The Mystic Arts

Magic in the world is powered by the Focusing of nature’s energy

Spell casting

The methods by which mystics cast spells are slightly different. One thing they do have in common is that to cast a spell you use words of power. The words are the same in any language.  This means another caster that knows the same spell can tell what spell you have cast.

The mystic power nature

natural Magic is powered by all living energy, weather that be the energy of a person, plant or animal, the living world fuels the magic’s of man

Mystics need a symbol of their focus in nature to cast through something like a wand or a crystal or even a staff. The second is the spell verbal. To cast a spell the Mystic must use an appropriate verbal followed by the spell name; something like:

“With the focus natures energy, casting ‘Cloud of Smoke ’

Would be suitable

At the end of casting the mystic must make their intended target aware of the spells effects

Regaining Used power

The magic you use is drawn from the world around you.  Mystics must enter a trance and draw the power into themselves so they can shape it to their needs.  Drawing the magic requires undivided concentration and time.

There are two ways in which mystics can regain power.

Number 1.

A mystic can meditate can using the meditation skill and recovers as per the skills allotments

Number 2.

A mystic can take a full night sleep to recover all spent power

Resisting Spells

When mystics use their spells they must use a verbal.  A character with the willpower skill can opt to announce their use of their willpower during the verbal, but not after the mystic has finished casting.

Starting spells & Power points

Each mystic starts off with twice their life force in power points to buy spells with as well as to cast his spells with. The points spent to buy your starting spells with are lost once spent

E.g. so a human (14 life force x 2) mystic has 28 power points to buy his first few spells with, and the remaining points left to cast them with, so if he spends 18 points buying spells he only has 10 points left to cast with.

Learning spells

A mystic can learn new spells from an other mystic or from ancient tombs or scrolls. Each spell takes its casting cost in days to learn and the same amount in points to buy

The listed cost of a spell is not only how much power it takes to buy the spell but how much it takes to cast as well E.g. Blinding Flash costs 1 point to buy and 1 point to cast.