Mental Magic Guide

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Mental Magic

Written by Samsan99 of the Guide Team

What is mental magic

 

Mental magic is a type of magic that allows the user to enter the mind of another. Once within it, they can do as little as watch and whisper into the mind or as much as a large illusion on the person to trick or confuse them. The strongest of mental mages can even wipe a short amount of memory from a person or overload their senses to send them into a deep sleep temporarily.

 

How does it work

 

Using the void as their medium, the Mental Mage connects to their target’s mind/brain, infiltrating a creature without a brain would result in the lack of effect (of the magic). While the user is in the target’s mind, they have no control of their own body. After all, their consciousness no longer in their own mind.

 

If they manage to enter the target’s mind without hitting wards or the target's own mental barrier, they will have a wide range of abilities they can use.

 

Abilities of a mental mage.

 

Basic telepathy

 

This ability the mage will learn within their first few elven weeks of practicing the magic.

This is what allows the mage to enter a mind and communicate with the target's mind. While newer mages may find communicating for few minutes rather difficult, those who are experienced will find this fairly easy. A more advanced use of this spell is to acquire the number of people around the mage, but the wider the geographical area, the more tiresome it is.

 

Example 1. A New Mage.

Ariadni sits down. She starts to slow her breathing and begin focusing on the voi, using it to search for the mind of Cali. She successfully finds as he enters the room.

/t samsan99 (( any barriers/wards?)

The reply is “no”

/t samsan99 A unknown presence enters your mind, not hiding itself very well and easily detected by anyone with experience.

The reply *Cali detects the intruder but he allows it to move around unhindered.*

/t samsan99 It takes a few seconds but the presence speaks into your mind. “Have.. I done ok?”

They both talk for about thirty seconds (( three to five emotes ))

/t samsan99 The presence pulls from your mind, weakened and exhausted.

Ariadni opens her eyes, breathing and sweating heavily as she falls forward onto the table. She closes her eyes in attempt to catch her breath, she promptly passes out a few minutes later.

 

Example 2. A expert Mage.

Cali sits down as she starts to control her breathing and slowing it down, so that her muscles in her right arm tenses. Using the void as her medium, she begins to search for her target. Finding it as Araidni enters the room.

/t Edgy_A (( Any mental barriers or wards? ))

They reply with “no”

/t Edgy_A You feel as if another presence passes through your mind.

/t Edgy_A Within your mind, you hear a voice with a small giggle. It says “Why hello there, my Little Ariadni~”

They both talk for a few minutes (( twenty or so emotes. ))

/t Edgy_A After awhile the presence drifts from your mind, hardly noticeable.

Cali looks to Ariadni with a smile, leaning back into her chair.

 

Mind melding

 

A mage would learn this around an Elven month into their studies of the magic.

This is the ability to break into someone's mind and try to steal information while the target is distracted. Whether you acquire the information without being unnoticed or using other resources to distract the target, there is no significant difference. Not all minds will be easy to extract information from and this is a lot more taxing than telepathy. If the target is willing, it is much easier to extract memories and information, as well as showing them to the target themselves. A much more advance use of this spell is for mages many months into the practice of magic. It is the ability to change very small details about the memory, a face that they can barely see now, increase or decrease of pain, even maybe background noises that become distorted. The strongest use of this spell, is only for mages that have been using the magic for at least four to five elven months. It is the ability to cover up and hide memories. This is in no way foolproof, a strong reminder or recurring experience will risk the chance of this breaking.

 

Example 1. A mage with one month and half training.

Ariadni sits down she starts to slow her breathing, focusing on the void. Using it to search for the mind of Cali, finding it as he enters the room.

/t samsan99 (( any barriers/wards? ))

The reply is “no”

/t samsan99 An unknown presence enters your mind. Attempting its best to hide itself but a someone with experience at mental magic could detect them.

The reply “Cali notices the presence but pretends that she does not.”

/t samsan99 The presence seems to shift with in your mind as it starts to search for what you know about her.

The reply: details on what Cali knows about Ariadni and maybe a few memories.

/t samsan99 The presence takes in some of the details before it quickly rips out of your mind.

Ariadni opens her eyes as she falls to her side, landing on the ground. Her breathing heavy and body drenched in sweat from the effort.

 

 

Example 2. A expert Mage

Cali sits down as she starts to control her breathing slowing it down as her muscles in her right arm tenses.

/t Edgy_A (( Any mental barriers or wards? ))

They reply with no

/t Edgy_A *The Presence moves around in your mind, one experienced might notice it and also that it moves towards your memories.

/t Edgy_A It starts to search through your memories looking for information on [[ Topic ]] Ignoring any memories not relevant.

The reply Gives her what she wishes to know in a few minutes.

/t Edgy_A The presence leaves after it has gotten what it wishes.

