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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 491714" data-attributes="member: 5137">More language notes...Arcanist magic centers around the use of words of power. At low levels, these are more like powerful phrases, but as the mage gets better at channeling, slowly switch over to syllabic runes.All spells involve a spell circle (traced in the air, drawn in the dirt, a placement of stones for a ceremony), and one or more sigils contained within. This is the source of the spell's raw power - the portal through which extradimensional energies are tapped. The words of power merely shape its exit.The language used for the words of power is a nonsense tongue, in that there is no actual translation for the majority of the words. To the arcanist, each word is simply a verbal sound that does a particular thing, not a method of communication. With that said, however, there is a certain logic to the syllables, and skilled arcanists can sometimes infer what kind of effect to expect from an enemy caster, even if the arcanist is not familiar with the specific spell.For readership convenience <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />, I will continue to refer to spells by their 'common names' rather than the sigil + syllable combination that an arcanist would use to accurately state what he was doing.</blockquote>

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