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<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. | <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. | |||
[[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. | [[wikipedia:Mazirian_the_Magician|Mazirian the Magician]] - [[wikipedia:Jack_Vance|Jack Vance]] | ||
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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. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:31, 26 December 2024
...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.
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; here's one I found to use as inspiration. But feel free to come up with better ones.
Izzy's spells are flavored a bit differently. They can be found here: Izzy's Flavour
| A | |
|---|---|
| Acid Splash | Boadric's Caustic Bubble |
| B | |
| Blade Ward | Armor of Fortification |
| C | |
| Charm Person | The Hypnotic Charm |
| D | |
| Detect Magic | The Discerner of Enchantments |
| Dispel Magic | Dweomerbane |
| E | |
| Eldritch Blast | The Lance of Hell |
| Expeditious Retreat | The Expeditious Retreat |
| F | |
| Find Familiar | The Call to the Familiar Spirit |
| G | |
| Grease | Evard's Frictionless Field |
| H | |
| Hellish Rebuke | The Wrath of Hell |
| I | |
| Identify | Boaldric's Discerning Eye |
| M | |
| Mage Armor | Spell of Spectral Protection |
| Magic Missile | Karloff's Magical Darts |
| Mending | The Spell of Pragmatic Amalgamation |
| P | |
| Prestidigitation | A Wizards Handy Tricks |
| Protection from Poison | Tasha's Tempered Toxicity |
| S | |
| Shield | Price's Negating Wave |
| Shocking Grasp | Price's Sizzling Sparks |
| Silence | Cugel's Countered Cacophony |
| Slow | Curse of the Sloth |
| Spider Climb | Otto's Arachnid Grip |
| T | |
| Tasha's Hideous Laughter | Tasha's Hideous Laughter |
| Thunderwave | Wave of Thunderous Rejection |
| U | |
| Unseen Servant | The Call to the Unseen Servant |
| W | |
| Web | Otto's Arachnid Entrapment |