Chapter 20: Selecting Wand Components For Spells
The following table lists the wand components that especially strengthen or focus spells in the previous spell categories. This table can be very valuable for identifying appropriate components for a wand intended to excel at casting spells of one or more desired spell sets. However, care must be taken, especially with magical woods and certain mystical crystals because they come in multiple varieties and different ones may have different magical properties and be associated with different spell sets.
Attack - Magical beings: harpy, werewolf; Magical beasts: basilisk, dragon, hydra, kraken; Magical woods: blackthorn, ebony, elm, walnut, yew; Mystical crystals: bloodstone, hematite, obsidian; Mystical metals: iron
Attract Sexually - Magical beings: incubus and succubus; Magical woods: cherry, holly
Banish Evil - Magical woods: hawthorn; Mystical crystals: rock crystal
Be Afraid - Magical beings: banshee, werewolf; Magical beasts: basilisk, hydra, kraken; Magical woods: blackthorn; Mystical crystals: obsidian
Be Agile - Magical beasts: hydra, unicorn; Magical woods: willow; Mystical metals: mercury
Be Beautiful - Magical beings: fairy; Magical beasts: pegasus, phoenix, unicorn; Magical woods: mahogany, maple, willow; Mystical crystals: diamond, rose quartz
Be Bind - Magical beings: incubus and succubus; Magical beasts: basilisk, kraken
Be Brave - Magical beasts: gryphon, pegasus; Magical woods: holly, oak; Mystical crystals: garnet, ruby
Be Dark - Magical beings: banshee, incubus and succubus; Magical woods: alder, blackthorn, cherry, ebony, walnut, willow; Mystical crystals: black moonstone, black onyx, black opal, obsidian
Be Faster - Magical beasts: hydra; Mystical metals: mercury
Be Fertile - Magical woods: apple, birch, hazel, oak, willow; Mystical crystals: emerald, peridot
Be Free - Magical beings: mermaid and merman; Mystical crystals: topaz, peridot; Mystical metals: silver, steel
Be Gluttonous - Magical beings: harpy
Be Greedy - Magical beasts: dragon
Be Healed - Magical beasts: phoenix, unicorn; Magical woods: apple, ash, cherry, hawthorn, hazel, maple, oak, pear, poplar, rowan, sycamore, willow; Mystical crystals: amber, amethyst, bloodstone, blue sapphire, peridot, rock crystal, rose quartz, ruby, topaz, white moonstone
Be Hopeless - Magical beings: banshee
Be Intelligent - Magical beings: fairy; Magical beasts: pegasus; Magical woods: holly
Be Invulnerable - Magical beasts: dragon, hydra; Magical woods: ebony, willow; Mystical crystals: diamond
Be Lucky - Magical woods: ash, hazel, holly, oak, pear; Mystical crystals: amber, citrine, emerald, peridot
Be Prosperous - Magical woods: maple, oak, poplar, sycamore; Mystical crystals: amber, diamond, ruby, topaz: Mystical metals: bronze, copper, gold
Be Regal - Magical beings: fairy; Magical beasts: dragon, gryphon, hippogryph, pegasus, phoenix; Magical woods: oak; Mystical crystals: ruby
Be Sad - Magical beings: banshee; Magical woods: willow
Be Stronger - Magical beings: harpy, werewolf; Magical beasts: basilisk, dragon, gryphon, hippogryph, hydra, kraken, sea serpent; Magical woods: elm, holly, mahogany, oak, sycamore; Mystical crystals: diamond, topaz
Be Unlucky - Mystical crystals: amber
Breathe Underwater - Magical beings: mermaid and merman; Magical beasts: kraken, sea serpent
Burn - Magical woods: cherry, yew; Mystical crystals: garnet
Change Physical Properties - Magical woods: ebony, Mystical crystals: black onyx, black opal; Mystical metals: iron, mercury
Change Size - Magical beasts: basilisk, dragon, hydra, kraken, sea serpent; Magical woods: ash, elm, oak, sycamore
Change Visibility - Magical beings: banshee; Mystical crystals: black moonstone, black onyx, bloodstone, obsidian, peridot
Clean - Magical woods: alder, sycamore
Clean Mind - Magical woods: maple; Mystical crystals: blue sapphire
Communicate with Creatures - Magical beings: mermaid and merman; Magical beasts: dragon, gryphon, hippogryph; Magical woods: ash; Mystical crystals: blue sapphire, topaz
Control Caves - Magical beings: harpy; Magical beasts: basilisk, hydra; Mystical crystals: hematite, obsidian
