Torqvald's Illusion Generatrix

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Torqvald's Illusion Generatrix
Spell information
Nickname tig
Guild Wizards
Type Miscellaneous
Description Create an illusion that can be cast like a spell and is displayed to observers.
GP cost 100
Mind space 50
Thaums 10
Components quill (consumed), silver ring (consumed), book end (consumed), small bucket
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Torqvald's Illusion Generatrix (abbreviated as TIG) is a miscellaneous spell. It allows the wizard to design an area illusion and store it in his mind, thereby create a completely new and hitherto unknown spell that when cast calls the illusion into being.

Spell details

This spell costs 100 gp to cast and takes up 50 units of mind space.

Skills

Spellcheck results
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air            
 
       
binding            
 
       
conjuring            
 
       
charming            
 
       
channeling            
 
       
conjuring            
 
       
charming            
 
       

The following skills are used in the stages of this spell:

Note: final stage of spell is much easier than spellcheck suggests.

Casting messages

Casting

Creation of the spell (1st Stage)
You study the quill.
You hold the bucket tightly.
You drop the quill into the bucket.
You call silently to the spirits of the imagination.
You flip the ring into the air and catch it in the bucket.
You hold the end raised in one fist.
You make three passes with the end over the bucket and drop it in; the contents of the bucket vanish! Please enter the text of the illusion which you wish your new spell to create. For this illusion, you may use up to 279 characters. Leave a totally blank line where you want a carriage return in the text of your illusion.
Enter your text. Use ** on a line by itself to exit.
1 ]Zeur asks you: Can you see me?

Casting of the illusion (2nd Stage)
You blow the ash into the air.
You hold up the ring and look through it.
You chant: Zeur's Zoshar Geshuk.
The illusion unfolds...

Success

Creation of the spell (1st Stage)
Your mind feels fuller with sudden knowledge of the spell "Zeur's Zoshar Geshuk".

To others

Casting of the spell (2nd Stage)
Zeur asks you: Can you see me?

About the Illusions

The number of characters you can use in your illusions improves with higher skills and background room enchantment. Different castings of Torqvald's Illusion Generatrix can vary by ~100 characters.

When you finish creating your illusion, you will gain a new spell that shows up when you type spells. Its name is randomized, but it will have your name at the beginning.

The illusions cost an amount of gp to cast equal to about 1 per 10 characters used in the illusion, and they take up 10 units of mindspace.

Illusions are miscellaneous spells with 3 stages:

Sometimes, an illusion will require components such as a bronze ring, and sometimes it will require no components. This appears to be randomly determined when you first create the illusion.

You may use colours in your illusions. See help usercolour, help colours, and help colour list. The code text counts against the character limit.

All of the custom text you typed for your illusion will display simultaneously even if they are on different lines, rather than one at a time as would be normal for other spells.

To get an illusion with a high character count and no components, you may need to cast Torqvald's Illusion Generatrix multiple times.

See also

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