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  2. Magic systems in games - Wikipedia

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    Spell-slot systems often employ a rationale that the spell is forgotten when cast, [5]: 240 or that the caster has a finite supply of the ingredients required to cast the spell. In the first case, the spellcaster must re-memorize the spell from a source, typically a grimoire. In the second case, the caster must find new ingredients and prepare ...

  3. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Wikipedia

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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks.It is the fifth main installment in The Elder Scrolls series, following The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2006), and was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2011.

  4. Curse - Wikipedia

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    When used as a plot device, they involve one character placing a curse or hex over another character. This is distinguished from adverse spells and premonitions and other such plot devices. Examples of the curse as a plot device: Rigoletto – Count Monterone places a curse on Rigoletto. Rigoletto blames the climactic death of his daughter on ...

  5. Apotropaic magic - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, the Chinese Bagua mirror is usually installed to ward off negative energy and protect the entryways of residences. [citation needed] An example of the use of shiny apotropaic objects in Judaism can be found in the so-called "Halsgezeige" or textile neckbands used in the birthing customs of the Franco-German border region.

  6. The Elder Scrolls - Wikipedia

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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released on November 11, 2011, to widespread critical acclaim. It was awarded 'Game of the Year' by IGN, [61] Spike [62] and others. The game is set after the events of Oblivion, when the great dragon Alduin the World Eater returns to Skyrim; a beast whose existence threatens all life in Tamriel. The setting is ...

  7. Virtual reality game - Wikipedia

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    A virtual reality game or VR game is a video game played on virtual reality (VR) hardware. Most VR games are based on player immersion, typically through a head-mounted display unit or headset with stereoscopic displays and one or more controllers.

  8. Magic circle - Wikipedia

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    The Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse (1886) A Solomonic circle with a triangle of conjuration in the East. A magic circle is a circle of space marked out by practitioners of some branches of ritual magic, which they generally believe will contain energy and form a sacred space, or will provide them a form of magical protection, or both.

  9. Sigil - Wikipedia

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    72 seals from The Lesser Key of Solomon. The term sigil derives from the Latin sigillum (pl. sigilla), meaning "seal". [2] In medieval magic, the term sigil was commonly used to refer to occult signs which represented various angels and demons which the practitioner might summon.