Charm Person
This morning I was pondering yet again how to free our D&D party from slavery -- specifically, how to assist our spellcasters. They're all wearing manacles and a collar which prevents the gestures and words from connecting to produce the usual effect. We have a druid who must shapeshift to draw her power, a slightly hindered ranger, a wizard without his spellbook, and a sorceress who cannot manipulate her surroundings like she is used to doing. I remembered a possible way around this while at work.
"Scrolls," I muttered to myself, and chuckled.
Unfortunately I was also within earshot of one of my coworkers, who wondered why such a self-satisfied sound had come from me, at random. I explained succinctly and was promptly dismissed for my geekiness. ^_^ But seriously, I need to curb my habit of voicing bits and pieces of my thoughts aloud. It leads to amusing but slightly embarrassing moments like that.
I found another entertaining widget: digital magnet poetry. (The Mac people should call that screen "distractions" instead of "the dashboard.") This is my first attempt, without all the complex indentation (but with given capitalization):
bright shone
the heard bassoon
and
loud are feast guests
The Bridegroom's doors open wide
Then I saw opportunity for a less nonsensical attempt, a...D&D-related attempt. (For those of you who were not Lord of the Rings obsessed, the name of the sorceress Isilme (pronounce the E, like in "met") means "moonlight" in Quenya.)
Moon-shine
Glimmered
white
she is
fog-smoke
and
night Whiles
I interpreted "whiles" as "wiles." Until I looked it up in the dictionary just now, I thought the first was an alternate spelling of the second. But I can still pretend. (Though I could drop the last word and the poem would still make sense.) Oh, to have night-wiles...
EDIT: I realized later that a talented individual would still need spellcasting ability in order to use scrolls. This would therefore benefit the wizard the most. Still an option, just less of a help than I had at first thought. I'm a little embarrassed, actually.
"Scrolls," I muttered to myself, and chuckled.
Unfortunately I was also within earshot of one of my coworkers, who wondered why such a self-satisfied sound had come from me, at random. I explained succinctly and was promptly dismissed for my geekiness. ^_^ But seriously, I need to curb my habit of voicing bits and pieces of my thoughts aloud. It leads to amusing but slightly embarrassing moments like that.
I found another entertaining widget: digital magnet poetry. (The Mac people should call that screen "distractions" instead of "the dashboard.") This is my first attempt, without all the complex indentation (but with given capitalization):
bright shone
the heard bassoon
and
loud are feast guests
The Bridegroom's doors open wide
Then I saw opportunity for a less nonsensical attempt, a...D&D-related attempt. (For those of you who were not Lord of the Rings obsessed, the name of the sorceress Isilme (pronounce the E, like in "met") means "moonlight" in Quenya.)
Moon-shine
Glimmered
white
she is
fog-smoke
and
night Whiles
I interpreted "whiles" as "wiles." Until I looked it up in the dictionary just now, I thought the first was an alternate spelling of the second. But I can still pretend. (Though I could drop the last word and the poem would still make sense.) Oh, to have night-wiles...
EDIT: I realized later that a talented individual would still need spellcasting ability in order to use scrolls. This would therefore benefit the wizard the most. Still an option, just less of a help than I had at first thought. I'm a little embarrassed, actually.