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Tag Archives: Magic Monday
Magic Monday – The Sorcerer’s Valet
Servant-Spell While many magicians preserve traditions of living within a community and working with their hands, others – especially the wealthy and antisocial – isolate themselves and try to meet their daily needs with magic as often as possible. The … Continue reading
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Tagged animate object, Magic Monday, servant-spell, The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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Magic Monday – God-eaters – The Stars
The Stars (The Dancers of the Astral Plain; the Lights) Description: It turns out that the world really is ringed in a shell, nest, or shield of rotating crystalline spheres. The innermost face of these – which we call the … Continue reading
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Tagged Astral Plain, god-eaters, lights, Magic Monday, stars
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Magic Monday – The Ultimate Duck Whistle
Call Beast Some beings are so powerful that merely invoking their names is enough to draw their attention. Most of the time this attention is brief and inconsequential, but many beings can be enticed to appear physically by appropriate ceremonies … Continue reading
Magic Monday – Feeling a little Ouija
Speak with Dead (Seance) The caster summons nearby spirits of the dead for consultation. If interested, they may engage in ordinary conversation – or the caster may attempt to force them to answer questions. Specific spirits may also be called, … Continue reading
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Tagged Magic Monday, necromancy, seance, spirits of the dead
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Magic Monday – God-eaters – The Progenitor
The Progenitor (Mother; the Black Fish of the Woods with Eight Billion Young) Description: The Progenitor is a mottled, sticky mass of dark colors shot through with streaks of red and pale yellow. It rolls through the woods at a … Continue reading
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Tagged body horror, god-eaters, Magic Monday, mother, progenitor, servitor
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Magic Monday – God-eaters – The Fourth King
The Fourth King (Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, the Ancient) Description: Many human households across the land engage in ancestor-worship. Whole communities may venerate a likeness of a particularly influential figure from their area’s history even when there is no family connection. Most such … Continue reading
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Tagged ancestor worship, Ancient, Fourth King, god-eaters, Grandfather, Magic Monday
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Magic Monday – God-eaters – The Wolf-Mother
The Wolf-Mother (Moro, The Full-Moon Mother, The Huntress) Description: Moro is a huge white wolf the size of a large horse or small elephant. Despite her mass and color, she is a surprisingly stealthy hunter. She and her family live … Continue reading
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Tagged god-eaters, Magic Monday, Moro, Princess Mononoke, wolf
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Magic Monday – God-eaters – Echo
The Knocker (Echo, Kobold) Description: The Knocker is the genius loci of a specific mine, and never ventures beyond the mine’s entrance – only even approaching areas where the outside light is visible under extreme circumstances. It rarely takes physical … Continue reading
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Tagged Echo, god-eaters, Knocker, Kobold, Magic Monday
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Magic Monday – God-eaters – Monkey
Monkey (Master Monkey, Lord Monkey, Emperor Monkey, His Eminence the Monkey, The Grand Old Monkey, etc. etc.) Description: Monkey is a gray-furred, red-faced macaque of the type commonly seen lounging about in the shade in the summer, or in warm … Continue reading
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Tagged god-eaters, Magic Monday, monkey, narcissist
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Magic Monday – God-eaters – The Red Ape
The Red Ape (Kapik Adam) Description: The Red Ape is a huge gorilla, tall enough to tower over any man when standing, with clay-red fur, a barrel chest, and burning red eyes. He tends to be watchful, with slow and … Continue reading
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Tagged god-eaters, gorilla, Magic Monday, red ape
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