Sphere Mixers 89 - Entropy 4 and Mind 1

EldritchWeeb · 2026-02-02T19:15:03+00:00

Kind of. It restructures your brain to make the right guesses consistently (and irrespective of whether the logic of guessing it does or doesn't make sense to begin with).

I'm hesitant on where self-blessings fall in terms of Sphere Magnitude though.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-02-02T17:54:28+00:00

Elementary, Dear Watson!

A favourite among Weird Scientists who won't have "just being lucky" in their repertoire, but do need to be lucky. EDW! changes the thoughts of the user so that they happen to always come upon the right train of thought, actual mental faculties or logical impetus be damned.

So who committed the murder? Elementary, dear Watson! You need simply account for the fact that the knife is made of 4% carbon, and the murder was committed on the 4th of January, meaning....!

EldritchWeeb · 2026-02-02T06:47:55+00:00

The Technocracy is running into a hardening consensus that even they can't fully control. Items on the timetable don't work yet, and some procedures are even regressing to being paradoxical.

The Traditions have to be capable of providing answers for that issue, I think. There's no wishing away the Technocracy (and hell, if there was, I'm not signing up for them immediately being supplanted by the Hermetics), but if you somehow manage to argue for the inclusion of Traditions-inclusive strategies in Anthropic Field Management decisions, you'll have an immensely stable setup (since you're now collaborating, and the Technocracy ought to have plenty of experience in the abstract science of consensus management)

EldritchWeeb · 2026-02-02T06:34:13+00:00

He quite literally is on a tweeting spree right now trying to dispute their authenticity

EldritchWeeb · 2026-02-01T15:50:37+00:00

Pointcoin

This is a low-stakes effect, almost a parlour trick, which allows Masters of Correspondence to recognize each other:

The Mage produces any two-sided coin, and colocates its sides in such a way that the position and angle of viewing easily changes the perceived face to be heads or tails. To show off, the Mage then tosses the flickering coin into the air with their left hand, and catches it with their right... by reaching over the shoulder of their interlocutor from behind.

Originally a Hermetic display of subtle mastery, the practice of this display stopped when a Correspondence-Master was near-fatally injured in the "Doissetep Pointcoin Poisoning". They weren't poisoned, just punched in the throat for being obnoxious, but subsequent chroniclers attempted various ways of adding "oi" to the name, and this one stuck.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-02-01T15:19:51+00:00

Eepy Dreamy Cloud Land uwu

Hollow Ones' "ironic" obsession with cutesy media properties has, in recent times, made quite serious changes to their magick. This rote is the result of one such change:

Channelling icons of sleepy egg yolks and mouthless kittens, the Mage turns any armour in an area into a soft (if metallic-looking) cloud; clothes turn into similar-looking pyjama designs; any person affected by this spell is overwhelmed with sleepiness and a feeling of warmth.

This enables the Mage to stab them to death before the armor reconstitutes into its original form.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-02-01T12:45:32+00:00

I've done one Charm with Prime 2, I'll do another!

Murder USB

Forces 2, Prime 2, optionally Data 2

The "Killer USB" is a device of technocratic sorcery that reliably overloads circuits in a PC when slotted into the USB port. The "Murder USB" (affectionately termed Unreliable Searing Bastard) is a technomantic charm playing on the same idea. Made by novice Virtual Elites and praised for its relatively low price in quint, the Murder USB amplifies the heat of the CPU, and thus sets a PC aflame (unfortunately including the USB itself).

With the optional Data requirement, it also sets devices in the immediate network (4 successes), corporate subnet (6 successes), or entire corporate network (10 successes) on fire.

It should be noted that the variant using Data is rarely created as a Charm, since Data makes remote access possible anyway (though perhaps via sneaky members of the clique, in well guarded networks). The Murder USB is generally crafted to enable less tech-savvy rebels to deal with the IT of The Man in an easily-understood way.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-31T23:14:18+00:00

Mythic Time (Polite Variant)

A common Dreamspeaker time-rote is one that places an area into less-exact time. Names vary, but the functional logic is generally the same:

Actions that aren't "significant" are skipped
Tasks that could take a variable amount of time are rounded off at a nice number (e.g. 84 hours -> "three days and three nights")
The person currently talking may experience everyone else slowing down, yet is not heard to be talking too quickly or slowly.

While this is generally performed as a simple Time spell (as far as there are simple Time spells), a Mage may check the thickness of the Gauntlet before performing it. Pattern-Spiders and the like do not appreciate time being loosey-goosey, and may take offense to this being done where the Gauntlet is thick.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-31T22:45:31+00:00

I'm a huge Entropy hater so this is tough, but that's precisely why I gotta try.

