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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
Magic Monday – An enchantment to evade entropy
Sign of the Maintainer The Maintainer is one of a quintumvirate of deities worshiped in the Slakiv heartlands: the Shaper, the Destroyer, the Corrupter, the Renewer, and the Maintainer. The Five are believed to be personifications of the natural processes … Continue reading
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Tagged charm, Magic Monday, Maintainer, preservation, Sign, The Five
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Magic Monday – Nothing says “keep out” quite like it
Shun-Rune A vicious spell that requires a blood sacrifice. The caster must kill a living being, or find a fresh kill, and allow its blood to spill on the ground. They must dip a finger in the blood and draw … Continue reading
Magic Monday – Moving Monday, Travel Tuesday
(My apologies for the late post! We’ve spent the last couple of days moving to a new residence – only about a hundred miles away, which is relatively close by American standards, but still a complex undertaking – and I … Continue reading
Magic Monday – How ’bout the power to kill a yak from 200 yards away… with MIND BULLETS!
Blade of Hate The caster’s wish to harm an enemy is manifested as an invisible cutting force that projects wherever they direct their gaze. Any target must be fully visible to the caster; intervening obstacles will take damage instead of … Continue reading
Magic Monday – Bannme’s Song
Bannme’s Song Not all magicians consider this to be a spell of any sort. Some consider it a tool for meditation; others, a mere mundane poem long divorced from its historical origins. It is said that anyone capable of dream-travel … Continue reading
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Tagged Bannme, City of Glass, Doom of Namil, GM tool, Magic Monday
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Magic Monday – Physical magic – A need for speed
Zhoghaikhan Hahd The Zhoghaikhan Hahd is the most famous technique used by the elite bodyguards of the Fells to protect the throne. Like the Bakihandu Hahd, it requires a round spent focusing and gathering energy. At the start of the … Continue reading
Magic Monday – Introduction to physical magic
Bakihandu Hahd Hahd techniques are a series of martial physical magics: Physical magic allows the practitioner to harness magical energy internally, affecting their own body, rather than in the more common external applications. The Hahdet were created by the royal family of the … Continue reading