T E M P O R A   H E R O I C A

Topic: magic

Explanation:

Magic in this world is powerful, diverse and useful. There are fifteen magical arts divided into five Techniques and ten Forms that, along with Magical Theory, form the arcane body of knowledge we refer to as magic.

Spells are composed of formulas combining a Technique and a Form. These combinations are merely classificatory, and not used to invoke the spell itself, e.g., the 'bind wounds' spell is 'creo corpus' magic. Virtually any spell, both known and unknown to the magus, can be invoked as follows:

INVOKE -nogesture -novoice -vis '<spell>' <target>

The -nogesture -novoice, and -vis are optional. The use of the first two in spell casting will increase the cost of the spell, where cost is the chance of botching, but will make the casting more stealthy. Invoking spells with vis will increase the effectiveness of the spell. See the Vis help file for details.

Example:

> invoke 'palm' ant

will cause you to invoke the spell "Palm of Flame" on an ant in the room.

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