#transmutation spell

[goeticdaemons]

Transmute Gossip Into Abundance 🔆🧘🏼‍♀️

This is a great way to turn negative thoughts and words about you into something positive for you. Take the negative energy they’re sending you and transmute it into luck, power, and abundance!

It’s also a binding spell for victims of jealousy and resentment, when others speak or think negatively about them. But instead of simply deflecting it, we are using the negativity and using it to our advantage.

Zagan, the Great King and President of Hell, is known for His ability to transform substances. A sort of infernal alchemist, He can turn wine into water, blood into wine, and make fools wise. This transformative power is not only physical but metaphysical. Zagan has the ability to facilitate inner transformations, inciting change in perspective, attitude, and personal understanding. He’s perfect for transmuting energy.

Offerings for Zagan

Write out the gossip on one side (you can just put “gossip,” or “all negativity and ill intent”) on a piece of paper, and write what you wish to transmute the negative energy into on the other side (e.g. luck, prosperity, power).

Anay on ca secore Zagan tasa

Negative energy → Postive energy

[regular-gnome]

hey..

at what point do collectors opt to turn things from puppets to scrolls? I feel like turning an entire living creature into [a piece of paper] is very complicated, while turning them into simple puppets is easier because they keep all the same parts, just simplified and wood?

It is! It depends on the person's proficiency and understanding of the mechanism regarding when and how they change the creature. Once someone gets good at it, the creature can be transformed into a lifeless object without it dying in the process, and they will move on to more complex and efficient ways.

The way I see it, archiving is a form of information compression and storage—and there is A LOT of information. When looking at Earth creatures we have everything from single-cell bacteria to whales that range up to 100 quadrillion cells, all with different sizes. The smallest single-cell critter is 0.3 μm, while the largest single cell is an ostrich egg that can get to 18 cm. So it's not just noting "a cell"—there's also a lot of information about the cell content, size, the DNA, current water, and oxygen levels, what protein it contains and how much. Then there are spatial dimensions. (While we can consider there being more, especially in fiction, I’m sticking to three; trying to visualize four fills me with frustration and existential dread xD) Every cell has its place in space in relation to the others, and all the contents' relations are also important. If, suddenly, all histones materialize inside a mitochondria instead of the nucleus, we can have a problem. Additionally, physical and chemical processes gotta be considered. There's electricity powering our brains, hearts, running nerves, air in airways traveling to lungs, chemical signals traveling between synapses that also need to be accounted for. So, you have all the contents in space, their vectors, and building blocks. Thats a ton to save. This information has to be compressed to be preserved in an organized manner while also remaining lossless so that when returned to its original shape, it's as it was. Not even mentioning that in intelligent beings, there are also minds to take care of. Jellyfish might be fine after 100 years in a static void, but a human? Yhhhhh.

I think the mechanism would work by saving information in intangible magic and assigning it to a physical medium—be it a statue, doll, book, or scroll. If it is physical and can carry information, it can be used. We can argue the mind is part of the soul, or it is a biochemical process, but the fact is nobody really knows for sure what it is and Im not a theolog, so for the sake of this universe, I'll say it's something that occupies the same space magic does and is influenced by chemical processes, meeeeaning it can also be tricked by them. And the magic.

The first degree of preservation would be spells that only change the material but keep all shapes and info in place. This wouldn't require much thought while executing and could be "automated" or worse, taught to mortals (if they have enough magic to power the spell), like petrification or changing someone into wood, metal, or any other solid material. It's not perfect, if the structure is damaged, the spatial information is damaged too. Breaking is one thing, but imagine if the statue melts.

