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David Lamb
Apr 14, 2013, 5:35:14 PM4/14/13
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My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, who would change the
name of your spells when around, causing them to have a new effect based
on the new name. *Sleep* might become *Sleet* for example and bring a
brief storm of freezing rain.
Did anyone else use this monster? I think it may have originated in an
April Fools issue of one of the gaming magazines of the time. Of course
it could equally well have originated in that one DM's demented brain.
I mentioned this to someone on Google+ and he responded with a list:
continual blame
tragic weapon
arcane sock
colour spay
create food and Walter
Sheila of faith
limited wince
invisibility urge
nice storm
fold person
hideous daughter
frog cloud
Any more suggestions? or are we all too serious for such shenanigans
these days?
silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, who would change the
name of your spells when around, causing them to have a new effect based
on the new name. *Sleep* might become *Sleet* for example and bring a
brief storm of freezing rain.
Did anyone else use this monster? I think it may have originated in an
April Fools issue of one of the gaming magazines of the time. Of course
it could equally well have originated in that one DM's demented brain.
I mentioned this to someone on Google+ and he responded with a list:
continual blame
tragic weapon
arcane sock
colour spay
create food and Walter
Sheila of faith
limited wince
invisibility urge
nice storm
fold person
hideous daughter
frog cloud
Any more suggestions? or are we all too serious for such shenanigans
these days?
Jim Davies
Apr 14, 2013, 6:34:41 PM4/14/13
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On the grave of David Lamb <dal...@cs.queensu.ca> is inscribed:
>frog cloud?
Silly Spells for an Insane Wizard
rgfd 1 June 2006 02:30
On the grave of "Presto" <do...@use.this> is inscribed:
>"Laminate Dead".
Heh. Should also make it waterproof, though I'm not sure what good
that would be.
>So I look to you, Interweb, to help me fill this mad wizard's spellbook with
>a handful of silly, pointless, or just bizarre spells.
Bending: bends a spoon or like item held gently between the fingertips
(this one has supposedly been invented in RL)
Hirtue: subject loses one temporary hit point.
Acid Stash: Creates 1 small piece of parchment per level. If eaten (as
a potion), each affects the user as by Hypnotic Pattern.
Defect Magic: Any flaw in the item touched glows.
Arcane Dave. Summons a teenager called Dave (Commoner 1) who scrawls
graffiti on the target, then vanishes.
Endure Elephants: provides DR 5 against all pachyderms
Protection from Orville: Subject cannot see, hear be touched or
otherwise affected by a large green puppet duck, or Keith Harris.
Obscuring Mitt: a huge woolly glove floats in the air, like a Bigby's
Hand. Being soft wool, it merely provides partial concealment, not
cover.
Ravin' Feeblemen: summons a pair of decrepit little old men (Commoner
1) who yell incoherent insults at the target.
Shocking Gasp: A sudden intake of breath makes everyone in range look
round to see what's so astonishing (stunned 1 round). Effectively area
Daze.
Disguise Shelf: disguises a small shelf and anything on it as a
picture, sconce, window or other such wall item.
Acid Marrow: creates large hallucinogenic vegetable
Really Obscure Object: creates a really obscure object
Pope Trick: As Rope Trick, but inside the extradimensional space is a
high-level cleric, or possibly a bad-tempered aardvark.
Keen Hedge: makes a row of normal bushes thorny
Acid Frog: creates a toad which oozes hallucinogens from its warts.
Make Hole: damages an object.
Speak with Deaf: allows the target to lip-read
--- end ---
I'll see if I can dream up some more
--
Jim
http://www.aaargh.org
>
>Any more suggestions? or are we all too serious for such shenanigans
>these days?
Here's a throwback to 2006:
>Any more suggestions? or are we all too serious for such shenanigans
>these days?
Silly Spells for an Insane Wizard
rgfd 1 June 2006 02:30
On the grave of "Presto" <do...@use.this> is inscribed:
>"Laminate Dead".
Heh. Should also make it waterproof, though I'm not sure what good
that would be.
>So I look to you, Interweb, to help me fill this mad wizard's spellbook with
>a handful of silly, pointless, or just bizarre spells.
Bending: bends a spoon or like item held gently between the fingertips
(this one has supposedly been invented in RL)
Hirtue: subject loses one temporary hit point.
