Some Notes on Cantrip Spells
A Treatise by William Oethaaren, Archwizard of Cantrip Spells
And Johan Tandrake, Archwizard of Rifts and Reason
Royal Academy of Arcane Arts and Sciences
Lake Hollym, Kingdom of Evendarr
There have been many academics at The Royal Academy that have been researching Cantrip Spell Magic. After many years of research, and reading through reports sent by adventurers, the Academy has concluded a number of interesting facts. Cantrip Spell Magic existed in the past, and has only been recently rediscovered..
The first rediscovery of Cantrip spells was in 598 in the lands of Avendale but they have now spread from there across many lands. The various Cantrip Spells have all been named similar to the battle magic spells in existence after the minor celestial changes that occur each year.
Many of the spells were found by Adventurers or were recovered from formidable adversaries who were using the Cantrip Spells. As mentioned, these magic's existed in ancient times, though some may have been in limited use as few as five hundred years ago.
Since the recent rediscovery of Cantrip Spells and the invention of new Cantrip
Spells, several Cantrip spells have ceased working. Since all magical effects
are whim to the vast magical shifts that happen beyond our control, these cease
of function may have been the result of a celestial shift in magical alignment.
Some scholars, however, theorize that these Cantrip Spells utilized magical
energies present on Tyrra that were simply “used up”. No concrete
evidence exists at this time as to whether or not the currently functioning
Cantrip Spells are consuming limited magical resources present on Tyrra. Were
this true, it would explain why there are regions of Avalon in which no Cantrip
Spells function – there would be none of these energies present in those
lands. Were this hypothesis true, it would also mean that our use of Cantrip
Spells will end when these resources are depleted. Perhaps this waning of
resources is why Cantrip Spells had ceased to be used in the past. Sadly, the
decline and eventual cease of use of ancient Cantrip Spells is not well documented
by those that lived at that time.
The following appendix is a list of the creators of Cantrip Spells that the Royal Academy currently knows about. There are many Cantrip Spells on this list that have ceased to work since their rediscovery and with the continuing influx of Magical reports to the Academy there are sure to be more added.
Angat - Creator of Tyrra's Claw, Tyrra's Offense, and Tyrra's Guarding
Angelica - Creator of Deadly Blade, also creator of the Life and Death Spells
Anvicia - Creator of Fortify Defense, Weaken Defense, and Magic Key,
Benevolence - Creator of Field Resurrection/Field Abjuration
Bin'Aven - Creator of Replenish/Corrupt and Increase Harvest/Blight
Broadhollow - Creator of Sleepless Eve
Buranto - Creator of Wizard's Sense
Erol - Creator of Channeling and Magic Deliverance
Gintain - Creator of Devastating Charge
Hanson - Creator of Wall of Elements, also creator of the Lightning Bolt and
Lightning Storm Spells
Holace - Creator of Level Ground
Indessa - Creator of Armored to Magic, Lore, and Reduction
Johovan - Creator of Bounty/Waste and Healer's Grace
Karvecki Calypso Ramirez- Creator of Carrier Immunity,Contingency, Element's
Fury, and Protected State
Kitaro - Creator of Incision
Kodos - Creator of Fury's Strength
Lucin - Creator of Purify Well/Poison Well
Madaline - Creator of Mark, Spirit Mark, Unmark, and Spirit Unmark
Norseca - Creator of Flexible Circle
Olvenca - Creator of Forced March/Exhausted Troops
PanTarsa - Creator of Eldritch Shield
Parone - Creator of Spell Wall
Pasadelin - Creator of Copy Formal Cantrip
Runewind - Creator of Boltstorm
Sydello - Creator of Riders On The Wind/Foundering Mounts
Tamir - Creator of Enchant Cantrip Tome, Exchange Cantrip, and Rendering
Tuscon - Creator of Element's Way, Strengthen
Stormfront, Weaken Stormfront, and Ethereal Sword
Var - Creator of Eldritch Bless
Yolathurn - Creator of Retributive Strike, Bane of the Dead/Boon of the Dead,
and Imbue