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[Eric Blank]

Yeah thank you so much for revitalizing this, ive been meaning to post something useful for a while too;

Birth;

This sphere centers around explicitly giving birth, not necessarily pregnancies or relationships. I tried to avoid overlap, but overlap isn't necessarily a bad thing, and some of it is already included in the PREGNANCY sphere. It assumes in part that changes to how labor and birth work will also be implemented.

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Spell Effects

- Reduce the chances of a pregnancy resulting in a miscarriage, up to and including making a miscarriage impossible. This may not preclude a child being born with health defects, but the pregnancy will not end prematurely and birth will likely be without incident if successful.
- Reduce the pain and risk of injury associated with birth for both the mother and child.
- A powerful midwife or one with divine secrets may be able to both prevent miscarriages, death of either party, and pain and complications associated with birth.
- Induce labor immediately, even in someone or something that wasn't pregnant. If they weren't pregnant, the child born may not be natural, for instance, being an otherworldly being or night creature.
- A curse that makes childbirth much more risky, painful, or increases the risk of miscarriages.
- Prevent one from going into labor, trapping them in pregnancy either for an extended period or permanently.
- Cause a miscarriage immediately, killing the child and causing complications in the mother.



Environmental effects

Low level
- Complications during labor are slightly reduced, pain and injury less frequent and less severe.

Moderate level
- Miscarriages are somewhat less frequent
- Complications, pain and injury are much reduced
- Increases the frequency twin or triplet births, animal litters or egg clutches sometimes go over their cap by one or two

High Level
- Miscarriages are rare
- Complications, pain and injuries are only ever minor at worst
- Rarely, a female creature may spontaneously give birth without being pregnant. These children may not be of their species or naturally occurring at all.
- Twin, triplet, and quadruplet births are at least three times as common as their normal rate in the species. Litter sizes and egg clutches of animals increased 25%

Extreme Level
- Miscarriages never occur
- No complications, difficulties, pain or injuries occur to creatures giving birth here
- Females occasionally give birth to children, usually but always of their species. Males rarely spontaneously give birth to randomly generated creatures (a worldgen event, usually, think necromancer experiments)
- Half of all labors will end in the birth of twins, one in five triplets, one in ten quadruplets. Litter sizes and egg clutches of animals increased 50%


Creature Effects
- Same as environmental effects for the most part, but tied to an individual creature, not a region.
- Effects may be inherited in children, usually lessened in successive generations.

Plant Effects
All Levels
- More plants may grow from the same seed in farms
- Fruiting plant harvests (gathered in a zone, not a farm) are slightly larger.

Unique plants
- Produce fruit that reduce complications, miscarriages, injuries.
- Sleeping in beds made from wood of unique trees also reduces negative factors.
- Low levels reduce risks and severity of complications by 10%, Moderate by 50%, High by 80%, Extreme completely nullified.

Items
- As above, positively enchanted worn items or used furniture reduce risks and severity of complications by 10, 50, 80, 100%. Worn items only while used, furniture restarts an effect timer each time its used, should last the average length between uses at minimum.
- Cursed weapons or items increase risks and severity, by 50%, 100%, 200%, 400%. May last several years to indefinitely.

Marriage

This sphere is associated with creating and maintaining lasting formal relationships between individuals.

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Spell Effects

- Create a stronger relationship between individuals who are more compatible with each other, by modifying the relationship status in the affected individuals mind. persons they've met who have the strongest compatibility will get the strongest boost, those with the least compatible traits will get the least.
- Change a target's personality and values to encourage marriage more often.
- Cause an individual to fall more deeply in love with someone they've already taken as a lover, encourage them to propose to marry whichever lover is most compatible with their personality and values.
- Make a target less argumentative towards their spouse if they have one, decrease likelihood of falling out and divorce.
- Give the caster insight into the relationships of a given target, allowing them to play "matchmaker" by targeting both potential partners in a relationship.
- Cause marital strife and potential divorces.
- Curse a target so that noone will marry them regardless of compatibility, either for a period of years or indefinitely.

Environmental Effects

All Levels, strength of effect increasing with level of magic
- Increase individuals' attraction to compatible individuals
- Increase willingness to marry
- Reduce marital issues and likelihood of divorce between spouses
- Reduce willingness of married partners to establish extramarital affairs.

Moderate Levels
- Change an individual's personality and values over time to increase their sociability and likelihood to take lovers.

High Levels
- Establish relationships telepathically between individuals that are highly compatible marriage candidates, who have not already met.

Extreme Levels
- Love at first sight; individuals who are compatible marriage partners are compelled to immediately become lovers and propose to marry upon meeting.


Creature Effects

All Levels, effect strength depending on strength of sphere
- Individual is increasingly less likely to establish extramarital affairs
- Individual is unwilling to entertain thoughts of divorce and will always try to settle arguments amicably. May change their personality and values to better match their spouse.
- Other individuals who meet the affected creature will think more highly of them, being more receptive to establishing a relationship with them and marrying them so long as neither are already wed.

Plant Effects

- Grow fruit which makes individuals who consume it more willing to marry compatible individuals, and less likely to argue with their spouse, divorce, or have extramarital affairs.

Items

- Paired worn items become enchanted symbols of a marriage, drastically reducing likelihood of divorce or extramarital affairs.
- Individual worn items make the wearer more attractive marriage partners to others.
- Change the wearer's values and personality over time to make them more willing to form relationships and marry

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Birth

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Spell Effects

- Reduce the chances of a pregnancy resulting in a miscarriage, up to and including making a miscarriage impossible. This may not preclude a child being born with health defects, but the pregnancy will not end prematurely and birth will likely be without incident if successful.
- Reduce the pain and risk of injury associated with birth for both the mother and child.
- A powerful midwife or one with divine secrets may be able to both prevent miscarriages, death of either party, and pain and complications associated with birth.
- Induce labor immediately, even in someone or something that wasn't pregnant. If they weren't pregnant, the child born may not be natural, for instance, being an otherworldly being or night creature.
- A curse that makes childbirth much more risky, painful, or increases the risk of miscarriages.
- Prevent one from going into labor, trapping them in pregnancy either for an extended period or permanently.
- Cause a miscarriage immediately, killing the child and causing complications in the mother.



Environmental effects

Low level
- Complications during labor are slightly reduced, pain and injury less frequent and less severe.

Moderate level
- Miscarriages are somewhat less frequent
- Complications, pain and injury are much reduced
- Increases the frequency twin or triplet births, animal litters or egg clutches sometimes go over their cap by one or two

High Level
- Miscarriages are rare
- Complications, pain and injuries are only ever minor at worst
- Rarely, a female creature may spontaneously give birth without being pregnant. These children may not be of their species or naturally occurring at all.
- Twin, triplet, and quadruplet births are at least three times as common as their normal rate in the species. Litter sizes and egg clutches of animals increased 25%

Extreme Level
- Miscarriages never occur
- No complications, difficulties, pain or injuries occur to creatures giving birth here
- Females occasionally give birth to children, usually but always of their species. Males rarely spontaneously give birth to randomly generated creatures (a worldgen event, usually, think necromancer experiments)
- Half of all labors will end in the birth of twins, one in five triplets, one in ten quadruplets. Litter sizes and egg clutches of animals increased 50%


Creature Effects
- Same as environmental effects for the most part, but tied to an individual creature, not a region.
- Effects may be inherited in children, usually lessened in successive generations.

Plant Effects
All Levels
- More plants may grow from the same seed in farms
- Fruiting plant harvests (gathered in a zone, not a farm) are slightly larger.

Unique plants
- Produce fruit that reduce complications, miscarriages, injuries.
- Sleeping in beds made from wood of unique trees also reduces negative factors.
- Low levels reduce risks and severity of complications by 10%, Moderate by 50%, High by 80%, Extreme completely nullified.

Items
- As above, positively enchanted worn items or used furniture reduce risks and severity of complications by 10, 50, 80, 100%. Worn items only while used, furniture restarts an effect timer each time its used, should last the average length between uses at minimum.
- Cursed weapons or items increase risks and severity, by 50%, 100%, 200%, 400%. May last several years to indefinitely.

Marriage

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Spell Effects

- Create a stronger relationship between individuals who are more compatible with each other, by modifying the relationship status in the affected individuals mind. persons they've met who have the strongest compatibility will get the strongest boost, those with the least compatible traits will get the least.
- Change a target's personality and values to encourage marriage more often.
- Cause an individual to fall more deeply in love with someone they've already taken as a lover, encourage them to propose to marry whichever lover is most compatible with their personality and values.
- Make a target less argumentative towards their spouse if they have one, decrease likelihood of falling out and divorce.
- Give the caster insight into the relationships of a given target, allowing them to play "matchmaker" by targeting both potential partners in a relationship.
- Cause marital strife and potential divorces.
- Curse a target so that noone will marry them regardless of compatibility, either for a period of years or indefinitely.

Environmental Effects

All Levels, strength of effect increasing with level of magic
- Increase individuals' attraction to compatible individuals
- Increase willingness to marry
- Reduce marital issues and likelihood of divorce between spouses
- Reduce willingness of married partners to establish extramarital affairs.

Moderate Levels
- Change an individual's personality and values over time to increase their sociability and likelihood to take lovers.

High Levels
- Establish relationships telepathically between individuals that are highly compatible marriage candidates, who have not already met.

Extreme Levels
- Love at first sight; individuals who are compatible marriage partners are compelled to immediately become lovers and propose to marry upon meeting.


Creature Effects

All Levels, effect strength depending on strength of sphere
- Individual is increasingly less likely to establish extramarital affairs
- Individual is unwilling to entertain thoughts of divorce and will always try to settle arguments amicably. May change their personality and values to better match their spouse.
- Other individuals who meet the affected creature will think more highly of them, being more receptive to establishing a relationship with them and marrying them so long as neither are already wed.

Plant Effects

- Grow fruit which makes individuals who consume it more willing to marry compatible individuals, and less likely to argue with their spouse, divorce, or have extramarital affairs.

Items

- Paired worn items become enchanted symbols of a marriage, drastically reducing likelihood of divorce or extramarital affairs.
- Individual worn items make the wearer more attractive marriage partners to others.
- Change the wearer's values and personality over time to make them more willing to form relationships and marry

Gonna be adding this ASAP. As soon as I can get to my computer, I mean. Doing this in mobile is nigh-impossible.