Cali looks over to Ariadni her breathing slightly heavy but other than that she seems fine.

 

Mental Illusion

 

A mage would learn this after using the magic for one to three Elven months depending on how complex the illusion is.

Mental illusion is much a lot like Light illusion but only affecting a single person. Depending on how long they have been learning the magic, this would be a very small simple change or a large complex illusion. Unlike a light Illusion, the mental mage can also ‘remove’ stimuli ((sight sound touch ect )) and create emotion connecting by using the tragic memories. The strain of spell depends on the complexity, duration of other abilities they are using along with it. Also, removing stimuli is a lot harder than creating false ones.

 

Example 1 A mage with two Months training.

Ariadni sits down she starts to slow her breathing, focusing on the void. Using it to search for the mind of Cali, finding it as he enters the room.

/t samsan99 (( any barriers/wards? ))

The reply is “no”

/t samsan99 The presence hides itself rather well but someone skilled, could still detect it. It darts around your mind quickly.

/t samsan99 You hear a noise above you, as you look up. You see nothing but the roof looking back down to the table. Then you see a new candle sitting in the middle of the table burning slowly its flame, a Light blue colour. It stays for a few minutes before you hear another noise above you. If you look up like previously, the candle would have disappeared.

Ariadni leans on the table, her breathing fast but not too heavy, sweat dotting her brow.

 

Example 2. A expert Mage

Cali sits down as she starts to control her breathing, slowing it down as her muscles in her right arm tenses.

/t Edgy_A (( Any mental barriers or wards? ))

They reply “no”

/t Edgy_A A presence enters your mind seeming to move around at random, one highly experienced mage might notice this.

/t Edgy_A From the corner of your eyes, you notice something, a shadow. It starts to fill the room slowly with darkness as it slowly drifts over to you. The darkness finally consumes the room all around you before it rushes towards you with a dark chilling laugh. The darkness runs though you, sending a chill to your spine. Leaving your blinded and deals for a few seconds before your vision slowly focuses again..

Cali sits up breathing heavily as she rests on the table in front of her, exhausted from the strain of the Illusion.

 

Cataleptic Illusion

 

A mage would learn this after using the magic for two-three Elven months.

The Highly skilled mage can now numb their target’s mind, forcing them to enter sleep-like state that makes their mind easier to trick and deceive. A normal Mental Illusion is normally strong enough if it remains in the bound of logic, but when they are rejected, the mage might want to use a Cataleptic Illusion. The body is put to sleep, so the mind is working faster and more likely to believe the Illusion. However before the mage can do this, they must create the illusion in their own mind. If the target start to questions the state or the illusion, it will slowly start to fall apart. This is even more straining than regular mental illusion.

 

Example 1 A mage with two and a half months training.

Ariadni sits down she starts to slow her breathing, focusing on the void. Using it to search for the mind of Cali, finding it as hes enters

/t samsan99 (( any barriers/wards? ))

The reply is “no”

/t samsan99 A presence enters your mind. Masking itself very well but could still be found by experienced individuals.

/t samsan99 It darts around your mind stopping for a few seconds. Each time it stops, one of your senses seem to blur or drift over half a minute. Then a tiredness fills you, soon after a deep sleep takes you over.

/t samsan99 Opening your eyes, you find yourself in the inn a few people around you but you cannot seem to focus on them too well. In front of you, a candle sits on your table, a blue flame emitting a strange aura of warmth.

Cali looks at the some one else in the inn, focusing on them.

/t samsan99 You focus on another person, he is a blur. The presence tries to fix this, it succeeds after the blue flame flickers and shatters under the sounds of the inn. Your vision blurs as all the elements of the inn mix together, before a loud pop rings to wake you up again.

Ariadni pants laying on the ground, trying to focus on Cali before she blacks out. Waking up a few hours later with all her muscles sore and in need of a few days rest.

 

Example 2. A expert Mage

Cali sits down as she starts to control her breathing, slowing it down as her muscles in her right arm tenses.

/t Edgy_A (( Any mental barriers or wards? ))

They reply “no”

/t Edgy_A A presence enters your mind seeming to move around at random, an experienced individual might notice this.

/t Edgy_A It keeps moving around your mind, as it does you notice your senses start to drift and seem off your vision blurs, your hearing starts to fade, and a tiredness begins to take over your body. A deep sleep falls over you.

Cali created and spent a few days slowly creating the illusion, getting every small detail planned. Today she brings it up within her own mind before she begins to overwhelm Ariadni unconscious mind with it.

/t Edgy_A Your eyes open again, you are looking around, realising you are in an inn. Alone, no one else is around, outside you see it's dark and the candles in the inn are burning low. You see the darkness outside the door, a chill runs up your spine. The darkness creeps into the edges of the inn and the candle burns out. All of the shadows seem to be shift except the one at your table. The darkness takes the form of a large human-like figure in front of you as it laughs echo around your mind.Your candle finally burns out. All of the shadows around you charge in to consume you. Your skill feels like it’s freezing and you can only see empty darkness around you, only hear its hollow laughing before nothing.

