Recent content by berkeleyjake

Hello, I'm trying to find a website where I can build a Celtic Cross 10-card Tarot reading. I want to build layouts so that I can create my own arrangements for story purposes, not use random cards or do a 'real' reading. Can anyone help me find a site?

I'm trying to brainstorm ideas for winter sports for a magical Olympics. Though it would have to be without mountains. Different parts involve snow, ice, or cold in general. So far I'm looking at: A magical relay race under a frozen lake with limited places to come up for air and tag the next...

Yeah, I agree. This wasn't a conversation I wanted to turn into a debate, I just wanted to hear that person's background on their reasoning. I may or may not agree with the same things that they do, but in either case it's always good to hear what people think of controversial issues.

Yeah, that was the first thing I came across as well, but it doesn't cause hallucinations, unless it is with habitual use. Otherwise it's just a burst of energy or euphoria.

I didn't see any problem with Dumbledore being gay. Same with the lycanthropy as a metaphor, was the reason you didn't like the metaphor because of the way it is transmitted in the story? Do you also have an issue with X-Men and mutants being a metaphor for racism? What's wrong with banking...

I'm curious, does that have to do with JKR's transphobic statements she's made over the last couple of years or something prior?

It's for an animagi potion. In canon, one needs to keep a mandrake leave in their mouth for a whole month as the first step in the process. Mandrake leaves would be toxic for a regular person to keep in their mouths and it is a popular fanon trope that magical mandrakes would cause...

Hello everyone. My name is Jacob, I am 37 years old. For the past ten years or so I've been reading a lot of fan fiction and I've always been into fantasy and sci-fi stories. I think the first fantasy series I read was Redwall and last year I just finished reading online Worm (Parahumans). Due...

It depends on how your system of magic works. I've always liked the idea that anything that can be made with magic can also be unmade with magic. So for creating gold, or any type of currency, there should be a way to test to see if it can be unmade. Natural elements from the earth that are...

I have characters in a story I'm writing who will be going on a type of vision quest on an island in the Philippines. I'm looking for some type of plant or fungus, but preferably a plant, that is native to the region. I've already done some research and I've found ones with minor effects, but...

Why not go with a self-punishment system? Like some kind of mechanical or magical implant that triggers pain or some other reaction based on the guilt, people feel for your actions. Obviously, sociopaths would be a huge problem, but those would be a minority of issues. People would generally...