Post by fall on Dec 22, 2019 16:17:27 GMT
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MANA-TOUCHED MATERIALS
MANA-TOUCHED MATERIALS
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how magic shapes the world
how magic shapes the world
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As alchemists know all too well, even inorganic materials can interact with mana in different ways. Some materials are especially distinctive, and need no processing or interaction with other materials to demonstrate their unique properties.
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Mirragen is an odd type of metal which is both semi-transparent and semi-reflective. Its most distinctive property, however, is its complete inability to be affected magically. Spells which come into contact with the substance are broken down into formless mana and absorbed. This material is often used to build prison cells and as shackles to prevent magical use and weaken the wearer.
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Various alloys have also been made to slightly weaken the mirragen's effect, or focus it in a single direction. Such alloys are used in the creation of magical items which resist external magical influence, but possess magical properties themselves. They have also been used in the creation of magical foci, which pool increased amounts of environmental mana around themselves, but are weak enough for a witch to then pull from that mana pool to cast a spell.
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The Desert of Lazarus is the home to some unique crystal clusters which use mana to grow abnormally quickly. There are a few variants in color and shape, but they tend to keep to the warm end of the color spectrum and grow taller than they are wide. In areas where the crystals have been allowed to grow extensively, the creaking and cracking sounds of their continued growth are clearly audible.
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These crystals are eaten in large quantities by young Burrowing Duneworms, possessing enough mana within them to sustain the beasts. This said, they do not provide any nutritional value to humans, nor most other animal species -- in fact, they are rather dangerous to consume, as they may grow faster than the being's stomach acids can break them down and cause internal damage.
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The most mana-sensitive material known to humankind is known as mutic. When it is touched by a spell or abnormal spike of mana, it tends to react in unpredictable ways. Though usually it possesses the physical attributes of a dark-colored metal, magic may cause it to glow, change temperature, alter its own shape, change its current state of matter, shift in color, or develop different physical attributes entirely. The purest ores have even been known to explode when mining operations of witches get too close.
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Some blacksmiths have managed to create alloys of mutic to limit and harness its reaction to mana, but such weapons and tools are rarely mass-produced due to the widespread wariness (backed up by countless disaster stories) towards this material.
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overview
overview
As alchemists know all too well, even inorganic materials can interact with mana in different ways. Some materials are especially distinctive, and need no processing or interaction with other materials to demonstrate their unique properties.
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mirragen
mirragen
Mirragen is an odd type of metal which is both semi-transparent and semi-reflective. Its most distinctive property, however, is its complete inability to be affected magically. Spells which come into contact with the substance are broken down into formless mana and absorbed. This material is often used to build prison cells and as shackles to prevent magical use and weaken the wearer.
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Various alloys have also been made to slightly weaken the mirragen's effect, or focus it in a single direction. Such alloys are used in the creation of magical items which resist external magical influence, but possess magical properties themselves. They have also been used in the creation of magical foci, which pool increased amounts of environmental mana around themselves, but are weak enough for a witch to then pull from that mana pool to cast a spell.
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Lazarus Crystals
Lazarus Crystals
The Desert of Lazarus is the home to some unique crystal clusters which use mana to grow abnormally quickly. There are a few variants in color and shape, but they tend to keep to the warm end of the color spectrum and grow taller than they are wide. In areas where the crystals have been allowed to grow extensively, the creaking and cracking sounds of their continued growth are clearly audible.
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These crystals are eaten in large quantities by young Burrowing Duneworms, possessing enough mana within them to sustain the beasts. This said, they do not provide any nutritional value to humans, nor most other animal species -- in fact, they are rather dangerous to consume, as they may grow faster than the being's stomach acids can break them down and cause internal damage.
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Mutic
Mutic
The most mana-sensitive material known to humankind is known as mutic. When it is touched by a spell or abnormal spike of mana, it tends to react in unpredictable ways. Though usually it possesses the physical attributes of a dark-colored metal, magic may cause it to glow, change temperature, alter its own shape, change its current state of matter, shift in color, or develop different physical attributes entirely. The purest ores have even been known to explode when mining operations of witches get too close.
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Some blacksmiths have managed to create alloys of mutic to limit and harness its reaction to mana, but such weapons and tools are rarely mass-produced due to the widespread wariness (backed up by countless disaster stories) towards this material.
