viernes, 28 de agosto de 2009

Pragi's Fiery Gaze


What's it called?
Pragi's Fiery Gaze (in brief, PFG)

What does it do? It creates from an eye a ball of fire that roars and burns everyone in a room. That's it. It sounds straight-away and simple, but don't let that fool you: this is the best and most important spell in the Disc for any wizard.
So, why is it so valuable? Well, the amount of damage it does, with decent skills, is quite good (see notes). Its component is near-inexhaustible, meaning you'll be able to cast the spell continuously as long as you have a knife and fresh kills; its gp expenditure (40) is quite reasonable; and it seems to tm incredibly well (although this might be a result of it being the most frequently cast spell there is).
Setbacks? It doesn't have many. Probably the worst is that it does very little or no damage to 'rocky' and similar life forms. Some would complain that, being a room spell, it hits *everything* in a room, including things that casually wonder in. This makes it unconfortable in some places.
All in all, my favourite spell and one you are probably employing as much as I am...

Where is it? Well, as its mechanism is turning a ripped eyeball into a fireball, it fittingly belongs to the Ae Thouesand and Onne Thyngs ae Boye cann Do with Corpse Partes grimoire, at the Unseen University Library.

What does it require? An eye.

What skills do I need? Evoking, Channeling, Enchanting, Animating, Fire

Has it worked? The proper output should read something like this:

You prepare to cast Pragi's Fiery Gaze.
You lazily close your hand around the eye.
You poke your tongue out at the world.
You struggle to hold your hand closed as red sparks shoot out from between your fingers.
You let go of the eye. It hovers above your hand.
The eye ignites and a small ball of fire forms above your hand.
You move your hand and the ball of fire zooms out into the inmediate vicinity and sweeps over everything.
The fire xxx (see notes).
The fire dies away.

Help Information:

Pragi's Fiery Gaze - Great balls of fire.

Pragi's Fiery Gaze is a first order offensive spell that forms a ball of fire from an eye, washing the fire around the area to burn things.

Notes:

Like the other so-called Pragi clones, the damage that you have done to your oponents with this spell can be determined from the outputs you get while casting about how badly your rivals have been 'burned'. We have the following possibilities of percentage damage (in relation to victim's top hps):

The fire singes the xxx (0-15%)
The fire burns the xxx (15-35%)
The fire crisps the xxx (35-55%)
The fire melts the xxx (55-75%)
The fire incinerates the xxx (75-90%)
The fire vaporises the xxx (90+%)



martes, 18 de agosto de 2009

Polliwiggle's Puissancy Probe


What's it called? Polliwiggle's Puissancy Probe (in short, PPP)

What does it do? Well, not much, really. It has the most chances of wining the 'most useless toy spell' competition... What the spell does is measure the magic 'puissancy' (that is, power) of anyone you cast it on. I imagine it is a general equivalent to the 'consider' command, but as relates to wizardly skill prowess.
I've personally got the following results on casting: ‘amazingly puissant’, ‘fairly puissant’, ‘moderately puissant’ and ‘not at all puissant’

Where is it? It could be anywhere, really, but as you could say it is a spell for those of an inquisitive nature, it sleeps inside the Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Everything grimoire, at the Unseen University Library.

What does it require? Nothing. Someone on which to cast it.

What skills do I need? Divining, Divining (2)

Has it worked? The proper output should read something like this:

You prepare to cast Polliwiggle's Puissancy Probe on xxx.
You stare hard at xxx, watching the flows of magic around him.
You turn your head and watch xxx from the corner of your eye.
From the flows of magic, you guess that xxx is ... (see above).

Help Information:

Pollywiggle's Puissancy Probe - Judge a target's magical proficiency.

