a large park-like place, and took care of the animals and plants there. A woman lived with him, and helped him—or maybe he helped her; they didn’t stop to consider which it might be. When he … Continue reading
Magic Monday – Taiko Telecommunication
Fel Greeting (Royal Ice Drum) The Fells are best-known, in the magical and martial communities alike, as the home of physical magic. That is not their only discovery, though. If anything, this spell was more vital in the formation of … Continue reading
Magic Monday – They found not a heart within the beast
Augury Some variant of this spell exists in every land, in response to humanity’s voracious need for knowledge. The details are not important compared to the process: the magician must enter a meditative state, observe a source of randomness, and … Continue reading
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