Jack Vance's Dying Earth. Good stuff. It's many short stories put together... the first 5 or so are all related. Super entertaining.
I might be on 2nd to last story. First story still favorite.
I need to come back to this and update it with all the references to D&D spells I keep finding... I know I did a little of this on an older post, but now I have seen more.
- The Excellent Prismatic Spray - such an excellent battle in chapter 1. Comes up again in maybe ch. 2.
- A weird ring that you can pass over your head to feet and become inviz... the light becomes darker from the inside. Can pick it up and carry it around, then you and "it" are both inviz.
- In chapter 4 or 5, there was a Wizard Mouth... placed on a dude's forehead. It spoke with the dude's voice, not the wizard, so... not precisely the same.
- An imp (demon) in a jar.
- There was the crazy demon or gy thing where they summoned / captured the visage of a goddess, and started shooting spells at her which seemed to harm her a little.
- Swapping someone's face with a demon. Weird! I guess you could almost say it's like "alter self", but definitely more like a permanent curse.
- Evil lady summoned 3 winged monsters for transportation. They would normally eat you. So cast a sort of charm on them to prevent harming.
- Charm/geas/compulsion type spell - a very strong one. But also a loophole, where you can command someone to use their own willpower/decisions and they go back to normal.
- Bounce back spell Rune.
- A really weird spell, sort of like a reverse gravity/telekinetic grab, but it then would spin the enemy faster and faster until ripped into pieces.
Random:
- I love when the Deodand comes to the door and asks rather politely to open up so it can eat someone. So freaky.
