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They Might Be

i have stared at every word for centuries.

they have no meaning anymore, but the individual letters still contain power.

there are few beasts i have yet to conquer.

use the letters in the monsters name (once per appearance please, we're not a necroanagramancer)

all this wizard wants to do is rest, but there are three monsters left that need to be dealt with.

make a spell from the letters of their name, explain how it works, and we can get through this. (ex: I cast GABBER on the BUGBEAR and he dances franticly 'til dawn while i make my escape)

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the first monster you face is the BEHOLDER



what spell do you cast?

They Might Be fucked around with this message at 16:32 on May 5, 2017

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little munchkin posted:

i cast BEHOLDER to summon my own beholder, op

mods pls ban

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Plebian Parasite posted:

good idea! now that you're fighting two beholders you have twice as many letters to use

oh god my thread is ruined.

it needs more rules...

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Plebian Parasite posted:

an ANAGRAMANCER? no no no, i'm an ARCANE RAG MAN

it took a while to absorb ANGER MAN, he holds most of the other personalities in check

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it's a good thing spells are super slow.

I'll shop up the best spell tomorrow mornin and give ol ANAGRAMANCER his dark middle chapter of opponents (2 of 3)

They Might Be fucked around with this message at 05:30 on May 6, 2017

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titties posted:

I'm casting anyway :colbert:

I cast REBEL HO, a toothless 23-year-old girl in a Confederate flag bikini appears and gives him chlamydia

if the ANAGRAMANCER had a boss his name would have a b, an o, and at least one s in it

i like your MAN RAGE

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Thinking quickly, the ANAGRAMANCER casts HOLD BEER on the beast.

It smiles.

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Eager to press his advantage, and not thinking very clearly, he shouts HEOELRDB!

Its has no effect. The Beholder grimaces.

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Sensing victory is close at hand, you come up with a dank combo on the fly. OLDE HERB! HERB LODE!

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Let's see what this beast is thinking-- LE HED ROB.

A wave of paranoia washes over you, you're pretty sure you might be dieing. That herb looked pretty olde, maybe it was too olde? Your tongue feels pretty big in your mouth.

Snapping back to your normal mindset, you know just the thing to end this conflict. BOLDER EH.



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You savor the beautiful scenery of Jasper National Park in the stoic company of your Canadian friend for a few moments, when you are suddenly overcome by a horrid smell and terrible shrieking. It's your next foe, the COCKATRICE

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google THIS posted:

I cast PO twice, so the cops can round up OP and bring them back to this thread.

It works!


City of Glompton posted:

I cast RICE AT COCK it's not a spell just hoping this bag of delicious rice distracts him while I run away

The cockatrice is bemused by the shiny blue color, but can't seem to comprehend that there is food inside the bag.



The beasts eyes begin to darken, and dangerous beams turn the fragrant basmati rice into solid stone!

They Might Be fucked around with this message at 17:15 on May 12, 2017

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The ANAGRAMANCER takes a deep sniff. He can no longer smell the 2-Acetyl-1-pyrroline that gives the basmati its unique fragrance, but he can smell one thing: a combo.

alnilam posted:

I cast RICE COAT and encumber the beast with a coating of sticky sticky rice



The Cockatrice is too weighed down by his own stone-y creation to move. You can tell it knows it's darned to heck. Its eyes begin to glow grey again.

They Might Be fucked around with this message at 17:58 on May 12, 2017

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lmbo calrissian posted:

I cast COCK ICE ART. I pull my phone out and dazzle the beast with beautiful photoshops of hard dicks decked out with diamond chains, rings. THe pics were already bookmarked

The ANAGRAMANCER starts to take out his phone, but realizes at the last moment that this one's probably a bad idea.

DavidAlltheTime posted:

I cast CAT COCKIER and a frenzy of fierce felines flocks to the fray.

A large pile of cats thumps down on the ground.



Unfortunately, they're all so full of themselves that they can't work together to break out of their cuddle pile in time before the stone vision takes them.



This is going to take a single cocky cat, one that's so smug and self assured in his correctness that he'll be able to strike the decisive blow.

google THIS posted:

We'd better neutralize that stone gaze so I summon RICK, ECO CAT, to scratch out its eyes while lecturing it about renewable energy.



Soaring in on the breeze, Rick knows he's only got one shot to stop this bird disturbing the work of geologists and earth scientists for years to come. With one quick swipe, he decapitates the burdened beast!



The ANAGRAMANCER senses his final foe is at hand, and settles in a moment, waiting for it to appear.

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After building a fire and roasting some questionable Cockatrice meat, the ANAGRAMANCER just begins to nod off when all of the sudden, the final beast lands at the camp.

It's the GYNOSPHINX!

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They Might Be posted:

it's a good thing spells are super slow.

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I've ran off crudely drawn black and white beholders. I've lopped the head off a medieval cockatrice illustration, and left it bleeding into the dirt. I was not prepared for a foe this well painted, but after meditating, I have my spells memorized and ready.

It's time to take care of the GYNOSPHINX.

google THIS posted:

I cast SYPHONING X, cursing her with a lazy former spouse who starts collecting alimony from her.

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The impoverishing rays of the phantom x weaken the beast slightly, but I can sense they are also drawing her ire. As an ANAGRAMANCER my illusions are only as strong as my words, so I make the aggressor a bit more charming with some hot soup and tunes.


Moose_Knuck posted:

I cast PHO N SING, charming the monster with sultry karaoke and Vietnamese noodles.


Scroon posted:

ANAGRAMANCER? More like A NARC MANAGER, at best


Thinking quickly I add a final X, to confirm it as the source of nourishment and entertainment. Thankfully, I'm A great NARC MANAGER.



The monsters heart and belly are warmed.

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It's time to turn the belly warmth up to 11.

Scroon posted:

My tongue chants the forbidden runes X 'N Y GIN SHOP to summon forth a Co-ed Liquor Store. We'll get this Sphinxy lady sloshed and who knows where the night will take us



Everyone selects their personal favorite gin from the merchant, and without anything to mix the spirits with things are starting to get pretty loose pretty quick.

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Sensing the need for more entertainment, I quickly have a planeswalking friend drive over to do some sultry lipsyncing.

lmbo calrissian posted:

I cast HOPING SYNX, serenading her on stage with a michael buble hit and hoping i dont gently caress up the lip synch, revealing i'm only in this for the sex (buble fans will know this is a little jab at his career history)



However, there's an element missing. Even though the GYNOSPHINX's senses are dulled by the gin, she can still tell there's not quite enough soul here. Art takes pain, and I have a feeling one of the cat ghosts from the rockpile might be able to add some soul to this performance.

Sham bam bamina! posted:

I outdo your steamy little charade with some PHOXY SING'N'.

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The festivities rage into the night. At some point, everything becomes a blur, and your next memory is how uncomfortable the stone feels on your back and how hot the sun is starting to make things. You open your eyes to see your campsite trashed, and not a soul in sight.

hockey jockey posted:

Not even going to try to equal this.


I cast G, Y NO SPHINX? and she vanishes in a puff of txtspk.





And with that, the ANAGRAMANCER's quest is complete, and he can finally rest.

Thank's everyone who participated, this thread was so much fun. Sorry if your anagrams didn't get included, they were all great!

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