Coffee, Code, and Chronicles

Magic in the Old World is dangerous. For those targeted and for those wielding the power of the Winds. Especially for those wielding the power.  T his errant or intentional use of the Winds may produce Rotwyrms.  Rotwyrms seem to be reported by  wizards of the Jade and Amethyst winds. Some reports say that those wielding magic dealing with flesh, such as dark wizards of the Ruinous god Slaanesh or necromancers summon Rotwyrms as a counter spell . Empire wizards employed on the battlefield have encountered Rotwyrms emerging from the bodies of dead allies or enemies due to a faulty casting. In all reports, it may simply be the  presence of dead flesh. Rotwyrms are not of this world. They possess the ability to pass through shield or armor, consuming metal, wood, and cloth with a singular goal: to consume the living flesh of their summoner. Wizards encountering Rotwyrms may suddenly turn from the battlefield in terror. Allies near a battlefield wizard have testified in ...

I asked the Grok, a generative AI, the following: Imagine a couple of outrageous and humorous medieval methods of removing a curse that might involve nakedness, mud, or animals. All generative AI is non-determinative and largely a sophisticated random number machine. I was pleased with the “absurd and comical medieval" methods of curse breaking. Enjoy. The Naked Mud-Wallowing Goat Dance To lift a curse, the afflicted soul must strip bare under a full moon, slather themselves head to toe in thick, stinking bog mud, and then chase a particularly ornery goat around a village square. The trick? You’ve got to wrestle the goat into the mud with you, roll around together three times, and bleat loudly to “confuse the curse spirits" into fleeing. The villagers would probably gather with torches, half to cheer, half to laugh, as you and the goat emerge looking like swamp monsters—curse hopefully gone, dignity definitely lost. The Bare-Bottomed Chicken Smack Picture this: the cursed i...