Acid Stash: Creates 1 small piece of parchment per level. If eaten (as
a potion), each affects the user as by Hypnotic Pattern.
Defect Magic: Any flaw in the item touched glows.
Arcane Dave. Summons a teenager called Dave (Commoner 1) who scrawls
graffiti on the target, then vanishes.
Endure Elephants: provides DR 5 against all pachyderms
Protection from Orville: Subject cannot see, hear be touched or
otherwise affected by a large green puppet duck, or Keith Harris.
Obscuring Mitt: a huge woolly glove floats in the air, like a Bigby's
Hand. Being soft wool, it merely provides partial concealment, not
cover.
Ravin' Feeblemen: summons a pair of decrepit little old men (Commoner
1) who yell incoherent insults at the target.
Shocking Gasp: A sudden intake of breath makes everyone in range look
round to see what's so astonishing (stunned 1 round). Effectively area
Daze.
Disguise Shelf: disguises a small shelf and anything on it as a
picture, sconce, window or other such wall item.
Acid Marrow: creates large hallucinogenic vegetable
Really Obscure Object: creates a really obscure object
Pope Trick: As Rope Trick, but inside the extradimensional space is a
high-level cleric, or possibly a bad-tempered aardvark.
Keen Hedge: makes a row of normal bushes thorny
Acid Frog: creates a toad which oozes hallucinogens from its warts.
Make Hole: damages an object.
Speak with Deaf: allows the target to lip-read
--- end ---
I'll see if I can dream up some more
--
Jim
http://www.aaargh.org
Joanna Rowland Stuart
Apr 14, 2013, 7:11:00 PM4/14/13
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In article <kkf79i$rls$1...@dont-email.me>, dal...@cs.queensu.ca (David Lamb)
wrote:
> Did anyone else use this monster?
A.k.a the Spelling Bee - this would continuously emanate Misspell in a
20'r and it would affect all spell casters within that radius.
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Misspell_%283.5e_Spell%29
Cheers
JOanna
wrote:
> Did anyone else use this monster?
20'r and it would affect all spell casters within that radius.
http://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Misspell_%283.5e_Spell%29
Cheers
JOanna
Loren Pechtel
Apr 15, 2013, 12:24:34 AM4/15/13
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On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:35:14 -0400, David Lamb <dal...@cs.queensu.ca>
wrote:
>frog cloud?
possible.
(Thus casting "fireball" would cause a hireling named "Ball" to leave
if there was one. It would only work properly if there was no Ball to
be fired. Likewise, Raise Dead would always simply levatate the
corpse. Cure light wounds would remove all light damage from the
target--as few targets would have been damaged by light it would
generally have no effect. On the other hand it would undo sunlight
damage on a vampire rather than harming him.)
There's also a variation on this that I've never fleshed out enough to
actually use: The Mad Mage. He's got things like a variation on
levitation (but still a sor/wiz 2 spell) that just might bring the
body back to life instead. The crazier you are (as in the number of
forms of insanity you are suffering from) the more likely it is to
restore life rather than simply lift the dead body--those who are sane
have a 0% chance of a "correct" cast.
Anyone can attempt to learn one of his spells. The odds are low if
you're not already bonkers and success inflicts some type of insantiy
on the person who learns it.
wrote:
>
>Any more suggestions? or are we all too serious for such shenanigans
>these days?
No, but I've used a relative that caused magic to be misinterpreted if
>Any more suggestions? or are we all too serious for such shenanigans
>these days?
possible.
(Thus casting "fireball" would cause a hireling named "Ball" to leave
if there was one. It would only work properly if there was no Ball to
be fired. Likewise, Raise Dead would always simply levatate the
corpse. Cure light wounds would remove all light damage from the
target--as few targets would have been damaged by light it would
generally have no effect. On the other hand it would undo sunlight
damage on a vampire rather than harming him.)
There's also a variation on this that I've never fleshed out enough to
actually use: The Mad Mage. He's got things like a variation on
levitation (but still a sor/wiz 2 spell) that just might bring the
body back to life instead. The crazier you are (as in the number of
forms of insanity you are suffering from) the more likely it is to
restore life rather than simply lift the dead body--those who are sane
have a 0% chance of a "correct" cast.
