“Some say that magic leads to madness, but this could not be further from the truth. In fact, the more circles that a mage constructs, the more self-reflection they have conducted. The stereotypical mad-mage seen in fiction is simply that; a fiction. This does not preclude the mentally unstable from practicing magic, of course. They will simply be unable to progress without doing the necessary work on themselves to stabilize their issues through the reshaping of their mind through appli...
2024-08-26 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Here is the finished version of the cover that will be for Starbreaker's Amazon release!
2024-08-19 12:13:32 +0000 UTC
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“There is a question that I often hear asked from my apprentices as they pursue their studies with me, one that I always both eagerly await, and at the same time, dread its arrival. ‘Master, what is a black soulmeld?’ They ask, often with their brows furrowed or mouth upturned in disgust. It’s those apprentices that I am relieved to see. That I all but instantly trust will do right in the realm. In a rare few however, I see the opposite. I see eagerness. I see greed. They are the ...
2024-08-17 12:36:28 +0000 UTC
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“The goal is to remove an opponent’s options until their movements become predictable. Positioning, persistent spell effects, mastery of the field of battle, these are all vital aspects. A mage may cast spells until one hits. A soldier does not have that luxury. They must create the situation in which their spell hits.”
—Magical Combat Manual 1, Haxan Shaelar
Ducking under a bolt of green flame...
2024-08-16 16:00:06 +0000 UTC
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“The third circle is considered by many to be the defining one of a mage’s career. This is of course, ridiculous. Affinity is not the be-all and end-all of a mage. There have been many mages with common affinities who have reached the rank of wizard and beyond. There have been many mages with unique affinities who lack the resources and support that they need because of the rarity.”
—A Mage’s Guide to Affinity and Advancement, Foron Bakrun
2024-08-14 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Heyos everyone! We've got another round of updates as these come together! Looking pretty good so far!!
2024-08-13 19:15:26 +0000 UTC
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“The definition of victory is simple. There is nobody left to contest you. If that requires death, then deal death. If it requires compassion, then use compassion. The goal is to eliminate all competition, not to make enemies of all their allies. The path of least resistance is always the most beneficial, as it allows you to retain more resources to be used in later conflicts. Make friends of enemies, and your ranks swell.”
—The Necessity, Valtoris Blackstar
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2024-08-12 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“Mobility, mana retention and spell selection are the key components of magical combat. Of the three, the most important is mobility because it allows for better mana retention by virtue of not needing to counter opponents spells. Mobility also matters because it informs the spell selection at your disposal. The more positions you can place yourself in, the more targets you can acquire and the wider a variety of spells you can bring to bear.”
—Magical Combat Manual 1,...
2024-08-09 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“It is the humble opinion of this journalist that affinity testing is an arbitrary and cruel system that is designed to create an unequal society due to circumstances entirely outside of the mage’s control. None of us have any say in what affinity we will develop, no matter what the ivory tower theorists say. We get what we are given, and discriminating against others because they have an ‘inferior’ affinity is tantamount to bigotry.”
—My Affinity is Poop, Anony...
2024-08-07 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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We're back again with more! So far B looks the strongest in my mind, though I'll nix the staff for the final.
2024-08-07 13:11:52 +0000 UTC
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“As mana flows through the brain, the physical structure is changed, inevitably this results in changes in behavior and perception. Trauma has a similar effect, distorting how the subject understands the world around them. Yet when the two combine, there is an oddly neutralizing effect. As though the presence of mana smooths off and heals the rough edges of a damaged psyche.”
—The Psychology of the Wizard, Remo Aurea
Everywhere that Sylvas look...
2024-08-05 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Got the rough Sketches for this project in! Absolutely killer options to work with here!
2024-08-05 11:08:54 +0000 UTC
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“With the acquisition of each circle, the mage develops new senses as they are more thoroughly submerged into the magical world. Mana flows within the body can be sensed with the first circle, mana flows without the body with the second, and so on, up until the fifth circle.”
—Progression Fantasies: Why You are Investing in the Wrong Embodiment, Curgal Groenen
Sylvas didn’t bother to act offended, why would he when he had a bounty to consume after ...
