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Taboo
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A jinx that turns a single word into a tripwire: speak it aloud and the caster learns exactly where you are.
A Taboo is a jinx that marks a chosen word so that saying it aloud gives away the speaker's position to whoever set the jinx. It works much like the Trace, except that it triggers on one particular word rather than on any use of magic, and it takes no account of the speaker's age. A Taboo also strips away some of the weaker protective enchantments around whoever breaks it. Because it works by controlling what people are able to say, it is classed as Dark Magic.
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