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I finally finished another worldbuilding post. Took me a while, I know. You can find it here. I intend to write more about magic, both about the basics of it and about specific fields of it like alteration and the like. For now, this will hopefully do.

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Basics of Magic - Mana

If one asked two random scholars for a definition of magic, they would probably get five different answers. At its core, though, magic is pretty simple to understand - it is a process by which magical creatures and mages utilize mana to affect themselves and their surroundings.

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Anonymous

Lovely. Also, i'm enjoying the magic middle discussion in the wiki comments. Is Zorian really at 60% cost, whereas Zach is at 86%? That's quite good. I was expecting even better efficiency from Zorian huh, but that's fine.

Anonymous

PS Happy winter holidays.

nobody103

I never really calculated things to that extent, so I can't answer that.

Roman

Is there such a thing as artificial mana well? If wizards are capable of teleporting cities they are bound to be able to make big explosions. Or why not simply teleport a bunch of dirt out of the way? If mana rises up from below any deep hole should produce a mana well, right?

nobody103

If a big enough hole is made in the right spot, you could indeed make an artificial mana well. It's just that doing so is a massive undertaking and it's usually easier to find an existing, natural one and built a settlement on top of it.