Wip -Lore- Circle Magic And Witchcraft

[drfate786 1690]

Circle Magic

 

 

In circle magic, the mage would attempt to harness the power of the void to fuel dark rituals that require a fuel known as black mana.  

 

Circle magic is quite varied as each warlock is capable of creating their own kind of circle. It can have no limitations aside from costs. Circle magic is much like evocation only it is done on a massive scale. For example one could conjure a storm of voidal ice using the power of a large coven and altar. The only limitation is the cost. 

 

Example: A large enough circle could make it rain blood but the cost of doing such would be impossibly high and might as well have little to no affect aside from the possibility of creating a plague.

 

Each circle along with its cost is limited into tiers to prevent power gaming.  Details of these tiers will be added later.

 

 

 

 

Black Mana And Night Oil

 

Black Mana is what powers a warlock's rituals and spells, it is a corruption of mana created by the reckless use of black altars. Whenever the mana inside a entity is depleted it will simply regenerate over time. When a altar is used to taint the mana regeneration process this causes the mana regenerated to go the altar instead of the living entity by establishing a form of tether between the living creature or plant and the altar.

 

Once inside the altar the mana is corrupted by the altar's magic. This turns it into a visible black "Oil" stored around the altar as a black goo, this black goo seeps from the altar into a pool. 

 

 

 

 

 

Altars and Night Oil Harvesting

 

Altars are usually created through a void deity, this deity must have a established link to the void. The deity must then be bound to the altar through a ritual, "The Binding" requires a coven of six or more warlocks and must be performed at night. It requires two sacrifices, a voidal horror and a Graven in order to work. Once done a deity may be willing to bind a part of itself to the altar at a price...

 

Note: The deity can be a Daemon or a voidal creature it only requires a deep connection to the void and a name to call upon.

 

The altars themselves must be made of aurum and emerald, this would allow the mana to be stored in the altar.

 

Harvesting night oil is how the warlock gains his corrupt mana. "Harvesting" is quite simple as it only requires him to drink the night oil. This fills his black mana pool, the warlock will become dependable on the night oil shortly after and he will require more and more night oil as his own power grows. As his power grows a dark atrophy will begin to manifest in his body.

 

Year One

 

His/her lifespan will be dramatically reduced and he/she will quickly be made barren. 

 

Year Two

 

His/her skin will wrinkle and his/her hair will gray, the bones will become frail like twigs and the body will be in deep physical pain most of the time. 

 

Year Three

 

The link they have with the void only grows with the atrophy, so while they may seem weak in appearance a warlock will only be stronger in the magical arts. 

 

 

Additional Info

 

Upon completing the binding, the warlock may no longer use normal mana. Instead his mana is drawn from drinking from the altar, destruction of said altar will result in the eventual PK of the warlock, unless he creates a new altar. This PK is caused by the night oil atrophy, the longer the warlock goes without night oil the more his body begins to fail. 

[meg 1994]

Your section on Black Mana needs work as it contradicts current mana and lifeforce lore afaik.

[Ford 1996]

Dude, you really need to clean up that black mana section. It's super confusing. 

[TrevenT 27]

+1 love it, great read

[drfate786 1690]

 

Your section on Black Mana needs work as it contradicts current mana and lifeforce lore afaik.

 

 

Yeah, when i do the next section of the lore i will clean that up. 

[Pandasan 74]

If I'm not mistaken- and correct me if I am- but can't some of this stuff already be done with our current magic (being on the topic of this witchcraft and alters)? I'm sure necromancers can blight, like you've mentioned and soul puppetry can curse people and there are shaman witchdoctors Unless you're trying to expand this. I do like and enjoy your idea of the circle magic, but it sounds familiar to those blood magic rituals (again, I might be wrong).
Another point I'm puzzled on is black mana. The entire paragraph doesn't really give much information.
 

[meg 1994]

Yeah, when i do the next section of the lore i will clean that up. 

It isn't really about cleaning up, it fundamentally on multiple levels goes against what has been established as lore.

[Cyndikate 2303]

Inb4 this thread gets swarmed by angry Christians.

[Ford 1996]

Inb4 this thread gets swarmed by angry Christians.

???

[meg 1994]

Inb4 this thread gets swarmed by angry Christians.

Yeah, no, it's not the cannibal witches, dark lord iblees, shades, demons, voidal horrors, white rose, elvish debauchery, or anything else that causes angry christians to swarm. it's this...

[drfate786 1690]

 

It isn't really about cleaning up, it fundamentally on multiple levels goes against what has been established as lore.

 

 

Erm, you do know that i meant i would make it make sense with the lore right? And its not like you are a LM you can't go around and be all like: OH THIS DOESNT MAKE SENSE WITH TEH LORE11!!!