Cali leave Ariadni’s mind, waiting for her to wake up in a few moments. Cali’s breathing is heavy and all her muscles are cramping as she doubles over, grunting a little.

 

Memory Wipe

 

A mage would learn this after using the magic for three-four Elven months.

The most skilled of mental mages can wipe the short term memory of their target, they can only wipe details that are less than an hour old after that they are put into long term storage and are too complex for any mental mage to remove.

 

Example 1. A mage with three months training.

Ariadni sits down and starts to slow her breathing, focusing on the void. She uses it to search for the mind of Cali, finding it as he enters.

/t samsan99 (( any barriers/wards? ))

The reply is “no”

/t samsan99 A presence enters your mind doing its best to mask itself. It moves towards what it is after, finding the memory of her conversation she just had with Cali. Focusing on it, she slowly starts to overwhelm the mind.

/roll 20 - Ariadni rolls a 9

/t samsan99 The presence tries to overwhelm you but your mind resists as the presence pulls away in its failure.

Ariadni falls forward pain, all throughout her body is a terribly soreness. Her breathing heavy and cover in sweat, she takes a few days to recover.

 

 

Example 2. A expert Mage

Cali sits down as she starts to control her breathing, slowing it down as her muscles in her right arm tenses.

/t Edgy_A (( Any mental barriers or wards? ))

They reply “no”

/t edgy_A A presence enters your mind, keeping itself well hidden. It would be difficult for people to detect, even with some experience. Quickly going to where it needs to be, it brings up the Illusion shown a few minutes ago. The presences sets its focus on it as the memory slowly starts to blur, shifting around.

/roll 20, Cali gets 17.

/t edgy_A The memory begins to fade, the traces and links from it slowly being removed by the Presence as soon you forget everything about the memory in question.

 

Barriers and Wards

 

So what if a Mind is protected? Well for both wards and personal mental barriers, a mage has to break them down before using their abilities. Breaking a ward is harder and almost impossible if the mage that created it is stronger than mental mage who is attempting to break in. The personal barrier can be easier to break depending on the person but they do need training to be able to create one. The barrier is a single or montage of thoughts and memories. The one creating it must separate them from emotions, feeling emotion while the barrier is up will break your focus and allow the mage to enter. The mental mage will try to make you feel emotional, distracting you so that your barrier would break.

 

Example 1. A mage two months in.

Ariadni Sits down she starts to slow her breathing focusing on the void using it to search for the Mind of Cali finding it as he enters.

/t samsan99 (( any barriers/wards? ))

The reply “yes”.

As the presence enters the mind, it is hit by a barrier, barring it from going any further. The presence sees Cali sitting alone in a inn looking down and focusing on a single candle at the table she is sitting at.

/t samsan99 The flame of the candle flickers slightly almost threatening to go out.

Cali sits still, focused on the candle, paying little attention to its flickering.

/t samsan99 The room seems almost darker around you as the sounds of people chatting, drinking and eating have started to slowly die down.

Cali still sits there, her focus on the candle, the change in the room hardly giving her a worry.

/t samsann99 The room darkens more, the normal sounds of a inn almost gone, replaced by creaks and groans. The candle flickers more as the darkness around the room shifts.

Her focus is still on the candle.

/t samsan99 The Presences seem frustrated and angered as it rips from your mind.

Ariadni sits up panting slightly, sweat dotting her brow.

 

Example 2. A expert Mage

Cali sits down as she starts to control her breathing, slowing it down as her muscles in her right arm tenses.

/t Edgy_A (( Any mental barriers or wards? ))

They reply “yes”.

The presence is hit with a memory playing over and over, Ariadni sits in the inn looking at a man sitting in front of her, as they talk in hushed voices.

/t Edgy_A From the corner of your eye you spot something that seems like a shadow, before the darkness shifts in the other corner of your eye.

Ariadni looks to it for only a second before she focuses back on the man and continues to talk.

/t Edgy_A The darkness edges closer, slowly filling the corners of your vision.

Ariadni looks around panic, fear starting to build up as she looks around the room.

/t Edgy_A The presence is able to break through and into your mind as your focus shifts away from you barrier.

 

Red lines

 

- Making someone think the way you desire is not possible. The brain is characteristic to the individual. It remains open to manipulation and suggestion, but not to control.

- Control of emotions is not possible

- Mind control is not possible

- Controlling the body is not possible

- No mind is ever inactive. There will always be interaction during roleplay.

- Memories cannot be rewritten, only the perception of them.

- Remember your tell no matter the magic you have one.

[Pandan 1452]

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