[MUD-Dev] Re: 101 Spells Not Worth Memorizing

[Broly]

On Wed, 1 Oct 1997 clawrenc at cup.hp.com wrote:

> 101 Spells Not Worth Memorizing
> 
>                           originally compiled by
>                 Bill Garrett and Nushae Siobhan Fahey
>                        295 additions compiled by
>                                  Joel Hahn
> 
> Thanks to all who contributed: Nathan Amed, Paul Brinkley, Jay Cherry,
> Jonathan Coolidge, Ian Crowther, Joe Delisle, Nushae Siobhan Fahey,
> Curtis Frye, Bill Garrett, Joel Hahn, Larry Keber, John Kochmar, Tim
> Larson, Jonathan Sivier, Brian Snoddy, Stefan Thieme, and many, many
> others.
> 
[snipped hilarious list...]
>  11  Animate Bread
Hehe like this one...reminds me of the Woody Allen film 'Sleeper'(i think)
where he poses as a robot butler and he battles a psycotic bread loaf with
a broomstick...

'egamI rorriM' <the reverse of Mirror Image...causes your perception of
right and left to reverse.>

> 150  Gaze at Reflection
This would be interesting coupled by a 'egamI rorriM' spell...

'Bind self', 'Hold Loved One', 'Expensive Ruins'
'Dish-pan hands' 'Catnip' 'Enlighten Dolt' 'Enlarge Angry Dragon'
'Expose Familiar' <yep, knew that already>
'Grope' 'Conjure mixed vegetables' 'Ruin Explosives' 'Inbreed'
'Move Bowels' 'Randomize Text' 'Remove Stain' 'Serten's Spell Impunity'
'Catch Insect' <component 1 spider web>
'Otiluke's Shiny Marble' 'Stalk Self' 'Wad of unknown substance'


That list was great...believe it or not, it helped me out.  I'm planning
on having mages find their spells in books hidden thoughout the mud, and
learn them from those books.  Nothing like several hundred useless spells
to make mages think before blindly filling up their spellbooks.  Plus,
they'll add a litte flavor to spellcasting...maybe a failed spell
resulting in something thoroughly amusing to anyone besides the caster
trying to cast a spell to save his/her hide...

Gunther