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[Jono]

Burning Blood:
As the stonewarden rose from the burning grounds, gazing at the blood bath caused by the dire forces of the Ashen Veil, he swore his vengeance. Not long after he had risen, more of the survivors came to their stand. The enraged priest then threw one of the simple axemen into the air and fed its blood the fire. The axeman was lowered to the ground and was no longer the same, he then jumped forth, ready for war...

 

[QES]

Kael is regularly editing the first post and removing the spells he's already got a text for. So I guess you can safely tackle any of the remaining ones. Your 'Heal' text cracked me up btw

Oh. Well silly me then. THere are just so many there that I find myself wondering If we are even putting a dent in the need .
-Qes

EDIT: I notice now that Kael edited it at 10:27 (central standard time) on the 27th. For You Teg_Navanis to say it was the 28th, and 5:27 in the morning means, that you live somewhere about 7 hours east, Europe, Africa or the like. I made my posts after that time......but, you're still right, he still edits it, and I'll have to pay more attention .

 

[Thonnas]

Escape
"Now, this next spell is quite useful, especially for those of you who plan on enlisting with the combat division. It requires some preparation and the incantation is a bit lengthy, but it is well worth it when the situation calls for a quick exit. Now then, you will find the text on page forty-two, pay particular attention to the phrasing. Once you have formed the portal and are prepared to depart, enter swiftly as the portal will begin closing as soon as you make contact, and you don't want to go loosing any limbs. As you pass through the ether, do not flail about because there have been numerous accounts of deformed extremities due to contact with passing particles. As long as you don't flail about, the ether should carry passing particles safely around you. I've noticed that most students prefer to think of entering the portal in a similar fashion to diving into a pool and that should suit you all just fine until you are comfortable using this spell. You may review the text when I recite the incantation, but please observe as I prepare the demonstration. . ."
- Professor Pendil, Introduction to Alteration, second semester.

Repair
"What is this? Is this a chicken bone in here? How did you get a chicken bone in here? Have you been letting the children play with you again? I don't know how many times I have to tell you golems, you are not indestructible. I can only fix you up so much, and if anything can break you beyond repair it's bound to be those children."

I think I have a better "gift-vampirism" in me, I think I just go too tired to finish it and ended up posting just that smidge of it. I'll have to revisit it and see wherre it goes. If you have more specific criticisms, please give them. I can take it. Graciousness is not lost if what is given doesn't fit your vision.

 

[Teg_Navanis]

@QES: Kael's last post (and latest implementation of suggestion to my knowledge) was at Jul 28, 2006, 02:51 AM (my time). His last edit on the same day at 05:24 AM (still my time). It is true that your latest suggestions came in after that edit, but I don't think he's adding any suggestions without comment, so the list is up-to-date.

 

[QES]

@QES: Kael's last post (and latest implementation of suggestion to my knowledge) was at Jul 28, 2006, 02:51 AM (my time). His last edit on the same day at 05:24 AM (still my time). It is true that your latest suggestions came in after that edit, but I don't think he's adding any suggestions without comment, so the list is up-to-date.

True true. The well, unfortunately, hath runeth dry, for the moment, so it matters little anyway . Ah stupid earth time. We need a whole new system, one that doesnt rely on "how bright outside" it looks. Does 7am really have to look like morning? Could 7am somewhere in the world be evening and that BE ok? We are fickle creatures. Fickle and stubborn.
-Qes

EDIT: The well floweth again.

 

[QES]

2 more.

Spoiler :

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SANCTIFY
"I beseach you mother of all. I beg you father of being. Lord of grace, conquerer of the dark, hear me, and hear us all. We fight for holy cause, we die for holy words, and we live but for holy ends. Turn out the terrible and the troublesome, and let not evil come to this place.
- Priestess Sharlin Mool, on santifying a newly built temple.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SACRIFICE or TXT_KEY_SPELL_VALOR
"He turned the coin over in his hand. Just a peice of metal. He thought. Just some bit of material brought out of a mountain, it has no purpose, it has no value outside of what people think it has. He looked up again at the woman. She was scared, she was scared and so was he. They would come for her soon, and cut him down if he tried to stop them. He was paid to bring her here, not to protect her. He was paid and could go. He looked at her again, she was crying. The mighty Queen of Santore, he thought. No matter, anyone would be afraid. He turned the coin over in his hands for a while and then stood up, bitting down onto the coin. He flipped it at her feet, and headed to the door. She looked up. He said, 'Don't worry, I'll have no use for it where I'm going. When you hear the noises stop - Run.' And she did."
- Last thoughts of Sir Sinclair Lewis, noted bounty hunter who was knighted posthumously.

