Skyrim: How to Use the Soul Trap Spell and Soul Gems

How to go about trapping souls, where to get the soul trap spell, how to recharge weapons, etc.  In recharging weapons, watch the bottom of the screen for the prompt to recharge.
http://www.thedailygamereview.com/2011/11/skyrim-basic-enchanting-and-soul-gem.html

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Morrowind Spells

http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Spell_Effects

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Healing Spells By Class Comparison (Cataclysm)

Again, thanks to Matticus for pointing this out.
http://www.cannotbetamed.com/2010/12/01/comparison-of-healing-spells-by-class/

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Changes to Combat Resurrection in Cataclysm

Expect to see changes to combat resurrection when Cataclysm hits.  The details (including cool downs and limitations on use) here.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/11/05/blizzard-clarifies-combat-resurrections-for-cataclysm/

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How to Tell the Good Green Goo from the Bad UPDATED

With visual aids.  Seriously!
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/10/effloresence-know-your-green-goo.html

UPDATE:  WOW Insider has posted photos of various healing spells such as Holy Word, Power Word, Healing Rain, Efflorescence with some information about how they are used.
http://wow.joystiq.com/2010/10/22/raid-rx-tell-your-raid-to-stand-in-glowing-circles/#continued

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Polymorph and the Mage

Mages use Polymorph to turn folks into sheep, penguins, black cats, turtles, rabbits and pigs.  Here's information about where/how to get each spell if your mage has a whimsical side.  Thanks for the tip, Pot!
http://harpysnest.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/the-many-flavours-of-polymorph/

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Matticus Talks Raid Healing

Matt "everyone calls me Matticus" Low is a healer who writes about healing.  If you are interested in learning how to use Rebirth to resurrect a dead player during a raid, go here to read all about the spell and things you need to keep in mind when you use it.  Note that this is a guest posting on a druid site, so it is written from a druid perspective.
http://thestoriesofo.wordpress.com/2010/08/02/using-receiving-rebirth/

Matt's next article is for WOW Insider and it explains the tactics behind not healing someone in a raid.  Commonsense stuff, but since commonsense seems really lacking in raiding, it's worth a read.
http://www.wow.com/2010/08/19/raid-rx-5-reasons-why-youre-not-getting-healed/#continued

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Feral Druids' Less Used Abilities

Ideas on how to use things most feral druids ignore with sample macros.
http://thebearflank.blogspot.com/2010/08/infrequently-used-abilities.html

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Holy Paladins and Beacon of Light

All about using the Beacon of Light spell.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/27/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-beacon-of-light-best-practices/

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Death Knight Spells Explained

WOW Insider is doing a series on how DK spells work.  First up, Death Grip.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/15/lichborne-demystifying-death-grip/

Next, Army of the Dead.
http://www.wow.com/2010/06/22/lichborne-advice-on-army-of-the-dead/

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How to Use Scare Beast Against Druids

How to use it with examples here.
http://outdps.com/2010/05/28/how-and-when-to-use-scare-beast/

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How to Play as a Ghoul

The Pink Pigtail Inn put out a call on her blog for folks to write about how to play as a ghoul if a death knight has used the Raise Dead spell on you, and she got three great responses.  Her article and the links to the Ghoul Schools are here.
http://www.pinkpigtailinn.com/2010/04/guides-on-what-to-do-if-youre-raised-as.html

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Spellsteal and How It Works (Mages)

How spellsteal works for Mages.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/17/arcane-brilliance-stealing-spells-for-fun-and-profit/#continued

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Theorycrafting Concepts Made Simple

The math (especially coefficients) behind spellpower calculations explained.
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/13/theorycraft-101-spellpower/

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Balance Druids and DoTs in Rotation

A discussion of how to make DoTs more useful in the balance druid's casting sequence (spell rotation).
http://www.wow.com/2010/04/02/shifting-perspectives-dots-a-different-direction/

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Spell Power Calculator

A new tool to compare spell power.
http://penancepriest.blogspot.com/2010/03/power-word-shield-calculator.html

The article mentions a full priest spell calculator.  Here's the direct link.
http://zusterke.orderoftheathanor.eu/spells.php

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Monday Morning Addons

For some reason the Blog-o-Sphere is full of addon reviews and recommendations this morning.  UpRank scans your action bars and replaces any low ranked spell you have there with the highest ranked one you have.  Apparently this is often a problem for dual spec characters who have just leveled.
http://criticalqq.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/inout-blogger/

Dreambound recommends using Damia's customized bars to keep the boss timer DBM from being confusing.  Note that you have to reload this each time there is an update to DBM, which will be a major downside for many players.
http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2010/03/customized-dbm-bars-from-damia-ui.html

No Stock UI talks about an addon that raid leaders (and ONLY raid leaders) can use to set up the vampire bite rotation when you attack the Blood Queen Lana’thel in Icecrown Citadel.  For this instance who is bitten and in what order is the difference between success and failure.  Details of the boss battle are at the second link.
http://www.nostockui.com/2010/03/blood-queen-addon/

http://www.wowwiki.com/Blood-Queen_Lana'thel_(tactics)

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How to PvP as a Frost Mage

NOTE:  This information is from February-April 2010.

Everything you need to know, from glyphs to your spec.  More blog entries on this topic are planned, so I'll update this as they are published.
http://spicytunas.com/2010/02/frost-mage-pvp-101/

Spell Penetration and Resilience
http://spicytunas.com/2010/03/frost-mage-pvp-102-spell-penetration-and-resilience/

Gearing for PvP
http://spicytunas.com/2010/04/frost-mage-pvp-103-gearing-for-pvp/

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Disc Priests, Resto Druids and Mitigation

Miss Medicina talks about what mitigation is and how disc priests use it versus how resto druids use it.
http://missmedicina.blogspot.com/2010/02/mitigation-vs-colander-heals.html

The Resto Shaman responds:
http://restoshamanflow.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/what-do-you-mean-heal-me/

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Holy Paladins and How Intellect Effects Spells

The WOW Insider columnist talks about how intellect effects throughput and longevity in their healing spells.
http://www.wow.com/2010/02/14/the-light-and-how-to-swing-it-its-all-intellects-fault/

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