In one of my really old campaigns, I sat down with Palladiums Fantasy game book and wrote down all of the verbal components for spells based on the power words in that book. I then required the spell casters in the group to say those words and if they said them incorrectly I ruled the spell casting failed.
I also went through and photocopied all of their Circles of Power and would hand them out to the players if they made successful Circle Lore skill rolls.
All of this combined into folders the players would haul around that became similar to spell books with all of their pronunciation notes and photocopied spell circles and runes. It was really quite cool. But then, I had a lot more time in highschool.
Now I just draw maps and occaisionally find a funky font that I write cryptic notes with and print out to give to the players for translation. I still actively look for cool "primitive" music CD's to use as ambience for certain locations. Thus far, Thunder Drums has been the most used and favored for primitive tropical cultures.
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