-Qes

 

[QES]

Innovation through saturation:

Spoiler :

TXT_KEY_SPELL_DEFILE (take 2)
"Rotten teeth, splintered bones and smells that destroys hope fills the eyes and nose. Foul tougnes wraping around demons and devils in the invocations and incantations they sing fill the ears. And vermin and all manner of insect and groesqueries slither over the skin and soul. I sense death, I sense hatred... hatred and cunning. I feel the doom of our time."
- Seer Lotelna Svaeth, on scrying a defilement ceramony.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_DOMINATION
"Come to me......
Bring me your sword, bring me your wife,
bring me adoration, bring me your life.
You are mine, fall in line,
only death will you wake.
Chattle and Swine, I will dine
on your mind, honey and cake.
never to cease, never to end,
never to question, always to bend.
Come to me...."
-Wispers of Mindbender Chlototh the Wicked.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SHIELD_OF_FAITH
"And she rose up off the ground. Her opponent laughing over her. The duel was lost, as anyone could see. The battle had been decided in this contest of champions, but she didnt stay down. She knelt to one leg, then forced the other beneath her! It was terrifying and glorious at the same time! She calmly looked at him, and his laughter died, then his smile. He screamed at her, and charged. She looked at him, and said, "the line is drawn here" and stuck her sword into the ground! She was helpless, and he came down on her with all his might. His sword falling to the killing blow. Her head bowed, and there was a flash of light....after rubbing my eyes and looking, i saw a suit of armor crumple to the ground...ownerless. She was still knealing. As she stood she said, "Will there be another?" There was not."
- Gossip-queen Suzannae Flort, on what she saw at the battle of Holstom ridge.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_ENERVATION
"Have you ever looked into the dark oblivion and discovered what lies there? It is not beautiful, it is not "oneness". It is nothing. It is exactly what we all are meant to be in the end. It IS the end. The vast emptiness that awaits all of us...the emptiness that creates us, draws us closer. The terrible thing about what you see when you look into oblivion....is yourself."
-Regibold Franc after an encounter with an Entropomancer.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_INSPIRATION
"What reason is there to wait? If you and I are to dance why do we remain still? If you and I are to kill, what stays our hand? Why you have come to this place, is irrelevant. When you move on, is inconsequential. Who's illusions could you prefer, when you might create your own? Why play at life, when you could live it instead?"
- High priest Sunn Lao to his would-be assassin, and all his students thereafter.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_ENCHANTED_BLADE
"It's probably trolls. I hate trolls."
"Dandar, my sword is glowing."
"Trolls and their songs, and their smell, and ...what?"
"My sword, its glowing."
"Make it stop..."
"I dont know how to make it stop."
"Well its YOUR sword, you're the one who wanted it at the cave."
"I didnt know it glowed! I just thought it looked nice."
"Well too late now...maybe the trolls know how to make it stop."
"Maybe, do you think they'll mind that we took it?"
"You mean that YOU took it."
"Details...bloody hell, they're here."
-Erasmus Vold and Dandar Gond before being known as "The Troll-Slayers".

-Qes

EDIT: Inspiration is the favorite i have of the ones in the these last 2 posts.

 

[Xuenay]

TXT_KEY_SPELL_FLOATING_EYE

The Overlord priestess stood quietly on the seashore, her long flowing robe dancing in the storm. She could have done this anywhere on land, but nowhere did it feel as real and invigorating as by the sea, by the storm.