Anyone can attempt to learn one of his spells. The odds are low if
you're not already bonkers and success inflicts some type of insantiy
on the person who learns it.
LL
Apr 15, 2013, 10:18:51 AM4/15/13
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On 14.04.2013 23:35, David Lamb wrote:
> My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
> silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, who would change the
> name of your spells when around, causing them to have a new effect based
> on the new name. *Sleep* might become *Sleet* for example and bring a
> brief storm of freezing rain.
>
> Did anyone else use this monster? I think it may have originated in an
> April Fools issue of one of the gaming magazines of the time. Of course
> it could equally well have originated in that one DM's demented brain.
>
> I mentioned this to someone on Google+ and he responded with a list:
> continual blame
> tragic weapon
> arcane sock
I want one.
> My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
> silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, who would change the
> name of your spells when around, causing them to have a new effect based
> on the new name. *Sleep* might become *Sleet* for example and bring a
> brief storm of freezing rain.
>
> Did anyone else use this monster? I think it may have originated in an
> April Fools issue of one of the gaming magazines of the time. Of course
> it could equally well have originated in that one DM's demented brain.
>
> I mentioned this to someone on Google+ and he responded with a list:
> continual blame
> tragic weapon
> arcane sock
> colour spay
> create food and Walter
> Sheila of faith
> limited wince
> invisibility urge
> nice storm
> fold person
> hideous daughter
Don't want.
> frog cloud
>
> Any more suggestions? or are we all too serious for such shenanigans
> these days?
Divine Flavor
Alter Shelf
LL
Justisaur
Apr 15, 2013, 11:17:08 AM4/15/13
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On Apr 14, 3:34 pm, Jim Davies <j...@aaargh.NoBleedinSpam.org> wrote:
> On the grave of David Lamb <dal...@cs.queensu.ca> is inscribed:
>
> On the grave of David Lamb <dal...@cs.queensu.ca> is inscribed:
>
> On the grave of "Presto" <do...@use.this> is inscribed:
>
> >"Laminate Dead".
>
> Heh. Should also make it waterproof, though I'm not sure what good
> that would be.
>
Useful on undead perhaps, keep the smell down, and protect from holy
>
> >"Laminate Dead".
>
> Heh. Should also make it waterproof, though I'm not sure what good
> that would be.
>
water.
- Justisaur
Justisaur
Apr 15, 2013, 11:22:52 AM4/15/13
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them, but not exactly like that. Strange I've never heard of that as
I always at least tried to get hold of april dragon mag.
- Justisaur
Nicole Massey
Apr 15, 2013, 12:41:49 PM4/15/13
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"LL" <Loren...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:kkh234$7i1$1...@dont-email.me...
> On 14.04.2013 23:35, David Lamb wrote:
>> My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
>> silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, who would change the
>> name of your spells when around, causing them to have a new effect based
>> on the new name. *Sleep* might become *Sleet* for example and bring a
>> brief storm of freezing rain.
>>
>> Did anyone else use this monster? I think it may have originated in an
>> April Fools issue of one of the gaming magazines of the time. Of course
>> it could equally well have originated in that one DM's demented brain.
>>
>> I mentioned this to someone on Google+ and he responded with a list:
>> continual blame
>> tragic weapon
>> arcane sock
>
> I want one.
>
>> colour spay
>> create food and Walter
>> Sheila of faith
>> limited wince
>> invisibility urge
>> nice storm
>> fold person
>
> Sounds more dangerous than hold.
>
>> hideous daughter
>
> Don't want.
>
>> frog cloud?
>> My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
>> silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, who would change the
>> name of your spells when around, causing them to have a new effect based
>> on the new name. *Sleep* might become *Sleet* for example and bring a
>> brief storm of freezing rain.
>>
>> Did anyone else use this monster? I think it may have originated in an
>> April Fools issue of one of the gaming magazines of the time. Of course
>> it could equally well have originated in that one DM's demented brain.
>>
>> I mentioned this to someone on Google+ and he responded with a list:
>> continual blame
>> tragic weapon
>> arcane sock
>
> I want one.
>
>> colour spay
>> create food and Walter
>> Sheila of faith
>> limited wince
>> invisibility urge
>> nice storm
>> fold person
>
> Sounds more dangerous than hold.
