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Mana is the raw energy that fuels all forms of magic. Every living being has a mana pool, like a personal reservoir of magical energy. It functions like a muscle: the more you use it, the more it grows—but it also tires with overuse. Casting magic drains mana. Bigger spells use more, and having more mana slows casting, as it takes longer to move and shape large amounts of it. Once your mana is exhausted, you may feel weak, dizzy, or unconscious. Casting beyond your limit can damage your body or soul. _ Innate Affinity is your natural connection to certain types of magic. Affinities define how efficient a person is in each type/subcategory. with no affinity the rare subcategory are not worth the trouble, but the other are able to be learned with enough effort, but rarely able to be all master. Every person is born with a stronger bond to some kinds of magic more than others. This makes those types of magic easier to learn, more efficient to cast, and more powerful in your hands.

Magical Roles in Society In the world of magic, people often speak of three roles: the Elementalist who fights, the Support who sustains, and the Crafter who prepares. But while these archetypes guide how magic is used, they do not define a mage’s limits. _ 🛡️ Elemental Magic: The Front Guard Seen as the combat face of magic. Masters of battlefield adaptation, duel control, and elemental destruction. Expected to lead magical engagements. “Make the field fit your strength—or make your strength fit the field.” _ 💉 Body Magic: The Support Pillar Known for enhancing allies and restoring health. Often seen as the mage behind the lines, ensuring the team stands. Requires deep focus, trust, and discipline. “Support doesn't mean standing back. It means lifting others forward.” _ 🛠️ Ritual Magic: The Hidden Hand Operates before the fight begins—crafting enchantments, gear, summons, and traps. Rarely used in fast combat, but its presence changes the odds before the first spell is cast. Common perception: Reclusive, mysterious, strategic. “The best duel is the one you already prepared to win.” - ⚠️ But Roles Are Not Chains be who you want to be

the Nature and Practice of Exterior Magic “Let the world shape your will, and let your will reshape the world.” ⚔️ The Blade of the Mage Exterior Magic, often called Elemental Magic, is the most direct and visible expression of a mage’s strength. Where Body Magic heals and Ritual Magic prepares, Exterior Magic commands—fire, ice, wind, stone, and beyond. In the eyes of common folk, this is what defines a "true" mage: the one who stands at the front, who bends nature into a weapon, who reshapes the battlefield with a glance and a word. 🌬️ Nature of the Craft Exterior Magic draws upon a mage's personal mana and channels it through elemental archetypes—natural forces that respond to will, form, and intent. Spells vary in: Scale: from a candle spark to a rising wall of flame. Cost: higher power draws more mana; larger mana reserves cast more slowly. Adaptability: a creative caster may reshape even simple spells through timing, terrain, and combination. The most common elements taught in formal schools are Fire, Ice, Wind, and Earth. Many mages specialize in two or three; mastery of all four is rare and respected. ♻️ Elemental Interaction: The Core of Mastery No element stands alone. The battlefield is shaped by combination: Wind stokes fire, creating erratic flame trails. Earth disrupts terrain, and ice coats it, making footing treacherous. Water channels electricity, expanding its reach. 📚 Cultural Role and Perception Elementalists are the visible face of magic: In duels, they are champions of skill. In society, they are often admired. Young mages often aspire to Exterior Magic first, drawn by its drama and power. But all are taught: “The strongest fire means nothing if you trip on ice you forgot you placed.”

Core Subcategories -Fire Destruction, intimidation, and wide-area control. Fire magic is the cornerstone of offensive strategy. Role: Wide-area offense. Traits: High heat, burn potential, intimidation. Effective for zoning and forcing movement. Excellent at destroying cover, flushing enemies out. Weakness: Can be dangerous in enclosed spaces or near allies. ____________ -Ice The art of defense through stillness. Ice creates barriers, slows opponents, and counters the ferocity of flame. It is elegant, precise, and feared by the reckless. Role: Defensive control. Traits: Barriers, freezing, slowing effects. Sharp but brittle—less effective against fast or high-energy attacks. Strong counter to Fire due to heat absorption. ____________ -Wind Mobility, misdirection, and control. Wind spells amplify movement, throw off opponents’ balance, and offer unparalleled positioning in both open field and closed spaces. Role: Mobility and disruption. Traits: Boosting movement, leaps, and aerial control. Can push or trip opponents, break stances. Allows for quick repositioning in combat. Weakness: Low raw damage; indirect effectiveness. ____________ -Earth The mage’s wall and hammer. Earth magic offers balance between offense and defense—shaping terrain, shielding allies, or pummeling foes with stone and steel. Role: Balanced offense/defense. Traits: high focal point and pacing Ground-based manipulation adds tactical depth. Weakness: Slower casting

