Blown Blooms

Blown Blooms by Lauren Bousfield!

 

 The VaM-style spell today is Blown Blooms - the title coming from this song by Lauren Bousfield!

Here is Lauren's wonderful bandcamp!

Lauren - I think it might never reach you, but thanks
I can distinctly recall listening to this music - all your music really - and kinda thinking "how and why does this feel correct - why does this music speak to me?"

There is something wild in the titles - there is something extremely special with the way you use modular synths - there is an element of complete chaos stamped down after spiraling out of control - like skateboarding.

There is an element of feeding into itself - an electronic looping backslide into a uncontrolled elevator - it sounds like crocodiles doing mathematics, savage and calculating and alien - yet so primal and insistent.

Contrasting this raw energy is always the ethereal - like threadbare clothes found in a river, like pepto bismol spilled in a hotel lobby, like sheer fabric holding pears.

It is delicate and there is so much attention to the little things - as statements slide in and out of focus.

I will reiterate - I Love Your Music
It speaks to me, and it spoke to me before I even knew what it was saying
You are one of the most important musical things in my life - so thanks Lauren, if you're reading.

Here are some other tracks of Lauren's that would make fantastic spells - and you can expect to see at least 3 more spells based on Lauren's music from me in the future -

If We Save Just One Child It Will All Be Worth It, Adraft, Ascending Hands, Clean Strategic Narratives With Relatable Messaging Murder Them Violently Make Their Children Watch, August Reaching, Administrative Violence, Birds Falling Out Of The Sky, Futurelessness, Crawling Into A Fireplace Cackling, A Joke Poorly Told, Palimpsest, Fire Sale, Riverrun Humble Allegory, Avalon Sliding Down the Cliff, Archangel Glycon, Cracknight, Pulling Down Palm Trees, Valed, Lipstick Smeared Over the Amaretto, Cascading Retail Spaces, Audkyrie, Somerset Blather on and On, Automatic Warlock RFID Stratford Upon Avon, Heavening, Our Trauma, No Clocks No Mirrors (For Joey), Constantly Watching The Way The World Treats Us I Love You Pull my Hair, No On3, Crisis Actress, November Floating First Being Able To Use My Fingers, Little Half Dead Fire Exits Hi, Piles of Black Dresses and Theory and Bodies and Light and Distance Between People and Whatever Nevermind, Cirlgocks, (The Ropes Our Nights Were Laid Across, Pulled Taut), Seraphim Sliding Backwards, Pulling Down Never, That Was Everything I Owned, Locked Into Phantasy, A Tiny Streak Of Daylight, Blown Blooms, Swarming Idiot Effigy, Vengeance In Cloudland, Probably End Up Dead In A Ditch Somewhere, In Keyed Fantasy, Stretched Linen Over Contorted Bodies, Action Winter Journey, Death Parade, Everything Must Go, Charging Swarm Of Mouseketeers, Civilizing People, In Aisles, Dog Cooking Eggs, Talons and Stucco, Family Lying Face Down In Living Room, (Pagentry, Arrows), Clthonic Husk, Pact With God, Religious Ecstacy Via, Shamu Wraith, Women Are Not Things, A Lie Temporarily Becomes The Truth, Money Puts Horrible Boundaries On Human Possibilities, Happy Screaming Night Businessman, Man With Whip Standing Vomiting, and Reptile Crawling From The Forest.

          represents songs that are very likely to be future spells!

ok - Here are some definitions of Blown and Blooms!

denoting a type of glassware made by forcing air through molten glass.

(of a fuse or electric circuit) burned out as a result of overloading.

(of a vehicle's tire) having burst suddenly.

out of breath; panting.

(of a vehicle or its engine) fitted with a turbocharger.

(of wind) move creating an air current.

(of wind) cause to move; propel.

be carried, driven, or moved by the wind or an air current.

leave a place.

expel air through pursed lips.

use one's breath to propel (something).

breathe hard; pant.

force air through the mouth into (an instrument or device) in order to make a sound.

(of an instrument or device) make a sound when air is forced into it.

sound (the horn of a vehicle).

play jazz or rock music in an unrestrained style.

force air through a tube into (molten glass) in order to create an artifact.

remove the contents of (an egg) by forcing air through it.

(of a whale) eject air and vapor through the blowhole.

(of an explosion or explosive device) displace violently or send flying.

(of a vehicle tire) burst suddenly while the vehicle is in motion.

burst or cause to burst due to pressure or overheating.

