<html> <head> <title> Magic </title> </head> <body> <b> MAGIC INVOKE TECHNIQUE FORM SPELLS </b> <p> Magic in this world is powerful, diverse and useful. Anyone with the necessary knowledge can, with modest success, produce a simple cantrip. However, to truly excel as a magus with a calling in the arcane arts requires dedication and a vast reservoir of time, something not everyone can afford. <p> There are fifteen magical arts divided into five Techniques and ten Forms that, along with Magical Theory, form the arcane body of knowledge we refer to as magic. <p> Spells are composed of formulas combining a Technique and a Form. These combinations are merely classificatory, and not used to invoke the spell itself, e.g., the 'bind wounds' spell is 'creo corpus' magic. Virtually any spell, both known and unknown to the magus, can be invoked as follows: <p> <pre> <b> INVOKE [-nogesture] [-novoice] 'spell name' (target) </b></pre> Note: stuff in brackets [] are optional. <p> Spells will incur no penalty to the magus if successfully cast. If spell casting is blotched, loss of movement points, and other harmful side effects can occur. A blotched spell will sometimes offer the magus new insight and improved magical ability toward future spell casting. Extremely fatigued magicians, often requiring sleep and prolonged rest, will not be able to invoke spells until suitably recovered. <p> There are two conditions to successful spell casting: studying and casting. <ul><b>Studying:</b><br> <ul> One's stats in Intelligence, Wisdom, and proficiencies in Magic Theory, Techniques, and Forms determine what spells you can, or are allowed to study. The higher your stats and proficiencies, the higher the spell level you can study at. <p> So, as an example, if you have a high creo (a tech), a high ignem (a form), and a low corpus (a form), all it means is that you can study higher level 'creo ignem' spells than possible with 'creo corpus'. </ul><br> <b>Casting:</b><br> <ul>The more proficiency you have in a spell, the less chance of blotching will occur when the spell invoked. Your Focus stat may affect spell duration and concentration. </ul> </ul> <pre> The techniques and the forms of magic: - The Five Techniques: Creo = Create Intellego = Know/Perceive Muto = Change Perdo = Destroy Rego = Control - The Ten Forms: Animal = Animals Ignem = Fire Aquam = Water Imagonem = Images Auram = Air Mentem = Human Mind Corpus = Human Body Terram = Earth Herbam = Plants Vim = Raw Essence of Magic </pre> See also: <a href ="learn.html">LEARN</a> and <a href="study.html>STUDY</a> <hr> <a href = "index.html">Return</a> to Archipelago Help System Index </body> </html>