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H
Healing

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Spell effects:

• Remove syndromes/hostile spell effects
• Increase Recuperation
• Regenerate lost limbs
• Set dwarf back into a healthy body
• Complete true resurrection of the dead (should have high costs for balance)
• Extend lifespan

Spell Costs/Rituals:

• Diagnostician Skill
• Soap/bandages/other hospital supplies as a reagent
• "Sacrifice" health problems to power spell effects from other spheres

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Slightly increased recuperation levels of everything
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Greatly increased recuperation levels
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Regeneration of lost body parts
  • Syndromes are recovered from quickly
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • The dead occasionally come back to life
  • Creatures heal as fast as they are injured
  • Negative syndromes and curses are instantly cured/can't be activated in the first place

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Increased recuperation
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Greatly Increased recuperation
  • Regeneration of lost limbs
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Creatures periodically heals allies
  • Creatures' lifespans tend to their maximum possible values
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Creature grants continuous healing effect just by it presence
  • Creature grants healing effect by being consumed
  • Creatures gain immoratlity[\li]
    

Civilization/World Gen Effects

• Civilizations will prioritize access to healing environments
• Those obsessed with immortality might move to or try to conquer extreme healing environments instead of or in addition to becoming necromancers
• Healers might reduce causalities in worldgen battles, stop plagues, etc.

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J
Justice

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Spell effects:

• Determine a creature's guilt or innocence
• Decide the divine judgement of the target, determining their fate post death

Environmental effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Gives those deemed guilty an aura, making it inherently easier for others to determine guilt
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Might actively impede movement of the guilty, e.g. by locking normally unlocked doors
  • Gives disadvantage to all actions by wrongdoers
  • Gives advantage to all actions taken against wrongdoers

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Raises the creature's belief in fairness, somewhat
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Raises the creature's belief in fairness significantly
  • Can inherently determine the alignment of other creatures
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Raises the creature's belief in fairness massively
  • Can inherently determine the alignment of other creatures
  • Feels a strong urge to fight wrongdoers
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Raises the creature's belief in fairness to the maximum, if not already at that point
  • Can inherently determine the alignment of other creatures
  • Fights wrongdoers on sight

Object effects:

• At ALL levels:
  
  • An object affects its user in positive or negative ways depending on some notion of justice. This works best when the object is also aligned with some other sphere, so a chair of FIRE and JUSTICE either sets the person sitting on them aflame, or grants them fire immunity
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • A weapon strikes true more often against those who have acted against some notion of justice
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Gives a significant disadvantage to any actions done by wrongdoers that use said object
  • A weapon may only strike those who have acted against some notion of justice
  • Creatures will inherently know who the object belongs to
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Will be actively uncooperative and try to sabotage wrongdoers that are holding it

Jealousy

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Spell effects:
   * Create a facsimile of an object that you desire, probably just an artifact or named item, it most likely wouldn't have the powers of the item in question, just be a copy
   * Change someone's relationships in relation to the caster, for example: Urist McJealous is Jealous of Urist McUrist's Friends, and uses the spell to make one of those people his friend?
   * Take an object that the caster covets from another person, like, magically teleport Urist McUrist's gold ring because you like it
   * Destroy the object of your Jealousy, or change it for the worse (If the caster is Jealous of Cog's husband, then said husband would become sickly, or less attractive?)
   * Inspire feelings of Jealousy in another person, or in a lesser variant, heighten any Jealousy that's present

Environmental Effects:
  at LOW levels:
     * Creatures in the area are slightly more Jealous
     * Feelings of Jealousy are slightly heightened
     * Objects in the area have a slight chance to be "Oddly alluring" (These objects are simply more coveted or desirable, even if they aren't really special)
  at MEDIUM levels:
     * Creatures in the area are more likely to be Jealous
     * Feelings of Jealousy are heightened in the area
     * Objects in the area have a chance to be "Very alluring"
  at HIGH levels:
     * Creatures in the area are usually Jealous
     * Feelings of Jealousy are very heightened in the area
     * Objects have a chance to be "Almost Irresistible"
     * Very Jealous creatures may kill or harm others to get the object they covet, or if they can't have it, destroy it
  at EXTREME levels:
     * Creatures in the area are always Jealous
     * Feelings of Jealousy are almost unimaginable
     * Objects are at least "Oddly Alluring" and at most "Highly Irresistible"
     * Jealous creatures will always act on their feelings

Plant Effects:
  at LOW levels:
     * Fruits appear "Oddly alluring" but they are less nourishing than usual
  at MEDIUM levels:
     * Fruits appear "Very Alluring" but have almost no nourishing effect
  at HIGH Levels:
     * Fruits appear "Almost irresistible" and make anyone who eats them nauseous
  at EXTREME Levels:
     * Fruits appear "Highly Irresistible" and eating them can prove fatal

Object Effects:
  at LOW levels:
     * The object becomes slightly less useful
     * The object is slightly more desirable to those who have touched it
     * The object is slightly more likely to be killed for/stolen/claimed by those who have touched it in the past
     * The object may slightly exacerbate feelings of Jealousy in creatures which hold it
     * Creatures who have not touched it but are Jealous are slightly more likely to congregate near it
  at MEDIUM levels:
     * The object becomes noticeably less useful
     * The object is noticeably more desirable to those who have been near it
     * The object is noticeably more likely to be killed for/stolen/claimed by creatures who have been near it
     * The object noticeably exacerbates feelings of Jealousy in creatures which hold it
     * Creatures who have not been near it but are Jealous are noticeably more likely to congregate near it
  at HIGH levels:
     * The object is very much less useful
     * The object is very desirable to those who have seen it
     * The object is very likely to be killed for/stolen/claimed by creatures who have seen it
     * The object makes creatures which hold it very Jealous
     * Creatures who have not seen it but are Jealous are very likely to congregate near it
  at EXTREME levels:
     * The object is useless
     * The object is extremely desirable to those who even hear of it
     * The object is extremely likely to be killed for/stolen/claimed by creatures who hear of it
     * The object makes anyone who holds it extremely Jealous
     * Creatures who have not heard of it but are Jealous are extremely likely to congregate near it

Jewels

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A "jewel" is probably usually something made out of a gem material, but e.g. coral, pearl, and even bone and horn could be considered jewels, depending on setting.

Spell effects:

• Create a gem.
• Magically cut or carve a gem.
• Turn a mundane object (such as a leaf or a peddle) into a gem.
• Turn the materials of a bigger item (e.g. a boulder, log) into that of a jewel.
• Turn one type of gem into another, perhaps of similar quality in terms of color, value, or composition.
• Turn a soul, or a part of a soul, into a gem.
• Encase a soul, or a part of a soul, into an existing gem (possibly imprisoning it, possibly protecting it).
• Turn some other metaphysical property, like "magic power/mana" or a curse, into a gem, or encase it into an existing gem.
• Turn something that has been turned into a gem back to normal.
• Create items out of crystals, like impromptu blades or shields.
• Shoot jewels like bullets, either sharp shards or round pellets.
• Encase yourself or others in a giant jewel, for protection/suffocation.
• See the quality of gems and other jewels.

Environment effects:

• At LOW levels:
  • Gems are slightly more common.
  • Water may sometimes "glisten".
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Gems are more common, and may appear in minerals other than the usual ones.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Gems are very common, and may appear in minerals other than the usual ones.
  • Boulders and peddles may be made out of jewel materials.
  • Giant multi-tile gems may appear as an underground structure.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Gems are almost everywhere, and may form layers on their own.
  • Giant multi-tile gems may appear as an underground structure, or on the surface.
  • Crystal spires of jewel materials may erect from the ground.
  • It may rain jewels.

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  • Creature's eyes glisten.
  • Creature that wouldn't otherwise have a gizzard stone has one.
  • Creature with gizzard stone always has some kind of jewel, either a set kind or a random one.
  • Creatures with pearls are more likely to have one, or have multiple pearls.
  • STEALS_ITEM Creature will prioritize gems and jewelry.
  • Creature gets a slight happy thought from being around gems and jewelry.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Creature's eyes or other organ is hard and can be used as a jewel/cut as a gem.
  • Creature that wouldn't otherwise have a gizzard stone has one that is a jewel.
  • Creature with gizzard stone has a more valuable jewel, possibly unique to it. (e.g. Diamond ostriches give ostrich diamonds, not normal diamonds)
  • Creature with pearls may have another jewel instead.
  • Creature has cheese that may be cut or set like a gem.
  • Creature eats gems, and may either absorb them if plausible (i.e. pearls, or ones containing magic power), gain them as a gizzard stone, or leave them as droppings after a while.
  • Creature steals gems and other jewelry.
  • Creature gets a moderate happy thought from being around gems and jewelry, a slight unhappy thought if it isn't able to.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Creature has body parts that are gems/made out of jewels.
  • Creature may be animated by a gem organ, not dying until it is destroyed.
  • Creature may produce gems directly from its body, e.g. when milked.
  • Creature eats gems, and starves if it cannot.
  • Creature gets an unhappy thought if there are no gems or jewelry around it.
  • Creature has one or a few jewels embedded in its skin.
  • Tissue in a specific body part is replaced by jewels, e.g. all scales on the upper body.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Creature is entirely made out of gems/jewel materials, either a singular one or multiple.
  • Creature is really just a gem core, the rest is either just an illusion or somehow physical, but disappears when the gem is destroyed,
    or the creature lacks power to keep it up.
  • Creature goes insane if not able to be near gems and/or jewelry.
  • Creature has jewels embedded all over its skin
  • Tissues in the whole body are replaced by jewels, e.g. all scales, or all muscles.

Plant effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Plant has a growth that rarely contains a jewel. E.g. a flower that sometimes blooms into a ruby, or a peach with a rare opal pit.
    These occurrences may require some conditions rather than just being random, like only happening once a month.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Plant has seeds that are jewels.
  • Plant has jewels instead of a growth like fruits or nuts. Leaves can also be replaced, but it is rarer (since it is more valuable).
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Plant is entirely made out of jewel materials, possibly making it "dead" with no growths or growing (you cut down the ancient crystal trees and now no more will grow until created by the force of Jewels).
  • Tree has jewels encrusted all over its bark (an extra growth on the trunk/branches).
  • Tree is like giant mushroom, but with a giant jewel on top.

Item effects:

• At ALL levels:
  • Item contains one or multiple slots to insert gems into. Inserting gems either allows it to use its other innate powers, or allows it to absorb the powers of those gems. At higher levels it may strengthen the gem's powers further. The slots may also be formed to fit only specific gems, that are chosen when the item is created.
  • Item emits gems, or fills itself with them if it is a container, more frequently at higher levels.
• At LOW levels:
  • Item sometimes shimmers.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Item appears faceted, even when made out of materials that shouldn't be.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Item is intricately faceted and rigid, even when made out of materials that shouldn't be.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Item is intricately faceted and rigid, even when made out of materials that shouldn't be.
  • Weapon turns a creature it strikes down into either a gem, a figurine, or a jewel material statue of themselves.
  • Item turns anything it touches into gems.

