I almost went to start updating this, but I figure everyone's lost their notes by now. So now you're all winners!
Sorry about never getting this finished. As a consolation, how about the book?
Spoiler alertThe pattern I kept alluding to in figuring out what went where was based on the page number entirely- the symbols were a red herring.
Elements: Fibonacci numbers [7] 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34 [55, 89]
Targeting vectors: Numbers where digits are equal [5] 22, 33, 44, 66, 77
Objects: Prime Numbers [14] 7, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67
Concepts: Squares [6] 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49 [64, 81]
Enchanting words: Perfect Numbers [2] 6, 28 [Note- Next one is 496]
Contingency spells: Weird Numbers [1] 70 [Note- Next one is 836]
Nodi and friends were contingency spells. Nodi, in particular, was "activate this spell on casting of next spell." Many people thought it was a one turn delay because they'd cast a spell next turn anyway, which caused it to activate.
Some thoughts:
No one found the control word. Bigf00t *almost* did; in fact, he tried "Mind control wood" which would have given him an awesome tool, but flubbed it with a 2 pot roll.
The key to counteracting arcane was actually not quicksilver, like at least one person assumed. It was candy! I was a bit too generous with arcane objects; I should have made them more unstable. The Compensation Launcher IIRC did have a flaw where it'd blow on a 1 attack roll.
Vacuum didn't affect Dark at all, and was countered by Force, and to a weaker extent Arcane.
Both Hallow and Corruption (Terraria reference ahoy) had specific rules for how they worked. Corruption wanted to kill everything; if it was affecting you, it overrode any non-violent action. Hallow was defined by retribution; it wanted you to kill anyone who attacked anyone unjustly. (IE was an aggressor against someone who had never aggressed. Self-defense was okay.) More than anything, though, they hated each other.
Nobody made swordchucks. I was disappoint.
There were separate reptile and dragon words; the reptile one would have scaled to dinosaurs. Also disappointment.
The page with eight words targeted the player in slot X; this tripped up several people who thought it was either "target nearest" or fire in a cardinal direction.
I very nearly didn't include the full-body word.
Xantalos threw a bunch of random words together early on, and ended up with a head transformation that would have turned his head into a bow that exploded as soon as he activated it. He never did.
I wish I had made the wand a little less likely to maim you so people would use it more.
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