Vancian Spell Names - Revision history

DB at 19:31, 26 December 2024

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	...when black night lay across the forest, he would seek through his books for spells to guard him through the unpredictable glades. They would be poignant corrosive spells, of such a nature that one would daunt the brain of an ordinary man and two render him mad. Mazirian, by dint of stringent exercise, could encompass four of the most formidable, or six of the lesser spells....[He] made a selection from his books and with great effort forced five spells upon his brain: Phandaal's Gyrator, Felojun's Second Hypnotic Spell, The Excellent Prismatic Spray, The Charm of Untiring Nourishment, and the Spell of the Omnipotent Sphere. This accomplished, Mazirian drank wine and retired to his couch.		...when black night lay across the forest, he would seek through his books for spells to guard him through the unpredictable glades. They would be poignant corrosive spells, of such a nature that one would daunt the brain of an ordinary man and two render him mad. Mazirian, by dint of stringent exercise, could encompass four of the most formidable, or six of the lesser spells....[He] made a selection from his books and with great effort forced five spells upon his brain: Phandaal's Gyrator, Felojun's Second Hypnotic Spell, The Excellent Prismatic Spray, The Charm of Untiring Nourishment, and the Spell of the Omnipotent Sphere. This accomplished, Mazirian drank wine and retired to his couch.
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	[[wikipedia:Mazirian_the_Magician\|Mazirian the Magician]] - [[wikipedia:Jack_Vance\|Jack Vance]]		[[wikipedia:Mazirian_the_Magician\|Mazirian the Magician]] - [[wikipedia:Jack_Vance\|Jack Vance]]
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DB at 19:30, 26 December 2024

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			...when black night lay across the forest, he would seek through his books for spells to guard him through the unpredictable glades. They would be poignant corrosive spells, of such a nature that one would daunt the brain of an ordinary man and two render him mad. Mazirian, by dint of stringent exercise, could encompass four of the most formidable, or six of the lesser spells....[He] made a selection from his books and with great effort forced five spells upon his brain: Phandaal's Gyrator, Felojun's Second Hypnotic Spell, The Excellent Prismatic Spray, The Charm of Untiring Nourishment, and the Spell of the Omnipotent Sphere. This accomplished, Mazirian drank wine and retired to his couch.
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			[[wikipedia:Mazirian_the_Magician\|Mazirian the Magician]] - [[wikipedia:Jack_Vance\|Jack Vance]]
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	~~[[wikipedia:Mazirian_the_Magician\|Mazirian the Magician]] - [[wikipedia:Jack_Vance\|Jack Vance]]</blockquote>~~To give magic some more flavor it's fun to use Vancian names for all the spells. Not during play as that would slow things down but in descriptions on here it definitely works.		To give magic some more flavor it's fun to use Vancian names for all the spells. Not during play as that would slow things down but in descriptions on here it definitely works.

	Fortunately more people have had the same idea of converting D&D spell names to more Vancian names; [http://www.infinitedragons.com/files/dying-earth-cleric-1/Dying%20Earth%20Spells.pdf here's] one I found to use as inspiration. But feel free to come up with better ones.		Fortunately more people have had the same idea of converting D&D spell names to more Vancian names; [http://www.infinitedragons.com/files/dying-earth-cleric-1/Dying%20Earth%20Spells.pdf here's] one I found to use as inspiration. But feel free to come up with better ones.