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L
Light:

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All light from LIGHT effects may carry effects from other spheres. E.g. a ball of healing light, laser that causes plants to grow in its path.

Spell effects:

• Light a candle, torch, or other light source.
• Summon a magical light, that can be carried or follows a person/the caster.
• Fill a room/space with light.
• Cause a flash of blinding light.
• Shoot a beam of burning light/laser.
• Lighten an area like a flashlight/spotlight. This normally doesn't hurt, unless you're dealing with a creature hurt by light. Could be blinding depending on its strength.
• Counteract a DARKNESS spell or effect.
• Bleach a dyed object.
• Dye an object white.

Environment effects:

• At LOW levels:
  • All lights are slightly brighter.
  • Area is more rarely shrouded by clouds, or otherwise subjected to "dark" weather.
  • DARKNESS spells and effects are weakened.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • All lights are notably brighter.
  • Area is very seldom shrouded by clouds, or otherwise subjected to "dark" weather.
  • Any DARKNESS spells and effects may take a significant amount of metaphorical die-rolling to get to work at all.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Lights are strengthened to the point of being blinding to normal creatures.
  • State of perpetual day, or rather very very bright nights.
  • Shadows are blurred out, and difficult to cast. Even a closed box will contain some dim light.
    
  • Any DARKNESS spells and effects are nigh impossible to use.
  • Pillars of light may shoot up from the earth.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Sky is filled with plain white light.
  • Shadows are nonexistent.
    
  • Any DARKNESS spells and effects are nigh impossible to use.

Creature effects:

• At ALL levels:
  • Creature emits light of increasing intensity.
• At LOW levels:
  • Creature gets a slight happy thought from being in bright areas.
  • Creature has glowing or flourescent body parts (e.g. eyes).
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Creature gets a moderate happy thought from being in bright areas.
  • Creature is fluorescent (can be seen in darkness).
  • Creature with scales or chitin are reflective, like disco balls (might be a description-only feature; "its scales glitter in the sunshine")
• At HIGH levels:
  • Creature hates not being in the light, actively avoids stepping into the shadows. It gets an unhappy thought if forced to.
  • Creature can emit directed/spotlight-like light from a body part (e.g. eyes, mouth).
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Creature can only survive in the light, being damaged or forced if ever forced into darkness, or a shadow is cast upon it. Note that even if it also emits light, it might not have to worry too much about that.
  • Creature can shoot beams of light/lasers as an innate ability.
  • Tissues may be outright replaced with some kind of (solidified?) light.

Plant effects:

• At ALL levels:
  • Plant emits light of increasing intensity.
• At LOW levels:
  • Plant needs slightly more light to survive.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Plant needs moderately more light to survive.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Plant withers instantly if taken into darkness.

Object effects:

• At ALL levels:
  • Object passively emits light, of increasing intensity.
  • Artifact creation may require some kind of fluorescent or reflective material.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Weapon flashes brightly upon striking a pose, or saying a spell-word.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Weapon flashes brightly upon striking a pose, or saying a spell-word.
  • Striking the air with a weapon sends out a beam of (materialized) light.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Blade of blade weapon is made out of materialized light, remaining some of the initial material's properties.

Longevity

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Spell effects:

• Make a creature live longer than normal

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Creatures born there live longer
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Creatures living there live even longer than in LOW (for exemple, two times longer)
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Creatures passing through live even longer than in MEDIUM (for exemple, five times longer)
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Creatures became immortal
  • A body of water could make the drinker live longer (for exemple, ten times longer)

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Life expectancy doubled
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Life expectancy trebled
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Life expectancy multiplied by five
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Life expectancy multiplied by ten

Plant effects:

• See for creatures, but fruits give the eater a longer life expectancy

Object effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Objects break even less than normal, and became unbreakable at EXTREME

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Marriage

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Spell Effects

- Create a stronger relationship between individuals who are more compatible with each other, by modifying the relationship status in the affected individuals mind. persons they've met who have the strongest compatibility will get the strongest boost, those with the least compatible traits will get the least.
- Change a target's personality and values to encourage marriage more often.
- Cause an individual to fall more deeply in love with someone they've already taken as a lover, encourage them to propose to marry whichever lover is most compatible with their personality and values.
- Make a target less argumentative towards their spouse if they have one, decrease likelihood of falling out and divorce.
- Give the caster insight into the relationships of a given target, allowing them to play "matchmaker" by targeting both potential partners in a relationship.
- Cause marital strife and potential divorces.
- Curse a target so that noone will marry them regardless of compatibility, either for a period of years or indefinitely.

Environmental Effects

All Levels, strength of effect increasing with level of magic
- Increase individuals' attraction to compatible individuals
- Increase willingness to marry
- Reduce marital issues and likelihood of divorce between spouses
- Reduce willingness of married partners to establish extramarital affairs.

Moderate Levels
- Change an individual's personality and values over time to increase their sociability and likelihood to take lovers.

High Levels
- Establish relationships telepathically between individuals that are highly compatible marriage candidates, who have not already met.

Extreme Levels
- Love at first sight; individuals who are compatible marriage partners are compelled to immediately become lovers and propose to marry upon meeting.


Creature Effects

All Levels, effect strength depending on strength of sphere
- Individual is increasingly less likely to establish extramarital affairs
- Individual is unwilling to entertain thoughts of divorce and will always try to settle arguments amicably. May change their personality and values to better match their spouse.
- Other individuals who meet the affected creature will think more highly of them, being more receptive to establishing a relationship with them and marrying them so long as neither are already wed.

Plant Effects

- Grow fruit which makes individuals who consume it more willing to marry compatible individuals, and less likely to argue with their spouse, divorce, or have extramarital affairs.

Items

- Paired worn items become enchanted symbols of a marriage, drastically reducing likelihood of divorce or extramarital affairs.
- Individual worn items make the wearer more attractive marriage partners to others.
- Change the wearer's values and personality over time to make them more willing to form relationships and marry

Metal

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Spell effects:

• Transmute one type of metal to another
• Grow metallic plants
• Afflict objects or creatures with the transformation of one or several body parts into metal (either sudden or gradual)
• Transform body parts into metallic versions
• Create simple automatons

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Ores are unusually common
  • Ores of alloys may rarely spawn, such as 'bronze ore' or 'steel ore'
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Rarely, mists that slowly turn the skin/surface of non-immune creatures metallic, or transform existing metals into other types randomly
  • Existing ores might occasionally transform into another type
  • Ore veins may rarely materialize out of normal stone
  • Spires of ore protruding from the surface. Large outcrops of ore. Unusually large ore clusters
  • Water becomes unpalatable to non-metallic creatures
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Mists that slowly turn the skin/surface of non-immune creatures metallic are more common and aggressive
  • Existing ores might occasionally transform into another type
  • Ore veins sometimes materialize out of normal stone
  • Spires of ore protruding from the surface. Large outcrops of ore. Unusually large ore clusters
  • Magma replaced with particular type of liquid metal
  • Procedural, magical metals may spawn
  • Water becomes outright poisonous to creatures that don't have any level of the 'metal' sphere
  • Non-metallic flora and fauna becomes almost nonexistent due to lack of drinkable water and toxic mists
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • The entire region might inherently slowly transform anything within into metal
  • There is no normal stone, the entire bedrock is made of ore veins
  • Spires of ore protruding from the surface are as common as trees
  • Magma replaced with particular type of liquid metal
  • Procedural, magical metals may spawn
  • Water turns into quicksilver, or other liquid metals, if any are appropriate
  • Non-metallic flora and fauna nonexistent

Plants effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • The plant takes the color of a metal associated with the region, and may gain a subtle sheen
  • Most of the plant is unusually brittle, and may provide small amounts of metal if smelted
  • Fruits are unpalatable to non-metallic creatures
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Foliage appears as if made of actual metal, is brittle and has a sheen
  • Fruits are inedible to normal creatures and may give heavy metal poisoning
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Foliage and bark are actually made of metal
  • Fruits are metallic and can be smelted

Creature effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Creatures with shells may have metallic shells instead
  • The creature, if eaten, is unpalatable to non-metallic creatures
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Most hard parts (bones, shells, etc.) are metallic
  • Epidermis might have metallic color and sheen, is more difficult to damage
  • Inedible to non-metallic creatures, may give heavy metal poisoning
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • The entire creature is metallic (e.g. current bronze colossi)

Moon:

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In general, this sphere is connected to the actual moon of the world, and effects thus vary with the properties and origin of the moon. E.g. if the moon is a Deity associated with NIGHT and OCEANS, moon-magic might take some effects from those spheres.

Rituals and sources:

• Do an action (e.g. chant, dance) while basking in moonlight.
• Do an action (e.g. chant, dance) while the moon is out.
• Use an item that has been drenched in moonlight.
• Stare into the moon.

Spell effects:

• Communicate with the Moon, if it is a deity/is sentient.
• Phase/Travel to the moon, if it is a realm or physical place.
• Affect the phases of the moon.

Plant effects:

• At LOW levels:
  • Flower also blooms/doesn't close up in the presence of enough moonlight, such as during a full moon.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Flower also blooms/doesn't close up in the presence of moonlight.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Flower only blooms in the presence of moonlight, or during a specific phase of the Moon.
  • Plant survives only on moonlight, withering if none is available. This won't matter much, until the Moon is taken away and the MOON biomes become empty wastelands.

Muck

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Spell effects:

• Rendered as a projectile, caustically causes burns or dissolves tissue according to spell strength
• Can materialize muck, for example to make surfaces slippery and liable to be slipped upon causing falling down stairs and tripping onto the ground. Alternatively, may be applied as a sticky coating, slowing down creatures.
• User can change the consistency of themselves and reform parts with enough magical materials and contact with filth
• Render as a mundane projectile, made of mud, filth, vomit, or another natural gooey material.
• Change one or several soil or stone tiles into some kind of fluid or semi-fluid muck, that creatures etc. might sink through.
• Transform fluids (both in tile form and stored in containers) into muck.
• Fill a bucket or other fluid-proof container with muck.

