BVShop:Mystic Phrases/August 2020
2020Q3
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Mystic Phrases
| [Mystic Phrases, Entry -] | |
| Several tented and rusted cauldrons are placed about the small room to collect the steadily dripping water that seeps through the sodden roof. Tiny rivulets cascade down the northern wall, their passage causing the paint to blister and peel. A small round table sits in the only dry section of both floor and ceiling, its contents illuminated by a flickering candle. | |
| Obvious exits: west, out | |
On the small round table you see: a sigil-etched eggshell white palimpsest, a runic grey palimpsest, a coarse black palimpsest, a silver-edged black palimpsest and a narrow slip of palimpsest.
a sigil-etched eggshell white palimpsest Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this eggshell white palimpsest will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: As you speak the words for [Spell Name], the splendid and wondrous geometry of the valences becomes apparent to you, and you wait for the precise moment to summon a rift between them...
Third Person: As Emptora speaks a magical phrase, revolving circles of intersecting blue light fill her eyes...
Hidden or Invisible: A woman's voice speaks a gentle magical phrase from the shadows.
Specific Spell Restriction: 740
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The palimpsest looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a runic grey palimpsest Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this grey palimpsest will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You incant the phrase for [Spell Name] with force and purpose, ready to bend and twist the valences to your will...
Third Person: The very space around Emptora seems to bend and twist as she incants a magical phrase with force and purpose...
Hidden or Invisible: Space seems to twist and bend for a moment as an unseen woman's voice incants.
Specific Spell Restriction: 740
Examine:
The palimpsest looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a coarse black palimpsest Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this black palimpsest will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You invoke the power of [Spell Name], and a wicked grin crosses your face as the pain and terrors just beyond this plane subtly fill your senses...
Third Person: As Emptora incants, strange cries and otherworldly wails fill the air for the briefest of moments and a wicked grin crosses her face...
Hidden or Invisible: Strange cries and otherworldly wails fill the air for the briefest of moments as a woman's voice incants.
Specific Spell Restriction: 740
Examine:
The palimpsest looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a silver-edged black palimpsest Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this black palimpsest will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You supplicate the spirit world for safe passage through the valences as you prepare to tear a rift between them with your incantation of [Spell Name]...
Third Person: Emptora closes her eyes for a moment and quietly supplicates the spirit world for safe passage before incanting a magical phrase with force and purpose...
Hidden or Invisible: A woman's voice in the shadows briefly supplicates the spirit world before incanting a magical phrase...
Specific Spell Restriction: 740
Examine:
The palimpsest looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a narrow slip of palimpsest Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this slip of palimpsest will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: As your preparations for [Spell Name] test the borders between the valences, a quick but nonetheless terrifying flash of the horrors that await beyond this reality fills and grips your mind...
Third Person: Emptora girds herself as she murmurs a magical incantation, and a quick look of terror crosses her eyes...
Hidden or Invisible: A woman's voice in the shadows murmurs a magical incantation.
Specific Spell Restriction: 740
Examine:
The palimpsest looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750
Mystic Phrases
| [Mystic Phrases, West Room -] | |
| Warped and uneven, the wall-to-wall pine floorboards display signs of water damage, which cause many of the copper nails to rise up from the seating within the wood. Floor-to-ceiling bookcases are pristinely kept, their clean shelves a stark contrast to the utter gloom that hangs over the rest of the shop. A lone candle rests upon a counter covered in cobwebs, its flickering flame threatening to consume the dusty gossamer strands. | |
| Obvious exits: east | |
On the white birch shelf you see: a wrinkled white paper, a faded off-white paper, a thin beige paper and a leaf-shaped pale green paper.
a wrinkled white paper Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this white paper will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You contort your hands into an entwined position and quickly unravel them, while invoking a mystical entreaty.
Third Person: Emptora contorts her hands into an entwined position and quickly unravels them, while invoking a mystical entreaty.
Hidden or Invisible: A hushed voice invokes a mystical entreaty.
Specific Spell Restriction: 410
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a faded off-white paper Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this off-white paper will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: The sweet aroma of fruit-filled tarts pervades your olfactory senses as you ready a brief spell...
Third Person: The sweet aroma of fruit-filled tarts pervades the air around Emptora as she squeaks out a brief spell.
Hidden or Invisible: The sweet aroma of fruit-filled tarts pervades the area.
Specific Spell Restriction: 203
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a thin beige paper Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this beige paper will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: The sharp, powdery fragrance of aspen trees floats around you, as you draw inward and whisper a hushed spell...
