The Dragon Codex

I have a spieling chequer.
It came with my pea sea.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.

Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it’s weigh.
My chequer tolled me sew.

A chequer is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when I rime.

Each frays come posed up on my screen
eye trussed too bee a joule.
The chequer pours o’er every word
To cheque sum spieling rule.

Bee fore a veiling chequer’s Hour
spieling mite decline,
And if we’re lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.

Butt now bee cause my spieling
Is checked with such grate flair,
Their are no fault’s with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a ware.

Now spieling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped word’s fare as hear.

To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should be proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaw’s are knot aloud.

Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays,
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting too pleas.

— Sauce Unknown

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Illusion (Glamer)
Level:     Sorcerer/wizard 2
Components:     V, S, M
Casting time:     1 standard action
Range:     Touch
Target:     One humanoid
Duration:     1 rd/level (D)
Saving Throw:     Will negates (See Text)
Spell Resistance:     Yes

When cast, this spell causes the targeted individual to taste and smell like bacon.  All creatures with a bite attack or who consume the flesh of their victims must make a will save or attack the target.  Creatures with the scent ability take a -2 penalty to their will saves.  Creatures on the same side of the target get a +5 bonus to their will save.  If the creatures are of animal intelligence, their handlers may substitute a handle animal check for the will save.

Illusion (Glamer)
Level:     Bard 0, cleric 0, sorcerer/wizard 0
Components:     V, S
Casting time:     1 standard action
Range:     Touch
Target:     One book or scroll, anything with writing
Duration:     1 hour/level (D)
Saving Throw:     Will negates (harmless, object)
Spell Resistance:     Yes (harmless, object)

When cast, this spell causes the targeted object to read it’s contents aloud at a rate designated by the caster.  The caster may designate a particular place within the contents for the reading to begin and end.  The spell can be stopped or resumed as a free action during the duration of the spell, but it requires a separate casting to repeat any of the reading.  This spell will read the contents aloud in the language they are written in, and does not provide any assistance in translating.  It will not activate magical text or use command words, and only works on items that contain text.  It reads aloud at a normal speaking voice, the volume cannot be controlled.

If the target is destroyed during the duration of this spell, the reading ends.  If pages are torn or removed from a book upon which this spell is cast, the spell will skip over those pages as though they never existed.

Though not a plant,
Has leaves.
Though not a beast,
Has spine.
Though many wouldn’t need this thing
‘Tis more valuable than wine.

What is it?

There are four brothers in this world that were all born together:
The first he runs and never wearies,
The second eats and is never full.
The third he drinks and is ever thirsty,
And the fourth sings a song that is never good.

Who are they?

Hibernating when it is cold,
But when it is warm I become bold;
I light up the night,
For every child`s delight.
Some people I might annoy
But to others I bring joy.

What am I?

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Scrying is the name given to the ancient technique of gazing into an object such as a crystal ball (or skull) for the purposes of divination. Although some people can achieve visions from gazing into flames or even a shallow bowl of water or black ink, the clear quartz crystal ball is the most common method.

Anyone can learn to scry. It is all a matter of practice. If you meditate it will be much easier. If you ask a question – and place lots of energy in the answer – it will manifest faster for you.

The amount of time you use for scrying can vary from a few minutes to half hour.

You usually scry alone but more than one person can scry into the same surface at the same time for information.

Though some people go through rituals before they scry – it isn’t necessary. If you wish to ask your spirit guides for guidance go ahead. Some people say a little prayer and ask for the correct information to appear.

If you are using an object – crystal – mirror – just be sure it is clean.

Scrying can be done with a number of different surfaces that include:

• Water in a dark bowl – or small pool
• Mirrors
• Crystals – Crystal Ball Gazing
• Tea Leaves – Coffee grinds
• Embers in a fire at night
• A dimly lit room or candle lit room – looking into the eyes of another person who sits across from you

During scrying – one gazes steadily into the scrying surface (feel free to blink or allow your point of focus to wander a bit; this is not a method of self-inflicted torture). Eventually, you should be able to pick out shapes or images in the scrying surface; these may appear as crude sketches, or occasionally with the clarity of a photograph. You will actually see these images with your eyes.

Once this happens, images may begin to form in your mind, no longer projected onto the scrying surface. When this happens, allow your attention to focus on these mental images. From this point forward, the scrying surface is irrelevant; do not be distracted by it.

As the images become clearer, you will find that you know things about what you are seeing? Background information will come to the surface of your mind. Pay attention to what you know about the images you are seeing.

Surfaces that provide a random, high contrast visual texture, such as black tea leaves in a white cup or orange sparks in a black ember, are particularly good for the first stage of the scrying process. However, the vividness of the visual images formed in this way may tend to pull your attention back from the purely mental images that should follow, thus disrupting the natural flow of ideas. Smooth, neutral surfaces, like the surface of a dish of black water, a crystal ball, or a black mirror, provide relatively few visual cues to get you started, but if you can make the transition to mental imagery quickly, the visual surface will obligingly fade into the background.

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Transmutation [Fire]
Level: Wizard 8
Components: V, S, M
Casting Time: 1 sa
Target: 5 cubic feet/level of stone
Range: Close
Duration: instantaneous
Saving Throw: Fort (earth/stone based-creatures)
Spell Resistance:yes

This spell turns an amount of stone, rock, or earth into lava.  It affects earth and stoned based creatures.  The lava deals 1d6/level  points of fire damage on contact the first round.  The damage lowers by 1d6 a round each subsequent round as it cools.  Once the damage reaches 0d6 a round, the lava can be considered to have returned to it’s original stone, rock, or earth form, though it may be warped by the intense heat.

Material components: A piece of an Igneous Rock