Patryn of Elvenshae
First Post
I like the spell components in D&D, but only at a flavor level and, really, only because most of them are jokes.
Gum arabic and an eyelash for invisibility? Yeah - that's an eraser* and something from someone's eye.
The black and white canine statues for the repulsion spell? An old child's toy where two dog statues had opposed magnets in them and you could use one to chase the other away.
Passwall? Sesame seeds, which need no explanation.
Antipathy involves soaking some alum in vinegar which, IIRC, gives off a bad smell.
Apart from that, though, they're generally relegated to the backgroud.
* - Okay, gum arabic isn't actually made into erasers that I know of, but it is part of chewing gum, which is what fancy artists' erasers look like.
Gum arabic and an eyelash for invisibility? Yeah - that's an eraser* and something from someone's eye.
The black and white canine statues for the repulsion spell? An old child's toy where two dog statues had opposed magnets in them and you could use one to chase the other away.
Passwall? Sesame seeds, which need no explanation.
Antipathy involves soaking some alum in vinegar which, IIRC, gives off a bad smell.
Apart from that, though, they're generally relegated to the backgroud.
* - Okay, gum arabic isn't actually made into erasers that I know of, but it is part of chewing gum, which is what fancy artists' erasers look like.