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I really like what Player Core did in turning verbal components into words of power flavored to the class but with a lot of leeway for players to re-flavor. Since it suggests witch words of power might rhyme, I came up with some for my witch's spells. Thought I'd share, hopefully getting others to come up with some sinister rhymes too. I tried to make the length of phrase proportionate to how many actions/minutes the spell takes.
Need of Vengeance: "Thou shall feel my Needle's Vengeance, for if thou sin this is thy penance."
Patron's Puppet: No rhyme, it is explicitly Silent
Electric Arc: "Lightning lashes, full of sparks, all through this connected arc.
Telekinetic Projectile: "I bend the world with my sheer will, and any object now can kill."
Read Aura: "Now I seek an aura's vessel. Little bauble, are you special? Demonstrate your magic weave so your gifts we may receive. Help me claim my heart's desire, and many legends you'll inspire."
Protect Companion: "Feel my comfort, my poor child, let's mother's warmth hold back the wilds."
Needle Darts: "Killing is the exquisite art, so fine thy mark, my needle darts"
Eat Fire: "That's a spicy meatball."
Illuminate: "Light the Night."
Tame: "Hey little guy, what is your name? You may be wild, but you could be tame."
Void Warp: "I call upon the hungry void, let this life force be destroyed."
Figment: Subtle, no words.
Haunting Hymn: "Say your prayers little one, don't forget my son, to include everyone."
Magic Missile: "Barrage of force and magical missiles, shredding skin like stinging thistle, penetrate your bone and gristle."
Charm: Subtle
Lose the Path: "From here your steps will be in error, exit path and enter terror."
Illusory Object: "Conjured metal, wood, or stone, come to me, protect your own."
Mystic Armor: "Let any who try to act untoward be held at bay by mystic ward."
Sure Strike: "Fortunes favor, guiding light, sting is savored, deadly strike."
Bless: "Feel the pumping in your chest, for your battle shall now be blessed."
Fear: "Low your spirits will be laid, flee your doom and be afraid."
Illusory Disguise: "Now its time to bring a friend, so your story then can end."
Phantom Pain: "In your body, you feel pain. You feel it now, you will a'gain."
Soothe: "Worry not about your wounds, and let my voice improve your mood."
Dispel Magic: "Your enchantments are but a shell, that with my magic I now dispel."
Indivisibility: Subtle
Worm's Repast: "Now we reach your death at last, your fate shall end as Worm's Repast."
Laughing Fit: Brevity's the soul of wit, short and sweet, this laughing fit."
Animus Mine: "Those who trespass in my mind find their death in my design."
Cozy Cabin: "Soon we lay us down to sleep, to be embraced in darkness deep. This is a promise I will keep, so close your eyes and count the sheep. For our comfort while we're dozing, I now conjure a Cabin Cozy."
Slow: "Watch in awe as time congeals, your precious moments it shall steal."
Shadow Projectile: "Double, Double."
Summon Undead: "War drums' march pounds in your head. Bring the noise and wake the dead!" (summons Quiet Riot, a flaming skull.)
Summon fey: "From the dark of Oberon's Wood, I summon fey to whoop you good."
Shroud of Night:"Exit light, enter Night" OR "Feel your eyes begin to cloud, filled to brim with darkness shroud."