>
>> hideous daughter
>
> Don't want.
>
>>
>> Any more suggestions? or are we all too serious for such shenanigans
>> these days?
>
> Trap the Sole
> Divine Flavor
> Alter Shelf
Polymorph Otter
>> Any more suggestions? or are we all too serious for such shenanigans
>> these days?
>
> Trap the Sole
> Divine Flavor
> Alter Shelf
Bride Barrier
Transmute Rock to Mod (those of you familiar with 60's subcultures will get
this)
Stove to Flesh
Barfskin
Commute with Mother Plant
Wash
Sucker
Donor
Gape
Ashtray Spell
Walk of Farce
Wed
Wizard Lick
Affect Normal Fines
Shocking Grass
Fire Familiar
Teleport Without Arrows
Haze
Phantasmal Farce
Denim Shadow Monsters
Fry
Firebald
Lightning Boot
Slow Potion
Burning Heads
Dud-dimension
DEmentia Door
Ubiquitous
Apr 20, 2013, 6:42:18 PM4/20/13
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In article <kkf79i$rls$1...@dont-email.me>, dal...@cs.queensu.ca wrote:
>My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
>silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, who would change the
>name of your spells when around, causing them to have a new effect based
>on the new name. *Sleep* might become *Sleet* for example and bring a
>brief storm of freezing rain.
>
>Did anyone else use this monster? I think it may have originated in an
>April Fools issue of one of the gaming magazines of the time. Of course
>it could equally well have originated in that one DM's demented brain.
There's an April issue of Dragon I fondly remember which featured a spellbook
>My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
>silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, who would change the
>name of your spells when around, causing them to have a new effect based
>on the new name. *Sleep* might become *Sleet* for example and bring a
>brief storm of freezing rain.
>
>Did anyone else use this monster? I think it may have originated in an
>April Fools issue of one of the gaming magazines of the time. Of course
>it could equally well have originated in that one DM's demented brain.
that was either cursed or had sticky pages, causing spells to merge or get
merged:
Find Terrain
Explosive Familiar: Causes caster's familiar to explode
Bigby.s Interposing Eye: Summons normal-sized interposing eye
Remove Hand: One of caster's hands falls off
Burning Mouth: Caster's mouth catches fire, takes damage
Locate Hands: Great if cast after Remove Hand
Detect Object: Detects any and a;; objects
Feign Invisibility
Drawmij.s Instant Death: Someone named Drawmij drops dead, no save
Magic Summons: Summons a process-server, who hands caster a court summons
(possibly for murdering Dwawmij)
Transmute Rock to Stone
Fools Summoning III
Protection From Normal Gold
Etc.
--
"Right now, the president is not solving the budget chaos because he
doesn't want to cut federal spending. That's the truth. And the spinners
are misleading you. They are lying to you. That makes me angry. So you
saw that and will most likely see it again in the future."
-- Bill O'Reilly
Ubiquitous
Apr 20, 2013, 6:42:18 PM4/20/13
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When worn, this ring continuously says "T-U-R-N-I-N-G".
Ubiquitous
Apr 20, 2013, 6:42:18 PM4/20/13
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"Schnauzers" and cast "Bowling Ball" (Flaming Sphere), "Fart Cloud" (Stinkiong
Cloud"), etc. We got rid of her, eventually.
David Lamb
May 1, 2013, 10:54:46 AM5/1/13
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On 20/04/2013 6:42 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> In article <kkf79i$rls$1...@dont-email.me>, dal...@cs.queensu.ca wrote:
>
>> My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
>> silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, ...
> In article <kkf79i$rls$1...@dont-email.me>, dal...@cs.queensu.ca wrote:
>
>> My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
> There's an April issue of Dragon I fondly remember which featured a spellbook
> that was either cursed or had sticky pages, causing spells to merge or get
> merged:
> Drawmij.s Instant Death: Someone named Drawmij drops dead, no save
LOL, and I mean literally (literally literally, not the vernacular's
synonym for "figuratively")
> Protection From Normal Gold
And the party wonders why the ancient red dragon had no treasure...
