TALISMANS (Charms) are built from mystically resonant materials and usually take the form of jewelry: clasps, necklaces, pendants etc. The finer the materials, the more magickal stress the Charm can handle. Crystals and fine gemstones are particularly powerful conductants. Some stones are specifically used in creating Charms for certain Arts and certain Spellings.
BASE REAGENTS
Reagent | Source, Preparation | Type | Art |
Garlic | (Common herb), steamed 500:1 | Golden oil | Abjurata |
Ginseng | Kun Ming, Mikram; boiled 200:1 | Dark syrup | Encantare |
Blood Moss | (under bark of dead old trees); drops of caster’s blood | Red paste | Divinata |
Black Pearl | Southern Isles; perfect spheres crushed | Black powder | Conjurata |
Spider Silk | Albino Weavers (upper Fransylvania); preserved in Lead Sugar | Crystal spool | Ludare |
Sulfurous Ash | (volcanoes); “twice-burned” | Yellow powder | Evocare |
Nightcap | Texaco, (foul swamps); spores mashed | Purple paste | Antitheare |
Mandrake | Pict Marsh; fresh, gossamer heart only, boiled, waxed jar | Fibrous puff | Transmutata |