Single Talent Gifts
While the exercise of Single Talent magical Gifts is not technically spell casting or invocation, this can be loosely considered a form of enchantment, and it certainly doesn't involve a charm, amulet, or talisman. Single Talent Gift magic is nearly always performed by thought alone, although some prefer to channel a mental build-up of mystical force and then release it all at once with a key word or simple gesture. There are also cases where the Single Talent Gift may activate on its own, subconsciously, like a reflex. The extent to which this is possible tends to depend on the type and strength of the enchantment, and how useful it might be in a specific situation. While not a genuine Single Talent, many people with more magic also have one particular Gift which acts for them in a similar manner.
Effect
Effects of Single Talent Gift magic vary widely. If it is possible to imagine something happening due to mystical forces, someone somewhere in Visharvé may have been born with that ability. Few are completely frivolous or virtually useless, however; for example the power to make roses smell like turnips would be an unlikely Single Talent Gift. Generation of light is much more probable. It is also possible for more than one person to have the same gift, whether or not they are blood relatives.
Side/Secondary Effects
Side effects depend upon the type of Single Talent Gift, but it is nearly always possible to misuse or overtax a magical ability, no matter how safe it seems to be. With light generation, for instance, one could accidentally blind oneself or others, or bleed the light out of one place to concentrate it in another, which could plunge an area into darkness. In addition, one can simply become exhausted. One could also find oneself glowing or lose one's shadow temporarily or permanently.
Manifestation
Most more powerful magicians can sense the existence in a person of a Single Talent Gift, but not necessarily what effect the manifestation will be until the talent is used for the first time. This is how the majority of children with Single magical Gifts are identified, so that they can be guided as it emerges. Likewise they know if a Single Talent Gift active nearby, but if they have not encountered that particular Gift before, they may not know who is employing what kind of magic. Use of their own Single Talent-like Gift will strengthen it in these individuals, like Blue Turtle Dreaming excelling at a kind of magical hypnotism which facilitates dream regression and memory recovery in others.
Source
The spiritual and magical energy of the individual is the source of power for a Single Talent Gift.
None. Single Talent Gift magic is performed mentally, by willing the effect to manifest.
None. Single Talent Gift magic is performed mentally, by willing the effect to manifest.
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