Post by Finarvyn on Aug 25, 2024 2:01:35 GMT -6
I found this on Facebook, posted on "Dungeon Craft" and thought it would be worth a share here.
Kind of makes me want to run some sort of "free style" magic system to make use of this stuff.
Just went through a book of 'Grimm's Fairytales' and made some interesting observations. Could help add flavor to your game or just give you a chuckle.
-A spell using a drop of someone's blood in a given location to imitate their voice for one phrase one time.
-A cloak that teleports anyone under it.
-A sword that decapitates all enemies with the phrase, "heads off."
-A bird heart that (when put under your pillow) will produce a gold coin each morning.
-A dream told a character to find a flower with a dew drop that could undo magic and keep a witch 2 yards away.
-Counter Spell, but it only softens the effect instead of cancelling it.
-Clubs are pretty common, maybe more than swords. One in particular was magic and could smash a gate.
-Boots that travel a mile per a stride.
-One witch sees for miles, one was nearly blind.
-Eating white snake to talk to animals for the evening. Another character spent a year to learn each language for dogs, birds, etc.
-Most stories have talking animals. (Making the white snake and learning languages moot).
-Lots of polymorph, especially as a curse. The Beast and his underlings are lions, not furniture. To turn a fox back into a prince, he had to have his head and feet cut off.
-Most summoning or conjuring spells involve a song. Ashenputtle(Cinderella) could apparently conjure up outfits by herself.
-One of the 7 dwarves was taller than Snow Drop.
-In one story, dwarf and mannequin are used interchangeably. In another, dwarf and hobgoblin.
-Snow White is not Snow Drop. Snow White has a sister named Rose Red.
-Apparently you can cut wolves open and sew them up without waking them. At least 2 swallow food whole like a snake.
-There are way too many giants and royal families to have a shared universe among all stories.
-The talking sausage was out collecting fire wood, but was eaten for having false credentials.
-A spell using a drop of someone's blood in a given location to imitate their voice for one phrase one time.
-A cloak that teleports anyone under it.
-A sword that decapitates all enemies with the phrase, "heads off."
-A bird heart that (when put under your pillow) will produce a gold coin each morning.
-A dream told a character to find a flower with a dew drop that could undo magic and keep a witch 2 yards away.
-Counter Spell, but it only softens the effect instead of cancelling it.
-Clubs are pretty common, maybe more than swords. One in particular was magic and could smash a gate.
-Boots that travel a mile per a stride.
-One witch sees for miles, one was nearly blind.
-Eating white snake to talk to animals for the evening. Another character spent a year to learn each language for dogs, birds, etc.
-Most stories have talking animals. (Making the white snake and learning languages moot).
-Lots of polymorph, especially as a curse. The Beast and his underlings are lions, not furniture. To turn a fox back into a prince, he had to have his head and feet cut off.
-Most summoning or conjuring spells involve a song. Ashenputtle(Cinderella) could apparently conjure up outfits by herself.
-One of the 7 dwarves was taller than Snow Drop.
-In one story, dwarf and mannequin are used interchangeably. In another, dwarf and hobgoblin.
-Snow White is not Snow Drop. Snow White has a sister named Rose Red.
-Apparently you can cut wolves open and sew them up without waking them. At least 2 swallow food whole like a snake.
-There are way too many giants and royal families to have a shared universe among all stories.
-The talking sausage was out collecting fire wood, but was eaten for having false credentials.
Kind of makes me want to run some sort of "free style" magic system to make use of this stuff.
