Ovritheosis
As mages age the conduits their bodies use to channel magic slowly breakdown. The more often these conduits are activated the likelier that the body's natural resistors will weaken allowing more magic energy to flow through; a condition known as ovritheosis. While ovritheosis is not a deadly condition on its own, continuous use of magical abilities can lead to a conduit burnout, or the inability to channel magic energy.
Ovritheosis can be affect most species including Dwarves, Elves, and Humans. Some species such as Dragons, Orcs, and their hybrid offspring have been shown to be immune to the degenerative affects displayed by ovritheosis.
Causes
In every being exists a network of invisible conduits, or vessels, that transmit magical energy from the earth through the body and converts them into spells or spell-like abilities. These conduits act as both transistors to empower a mages ability to cast spells and as magical resistors to prevent self harm from channeling too much energy at once. As a mage grows stronger in their art their transistor conduits strengthen as well allowing more powerful acts of magic to be performed, but as a consequence this also wears out the network's resistors.
This degeneration is known as ovritheosis and typically only affects mages once they reach old age.
Symptoms
Those who show symptoms of ovritheosis will often find that they can channel magic more easily than others, but will become fatigued more quickly. Overuse of magic can lead to total degeneration of the resistors and cause the mage to channel more energy than can be handled; often resulting in total magical burnout.
Treatment
Some traditional treatments exist to slow the effects of ovritheosis include the inhalation of smokes from certain herbs or poultices crafted with ground materials such as beetle shells or dragon scales.
When symtpons are caught early, a Triskelion mage may be able to cast an artificial block on the patients conduit network to delay ovritheosis.
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