Magic Classes

There are nine magic classes in which different spells and methods are being categorized. They are derived from the eight deities of the Faith of the Eight. The last class, chaos magic, is considered a myth, just like the deity it was derived from: the one who created all. Different magic classes require different amounts of life energy and are different in their difficulty to learn them.

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Alchemy

Alchemy is the power to change or create things in a magical way. It is mainly seperated in two branches: potion making and alteration. Alteration includes altering raw materials and natural ressources in their appearance or condition. Their essential nature cannot be changed.

Alchemy is one of the easier classes. With the knowledge of the ingredients for the potions, anyone with magic abilities can create potions. Alteration is a bit more difficult, but it can also be learned in a relatively short time by focusing on the materials and the properties one wants to alter.

Enchanting

Enchanting describes spells that put magical effects on objects, humans and anything else really. Enchanting is an easy class to learn for beginners. It does have a harder sub branch though. Object magic includes making talismans for example. It requires additional knowledge of alchemy and alchemic alteration.

Evocation

Evocation is a magic class in which you tap into an additional source next to life energy to produce the desired effect. It is divided into elemental magic and synthesis.

Elemental magic includes tapping into natural elements (water, fire, air, earth) around you and using them for your purposes. This includes altering those elements. One cannot however tap into something that is not there. If there is no water source in your immediate surroundings, no water magic is possible. Elemental magic in itself is an easy class to learn. Alteration of those elements however requires additional knowledge of alchemic alteration.

Synthesis taps into another persons magic powers next to life energy. This is a difficult spell to master, as it requires additional knowledge of biological magic. By combining multiple peoples magic powers, better and stronger results can be aquired. It can however lead to people´s death, as it is an extremely draining spell as well.

Biological Manipulation

Biological Manipulation, also called Bio-magic, includes any kind of spells that involve bodies and minds. It is divided into healing spells, possession and mind reading. Bio-magic is a more difficult class to learn and is usually only taught to people who have mastered at least one of the basic classes. Any kind of bio-magic can only be used when the user has touched their target recently beforehand. It also requires additional extensive medical knowledge to make it work in the first place.

This is especially the case for healing magic. One needs a precise medical understanding of the anatomy one is trying to heal. You cannot heal a broken bone if you do not know how that bone is supposed to look in a healthy state. Healing magic is also very draining for ones life energy, so you can die from healing someone else.

Mind reading is only possible with fellow humanoid species. It is a difficult spell to enact and is draining as well.

Possesion is similar to mind reading, only that it extends seeing what the other person is up to. You can control their bodies and minds instead. Again, extensive knowledge about the psyche and anatomy is required. Advanced techniques of possession include:

• Mirroring: You tap into another persons mind to copy their abilities and use them yourself for a limited amount of time. Can lead to the death of the person that casts the spell.
• transferring life energy: Life energy can be given to or taken from a person, willingly or unwillingly. Without any life enery left whoever, that person will die.

Conjuring

Conjuring is a variation on evocation in combination with magical transport. It includes telekinesis, summoning spirits and teleportation of yourself and others. Telekinesis is a spell of medium difficulty, while the other two are of the hardest difficulty.

Summoning spirits from the spirit realm is not used often, because there is no real use to it, but it is difficult none the less.

Portaling is also a difficult spell. To open a portal you have to have a precise image in mind of the place you are currently and the place you want to go.

Divination

Divination includes fortune telling of all sorts. It is a hard to learn class, but it is also often smiled upon. Not many people believe that there is any actual substance to divination.

Necromancy

Necromancy is one of the two most difficult magic classes. It includes communicating with or even raising the dead temporarily. It requires additional knowledge of bio-magic and conjuring.

Illusion

Illusion is like necromancy, a very hard to learn class. It includes the manipulation of how reality is perceived. It requires additional knowledge of enchanting (as one is technicall enchanting reality). A branch of illusion is shapeshifting, where one changes ones own appearance for a limited amount of time.