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| style="width: 30%"| '''Baddeley Scale''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Baddeley Scale''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| | | style="width: 70%"| Something to do with the long-term memory of preternaturally long-lived entities. | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Bio-Aetheral Scanner''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Bio-Aetheral Scanner''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| A large medical equipment used to take detailed scans of souls. | | style="width: 70%"| A large piece of medical equipment used to take detailed scans of souls. Determining whether possession is real, a psychological condition or just plain fakery is useful. Based on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirlian_photography Kirlian]] techniques. | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Bracelets of True Friendship''' | |||
| style="width: 70%"| A minor artifact (in order of complexity). Each wearer of a pair of those bracelets will understand one another perfectly. | |||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Carvalo's Bracelet of Many Things''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Carvalo's Bracelet of Many Things''' | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Daemonicus Yarva''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Daemonicus Yarva''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| A book used in an article on Dr. Czernin | | style="width: 70%"| A book used in an article on Dr. Czernin | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Earwig of Silas the Sly''' | |||
| style="width: 70%"| A small artifact that goes in your ear, it will let you eavesdrop from a vast distance but has a limited duration | |||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Esotericus Yabbanis''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Esotericus Yabbanis''' | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Fantosi's Lecture''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Fantosi's Lecture''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| | | style="width: 70%"| A 13th-century text about how previously unknown knowledge can resurface during some religious experience. | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Freeling's theorem''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Freeling's theorem''' | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Ignis Arcanum''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Ignis Arcanum''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| | | style="width: 70%"| The arcane artifact on loan from M.A.G.I. to the Pandora Project on which Dr. Williamson was working at the time of the attack resulted in her merging with Enora the Succubus. Probably where Enora had been imprisoned. The item was lost after the attack and has yet to resurface. | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Kanigher's research on sundered spirits''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Kanigher's research on sundered spirits''' | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Lansing's database of demon classification''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Lansing's database of demon classification''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| All we know is that Class 4 (proto-demon) and Class 9 exists. | | style="width: 70%"| All we know is that Class 4 (proto-demon) and Class 9 exists. | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Lariat of Diana''' | |||
| style="width: 70%"| A rope or lasso that will compel someone to tell you the truth - as a bonus, it ensures you understand each other. | |||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Local Tale of Mahir El-Sabah, 1572''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Local Tale of Mahir El-Sabah, 1572''' | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Maclean's hypothesis''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Maclean's hypothesis''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| "''Ghosts are energy-based "mirror images" of people that previously existed, replaying the same pattern of actions over and over. Only when a human presence | | style="width: 70%"| "''Ghosts are energy-based "mirror images" of people that previously existed, replaying the same pattern of actions over and over. Only when a human presence intersects those patterns does the ghost see a disruption and focus on it.''" | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Mimic rock''' | |||
| style="width: 70%"| A minor artifact, resembling a plain, fist-sized rock. It can be used to duplicate another artifact for a limited time - Dr. Williamson successfully used it to clone her cell phone. | |||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Morgenstein's papers on ectoplasmic entities''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Morgenstein's papers on ectoplasmic entities''' | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Morlay's paradox''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Morlay's paradox''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| One of a seemingly | | style="width: 70%"| One of a seemingly infinite number of paradoxes dealing with time travel... | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Pendant of Ge'nii''' | |||
