magic toolkit
Jul. 12th, 2006 05:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethI've put my magic books somewhere from last time I was using them. Well, not all the books. Just the ones with lists of what stones do what magic or whatever.
Tidying up the books until I find them would be a good plan.
I'm trying to put together a magic gizmo. To be precise, Giles is trying to. If it was me I'd use a couple of bits of paper and tell them what to do, but Giles is a bit old school. So he'd worry about things like, whatsit, correspondences and all that stuff in tables.
So I need something to act as a sort of magic insulator, so the thing can be contained. Silk will do magically, but not structurally. I looked up properties of different woods, thought I remembered cedar being used to keep Tarot cards from being influenced. But I can find far too much data, and none of it therefore useful.
I also need a shiny. I could just say generic crystal, but when the pov guy is supposed to be an expert that doesn't quite look right. The shiny is for a minor divination, to find a person.
I have a bazillion books on crystals, but I put them somewhere that isn't the shelf right in front of me, so effectively I have none. Meh.
I also have to figure out how he'll acquire relevant items from a DIY store, but for that I can find an online DIY store and poke to see what it stocks...
Tidying up the books until I find them would be a good plan.
I'm trying to put together a magic gizmo. To be precise, Giles is trying to. If it was me I'd use a couple of bits of paper and tell them what to do, but Giles is a bit old school. So he'd worry about things like, whatsit, correspondences and all that stuff in tables.
So I need something to act as a sort of magic insulator, so the thing can be contained. Silk will do magically, but not structurally. I looked up properties of different woods, thought I remembered cedar being used to keep Tarot cards from being influenced. But I can find far too much data, and none of it therefore useful.
I also need a shiny. I could just say generic crystal, but when the pov guy is supposed to be an expert that doesn't quite look right. The shiny is for a minor divination, to find a person.
I have a bazillion books on crystals, but I put them somewhere that isn't the shelf right in front of me, so effectively I have none. Meh.
I also have to figure out how he'll acquire relevant items from a DIY store, but for that I can find an online DIY store and poke to see what it stocks...