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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 8946038" data-attributes="member: 1125">The magic of Conans Hyborea is essentially inspired by Lovecraft. Its all dark ritual invoking ancient powers, a bit of illusion, mind control and sleep spells, summoning creatures, swarms and demons, touch of deaths, cloud kills and cataclysmic earthquakes and flash floods. Magic is corruption and will destroy mind and body unless the Scorcerer has access to powerful artifacts, complex rituals and blood sacrifices. Even then most powerful Scorcerers end up as Liches who regularly sacrifice their acolytes while been stalked by unnamable antidiluvian horrors. I cant remember the titles but theres a series where magic involves taking the traits of others - so the powerful take the strength, beauty, intelligence etc of the less fortunate and make it their own. They become stronger and more powerful while the victim is drained.</blockquote>