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Magic

Magic is the deliberate interaction with the Wyre, the underlying magical force present throughout the world.

Shamanism

Shamanism is one of the oldest surviving mortal magical traditions. It developed among the ancestral peoples that later became orcs, trolls, and ogres, and survives in related but distinct forms among all three.

Necromancy

Necromancy is the magical discipline concerned with death, corpses, preserved remains, and the residual patterns left by the dead.

Bloodwaking

Bloodwaking is the gnoll-developed magical tradition built around a distinctive relationship between blood and the Wyre.

Stormweaving

Stormweaving is the native akkari magical tradition of shaping existing atmospheric conditions through the Wyre.

Tidecalling

Tidecalling is the native ossur magical tradition of shaping the movement and pressure of existing water through the Wyre.

Sacred Magic

Sacred magic is a human-origin magical tradition that shapes the Wyre through structured religious practice.

Artifice

Artifice is the characteristic dwarven magical tradition of binding deliberate Wyre effects into crafted matter.

Druidism

Druidism is the elven-developed magical tradition of shaping the Wyre through living systems and natural processes.

Arcane Magic

Arcane magic is the systematic tradition of shaping the Wyre through learned patterns, formulae, symbols, structure, and practiced technique.

Runecrafting

Runecrafting is the elven-developed magical discipline of structuring effects through inscribed rune patterns.