So called “fractal” (sometimes referred to as “crystal”) dragons are born jagged and sharp. As they age, each of their scales becomes faceted in two. It is a common misconception that they can predict the future—rather, they see an ever-increasing number of possible futures reflected in their scales. Thus, an older fractal dragon is “smoother” and can account for more potential futures, but the exponential rate at which they see them often results in the dragon exhibited highly eccentric, sometimes paranoid behavior.
Some fractal dragons enter a period of long hibernation to forestall or avoid this inevitability, although the shock of being confronted with so many futures at once upon waking is extremely disruptive. Such was the case with the recent awakening of Mandelbröt from its slumberplace under the city of Kem, which resulted in the awakener’s swift death and destruction of vast swathes of the city. #Lore24
A pair of spells that forms a basic framework for information sharing. When a magic-user casts Record Shared Spell, the next spell that they cast is captured for distribution. Another magic-user can cast the a version Retrieve Shared Spell associated with the original magic-user to receive a copy of whatever spell was captured.
Yeah. But like, it’s missing its back legs. And most of its hindquarters. So it just has horse guts and entrails and stuff trailing out behind it.
Oh, so it’s just…sitting there?
No, it’s dragging itself towards you using its two front legs. They’re all bent and twisted and stuff. They’re more like spider legs at this point. Totally not matching up with what normal horse legs would look like.
Does it appear like it is threatening us, or means us harm?
Suddenly! You hear a voice inside your head. A voice that is not your own. It reaches into your mind, braying, pulling, beckoning you. Towards the horpse.
I do not want to go near that thing. Can I communicate back telepathically?
Do you want to try?
Actually, no. No. I’m just going to wave my arms and yell at it. Like, making myself big and threatening.
You open your mouth, yelling at the horpse. The creature notices this, and opens its mouth in kind. Parched and cracked horse-lips peel back, revealing a rotting horse-mouth. Protruding from between two rows of horrible horse-teeth is another, smaller mouth, extending forward on a dripping proboscis-like extension.
Wait, it has another mouth? Like a mouth inside of its mouth?
Goblin is relatively straightforward, with the biggest differences from English being the usage and handling of vowels and certain digraphs.
As a general rule, written Goblin closely follows its pronunciation, as the written word is thought to have come after and evolved from oral tradition.
Examples
English: Let’s go check out that beautiful path over there.
Goblin:Let’s goo kek ot tat buuteeful pak over ter.
English: My fifth level character just learned rope trick.
Goblin:Mi fit level karakter just lurned roop trik.
The Crystal Alphabet is nearly totally forgotten, but enterprising adventurers have managed a full translation. You can see the results of their work: https://justwherefar.com/crystal-alphabet