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prismatica2020-06-18 12:50 pm
reposing) wrote in prismatica2020-06-18 12:50 pm
text; un: alucard
This may be too broad of a question to ask, but I've been curious at any rate. I'd like to ask about what your interpretation of "magic" is, and the basic rules of it should it have any or even limitations.
From my understanding based on my own world, there are some limitations, but magic is capable of much in talented hands.
I suppose that also begs the question of what exactly chroma can be used for, as it is in its essence not quite the typical energy source, yet capable of mild magic on its own.
From my understanding based on my own world, there are some limitations, but magic is capable of much in talented hands.
I suppose that also begs the question of what exactly chroma can be used for, as it is in its essence not quite the typical energy source, yet capable of mild magic on its own.
un: undyingsoul
Magic, in my world, is the process by which one can, if only for a little while, play with the baseline laws of the fabric of reality and defy them for their own ends.
There's two ways to go about it, which people in my world - at least those who study magic - generally recognize, and it's the difference between arcane and divine magic.
A practitioner of divine magic, first of all, exercises their art by communing with a higher power, whether that be the primal forces of nature or faith in a god.
I'm more of an arcane practitioner, though. and we do things by playing with the strings that weave the metaphorical fabric of reality and the source of magic itself.
Takes a fair bit of trial and error to do it the way I and a lot of mages do. Research, experimentation, years of poring over notes and reading old tomes until your eyes bleed. But some people are able to exert their own will over magic more intuitively, whether it's by particularly unusual circumstances of birth or being granted the capability to do so by fell powers.
That last one isn't quite the same thing as divine magic. Divine magic is when you need to cut grass, commune with whatever being it is you commune with, and a spectral knife appears out of nowhere for a second.
Pact magic is more like some magical patron of sorts just hands you a knife and tells you to go wild, but you end up cutting yourself a little each time you use it in the process.