Rare Subcategories -Electricity Lightning magic is speed and disruption—used to stun, shock, and chain energy through conductive surfaces. When paired with water or metal, it becomes especially lethal. Role: Speed-based offense. Traits: High velocity, piercing, disruptive shocks. Great for stun tactics, area bursts, or fast combos. Weakness: hard to control safely. ____________ -Gravity The domain of field control. With gravity, mages can alter the flow of combat: pinning enemies, lightening allies, or lifting themselves skyward. Its users are often known by one trait—they rarely touch the ground. Role: Field control & aerial dominance. Traits: Alter gravity’s pull—float, pin, crush, or push. Battlefield pacing. Trained users often float by default, easily spotted in a crowd. Weakness: High mana drain, visible effects, susceptible to destabilization. ____________ -Spatial A disorienting, elite discipline. Spatial magic bends distance: short-range teleportation, redirected trajectories, and dimensional storage. Its combat use is unpredictable and deeply feared. Role: Movement & utility. Traits: Short-range teleportation, spatial redirection, item compression. Great for confusion, escapes, ambushes. “Deep pocket” casters use spatial folds to carry massive inventories. Weakness: Difficult to aim; nauseating to new users; disorienting to allies too.

Interior Magic 💠 The Art Beneath the Skin Interior Magic—known formally as Body Magic—is the discipline of channeling mana directly into the living body, either one’s own or another’s. It is a magic of support, enhancement, and restoration, used by those who fight not with fire, but with precision, resilience, and timing. Though often considered a “support” art, Body Magic is anything but passive. It is the silent engine behind great warriors and elite dueling teams—the difference between holding the line or falling in silence. But it is not without risk. Mana flowing through flesh is a volatile river, and a miscast can rupture veins, tear ligaments, or burn the nerves from the inside out. 🧠 Essence and Risk Interior Magic relies on control over one’s own internal systems: Muscles Circulation Nerves Energy flow (mana pathways) It is often likened to surgery with the soul 💡 Roles and Misconceptions Body mages are often viewed as second to the front line, aiding the Elementalists. But many seasoned warriors know: when a support mage falls, the battle soon follows. And those who push their art far enough—those who buff themselves to gods—become one-person armies.

Core Subcategories -Enhancement Temporarily augments the caster’s or ally’s strength, speed, reflexes, or stamina. Multiplicative in nature: the stronger the base body, the more effective the boost. Overuse may lead to muscle tears, bone fractures, or long-term strain. _ Function: Temporarily strengthens a person’s muscles and nervous system. Examples: Superhuman strength, jump height, speed bursts. Limitations: Stronger users benefit more (enhancement is multiplicative). Strains the body—can cause torn muscles or fractures if overused. ____________ -Defense (Mana Skin) Coats the body or an object in a reactive mana layer. Effective at absorbing blunt force and glancing spells. Common among frontline fighters or mages expecting retaliation. Effect decays rapidly over time without upkeep. _ Function: Forms a thin, reactive barrier of mana over the skin, armor, or an object. Uses: increase resistance of blunt sharp damage end spell, reduce the effect of heat and cold. Traits: Mana cost increases with surface area and level. Invisible to the eye unless overloaded (glows when stressed).

Core Subcategories -Defense (Mana Skin) Coats the body or an object in a reactive mana layer. Effective at absorbing blunt force and glancing spells. Common among frontline fighters or mages expecting retaliation. Effect decays rapidly over time without upkeep. _ Function: Forms a thin, reactive barrier of mana over the skin, armor, or an object. Uses: increase resistance of blunt sharp damage end spell, reduce the effect of heat and cold. Traits: Mana cost increases with surface area and level. Invisible to the eye unless overloaded (glows when stressed).

Rare Subcategories -Healing Repairs torn flesh, broken bone, and damaged organs. High-level use can regenerate entire limbs or slow the signs of aging. Cannot remove poison or curses—only repair what they harm. Highly draining; requires advanced anatomical knowledge. _ Function: Repairs physical damage to the body, cuts, torn tissue, broken bones, damaged organs, etc. Limits: Does not remove poison or curses, only repairs the damage they cause. Slower and more expensive the deeper or more complex the injury. ____________ -Mana Circulation Control Allows manipulation of internal mana channels—one’s own or another’s. Can stabilize disrupted flows, suppress sickness, or assist in cursebreaking. Conversely, it can disrupt flows and cause paralysis, vomiting, or unconsciousness. Reserved for elite healers, combat medics, and interrogators. Function: Precisely influences the flow of mana inside a body—one’s own or another’s. _ Uses: Fix disrupted mana channels (restore flow after shock or sickness). Extract or suppress illnesses, poisons, or curse residues. Can help in casting speed. Risks: Misuse can cause seizure, energy collapse, or internal mana implosion.