"Oh mighty Octopi, hear my call", she spread out her arms and raised her eyes upwards, towards the storm rising above the sea. "My body and mind are yours to command, my sanity but a tool at your bidding. Honor my sacrifice to you, and grant me the sight of your servant." Intoning the words, she could feel the might that lurked deep below the waves, the ancient and inhuman power. The overwhelming sensation was enough to blind her to the living world, threw her mind into a deep blackness that contained only the ever-stormy nightmares of her masters. In the horrible, chaotic maelstrom of bizarre sensations and feelings never meant for mortal eyes, she forced her will, shaped in her head the image of a twisted, many-eyed octopus. As she concentrated on the vision, two of the fish's eyes were torn out of its head in a slimly plop. They stared on the chaos around them and floated in the air, untouched by the raging water and wind.

"Your eyes shall be mine", she said in a dry whisper, reached out for the eyes and closed her fist around them. As she felt the large, slimy things against her skin, the storm in her mind quieted and she once again stood on the shore.

"And my eyes they will be", she finished, now seeing with two pairs of eyes as she opened her fists to reveal the gifts of her gods. She said nothing more as she lowered her hands and willed the eyes to rise up in the air, go out and spy upon the enemies of the Overlords.

 

[QES]

TXT_KEY_SPELL_FLOATING_EYE

I Like. Though "hoarse wisper" makes me think Horse-wisperer. Maybe "scratchy wisper?"
-Qes

 

[Xuenay]

Thanks. And true, good point. I changed it to a "dry whisper".

Really like a big bunch of yours, too (Transmogrify, the Djinn and the Chaos Marauder were hilarious, to mention the ones that come first to mind). Oh, does the Enervation quote have anything to do with a slightly similar SMAC quote, by any chance?

 

[QES]

Thanks. And true, good point. I changed it to a "dry whisper".

Really like a big bunch of yours, too (Transmogrify, the Djinn and the Chaos Marauder were hilarious, to mention the ones that come first to mind). Oh, does the Enervation quote have anything to do with a slightly similar SMAC quote, by any chance?

Artificial Singularities. Yes. I loved the quotes in SMAC, and i often steal wontonly from them.
-Qes

 

[QES]

Dialogue For some reason?

Spoiler :

TXT_KEY_SPELL_RIGHTEOUS_CAUSE
"She stole my hat."
"I dont think that's a good reason."
"It was an expensive hat."
"That doesnt make it a better reason."
"My hat is necessary for life."
"How so?"
"My hat brang me reason for being, it is a source of joy."
"We'll now it can be a source of joy for the 9-year-old girl who stole it."
"Her theft is Impious! She does not deserve such a fine hat!"
"How is it 'impious'? Wait....you prayed to your hat didnt you?"
"You've never owned a nice hat, have you?"
- Graldor Utda and Qualen Morg, just before being denied 'justice' at the Mages guild.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SUMMON_LAW_BRINGER
"You have summoned me, I bring the justice and Law..."
"Alright. Give it to me."
"...Justice and Law are the tools of a masterful empire, godliness and divinity rest on their pressence."
"Right. I'll take them now."
"...I am summoned to..."
"Look it says here in this book 'Law-bringer'. Did you bring the law or not?"
"I do not understand."
"I need the Law so i can throw the Law in their face, did you bring it or not?"
- Adept Timus Page, before his trial in which he was repremanded for frivelous summonings.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SCORCH
"I learned a new trick."
"Really? Is that why were here in my garden?"
"Yeah, remember that time you stole my woman?"
-Hondel Morkus and Brandol Kay, at the creation of the Vastone Desert and exile of Hondel Morkus.

-Qes

Meh. Not bad, not great.

 

[Xuenay]

And now that I got started thinking on the ocean theme...

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SUMMON_KRAKEN

The Kraken's swimming was slow, leisurely. Thoughts took a while to cross from one edge of its immense brain to the other, the movements of its tentacles almost independent of its mind. Somewhere, far away on the surface, it could faintly sense a distant call which it couldn't resist. But it was not yet in any rush, instinctively knowing that the caller would need time to prepare.

In a lazy motion, one of its tentacles made a slow wave around it, dozens of the small fish surrounding it getting caught in the suction cups. It brought the tentacle back to one of its mouths, dined on its snack. A huge swarm of fish followed it wherever it went - countless of them would end up as its meal, but even more would get to dine on its bigger catches. The swarm stretched back for tens of miles, twice as far as the Kraken itself.