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
May 1, 2013, 12:30:55 PM5/1/13
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On 4/20/13 6:42 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> In article <kkf79i$rls$1...@dont-email.me>, dal...@cs.queensu.ca wrote:
>
>> My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
>> silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, who would change the
>> name of your spells when around, causing them to have a new effect based
>> on the new name. *Sleep* might become *Sleet* for example and bring a
>> brief storm of freezing rain.
>>
>> Did anyone else use this monster? I think it may have originated in an
>> April Fools issue of one of the gaming magazines of the time. Of course
>> it could equally well have originated in that one DM's demented brain.
>
> There's an April issue of Dragon I fondly remember which featured a spellbook
> that was either cursed or had sticky pages, causing spells to merge or get
> merged:
Some years back on this very group -- in 1993, to be exact -- Topi
> In article <kkf79i$rls$1...@dont-email.me>, dal...@cs.queensu.ca wrote:
>
>> My Olde Gange back in the '70s had several DMs and one was partial to
>> silliness. His game had a monster called a Typo, who would change the
>> name of your spells when around, causing them to have a new effect based
>> on the new name. *Sleep* might become *Sleet* for example and bring a
>> brief storm of freezing rain.
>>
>> Did anyone else use this monster? I think it may have originated in an
>> April Fools issue of one of the gaming magazines of the time. Of course
>> it could equally well have originated in that one DM's demented brain.
>
> There's an April issue of Dragon I fondly remember which featured a spellbook
> that was either cursed or had sticky pages, causing spells to merge or get
> merged:
Ylinen invented a program called "spells.exe" which took the titles of
all the (then) 2e spells and scrambled them together to make a large
number of bizarre spell names. He posted some of the most amusing to
this group; here's one such post:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!search/%22uncontrollable$20hideous$20self%22/rec.games.frp.dnd/eRsd_AjB4_o/U03Y3J_w2ZAJ
I particularly liked "Teleport Without Friends", "Explosive Breathing",
and "Holy Nuke", but there's a lot of good ones there.
--
Sea Wasp
/^\
;;;
Website: http://www.grandcentralarena.com Blog:
http://seawasp.livejournal.com
Ubiquitous
May 1, 2013, 2:18:51 PM5/1/13
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immediately explode, with all the normal penalties for losing your familiar (in
addition to damage from said exploding familiar).
Rast
May 1, 2013, 3:16:24 PM5/1/13
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Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote...
Teleport without Hand
Teleport Fingers
Teleport without Protection ... perfect fix for SBT?
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!search/%22uncontrollable$20hideous$20self%22/rec.games.frp.dnd/eRsd_AjB4_o/U03Y3J_w2ZAJ
>
> I particularly liked "Teleport Without Friends", "Explosive Breathing",
> and "Holy Nuke", but there's a lot of good ones there.
Lot of good "teleport without" spells...
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!search/%22uncontrollable$20hideous$20self%22/rec.games.frp.dnd/eRsd_AjB4_o/U03Y3J_w2ZAJ
>
> I particularly liked "Teleport Without Friends", "Explosive Breathing",
> and "Holy Nuke", but there's a lot of good ones there.
Teleport without Hand
Teleport Fingers
Teleport without Protection ... perfect fix for SBT?
David Lamb
May 3, 2013, 8:11:43 AM5/3/13
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On 01/05/2013 12:30 PM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:
> Some years back on this very group -- in 1993, to be exact -- Topi
> Ylinen invented a program called "spells.exe" which took the titles of
> all the (then) 2e spells and scrambled them together to make a large
> number of bizarre spell names. He posted some of the most amusing to
> this group; here's one such post:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!search/%22uncontrollable$20hideous$20self%22/rec.games.frp.dnd/eRsd_AjB4_o/U03Y3J_w2ZAJ
In Canada "Destroy Justin's Life" is a bit more amusing than it might be
> Some years back on this very group -- in 1993, to be exact -- Topi
> Ylinen invented a program called "spells.exe" which took the titles of
> all the (then) 2e spells and scrambled them together to make a large
> number of bizarre spell names. He posted some of the most amusing to
> this group; here's one such post:
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!search/%22uncontrollable$20hideous$20self%22/rec.games.frp.dnd/eRsd_AjB4_o/U03Y3J_w2ZAJ
elsewhere, since it's what Conservative Party attack ads are trying to
do to the new leader of the Liberal party.
Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)
May 3, 2013, 8:52:08 AM5/3/13
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