(with reference to an electric circuit) burn out or be caused to burn out through overloading.

spend recklessly.

completely lose or miss (an opportunity).

expose (a stratagem).

used in various expressions to express surprise or as a mild oath.

perform fellatio on (a man).

be extremely bad or unwelcome.

(of flies) lay eggs in or on (something).

a flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty.

the state or period of flowering.

the state or period of greatest beauty, freshness, or vigor.

a youthful or healthy glow in a person's complexion.

a delicate powdery surface deposit on certain fresh fruits, leaves, or stems.

a grayish-white appearance on chocolate caused by cocoa butter rising to the surface.

a rapid growth of microscopic algae or cyanobacteria in water, often resulting in a colored scum on the surface.

a full bright sound, especially in a musical recording.

produce flowers; be in flower.

come into or be in full beauty or health; flourish.

(of fire, color, or light) become radiant and glowing.


Ok, no lyrics!




Here is the spell's effect!

B L O W N B L O O M S

Duration: Until Expended

Range: Blooms grow in n a 5 foot radius around caster’s feet - Blown petal range is how far the petals travel +3 feet extra per caster level

This spell transforms the surfaces of anything inside the range – as wondrous flowers bloom from the various surfaces.
Roll 1D12 to see what kind of flowers claim purchase.
There will be caster level + 3 flowers that grow.

------------- If the blooms are held in the hand and blown--------------

1 – Rose – living things in the direction of the blowing get thorns shot at them, treat this as a ranged attack, and if the thorns collide with someone, they are enamored with the blower.

2 – Sunflower - beams of sunlight fall and dance upon the petals, anything the petals touch is bathed in sunlight and is set aflame, if inflammable.

3 – Hydrangea – drops of rain splash and pelt the petals, anything the petals touch is doused in water.

4 – Lavender – any living thing save the caster which is touched by these petals falls into a deep and dreamless sleep – which will cease when roused by daylight.

5 – Peony – anything save the caster touched by those petals will become cursed by fey, who will attempt to take whatever was touched to their great and vast palaces.

6 – Daisy – the petals of this flower kill anything living they touch that is younger than the caster.

7 – Orchid – creeping vines surround and entrap as if by the spell Web, this happens to anything the petal touches that is smaller than the caster.

8 – Tulip – the petals of this bloom are as thrown daggers, and any damage dealt is bleeding damage that is dealt one turn at a time, one point at a time.

9 – Lily – any petals ingested immediately force the ingester to reincarnate on the spot.

10 – Chrysanthemum- anybody save the caster who is touched by the petals is put into a depressive grieving – rendering them effectively helpless unless they make a save vs paralysis – which they get when first affected, and before attempting to do any action.

11 – Dahlia – anywhere these petals touch sprouts more Blown Blooms- one bloom per petal, each a different type.

12 – Daffodil – anything living touched by the petals must make a save vs poison – if they fail – they are sent forward in time, to where they are, at the next dawn.

Feel free to add your own flowers and invent new effects!

Miscast Table

1 – The blooms are roses – and the caster falls in love with whoever first touches the petals.

2 – The blooms are sunflowers – and caster is lit up with a spotlight of sunlight for an hour.

3 – The blooms are hydrangea – and the caster gets rained on for the next hour.

4 – The blooms are lavender – and the caster falls into a deep and dreamless sleep – which will cease when roused by daylight

5 – The blooms are peonies – and the caster is now cursed by the fey, who want to capture the caster and take them to fey palaces deep underground.

6 – The blooms are daisies – and the caster ages D100 years.

7 – The blooms are orchids – and the caster is enveloped in the vines as the blooms bloom. This is treated as Web.

8 – The blooms are tulips – any damage done to the caster will cause additional bleeding: 1D4 damage dealt at 1 damage a turn – this effect lasts until all the tulips are blown.

9 – The blooms are lilies – and the caster is reincarnated as the blooms bloom – swirling yellows and greens, like light made into thread intertwines around their form and they get reincarnated on the spot.

10 – The blooms are chrysanthemums – the caster is put into a depressive grieving – rendering them effectively helpless unless they make a save vs paralysis – which they get when first affected, and before attempting to do any action.

11 – The blooms are dahlias – and each bloom that blooms from these flowers causes their respective miscast.

12 – The blooms are daffodils – the caster must make a save vs poison – if they fail – they are sent forward in time, to where they are, at the next dawn.