What are some creative ways through which people may try to protect themselves from magic or witchcraft? I'm looking for some of the lesser known methods, beyond talismans and religious medals.
If your setting has an established anti-magic substance, like cold iron or salt, maybe a character could get a tattoo with this substance in granules being stirred into the ink? That's the most inventive thing I can think of.
If your setting has an established anti-magic substance, like cold iron or salt, maybe a character could get a tattoo with this substance in granules being stirred into the ink? That's the most inventive thing I can think of.
A lot of tattoos already have iron based pigments. Don't know about the "cold" part.
And finely distributed salt already is abundant in the body. Just sweat a lot, let that dry and you can see white salt on your skin. Does that help against magic? (Well, the Answer of course is very world dependent.)
That would effectively limit the usability of heat spells for battle purposes. And should be well known by the mages of that world.true, but it would be a bit of a cop out - particularly agains heat based spells...
@James Chandler: I've just Googled its premise and that's more or less what I was talking about, yes. Although in that world, it's the symbols of the wards themselves that hold power; what I was suggesting was more to do with the ink involved in the tattooing. In any case, I'm putting those books on my reading list, cheers.