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Filth, like blood and vomit, persists for longer.
  • Things rot more slowly, but rot is quicker to catch on
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Sources of water may become polluted and turn into dirty pools
  • Dirt can be cleaned but cannot rot away by itself
  • A large portion of plant life may be overcome by ground-wells of fertility-hampering murk, clearing away grass
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • The area becomes a hotspot for pestilence, bringing great swathes of irritating flies
  • Surface plants refuse to grow, or offer very little yield.
  • Fog clouds of miasma roam the landscape
  • Aforementioned dirty pools are instead filled with other kinds of muck such as filth, grime, mud or vomit.
  • Rainfall is either dirtied, or replaced by drops of filth and vomit.
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • The filth may gain sentience, potentially gaining control of the biome. Can potentially be communicated with. May attempt to spread to other areas.
  • Filth is so entrenched that it cannot be removed through normal means.
  • Geographic changes such as pillars of solid filth
  • Plant life recedes almost entirely, giving way for fields of dirt. (unless also associated with PLANTS)
  • Wildlife has all but left, exceptions being creatures that have the MUCK sphere.
  • Bigger water sources are sullied and turned into muck, including rivers and lakes. Streams keep their filth even after leaving the biome. An ocean aligned with MUCK may be made out of all kinds of filth.

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Boost to disease resistance, less preoccupied with dirt and appearance
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • High disease resistance, personality facets lean towards total carelessness, and ignores typically dirty surroundings
  • Wounds are more likely to get infected but not impact general health
  • Aquatic creatures lives in aforementioned dirty pools.
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Creatures almost always stay near sources of filth and rarely leave the biome on obsessive compulsion.
  • The creature is inherently covered by a foul layer of grime and filth.
  • The cleanliness of others offends them and may provoke fights.
  • Almost all untreated wounds result in infection
  • Infections, despite being persistent, are unlikely to cause any actual bad health effects
  • Aquatic creature lives in aforementioned pools of filth, grime, mud and vomit.
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Enslaved to the filth, people affected may become bound to the biome akin to mindless zombies, souls claimed.
  • May revel in spreading filth and pestilence
  • Features entirely engulfed by muck, no longer require working bodies.

Plant effects:

• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • "Plant" is an extension of the muck, made of whatever muck is prominent in the biome and growing only on it (e.g. "Mud bubble", "Vomit vines"). It is exempt from plant nullifying effects of the biome, but not necessarily ubiquitous just because it has no competitors.

Object effects:

• At ALL levels:
  
  • Is increasingly prone to catching filth from the environment onto its surface
• At LOW levels:
  
  • Object is constantly thinly laced with some kind of muck.
  • Inside of container is constantly laced with some kind of muck, infecting or muddying the contained item or liquid.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Is always at least a little dirty
  • May accelerate or slow down the process of decay around it, based on the user's control over the object and intent.
  • Fluid-proof container fills up with some kind of muck within a time period of at least 1 week, either incrementally or all at once. The rate of filling also depends on the container's size.
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Item is always very dirty, slippery or sticky and leaves muck wherever it has been
  • Prolonged use or exposure may shift the values of the user towards less care for personal hygiene
  • May cause body parts touching it to rot or decay
  • Fluid-proof container fills up with some kind of muck within a time period of under 1 week, either incrementally or all at once.
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Fluid-proof container fills up with some kind of muck within a time period of under 1 week, either incrementally or all at once.

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Nightmares

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Spell effects:

• Induce fear in a creature
• Cast disturbing hallucinations
• Have the possibility to negotiate and cooperate with some night creatures
• Summon and control bogeymen-like creatures, if they exist in the world
• Reveal a creature's hidden fears and past traumas

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Creatures feel uneasy when passing through the area (may get stopped by the 'You feel uneasy' message when passing though, even if there is nothing actually there)
  • Wildlife avoids the area, the area is unusually silent compared to surrounding regions
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Creatures feel like they are being watched when passing through the area
  • Wildlife avoids the area, the area is unusually silent compared to surrounding regions
  • May hear noises just beyond your line of sight that don't have an actual source (e.g. hearing footsteps behind you and turning around to see nothing)
  • If it is nighttime and bogeymen exist in the world, they are more common and stronger
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Creatures feel like they are being watched when passing through the area
  • Wildlife avoids the area, the area is unusually silent compared to surrounding regions
  • Auditory hallucinations are more common and more disturbing (e.g. cries for help, demonic whispers, distant screams)
  • Visual hallucinations of creepy, high-nightmare creatures may occasionally appear in the corners of your line of sight
  • If it is nighttime and bogeymen exist in the world, they are far more common and stronger
  • Some objects in the area may gain the 'dreamlike' descriptor
  • Night creatures and other high-nightmare creatures might congregate in the area
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Creatures feel terror when entering the area
  • Wildlife avoids the area and will offer resistance if forced to enter
  • Auditory hallucinations are common and highly disturbing
  • Visual hallucinations of creepy, high-nightmare creatures appear at the same frequency as before, but this time around some 20% may manifest as actual, physical creatures that can pose a threat to your health
  • If it is nighttime and bogeymen exist in the world, they may spawn at all times and special 'elite' variants may spawn too
  • Many objects in the area may gain the 'dreamlike' descriptor
  • Night creatures and other high-nightmare creatures congregate in the area
  • When it is daytime, tree cover, if it exists, causes an unnatural darkness beneath
  • Area is poorly lit even during daytime (for example, due to unnatural fogginess or cloudiness). Light sources are far less effective than usual

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Others feel uneasy when talking to or in close proximity to the creature
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Others feel uneasy when around the creature
  • May gain slight happy thoughts from the fear of others
  • May have one or two slightly unnerving physical features (e.g. slightly bleached skin)
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Others feel fear when around the creature
  • Gains happy thoughts from the fear of others, intentionally goes out of it's way to make others afraid
  • If humanoid, sits in the uncanny valley (e.g. has a creepy grimace, lacks a facial feature, has weird bodily proportions, etc.)
  • If not humanoid, is significantly mutated in disturbing ways
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Others feel terror when around the creature
  • Subsists on the fear of others
  • Will actively seek out victims (who are preferably alone) to terrify
  • May initially stalk targets from afar to induce maximum dread
  • If humanoid, sits deep in the uncanny valley (e.g. lacks facial features entirely, has deep black pits instead of eyes, has very disturbing and unnatural grimaces, has a completely still face, has extremely skewed body proportions, has completely white or black skin, etc. For examples, think Slenderman or Bughuul from Sinister)
  • If not humanoid, is heavily mutated in disturbing ways (e.g. has extremely skewed bodily proportions, has unnaturally long claws and teeth, has a creepy face, has fur that behaves in unnatural ways, is bipedal if the 'normal' version of the creature is a quadruped, etc. Think wendigos or mothman)
  • May be completely silent (even when doing activities that would normally produce noise) or emit unnerving noises
  • Possibly has an increased movement speed when out of sight
  • Possibly may be able to hide in mirrors, engravings, paintings, books, etc.

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Plants

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Spell effects:

• Ability to manipulate plant growth
• Ability to assume the form of a plant, or in some cases a quasi-plant creature (think treant/dryad/spriggan-type humanoids), and/or ability to grant such forms to NPCs
• Rituals to summon or otherwise commune with nature spirits of a plant-based affiliation, if they exist
• Summon a fruit or nut, edible or not.
• Summon a flower.
• Command a tree or other multi-tile plant to uproot itself and move some distance.
• Manipulate nearby branches, roots and foliage into attacking or entangling an enemy or object (like DnD's Entangle spell)

• At ALL levels:
  
  • Gradually increasing fertility, at higher levels making even normally barren soil fertile
• At LOW levels:
  
  • May see small plants growing in unusual places, such as sprouting out of the floors of buildings
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Plant growth is unnaturally fast and vigorous, overgrowing objects and buildings in the area unless managed
  • Trees are taller and thicker than normal
  • Root systems unusually deep, extending throughout the entire topsoil level down to bedrock
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Plant growth is extremely fast and vigorous, . Any civilized structures will be completely overgrown with plant life
  • Trees are impressively taller and thicker than normal
  • Foliage is noticeably bigger than usual
  • Root systems very deep, extending through the bedrock down to the cavern layer
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Plant growth is very fast and vigorous, to the point of being very apparent in real-time.  Vegetation cover in the region is so dense as to make travel through it virtually impossible
  • Trees dwarf their mundane brethren, possibly extending hundreds of z-levels above the forest floor (if there even is an obvious floor to begin with) and having small 'islands' on top
  • Foliage is huge, mundane carnivorous plants (e.g. flytraps) are big enough to possibly be a credible threat to the average dwarf
  • Root systems extremely deep and thick. Topsoil is virtually nonexistent, being completely replaced with thick, interweaving roots. Bedrock is dominated by said roots possibly down to magma level

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Creatures may show a bizarre affinity for plant life, such as having one-sided conversations with trees (elves would ostensibly fall here)
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • May gain minor plant-like features in their anatomy, such as twigs emerging from their elbows or a stubble of leaves on their chin, under long-term exposure or if inherent
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Bark may replace tissue in many creatures, stems and leaves replacing body hair, under long-term exposure or if inherent
  • Creature may occasionally bear fruit, that may drop off, be chopped off, and eaten.
  • Creatures may gain unhappy if not being exposed to enough sunlight
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • If temporarily at this exposure level, entire body parts may be permanently replaced with plant tissue as time passes. If inherent, creature is likely composed entirely of plant tissues
  • May require sunlight to survive (unless paired with DARKNESS)
  • Will violently and ruthlessly defend any and all plant life in the area, to the point of physically attacking woodcutters and such - an exaggerated version of the current elves, basically

Object effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • When created in a mood, plant-based materials are preferred (e.g. wood, remains from a grimeling, or a multi-tile plant).
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • When created in a mood, some plant-based materials are needed.
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Organic plant weapons. Some may have features like retractable thorns or extending vine tendrils that can lash at opponents
  • When created in a mood, most of the artifact will require plant-based materials.
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • When created in a mood, the creator may use plant-items that are normally not used in crafting, such as crops and seeds. They may also collect a plant from the wild to use in the artifact.
  • Artifacts may have been grown rather than made in a conventional fashion

Poetry

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Spell effects:

• Invent a new, magical form
• Raise poet skill to legendary in a form
• Create a magical, enchanting piece of poetry

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Sentient creatures are more likely to recite and write poetry
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Sentient creatures are more likely to recite and write poetry, get inspiration
  • Creature gets positive thoughts from hearing poetry
• At HIGH levels:
• Creatures recite poetry, whether they can normally talk or not. Sentient creatures may recite wholly new poems, while non-sentients ramble ones already written. Must actively fight off urge to recite poetry
• Creature speaks to others in poetry
• At EXTREME levels:
• Creature is constantly reciting poetry and is unable to stop
• Creature speaks to others in poetry

Plant effects:

• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Plants recite poetry

Object effects:

• At ALL levels:
  
  • Utilizing the object (e.g. sitting on a chair, eating a meal, sleeping in a bed) grants the user a variable amount of poetic inspiration
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Musical instruments are able to sing poetry

Peace:

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Spell effects:

• Pacify a creature, making it friendly.
• Prevent a creature from initiating any physical aggression/attacks.
• Cause the internal conflict of a creature's mind to (c)ease.