DB at 19:26, 26 December 2024

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	~~{\| class="wikitable"~~		<blockquote>...when black night lay across the forest, he would seek through his books for spells to guard him through the unpredictable glades. They would be poignant corrosive spells, of such a nature that one would daunt the brain of an ordinary man and two render him mad. Mazirian, by dint of stringent exercise, could encompass four of the most formidable, or six of the lesser spells....[He] made a selection from his books and with great effort forced five spells upon his brain: Phandaal's Gyrator, Felojun's Second Hypnotic Spell, The Excellent Prismatic Spray, The Charm of Untiring Nourishment, and the Spell of the Omnipotent Sphere. This accomplished, Mazirian drank wine and retired to his couch.
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	\| ...when black night lay across the forest, he would seek through his books for spells to guard him through the unpredictable glades. They would be poignant corrosive spells, of such a nature that one would daunt the brain of an ordinary man and two render him mad. Mazirian, by dint of stringent exercise, could encompass four of the most formidable, or six of the lesser spells....[He] made a selection from his books and with great effort forced five spells upon his brain: Phandaal's Gyrator, Felojun's Second Hypnotic Spell, The Excellent Prismatic Spray, The Charm of Untiring Nourishment, and the Spell of the Omnipotent Sphere. This accomplished, Mazirian drank wine and retired to his couch.
	~~[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazirian_the_Magician Mazirian the Magician] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance Jack Vance]~~
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	To give magic some more ~~flavour~~ it's fun to use Vancian names for all the spells. Not during play as that would slow things down but in descriptions on here it definitely works.		[[wikipedia:Mazirian_the_Magician\|Mazirian the Magician]] - [[wikipedia:Jack_Vance\|Jack Vance]]</blockquote>To give magic some more flavor it's fun to use Vancian names for all the spells. Not during play as that would slow things down but in descriptions on here it definitely works.

	Fortunately more people have had the same idea of converting D&D spell names to more Vancian names; [http://www.infinitedragons.com/files/dying-earth-cleric-1/Dying%20Earth%20Spells.pdf here's] one I found to use as inspiration. But feel free to come up with better ones.		Fortunately more people have had the same idea of converting D&D spell names to more Vancian names; [http://www.infinitedragons.com/files/dying-earth-cleric-1/Dying%20Earth%20Spells.pdf here's] one I found to use as inspiration. But feel free to come up with better ones.

	[[File:Dying Earth.jpg\|right\|390px\|The Dying Earth]]Izzy's spells are ~~flavoured~~ a bit differently. They can be found here: [[Izzy's Flavour]]		[[File:Dying Earth.jpg\|right\|390px\|The Dying Earth]]Izzy's spells are flavored a bit differently. They can be found here: [[Izzy's Flavour]]
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Harm: added link to Izzys spells

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	Fortunately more people have had the same idea of converting D&D spell names to more Vancian names; [http://www.infinitedragons.com/files/dying-earth-cleric-1/Dying%20Earth%20Spells.pdf here's] one I found to use as inspiration. But feel free to come up with better ones.		Fortunately more people have had the same idea of converting D&D spell names to more Vancian names; [http://www.infinitedragons.com/files/dying-earth-cleric-1/Dying%20Earth%20Spells.pdf here's] one I found to use as inspiration. But feel free to come up with better ones.

	[[File:Dying Earth.jpg\|right\|390px\|The Dying Earth]]		[[File:Dying Earth.jpg\|right\|390px\|The Dying Earth]]Izzy's spells are flavoured a bit differently. They can be found here: [[Izzy's Flavour]]
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DB at 16:38, 26 November 2021

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	! colspan="2" \| B		! colspan="2" \| B
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	\| Blade Ward \|\| ~~???~~		\| Blade Ward \|\| Armor of Fortification
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	! colspan="2" \| C		! colspan="2" \| C
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	\| Eldritch Blast \|\| ~~???~~		\| Eldritch Blast \|\| The Lance of Hell
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	\| Expeditious Retreat \|\| The Expeditious Retreat		\| Expeditious Retreat \|\| The Expeditious Retreat
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	! colspan="2" \| H		! colspan="2" \| H
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	\| Hellish Rebuke \|\| ~~???~~		\| Hellish Rebuke \|\| The Wrath of Hell
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	! colspan="2" \| I		! colspan="2" \| I
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	\| Shield \|\| Price's Negating Wave		\| Shield \|\| Price's Negating Wave
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	\| Shocking Grasp\|\| ~~???~~		\| Shocking Grasp\|\| Price's Sizzling Sparks
	\|-		\|-
	\| Silence\|\| Cugel's Countered Cacophony		\| Silence\|\| Cugel's Countered Cacophony