Control Creatures - Magical beings: mermaid and merman; Magical beasts: dragon, gryphon, hippogryph, hydra, kraken, sea serpent; Magical woods: ash, ebony; Mystical crystals: black moonstone, topaz; Mystical metals: platinum
Control Earthquakes - Magical beasts: dragon
Control Electromagnetism - Mystical crystals: amber, hematite; Mystical metals: copper, gold
Control Fire - Magical beasts: dragon, phoenix; Magical woods: cedar, cherry, ebony, elder, elm, hawthorn, holly, maple, rowan, yew; Mystical crystals: black opal, citrine, rose quartz, ruby; Mystical metals: bronze, copper, gold
Control Flight - Magical beings: fairy, harpy; Magical beasts: dragon, gryphon, hippogryph, pegasus, phoenix; Magical woods: cedar, pear, poplar; Mystical crystals: diamond
Control Light - Magical woods: rowan; Mystical crystals: black opal; Mystical metals: bronze, copper
Control Lightning - Magical beasts: pegasus; Magical woods: elm, hawthorn, walnut; Mystical crystals: amber, rose quartz
Control Others - Magical woods: ebony; Mystical crystals: garnet
Control Plants - Magical woods: elm, hazel, mahogany, willow; Mystical crystals: black moonstone, black opal, emerald
Control Precipitation - Magical woods: alder, poplar; Mystical crystals: amethyst, topaz, white moonstone
Control Springs - Magical beasts: pegasus; Magical woods: hazel, willow
Control Stone - Magical woods: ebony, elder; Mystical crystals: amber
Control Temperature - Magical woods: rowan; Mystical crystals: amber, obsidian; Mystical metals: bronze, copper, gold
Control Volcano - Mystical crystals: garnet, obsidian
Control Water - Magical beasts: hydra, kraken; Magical woods: alder, ebony, elder, elm, hazel, maple, sycamore, walnut, willow; Mystical crystals: amber, black opal, blue sapphire, topaz
Control Weather - Magical woods: ebony, elder, oak, poplar, walnut; Mystical crystals: topaz, white moonstone; Mystical metals: platinum
Control Wind - Magical woods: cedar, oak, poplar, walnut
Create Flash - Mystical crystals: black opal, diamond
Create Forest - Magical beasts: hippogryph; Mystical crystals: amber, emerald
Create Geological Disaster - Magical woods: blackthorn; Mystical crystals: black moonstone, black onyx, obsidian; Mystical metals: iron
Control Hot Gases - Magical beasts: dragon; Mystical crystals: obsidian; Mystical metals: bronze
Create Plants - Mystical crystals: diamond, emerald
Create Rainbow - Mystical crystals: black opal, diamond
Create Smells - Magical beings: harpy; Magical woods: cedar
Destroy - Magical beasts: kraken; Magical woods: alder, blackthorn; Mystical metals: iron
Eliminate Negative Emotions - Magical beings: fairy; Magical woods: ash, hawthorn, maple, poplar, willow; Mystical crystals: amber, blue sapphire, citrine, peridot, rock crystal, rose quartz, topaz
Enchant - Magical beings: fairy; Magical woods: apple, ebony, elder, maple, oak, walnut, yew; Mystical crystals: diamond, rock crystal
Endure Longer - Magical beings: fairy; Magical beasts: dragon, phoenix; Magical woods: cedar, elm, hawthorn, holly, oak, pear, poplar, sycamore, willow, yew; Mystical crystals: amber, peridot
Enhance Communication - Mystical crystals: crystal opal; Mystical metals: silver
Enter Magical beings: banshee, incubus and succubus, werewolf; Magical beasts: basilisk; Magical woods: apple, blackthorn; Mystical crystals: bloodstone, hematite; Mystical metals: iron, steel
Fight Better - Magical beings: harpy; Magical beasts: dragon, gryphon, hydra, kraken; Mystical crystals: bloodstone, garnet, hematite, obsidian, ruby; Mystical metals: bronze, iron, steel
Have Extra Sensory Perception - Magical beasts: hippogryph; Magical woods: ash, elder, elm, pear, poplar, walnut; Mystical crystals: amber, rock crystal, topaz, white moonstone
Hear Better - Magical beasts: gryphon; Magical woods: pear, poplar; Mystical crystals: rock crystal; Mystical metals: silver
Improve Mind - Magical woods: hazel, maple, oak, rowan; Mystical crystals: amber, blue sapphire, citrine, emerald, rock crystal, white moonstone
Inspire - Magical beasts: pegasus; Magical woods: ash
Intuit - Mystical crystals: amethyst
Kill - Magical beings: werewolf; Magical beasts: hydra, kraken; Magical woods: blackthorn; Mystical crystals: bloodstone; Mystical metals: iron
Love - Magical beasts: gryphon, hippogryph, unicorn; Magical woods: apple, birch, cherry, elm, maple, pear, sycamore, willow; Mystical crystals: diamond, emerald, rose quartz, ruby, white moonstone; Mystical metals: gold