Environmental effects:

• At ALL levels:
  • Conflict levels have an increasingly hard time increasing.
  • Internal conflict are eased, by an increasing amount as the magic levels go up.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Attacks of any kind cannot be physically made.

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  • Creature has smaller fangs/claws/dangerous body part.
  • Creature with PRONE_TO_RAGE has a lower chance of becoming enraged.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Creature is BENIGN, if it was not a LARGE_PREDATOR.
  • Creature that was previously a LARGE_PREDATOR is no longer one.
  • Creature with PRONE_TO_RAGE has a much lower chance of becoming enraged.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Creature is BENIGN, even if it was previously a LARGE_PREDATOR.
  • Creature with PRONE_TO_RAGE no longer has it.
  • Creature lacks the proper body parts for attacking, unless they have some other important function (e.g. stance, grasp).
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Creature is BENIGN, even if it was previously a LARGE_PREDATOR.
  • Creature with PRONE_TO_RAGE no longer has it.
  • Creature lacks the proper body parts for attacking.
  • Creature physically cannot attack.
  • Creature will attack, and try to subdue, any other creature that begins an act of aggression.
  • Normally carnivorous creature is a herbivore, or even a GRAZER.

Plant effects:

• At MEDIUM to EXTREME levels:
  • Thorny plant doesn't have thorns.

Item effects:

• At ALL levels:
  • Item causes those who use it (wear if the item is clothing, sit in if it is a throne etc.) to value PEACE more.
• At LOW to HIGH levels:
  • Weapon gets hit/accuracy penalties, unless the target is a major warmonger.
  • Coffin increases the chance of its owner getting a peaceful rest, sending them to the most "peaceful" afterlife option.
  • Wearable item (preferably trinket) eases internal turmoil of the wearer.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Weapon can't be used for attacking, unless the target is a major warmonger.
  • Coffin ensures whoever is laid in it a peaceful rest, sending them to the most "peaceful" afterlife option.
  • Wearable item (preferably trinket) clears all internal turmoil when worn.

Pregnancy

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Spell effects:

• Temporarily increase the fertility of a female animal. This would allow them to produce offspring more quickly, but they would still need a male to give birth. This could last for a couple of months or years before wearing off. Does not affect semi-megabeasts, megabeasts, or civilized creatures. Useful for livestock breeding.
• Instantly induce a pregnancy in a female animal. Doesn't do anything long-term, but can be done without any male units on the map. Especially useful for animal taming.
• Conversely, end a pregnancy prematurely
• Increase the fertility of a female civilized creature for some period of time. They would still have to still go through the normal channels of marriage or extramarital lovers to give birth, but would do so at a greater rate. Could be useful for creating generational forts when dwarves don't marry at the rates you want them to.
• Instantly induce labor of a female civilized creature. Could be used in combat to severely distract and confuse the enemy, and killing their newborn child could act as a severe morale killer to the enemy if you happen to be a terrible person.
• The most skilled of pregnancy magic wielders can increase fertility of megabeasts and induce labor in them. This could be used to create an extremely powerful dragon army from just one female. Magic users of this caliber could even induce pregnancy in sexless creatures like forgotten beasts.
• Ensure the safe pregnancy of a creature for a time period. Does not necessarily involve a safe birth.

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Animal and vermin fertility is slightly increased in the area.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Animal, vermin, and civilized creature fertility is significantly increased. Think, dwarves giving birth every 9 months instead of every year.
  • Civilized units are slightly more likely to become lovers/spouses
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Animal, vermin, and civilized creature fertility is hugely increased. Think, dwarves giving birth every six months.
  • Pregnancies may randomly start
  • Blood rains, no effect on creatures
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Animal, vermin, and civilized creature fertility is hugely increased. Think, dwarves giving birth every six months.
  • Pregnancies may randomly start
  • Blood rains, increasing fertility in units that it hits, or can cause instant birth.

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Inherent fertility is slightly increased
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Inherent fertility is significantly increased
  • More likely to have lovers/spouses
  • Normally egg-laying creatures instead give live births, and thus are pregnant before that.
  • May appear pregnant, despite not actually being
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Inherent fertility is hugely increased
  • May become pregnant at random
  • Much more likely to have lovers/spouses
  • Is permanently pregnant
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Inherent fertility is massively increased
  • Much more likely to have lovers/spouses
  • Creature is permanently pregnant regardless of biological traits

Plant effects:

• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Edible part of a plant causes the eater to become pregnant.

Object effects:

• At LOW levels: A worn object, clothing or trinket slightly lessens the risk of a miscarriage.
• At MEDIUM levels: A worn object, clothing or trinket moderately lessens the risk of a miscarriage.
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • A worn object, clothing or trinket protects the wearer from having a miscarriage.
  • May impregnate wielder with a previous owner's child
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • A worn object, clothing or trinket protects the wearer from having a miscarriage.
  • May impregnate wielder with a previous owner's child, regardless of biological traits

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R
Rain

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Spell effects:

• A spell to summon a rainstorm/snowstorm.

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
• Rains or snows slightly more often.
• At MEDIUM levels:
• Rains or snows at a somewhat increased rate, more than that of LOW intensity.
• At HIGH levels:
• Rains or snows quite often.
• Rain and snow is more intense.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Perpetually raining or snowing.
• Rain and snow is very intense.

Creature effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
• Creature no longer dislikes being in rain or snow; if it didn't dislike being in rain or snow, it instead gets a minor happy thought from being in rain or snow.
• At HIGH levels:
• Creature likes being in rain or snow.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Creature will get periodic unhappy thoughts when not in rain or snow. Creature dislikes sunny weather.

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Salt:

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Spell effects:

• Preserve Food
• Eliminate Infections/drain infectious tissue
• Banish Ghosts (see traditional real worl superstitions about ghosts)
• Draw salt out of water making it fresh water to drink

Spell Costs/Rituals:

• Use salts as reagents/ingredients
• Cast spells in salt water enviroments

Environmental effects:

• Food lasts longer
• Difficulty farming (slower growth rate or outright can't plant farms) in high salt areas

Worldgen effects:

• Longer lasting food means longer trade routes
• Spells to purify water makes salt water environments easier to settle
• Environments affected by salt become difficult to settle or farm in

Environmental effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
• Water tastes slightly salty, even in areas far inland.
• Rain occasionally leaves salty residue on anything it touches.
• At HIGH levels:
• Water tastes noticeably salty.
• Rain often leaves salty residue on anything it touches.
• Food is sometimes seasoned with salt for no apparent reason.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Water tastes unpleasantly salty.
• Rain always leaves salty residue on anything it touches.
• Food is often seasoned with salt for no apparent reason.
• Everything is covered in a thin dusting of salt.
• If the area is cold enough to freeze water, solid flakes of salt will snow from the clouds instead of flakes of ice.

Plant effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
• Plant tastes slightly salty, regardless of whether it's edible.
• Alcohol brewed from plants tastes slightly salty, even if it wasn't brewed within a Salt-associated region.
• At HIGH levels:
• Plant tastes noticeably salty, regardless of whether it's edible.
• Alcohol brewed from plants tastes noticeably salty, even if it wasn't brewed within a Salt-associated region.
• Plants that would usually grow in salty areas (E.G. in mangrove swamps) grow more quickly; plants that would usually grow in non-salty areas grow more slowly.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Plant tastes unpleasantly salty, regardless of whether it's edible.
• Alcohol brewed from plants tastes unpleasantly salty, even if it wasn't brewed within a Salt-associated region.
• Plants that would usually grow in salty areas (E.G. mangrove swamps) dominate the local vegetation; plants that would usually grow in non-salty areas are halved in population.

Creature effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
• If the creature is eaten, it tastes slightly salty.
• Creatures gain a slightly increased tolerance for salt, and the taste of salt.
• At HIGH levels:
• If the creature is eaten, it tastes noticeably salty.
• Creatures gain a somewhat increased tolerance for salt, and the taste of salt.
• If a creature didn't like the taste of salt, it now does. If it already liked the taste of salt, it likes the taste of salt even more.
• Creatures get a minor happy thought for eating something with salt in it (independent of whether it actually tastes salty).
• At EXTREME levels:
• If the creature is eaten, it tastes unpleasantly salty.
• Creatures gain a highly increased tolerance for salt, and the taste of salt.
• Creatures are addicted to salt.
• Creatures get a medium unhappy thought if kept from eating salt for too long. Creatures will suffer salt withdrawal and require it to get through the working day; the mechanics for salt withdrawal would probably be similar to alcohol withdrawal (creatures are effectively salt dependent now).

Object effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
• Objects occasionally become covered in salty residue for no apparent reason, even if they weren't rained on.
• At HIGH levels:
• Objects sometimes become covered in salty residue for no apparent reason, even if they weren't rained on. The residue is slightly thicker than it is at MEDIUM intensity.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Objects often become covered in salty residue for no apparent reason, even if they haven't been rained on. The residue completely coats the object and is difficult to get off.
• Objects made of salt will occasionally appear for no apparent reason. They can be just about anything, from a toy boat to a two-handed sword.
• Sometimes objects will become salt when they weren't initially made from salt. This could, for example, turn half your tavern into salt block constructions, along with the furniture becoming salt.

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T
Thralldom

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Spell effects:

• Temporarily force a creature to do your bidding. (In DF, thralls seem to be more undead-like, but being enthralled by someone would mean being under their control.) Length of time and success chance would be dependent on skill (and willpower?) of caster and willpower of target (high willpower target + low skill caster = very low chance of success).
• When facing off against a DF thrall - the undeadlike monstrosities created by evil clouds - you could cast a spell to prevent the thrall from attacking you.

Plant effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
• Plants are somewhat uncooperative (E.G. avoiding a hand trying to pick a berry), but won't attack you either.
• At HIGH levels:
• Plants are extremely uncooperative, and will attack you if you try to do anything to them too many times.
• Plants sometimes act in sync.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Plants will attack anything alive not enthralled by the area.
• Plants act like a hivemind, sharing information with enthralled creatures - get noticed by a fly, and you'll soon be attacked by all enthralled plants in the area.