Pollywiggle's Puissancy Probe is a 0-th order miscellaneous spell that allows the caster to judge the strength of the target in magic (roughly).

domingo, 16 de agosto de 2009

Patient Taming of the Quantum Weather Butterfly


What's it called? Patient Taming of the Quantum Weather Butterfly (in short, PTQWB)

What does it do? Well, it invokes some of the power of the Quantum Weather Butterfly, meaning that you can change for a time the temperature in the room you're in, making it hot or cold. The spell takes a bit and its results are quite showy (while working, a fantastic magical lotus is added to the room description). As for its uses, it is mainly a decent-level toy spell, although it can come handy when you're in very hot or cold (deadly) places, and give you taskmasters in the elementals branch if you aren't a Circle wizard.

Where is it? Well, this is one of those agatean pretty and weird spells added some time ago, so it lurks under the cover of the Heavenly Arts volume at the Bes Pelargic Wizard's Guild.

What does it require? No components, but the focus of an octogram.

What skills do I need? Water, Earth, Air, Fire, Binding

Has it worked? The proper output should read something like this:

You prepare to cast Patient Taming of the Quantum Weather Butterfly.
You close your eyes as you stand at the edge of the octogram, and allow your fluid thoughts to spread out in tranquility, your mind a peaceful leaf on the calm seas.
Focusing on the earth at the very centre of the octogram, you force it to rise into an arcane, eight-sided dais.
You consider the weather in all its grandness, and send your thoughts into the high winds, divining the mysteries of warmer/cooler weather.
Searching back into the recesses of your mind, you push through to a point in time and space where the weather was warmer. With these thoughts in mind, you send them before you, creating great warmth. / Searching back into the recesses of your mind, you push through to a point in time and space where the weather was cooler, and send thoughts of high heat there, displacing the coolness and bringing it closer to you.
Your concentration at a maximum, you start to form these thoughts into a single, solid lotus of fire/ice, which hovers before you in the centre of the octogram.
You summon a fantastic lotus upon an earthen dais within the centre of the octogram. It spins slowly.

Help Information:

Patient Taming of the Quantum Weather Butterfly - Summons the powers of the Quantum Weather Butterfly.

Though the Quantum Weather Butterfly is constantly busy, this spell allows you to summon just enough of its energy to change the weather in the room you're in.

Notes:

Like the Spear, this spell can only be cast outdoors.
You have to cast this spell either with warmth or with coldness. In both cases, the lotus appears
, but with slightly different descriptions:

This is a lotus of intense fire. It sparks on the dais as it spins slowly.

This is a lotus of magically frozen, thaumic ice. Crackling noises can be heard from it as it spins above the earthen dais.

martes, 4 de agosto de 2009

Objandeller's Thaumic Funnel


What's it called? Objandeller's Thaumic Funnel (in short, OTF)

What does it do? Objandeller's is one of those helpful adjucts and low-level spell required for anyone who wants to do some enchanting. Basically, it creates a thaumic funnel, which is a component required in both of the enchanting spells we have around (Brother Happalon's and Master Glimmer's) to channel the magic into the items that are to be enchanted.
Overall, a very easy spell, and handy to keep in mind while enchanting (as funnels tend to dissapear or twist into something else quite easily during the process).

Where is it? It is a modest piece of the conjuring family, so it abides inside the Cunjuryng for Begynners grimoire at the Unseen University Library.

What does it require? nothing at all

What skills do I need? Water, Channeling, Dancing, Binding

Has it worked? The proper output should read something like this:

You prepare to cast Objandeller's Thaumic Funnel.
You scratch an ear thoughtfully, and think carefully about water.
You consider the pouring and piping of fluids.
You spin, tracing a finger through the air, getting lower and bringing your finger in towards you.
You slowly release your breath and concentrate.
There is a sucking noise, as of a drain unclogging, and a small, blue funnel falls into you hands.

Help Information:

Objandeller's Thaumic Funnel - Creates a thaumic funnel.

Objandeller's Thaumic Funnel is a miscellaneous type spell that creates a thaumic funnel, which is used for channeling thaumic flows. This is particularly useful when enchanting items.

See Also
Brother Happalon's Elementary Enchanting