Arcane Magic Tips And Info.

[Rig 17590]

Meet the Magic User.

Basic, all magic users for the most part are usually weak individuals, do to the void's corruption of the physical body. This often explains why mages and clerics and such cannot use blades, weaponry, etc.. 

To be a magic user takes great effort, time investment, and practice. Understand too you'll be yelled at along the way, run into stressful situations, and have occurrences which you dislike, as this happens to each class (mage, warrior, even normal just walk around civilian). 

How to become a magic-user.

With the removal of the magic applications in (what, late 2013?) Magic is now free for all to use. Does this mean you can instantly learn magic? No, you cannot. Why if you have 'permission too'? You do not! It's a common misunderstanding that you can insta-learn magic immediately without the time investment others have, but this is false. The public release of magic meant that all could role-play it and learn it, not that you'd be able to instantly learn it without going through lots of role-play. 

Naturally, insta-magicking is a form of power-gaming. Now, to understand the mage class directly, you must realize we're unable to use most weaponry along side our magic(unless you're a druid, but they have mental issues occurring instead of physical weakness), this includes most swords, axes, heavy bows, heavy anything. Please realize that while you will be unable to use these tools and weapons (and many others unspecified) you would still be able to use magic to do a lot of the tasks needed with those if you do it carefully and with creativity.

Magic is a form of rp, not a tool for people to pick up, use, and throw away at will. Most people think that magic is very powerful, truly it is in reality, but not because you use it or pick it up. It's powerful to those who practice it, and creatively use it, because if you constantly do the same thing over and over, don't people expect it?

Mana, energy, etc..

In magic there is a magical energy called mana which all sorcerers conjure to use arcane magic. Mana is the basic piece of all magic, think of it as fuel, if you run out of mana, you could die overextending yourself.

​Sorcerers of arcane magic use their mind to connect to the void, another plain of reality, to draw back energy to use in their spell casting. All magic comes from a source, is something good to remember. It is also important to remember to have your own limits to how much you cast, and remember to not power-game.

Learning:

To learn Arcane magic, you do not require a teacher. You are able to self teach, as long as your character's backstory includes them having a source to learn from. If you're learning without a teacher, or even with a teacher, there're plenty of guides for you to learn from.
Thanks to BrandNewKitten for reminding me this.
Conclusion:

I hope this clears some stuff up and provides basic information, I will continue updating this as time goes on and lore (probably) is changed by the LMs. Happy role-playing!


 

[Stag 3233]

I am pretty sure while you can't just be a master mage, any unlocked magic subtypes don't require a teacher or knowledge. Your character is free to make theories and learn them. If not then I shouldn't really see other arcane evocationists that I don't know. Not that I mind though.

[Mining 129]

You stress quite often that mages can't and are unable to use physical weaponry (swords, axes heavy bows etc). But this is not true, there is of course nothing stopping a mage from swinging a sword at someone. However, due to their limited strength and spending more time in books then training with weapons (and the fact its uber powergamming to be master mage + master swordsman) a mage won't be proficient with weapons. At the very best you could be a mediocre mage and an average swordsman at the same time and even thats sketchy. If you rp as a master mage, there's nothing stopping you using a weapon on someone, but the moment you actually cross blades with an actual warrior, expect to loose.

[Rig 17590]

You stress quite often that mages can't and are unable to use physical weaponry (swords, axes heavy bows etc). But this is not true, there is of course nothing stopping a mage from swinging a sword at someone. However, due to their limited strength and spending more time in books then training with weapons (and the fact its uber powergamming to be master mage + master swordsman) a mage won't be proficient with weapons. At the very best you could be a mediocre mage and an average swordsman at the same time and even thats sketchy. If you rp as a master mage, there's nothing stopping you using a weapon on someone, but the moment you actually cross blades with an actual warrior, expect to loose.

@MiningTillDeath

I mean very heavy weapons, as you progress in magic your strength grows way less with corruption. And if you're not proficient there's not a point in using heavy weapons as a mage often. I stressed axes bows and such, but daggers and knives are perfectly fitting for a mage-class as long as they know their own limits.

@BrandNewKitten, I will add that in.

[TheBareSheet 194]

Moved to the Archive. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.