Rare Subcategories -Mana Circulation Control Allows manipulation of internal mana channels—one’s own or another’s. Can stabilize disrupted flows, suppress sickness, or assist in cursebreaking. Conversely, it can disrupt flows and cause paralysis, vomiting, or unconsciousness. Reserved for elite healers, combat medics, and interrogators. Function: Precisely influences the flow of mana inside a body—one’s own or another’s. _ Uses: Fix disrupted mana channels (restore flow after shock or sickness). Extract or suppress illnesses, poisons, or curse residues. Can help in casting speed. Risks: Misuse can cause seizure, energy collapse, or internal mana implosion.

Ritual Magic “The spell began three days before the first blow fell. That is why we won.” 🧿 The Magic of Preparation Ritual Magic is slow. It is deliberate, material-dependent, and often misunderstood. Yet no military march, enchanted blade, or city-wide defense ward could exist without it. Known as the magic of tools, Ritual Magic allows mages to channel power through circles, glyphs, reagents, constructs, and contracts. Unlike Exterior or Interior magic, it does not rely heavily on the caster’s mana in the moment. The strength lies in the ritual, not the hands performing it. 🛠️ Philosophy and Function To a Ritualist, magic is not a spark—it is a blueprint. The spell is planned, drawn, calculated, and forged. What takes an Elementalist a second to conjure may take a Ritualist a day—but the result may last forever. 🧭 Role in the World Ritualists are the foundation of magical civilization: They build the spells others wield. They enchant the weapons soldiers carry. They forge the contracts kings fear to break. They may not stand on the front line—but they shape how the battle is fought before it begins.

Core Subcategories -Monster Summoning Calls temporary beasts or spirits into existence. Requires diverse materials—monster parts, mana stones, blood offerings. _ Duration and power depend on quality of materials and ritual complexity. Function: Calls temporary entities (beasts, spirits, aberrations). Materials: Monster parts, mana crystals, blood, ritual ink. Duration: Limited by mana cost, materials used, and binding quality. ____________ -Mana Infusion Temporarily imbues mana into an object, enhancing it for combat or utility. _ Examples: a sword that burns for an hour, a mirror that reflects spells, a summon given elemental charge. Function: Temporarily empowers objects or beings with raw mana. Targets: Summons, crystals, weapons, tools. Duration: mana evaporation depend on the quality, more mana mean faster evaporation. ____________ -Construct Creation Combines magic with raw materials to craft functional magical objects or entities. _ Simple: swords, lanterns, traps. Complex: watches, prosthetics, enchanted armor, magical drones. Master crafters can surpass the natural limits of base materials. Function: Builds a physical object using raw materials. Can be used to craft simple Weapons, armor, tools. Or precise Clocks; artificial limbs Key Trait: Can exceed mundane material limits, with good craft wood can be as shard and sturdy as iron.

Core Subcategories -Mana Infusion Temporarily imbues mana into an object, enhancing it for combat or utility. _ Examples: a sword that burns for an hour, a mirror that reflects spells, a summon given elemental charge. Function: Temporarily empowers objects or beings with raw mana. Targets: Summons, crystals, weapons, tools. Duration: mana evaporation depend on the quality, more mana mean faster evaporation.

Rare Subcategories -Enchantment Applies semi-permanent or permanent magical effects to equipment. Some enchantments require regular mana to activate or recharge. _ Function: Embeds a lasting magical effect into an item. Enchantment requires mana for activation, some more expensive than other, mana crystal can subdue the need of mana too Efficiency and stability depend on quality of casting, the mage and rune. ____________ -Cursecrafting Alters another being’s mana pattern through items, rituals, or markings. Can induce weakness, confusion, decay, or worse. Curses may be delayed, hidden, or passed through objects. _ Function: Disrupts a living target’s mana body or behavior. Delivery: Ritual: runs with strong tie with the victim like body part or really important item. Infused Item: A cursed ring or potion that transfers the effect when used. Effects: spell using the mana of one cursed for wrong like illness Some are reversible; others bind to soul.

Rare Subcategories -Cursecrafting Alters another being’s mana pattern through items, rituals, or markings. Can induce weakness, confusion, decay, or worse. Curses may be delayed, hidden, or passed through objects. _ Function: Disrupts a living target’s mana body or behavior. Delivery: Ritual: runs with strong tie with the victim like body part or really important item. Infused Item: A cursed ring or potion that transfers the effect when used. Effects: spell using the mana of one cursed for wrong like illness Some are reversible; others bind to soul.

Rare Subcategories -Construct Creation Combines magic with raw materials to craft functional magical objects or entities. _ Simple: swords, lanterns, traps. Complex: watches, prosthetics, enchanted armor, magical drones. Master crafters can surpass the natural limits of base materials. Function: Builds a physical object using raw materials. Can be used to craft simple Weapons, armor, tools. Or precise Clocks; artificial limbs Key Trait: Can exceed mundane material limits, with good craft wood can be as shard and sturdy as iron.