#magical mechanics

[breelandwalker]

I really enjoyed your post on basic warding visualizations and I was wondering if you had any thoughts on warding in an apartment building.

Would it be better to try and ward an individual unit or the whole building? I’m not opposed to putting in some elbow grease to help my neighbors, but would it even be feasible? Or ethical for that matter, to do so without their knowledge?

Ooo, do I ever!

I spent about nine years in the same apartment and it certainly was a learning experience. Up until then, I'd only ever warded a house before. Didn't even think about warding the floors, and then couldn't figure out why my wards weren't filtering and blocking properly.

Think of your apartment like a floating box. Ward all six sides, including the floor and ceiling, and attach the wards to the building studs. That's how I ended up doing it. Layering helps too.

You can certainly ward the whole building or your block/unit if you want to. It might take more energy though, since it's more ground to cover and you can't always account for all the variables. One option may be to ward the exterior door or main entrance and the hallway where your front door is located. This may have to be done in a non-visual or unobtrusive way, but it can act as another line of defense if you feel it's needed.

And it is ABSOLUTELY good practice to look out for your neighbors through magical means. You're not trapping them inside your wards, you're blessing the communal structure you share so that everyone is a little safer. Nothing unethical about that.

I talked a little bit about this concept and some associated techniques in Ep. 24 of Hex Positive, "Warding A Witchy Home." You can check that out on your favorite podcatcher if you like.

Hope this helps! 😊

[dndcreaturesinfo]

Aggressive Charbelcher

[dmtreasury]

List of Spells with (Varying Levels of) Permanent Effects:

[poisonheartfrog]

Sam and Evan have really rubbed off on each other by choosing the other's best skill to be their one that explodes. Evan has gained his own sort of confidence and charisma through no longer apologizing for his existence and Sam is beginning to stop underestimating her own intelligence.

[breelandwalker]

Personal Take:

If the spell is for something that would normally require action on your part in order to accomplish, it's probably prudent to accompany the spell with a practical action.

For example, if you're casting protections on your home, remember to lock the doors. If you're looking to obtain employment, send job applications or start browsing employment sites. If you're hoping to attract romance, do some personal maintenance (because it helps when you don't stink) and make an effort to meet new people or nurture existing relationships.

If the spell is something that would NOT normally require action on your part to accomplish, then practical action is probably helpful but may not be needed.

For example, if you're casting a healing spell, it might be helpful to send someone a Get Well Soon card, but unless you're a medical professional or are willing to go and provide assistive care, there's not much you can do. If you're hoping your luck will improve, it might be helpful to avoid perilous situations or high-risk decisions, but otherwise there's not much to do but wait.

This is how I usually go about things in my own practice. If there's a Thing that I'm trying to accomplish with magic, I'm going to do (or avoid doing) whatever mundane stuff I can to increase the chances that the spell will work that way I want it to. We all know that magic is never a guarantee, but it can certainly be a helpful boost. And of course, there are some instances where no amount of spellcasting or practical action are going to result in success, but it's still good to try, because you never know.

So, in my experience, it depends on the type of spell, the objective of the spell, and the circumstances surrounding the attempt. But adding practical action to magical workings can be a helpful extra measure to take.

Oooo sometime let's do a discourse on the extent of mundane action surrounding spellwork and theories as to why it's useful and to what extent!

[cosmicportal]

If u know u know.

[jeeaark]

my mind has gone FERAL for GG's glorious future. BUT, I must know... What convinced Lae'zel to try an extra serving of calamari?! did Emps have to plane shift to save GG and just *Destroy* a bunch of enemies or something??

Oh man, That question brought out the big muse-a-lot hammer. But for like. Different answers. The Bad News: I have NO idea! Absolute zilch what specific moment would make Lae'zel go "Open-Minded-flayer Take #2". Maybe it's not even an exact moment. Maybe it's more like a very long and arduous slow-burning process. A very enemies to rivals to mutual allies to friends-who-won't-admit-they're-friends to I'll-think-about-it to count-me-in. A very 3-4 character developing campaign arc. The Good news: I know what starts them down that path.

Oh the shenanigans. Oh the things that can exist in the Far Realms where time doesn't exist and endless AUs do.

So what if Greygold accidentally meets their evil ending self and gets in an unfortunate predicament where Babe and Squid bud have no choice but to...Partner up to rescue them?

More shenanigans below:

Stakes are set. Maybe Greygold escapes, but can't return home without Grey following and is in hiding. Maybe they're bait and traps are set. Maybe they're dead (temporarily???). Maybe they're both having an intense therapy debate about redemption arcs until they're rescuers arrive. Greygold Mind Games Go.

The long story explanation: Greygold had never invested more into the marketing strategist business mindset than to turn their favorite romance novel, Tusk Love, (comic inside joke) into a pop culture hit. Emps lost a bet that they could succeed and now is following through with their not-so-innocent deal to use Greyg's trusted "adventurer" as their official public disguise.

Since the romance novel Tusk Love is now a popular theater play, Emps' public disguise keeps getting mistaken for that " one pretty tusked fellow on the bestseller novel (which recently updated their book cover with an anonymously commissioned illustration which looks suspiciously identical)" and never fails to receive an abundance of compliments. Emps has reserved the right to remain silent about the whole matter, but is pretty sure Greygold pulled a 'get praised, squiddiot' prank.

Lae'zel is gonna catch up on a lot of Squid Bud facts on this trip. Much to Squid Bud's dismay.