Make Plants Thrive - Magical beings: fairy; Magical beasts: pegasus; Magical woods: apple, ash, birch, elm, hazel, mahogany; Mystical crystals: citrine, emerald, peridot
Paralyze - Magical beings: incubus and succubus
Petrify - Magical beasts: basilisk
Poison - Magical beasts: basilisk, hydra; Magical woods: yew
Poison Air - Magical beings: harpy
Promote Negative Emotions - Magical woods: cherry, ebony, willow; Mystical crystals: black moonstone, hematite; Mystical metals: iron
Promote Positive Emotions - Magical beings: fairy; Magical woods: cedar, cherry, poplar, willow; Mystical crystals: amber, blue sapphire, citrine, peridot, rose quartz, ruby, topaz
Protect - Magical beasts: dragon, gryphon, phoenix, unicorn; Magical woods: alder, apple, ash, birch, cedar, ebony, elm, hawthorn, hazel, holly, mahogany, oak, poplar, rowan; Mystical crystals: amber, amethyst, blue sapphire, peridot, rock crystal, rose quartz, ruby, ruby, white moonstone, topaz; Mystical metals: iron, platinum, silver, steel
Repel Water - Mystical metals: mercury
Reveal - Magical woods: apple, cherry, ebony, hazel, yew; Mystical crystals: amber, peridot; Mystical metals: copper
See Better - Magical beasts: gryphon, hippogryph; Magical woods: poplar; Mystical crystals: diamond, rock crystal; Mystical metals: silver
Sleep - Magical beings: incubus and succubus; Magical woods: elm, willow; Mystical crystals: black moonstone, black onyx, rose quartz, white moonstone; Mystical metals: platinum
Summon Evil - Magical beings: banshee, werewolf; Magical woods: blackthorn, walnut, yew; Mystical crystals: black onyx; Mystical metals: iron
Summon - Help Magical woods: cedar
Swim Better - Magical beings: mermaid and merman; Magical beasts: hydra, hydra
Torture - Magical beings: harpy; Magical woods: blackthorn
Transfigure - Magical beings: fairy, mermaid and merman, werewolf; Magical woods: ebony, elm, poplar; Mystical crystals: black moonstone; Mystical metals: mercury, steel
Transport - Magical beasts: hippogryph, pegasus; Magical woods: elm, oak, walnut, yew; Mystical crystals: diamond, rock crystal; Mystical metals: iron, steel
Travel to Faerie - Magical beings: fairy; Magical woods: apple, elder, elm, oak, walnut, yew; Mystical crystals: diamond, rock crystal
Travel to Spiritual Plane - Magical beasts: pegasus; Magical woods: birch, elder, oak, walnut, yew; Mystical crystals: diamond, rock crystal; Mystical metals: platinum
Use Necromancy - Magical woods: blackthorn, yew; Mystical crystals: black onyx
Additional Reading
For more information on the topics of this chapter, I recommend:
- Wand Craft:
- Wolfrick Ignatius Feuerschmied, Wand Craft through the Ages: A Book for Beginning Wand Makers, Mage Press, 1962
- Theory of Magic:
- Magiline Caroban, Magical Powers Explained, Faerie Press, 1925
- Theoria N. Cantor, An Introduction to the Theory of Magic, Spelling Press, 1947
- Magic Spells:
- Miss T. Culver, Intermediate Spells - Volume I, Magus and Sons Publishing, 1952
- Astrid Anderstochter, Intermediate Spells - Volume II, Magus and Sons Publishing, 1956
- Caligula Caliginoso, Defense Against the Dark Arts: Amulets, Charms, and Counter-Spells, Mage Press, 1945
Take out your parchment and quills and answer the following questions before progressing on to the next chapter:
1. What determines whether one becomes a mage or a mundane?
2. What are the five metaphysical elementals and what are their associated metaphysical planes of existence?
3. What is the strongest elemental and why it is stronger than the others?
4. For each elemental, what are some typical associated characteristics?
5. For each elemental, what are some typical associated types of spells?
6. What are the three metaphysical phases?
7. For each phase, what are some typical associated characteristics?
8. For each phase, what are some typical associated types of spells?
9. What do you call a group of spells that that are especially strengthened or focused by wands containing the same component?
10. What determines the personality of a wand?
11. What are the steps that comprise the casting of a spell?
12. What is the purpose of waving a wand when casting a spell?