Worldbuilding Wizard (GLOG Class: Sorcerer)

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In the first age, magic was the great and terrible flood which carved creation into shape. The flow has since been dammed, reduced to a trickle of piddling cantrips, like invisibility and fireball.

Two theories prevail on the wizard apocalypse. The first claims that all magic, including anaerobic respiration and true love, will one day dry up. The second claims that one day, randomly and without warning, the dam will break.

SORCERER
Start with: four spells; your choice of sword, harp, or magic cow; flammable blood
A - Origin Magic
B - Fame
C - Omens
D - Signature Spell

A - Origin Magic
You are a bottomless wellspring of origin magic, which is like regular magic but better in every way. Choose whether this is effortless or debilitatingly painful for you.

When you cast a spell, it is fearsome, catastrophic, or otherwise excessive in its effects. (For example, you may cast knock to open a door, and in doing so destroy every door in the dungeon, and the town, and also the next town over.)

• The first rule of origin magic is the rule of 3s: your spell must do more than you intended, and also something else, and also one more thing. You and your gm should take turns describing these, escalating each time.

After casting, make a note of the spell you cast and whether the results were fearsome, tricky, noble, or wicked. (For example, knocking down a castle gate in wartime is fearsome, but knocking open a portal to fairy land is tricky.) These are the deeds you will be known by.

• The second rule of origin magic is the event rule: your spell must go down as a significant event in local history. An easy way to fulfill this condition is to create a permanent landmark: a thicket glamoured by invisibility, or a barren waste with fireball.

You can only cast each spell once, even if you learn a second copy of it.

• The third rule of origin magic is the rule of worldbuilding: your spell must force the gm to write something down about the world that has been forever changed, preferably while sighing and googling something about medieval population dynamics.
• The final rule of origin magic is "a wizard did it": your spell must create some kind of monster as a byproduct. This part is completely up to the gm. The monster doesn't have to reveal itself immediately; when it does, roll reaction for hostility.

B - Fame
Every significant NPC knows your name and deeds.

You also gain an additional ability based on which type of deed you have the most of:

• If you have a fearsome reputation, you can make an additional attack per round.
• If you have a tricky reputation, your disguises are always perfect, and can even fool gods.
• If you have a noble reputation, you can speak with swords and horses.
• If you have a wicked reputation, lower level creatures freeze in fear when you glare at them.

C - Omens
You learn four more spells. Once all four have been cast, you die (or at least retire in a way that permanently removes you from the game).

This is totally natural and expected; it's basically wizard puberty.

Also, you can receive two-word omens about the future if you have ten minutes and appropriate divinatory tools. (You may use any and all methods interchangeably, from ornithomancy to ouija.)

D - Signature Spell
Choose a spell you've cast before. Whenever you confiscate a dangerous magical artifact, land a critical hit, or dream of drowning, you can cast that spell again.

 

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Play this class to punish your gm. It's fairly rules-agnostic, so feel free to grab spells from anywhere. Here's some to get you started:

1. Jam
   [sum] doors, windows, or similar gateways can't fully close. If slammed shut, they violently bounce back open, dealing [highest] damage to the slammer. You may cast this in response to a door (etc.) closing.
2. Testament
   If the target dies in the next [minute/hour/day/year], they collapse into a ball of black ice, dealing [sum] damage to everything in the room. (This is how lichmoths achieve metamorphosis.)
3. Venom
   You become as venomous as any creature you hold in your hands, and your blood becomes the antidote.
4. Chip
   Put a dent in anything--even an adamantine shield--without breaking it. If it wasn't working before, it starts working. If it was, it stops working for the next [sum] minutes. Gods find this shit extremely aggravating.
5. Axle
   Rotate an object [90/180/270/360] degrees instantly. Living things get a save vs a broken neck.
6. Dizzy
   Target loses their sense of balance. If cast with 4 or more MD, target loses their sense of gravity as well, and falls in a random direction.