The irony is if Emps asked Minsc for help first, this adventure would have been solved within a day tops.

[parti-poppers]

[breelandwalker]

The simplest way to break a spell with a material focus, like a jar or a charm bag, is to deconstruct the object that contains the spell.

In your case, I'd recommend opening the bag, emptying the contents, and possibly discarding them. At the very least, discard the herbs and possibly the bag, unless it's something special. Components you want to save or reuse should be cleansed and left to sit for a while before you put them into anything else. (Please note that certain crystals will dissolve in water or fade in sunlight, so choose your cleansing method carefully.) As you disassemble the charm, you can say or think something along the lines of, "As this item is taken apart, so is the spell ended and done."

The room can be cleansed for good measure if you wish, just to clear the air and start with a blank slate. You can also try remaking the charm with more specific instructions if you like.

In addition to any magical workings, I would recommend examining your sleep habits. Check in with yourself - Are you super stressed or anxious right now? Are you feeling physically unwell? Has there been a recent change to your life or routine that you're still adjusting to? Has your sleep schedule been disrupted? Do you have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep? Do you get anxious or frustrated when trying to settle down for bed? Is your bedroom too warm or too cold for your liking? Is it dusty or in need of a change of bedding? Do you wake up with back or neck pain? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, part of the problem could be poor sleep quality in a very physical and non-magical sense, which I suspect you already know since you wanted a sleep charm in the first place.

Hope this helps!

Does anyone know how to get one of those satchet/spell bag spells to stop working?

So I did my first spell a week ago (one of those spell bags with a sachet, crystals and herbs) to help me sleep better, and boy does it work! But it also gives me extremely vivid, extremely weird dreams that leave me feeling tired when I wake up. I would like to break the spell I guess but i cant find anything online that says how to do that. (Im probably just asking the wrong question tbh). I set the bag on the other side of the room from me and its helped a little, but I still get weird dreams.

Tl;Dr spell gives me weird ass dreams and im tired. Please help me make it stop LMAO.

[breelandwalker]

Howdy :)

I wanted to ask if you could talk about the differences between rituals and spells. I’ve been looking for a couple days at different answers and keep finding conflicting information so I figured I’d see what your input is. Thanks in advance!!

Good question! The words sometimes get used a little bit interchangeably, so it's good to make the distinction.

A spell is a magical working. At its' most basic level, that's it. The KIND of spell can vary widely, as can the method used in the casting and the materials used, but at the most basic level, that's what it is.

A ritual is one of two things. It's either a ceremony of some kind (usually containing a prescribed order of events and a certain amount of formality) or a repeated convention or habit, i.e. my morning ritual includes getting coffee from the café down the street. A ritual can also be a holiday observance or a dedication or an invocation.

Rituals can certainly include spellwork, or spellwork may have a ritual component, such as creating a circle or calling the elements or suchlike. But rituals by themselves are generally more complicated and usually require some type of preparation, whereas spells can pretty much be done on the fly. Neither one particular requires the presence of the other, though larger or more complex spells like home cleansings often include a ritual element, since there are often multiple steps involved.

There's definitely some overlap. The main differences are scale, complexity, solemnity, and purpose.

Hope this helps!

[ganondoodle]

working on the shiekah arm for the totk rewrite and i actively have to force myself to not try and make a mechanically sound magic tech arm bc its a magic tech arm and doesnt need to be mechanically sound

[the-glorious-evolution-fanart]

Is this what you wanted, Arcane fans? Cause that's what you got.

[breelandwalker]

(Special thanks to @vlkymns for elaborating.)

I’ve heard people talk about it, it’s basically a spell over something that if someone besides the caster touches, reads or moves it , it jinxs? Curses? Or causes some kinda karma to the person that touched it specifically. But no one explains how to do one or even goes into full detail about it besides the vague description

I think I know the type of spell you're talking about, but I've never heard it called a "jump spell" before. When I've encountered the concept, it's been referred to as some kind of protection spell or occasionally as a target-triggered jinx, the latter being an instance of magic (usually defensive) which does not activate until/unless tripped by action or interference from an outside party.

The simplest way of placing one of these spells is through writing or incantation. You can hold the object which is to be protected in your hands and say something like, "This [thing] is mine and mine alone. None may [touch/use/read/etc] it without my permission. Anyone who [touches/uses/read/etc] this without my permission, may they [insert your vengeance of choice here]." Similarly, you can write the words down and keep them with the item or hidden away somewhere safe. You can also put that magical intention into a sigil and mark the object with it, either physically or just by tracing with a fingertip.

I find that this works particularly well for books. I have a spellbook that "bites" if handled without permission. It's nothing profound, just a little something like getting shocked by a doorknob or stumbling briefly over an untied shoelace. The incantation for the spell is written inside the front cover and it's the first thing any stranger opening the book would see.

(It's also worth noting that if you TELL someone they'll be cursed if they interfere with the item in question, their own imaginations and anxieties may very well torment them if they cross that line, whether you've actually laid the spell in place or not. Some free Headology for you.)

Hope this helps!

How do you cast a jump spell?

[mewguca]

"There once was an Ugly Scavenger. He was so ugly that everyone died. The end."

uhhh dont question the mechanics behind this one too much

[yourfavebooklrsfavebooklr]

Some books by Asian authors to read this may!

Edit: thank you @linkedsoul for letting me know that I misused the term AAPI in the original post. I’m very sorry about that, and have changed the title to accurately reflect what this list is.

[mira0000000-blog]

metal help me understand csp

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