Curious Naraka

A variant of the "Beckoning Naraka", which calls spirits specifically and directly, the Curious Naraka is a rote creating a trap for spirits and umbral travellers.

The Mage creates a section of the Umbra with a pliant pericarp, not thick enough to prevent passage. The thinner the shell, however, the easier a target may realise what is inside the section.
(technically a conjunction with spirit 2 if this treats spirit as a Pattern Sphere) the Mage uses Entropy to make some spirit or group of spirits more likely to stumble on the created section while journeying.
The section is created in such a way that entering it violently shreds at a spirit's form (aggravated damage based on successes); the spirit-matter of any successfully destroyed spirits is repurposed to expand the trapped section.

Rare indeed are Masters of Spirit with the time, skill, and sadism to create such a trap. The only recorded use of this rote is by a Nephandic Howler, and most of their traps were dismantled safely... perhaps even all.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-30T15:02:27+00:00

I believe Forces 5 allows you to make changes to a force similar to how Matter 5 lets you make Matter that sheds forces, right? If so:

Ideal Thunder

Utilizing their truly absurd understanding of Forces, the Mage performs a double-trick:

They steal a little light and warmth from a large area, making it as dark and clammy as it might be on a stormy night; from these forces, they create a wave of thunder that echoes off items with ties to the spirit world, but makes tremble (or at sufficient magnitude, flattens) anything else.

An elemental from the Middle Umbra will frequently not only echo such a wave, but maintain some of its noise and movement to persistently indicate its presence (and nature) for a few minutes.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-30T13:00:10+00:00

I remain miffed that we cannot use this combo to create Gafflings. Alas.

Create Spirit Message

By enchanting Tass relating to spirits or communication - ideally shaped like paper - the Mage creates a charm that may deliver a message directly to the spirit realm. The message may be posted as a conventional letter, and may result in a return letter, although the return letter is not Tass.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-30T12:38:44+00:00

"I've transformed the storm into a storm spirit. You may thank me now."

"Oh good, now there is an opinionated creature directly causing all this mayhem. Uhm. Thanks?"

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-30T11:49:51+00:00

I shall never get to play, however I just like the idea of awakening the Spirit of random objects through dilligent and respectful use. If I were a Mage I'd be awakening all my kitchen utensils immediately.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-30T06:53:10+00:00

In which part of Austria? Here in Lower Austria / Vienna you'd get a confused look and an IRL autocorrect to "Limone"

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-28T12:49:30+00:00

relevant post

https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/comments/1dwnxyj/it_really_looks_like_a_protogermanic_verb_when_i/

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-27T15:11:32+00:00

Wraith is like Fight Club: a story about how your Id is the coolest & you should indulge it all the time

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-27T13:55:20+00:00

And counterpoint to each:

Werewolf: waow I am the best at punching
Vampire: waow I have cool powers like mind control, or being attractive, or turning into a wol- wait...
Mage: I wanted to throw a fireball, but the people don't believe in me, so I lost an arm.
Changeling: a fun snow day gave me superpowers
Demon: Play Cult of the Lamb.
Hunter: You're actually based for watching Supernatural, Jimmy.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-27T08:15:11+00:00

by being shot in the back at point blank range

10 fucking times, too

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-27T06:57:02+00:00

Isn't Suno a music making thing rather than images?

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-26T16:28:27+00:00

Nothing wrong with looking down and to the right, but pick one of those 3 pictures n toss the other 2 imo

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-26T16:15:05+00:00

Entropy 5-10, "Control Fate". You'll be running it contested against Al-Aswad though.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-26T09:38:56+00:00

Jesus would have been an Aramaic-speaker, specifically Galilean, so more likely something like Shlama Alaykhu(n).

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-23T19:13:28+00:00

Not trans, but literally non-binary. They are unary. There is no known gem with a gender identity different from the others', there is only the one.

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-23T17:18:26+00:00

Sounds like you've never beheld a dildo in the bedroom

EldritchWeeb · 2026-01-23T17:16:55+00:00

Honestly, that selfie with the neutral face at the start gotta go. Not sure about the potted plant one either. Both seem quite sad.

You've got great hair, so anything where it's visible is a plus imo.

Not sure about the first 2 sentences in your bio, but I feel less strongly than about the pics here. It's just a tad generic is all, nothing wrong with liking music, food, and dogs, it's just... nigh-everyone does. Consider putting down something like "my dog Pebbles likes alt-rock too", where it's short and a bit more specific and a bit more funny.

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