Essence ofVerbal Magic
byAndre Chaos
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Lets you turn individual words into spells with narrow, specific effects that must be spoken aloud, held in a spell list that starts with a single line and grows with time, experience and proficiency. Any word can be taken — {Fire}, {Omnipotence} — and synonyms in any language make distinct spells sharing a general idea, so {Fire}, {Flame}, {Огонь} and {火} all differ. Casting costs [Energy] and must respect a [Channeling Limit], with [Overload] and [Side-Effects] as real risks; with study you can inscribe spells onto objects as enchantments and chain words together, where [Fire]>[Water] achieves fire's effect by way of water's — and linguistic knowledge helps enormously throughout.
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Effects
9You have the ability to turn words into spells with very specific and narrow effects, requiring a verbal component to function.
You cannot do this too often due to a limited number of lines in your spell list. However, it grows with time, experience, and proficiency with existing spells.
You start with one empty line in the list and can choose any word to turn into a spell. For instance, you can take something like {Fire} or {Omnipotence}, or any word you wish to turn into a spell with a specific narrow function.
Words with similar or the same meaning can be used to create their own spells. They will be of the same.
Nature but still unique. For example, you can have spells like: {Fire}, {Flame}, {Огонь}, {火} - all different spells with various effects, but sharing the same general idea.
Casting spells requires you to spend [Energy], be aware of [Channeling Limit], and beware of [Overload] and [Side-Effects], because magic might start to affect you detrimentally or unpredictably, or the spell might have negative effects as part of its outcome. It requires training, skill, knowledge, and time to develop.
You can learn to draw or carve your spells on objects to turn them into enchantments. Not all spells are suitable or useful to be used in this way. More permanent and complex effects require more ritualistic approach and more consumables to be used.
You can learn to chain together different words to achieve interesting results. The rule of chaining works like this: "If you chain [Fire]>[Water], then the effect of the [Fire] spell will be achieved through the effect of the [Water] spell. Therefore, [Water]>[Fire] - the effect of [Water] is achieved through [Fire]; or [Water]>[Fire]>[Wood] - the effect of [Water] is achieved through the effect of [Fire]>[Wood]."
Knowledge of languages, their conceptualization, and skills in linguistics greatly assist with this Essence.
- Categories
- magicsupernaturalknowledgeutility
- Traits
- skill masteryomnipotence
- Keywords
- elemental powersfire