When your GLOG Wizard Doesn't Have a Spell List

In the wake of the proliferation of microclasses, people may find themselves playing some kind of magic-using class that claims to use traditional GLOG magic dice, despite lacking a spell list. To offer guidelines for use when a random wizard needs appropriate spells, I share my thoughts here.

You only really need, like, three of these for a level 1 character; any more is just to distinguish two wizards of the same school. Further spells should be found and created in play.

1. Speak to X (such as a kind of substance, creature, or item)
2. X to Y (transmute one kind of substance into another)
3. Offensive-but-roundabout spell (harmful to foes, but not just directly dealing vanilla damage to them)
4. Grant a boon
5. Inflict a curse
6. Movement spell (such as speed, new vectors, through or along certain substances, etc.)
7. Alteration of form 
8. Tackle domain-relevant hazard 
9. Offensive-but-specific spell (serious harm in specific conditions)
10. Information Gathering (divination or perception-enhancing)
11. Social Lubricant
12. Forced Move (directly causing a target to act in a certain way)

General Guidelines (See also Skerples on Wizards)

• Always tie something back to the [dice] used or the [sum] of them
• Direct and automatic damage to one target is typically [sum], with a little bonus effect
• “Save negates" is for cowards, but— 
• Class abilities (including spells) should create new options and potential problems, They should not negate the game.
• Open-ended spells are best.