What's on the Shelf: 1001 Essays, Treatises, and Books on Magic

[khadgar567]

Khadgar, can you clarify what you mean here? I suspect you mean this is a journal written by a wraith (diary is a journal, dairy is a milk product). Can you explain what you mean by "miss possession hijackings"? I'm not sure if there's a typo in there, or if it's a translation error, but I want to make certain I get what you intended.

fixing right now.

[Lord Torath]

For further clarification, is this diary full of stories of possessions that didn't go quite the way the possessor intended? If so, I think that would be a "mis-possession" or "mispossession". Sort of like a word that is translated badly is called a mistranslation. "Miss" can mean "didn't hit the target", but it can also mean a girl or woman who is unmarried, or the feeling of longing for something you once had. I just want to make sure I get the proper intent of your title.

[Vinyadan]

1317. Pummelers of Summoners. The Dloga Order's First Thirty Years, 1308-1338.

[Bohandas]

Khadgar, can you clarify what you mean here? I suspect you mean this is a journal written by a wraith (diary is a journal, dairy is a milk product). Can you explain what you mean by "miss possession hijackings"? I'm not sure if there's a typo in there, or if it's a translation error, but I want to make certain I get what you intended.

I agree. I cannot make sense of that at all.

[khadgar567]

I agree. I cannot make sense of that at all.

then feel free to fix my pun.

[Bohandas]

What pun? where?

[khadgar567]

What pun? where?

in 3.5 sub forum the new spheres of power class called wraith and this one meant to be his diary of misadventures due ending his possessions wrong place wrong time.

[Bohandas]

1318.) Vast Active Living Arranged Reason
1319.) Vast Active Living Awareness Rig
(both parodies of Vast Active Living Intelligence System by Phillip K. **** in which the acronym VALIS is one of the names of God. Although of course, my versions spell "Valar" instead)

[Lord Torath]

in 3.5 sub forum the new spheres of power class called wraith and this one meant to be his diary of misadventures due ending his possessions wrong place wrong time.

Okay, how about this: 1316: Possession and You: Diary of a Wraith's Misadventures in Possession

[FreddyNoNose]

1320: Ghosting Ghosts: Dating in the age of undead.

[khadgar567]

Okay, how about this: 1316: Possession and You: Diary of a Wraith's Misadventures in Possession

Works for me.

[FreddyNoNose]

Works for me.

What about possess this book?

[Bohandas]

What about possess this book?

that can be a seperate one

1321.) Possess This Book

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1322.) The Book of the Blind

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1323.) Handbook of the Dinosaurs of the World

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1324.) Spiritological Handbook
1325.) Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Dragons of Krynn

[Bohandas]

1326.) The Book of Anomalous Prayer

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1327.) The Power of Aggressive Thinking
1328.) I'm Abominable, You're Abominable
1329.) The Monk Who Sold Dope
1330.) A Dictionary of Celestial and Infernal Objects from A to Z

[FreddyNoNose]

1331) Fallen Knights: A Paladin's Guide to committing EVIL

[Vinyadan]

1332. Orientation in Vastness. The Navigation of the Individual Planes, by Seli Dut.

[Bohandas]

1333.) Leave the Mortal Coil Earlier
1334.) Death and How to Survive It
1335.) The Courage to Kill
1336.) What Color is Your Funeral Shroud?
1337.) The Mayo On Everything Diet
1338.) Eat People, Not Plants
1339.) Journeys With Tchen Bodu
1340.) War Secrets of the Rogue Leader
1341.) Life Begins At Death
1342.) The Art of Otherworldly Wisdom

[Bohandas]

Ok, so some ideas on what some of these titles I've proposed might mean, as well as an explanation of what he titles are parodies of

1090.) The Pimp Crib of God

I imagine this one as a Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous or MTV Cribs style look at the dwellings of various deities, especially ones that are chaotic or who watch over rogues, thieves, and/or bards.

The name is a parody of the book The Great House of God

1091.) The Rose Bowl Sutra

I imagine this one as being a book holy to Kord, the Greyhawk deith of strength and competition

The name id a portmanteau of The Blood Bowl Sutra, an obscure apocryphal Buddhist holy book, and The Rose Bowl Game, an annual new year's day college football game in Pasadina

1187.) Oppression By Liberation

I imagine this one as another Baatezu soul collector manual, explaining a technique by which people may be tricked into allying themselves with tyranny by fomenting frequent successful revolutions that don't actually change anything. The people tired of the old tyrant will ally themselves with the new tyrant, and the souls of those loyal to the old tyrant will be harvested

The title is a parody of Liberation by Oppression

[FreddyNoNose]

1343) The Cleric Librarian: A Real Page Turner

[khadgar567]

1344.)magnificence and you by big G. Book about how to play with deities as mortal.

[Red Bear]

Great job everyone, I love this thread

[Lvl 2 Expert]

1118.)magnificence and you by big G. Book about how to play with deities as mortal.

This becomes 1344, since there already was a 1118 and it's a different book.

1345) A month in my life 1345 years ago. Describes the most exciting month from a middle aged, rather boring wizard/scribe's life.

Spoiler: boring explanation stuff that should still be nonobvious

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(The years described really is 1345 years ago. The title updates as years pass.)

[khadgar567]

This becomes 1344, since there already was a 1118 and it's a different book.

okay i update it

[FreddyNoNose]

1346) Life is an Illusion - An Illusionists Life.
1347) Boggy Poems by Will O Wisp

[Bohandas]

1348.) Particle Metaphysics
1349.) Principles of High Energy Metaphysics

[Rockphed]

1348.) Particle Metaphysics
1349.) Principles of High Energy Metaphysics

1350.) The Thau and You: Rethinking the Standard Elements
1351.) Splitting the Thau
1352.) Torturous Modalities: The Art and Science
1354.) The Complete Works of Marcel Peabody: A collection of Sonnets, Plays, and Prose written in barely comprehensible Elvish. Possible the earliest example of Modern Elvish.
1355.) Robust Enchantment
1356.) A Magical Tale: The Story of Level 1 Spell Slots
1357.) Pelor's Justice: Seminary Student Guide: This book contains canned insights into Pelor's holy texts to help less than enthusiastic students become clerics.

[Bohandas]

1358.) Experiments in Practical Hamartiology

[Lord Torath]

Looks like Rockphed skipped a number, so our last entry is:

1357: Experiments in Practical Hamartiology

[Lvl 2 Expert]

1358) Dabble the Bard and the Flying Maidens. A single volume of a series of ones popular pulp novels.

[Bohandas]

1359.) The Gift of Hatred
1360.) In Search of the Mundane
1361.) How Are We To Die?
1362.) The Outer Reaches of the Inner Planes
1363.) Sunken Islands
1364.) The Savagery of Management
1365.) Six Obvious Teachings
1366.) On the Ways of Vendetta
1367.) History of the Greyhawk Wars
1368.) Concerning the Fortifications of a Wizard Tower
1369.) The Admiral's Orchard
1370.) A Gaze Into the Abyss