 

That is a LM's job and theirs alone. 

[meg 1994]

Erm, you do know that i meant i would make it make sense with the lore right? And its not like you are a LM you can't go around and be all like: OH THIS DOESNT MAKE SENSE WITH TEH LORE11!!!

 

That is a LM's job and theirs alone. 

The LMs vote and decide on lore. Anyone can offer input or criticism. Otherwise only LMs would be allowed to post on lore proposals.

[Aengoth 2890]

-1

Needs quite a bit of work to even pull itself away from being indistinguishable from other various types of magic. Further it seems very cut and dry which doesn't allow much room for creativity that other individuals could attempt to bring within it.

[Tom_Whiteman 949]

Kinda like necromancy! Tainting areas, cursing others. -1

[Ilikefooddude 430]

Circle Magic

Through circle magic one could do many things based off the type of magic being used. Necromantic circle magic can cause crop blight or diseases while Druidic circle magic can do the opposite. Void magic can invoke strange creatures or even summon raw elements. Shamanism may summon elemental spirits or ghosts depending on the type of shamanism used. While clerical circle magic may be used to bless lands.

To make sure I understand, this part of the lore is suggesting a form of magic inherent in all Subtypes, Void and Deity based alike?

In each subtype, it causes a Mage's magic to be spread out and become more powerful.

First issue; you haven't elaborated at all on how this is done. Does it require anything other than drawing a circle? Does it require more people, in the way that it acts as a conduit channeling the power of many mages into one spell? I'll have to brush up some more on Blood Magic, but this describes almost exactly what can be done with that type of magic.

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/topic/112030-lore-blood-magic-second-generation/

This part of the lore isn't promising, unfortunately.

 

  Witchcraft

As a consequence of the use of Black Mana on practitioners, it should probably be put after or inside the below subheading. Nothing inherently wrong with the idea, it just doesn't need a whole paragraph.

Black Mana

Black Mana is essentially what powers a witch or warlock's rituals and spells. When a plant dies the life force of the plant usually dies with it. Black Mana occurs when this life force is forced to linger creating what is known as life force corruption, this causes void nodes or nearby sources of mana to deplete rapidly and seep a black goo called night oil.

An interesting proposal, and though I understand this is a WIP, it's probably best to elaborate more to at least promote understanding. In practise, it's a type of Anti-Mana? Excuse the term, however it's created from an imbalance of the nature of mana. When this imbalance is cancelled out by nearby sources of mana, they form this substance, Night Oil.

Very interesting, and as a concept I approve. However, there are fiddly bits which you need to work on before this can be considered a completed lore.

Elaborate on how a plant or any other source release this Black Mana.

Elaborate on where and how Night Oil forms, go into into its inherent abilities and why it can be used as a source of power.

Pretty much make sure what I said in the first paragraph can be easily found.
Make it different in practise, make sure you outline its limitations and causations and effects on both mages and their magic.

With some work, it could, well, work. As a concept, at least, though the practise of using it is different.

 

Altars and Circles Of Power

Altars are typically used to harvest the black mana in night oil and then spread it causing the environment to turn into large corrupted swathes of swamp.

MORE WORK! Talk about what is required to create an Altar! Go into detail on how it actually collects night oil (The combination of black mana and regular mana to form a solid substance) and how it separates it into parts. So much work to be done here.

 

Circle magic in witches and warlocks is different for each sex.

Why?

A witch will usually use a ritual to empower herself and put curses on those who intrude on her property, allowing her to live safely in her hut while keeping her altar safe from outsiders. Warlocks can usually place curses that will cause misfortune or disease in a settlement or area.
The same curse can be used to target single individuals if the warlock has a piece of the victim such as a lock of hair or skin. Warlocks may even affect people mentally by making them hallucinate when near the altar or corruption.

Never use words like 'usually' in lore. NEVER! Lore is supposed to be a guide for people to understand and base their roleplay off, making sure they understand the limitations of a concept. Usually means, 'Oh sure, witches empower themselves with their magic most of the time. But they can also summon krug from a bowl of unsalted peanuts if they want.'

Don't use usually!

Anyway, both of these can already be done by Shamanism; Lutaumans and Witchdoctors respectively. I can't see this part of the lore being accepted without changing completely.

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/topic/113090-farseer-shamanism/

https://www.lordofthecraft.net/topic/94645-lutaumen-magic-lore/

 

 

And its not like you are a LM you can't go around and be all like: OH THIS DOESNT MAKE SENSE WITH TEH LORE11!!!

That is a LM's job and theirs alone. 

I do what I want.