The next step would be assigning objects with some compression and change, like toys and dolls. I feel like there would need to be a system like a content library, so not every single atom is saved each time, but chemical structures like nucleotides in DNA (the ATGC thingies) would just have a shortcut. Larger repeating patterns could also be assigned their own id to save data, and it would slowly stack up. While things are written in intangible magic form and anchored to the medium, the medium can be somewhat customized, like the decorations the Collector added to the dolls. The mind, running in controlled magic, can also be affected, as we saw with Collie trying to scare them and Luz’s dream. On the spell keeping the preserved critter stable has a link to what shortcut it uses so with countless diffrent worlds and structres it wouldnt mix up.

Then we go further into compression, reducing size and dimensions until we reach a point where one axis is almost entirely removed, and we end up with a scroll. Then there are other things—creatures saved as amber miniatures, snow globes, scrolls, or drawings, sometimes purely to annoy the sibling that has to deal with the creature in unhandy form. A more permanent binding would be in a book that can contain a bunch of different animals. Rebinding for long-term preservation is the Curator’s job.

Looking at Earth creatures, eucariotic life shares ancestry with some ancient bacteria that decided to rebel and started to cooperate, so we share similarities even with distant organisms in some strutures since they come from each other. So when it comes to preserving whole populations with relations, the library of compression doesn’t have to be separate for every single animal or plant. For each section of the archive, there would be a common library of building blocks, and scrolls being somewhat separate carrying the exact instructions for body arrangement and the soul/mind/the part that makes them alive attached.

Next is unpacking the information. I think this requires the ability to interpret and recreate what was saved that mortals lack. While they couldn't really unpetrify others, a collector could (assuming the mind hadn’t deteriorated into a husk). In the case of an automated spell, I think it would result in a very lossy transmutation—like a jpg losing pixels, the creature might lose like heart funtion. The Collector's spell also looked temporary or incomplete since an influx of other types of magic (like in Amity or Raine’s case) was able to push back on it. That might also be why they were conscious in the form they were in. Not meant for long just enough to take them to archive in normal conditions. When a creature is heavily compressed, it needs external force to rebuild, as it's essentially written fully in magic. That’s what I think happened to the Owl Beast. Lilith released it from the medium, but since it wasn’t fully rebuilt, it being a magic form attached itself to a magic source.

SO YEAH, its a process that takes quite a while for them to master and it comes with experience. But when experience is based on life it often makes it hard to practice so those with less empathetic approach master it faster. Thanks for the ask! I was dying to talk about that for such a long time and that was a perfect thing to organise thoughts

[t4tozier]

why does jace have flesh to stone...it's only a wizard or warlock spell...he already said he couldn't be a wizard...who is his patron...

[endtimers]

love hitting characters with the transgenderfication beam. shadowheart is soooo transgender. alfira is transgender. gale and wyll are also very transgender no quastion. smacking Wulbren Bongle witj the shitty transmasc gun.

[siyelius]

happy pride month to this guy ig 🏳️‍🌈

[thegreatandpowerfulsmarragdus]

Magic = science

Alchemy = magic = science = It was, in its deepest sense, the transmutation and transformation of substances.

The mystical ideas of alchemy compared the material transmutation to that of the human spirit and the knowledge of god.

Because you were attempting (chemistry) finding out elements and mixing them together to create something else.

Magick - alchemy - chemistry - other sciences

Alchemy and magick are related in a number of ways, including:

1. Medieval scrolls - Some medieval scrolls combine alchemy, medicine, and magic, including spells, recipes, and alchemical processes

2. The philosopher's stone - This mythic substance was believed to be able to turn base metals into gold or silver, and to create an elixir of life.

3. The relationship between the physical and the unseen - Alchemy and astrology are both concerned with relating the physical world to the greater universe. In alchemy, transmutations of elements were believed to correspond to transmutations of the spirit

4. Alchemy was considered a science in the medieval period, and was a precursor to chemistry. Pope John XXII banned alchemy in 1317, making it illegal in Christian and Western countries.

The Emerald Tablet 

Tis true without lying

certain and most true.

That which is below

is like that which is above

and that which is above

Is like that which is below

to do the miracle of one only thing.