Creature effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
• Creatures are somewhat uncooperative (E.G. trying to break your grip if you try to lead them), but will not outright attack you.
• At HIGH levels:
• Creatures are very uncooperative, and will attack you if you try to do something to them too many times.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Creatures will attack anything living not enthralled by the biome. Treat them as berserk with regards to yourself.
• Creatures act like a hivemind, sharing information with enthralled plants - get noticed by a plant, and soon you'll be attacked by all creatures enthralled by the area.

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
• The liquids in the area are very static.
• Smattering effect on contaminants are reduced.
• At MEDIUM levels:
• The liquids in the area flow slower. Ocean waves are
  slower.
• Smattering effect on contaminants is greatly reduced.
• Soil becomes very uncooperative and crop yields are low in this region.
• At HIGH levels:
• Liquids try to splash onto non-thrall beings, and are otherwise very slow to flow.
• Contaminants accumulate into clusters and station themselves around places frequented by non-thrall beings.
• Soil allows for no extensive agricultural effort on it, and does not lets go of the plants growing on it, making harvesting and gathering plants harder.
• Enthralling weather sometimes occurs.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Liquids do not flow naturally and try to move towards and smother nearby non-thrall beings.
• Contaminants actively move around and try to smatter themselves onto beings.
• Enthralling weather appears frequently.
• Ground is filled with holes that pull beings that step on them into them.
• No agriculture or plant gathering is feasible in this area.

Thunder

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Spell effects:

• A spell to conjure the sound of thunder at someone's location. At least in areas associated with Thunder, could be cast regardless of whether an actual thunderstorm is in progress. Elsewhere... someone else will have to figure that out.

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
• Thunder can be heard at a mildly increased distance.
• At MEDIUM levels:
• Thunder can be heard noticeably farther away than usual.
• Thunder is slightly louder.
• At HIGH levels:
• Thunder can be heard with ease.
• Thunder is quite loud.
• At EXTREME levels:
• It is perpetually thundering for no apparent reason.
• Thunder is incredibly loud.
• The sheer intensity of thunder at this point will vibrate most objects, as though someone is shaking them at high speed.

Creature effects:

• Creature has a booming voice, that may deafen at higher levels.
• Creature can naturally cause thunder using its voice or another body part, which causes a shock wave.

Item effects:

• Striking with the item causes thunder.
• Item vibrates, causing a sound.
• An instruments sounds like thunder, or causes thunder/shock waves when played.
• When it thunders, another effect of the item is activated.

Travel:

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Spell effects:

• Teleport to a previously place you have been to
• Travel faster
• High bursts of speed to escape or enter combat quickly
• Extraplanar travel

Spell Costs/Rituals:

• Travel long distances as a prerequisite or as part of a ritual
• Traveling to special locations/sites as a way of activating magic

Worldgen effects

• Historical figures can move between sites faster

Creature effects

• Faster movement speeds
• Teleportation
• Extraplanar travel

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
• Anyone attempting to go somewhere consistently arrives a few minutes earlier than they expect to.
• At MEDIUM levels:
• Anyone attempting to go somewhere consistently arrives about a quarter hour earlier than they expect to.
• At HIGH levels:
• Anyone attempting to go somewhere consistently arrives up to two hours earlier than they expect to.
• The landscape sometimes undergoes sudden changes that often help, but sometimes hinder, the traveler.
• Paths to seemingly nowhere sometimes form.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Anyone attempting to go somewhere consistently does one of two things: a) they arrive up to two and a half hours earlier than they expect to, or b) they sometimes complete their journey instantaneously.
• The landscape consistently changes relative to the traveler in unexpected ways, not always helpful ones either.
• Paths to various places often form for no apparent reason.
• Some places become impossible to stumble upon - you must intend to travel there to be able to access the place in question, otherwise the landscape will change to stop you from going there. You might be batted backwards by a tree and such.

Treachery

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Spell effects:

• Temporarily force a creature to abandon its master and serve you as its master instead. Skill of caster and willpower of target factor into this.
• Temporarily make an enemy an ally. Skill of caster and willpower of target factor into this. Possibly also such things as very strong emotions (loathing of caster's race, personal hatred of caster or hatred of caster's race, etc.) factoring into this.

Environmental effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
• Terrain will occasionally deceive the viewer, appearing as something it is not. (Ex: Mountain appears as forest.)
• At HIGH levels:
• Terrain will sometimes deceive the viewer, appearing as something it is not. (Ex: Wetland appears as desert.)
• At EXTREME levels:
• Terrain will often deceive the viewer, appearing as something it is not.
• Fog banks will spring up for no apparent reason, directly in your way.
• Sensory hallucinations occur with frequency.

Plant effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
• Plants will occasionally appear more dangerous than they really are (Ex: banana looking like it has thorns).
• Dangerous plants will occasionally appear less dangerous than they really are. (Ex: death cap looking like paddy straw mushroom. The former is deadly, the latter is edible - these two are similar IRL.)
• At HIGH levels:
• Plants sometimes appear more dangerous than they really are.
• Dangerous plants sometimes appear less dangerous than they really are.
• Plants will sometimes taste like something not themselves - you might eat a banana and taste blood.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Non-dangerous plants will frequently appear more dangerous than they really are.
• Dangerous plants will frequently appear less dangerous than they really are.
• Plants will frequently taste like something not themselves.

Creature effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
• Creatures will occasionally appear to be something they are not.
• Creatures are slightly less inclined to do their masters' bidding.
• At HIGH levels:
• Creatures will sometimes appear to be something they are not.
• Creatures are noticeably less inclined to do their masters' bidding.
• If eaten, creatures will sometimes taste like some other creature, or plant.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Creatures will frequently appear to be something they are not.
• Creatures almost never do their masters' bidding, and may attack said masters for no apparent reason.
• If eaten, creatures will frequently taste like some other creature, or plant.

Trees

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Spells:

• Spawn and form structures and furniture out of living wood
• Cause a tree to instantly fruit
• Accelerate the growth of a tree
• Communicate and make pacts with tree spirits

Rituals and sources:

• Offer sacrifices to a specific tree, or generally in woodlands
• Derive powers from a specific forest or tree, in exchange for defending it from invaders and woodcutters
• Plant trees, expand forests to gain favor
• Turn a part of yourself or another creature wooden in exchange for power, either temporary or permanent. May turn entire creature wooden for more power, which is likely fatal.

Environmental effects:

• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Local animals are all bent to the will of the trees, they tend them like gardeners, fertilize them with animal corpses and viciously defend them from cutting. No plants (except fruit) are ever eaten, but plants will eat animals
  • Some trees might gain the ability to move, ents
  • Enormous trees, multi-tile fruit, trees create networks in the air equivalent to caverns in the earth, with hollow limbs, smaller plants and trees growing on top, lairs, and all the other interesting ways it could work out
  • Trees growing so thick as to make travel around them almost impossible, they are becoming landscape in and of themselves
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Entire area may be one, giant tree
  • Plant-cutting met with extreme prejudice by the local inhabitants
  • Local fauna sees it's TREES sphere gradually rise

Trickery

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Spell effects:

• Turn invisible/gain stealth status even while being watched
• Make enemies more cowardly
• Make targets of persuasion more suggestible
• Move an item into your inventory without those being stolen from realizing it was moved or in your inventory
• Open locked doors

Spell Costs/Rituals:

• Sacrifice or use as a reagent a stolen item
• Steal/sacrifice abstract qualities from other creatures

Environmental effects:

• At ALL levels:
• Getting lost is easier, the required memory+spacial awareness needed to not get lost increases with the magic level.

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Slight increase in gullibility/suggestibility of creatures not adapted to environment
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Locked doors occasionally become unlocked
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Great increase in gullibility/suggestibility of creatures not adapted to environment
  • Terrain takes on maze like properties with narrow winding paths and dead ends
  • Mirages appear in the distance, of generic creatures and smaller geographic features. The mirages dissolve as you approach.
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Doors frequently and randomly become locked or unlocked
  • Creatures get frequently lost/confused
  • Creatures occasionally turn invisible
  • Mirages appear, of creatures, plants, items, and even larger geographic features such as lakes or mountains. Depending on the biomes knowledge of your mind, specific people/plants/items may appear as mirages, related to your travels. The mirages dissolve first upon contact.

Creature effects:

• At ALL levels:
• Creature learns the Intrigue skill at a faster rate.
• At LOW levels:
  
  • Sentient creatures increased in deceptiveness, liar skill increases faster
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Creature sometimes flickers into the symbol/graphic of one other set creature. Upon inspection, its form will be revealed, and the description will include something like "...it disguises itself as a [OTHER_CREATURE] to fool others.".
  • Non-sentient creatures gain thieving tag
  • Non-sentient creatures gain increased ambush skill
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Creatures can disappear in plain sight
  • Greatly increased ambush skills
  • If sentient, greatly increased liar/persuader skills
  • Creature sometimes flickers into the symbol/graphic of another creature. Upon inspection, its form will be revealed, and the description will include something like "...it disguises itself to fool others. [...] It is currently in the form of a [CURRENT_DISGUISE_CREATURE].".
  • Creature is a natural shape-shifter that can turn into one other set form.
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Creatures can turn invisible
  • Creatures can inflict confused state on enemies
  • Creature is a natural shape-shifter that can turn into multiple other forms.

Item effects:

• At ALL levels:
• Item can be used for strange but meaningless tricks, confusing and bedazzling onlookers. For distraction and entertainment. E.g. a staff that can be bent using the right technique, cards that allow for easy card tricks.
• At LOW levels:
• Instrument is slightly off pitch/quality/volume, changing every time it is played.
• At MEDIUM levels:
• Instrument perfectly mimics the sound of an instrument from the same category (keyboard/stringed/wind/percussion), instead of the instrument it appears to be. What instrument it mimics may change.
• The attacks of a weapon are confusing, observing these can sometimes give false predictions to the inattentive observer.
• At HIGH levels:
• Instrument perfectly mimics the sound of another instrument. instead of the instrument it appears to be. What instrument it mimics may change.
• Instrument can be used producing non-instrument sounds. E.g. the striking of thunder, the squeak of a rat, generic shouts and grunts.
• The attacks of a weapon are confusing, observing these can sometimes give false predictions even to an attentive observer.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Instrument can be used to produce a legible human (or dwarven!) voice, even mimicking individuals to the point of perfection. Can be used for forming sentences.
• The attacks of a weapon are very confusing, observing these often gives false predictions even to a master observer.

