The sorcerer is named Charles le Sorcier (Charles the Sorcerer) and it is his father who has been killed, named Michel Mauvais, Michel Bad.
Stab is an effective spell
Cast Iron! That’s not a spell, it’s the kind of pan I’m going to bash your head in with.
ahh the famous tumblr (probably) post of a barbarian with a pan who yells “i cast iron!” every time they attack
Knowing Tumblr, they would also be pan-sexual, as in only attracted to their special clobberin’ pan
“I cast circle of truth through my spell focus, a canister of gasoline”
Fighter/rogue who didn’t make charisma a dump stat.
I cast…
TESTICULAR TORSION!
Give em the ol dick twist!
Best part, one of the family members was killed with a big rock. Just literally dropped a rock on the guy.
“I threw a rock at him! It was a big rock.”
Almost got 'im.
Chuck Wizard casts Rock Throw.
It’s super effective!
Also a great song by blue öyster cult about the same story, “the alchemist”
So according to weekeepeedeea lovecraft was 17 or 18 when he wrote this which completely checks out.
story is The Alchemist