MAGIC
A Compendium
Mana
distinct substance · everywhere · barely interacts with matter
Adepts store mana as a structure bound to the body or an object. Magic is only usable where the field has been loosened by other mages.
uniform
stable distribution
hard to access
⇌
mages loosen
unshaped
easily accessible
graspable for learners
→
shape specifically
shaped
acts upon the world
⚙
Spirits
created by mages · like a program
example of „shaped"
Practitioners
Mage caught between two fronts
Witch
„we provide for them"
⚡
Mage
„witches exploit mages"
„magic is real"
⚡
Illusionist
„merely technology & illusion"
🜏

Witch

borrowed power
  • Symbol Magic affects spirits & demons
  • Summoning calls demons forth
Demon Symbiosis
offers
food sex contact
demon
irreversible wild beast survives on magic
🧙

Mage

own power ↓ Physical Magic
☠
loses control → Demon
🎭

Illusionist

denies magic
  • Technology
  • Mind
    Manipulation
↓ Dream Magic (rare)
Physical Magic
Energy Magic
🔆

Ray Magic

Radiation
  • thermal radiation
  • light
  • high-energy radiation
Electromagnetism
  • lightning
  • charge
  • magnets
Telepathy
  • mind manipulation
  • mind reading
  • communication
🜋

Motion Magic

Telekinesis
  • attacks
  • operations
  • architecture
  • wind
  • current
  • vibration
Temperature
  • fire
  • ice
Levitation
  • self-levitation
  • carrying others
  • flight
⚗

Transformation Magic

Matter
  • chemical reaction
  • atomic transmutation
Healing
  • wounds
  • diseases
  • regeneration
Mutation
  • living beings
  • body enhancement
  • temporary transformation
Spacetime Magic
◇

Space Magic

Distances
  • increase
  • decrease
  • tear enemies apart
Gravity
  • strengthen
  • weaken
  • reverse
⧗

Time Magic

Regions
  • accelerate
  • slow down
Brains
  • desynchronize
  • specific timing
✦

Genesis Magic

Application
  • creation
  • annihilation
produces together
  • matter
  • antimatter
  • space
inseparably coupled
Dream Magic
rarely practiced · disputed