Gradually it started getting closer to the surface, could feel the call growing more and more demanding. The fish dispersed in fright and then reassembled as the Kraken began swimming faster, faster than it usually ever did. The alien presence was now a burning sun buried in its brain, no longer willing to tolerate any delay. For all of its size, dwarfing small islands, the Kraken was only a servant for the true lords of the sea.

When the chosen of the Overlords called, it would obey and serve with all its might.

 

[QES]

And now that I got started thinking on the ocean theme...

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SUMMON_KRAKEN

I like, a very alien experience.

Still, it doesnt have that sense of "doom" Krakens are normally associated with. Instead you confir that upon the OO. I like that. But i yearned for a certain outcome that never came. How about:

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SUMMON_KRAKEN
"She smiled slowly, watching from the shore as the ship made buff. Small boats were being launched to "rescue" her. She felt the thrum in her heart. Her mind reached out and found him. His heart was slow and sturdy, but with a wish it quickened and excited. She closed her eyes, she could see him moving quickly, his speed was astonishing despite his size. Her heart went out to him, and said 'destroy.'
Her eyes opened, several seamen had arrived on the shore, and were waving to her. She stood and walked to them, and then past them. Her pet launched its tenticles from the sea and embraced the ship's hull and mast. In a moment, it was gone. She turned with a wicked smile. "I'm glad you came, my pet has been hungry for a while." The men turned and ran....and she laughed at her good fortune."
-Zardon the Sage's, "Tale of the Witch and the Kraken"

-Qes

 

[QES]

Spoiler :

TXT_KEY_SPELL_REGENERATION
"Is it supposed to do that?"
"Is what supposed to do what?"
"Is that lizzard-monster supposed to be doing that?"
"What, the two-heads growing out of where the one head used to be?"
"Yeah that."
"Depends, are we cheering for us, or it?"
"Us."
"Then no its not supposed to do that."
- Brother's Semus and Hadno Kirn, on the discovery of the first Hydra.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_EARTHQUAKE
"The horde approached from over the hill. A massive host, full of abominations, deamons, warriors of hell and worse. I watched from the front ranks, knowing us to be outnumbered 10 to one. I looked at my comrades and saw the fear in their eyes, these monsters would doom us all, and bring us with them into their eternal torment. Then I saw a figure standing next to the general, clad in only robes. He raised his hand.....and there was a terrible noise. The ground moved beneath us and we collapsed, helpless to the ground. When finally it ceased, we rose, to discover the army gone. And a scar in the earth where they had stood."
- Maceman Jonus Adald, at the battle of Knorkill Forge.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_WITHER
"My pride vanished, my conciet at hand, I write to you dear Vanessa. Yield not to these monsters! Do not give in. Though we married 3 years ago whence i turned thirty, I now as a man of 90 see the oblivion that awaits all men! These monsters would harm us even unto hell! Stop them! Stop them before its too late. They bring twilight too quickly in mortality. I am too tired, we are all too tired. I will unto you my kingdom, my lands and my people. Fight on in my stead.......and stay young, my darling. Stay forever young."
- Last will and testement of King Jorvas Balum.

-Qes

EDIT: AND IM dry. For now.

 

[QES]

Spoiler :

TXT_KEY_SPELL_SAND_LION
"Do you know what you're doing?"
"I'm summoning a 'sand-lion'"
"Sand-Lions arn't made of sand. ...The hours you've spent sculpturing that...have you wasted your entire week on that?"
"What are you talking about? Archmagus Toldus said this is how..."
"Toldus isnt a Archmagus, he's not any kind of Magus, he's a fletcher."
"So your telling me that Petunia here wont fly over the dunes and dispatch my enemies? I'm gonna kill that Toldus."
"No. And leave Toldus alone hes just a crazy old man. .........Petunia?"
"Shut up."
- Vin Drasil and Kornt Nills before the Archmage Toldus' revealed his powers and new pet sand-lion.

