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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5372983" data-attributes="member: 92511">Natural Magic[SIZE=+1]Natural (or Cosmic or Universal or Primal) Magic[/SIZE]  is the primordial power of the world of Orea itself. The residual  energies of the entities Ahl and Zho (who created the world and heavens  and then departed them and their creations (dragons and titans). If  arcane magic is an energy that flows throughout Orea like air, and  divine magic is bits of essence of the gods, then Natural or Cosmic  magic is more like a radiation that eminates from, with and through  everything, everyone, everywhere.  This is the magic of the Druids of Mistwood,  the shamans of the Centaurs and Gorunduun, the magic power first tapped  by the Shi'Staliiri elves so long ago and used by Kantiiri mystics to  this day. Even the savage witch-doctors of the goblinoid races are able  to harness the powers of natural magic to a greater or lesser degree.  It is the magic of the first creatures of the realms, who even  came into being by and with its power, the Children of Zho (dragons) and  the Children of Ahl (titans) from which all modern day Arcane magic and  much ritual (arcane and divine) has descended. Called "Draconic" and "Titanic"  magic respectively, these are the first and most powerful types of  magic in all of Orea. They are all but completely lost to the current  races of the realms save a few legendary artifacts and, of course, the  Champion of Wyr known as the Dragonmage. The casting of natural magic requires no study or books, but an  innate understanding of how to raise and direct the power. This is done  through a natural force of will, encouraged through rituals (in the case  of shamans or mystics) from the simple to ornate and/or passed down  through ancient teachings (as the druids or Shi'staliiri healers).  Whether there is chanting, dancing, singing, meditation, fasting,  sweating, breathing or drinking of herbal concoctions, a ritualistic  weapon or sacred item (called a totem by some cultures), the methods for  accessing the cosmic energy are diverse and variably effective.Druids, as with clerics, do not need to memorize specific spells  at the beginning of each day, having such command of the energies of  Orea that any 1st or 2nd level spell effect (as many as their level of  experience allows) is accessible to them without prior meditation. For  spells 3rd level and higher, the druid does have to decide each day what  she will be prepared to use. Predetermined or not, the druid must still  spend the requisite time of rest and replenish his energies to be  prepared for casting through his Rite of Dawn (generally accepted as 8  hours rest or sleep, 1 hour rite/meditation)   Still others are able to generate arcane or divine spell effects  without any arcane magic study or training at all. Among most of races  of the realms, these spell users are collectively known as Mystics.  They instinctively weave the magic as they please (and are capable of)  as is the case among the Shi'Staliiri elves (specifically of Eres'kae  Arabredaeras and Darathas -House Spellweaver and House Healer,  respectively), and the shamans of Kantiiri elf and is rumored to be  prevalent among the Zepharim and the Haindaun.</blockquote>

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