domingo, 29 de marzo de 2009

Doctor Worblehat's Flaming Primate Premonition


What's it called? Doctor Worblehat's Flaming Primate Premonition (in short, DWFPP)

What does it do? This is one member of the 'create light' spell family, which keeps growing day by day. In this case, the spell will allow you to give birth to an artifact in the shape of a wooden monkey; the monkey functions (as long as the crystal source of its energy keeps going) as a light source, like yellow rings or the converted items produced by the spell Turnwhistle's Effulgent Autiridescence. The improvement is that it doesn't consume gps while working, but it has to be rekindled from time to time (with the need of some components and the spell Rubayak's Power Dispenser) and it can't be worn (it isn't very heavy, though).
Overall, I'd consider it quite an unnecessary trinklet, as we already have two light spells and TEA, besides yellow rings, torches and (the most practical) permalights. Nevertheless, it is quite a funny addition (it would be even better if it was spammy and asked you for bananas).

Where is it? Like the one we mentioned some days ago, this is one of the new spells that can be found inside Thee Secrets of Artifyce and Crafte grimoire, at the Sto Lat Library.

What does it require? The focus of an octogram and a knife to start carving. Also a gold ring, a rowan orb and a red crystal, all of which are consumed (or rather, 'transformed') in the process.

What skills do I need? Turning, Gold, Enchanting, Binding

Has it worked? A succesful output reads something like this:

You prepare to cast Doctor Worblehat's Flaming Primate Premonition.

Covering your mouth with one hand, you step into the middle of the octogram and ask the rowan orb to sit in mid air while you work it with your knife.

You put the knife down and place the gold ring inside the developing statue.

Placing your hands over your ears, you focus on the ring within and cause it to melt enough to mold it into a tiny dais.

You lift the crystal and place it on the newly crafted dais, then putting your hands over your eyes, you concentrate all your energy into the red crystal and make it glow brilliantly.

Finally, using all your senses, you bind all the magical properies together into one grand artifact.

Help Information:

Doctor Worblehat's Flaming Primate Premonition - Creates a flaming monkey.

Doctor Worblehat's had a dream one night about some strange future event. The dream encouraged him to create this spell. Unfortunately, the wizard in the premonition was him and he was never able to tell anyone the secret of the flaming primate.


Notes

The item created is, as has been mentioned, a wooden monkey. A look at it will yield the following description:


This is a small wooden monkey with an even smaller cage where the belly should be. Within the cage is a tiny red crystal sitting on a golden dais. On the golden dais is a miniscule plaque with minute runes which might mean "Light Me".

The wooden monkey is not lit, and the tiny crystal glimmers from within. / The crystal inside the wooden monkey's belly hovers slightly over the golden dais and glows a warm, rose colour.

A shimmer of octarine plays across the monkey subtly.

It appears to have something written on it.


>Read monkey
You read the wooden monkey:
Crafted by Winswand.


sábado, 28 de marzo de 2009

Fiddelmaker's Auriferous Embrace


What's it called? Fiddelmaker's Auriferous Embrace (in short, FAE)

What does it do? This is one of the new 'artificer' spells that have appeared in the newly refurbished Sto Lat Library and Wizard's Guild. As to its purpose, it pours a small amount of molten gold over someone, causing them some damage and pain, with much screaming.
As for the use of the spell, I'd rate it fairly low. The amount of damage done isn't much (there's even a rumour, which I'll have to check, that casting it on trolls actually *heals* them instead of damaging them; it does look logical, but very unpractical...), and the spent gold component would probably be better employed for other purposes. Besides, if you're wearing a gold ring it won't let you cast the spell, and there's always the danger of a misplaced and valuable blorple suddenly turned into cinders... Still, I always appreciate the introduction of new spells, even if I don't count on using them at all...

Where is it? As already stated, it is one of the 5 new spells that can be found inside Thee Secrets of Artifyce and Crafte grimoire, at the Sto Lat Library.

What does it require? A wand (any wand; haven't tried with pickling sticks, though) and a gold ring, which is consumed (ouch!) in the process.

What skills do I need? Wand, Gold, Animating

Has it worked? A succesful output reads something like this:

You prepare to cast Fiddelmaker's Auriferous Embrace on the xxx (target).

You slip a gold ring over the end of your wand.

Calling up a flicker of magical flame, you melt the ring into a sphere of liquid gold.

You level your wand at the xxx and speak a Word of Power, instilling the sphere of molten gold with anger and life.

A ray of hot golden light leaps towards a xxx.

The ray of molten gold slams into the xxx's chest with a thud and a smell of burnt flesh.


Help Information:

Fiddelmaker's Auriferous Embrace - Introduces an opponent to the hazards of molten gold.


Fiddelmaker's Auriferous Embrace is a first order offensive spell designed to impress some of the hazards of an Artificer's work on an enemy.

domingo, 22 de marzo de 2009

Books - Thee Secrets of Artifyce and Crafte


So... I've been away for about a month or so (maybe a bit more) and I find there's been a remodelation of wizardry in Sto Lat, with a new and better guild, centered on crafting magic, and with a new volume and 5 spells in the library. I've still been exploring and moving around it (many things to see), but I have to include this new grimoire the series first of all!

A closed imposing bronze book is sitting on the dusty antique reading desk.

The covers are made from solid bronze, three-quarter-bound in red gold. Intricate stylised flowers and vines have been engraved on the metal, and the staff-and-crossed-hammers symbol of the Academy of Artificers takes pride of place on the front cover.

Octarine flowers bloom and fade amidst the engravings.

2 ... Doctor Worblehat's Flaming Primate Premonition
3 ... Crondor's Marvellous Sequestration
4 ... Fiddelmaker's Auriferous Embrace
5 ... Rubayak's Power Dispenser
6 ... Ellamandyr's Hyaline Amulet