Mind Magic
The corruption of the mind is one of the gravest of defilings. It is outlawed in every community and considered an art of pure evil.
Mind magic is a niche but terrifying array of magic incantations. Most techniques were developed by dark affinity-aligned mages centuries ago, but scholars are aware of ways to utilize mind magic present regardless of affinity. This class of magic is the only one that has been formally outlawed in every region of the Realm and is a reasonably universal taboo in primary cultures throughout the world. Mind magic is a field of magical spells and rituals that target not just any part of a person but the mind and the metaphysical. Mind magic is difficult to learn and pull off, but true masters can change the makeup of all sorts of chemical signals in the brain and body and even cause maladies to the spirit itself, or at least convince the victim of such a case. Effects from mental enslavement to driving people to permanent psychosis or even forcing victims into a comatose state are all fates that this dark art can inflict. Within the Realm, such an act of defilement and robbing of agency is one of the crucible sins one could enact on another person. (Mind magic is not allowed to be known by player characters at all and is off limits to any character aside from story plot characters.)
Mind magic is a niche but terrifying array of magic incantations. Most techniques were developed by dark affinity-aligned mages centuries ago, but scholars are aware of ways to utilize mind magic present regardless of affinity. This class of magic is the only one that has been formally outlawed in every region of the Realm and is a reasonably universal taboo in primary cultures throughout the world. Mind magic is a field of magical spells and rituals that target not just any part of a person but the mind and the metaphysical. Mind magic is difficult to learn and pull off, but true masters can change the makeup of all sorts of chemical signals in the brain and body and even cause maladies to the spirit itself, or at least convince the victim of such a case. Effects from mental enslavement to driving people to permanent psychosis or even forcing victims into a comatose state are all fates that this dark art can inflict. Within the Realm, such an act of defilement and robbing of agency is one of the crucible sins one could enact on another person. (Mind magic is not allowed to be known by player characters at all and is off limits to any character aside from story plot characters.)
