Need help with reverse spell name

[Halaster Blackcloak]

There's a new spell (very cruel!) called eternal peace. I need a name for the reverse of this spell. What works? Finite discord? Transient Strife?

[Mira]

Well, we kind of need to know what Eternal Peace does. What does it mean? Are you put to sleep forever? Are you put into some emotional state where you wander around happy? There's already a spell for preventing raise dead from functioning, so I presume it's not one that makes one dead.

Mira (If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip)

[McDeath]

I'm betting a lot of people wish they had eternal peace. I can't be sure I'd want that as strife is life and peace can be boring. Opposite... hmmmmm..

[Halaster Blackcloak]

You wouldn't want this sort of eternal peace McDeath, trust me!

Mira, the eternal peace spell is a cruel misnomer. Essentially what it does is petrifies a person (ala flesh to stone) but allows them to remain aware of everything going on around them. They never sleep, they just remain frozen in stone. Eventually (after a few days or a week, I forget the time period I used) it drives the victim mad (imagine being 100% immobile and unresponsive but unable to sleep or communicate or do anything other than think), so even if you are returned to flesh, you're insane.

So the spell has, as I said, a cruelly misleading name. But what would the opposite be? That's the hard part.

[slade88green]

I assume the reverse changes you back and restores your sanity, the reverse could be something like Blissful restoration.

[Mira]

Return to Reality maybe? Could be used as a general cancel-a-harmful-spell and Restoration in one.

Mira (99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name)

[McDeath]

OH so cruel is there was also a spell that turned them into controlled constructs. Not only are they going insane and trapped but they're forced to do the bidding of whomever made them. A whole new living statue of sorts (as compared to the D&D version back in the days).

Funny I typed in antonym and got these for synonyms of Antonym:


antithesis
antonym
blank
cancellation
contrary
converse
counterpart
disavowal
disclaimer
forget it
gainsaying
inverse
negatory
neutralization
no
nonexistence
nothingness
nullification
nullity
opposite
opposition
proscription
refusal
rejection
renunciation
repudiation
reverse
vacuity
veto
void






opposite

noun. something completely unlike
another adverse
antilogy
antipode
antipole
antithesis
antonym
contra
contradiction
contrary
contrast
converse
counterpart
foil
inverse
obverse
opposition
other extreme
other side
other side of coin
paradox
reverse
vice versa

Then I typed in restore for just some words:

Synonyms for restore
verb fix, make new
bring back
build up
improve
modernize
rebuild
reconstruct
recover
reestablish
refurbish
rehabilitate
reinforce
reinstate
renew
renovate
repair
replace
rescue
revitalize
revive
strengthen
cure
heal
mend
reanimate
recall
recondition
reconstitute
redeem
refresh
reimpose
reintroduce
rejuvenate
retouch
revivify
update
make healthy
make restitution
reerect
set to rights
touch up
win back


Antonyms for restore
damage
decline
destroy
harm
hurt
injure
kill
ruin
weaken
break


More words related to restore
cleanse - verb. make undirty; wash

absolve
clarify
clean
clear
depurgate
disinfect
expurgate
launder
lustrate
purge
purify
refine
restore
rinse
sanitize
scour
scrub
sterilize

[Halaster Blackcloak]

The reverse of the spell acts as a stone to flesh of sorts, restoring the victim to normal. However, the mind is still snapped from the strain, so the victims would need a heal or restoration spell to regain sanity.

Some good ideas so far! Just gotta settle on which one!

[McDeath]

You know, even if the player is insane from a failed (what ever roll) System shock or something; you could always use the old 1st Ed DMG and compile a list of Insanities the player might end up with from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stoned Disorder). A fear of statues, Terror of touching rock, always must move, can't stand being in one place too long, fear of small places, etc etc..

Nympomania towards Medusae? Makes one hard... ok.. that's just too much there.

[Halaster Blackcloak]

ROTFLMAO!!!! Good one McDeath!

That's not a bad idea though. Hmmm. Lingering after effect madness. Fear of statues, rocks. I'm liking this! I may have to modify the spell!