Mother Brynda's Call of Gravity

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Mother Brynda's Call of Gravity
Spell information
Nickname mbcg
Guild Witches
Type Offensive
Description Grounds floating target and/or its floaters.
GP cost 50
Mind space 20
Thaums 4
Components willow withe
Crystal None

Mother Brynda's Call of Gravity is an offensive witch spell which causes all items floating in orbit around the target (floaters) as a result of Grammer Scorbic's Household Guard or Endorphin's Floating Friend to fall to the ground. If the target is floating it will also fall to the ground.


Acquisition

This spell can be learned at 20 levels of magic.spells.offensive. It is taught by Granny Weatherwax and Aunty Ogg-San.

Effects

This spell has two effects:

  • It brings down any items floating around the target.
  • If the target themself is floating (as per Finneblaugh's Thaumic Float), it will bring them down too, regardless of the duration of floating they may have built up.
  • If the target has a floating shield (for example from Endorphin's Floating Friend), and is also themselves floating (see FTF), the spell can remove both effects simultaneously (ending any duration of FTF, and knocking a shield to the ground, in one).

Casting

This spell requires 50 GP to cast, and takes up 20 units of mind space. It may be cast on any living target, including the caster herself; this spell is most commonly used in this fashion to bring one's own shields down for fixing.

The spell is PK-checked for casting at other players.

Skills

Focus tea results
Scale      
50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300
 
evoking            
 
       
channeling            
 
       
binding            
 
       

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

Components

This spell requires a willow withe, which is not consumed. At the end of the spell, the willow withe will be on the ground in the current room.

Casting messages

Casting
You whip the air around <target> with the willow withe.
You wave the willow withe around in a complicated pattern.
As a distraction, you throw the willow withe high into the air, and while everyone is busy watching it, you snap the occult threads of power that influence gravity around <target>.
Success
<floaters> clatter to the ground.
To others
Myrina Womblesworth tries to whip herself with a willow withe.
Myrina Womblesworth draws occult runes in the air with the willow withe.
Myrina Womblesworth throws the willow withe high into the air.
A crystal ladle clatters to the ground.

See also

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