| style="width: 70%"| A very rare and powerful artifact. It enables its wearer to understand and be understood by anybody. The wearer will hear you in her native tongue, and you will hear her in yours. Currently on loan to [[Mo'nique]] of Posidonus. | |||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Polymorphic re-agents and aetheric level meters''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Polymorphic re-agents and aetheric level meters''' | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Renfeld's Attunement''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Renfeld's Attunement''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| | | style="width: 70%"| Hitherto unknown inherited magical abilities often stay dormant until a specific trigger event. | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Rotger's Celestial Entreaties''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Rotger's Celestial Entreaties''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| | | style="width: 70%"| Scholarly text about, amongst other subjects, celestial politics. | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Transformative possession''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Transformative possession''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| | | style="width: 70%"| A type of possession where the body of the possessed undergoes some transformation. A known case occurred in Hamburg in 1957. | ||
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| style="width: 30%"| '''Yarva Demonicus Enora''' | | style="width: 30%"| '''Yarva Demonicus Enora''' | ||
| style="width: 70%"| A chant used by Elaine to resist Enora... | | style="width: 70%"| A chant used by Elaine to resist Enora... | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:10, 12 November 2024
Doc Williamson's Lexicon:
Adaptive knowledge | Previously unknown information is revealed by a bound entity on a "need to know" basis. |
Aetheric pulse wave | Most magical items and beings emit this type of measurable energy. |
Baddeley Scale | Something to do with the long-term memory of preternaturally long-lived entities. |
Bio-Aetheral Scanner | A large piece of medical equipment used to take detailed scans of souls. Determining whether possession is real, a psychological condition or just plain fakery is useful. Based on [Kirlian] techniques. |
Bracelets of True Friendship | A minor artifact (in order of complexity). Each wearer of a pair of those bracelets will understand one another perfectly. |
Carvalo's Bracelet of Many Things | An artifact using a minor translocation spell to store items (usually clothing). Elaine acquired one as part of her training. |
Daemonicus Yarva | A book used in an article on Dr. Czernin |
Earwig of Silas the Sly | A small artifact that goes in your ear, it will let you eavesdrop from a vast distance but has a limited duration |
Esotericus Yabbanis | Another book |
Exo-Metamorphs | Pseudo-scientific jargon for 'Kheldians' |
Fantosi's Lecture | A 13th-century text about how previously unknown knowledge can resurface during some religious experience. |
Freeling's theorem | (More or less) "Getting rid of the object of a ghost's fixation might be a way to break it out of its current state." |
Herschel's drawings | Warding images |
Ignis Arcanum | The arcane artifact on loan from M.A.G.I. to the Pandora Project on which Dr. Williamson was working at the time of the attack resulted in her merging with Enora the Succubus. Probably where Enora had been imprisoned. The item was lost after the attack and has yet to resurface. |
Kanigher's research on sundered spirits | A study related to the article on Dr. Czernin |
Kreskin charts | ((no idea...)) |
Landaumer's Probability Index | ((no idea...)) |
Lansing's database of demon classification | All we know is that Class 4 (proto-demon) and Class 9 exists. |
Lariat of Diana | A rope or lasso that will compel someone to tell you the truth - as a bonus, it ensures you understand each other. |
Local Tale of Mahir El-Sabah, 1572 | The first recorded exchange between demons and humans |
Locario's Third (or Fourth, at least) paradigm | "Some meta-abilities or manifestations occur after the initial event." |
Maclean's hypothesis | "Ghosts are energy-based "mirror images" of people that previously existed, replaying the same pattern of actions over and over. Only when a human presence intersects those patterns does the ghost see a disruption and focus on it." |
Mimic rock | A minor artifact, resembling a plain, fist-sized rock. It can be used to duplicate another artifact for a limited time - Dr. Williamson successfully used it to clone her cell phone. |
Morgenstein's papers on ectoplasmic entities | A study related to the article on Dr. Czernin |
Morlay's paradox | One of a seemingly infinite number of paradoxes dealing with time travel... |
Pendant of Ge'nii | A very rare and powerful artifact. It enables its wearer to understand and be understood by anybody. The wearer will hear you in her native tongue, and you will hear her in yours. Currently on loan to Mo'nique of Posidonus. |
Polymorphic re-agents and aetheric level meters | Two suggested security measures for Fennec Enterprises HQ. |
Prague Gestaltz Incident of 1896 | A large creature made of rats was rumored to be seen in Prague in 1896. |
Renfeld's Attunement | Hitherto unknown inherited magical abilities often stay dormant until a specific trigger event. |
Rotger's Celestial Entreaties | Scholarly text about, amongst other subjects, celestial politics. |
Transformative possession | A type of possession where the body of the possessed undergoes some transformation. A known case occurred in Hamburg in 1957. |
Yarva Demonicus Enora | A chant used by Elaine to resist Enora... |