Third Person: The sharp, powdery fragrance of aspen trees float around Emptora, as she draws inward and whispers a hushed spell.
Hidden or Invisible: The sharp, powdery fragrance of aspen trees floats in the air.
Specific Spell Restriction: 418
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a leaf-shaped pale green paper Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this pale green paper will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You envision a forest growing up around you, evergreen trees bending down toward you to listen to your incantation of [Spell Name].
Third Person: For just a moment, Emptora appears to be surrounded by evergreen trees bending toward her to listen to her magical incantation.
Hidden or Invisible:
Specific Spell Restriction: 605
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 On the maple shelf you see: a warped beige scroll, a yellowed ancient scroll, a waterlogged off-white scroll, a paint-speckled scroll and a fragile eggshell white scroll.
a warped beige scroll Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this beige scroll will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: Lowering the register of your voice, you ardently murmur a reverential blessing.
Third Person: Lowering the register of her voice, she ardently murmurs a reverential blessing.
Hidden or Invisible: With a lowered voice, someone ardently murmurs a reverential blessing.
Specific Spell Restriction: 304
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a yellowed ancient scroll Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this ancient scroll will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You roll your eyes back into your head and babble several incoherent phrases in rapid succession...
Third Person: Emptora rolls her eyes back into her head and babbles several incoherent phrses in rapid succession...
Hidden or Invisible: Someone unseen babbles several incoherent phrases in rapid succession.
Specific Spell Restriction: 304
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This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a waterlogged off-white scroll Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this off-white scroll will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You cantillate a gravelly, fervent hymn from the depths of your midsection.
Third Person: Emptora cantillates a gravelly, fervent hymn from the depths of her midsection.
Hidden or Invisible: You hear someone deeply cantillate a fervent hymn.
Specific Spell Restriction: 304
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a paint-speckled scroll Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this paint-speckled scroll will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You articulate a cryptic chain of harsh syllables...
Third Person: Emptora articulates a cryptic chain of harsh syllables...
Hidden or Invisible: Someone articulates a cryptic chain of harsh syllables.
Specific Spell Restriction: 304
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a fragile eggshell white scroll Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this eggshell white scroll will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You inhale serenely and raise your voice in a mysterial intonation...
Third Person: Emptora inhales serenely and raises her voice in a mysterial intonation...
Hidden or Invisible: A voice raises in a mysterial intonation.
Specific Spell Restriction: 304
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This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 On the pine shelf you see: a warped and waterlogged papyrus, a fragrant beige papyrus, a yellowed ancient papyrus, a dog-eared beige papyrus, a smooth off-white papyrus and a delicate black-inked papyrus.
a warped and waterlogged papyrus Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this waterlogged papyrus will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: As you bow your head and murmur a prayer to your patron, a fragrant pillar of smoke redolent of sweet temple incense rises from your body and clouds your vision. The scent entrances you, filling you with the magic of the [Spell Name] spell.
Third Person: As Emptora bows her head and murmurs a prayer to her patron, a fragrant pillar of smoke redolent of sweet temple incense rises from her body and clouds her form.
Hidden or Invisible: An unseen voice murmurs a prayer to her patron, and a fragrant pillar of smoke redolent of sweet temple incense billows from the ground in response.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a fragrant beige papyrus Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this beige papyrus will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You glory in the dark power of your patron as you proclaim the authority to conquer death itself. A beautiful terror grips your soul in response, and the words for [Spell Name] spill from your trembling lips...
Third Person: Emptora glories in the dark power of her patron and proclaims the authority to conquer death itself. A look of terror fills her eyes in response...
Hidden or Invisible: Somewhere nearby, an unseen woman's voice glories in the power of her patron.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
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This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a yellowed ancient papyrus Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this ancient papyrus will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You surrender your will to the dark power of your patron, and a voice not your own hisses a chilling and incomprehensible litany of sounds and words, charging you with the power of [Spell Name]...
Third Person: Emptora leans her head back in supplication to a higher power, and unleashes a chilling and incomprehensible litany of sounds and words in a voice not her own.
Hidden or Invisible: From somewhere in the shadows, a strange voice hisses a chilling and incomprehensible litany of sounds and words.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a dog-eared beige papyrus Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this beige papyrus will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: As you intone dark words in praise of your patron, an unsettling howl echoes through your mind, and the terror of night caresses your soul. You feel the magic of the [Spell Name] spell engulf you...
