Magic

Mystra's gift

"Magic," as it is know to most mortals, is the manifestation of the Divines's supernatural powers. Mystra's gift to the mortal races was language and through it the ability to access the powers of the gods. Through the use of a certain language known as Celestial mortals are able to break the bonds of the universe's physical laws placed upon them by Ao during creation. Mystra allowed mortals to gain access to god like abilities for the price of time, practice, dedication, skill, and willpower. In order to perform a magic spell one must first learn the language of the gods known as Celestial. Once a mortal is versed in Celestial they must obtain and study a tomb or scroll containing a spell's corresponding text. A spell written out could be no longer than a few words or it could span pages of the tomb depending of the spell's varying power level and difficulty. Some spells may also require special circumstances or procedures (such as using a certain ritual, specific elements being present or used, or simply being performed at a certain time of day) for the spell effect to be correct and accurate with no unwelcome / unforeseen consequences (E.g. instead of throwing a ball of fire the thrower would become a ball of fire).

Manifestation

Magic allows mortals to perform a large variety of supernatural feats. Magic spells can range from having more small scale effects like generate / diminish light, creating sounds, creating small illusions, etc. to much larger and sometimes more dangerous effects such as producing flame, shaping water / stone, telekinesis, telepathy, etc.

Type

Metaphysical, Arcane