[UA] New artefact and ritual

[Nick Wedig]

>But those in the know find another way to use the magick of the Clandestine
>Gun for their purposes. They hex their enemies by writing a description of
>the Clandestine Gun on a piece of paper and hide it among the personal
>effects of their enemies. Often something untoward happens to the person who
>has such a note: they are run down by a train, catch fire or meet some other
>violent and very messy end. 

So, what you're saying is that you've doomed us all by sending us this email?

>The only recording
>device not affected is memory. Anyone may remember a person on whom the
>ritual was cast, talk about him, know his name and phone number, and even
>give them to others, but if the information is written down it will soon be
>affected by the magick.

This reminds me of various ancient myths (more or less the same myth occurrs in various cultures: Egyptian, Greek Japanese, others I think) about the creator of writing being blamed, because people would use writing and lose the faculty of memory.  Considering that ancient bards could memorize the whole of the Iliad and the Oddysey and several similar length poems, I sometimes wonder if it isn't true.  Anyway, I'd suggest thrwoing in, as a downside, that people who are aware the object of the spell remember it with supernatural, perhaps obsessive ccuracy and strength.  So the cop can't keep any records about the gun, but he won't forget about it and will begin to fixate upon finding it and the wielder thereof.  So the user of the spell isn't totally free and clear, and is perhaps not muh better off than before, depending.

Mr. teapot
confusing fiction and reality, again

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