Paul at 17:13, 6 February 2021

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	! colspan="2" \| M		! colspan="2" \| M
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			\|Mage Armor
			\|Spell of Spectral Protection
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	\| Magic Missile \|\| Karloff's Magical Darts		\| Magic Missile \|\| Karloff's Magical Darts
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	\| Tasha's Hideous Laughter \|\| Tasha's Hideous Laughter		\| Tasha's Hideous Laughter \|\| Tasha's Hideous Laughter
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	\| Thunderwave \|\| Wave of Thunderous ~~Refection~~		\| Thunderwave \|\| Wave of Thunderous Rejection
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	! colspan="2" \| U		! colspan="2" \| U

Paul at 14:18, 6 February 2021

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	\|Slow		\|Slow
	\|Curse of Sloth		\|Curse of the Sloth
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	\| Spider Climb \|\| Otto's Arachnid Grip		\| Spider Climb \|\| Otto's Arachnid Grip

Paul at 13:17, 6 February 2021

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	! colspan="2" \| I		! colspan="2" \| I
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	\| Identify \|\| ~~???~~		\| Identify \|\| Boaldric's Discerning Eye
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	! colspan="2" \| M		! colspan="2" \| M
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	\| Magic Missile \|\| ~~???~~		\| Magic Missile \|\| Karloff's Magical Darts
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	\| Mending \|\| The Spell of Pragmatic Amalgamation		\| Mending \|\| The Spell of Pragmatic Amalgamation
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	\| Prestidigitation \|\| ~~???~~		\| Prestidigitation \|\| A Wizards Handy Tricks
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	\| Protection from Poison \|\| Tasha's Tempered Toxicity		\| Protection from Poison \|\| Tasha's Tempered Toxicity
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	! colspan="2" \| S		! colspan="2" \| S
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	\| Shield \|\| ~~???~~		\| Shield \|\| Price's Negating Wave
	\|-		\|-
	\| Shocking Grasp\|\| ???		\| Shocking Grasp\|\| ???
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	\| Silence\|\| Cugel's Countered Cacophony		\| Silence\|\| Cugel's Countered Cacophony
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			\|Slow
			\|Curse of Sloth
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	\| Spider Climb \|\| Otto's Arachnid Grip		\| Spider Climb \|\| Otto's Arachnid Grip
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	\| Tasha's Hideous Laughter \|\| Tasha's Hideous Laughter		\| Tasha's Hideous Laughter \|\| Tasha's Hideous Laughter
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	\| Thunderwave \|\| ~~???~~		\| Thunderwave \|\| Wave of Thunderous Refection
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	! colspan="2" \| U		! colspan="2" \| U
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	\| Unseen Servant \|\| The Call to the Unseen Servant		\| Unseen Servant \|\| The Call to the Unseen Servant
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			! colspan="2" \|W
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			\|Web
			\|Otto's Arachnid Entrapment
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Paul at 18:47, 17 February 2020

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	\| Acid Splash \|\| ~~???~~		\| Acid Splash \|\| Boadric's Caustic Bubble
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DB at 11:41, 17 February 2020

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	Fortunately more people have had the same idea of converting D&D spell names to more Vancian names; [http://www.infinitedragons.com/files/dying-earth-cleric-1/Dying%20Earth%20Spells.pdf here's] one I found to use as inspiration. But feel free to come up with better ones.		Fortunately more people have had the same idea of converting D&D spell names to more Vancian names; [http://www.infinitedragons.com/files/dying-earth-cleric-1/Dying%20Earth%20Spells.pdf here's] one I found to use as inspiration. But feel free to come up with better ones.

			[[File:Dying Earth.jpg\|right\|390px\|The Dying Earth]]
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