Civilization/World Gen Effects

• Bandits use high trickery environments to hide and make their base
• Thieve seek out trickery spells
• Thieves with trickery spells are more easily able to pull off artifact heists or assassinations
• Rulers and villains with social trickery spells manipulate others more easily

Torture

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Spell effects:

• Inflict extreme suffering on a creature

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Low suffering on those creatures residing there
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Moderate suffering on those creatures residing there
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • High suffering on those creatures residing there
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Extreme suffering on those creatures residing there
  • Makes creature more CRUEL

Creature effects:

• At ALL levels:
  
  • Creature is increasingly CRUEL
• At LOW levels:
  
  • Slightly greater tolerance to pain
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Significantly greater tolerance to pain
  • Gains slight happy thoughts from the pain and suffering of others
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Pain has no negative morale effects on the creature
  • Gains happy thoughts from other's suffering
  • May have urges to self-inflict superficial wounds if no other creature is available to make suffer
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Own pain gives slight happy thoughts
  • May literally feed on other's pain
  • Unless it has someone else to make suffer, will constantly self-inflict superficial wounds

Object effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Items tend to inflict suffering on creatures
  • Items tend make creatures wearing them more CRUEL

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V
Volcanos

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Spells Effects:

• Create magma from nothing.
• Cause a spontaneous explosion.
• Refill a magma tube.
• Create volcanic rock.
• Cause an earthquake.

Environmental effects:

• At LOW levels:
• In magma tubes, magma refills slightly faster. Everywhere else, it refills at an extremely slow rate - except for actual volcanoes on the map, which receive a slightly increased rate of refilling compared to elsewhere, this is the Volcanos sphere after all.
• At MEDIUM levels:
• Magma refills faster now, refill speed is higher than at LOW intensity.
• The ambient temperature of the area increases somewhat.
• At HIGH levels:
• Magma refills quite fast. In actual volcanoes on the map, the refill rate is high enough to be hazardous. If you're particularly unlucky, the volcano might overflow.
• Magma-heated workshops work one and a half times as fast.
• The ambient temperature of the area increases enough to be unpleasant to those used to temperate climates.
• Rarely, clouds of steam will drift nearby rather than ordinary rain appearing.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Magma refills faster than you can move it away. All actual volcanoes on the map are perpetually overflowing, as are magma tubes.
• Magma-heated workshops work twice as fast.
• All rain has boiled away; it is replaced by clouds of steam drifting nearby whenever rain would normally appear.
• All fog will boil away.
• The ambient temperature of the area is enough to slowly melt the fat off of anything present in the area. On the bright side, no more fat couch potatoes?
• All bodies of water become superheated or boil away.
• Magma will occasionally erupt from the ground, if bodies of water are present. It will replace said bodies of water.

Creature effects:

• At ALL levels:
• Creatures resistance to heat gradually increases.
• At LOW levels:
• Creatures body tempature is slightly higher than normal.
• Creature is a little more aggressive and impulsive than normal.
• At MEDIUM levels:
• Creature is noticably warmer than the expected levels.
• Creature is remarkably quick to anger and has an explosive demeanor, along with having a tendency to choose violence.
• Rarely, a random part of the creature may be partially composed of a volcanic rock, such as obsidian or basalt.
• At HIGH levels:
• Creature is unnaturally, scalding hot.
• Creature is violent and hyperactive, impatient and illogical.
• A significant percentage of the creatures body is made of volcanic rock. These rock parts sweat magma constantly. Insides of the creature is partially made of liquid magma.
• At EXTREME levels:
• Creature is as hot as the magma that composes its insides.
• It is constantly in a state of berserk rage.
• All of its skin is made of volcanic rock, and its insides are all magma. Essentially, it is a magma man.

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W
War

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Spell effects:

• Increase damage of weapons, effectiveness of armour
• Induce a creature to fly into a bloodthirsty rage
• Fire magical projectiles, summon magical weapons/armour
• Summon magical soldiers, aligned with an associated sphere (e.g. fire warriors if the magic also has the FIRE sphere)
• Inflict open wounds

Environmental effects:

• At ALL levels:
  
  • Creatures are increasingly belligerent and agitated
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • May occasionally hallucinate sounds of battle
  • Wounds heal more slowly and bleed more profusely
  • It may rarely rain blood
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • It may rain blood, and very rarely projectiles
  • Wounds don't heal at all and bleed profusely
  • Water may turn into blood

Plant effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Foliage appears reddish
  • Thorns are more common
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Foliage is red
  • Thorns are spread throughout the plant
  • Sap appears blood red
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Foliage is red and may have veins pumping blood through it
  • Thorns cover the plant and are unusually sharp
  • Sap is actual blood
  • Is likely to be carnivorous
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Foliage is red and may have veins pumping blood through it. Edges of leaves are knife-sharp
  • Thorns cover the plant, and are potentially replaced with actual blades
  • Sap is actual blood
  • Is exceedingly aggressive and will attack anything that approaches

Creature effects:

• At ALL levels:
  
  • Increasing propensity towards violence
  • Easier to anger
• At LOW levels:
  
  • If an animal and it doesn't already have any natural weapons, add at least one natural weapon somewhere on the body
  • If the original creature is a herbivore, high chance of turning it carnivorous
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Animals now have an assortment of natural weapons which they can use to great effect
  • If the original creature is a herbivore, it becomes carnivorous. Will likely attack and kill other creatures even if not hungry
  • Sapients will get unhappy thoughts if they haven't participated in a fight for a long time
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Animals are heavily armed and armoured. Projectile shooting animals are not uncommon. More likely to work in packs
  • Animals will be automatically aggressive to any other creatures of a different species, except if the other creature is visibly overwhelmingly more powerful
  • Sapients gain unhappy thoughts from not participating in a fight in the near past
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Animals are heavily armed and armoured. Projectile shooting animals are not uncommon
  • Animals will be automatically aggressive to any other creature, including creatures of the same species and creatures much more powerful than itself. Will blindly attack anything that it sees
  • Sapients gain unhappy thoughts whenever not actively in a fight

Water

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Spell effects:

• Fill a bucket or other fluid-proof container with water.
• Create a water projectile that may push or damage enemies depending on its power.
• Summon non-projectile water, for filling dams and the like.
• Walk on water.
• Manipulate existing water to act as a whip of sorts, think water whip from the Last Airbender series.
• Manipulate existing water to shield yourself, either as a giant bubble or something more akin to a small wall of water.
• Manipulate existing water into a projectile, throwing a pond at your enemies.
  
• Fix tiles of water in space, preventing them from flowing or changing. (unless more water is added, maybe)
• Split a body of water.
• Create a water vortex.
• Create a (giant) wave. Combining this with a walk on water might allow you to ride the wave.
• Transform fluids (both in tile form and stored in containers) into water.
• Cause the water level of a body of water to rise.
• Cause the water level of a body of water to sink.
• Turn one or several non-aquifer tiles into aquifers.
• Transfer the aquifer property of one or several tiles into adjacent ones, either permanently or temporarily.
• Turn one or several aquifer tiles into tiles of liquid water.
• Create a spout of water from the ground. Might require an aquifer below.
• Merge with a body of water, becoming invisible (other than the water-level possibly increasing) and carry-able in a bucket.
• Turn into a puddle of water, for stealth and for protection against physical attacks
• Allow a creature to breathe underwater

Environment effects:

• At LOW levels:
  • Aquifers are slightly more common.
  • Ponds are slightly more common.
  • The air and soil moisture are slightly higher.
  • A water biome (ocean/lake/river) affected by this gets slightly deeper or more expansive.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Aquifers are more common, and may appear in minerals other than the usual ones.
  • Ponds are more common.
  • The air and soil moisture are moderately higher (this may lead to a change in biome, and that's fine).
  • A water biome (ocean/lake/river) affected by this gets moderately deeper or more expansive.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Aquifers are almost ubiquitous, and may appear in minerals other than the usual ones, including top soil.
  • Ponds are more common.
  • The air and soil moisture are significantly higher (this may lead to a change in biome, and that's fine).
  • Spouts and fountains of water may spontaneously spring from the ground.
  • A water biome (ocean/lake/river) affected by this gets much deeper or more expansive.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • The biome is changed into a lake or ocean, depending on whether it is adjacent to a existing ocean.
  • The ground level sinks and is replaced by a body of water, possibly by aquifers dissolving into water tiles.
  • A water biome (ocean/lake/river) affected by this gets much deeper or more expansive, to the point where a extreme water lake (that would be a lake even without the magic) may have no bottom.

Creature effects:

• At LOW levels:
  • Creature can swim better inherently, and sometimes does so by its own accord.
  • Creature drinks slightly more water, getting bad thoughts or dehydrating if not possible.
  • Creature gets a slight happy thought from being around water.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Creature is amphibious.
  • Creature drinks a decent amount more water.
  • Creature has to stay wet, or it gets a bad thought.
  • Creature can shoot a spout of water from its body.
  • Creature gets a moderate happy thought from being around water, a slight unhappy thought if it isn't able to.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Creature is fully aquatic, but might still be able to breathe air.
  • Creature drinks a very large amount of water, and might bloat up upon doing so.
  • Creature has to stay wet, or it dehydrates/can't breathe.
  • Creature can shoot a spout of water from its body.
  • Creature gets an unhappy thought if there are no bodies of water around it.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Creature is fully aquatic if it weren't before.
  • Tissues are replaced by water.
  • Creature drinks humongous amounts of water, and might bloat up upon doing so.
  • Creature has to stay wet, or it dehydrates/can't breathe.
  • Creature can shoot a spout of water from its body.
  • Creature, even if not aquatic or requiring water in any other way, goes insane if not able to be near water.

Plant effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Plant requires slightly more water to be healthy and not dry out.
  • Plant parts are juicier, which may satiate thirst (in a same way a watermelon should).
  • Derived materials are slightly more resistant to moisture.
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Plant requires notably more water to be healthy and not dry out.
  • Plant parts are juicier, which may satiate thirst (in a same way a watermelon should).
  • Derived materials are moderately more resistant to moisture.
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Plant grows partially in or on water. A multitile plant has its roots on the bottom, but grows up above the water surface. A single-tile plant floats on the water, possibly being anchored. Think mangroves and water lilies.
  • Plant parts bloated with water, like water balloons. They might not have any nutritional value other than satiating thirst.
  • Derived materials are waterproof.
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Plant grows on the bottom sediment of a water mass. It isn't bothered by the need of air (but still needs light) and does not surface.
  • Tissues are replaced with water, somehow held together.
  • Derived materials are waterproof.

