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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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! colspan="2" | P
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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
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| Shield || ???
| Shield || Price's Negating Wave
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| 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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Revision as of 14:17, 6 February 2021

...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.

Mazirian the Magician - Jack Vance

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.

The Dying Earth
The Dying Earth
A
Acid Splash Boadric's Caustic Bubble
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 Boaldric's Discerning Eye
M
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 ???
Silence Cugel's Countered Cacophony
Slow Curse of Sloth
Spider Climb Otto's Arachnid Grip
T
Tasha's Hideous Laughter Tasha's Hideous Laughter
Thunderwave Wave of Thunderous Refection
U
Unseen Servant The Call to the Unseen Servant
W
Web Otto's Arachnid Entrapment