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|title = Mazirian the Magician | |||
|quote = ...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. | |||
|author = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Vance Jack Vance] | |||
|source = [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazirian_the_Magician Mazirian the Magician] | |||
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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. | 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. | ||
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! A | ! colspan="2" | A | ||
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| Acid Splash || ??? | | Acid Splash || ??? | ||
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| Prestidigitation || ??? | | Prestidigitation || ??? | ||
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| Protection from Poison || | | Protection from Poison || Tasha's Tempered Toxicity | ||
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! S | ! S | ||
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| Shocking Grasp|| ??? | | Shocking Grasp|| ??? | ||
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| Silence|| | | Silence|| Cugel's Countered Cacophony | ||
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| Spider Climb || Otto's Arachnid Grip | | Spider Climb || Otto's Arachnid Grip | ||
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! T | ! T | ||
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| | | Tasha's Hideous Laughter || Tasha's Hideous Laughter | ||
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| Thunderwave || ??? | | Thunderwave || ??? | ||
Revision as of 11:45, 17 February 2020
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.
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.
| A | |
|---|---|
| Acid Splash | ??? |
| B | |
| Blade Ward | ??? |
| C | |
| Charm Person | The Hypnotic Charm |
| D | |
| Detect Magic | The Discerner of Enchantments |
| Dispel Magic | Dweomerbane |
| E | |
| Eldritch Blast | ??? |
| Expeditious Retreat | The Expeditious Retreat |
| F | |
| Find Familiar | The Call to the Familiar Spirit |
| G | |
| Grease | Evard's Frictionless Field |
| H | |
| Hellish Rebuke | ??? |
| I | |
| Identify | ??? |
| M | |
| Magic Missile | ??? |
| Mending | The Spell of Pragmatic Amalgamation |
| P | |
| Prestidigitation | ??? |
| Protection from Poison | Tasha's Tempered Toxicity |
| S | |
| Shield | ??? |
| Shocking Grasp | ??? |
| Silence | Cugel's Countered Cacophony |
| Spider Climb | Otto's Arachnid Grip |
| T | |
| Tasha's Hideous Laughter | Tasha's Hideous Laughter |
| Thunderwave | ??? |
| U | |
| Unseen Servant | The Call to the Unseen Servant |