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Things to do with “spell slots”
A while back I read and commented on a post at Ten Foot Polemic. Mr. Young had an interesting idea about allowing clerics to create “talismans” (I keep on feeling like the plural should be “talismen,” but that’s silly) to … Continue reading
Magic Monday – I will knot be ensorceled
Witch-Ward Faerie creatures have been meddling in the lives of mortals since before recorded history, and humans have been developing and passing on ways to deal with this almost as long. This protective charm centers on knotting red threads in … Continue reading
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Magic Monday – A personal radiance
Cloak of Power The wise wizard knows that violence can cause as many problems as it solves, and reliance on it means a life of exposing oneself to potential injury and death. Yet there are also times when more subtle … Continue reading
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Magic Monday – Physical Magic – Iron Shirt
Tesshadzu Hahd The cold and mountainous land known as the Fells is not the easiest place to wear, or even acquire, metal mail or other heavy armor. Hahdet practitioners have found a way around these difficulties by learning how to … Continue reading
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Magic Monday – An enchantment for Elm Street
Dream Ward Similar to the fae affliction of iron, the progeny of Dream cannot abide the touch of salt, and will recoil from it. Although diluted salts such as what is found in sweat (for example) are no more harmful … Continue reading
Magic Monday – The pinnacle of anti-faerie tech
Dread Seal It is said that the creatures of the Twilight realm fear iron and will not touch it. This spell is the enchantment behind that belief, laid upon an iron seal of disturbing shape. The caster must weave the … Continue reading
Magic Monday – What would you do for a Klondike Bar?
Feast of the Corrupter This is a slow, insidious enchantment that was responsible for much distrust of the magically-skilled, before the rise of the Slakiv Empire and the Order of Magi. Yet the promise of functional immortality is considered so … Continue reading
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Tagged Corrupter, feast, Magic Monday, meal, possession, The Five
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Magic Monday – Maker’s Mark?
Making-Song (Chant of the Shaper) Craftsmen and artisans may invoke the Shaper in times of need or inspiration, pushing their bodies far beyond normal limits at the risk of their sanity. In the common imagination this chant is most often … Continue reading
Magic Monday – For a world before refrigeration
Mark of Purity (Mark of the Renewer) This spell requires a box or similar container. Food or drink is placed inside the container, which is sealed, and finally the Mark is placed or written on the outside in a ceremony … Continue reading
Magic Monday – The nuclear option
Bane-Spell (Secret Word of the Destroyer) The Secret Word can only be taught to those who make a pledge to the Destroyer (a member of The Five). This may take the form of a taboo they must obey, a ritual … Continue reading
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