TXT_KEY_SPELL_CONJURE_FIRE_ELEMENTAL
<Feed me...>
"You heard it, feed it."
"What do you want me to feed it, its made of FIRE."
"I dont know, grab some wood."
<Feed me.......>
"It sounds hungry. Hungry and impatient."
"Wood's not enough...maybe we need something more, something bigger."
"This was a bad idea."
"You're the one who wanted to know what fire thought."
<Feed me.............>
"Yeah it thinks 'hungry'. I know that now. We should get rid of it."
"We need something to feed it with then."
<FEED ME!...>
"Is that Orc-encampment still over on the other side of the ridge?"
"Maybe it likes orc-housing?"
"Maybe it likes ORC."
- Flin Hornsby and Glen Metrol, Orc-bane and Ugly-Killer.

OK I swear im done for now.
-Qes

 

[Xuenay]

I want an Octopus Overlord as my pet. TXT_KEY_SPELL_MUTATION.

"My lady... the results of your experiment. Nearly all of them... twisted beyond comprehension..."

"Those who weren't cut out for this shouldn't have volunteered", the voice of the priestess was as harsh and merciless as the young man's was quivering. "The ones who perish here wouldn't have survived combat anyway."

The men and the women who'd volunteered lay prone on the open field, all covered by monstrous deformities. One seemed to have had all the blood sucked out of him, another's testicles had grown so huge they had crushed his toes under their weight. The priestess was walking among them, inspecting each before moving on. Clearly, it seemed, one of the ones who wasn't cut out for it was the aide she'd been assigned.

"But my lady", he tried one more time, flinching away his gaze from the man whose bowels had exploded rather violently out of his stomach. "There wasn't anything wrong with these troops, that's why you chose them... they would have made excellent soldiers had not..."

"And you would make an excellent Drown if you did not shut up", the priestess replied coldly, finally quieting the aide. She stopped in front of one of her test subjects, pausing to take a closer look. The elven woman had been pretty once, but no stretch of the imagination would let you use that word of her anymore. Any fat she might have had was muscle now, and all the muscle she had was grown large enough to stretch and tear away the skin that had once covered it. Her eyes were bulging out of her head, the expanding tissue having forced them out of their sockets - but despite everything, they eyed the priestess with an air of wary satisfaction.

"I think this... is exactly what we need", for the first time today, a smile slowly appeared on the priestess' lips. Her eyes glowing, she turned to the aide, joyous laughter in her voice. "I knew the Overlords would not forsake us! They have gifted some of us inhuman strength, enough to take down all of our foes. Find the others who look like this, they're the ones we want."

"And... the others?" the man slowly asked.

"The others? Oh", the priestess shrugged, having entirely forgotten about the failures already. "I don't think they can be made into Drown anymore, can they? It really doesn't matter, do what you want with them." She turned away from the aide, smiling and looking at the elven woman with love and adoration in her eyes.

"You are so pretty that way, my dear. I'm so glad you made it."

Could be that my Kraken wasn't the ordinary kind, I just used the Wikipedia to look up what a Kraken was again, before writing that entry. Your version was nice as well, though more quickly than an object of his size should be allowed to move in water sounds a bit clumsy. "Quicker in water than anything else that big", maybe?

(I'm also not sure if people fighting against a hydra would have time to talk that much. )

 

[QES]

I want an Octopus Overlord as my pet. TXT_KEY_SPELL_MUTATION.



Could be that my Kraken wasn't the ordinary kind, I just used the Wikipedia to look up what a Kraken was again, before writing that entry. Your version was nice as well, though more quickly than an object of his size should be allowed to move in water sounds a bit clumsy. "Quicker in water than anything else that big", maybe?

(I'm also not sure if people fighting against a hydra would have time to talk that much. )

You're right. So i changed it to "his speed was astonishing despite his size". More fluid and personal i think.

I had it in my head that they'd lopped off a head already, and it passed out. And then watched it grow back new ones and start to wake back up. Still if it doesnt work i'll adjust it. I just like keeping it short...lets the audiance fill in the blanks.
-Qes

 

[Jono]

I really... I mean REALLY like the fire elemental one QES ^^

 

[QES]

I really... I mean REALLY like the fire elemental one QES ^^

Lol thanks. I seem to be writing a lot of "comical" ones. Its not on purpose, when i put more up (if allowed) ill have to focus more on the serious and dark-gothic feel of FFH.
-Qes