PhilFleischmann Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Talismancy: creating and enchanting various magic talismans. If Talismancy is about talismans, what do you call magic based on the use of the Talis (fringed prayer shawl used by Jews)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Conspiromancy...magic via conspiracy theorys.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? one of my favorite "real" ones is... Gyromancy- no it has nothing to do with greek fast food... The act of fortelling the future by spinning around in circles until you fall over and then analyze how you fall. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*thud* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? If Talismancy is about talismans' date=' what do you call magic based on the use of the Talis (fringed prayer shawl used by Jews)?[/quote'] Sounds to me like a fringe of Kabbalah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Sounds to me like a fringe of Kabbalah. Ow, ow, must rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFleischmann Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Sounds to me like a fringe of Kabbalah. I should have thought of that myself. nihilomancy - magic based on nothing verboludomancy - magic based on wordplay: transform dangers into gardens by anagramming them. graftomancy - magic based on bribing the GM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? A few interesting suggestions came up recently on this thread: http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52126 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jogger Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Serendipitancy - Magic based on being lucky. Calamitancy - Magic based on causing bad luck on others. Mickeymancy - Disney magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Clancymancy - magic based on cold war era spy thrillers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayapuppies Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Agh! These are worse than Xanth novels. You people are killing me! Wait! Xanthomancy...I think you the definition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? If Talismancy is about talismans' date=' what do you call magic based on the use of the Talis (fringed prayer shawl used by Jews)?[/quote']Hmmm.... I'd forgotten about that particular word. It gives me a rather twisted idea (linguistically speaking) for a Jewish superhero named Talisman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Clancymancy - magic based on cold war era spy thrillers.I think I beat you to that one (more or less):Tommancy: spy magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrFaust Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Three pages and no one's mentioned Unknown Armies? That game is king of the -mancies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayapuppies Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Three pages and no one's mentioned Unknown Armies? That game is king of the -mancies. such as...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? such as...? Such as...pornomancy (which I mentioned upthread). Also dipsomancy (magic via drunkkenness) and some other very unsavory approaches to magic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayapuppies Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrFaust Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? There's also plutomancy, magic based on having and not spending money; cliomancy, creating truth through lies; epideromancy, body-improving magic through self-injury; personamancy, manipulating identity by proving it's an illusion; and irascimancy, suffering others' rage to inflict it on others. It also has my favorite name for a school of magic, though it's not a -mancy: A Grammarian Gate, or anagram gematria, which someone already mentioned upthread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? I think I beat you to that one (more or less): perhaps. On the other hand, tommancy sounds more like what the Patriots QB uses to beat odds more often than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFleischmann Posted February 3, 2007 Report Share Posted February 3, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? I think I beat you to that one (more or less): Hah! I beat you both to that one in post #18! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Ovinomancy - Sheep Magic. Scottish in origin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Steve Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? During a discussion of Divinational techniques (I get involved in weird conversations) someone misheard the word "Rabdomancy" (divining the future by examining random passages in a book) thought someone said "Rabidomancy". We decided that Rabidomancy was divining the future by throwing children into a pit of angry wolves. Although, it seems more like a form of entertainment than precognition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? During a discussion of Divinational techniques (I get involved in weird conversations) someone misheard the word "Rabdomancy" (divining the future by examining random passages in a book) thought someone said "Rabidomancy". We decided that Rabidomancy was divining the future by throwing children into a pit of angry wolves. Although' date=' it seems more like a form of entertainment than precognition.[/quote'] I believe what you're referring to is bibliomancy. Rabdomancy (var. rhabdomancy) refers to divinination by means of rods. I know the word is used for "dowsing" (the popularly known means of finding water by means of a forked stick) and I think it also may refer to other mantic uses of wands or sticks, such as casting runesticks or the traditional yarrow stalk method of consulting the I Ching (although now I think of it, the I Ching is also bibliomancy) You might be confusing it with rhapsodomancy, a special case of bibliomancy in which a book of verse is consulted. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says that to query Lucius Alexander upon any matter is to practice pedantomancy... pps (post palindromedary stuff) edited so Lucius Alexander could wax even more pedantic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraterMaker Posted February 4, 2007 Report Share Posted February 4, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Regimancy - Divining the future from the actions (or entrails) of Kings Blasphomancy - I remember seeing this somewhere on this board, and it just sounded too cool! I want to be a Blasphomancer! #@$&*!!!! Pyromancer - Sounds much cooler than Fire Wizard or Elementalist -Cratermaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rage Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? If Talismancy is about talismans' date=' what do you call magic based on the use of the Talis (fringed prayer shawl used by Jews)?[/quote'] Would that be the tallit? ou could call it Talitiomancy? It sounds "rightish" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted February 5, 2007 Report Share Posted February 5, 2007 Re: You practice what-o-mancy? Libidomancy. Notable practitioners include Captain Kirk, James, Bond, and the Fonz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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