The Fantasy Library

Words to build your worlds.

Bless
You flick holy water from your fingers, and it scatters into sparkling light that drifts against the wind toward those you protect. The blessing you grant settles about their shoulders like golden cloaks before vanishing.
Vampire Spawn
What sympathies this person had with the living have long since departed. Skin too pallid, hair too limp, eyes too hungry, and teeth far too long—the body play-acts at living while the soul within revels in death.
Gnome’s Comradery
“It can be hard for someone of my stature to feel brave in the face of such monstrous things. But when I stand beside all of you, why, I—I feel four feet tall!”
Goat
For a domesticated animal, the look this goat gives you is inexplicably forbidding, perhaps because you’ve interrupted its meal. Its jaw’s motion slows as it locks eyes with you . . . is it lowering its head?
Road through Grassland
The simple, dirt road, worn by foot traffic, hooves, and wagon wheels, winds it way through the countryside. Fields of yellow and green grass, broken only by the occasional copse of trees, sprawl in all directions, disappearing over the vast horizon.
Charm Person
Casting this spell is always a risk, but sometimes the situation makes it necessary. You fix a smile on your face and look toward your target, thinking about an old friend.
Plateau
The plateau is a distinct and unmistakable sight, with soaring, sheer sides and a flat, sprawling top. It rises from the earth, evoking the image of a mountain with its top hewn cleanly.
Poisoned Commoner
The commoner’s face is gaunt, pale; their eyes, sunken. Veins are visible just beneath the skin, black and snaking. They cough, and stumble. “I don’t…” they slur. “I don’t feel so good.” They topple, shaking, bile foaming in their mouth.
Hand Crossbow
Small but effective, the crossbow’s pine grip fits easily into your palm—perhaps even up your sleeve. The trigger tightens with tension as you gingerly cock the abbreviated metal lath, ready to loose a bolt with a quiet that belies its punch.
Purify Food and Drink
You gesture broadly toward the objects before you, and a slight wind picks up. Any mold, impurities, or corruption vanishes with the wind, taken like ash on the breeze.