Recent questions tagged magic

Description : What non-violent magic spell would be most useful?

Last Answer : The Harry Potter spell “Accio”, which is a summoning spell. Accio car keys! That would save me a lot of time when I misplace things.

Description : When Thanos destroys half of all life in the universe with the completed Infinity Gauntlet, are the planets and groups where he previously killed half of the people exempt from this new genocide?

Last Answer : WTH? Hooked up with Thanos just yesterday on the wis.dm FB page. He mentioned that he destroyed the universe. I was wondering who did that.

Description : What would two raise dead spells on an undead do?

Last Answer : squiddiddly

Description : Can you tell me more about a dimensional anchor?

Last Answer : Dimensional anchor completely blocks extradimensional travel. Forms of movement barred by a dimensional anchor include astral projection, blink, dimension door, ethereal jaunt, etherealness, gate, maze, plane shift, ... Sounds helpful start to stop control time traveling. If I want to stop it. link

Description : Does anyone else get suspicious on sighting one of those huge costco roast chickens.

Last Answer : answer:Loss leader. Come for the chicken and buy 480 rolls of paper towels. BTW.. I love Costco pizza. Edit :: I thought I would toss in a Costco story. When I worked at the theater I went to the ... Costco. I got dental a few days after starting and got my teeth fixed. It is a great place to work.

Description : Is Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition worth buying?

Last Answer : I’d torrent the eBook versions and read through them. If you like the system, find a Meetup of people who play in your area and try it out. If you enjoy playing, THEN buy the books.

Description : How high is the percentage of atheists among stage magicians compared to the general population?

Last Answer : I don't know. I suppose you could look it up, but my guess is that anyone involved in the business of deception or exploiting exploiting human gullibility would be fairly skeptical of hucksters ... re pushing. Any carnival barker can be installed in a pulpit and who would know the difference?

Description : Why do some people believe that stage magicians have actual supernatural power?

Last Answer : They don’t. ... it’s all perception tricks.

Description : In Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition how do you play a diviner?

Last Answer : I mostly played first ed, but I think 2nd edition didn’t really do specialty magic users. That was taken care of in story. You want to be a diviner, be a magic user and learn divination spells.

Description : Would you use black magic or sorcery to bring back a loved one from the dead if you could?

Last Answer : Yes but would said loved one be normal, or like the guy in American werewolf in London ?

Description : In the 1998 (or so) movie Merlin, it is told that he can't progress beyond being a "hand wizard" what other types of magic exist?

Last Answer : None, because magic doesn’t exist.

Description : Do you believe in witchcraft?

Last Answer : No.

Description : How do you know how rare a "Magic The Gathering" trading card is?

Last Answer : Well, you could search for them on Ebay and see how much people are bidding on them.

Description : Where can one legally train and practice the skill of pickpocketing in Alberta, Canada?

Last Answer : Interesting that pickpocketing and magic are simular. So take magic as a training ground.

Description : Do you feel it's a teacher's place to tell a classroom of 3rd graders that Santa and the Easter Bunny aren't real?

Last Answer : Of course it's not the teacher's place! It's not up to them how the child is raised, and if they are raised to believe in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny (as many kids are) then it's none ... their beliefs. They don't have to encourage the belief, but that doesn't mean they should ruin it for kids!

Description : Can you figure out this card trick?

Last Answer : Are all of the cards in the deck the same one? If the audience member does not look at any of the cards but the one that is handed back to him/her, no one would know if the rest of the cards are all the same, other than the magician and assistant, of course.

Description : How many men do you know who read their horoscopes? How many women?

Last Answer : answer:Read mine everyday and had one reading. I was amazed at how much this woman knew about me. I gave her no clues and arrived in plain street clothes and only answered yes or no. She told me my ... leaf fell that year and she did die, just the way she predicted. How did she know these things?

Description : What is the reason that magic tricks don't get revealed/their workings are not wide-spread known to the public?

Last Answer : Magic isn’t real, it’s just entertainment. If the mystery is taken out of the performance (which is the only reason it survives) then it’s not profitable or an art anymore. This is why the shows revealing the secrets to magic tricks were so controversial.

Description : Can you figure out how this math trick works?

Last Answer : answer:Let i originally equal 1. n ∑ ab+a+b = 719 //719 for this problem, anyway. i = 1 Where a ≠ b, 1 ≤ a ≤ 5, 1 ≤ b ≤ 5, and b comes one term after a in the sequence ... Commutative Laws, eventually, you would get the same result no matter what two numbers you multiply and add up first in a list.

Description : How do I deal with the fact my friend does voodoo?

Last Answer : I think you should talk to her about it especially since it seems you want her to respect your religion, you should make a similar effort to respect hers. Vodoo is not all bones in the nose black magic.

Description : Card tricks to show a 7 1/2 year old (say)? Know of any?

Last Answer : This is how you do it. You need any 16 cards any. Put them in rows of 4. Now ask pick a card don't tell me which one but tell which row. Row1 to row4 Left to right. 4 cards each row. Now when ... pick theirs out of a pile. Better yet get them to pick it out of a few you placed face down. Good luck

Description : How do you feel about revealing a magicians tricks?

Last Answer : Against.Definitely against. I don’t want to know how David Copperfield makes his panties disappear. no,no,no

Description : Why are wands the magical implements of choice?

Last Answer : checking wikipedia now….

Description : Gandalf, Dumbledore, Ebenezum...in fantasy/fiction, who's the greatest wizard or sorcerer of them all, and what makes them so great?

Last Answer : The wizard that Mickey is an apprentice to, because he has Mickey Mouse as an apprentice.

Description : Who, or what, are the Shadow People?

Last Answer : Trick of the mind? Optical illusion? I certainly don’t believe it’s anything paranormal.

Description : Are There Practicing Covens in Memphis?

Last Answer : Sister’s of the Triple Goddess Coven of the Esoteric The Sanctuary Summerland Grove

Description : Where you levitated through your tv yesterday?

Last Answer : Do I really need to find a torrent of this episode, watch it and tell you I didn’t levitate? Because that is exactly what will happen.

Description : Do you believe in magic?

Last Answer : I do not.

Description : Do modern people still believe in curses?

Last Answer : um….sssuuurrreeee NO knocks on wood

Description : How do illusionist tricks work?

Last Answer : Magicians and anyone else who knows the secrets aren’t allowed to tell us mere mortals. :(

Description : How did she do this trick?

Last Answer : Well I’m not going to tell you as that’s spoiling it. It’s a classic trick first done by Robert Harbin in the mid 50’s, it has been improve upon many times since then Video Other

Description : Who thinks David Blaines magic is real?

Last Answer : It’s not

Description : Do you believe in magic?

Last Answer : All of these magical phenomena have been fully documented by The National Enquirer.

Description : If you could learn a skill instantly, what would it be and why?

Last Answer : tenor sax

Description : Are coincidences merely coincidences or something else?

Last Answer : I don’t believe in coincidences.

Description : Is David Blaine a real magician?

Last Answer : Doesn’t he have a special on now?

Description : New Season of Mindfreak?

Last Answer : WTF? He has fur? I hate beards. Not sure about the new season…sorry.