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Can you please give me a bit more information on the types of magic?
Like what sort of RP effects do they have, how is manipulating the elements(shaman) any different from scratching a rune to summon an ice spear.(rune-mystic)

What does Rune magic actually do? Write a rune to summon an elemental something (wall, spear, gust of wind) like I've been doing?

Soul Linkers: how do they wield their magics? What exactly can they cast? What does their magic look like?

Scholars: are these like wizards? Witches? Cast from a book? What sort of effects do their spells have? Are they limited in what they cast?

Sorcerer: is this like the D&D sorcerer? Cast random with gestures and stuff? More destructive spells?

Shaman: Elementals: are these just constructs in your world? A golem made of elements that only acts when directed by its creator and vanishes after a while? Or are they intelligent? Like a Sylth that is it's own person just an element of air?

I am asking for world information here, not battle specifics. Battle I can do with out rp but solos and the like I feel like I am lacking in information to really write what Myrsky is doing with magic... Are there rituals that each class does? Or are the complicated rituals usually with one class and not the others? What can they actually do with thier magic?
Examples may be best to help me understand I guess. I'm about to focus on magic stuff for my next character XD Or even Sakhile!

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This is really very open to interpretation. The most concrete thing I can answer is the shaman's elementals. These are golems made of the particular element but they do not have intelligence. They disperse after the magic has worn out and only follow the commands of their summoner.

The other magics are super duper open for whatever fits best with your character. If it helps I can come up with some examples, but how one person RPs might be completely different than how others RP their magic.

(I'm listing them from how I see it as most offensive to most defensive magic types)

Sorcerers cast destructive spells. They're the most offensive type of magic, using all elemental based and can cause pretty heavy destruction. I like to think that this is the class that their emotions can cause them to lose control and create damage.

Mystics use runes, though it's still offensive magic so it's along the same lines. I like to think that they're more in tune with themselves, but they can either carry pre-scribed runes with them, or even carve into the floor/tree/whatever with that they need to conjure.

Shaman use the elements and nature around them to do what they do. They're a mix of offensive and defensive, so they tend to use the elements to do both. Like use water to heal (or air or something), but can also cause damage. They use a staff so they're much like sorcerers in their casting, but they train toward summoning elementals.

Scholars use incantations to summon their spells. They have 'spell books' basically and verbalize their attacks. They're healers by trade, but can still use offensive magic, though it might be harder for them to learn/control. They're also the class I see as the most likely to use physical treatments for injuries, and not just straight magic. Like herbs and ointments.

Soul Linkers are like the most feely kind of magic. They are the kind to sense chakras, draw out the bad energy, spiritual types. They have sacred/enchanted beads as their weapons, but it's mostly a channeler or enhancer for their magic, which is more from their mind/soul (depending on how you want to use it).

They don't really have rituals that they do, but this is also up to the owner. If they want their to be rituals then that's totally fine, but it's just up to them.

I dunno if this has be asked before...but...
Is there a general Timeline for the Ages alongside the Stages?
*trying to figure out ages of the brothers*
>> I'm curious.

Answer

Answer can be found Here. :]

I just want to clarify something about the Shaman class. I read the FAQ about Shamans only mastering 6 spells from either offensive and defense, while allowed to go to level 2 in everything else. And also that they have a staff.

But in the shop it doesn't say the spells or staff are allowed to be bought by the shaman class. Does that mean they can? I just want to be sure before I make my character commit to that route.

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Yes, we haven't gotten around to updating the shop page yet, but the staff is the shaman's weapon, and all spells are open to the shaman with the rule that they can only master 6 out of the 12 spells.

What would the world's equivalent of 'Hell', 'Heaven' and 'Purgatory' be?

Would it differ based on what tribe is thinking/describing it?




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It would most definitely depend on the culture. The Alkidike don't believe in a heaven or hell, they accept the circle of life and know that the dead's life energy rejoins Aisha after death to feed the natural world. The same idea goes for the leaf earthlings, that their bodies will feed the earth.

Most of the other earthlings have some sort of belief as to what their version of 'heaven' or 'hell' is like, but we'll leave it up to the owners to decide what their character calls it and envisions it as.

Certain lands, like Matori, have really great natural boarders (like the cliff faces that separate Matori from Tale & Sauti) stating that Oba would be the only means of safe travel. Can we then assume that cutting through the borders in areas like Tale & Sauti into Matori is doable, just very dangerous and not common?

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Yes. Northern Matori is the base of the cliffs that cut it off from the rest of Tendaji, leaving Matori with a ton of waterfalls, and sharp ledges that make it difficult to get through. Southern Tale also has dense almost impassible forests overgrown with vegetation so that's also a problem, making the only safe passage through Oba and up into Jauhar (hence the war's route). But it is possible to get from Matori to the others territories through these obstacles, just not wise and not very often tried.