Object effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Object is slightly moist/wet.
  • Item is slightly translucent
• At MEDIUM levels:
  • Object is laced with water, making it slippery
  • Object is moist, making it soft and mushy, with the downside of the moisture spreading upon impact (sitting down on a chair etc.).
  • Fluid-proof container fills up with water within a time period of at least 1 week, either incrementally or all at once. The rate of filling also depends on the container's size.
  • Item is slightly translucent, is tinted watery colors, and sometimes shifts in a wave-like pattern.
• At HIGH levels:
  • Object generates water, making it slippery and causing it to leave a wet trail on the ground if dragged.
  • Fluid-proof container fills up with water within a time period of under 1 week, either incrementally or all at once.
  • Item is slightly translucent, has watery colors, and bubbles and waves can be seen going through it.
  • Footwear allow the wearer to walk on water.
  • Clothing or trinket (usually headwear, facewear or bodywear) allow the wearer to breath underwater
  • A weapon can shoot a spout of water from its tip.
• At EXTREME levels:
  • Fluid-proof container is an endless source of water.
  • Materials are replaced by water, that somehow upholds the shape of the item. Some material properties may be kept.
  • Materials are replaced by water bubbles. Some material properties may be kept.

Wealth

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Spell effects:

• Transmute base metals into precious metals
• Transform small rocks into gemstones
• Turn nonmetallic materials into precious metal
• Appraise the relative values of nearby objects at a glance

Environment effects:

• At LOW levels:
  
  • Unusually high frequency of gold, silver, platinum, aluminium, gemstones and metals considered valuable by nearby civilizations
  • Valuable items may appear to literally glitter
  • Rare and valuable spices, plants and crops are more common than usual
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Precious metals and gemstones are very noticeably more abundant than usual, frequently appearing in surface layers
  • Valuable items noticeably glitter
  • Rare and valuable spices, plants and crops are very common
  • Any crafts produced in the zone have an inherently increased quality
  • Creatures may have a heightened sense of greed
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Precious metals and gemstones are as common as base metals
  • Everything appears to subtly glitter and have a luster, valuable items and artifacts especially
  • Rare and valuable spices, plants and crops are the dominant flora
  • High-wealth flora literally made of precious metals may spawn
  • Animals that produce valuable products are much more common than usual
  • Any crafts produced in the zone have an inherently increased quality
  • Creatures have a heightened sense of greed
  • Enormous multi-tile gemstones rarely spawn
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Precious metals and gemstones are ubiquitous and make up most of the bedrock
  • Everything appears to subtly glitter and have a luster, valuable items and artifacts especially
  • Rare and valuable spices, plants and crops are the dominant flora
  • High-wealth flora literally made of precious metals often spawns
  • The grass is likely made of precious metal
  • Animals that produce valuable products are the dominant fauna
  • Any crafts produced in the zone have an inherently increased quality
  • Creatures have a heightened sense of greed
  • Enormous multi-tile gemstones sometmies spawn
  • Precious metal nuggets may literally rain

Creature effects:

• At ALL levels:
  
  • Any material harvested from the creature is inherently more valuable, scaling with level
  • Creature tends to be more greedy, scaling with level
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Creatures with shells, bones or ivory may produce naturally ornamented, high-quality versions of said materials
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Creatures with shells, bones or ivory may produce naturally ornamented, high-quality versions of said materials
  • Creatures may have scales, exoskeleton, fur, or wool made of precious metal
  • Creatures may have entire portions of their body replaced with precious metal, gemstones, silk, or other valuable materials

Plant effects:

• At ALL levels:
  
  • Materials harvested from the plant are increasingly more valuable
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Foliage appears glassy and has a luster
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Foliage material and bark may be replaced with precious metals
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Most foliage and wood material may be replaced with precious metals
  • Fruits might be replaced with gemstones

Wisdom

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Spell effects:

• Increase a sentient creature's soul attributes, in particular ANALYTICAL ABILITY, FOCUS, INTUITION, PATIENCE, MEMORY, EMPATHY and SOCIAL AWARENESS
• Confer sentience onto a non-sentient animal, plant or object
• Detect other creature's "alignment", or motivations
• Induce flashes of insight

Environmental effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Sentient creatures get a moderate temporary soul attribute boost whilst in the area
  • If a creature is sleeping in the area, dreams tend to be less chaotic and may sometimes give valuable insight
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Sentient creatures get a large temporary soul attribute boost whilst in the area
  • If a creature is sleeping in the area, dreams often present the dreamer with pertinent revelations, such as upcoming betrayals, associated characters hiding a secret agenda, solutions to problems the creature is facing
  • The area itself may become sentient, using local nonsentient creatures as it's eyes, ears and enforcers
  • Visiting nonsentient creatures may temporarily gain sentience
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Sentient creatures get a massive temporary soul attribute boost whilst in the area
  • If a creature is sleeping in the area, dreams often present the dreamer with pertinent revelations, such as upcoming betrayals, associated characters hiding a secret agenda, solutions to problems the creature is facing
  • The area itself becomes sentient, using local nonsentient creatures, plants and inanimate objects as it's eyes, ears and enforcers. Basically, a massive gestalt consciousness that encompasses everything within the area
  • Visiting creatures may get brilliant flashes of pseudo-clairvoyant insight, 'connecting the dots' in way they normally never would and getting a limited understanding of future events
  • Visiting nonsentient creatures and even objects may temporarily gain sentience
  • Prolonged exposure to the area may have negative repercussions on a sentient critter's mental health as the revelations within prove too much

Creature effects:

• At ALL levels:
  
  • Creature's soul attributes increase
• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Creature tends to have more meaningful, pertinent dreams
  • Sentient creatures may overcome inherent mental drawbacks, e.g. goblins overcoming their bloodlust, kobolds overcoming their need to steal, etc.
  • Has the ability to judge mundane creature's motives and detect falsehood with uncanny accuracy
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Creature tends to have more meaningful, pertinent dreams
  • Sentient creatures may overcome inherent mental drawbacks, e.g. goblins overcoming their bloodlust, kobolds overcoming their need to steal, etc.
  • Nonsentient critters may gain sentience
  • AI creatures at this level act with almost total rationality when it comes to pursuing their goals, having lapses of judgement only in extreme situations
  • Has the ability to judge the motives of even supernatural creatures. Is very difficult to deceive without the assistance of some type of magic.
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Creature tends to have more meaningful, pertinent dreams
  • Sentient creatures overcome inherent mental drawbacks, e.g. goblins overcoming their bloodlust, kobolds overcoming their need to steal, etc.
  • Nonsentient critters become sentient
  • AI creatures at this level act with absolute rationality when it comes to pursuing their goals
  • May possess a sort of pseudo-clairvoyance, simulating the creature's extreme ability to connect the dots and make good predictions of the future
  • Has the innate ability to almost immediately know another creature's motives - mundane, supernatural, and even deities/creatures with lovecraftian mindsets/semi-sentient magical forces. Will detect any falsehood unless it is augmented with some pretty serious TRICKERY-based magic.

Plant effects:

• At MEDIUM levels:
  
  • Creature is more likely to have meaningful, pertinent dreams and revelations upon eating a fruit of the plant
  • A creature that eats a fruit of the plant might get a moderate temporary boost to soul stats
• At HIGH levels:
  
  • Creature is more likely to have meaningful, pertinent, or clairvoyant dreams and revelations upon eating a fruit of the plant
  • A creature that eats a fruit of the plant might get a large temporary boost to soul stats
  • Animals that often eat the plant's fruit might develop sentience
  • A sentient creature that eats from the plant might have random personal values change as the revelations from the plant change their way of thinking
  • The plant itself might be sentient at this point
• At EXTREME levels:
  
  • Creature is more likely to have meaningful, pertinent, or clairvoyant dreams and revelations upon eating a fruit of the plant
  • A creature that eats a fruit of the plant might get a massive temporary boost to soul stats, or permanently raise their soul stats
  • Animals develop permanent sentience after eating a fruit of the plant
  • A sentient creature that eats from the plant might have random personal values change as the revelations from the plant change their way of thinking
  • If the plant is associated with any forces/deities associated with other spheres, the creature becomes more in-tune with the flow and motives of these entities
  • The plant itself is sentient

[Magmacube_tr]

This place is starting to get messy. Very messy. If the list expands still (which it will) I may have to open a new thread just to properly store the list in its entirety.

Also, just found two more spheres, Thunder and Treachery, in separate fragments.

[BlackAion]

So I have asked the question in Future of Fortress thread of what kinds of powers would a God of Love or Lust have and how those powers would affect the world. I came to the conclusion that, after a good nights rest, that Love and Lust are largely spheres that strongly support other spheres while opposing others with a few direct magics targeting society as a whole. I was told to bring the suggestion here as it wasn't technically a question.

Basically, I made the suggestion that a God of Love or Lust could create Nymphs and Succubi respectively, unique creatures that are considered to be beings with [POWER]. Everything in red I basically copy and pasted from that thread.

"Nymphs could inspire love, art, and music among dwarfholds, increase the experience gained doing any skill, reducing stress in general etc. And they do all of this simply by being in the area. They can strongly promote other spheres of influence as well such as Nature while opposing other spheres like War. They would be dangerous to approach though as there is a chance for a dwarf/human/elf/any creature that isnt a goblin to go blind upon meeting one. The ones who dont run the risk of being trapped by the Nymph as she will wish to express her insatiable "love" onto anyone she meets though she may let them go voluntarily. However, the dwarf may go back to her on their own which would mean one less dwarf to work with. However, they could also become permanently inspired and incapable of getting depressed ever again while also massively boosting all of their skills.

Succubi meanwhile would inspire the same art and music but it would be more depraved and lustful, decrease the experience gained doing any skill, increase stress in general. Additionally, the Succubi's mere presence would eventually permanently cause a shift in a dwarves personality causing them to become extremely unproductive unless they do the tango one or more times a day, slowing fortress building to a standstill. They strongly promote other spheres of influence like War and Hate while opposing others though I think they would promote Nature as well albeit in a wholly different way than Nymphs. Like the Nymph she is also insatiable and will have her way with any dwarf that catches her eye. Unlike the Nymph she wont let them go and they will eventually die. Not because she sucked his soul out or anything but because of exhaustion. Than she'll just keep on taking dwarf that catches her eye until no dwarves are left.

I do think that can both can shapeshift, changing sexes on a dime if they so wish though Succubi may do it more readily than Nymphs."