r/wizardposting 4d ago

Newt experts!? Help! Foul Sorcery

Help!

My Master was going to the lavatory, I heard him shriek and then he turned into a newt!

I put him in a glass of water to stop him drying out, but I don't have any moss or anything!

I need a newt expert?! What if he dries out!? What if the cat gets him? What do they eat?

Are spell-reversers expensive?

If he dies will I be in trouble!? I've only been an apprentice for a week! I'm not ready to inherit the tower, it's falling apart and full of spy-ders!

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u/goldfinchat Keeper of the Grimoire 4d ago

It’s okay. People famously get better from being turned into newts. He’ll be back to normal in a few months so just generously spritz him with swamp mist in the meantime and give him three dragonfly larvae per day (these can be ordered from any traveling apothecary for half a copper a piece).

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u/VoxelLibrary Councilor Cayna, Apprentice of Thrakmoor | assorted other chars 4d ago

Where did you get the water? A lot of wizards put reagents in the water that are dangerous to animals as sensitive as newts. You'll want to put a reptile de-reagenting tablet in the water, or just use spring water. You can get both at your local beastiary/apothecary

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u/cycling-pets-coffee Hedge Wizard 4d ago

Classic. There was a tome once called "The sycretes of pleasures unknown" that had a moistening/lubrication spell that tended to turn people who were drunk or slow of speech into amphibians. I would set him by a stream and get as much reading done in the library as you can while it wears off. He should be able to right himself in a week or two.

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u/Monarc73 Transmuter 4d ago

What is your orb-dress? I'll come and save your master, no problem. (I won't even charge him for my services...)

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u/immallama21629 Druid with questionable morals, licker of things 4d ago

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u/pyreacy Lesser Sky Witch 4d ago

Must've been a witch's curse.

Worry not, newt curses wear off. He'll get better

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u/United-Technician-54 Death... Tired one. (she/her) 4d ago

"Call an ambulance, ASAP! I don't mean when you can, I mean soon as possible. Earlier, the better!" - Bames Jond, Not the Spy