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spell chants in games

Started by kosmos1214, November 26, 2015, 05:07:10 PM

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kosmos1214

November 26, 2015, 05:07:10 PM
well a thought crossed my mind last night i know when i was playing a a sorc in my old groups 3.5 campaign 1/2 the fun for me (and 1/2 my rping) was chanting and casting my spells rather then just saying i cast so and so
and i was wondering how common / rare is that to show up in play ?

edit happy turkey day

Piestrio

#1
November 26, 2015, 05:21:24 PM
I don't quite follow what you mean. Can you give us an example?
Disclaimer: I attach no moral weight to the way you choose to pretend to be an elf.

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kosmos1214

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November 26, 2015, 05:30:12 PM Last Edit: November 26, 2015, 05:41:28 PM by kosmos1214
well im a little rusty but here gos


"hark by the might of the heavens let this crashing light tear and destroy lightning bolt"  


not my best work but it might help as a caster i used to chant my spells in character iv never heard of any one else doing such but id never asked so i figured i would ask

edit to try to add clarity

so rather then just saying i cast fire bolt at the orc chanting the spell in character

Omega

#3
November 26, 2015, 06:08:32 PM
The arrows turn. The swords rebel. Let nothing pierce this moral shell!

By natures hand. By craft. By art. What once was one. Now fly apart!

O're mist filled pits, dark, dank, unclear. Fill all fore me with frost fingered fear!

By what creeps, what crawls, by what does not. Let all that grows recede and rot!

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#4
November 26, 2015, 07:12:22 PM
"You are not surprised by, and have surprised, five wights."

"Drink the potion of undead control and tell them to go fuck themselves."

* mimes drinking potion *
"By the magnetic storms
Of the north and south pole
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True story.
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Piestrio

#5
November 26, 2015, 07:26:32 PM
I've never done such a thing but it seems like a cool little flourish.
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Bren

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November 26, 2015, 09:34:20 PM
Never seen it in actual play. It seems like something I'd quickly tire of in play.
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Doom

#7
November 26, 2015, 09:45:38 PM
I confess I've done the "Zot" thing for Magic Missile a time or two...
(taken during hurricane winds)

A nice education blog.

kosmos1214

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November 26, 2015, 09:55:34 PM
Quote from: Doom;866090I confess I've done the "Zot" thing for Magic Missile a time or two...

zot?????

Doom

#9
November 27, 2015, 12:49:11 AM
Quote from: kosmos1214;866091zot?????

Well, it (was a 1 segment) spell that zaps things for a little damage. "Zot" seems as good a word as any...never had someone look at me crosswise for using it.
(taken during hurricane winds)

A nice education blog.

nDervish

#10
November 27, 2015, 06:54:15 AM
Nope, never run into it myself.

And I can't help thinking of the 80s Satanic Panic, with all the moralists running around claiming that D&D was evil because it "taught you to cast magic spells".  If players routinely chanted incantations for their spells, those sorts would have had a field day with it.

Armchair Gamer

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November 27, 2015, 01:18:28 PM Last Edit: November 27, 2015, 01:33:32 PM by Armchair Gamer
Quote from: Omega;866072The arrows turn. The swords rebel. Let nothing pierce this moral shell!

By natures hand. By craft. By art. What once was one. Now fly apart!

O're mist filled pits, dark, dank, unclear. Fill all fore me with frost fingered fear!

By what creeps, what crawls, by what does not. Let all that grows recede and rot!

A whim, a thought, and more is sought; awake, my mind, thy will be wrought!

Three suns align, pour forth thy light, and fill the archer's bow with might!

Sheathe these feet in the driving gale; make swift these legs, o'er land I sail!

Whispered secrets of a shattered age, I summon you: renew this sage!

Pyromancer

#12
November 27, 2015, 01:55:28 PM
This was mandatory for the first edition of the German "Das Schwarze Auge".

"Flimm flamm flunkel, bring Licht ins Dunkel!"

I only played three sessions, but this stuck.
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November 27, 2015, 02:40:07 PM
"Blow, wind, and crack thy cheeks!"
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Gronan of Simmerya

#14
November 27, 2015, 02:41:52 PM
Quote from: Bren;866088Never seen it in actual play. It seems like something I'd quickly tire of in play.

It does.  Also at least with all the hundreds of people I've played with over 43 years it quickly degenerates into bad jokes.

Usually of the "use a line and see who can guess where it's from."  Like pointing a Wand of Paralysis and saying "bee's knees I order you to freeze."
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