[UA] Lavomancy

[Matthew Rowan Norwood]

> any further advice?

We should probably start by redefining the random magic domain an
working from there for the formula spells. The charge-gathering sounds
pretty good as-is, with just a little bit of jacking up of the tasks
required.

So... random magic domain. It's hard, because our suggestions so far are
pretty close to thoer schools: spreading gossip (too "Cliomancy" or
"Cryptomancy"), bringing out the worst in others (too "Irascimancy")...
maybe, more specifically, "making others display their own filthiness"?
You could curse other people to soil themselves, swear uncontrollably,
or get splashed with mud. This could even be expanded into a blast:
vomit uncontrollably, have pustulent sores break out on your face, etc.
Maybe the adept can also summon demons or Entropics into other people?
That would be pretty powerful.

Let's try for some non-curse spells, though. How about some way to
"reveal" someone's "filthiness": you can sense a person's most shameful
thoughts or past deeds, for example. Maybe the spell can clean things as
well as dirty them. Cure infections. Exorcise demons. Lift a "stain"
(including a bad reputation) from a person or object.... perhaps it
could be used to launder money or stolen items, rendering them "clean"
and untraceable?

We can also explore the symbolic connection with cleaning products, as
Plutomancy does with money. I'm drawing a blank for spells involving
soap or toothpaste, though, other than the generic "use a cleaned mirror
to scrye" or "write a message to someone using toothpaste" ideas.

I think there's a lot of potential here. I'm seeing the cleaning lady
adept, working her way invisibly thrugh the office building after hours,
gossiping with her co-workers and digging dirty secrets out of the
wastebaskets...

-Matt Norwood

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