Apolyton spellbook

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger

Spell backfired. DrSpike suffers embarassing loss of face.

Summon Haemorrhoidal problems: Used against people that tend to remember old posts and bring them up in order to be amusing.

Witty comeback: This spell is cast (often after a failed prediction or other spell) to minimise loss of experience and charisma.

[Dauphin]

DrSpike, no comment on the meta-spam spell?

[DrSpike]

meta-spam

An extremely difficult spell to cast, such that only experiences mages such as BC should attempt it. This spell retains the basic characteristic of spam , but conceals itself as a serious comment.

If the spell is cast by low level mages (or mages with low levels of charisma), it is often indistinguishable from spam and due to its nature far more likely to lead to Ming's magnificent mansion being cast on the poster.

[DarthVeda]

Bounshin no Jutsu / Clone Tecnique: All rookies know this spell, creating a duplicate poster sometimes with a different name.

Kage Bounshin no Jutsu / Shadow Clone Technique: Same as above but the clone lurks.

Props to whoever gets the reference

[Skanky Burns]

Banishment to the OT: Cast by a mod on a thread with high spam potential, this spell in fact encourages more spam. However, it removes the +1 bonus the thread would otherwise possess.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Summon Haemorrhoidal problems: Used against people that tend to remember old posts and bring them up in order to be amusing.

Cause distraction - used by people who are facing embarassments, such as old posts from aeons past, certain refutations of their arguments, and so forth.

Bloodymindedness - counters Cause distaction.

ad hominem - a form of Logical Fallacy, this spell is used for a variety of purposes, including distraction and flamebaiting.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by DrSpike
meta-spam

An extremely difficult spell to cast, such that only experiences mages such as BC should attempt it. This spell retains the basic characteristic of spam , but conceals itself as a serious comment.

If the spell is cast by low level mages (or mages with low levels of charisma), it is often indistinguishable from spam and due to its nature far more likely to lead to Ming's magnificent mansion being cast on the poster.

Ah, so it is called Meta-Spam... I wondered what was the scholar name of this spell that I naturally use

[DrSpike]

UR: Actually, since the thread was moved, I think the initial prediction was largely correct, and hence I have no need to cause distraction .

Meanwhile I still have the boost to experience from the cast witty comeback and you still need to visit the doctor to sort out those little problems you've been having.

[GePap]

self-Exile: caster is sent out of forum by his/her own volition. General duration is variable, but has only a 25% chance of taking permanent hold.

Cut & paste: Magically transfers huge amounts of characters from other sources, increasing defense+3, as caster can now sit behind a huge shield of words to deflect attacks.

Troll rating: Spell with very low mana cost: aimed at reducing charisma of opponent -1. can backfire, if caster misjudges the denominator to be used, thus damaging their own charisma.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Meanwhile I still have the boost to experience from the cast witty comeback and you still need to visit the doctor to sort out those little problems you've been having.

Summon Hen - used to place a hen on the head of a poster whose Witty Comback spell has backfired.

[Skanky Burns]

Popcorn: This spell increases the enjoyment of the caster by 2d6 when watching other posters battle in a thread.

[GePap]

smiley: summons a sprite demon to increase the power of some spells.

rolleyes attack: summons the demon to do -.5 charisma to enemiy. Need multiple ones for real damage.

[Az]

NationStates Forum- A magical place that the old scrolls talk about. All participants quckly gain EXPERIENCE (+1) points, The strongest mages that cannot enter there, probably due to the strong auras colliding.

[Spiffor]

Off-Topic Forum
The mythical arena where more or less experienced characters go to fight against each other, without any other reward than personal satisfaction after winning a fight.
It is a merciless and unforgiving place from which inexperienced characters should stay clear.

[GePap]

actually Spiff:

Off topic Forum: A dangerous dimension that wary posters should avoid. Significant damage to "real life" points, and a strong set of terrible monsters inhabit this realm. Heavy use of Magic is needed, since brute strenght (Reason and facts) easily fail against most monsters there.

Democracy game forums: Dimension in which posters are forced to work together to defeat great enemies from beyond. The stress of common purpose on naturally fractious beings can lead to terrible internal battles. Not for the weak of heart.