Granny Benedict's Bond of Loyalty

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Granny Benedict's Bond of Loyalty
Spell information
Nickname gbbl
Guild Witches
Type Miscellaneous
Description Bonds a magical talisman to a person.
GP cost 80
Mind space 50
Thaums 10
Components none
Crystal None

Granny Benedict's Bond of Loyalty is a miscellaneous witch spell that develops a bond between a magical talisman and a particular person.


Acquisition

This spell can be learned at 80 levels of magic.spells.misc. It is taught by Granny Weatherwax and Aunty Ogg-San.

Effects

Bonding an item always has the effect of making its owner identifiable via Goodie Whemper's Apple Divination.

Other effects depend on the item:

Casting

This spell costs 80 GP to cast, and takes up 50 units of mind space. It may be cast on any magical talisman.

This spell is cast using the syntax:

cast cast Granny Benedict's Bond of Loyalty with <talisman> for <person> 

Skills

Focus tea results
Scale      
50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300
 
talisman            
 
       
summoning            
 
       
charming            
 
       
binding            
 
       

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

Components

This spell requires no components.

Casting messages

Casting
You prepare to cast Granny Benedict's Bond of Loyalty on <item>
You inspect <item> to ascertain its true nature.
You send your mind into <item>, calling forth its inner essence.
You croon beguilingly to <item>.
You squint ferociously and loom over <item>.
You say loudly: Let's you an' I be friends then, little <item>.
Success
In your mind's eye you sense it nodding agreeably.
Failure (item is not a talisman)
In your mind's eye you sense it peering back at you blankly.
Failure (item is a proto-talisman)
In your mind's eye you sense it struggle to cooperate and finally give up, Spent.
Failure (item cannot be bonded to that person because it's already bonded to someone else or skill failures)
In your mind's eye you sense it thumbing its nose at you.
Failure (item is already bonded to the person requested)
In your mind's eye you sense it nodding impatiently at you.
Failure (person to be bonded to has left the room)
In your mind's eye you sense it look around to see who you're on about, then peer at you curiously.
To others
Myrina Womblesworth peers closely at a large round stone.
Myrina Womblesworth lays her hand on a large round stone and closes her eyes.
Myrina Womblesworth croons a quiet song.
Myrina Womblesworth squints ferociously and looms over a large round stone.
Myrina Womblesworth says loudly: Let's you an' I be friends then, little large round stone.

or

Myrina Womblesworth peers closely at an artificer's staff.
Myrina Womblesworth lays her hand on an artificer's staff and closes her eyes.
Myrina Womblesworth croons a quiet song.
Myrina Womblesworth squints ferociously and looms over an artificer's staff.
Myrina Womblesworth asks loudly: Why don't you and Claudio be friends then, little artificer's staff?

Notes

The bond of loyalty between a talisman and its owner may be broken by casting Nanny Revere's Traitorous Talisman on it.

If the talisman is bonded to someone other than the caster, then the bond can only be broken if both the caster and that person are playerkillers, so witches should be very careful when forming bonds for others.

See Also

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