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| − | *Time. | + | *Time. Depending on the item and how fast you get it to haze, it can take up to three days. |
| − | **The amount of time required is variable, | + | **The amount of time required is variable, depending most likely on the item's material. For instance, a black steel sword seems to take longer to delude than, say, a fig. |
**Weapons in particular take about twice as long as other objects to turn. | **Weapons in particular take about twice as long as other objects to turn. | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 23 June 2010
| Delusions of Grandeur | |
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| Spell information | |
| Nickname | ? |
| Guild | Witches |
| Type | Miscellaneous |
| Description | |
| GP cost | 100 |
| Mind space | 50 |
| Thaums | 10 |
| Components | None |
| Crystal | None |
Delusions of Grandeur is a miscellaneous witch spell which turns an item into a magical talisman, and allows it to be dubbed with a special names.
Contents
Acquisition
This spell can be learned at 150 levels of magic.spells.misc. It is taught by Granny Weatherwax and Aunty Ogg-San.
Mechanics
Dubbing
Once this spell has been cast on an item, that item is ready to be 'dubbed' with its own name, via one of the following syntaxes:
dub <object> "<proper name>" dub <object> my <adjective> <object>
The first syntax will eventually result in the object's name changing to the <proper name> specified. So, for example, dubbing a short sword "Harmless Stick" will change its appearance from
Bob is holding a short sword.
to
Bob is holding Harmless Stick.
The second syntax is used to gain the talisman benefit of this spell without visibly changing the object's name. It will add a line to the item's long description. For example, dubbing a short sword 'my shining sword' will add the line 'The short sword is a shining sword.' to the description.
- Two adjectives can be used, and will be separated by 'and'. For example 'dub sword my shining sharp sword' will result in 'The short sword is a shining and sharp sword.' being added to the description.
An item may be dubbed by anyone, not just the caster witch. In order to dub an item, the dubber must be carrying it.
- The dubbed name cannot exceed 20 characters, including spaces. Trying to dub an object with a longer name will cause the delude to break.
- The dubbed name cannot be solely the name of a player, NPC or some game locations. However, it can include the name of any such.
- Apostrophes are allowed, but hyphens are not.
Pampering
Once this spell has been successfully cast and the item dubbed, the talisman and any name change effects do not take place immediately. In order for these to happen, the item must first go through a substantial amount of pampering.
This is a process by which the fledgeling ego of the item is stoked up, until it eventually gains enough sentience to 'turn' into a proper talisman. Pampering may be done by anyone; it is not required that the caster witch be the one to do this.
The pampering process requires:
- Referring to the object by its new name. In the case of an object dubbed with a proper name, this is the new proper name. In the case of an object dubbed with the alternate syntax, this is "<adjective> <object>" as per the second dub syntax above. The object may be 'referred to' by:
- Using any command with the new name.
- Showing the item to people using the new name.
- Time. Depending on the item and how fast you get it to haze, it can take up to three days.
- The amount of time required is variable, depending most likely on the item's material. For instance, a black steel sword seems to take longer to delude than, say, a fig.
- Weapons in particular take about twice as long as other objects to turn.
Note also that:
- Showing an object is slightly-but-not-much more effective than just referring to it with less spammy commands.
- The limiting factor on your item turning is almost certainly time, not the amount of referring.
Delusion line
A magic user can observe an item to see how strongly it has been referred to; the following are the stages of this process:
- It has a faint octarine shadow about it that disappears if you look at it squarely.
- It has a faint octarine shadow about it.
- It has an octarine shadow about it that flickers occasionally out of the corner of your eye.
- It has a flickering octarine shadow about it.
- It has a flickering octarine haze about it.
Note that the final stage will appear to take much longer than the others. This is normal. Do not panic and start a frenzy of showing this item to everyone you meet. Once again, the pandering process requires time.
Once an item has turned into a talisman, the delusion line will be:
- It has the hazy octarine sparkle of a magical talisman.
Deflation
If a dubbed item is left alone, it will very slowly lose its 'referral strength'. Eventually, this will cause it to leave its proto-talisman state and return to being an ordinary object.
Witches can accelerate this process marginally by mocking the object. Generally speaking, however, once an item is much further than the second of the above stages, there's very little that can be done to quickly reverse the process.
Casting
This spell costs 100 GP to cast, and requires 50 units of mind space. It may be cast on any carried non-living object.
Note that this spell cannot be cast on items which are already magical talismans.
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The following skills are used in the stages of this spell
Components
No components are required to cast this spell.
Casting Messages
Casting
Carefully, so as not to startle it, you let your mind settle into <object> and slowly fade into the foreground of its awareness, getting a feel for the terrain. After sizing up what makes it tick, you begin to gather and direct the threads of your <object>'s thoughts towards things that have a certain innate power, like crowns, witches' broomsticks and kings' swords. You subtly manipulate the <object>, enchanting it with visions of grandeur and priming it to believe it could be such a talisman, too, if only people would Believe.
Success
Entranced, the <object> perks up and looks around for someone to Believe in its greatness.
Already deluded
The small handwritten sign nods eagerly at you and gives you two metaphorical thumbs up.
Already a talisman
The <talisman> glares imperiously at you as if to say, "Yes, yes, We are aware." The <talisman> sniffs haughtily.
What others see
<caster> turns <object> over slowly, considering it from all angles, then massages it gently with her fingertips. <caster> waggles her eyebrows at <object> then nods gravely at it, as if answering unspoken questions.
Failure
Uses standard spell failures.
