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Cinero: /* Invoking a Law of Magic */

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‎Invoking a Law of Magic

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Cinero at 03:41, 24 February 2020

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Cinero: /* Invoking a Law of Magic */

2019-11-24T16:15:57Z

‎Invoking a Law of Magic

Cinero at 16:13, 24 November 2019

2019-11-24T16:13:15Z

Cinero at 16:41, 14 September 2019

2019-09-14T16:41:21Z

Cinero: Created page with "Idea; Magic Across all known paradigms, magic follows these laws: * '''Inertia:''' things continue as they are * '''Possibility:''' anything can happen until something..."

2019-07-24T03:57:54Z

Created page with "Idea; Magic Across all known paradigms, magic follows these laws: * '''Inertia:''' things continue as they are * '''Possibility:''' anything can happen until something..."

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Idea; Magic

Across all known [[paradigms]], magic follows these laws:

* '''Inertia:''' things continue as they are
* '''Possibility:''' anything can happen until something happens
* '''Harmony:''' likeness is sameness
* '''Contagion:''' once in contact, always in contact
* '''Displacement:''' raising this lowers that
* '''Entropy:''' things fall apart

In the [[Church of the Reverence]], each law is associated with one [[Eternals|Eternal]].

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   Example: Isawa is trying to start a fire in the building across the street. Isawa has chiseled out a chip of granite from the cornerstone using tools and a ritual unique to his Order. Isawa also has a page from the original blueprints and he has prepared this page using a similar ritual. Isawa channels the spell through the chip to invoke the Law of Contagion. He uses a candle to burn the page to invoke the Law of Harmony. The DM approves both invocations, for a total of 2 boosts to the spell.
-  Example: A Swarmkin cultist is trying to cause Isawa to spontaneously combust. The cultist has a glass vial with a sample of Isawa's blood from last week. He uses a candle to heat up the vial to invoke the Law of Contagion. However, every morning Isawa performs a thorough bodily cleanse in his lab, so the old blood is no longer be strongly connected to Isawa. The invocation of the Law fails.
+  Example: A Swarmkin cultist is trying to cause Isawa to spontaneously combust. The cultist has a glass vial with a sample of Isawa's blood from last week. He uses a candle to heat up the vial to invoke the Law of Contagion. However, every morning Isawa performs a thorough bodily cleanse in his lab, so the old blood is no longer strongly connected to Isawa. The invocation of the Law fails.
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 See also: [[Limits of Magic]]
-Across all known [[paradigms]], magic follows these laws:
+Across all known [[paradigm|paradigms]], magic follows these laws:
 * '''Inertia:''' things continue as they are

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 Invoking a Law takes role-playing, not rolling dice. Invoking a Law takes more than just riffing on the details of a spell. It takes an appeal to significant evidence of something profound taking place. Just as regular magic is extraordinary compared to mundane phenomena, invoking a Law is extraordinary compared to regular magic. Invoking a Law usually takes preparation and forethought. The preparation doesn't need to be physical preparation (e.g., meditation may be evidence). The DM decides whether you successfully invoke a Law.
-Experienced casters learn to fear the potential invocation of Laws against them, and often take great care to avoid being vulnerable to the Laws. When you are the target of a hostile spell, you can debate with the DM about whether the Law can be invoked.
+Experienced casters fear the potential invocation of the Laws against them and they often take great care to reduce their vulnerability. Part of a caster's formal training usually includes learning appropriate preventative measures. All [[Unbound]] are inherently resistant to invocations of the Laws due to their extraordinary belief in themselves. When you are the target of a hostile spell, you can debate with the DM about whether the Law can be invoked.
   Example: Isawa is trying to start a fire in the building across the street. Isawa has chiseled out a chip of granite from the cornerstone using tools and a ritual unique to his Order. Isawa also has a page from the original blueprints and he has prepared this page using a similar ritual. Isawa channels the spell through the chip to invoke the Law of Contagion. He uses a candle to burn the page to invoke the Law of Harmony. The DM approves both invocations, for a total of 2 boosts to the spell.

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 Idea; Magic
 Across all known [[paradigms]], magic follows these laws:
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 In the [[Church of the Reverence]], each law is associated with one [[Eternals|Eternal]].
-See also: [[Limits of Magic]]
+== Invoking a Law of Magic ==
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