Third Person: As Emptora intones dark words in praise of her patron, an unsettling howl echoes in the distance, and a look of terror crosses her face.
Hidden or Invisible: A voice in the shadows intones words of holy praise as an unsettling howl echoes in the distance.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
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This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a smooth off-white papyrus Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this off-white papyrus will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: As you pray to your patron, your mind opens to a bleak grey landscape and a cold wind blows across it, and you. The words for [Spell Name] fall from your mouth as steady as the pealing of a funerary bell.
Third Person: As Emptora prays to her patron, a bleak greyness fills her eyes and a cold wind chills the air for a moment.
Hidden or Invisible: A prayer from the shadows summons a brief burst of cold wind.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
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This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a delicate black-inked papyrus Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this black-inked papyrus will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: As you empty your mind in prayer to your patron, a crescent moon winks into existence over your empty mental plane. You join a cacophony of incomprehensible voices in speaking the words to the spell [Spell Name].
Third Person: An upswept crescent materializes on Emptora's forehead for a moment as she incants a strange and incomprehensible magical phrase.
Hidden or Invisible: From somewhere in the shadows, a woman incants a strange and incomprehensible magical phrase.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
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This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 On the oak shelf you see: an off-white calfskin vellum, a transparent beige vellum, a pale cream-hued vellum, a faded pale vellum, a fragile silver-inked vellum and a curled light brown vellum.
an off-white calfskin vellum Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this calfskin vellum will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: With outstretched hands, you praise the mercy of your beautiful patron, and the sweet smell of flowers fills your senses. You know your prayer is answered and feel charged with the magic of the [Spell Name] spell...
Third Person: With outstretched hands, Emptora praises the mercy of her patron, and the sweet aroma of flowers and the power of holy magic charge the air.
Hidden or Invisible: Somewhere nearby, an unseen woman's voice praises her patron, and the sweet aroma of flowers fills the air.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a transparent beige vellum Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this beige vellum will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You turn your thoughts toward the enormity of death. In a low voice, you pray to your patron for deliverance. A chill runs down your spine in response, charging you with the power of the [Spell Name] spell...
Third Person: Emptora bows her head and prays to her patron for the power to render deliverance from death. A chill runs down Emptora's spine and a corona of white light briefly surrounds her in response.
Hidden or Invisible: A woman's voice speaks a prayer, and a corona of white light briefly flashes in response.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a pale cream-hued vellum Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this cream-hued vellum will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You recite a litany of praise to your patron, and a golden radiance crowns you in response. You feel empowered to render justice against death through the magic of [Spell Name]...
Third Person: Emptora recites a litany of praise to her patron, and a golden radiance crowns her in response.
Hidden or Invisible: A crown-like radiance of gold briefly materializes mid-air as a woman's voice recites a litany of praise to her patron.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
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This vellum looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a faded pale vellum Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this pale vellum will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You praise the might of your patron as you plead for intercession to aid the fallen. A stormy magic rumbles through your veins in response, charging you with the power of the [Spell Name] spell.
Third Person: Emptora praises the might of her patron as she pleads for intercession to aid the fallen. The sound of thunder rumbles briefly in response, and Emptora's veins flash with a pulse of magical power.
Hidden or Invisible: A stormy rumble follows an unseen voice's supplication to her patron for intercession to aid the fallen.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a fragile silver-inked vellum Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this silver-inked vellum will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You empty your mind of thought as you explore the starlit realm of prayer in search of your patron. A dreamy magic envelops you in response, drawing you to speak the sweet and sonorous words of the [Spell Name] spell...
Third Person: With closed eyes, Emptora murmurs a barely audible prayer. A dreamy starlit haze briefly materializes to swaddle Emptora in response as she speaks a sweet and sonorous magical incantation.
Hidden or Invisible: A woman's voice murmurs a prayer somewhere nearby, and a dreamy starlit haze materializes in response for a moment.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750 a curled light brown vellum Weight: <1 pound
Invoking this light brown vellum will grant you permanent access to a special method of preparing your spells.
It will provide the following phrase:
First Person: You glory in the dark power of your patron as you proclaim the authority to conquer death itself. A beautiful terror grips your soul in response, and the words for [Spell Name] spill from your trembling lips...
Third Person: Emptora glories in the dark power of her patron and proclaims the authority to conquer death itself. A look of terror fills her eyes in response...
Hidden or Invisible: Somewhere nearby, an unseen woman's voice glories in the power of her patron.
Specific Spell Restriction: 318
Examine:
This paper looks interesting... perhaps you should read it.750