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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5367806" data-attributes="member: 92511">Magic in OreaI had a separate thread for all of this a while ago but it has long been swept away into the ENworld ethers.Seeing as this is about/does involve how the world of Orea is organized/functions, seems it is aptly applied to this thread as well.So we'll start with the basics...----------------The Magelords of R’Hath hoard it. The Witch-priests of Manat cherish  it. In the Island kingdoms of Tanku its practice is outlawed. Priests in  the white-walled city of Sanctum use it to heal and protect. Druids use  it to meld with nature. The Shamans of "less civilized" races commune  with their spirit world. While those in the Order of the Emerald Tear  expand their amazing mental gifts. For some magic is a source of pride. Others fear it. For many it  is a source of cautious wonder. Whether a secret spell from a dusty  tome, favors of the gods, a lost knowledge, forgotten item, or innate  gift, all of its wide variety of practitioners can agree: Magic is Power.   Magic on the world of Orea is a form of all pervading energy that  is able to be harnessed and controlled to various effect in any number  of ways. The sources of magic on Orea are classified by the sages of  Flin into:Arcane -the magic of wizards gained through study, practice and research Divine -the magic of priests and paladins gained through meditation, prayer and the divine favor of their respective deity, andNatural  (also called "Primal") -the magic of the druids, bards and other classes and  creatures (like shamans, dragons and the natural abilities of the  zepharim) gained through ancient teaching/practices, innate ability  and/or communion with the ambient energies of the cosmos. Psionics do not fall into any of these categories, being the  expansion and exercising of a being's own mental energy. Still, psionics  are sometimes (wrongfully) considered to be a form of "personal magic"  that is contained (or gifted to) in the mind of the individual. This  view is especially believed by most arcane magic-users, many of them  seeking to unlock and master these formidable "personal magics" within  themselves to add to their own power. Though there are various sources for the unseen energies that ebb  and flow throughout the realms, the practice of harnessing them is  generally the same. The use of ritual and/or spell (sometimes called  "prayers" by the more religious)  involving various spoken, somatic and/or possibly material components bring about a specific effect.Magic is also accessible by non-spellcasters through the use of items or  weapons that harbor, are charged with or channel magical energy. This includes (but is certainly not limited to) potions, weapons of all sorts, rings and other jewelry items, armor, cloaks and other apparel and (possibly) wands, rods and staffs. Generally speaking, a charged or contained item (something that requires the item to be "turned on" to have it's magical effect) requires knowledge and use of a "command word" and so may not have its properties available to a non-caster (or at least without the aid of one to divine/research the command word for them).</blockquote>

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