Spellbook

Spell books were most recently sold at the 398 Guildfest at Mystical Machinations.

In addition to holding guild spells, scrolls can be transferred into them via the scribe command.

Verbs

In addition to TURN, READ, STUDY, OPEN, CLOSE and the neat one ARRANGE there is...

• CENTER: You come across a section in your spellbook which describes a centering technique used for maximizing one's concentration while working a spell. You decide to try it. Closing your eyes, you inhale slowly and attempt to feel the mana flowing through and around your body, as if you were the heart of the world and all the mana within it flowed outward from your center. It doesn't feel like the spellbook said it should, though. You probably need more practice.
  Roundtime: 10 seconds
• POKE SPELLBOOK: You stick your finger into the spellbook to mark your place and close it.
• SCOWL SPELLBOOK:

Open

You scan the crabbed writing on a page in the spellbook with a scowl on your face. This passage seems to contradict the one on the opposite page, and you glare at the spellbook accusingly.

Closed

You glance down at the closed spellbook. Closed and forlorn, it seems to silently accuse you of neglecting your studies.

• CURSE SPELLBOOK:

Open

A handful of pages suddenly fall out of your <description> spellbook! You curse under your breath, then gather up the pages and lay them back in their place. You invoke a minor cantrip and they're bound in once more, tight and even.

Closed

Your spellbook suddenly slips out of your hand and falls with a splat. Cursing your clumsiness you pick it back up, inspecting it for damage.

• BEAM SPELLBOOK:

Open

You smile at a passage in your spellbook, then page back to another section. Beaming happily, you flip back and forth between the two, comparing them and making mental notes about what you could do by combining the principles discussed in the two chapters.

Closed

You beam happily at your spellbook, anticipating what you'll do with all the magical lore it contains.

• CACKLE SPELLBOOK:

Open

You suddenly find the one secret you've been searching for the last decade or more, right there in your spellbook! You cackle with glee, visions of power dancing in your head.

Closed

You suddenly cackle at your spellbook, unable to contain your glee at the wonderful secrets contained in its magical lore.

• CHUCKLE SPELLBOOK:

Open

Whoever originally wrote your <description> spellbook had a particularly wry sense of humor, and you chuckle at an especially pointed example.

Closed

Something makes you recall a funny story the author of your spellbook told about one of his rival scholars, and you chuckle at the memory.

• RAISE SPELLBOOK:

Open

You raise the spellbook up in front of you with both hands, holding it dramatically at arm's length while reading a passage out loud in a grand voice.

Closed

You raise the <description> spellbook up over your head, your arms straight and your feet planted firm and steady, gazing up at it proudly.

• PEER SPELLBOOK:

Open

Relaxing, you settle down to read your spellbook, oblivious to anyone and anything around you.

Closed

You read the title of your spellbook, musing that it might be shorter were it changed to, "An Encyclopedic Discourse Upon the Principles and Practices of the Magical Arts, as Practiced in the Century Following the Great Victory of Lanival, Within the Mainland Realms, Excluding the Usages of the Fae Folk, Save for Certain Speculations On Same."

• GLANCE SPELLBOOK:

Open

You glance through the spellbook, turning a page to follow a particularly interesting passage.

Closed

You glance at the spellbook and wonder what secrets it still holds, wishing you could spend a dozen lifetimes studying the arcane knowledge hidden within its pages.

• KICK SPELLBOOK (does damage to book)
• THROW SPELLBOOK (does damage to book)
• WAVE SPELLBOOK AT <SELF> You hit yourself in the head with a <description> spellbook!
• BABBLE SPELLBOOK

Open

A passage in your spellbook startles you and you begin to babble in amazement, your eyes wide and round.

• BLAME SPELLBOOK

Open

You reread a page in your spellbook, your mood growing darker with every line. Sick with disappointment you slam the page with your fist, muttering to yourself.

Closed

Recalling the disappointing passage you read in your <description> spellbook recently, you glower at it, taking your anger out on the poor spellbook.

• PULL SPELLBOOK

Open

You pull your spellbook in close to your face as you read, hunching over to prevent anyone from looking over your shoulder at it.

Closed

You pull your spellbook in close to your chest, wrapping your arms around it protectively.

• PUSH SPELLBOOK

Open

You push your spellbook farther away, squinting at it, and wonder whether you might need spectacles.

Closed

You hold the spellbook away from you and inspect it, looking for damage or wear.

• PONDER SPELLBOOK

Open

You read over a passage in your spellbook, then stop and re-read it, slowly this time. You look up for a moment, your eyes unfocused, and ponder what you've read.

Closed

You stare down at your spellbook, considering whether to indulge in study for a while or go take care of more pressing but less satisfactory tasks.

• BLINK SPELLBOOK

Open

You blink at the paragraph you just read in your spellbook, then read it again. Yes, it really _did_ say that.

Closed

You blink at your spellbook, utterly apathetic to what might be within.

• BOP SPELLBOOK

Open

You reread a page in your <description> spellbook and suddenly the light dawns. You roll your eyes and bop yourself over the head with the spellbook, cursing yourself for being so dense.

Closed

The answer to a problem that's been puzzling you suddenly hits you, and you bop your <description> spellbook lightly with your fist, feeling pleased with yourself.

• CLEAN SPELLBOOK

Open

A mosquito lands on your <description> spellbook and without thinking you smack it with your hand. Suddenly aghast at what you've done, you lick your finger and scrub furiously at the splotch on the page, determined to clean it off.

Closed

A mosquito lights nearby and without thinking you smack it with your spellbook. Realizing what you've just done, you lick your finger and do your best to clean the splotched bug guts off the cover of your spellbook, muttering to yourself about thinking before you act.

• COUGH SPELLBOOK The passage you've just read in your <description> spellbook seems to completely contradict what you've been taught, and indeed what your experience tells you, about the relationship between the elements. Stunned into shock you swallow the wrong way and begin to cough violently. When you've recovered you look back at the lines once more and see that you've simply transposed two words in your reading. All is well once more.
• DANCE SPELLBOOK You dance around with your <description> spellbook, waving it joyfully and then clutching it to your chest with delight.
• RUMMAGE SPELLBOOK

Open

You riffle the pages of the spellbook, idly searching for something interesting.

Closed

You open the spellbook and riffle through its pages, casually searching for something interesting.

• SNORE SPELLBOOK

Open

Your head jerks up with a start, and you look around, blinking and yawning. You realize that you woke yourself up with a snore. Granted, the four dimensional calculus required to calculate the intersections of the planar auras is not the most entertaining reading, but you hadn't realized you'd actually fallen asleep.

Closed

You lay your head down on the top of your spellbook and drift off to sleep, snoring softly. But if you can tell you're snoring you must not actually be asleep. But if you weren't asleep you wouldn't be snoring. Maybe you're just dreaming that you're snoring?

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