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Mathom, the God of Delays
Mathom, the God of Delays, is an overlooked but powerful entity. Few worship him, but many remember him with word and de…
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Ars Dracopodemiae
A transcription, beyng the seminal introduction by Mr S J Ponsuler to the theory and praxis of Dracapodemy, the studie o…
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Cartogramancy - The Magic of Maps
'Anyone can draw a map, boy - there's no more difficulty in that than laying brick. What makes maps useful is when they …
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The God of Small Things
For want of a nail a horse was lost
For want of a horse a rider was lost
For want of a rider a message was lost
For w…
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I could think of many times such a party contract would of come in handy.
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The Year of Red Leaves
3 HoH
In the royal year 451, also known as the year of Red Leaves, something strange occured. A star fell blazing from the heavens, in to the Midlands. Imperial Wizardry could be sent to examine the object. However things changed in the area. Roy…
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Lai-Xeng was a traveling scholar and wise man. There are a hundred tales attributed to him, each one containing a kernal of wisdom.
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This is a popular children's rhyme in the city of Ur-Kanesh. It is chanted while the children run down the street on St. Arakis eve.
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In the lands of the Ardamians there is a tale. A tale of the weather god, Shastalar, and of Tear, the spirit of nature. This tale is often told when the weather grows bad and the children huddles in front of the fireplace.
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How may times have you read a book in which a famous hero's sword is treasured and valued, not because it is magic, or because of its powers, but just because the hero wielded it. The 'Sword of Enthar' the great warrior may just be a normal…
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Most of the people who 'spell components' really don't know anything about magic. Components are used as tools, symbols to help focus the concentration and associations for the spell caster. Rarely is anything 'consumed' in the casting, unl…
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Cantrips
Golden
7 HoH
The little things matter.
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Steamery is a type of learning, like Magery and Lettery (Magic of Written words, Scholarly works), akin to Alchemy which combined elements of the two. It is considered a type of magic, the use of the four basic elements to produce 'magical'…
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Unique Magic Items
1 HoH
Magic is a strange power, that can be harnessed (or not?), but never fully understood. Magic should be unique. Magic could be REALLY unique on this one world...
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It is said that dwarves have problems with using magic (maybe they cannot cast spells at all). This is an attempt to create a distinctly dwarwen school of magic. The way you use it is of course yours.
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But, O Fellow Denizens of the Citadel, I ask this - what other kinds of unique elements can you come up with?
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Scrasamax's Guide to Orcs
Golden
6 HoH
Recently unearthed this gem of mine, and thought to post it. Its writing predates my joining of Strolen, and I found quite a few interesting bits in it. It is nearly completely written and I am going to endeavor to finish writing it out. Un…
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Gemstone Magic
4 HoH
The magic in my roleplay system is based around gemstones. It started off with the fact that wizards could use gems to regain lost mana: essentially, the gems were nothing more than glorified potions of mana. Since then I've managed to expa…
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The worlds are nothing more than bubbles on the strings on the plane of dreams.
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Garan- The Name of Magic
Golden
9 HoH
Magic is a living entity, simple and non-sentient, but reactive to large-scale emotional states. Its name, like we might call a dog, 'Dog', is Garan. It is better to think of it as a huge astreal vine like plant, rather than an animal.
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Newtons Magic
2 HoH
Quote from: 'Sir Isaac Newton' Every action has an equal and opposite reaction
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Sword-Draw magics
2 HoH
One of the common variations on magic is the concept of 'sword mages' or 'knight mages'. We all know and love them as the folks in full plate that split globes in twain with flaming swords, before twirling around to change their flame sword…
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Wheel Magic
4 HoH
The young priest had been healing in the market place for free. Someone seeking bounty gold had told someone at the temple. "Hut. Hut. Hut" The Temple Knights in formation came marching down from the temple. The young priest s…
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Peldor scrambled for his staff. It has all his tactical spells anchored. He dived to the floor, trying to dodge the incoming dart spells. All he had was his ring (for energy enhancements) and his belt buckle (which carried his personal enha…