And as all things have been

and arose from one

by the mediation of one:

so all things have their birth

from this one thing by adaptation.

The Sun is its father,

the moon its mother,

the wind hath carried it in its belly,

the earth is its nurse.

The father of all perfection

in the whole world is here.

Its force or power is entire

If it be converted into earth.

Separate thou the earth from the fire

the subtle from the gross

sweetly with great industry.

It ascends from the earth to the heaven

and again it descends to the earth

and receives the force of things superior and inferior.

By this means you shall have

the glory of the whole world

and thereby all obscurity shall fly from you.

Its force is above all force,

for it vanquishes every subtle thing

and penetrates every solid thing.

So was the world created.

From this are and do come

admirable adaptations

where of the means is here in this.

Hence I am called Hermes Trismegist, having the three parts

of the philosophy of the whole world.

That which I have said

of the operation of the Sun

is accomplished and ended.

Hermes Trismegistus is a legendary alchemist and ancient Egyptian sage who is associated with the Philosopher's Stone: 

Philosophers stone - An elusive substance that alchemists sought to create as the ultimate goal of their work. The stone symbolized immortality and spiritual enlightenment

The emerald tablet - work of alchemy and is often attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. However, German scholar Julius Ruska traced the text back to the 7th–9th century Arab treatise Kitab Balaniyus al-Hakim fi'l-`Ilal

The Seal of Hermes - An alchemical procedure for creating the Philosopher's Stone that involved sealing a glass vessel containing a mixture of materials. The vessel was then heated for 30–40 days. The term "hermetically sealed" comes from this procedure. 

Distillation - A process used by alchemists to change matter from one form to another. The method was attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, which is why it's described as "hermetically sealed"

“As above, so below

As within, so without

As the universe, so the soul. “

[ibd-5e]

[thelibraryofthacey]

[Weird one to guess the balance for. It's pretty mediocre as an AoE spell for its level, especially when all of these classes have Fireball. But it nukes the crap out of big targets. No upcast benefit because I would like to not completely invalidate ginormous boss monsters.]

Quill’s Spatial Rending

3rd-level Transmutation

Casting Time: 1 action

Range: 90 ft.

Components: V, S

Duration: Instantaneous

Description: You tear space itself apart, and your foes along with it. Choose 4 contiguous 5-foot squares arranged in a straight line within range. Each creature inside one of the chosen squares takes 5d6 force damage for each square it is within, with a Dexterity saving throw for half damage. The chosen spaces are difficult terrain, even for flying creatures, until the end of your next turn, as space repairs itself.

Appropriate For: Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard

[5ecardaday]

Snowball Slinging

Blizzard Brawl Frost Bite Rime Infusion

A set of three Snow spells from Magic: the Gathering, in line with my winter-theme for this month. These spells were voted on by my supporters over at Patreon, who also got access to them a week early!

[dodomingo]

Fantasy Concept: Alchemy is real, but "gold" isn't

Gold doesn't exist in the same way in that it does as a mechanical compound in our world, but as a physical manifestating of magic essence. Alchemizing materials means removing the physical matter and leaving only the component.

[pocketgalaxies]

liam: *finds a way to move 120 feet in one round again*

[astrid-beck]

It's so funny that the official widogast's transmogrification spell writeup includes an explicit caveat that it can also be used to change gender. Like it would be very strange to me if that wasn't the case but I guess it's nice we established Widogast's Gender Affirming Care

[ethics-wizard]

Casts True Polymorph to turn you from a life person into a dead person

[b1gwings]

swashbuckler rogue my beloved

[oneofathousentdumbasses]

Imagine having the power to turn water into wine,everyone would think youre an alcoholic or that its a miracle like when jesus did it, meanwhile you can turn a person into being 60% wine and kill them instantly or destroy the entire planet's ecosystem by turning the entire sea into wine. Jesus made water wine, wine transmuters make humans whine. The Wild Wine Wizard has a 100% mortality rate.