Pseudonym

 

 Pseudonym by Superfluous Motor!

 The VaM-style spell today is Pseudonym - the title coming from this song by Superfluous Motor!

I love the music Superfluous Motor makes - it sounds like hi-jinks and stained glass moving quickly and machines meant to bring joy - it is such a refreshing and perplexing set of sounds that it always sounds new - it is beautiful and layered and complex and I love all of it.

Check out Superfluous Motor's Music HERE

 

Other Superfluous Motor songs that are great candidates for spellhood include:

Trading Shells, Hairy Eyeball, Expedition: Into the Abyss, Shelter, Crash Site, Cucumber Shoestring L'autobus, All That Malarkey, Incommensurable Think Tank, Liquid Pepper Brisket, Impulsion, Downcast, Rerouting, Turnpike, Divergence, Turncoat, Scatterbrain, Kaleidoscope, Delusions, Anxiety,  Avoidant Personality Disorder, Mania, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Nostalgia, Cynicism, Schizophrenia, Psychotic Break, Addiction, Denial, Autophobia, Depression, Serenity, Bandit Territory, Flash in the Pan, Central Brain, Fresh Flesh, Blast Processing, Ricochet, Low tide, Night Owl, The Hawk, Downward Spiral, Rock Bottom, Nunatak, Hinterkaifeck, Numbers Stations, Loose Change, Lost Conundrum, One Trick Pony, Full Transmogrification, Fragmented Metamorphosis, Broken Metronome, Breaking The Rhythm,  A Conglomeration of Broken Ideas, Busted Up, Shattered Groove, Schizophrenic Seizure, Arrival, Impact, Eject, Feed the Fire, Peel Out, Road Block, Red Pens and Wooden Spoons, Interdimensional Traveler, Dark Matter, Vortex, Supergravity, Hypersphere, Rift, Axiom, Parallel Supernova, Antichton, Tesseract, The Void, and Ad Infinatum.

 Whew - So many possible spells!

Here is a/the definition of Pseudonym!

 

a fictitious name, especially one used by an author.

 

No Lyrics!

 

 

 

Ok - here is the spell's effects! 

 

Pseudonym

Duration: Until the Caster or Player is Called by a Different Name

Range: Caster

The caster chooses a new name – and until the character or player are called by a different name they gain powers based on the name they chose.

You, the referee, can make up powers based on the chosen name’s first letter – or for simplicity you can use this alphabet chart below.

If the player takes their or their characters name and rearranges it to make a new name – give them better powers, or both the first and last name’s letters grant powers on the table below.

A for Antiquarian	Identify at Will
B for Bell-Ringer	Bell at Will
C for Charmer	Charm Person at Will
D for Draftsman	Depict at Will
E for Emissary	Message at Will
F for Fairy	Faerie Fire at Will
G for Guard	Light at Will
H for Hoplite	Shield at Will
I for Invoker	Summon at Will
J for Jack-of-all-Trades	Mending at Will
K for Keymaster	Knock At Will
L For Librarian	Bookspeak at Will
M for Maligner	Magic Aura at Will
N for Nurse	Cure Light Wounds at Will
O for Ornithologist	Featherfall At Will
P for Polyglot	Comprehend Languages At Will
Q for Quilter	Braid at Will
R for Repo Man	Hold Portal at Will
S for Strongman	Enlarge at Will
T for Thief	Spider Climb at Will
U for Unseen Servant	Unseen Servant at Will
V for Vocalist	Sleep at Will
W for Wheelwright	Floating Disc at Will
X for Xenophobe	Magic Missile at Will
Y for Yard Worker	Glints at Will
Z for Zoologist	Speak to Animals at Will

Miscast Table

1 – The caster’s name is mud now – They are universally mistreated and perpetually unclean – the only people kind to Mud are maybe the other downtrodden and fellow party members.

2 – The caster’s name is slave now – They must render aid if asked, and cannot refuse a command.

3 – The caster’s name is bimbo now – They are simultaneously coveted and despised, and will find that people assume the worst and mistreat them. They will also be obsessed with their appearance.

4 – The caster’s name is freak now – They will constantly be noticed and stared at – people will scream and stop and freeze and stare – and people will constantly bother them, great crowds may form.

5 – The caster’s name is geezer now – They are always last in initiative, and people will assume them to be old and useless.

6 – The caster’s name is klutz now – They have a constant 50% chance to drop what they are holding, each time they pick up or pull out an object the referee checks this – if they fail they drop it.

7 – The caster’s name is poof now – People will assume them to be artistic and sensitive and ostentatious and dramatic and annoying. They are also in severe danger of being lynched.

8 – The caster’s name is rat now – Nobody will confide or trust them with information, even the most unimportant. If something goes wrong, people will often assume that they had something to do with it.

9 – The caster’s name is weirdo now – They must maintain and roleplay at least 4 out of the 11 commonly held characteristics of an eccentric, and people will always remember them.

10 – The caster’s name is wimp now – They lose 3 Strength and 3 Constitution.

11 – The caster’s name is lardass now – They are considered Heavily Encumbered or worse at all times.

12 – The caster’s name is nobody now – They cease to exist.