Category:Magic

Types of magic.

Magic refers to the use of mana to perform 'spells', the purposes of which can range wildly from utilitarian to healing to mass destruction.

The primary methods of casting magic are:

Imagination - Forming an image of the desired result and utilising mana to make it so. Can be inefficient, and produce unintended results or none at all if the caster's image fluctuates.

Vocal - Speak the spell, infusing mana into the voice to cast it. If the user's mouth is restrained, this method becomes difficult if not impossible, and casting times with this method are the longest of the three methods. It does, however, leave the hands free and requires no prior preparation.

Formations - Draw or inscribe the spell formation, infusing mana into it to cast it. Can be difficult to create a formation if pressed for time, or if lacking resources. The most precise of the three methods, with the most predictable results from a formation. Formations also have more utility in applications such as enchanting, and can cast more complex spells with more ease, assuming the formation for it is known. Sub-formations (or component formations) can be used to customise a spell further, although this also makes the creation of the formation more difficult.

The five main schools of magic are:

Destruction - magic intended to destroy something

Creation - magic intended to create something

Alteration - magic intended to change the properties of something

Restoration - magic intended to return something to its former state

Summoning - magic intended to move something to the caster's location

Illusion - magic intended to make something (usually someone) experience something (for example, make them see or hear something that isn't there).