2024-08-02 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! As we get into the meat of Scion of Magic here - I've had a bunch of comments regarding the story I'd like to solicit direct feedback on, specifically regarding it's introduction and all the different terminologies of magic/world as we get into the story.
First off - Does the introduction 'work' for you? If so why or why not?
Second - Are the amount of terms being given too excessive and are they not explained enough through the higher snippets?
Third - How do you fe...
2024-08-01 14:53:48 +0000 UTC
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Hi everyone! Happy August!! I hope that you’ve all been enjoying the summer as it goes into full swing and that the weather has been great for all of you! Here is to hoping that you’ve had plenty of time to relax and rejuvenate over the last while or if not, are planning to soon! In any case this is the first month that our serials have been live over here on Patreon so I wanted to get a big update out as I do on my other platforms!
However before we dive into that - I wanted to rea...
2024-08-01 14:49:03 +0000 UTC
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“Advancement is often considered by mages to be a goal in itself. As though all of their problems might be solved by the ability to exploit one additional embodiment and paradigm, or hold one additional circle’s worth of mana. Too often, the basics are overlooked. Spellbooks are half empty. Real growth is not in a single direction.”
—The Trouble With Mages: Why Rushing Advancement Ruins Your Future, Melia Fairbloom
He jerked awake as though he had ...
2024-07-31 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“Discipline within the Ardent is a matter administered to by the first superior officer to the offending party, escalating to the next in rank only in marginal cases. Common procedures include confinement to the campus, confinement to the brig, removal of privileges, demotion, expulsion and execution. Summarily dispatched as needed.”
—Keeping the Peace Among the Peacekeepers, Gorgan Wartback
Despite his hard work, the truth was that Sylvas had no ide...
2024-07-29 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“The practice of Soulbinding, be it to a loving spouse, a battle bonded companion, or to a trusted creature is one that has largely fallen out of favor in recent centuries, and for no real surprise either. Yes, there is no denying that such a binding is powerful, or can become so, as both entities Ascend together. However that strength often becomes a weakness, and a fatal one at that too, should one half of the binding falter in their Ascent and the other does not, or worse, if a half ...
2024-07-23 16:00:00 +0000 UTC
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“There are many milestones up on the Path, each one reflecting a pivotable event or opportunity in one’s growth. The first as we all know is Awakening, the process of intentionally suffusing one’s very soul with enough mana as to empower it and bring it forth from its slumber. Once awake, the soul immediately empowers one’s heart and body, granting the former greatly increased capacity and the latter greatly increased potency. From there we then have the twin stages of Resonance a...
2024-07-20 16:00:00 +0000 UTC
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“Mana conservation is a vital skill until the fifth circle is achieved. Every mage is limited in the number and potency of spells that they can cast as a result of the mana that they have stored, in addition to their other natural limitations, both physical and mental.”
—Squad Tactics, Fal’Vaelith
He didn’t know if they had both been offended by his little joke of a comment, or if this was simply how they hazed new recruits, but what he did know ...
2024-07-19 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“The disaster that was the Reservoir project is perhaps the greatest tragedy that has befallen our city recent ages, not only for the destruction and lives that it cost, but also for hope that it extinguished in our people’s hearts. The Great Everness Reservoir was to be a wonderous thing, an answer to the dark mana and wastes that plague our city, however instead, it crippled a generation of our people and left a festering wound right in the middle of our heart.”
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2024-07-18 16:00:02 +0000 UTC
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“What they said about the disaster, about all the deaths and chaos, was a lie. A filthy, filthy godsdamned lie. There was no accidental discharge of magic. There was no negligence in our work. There was no fault on any of us for what happened, no matter what you read or were told otherwise. What happened, happened because of one man, a man who happened to have the right last name to see the truth dead.”
—Angry Rant, Norin Cragscar, The Golden Age, 4992
&nbs...
2024-07-18 16:00:00 +0000 UTC
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“Warfare is the highest calling of all sentient beings. The means by which we differentiate ourselves. Yet the greatest battle can be won without a spell being cast or a blade being drawn. In silent dark, death can come and change the course of history.”
—The Necessity, Valtoris Blackstar
The recruits arrived on the field, en masse, to discover that the other half of the school, the naval training program, had arrived before them and were neatly arra...
2024-07-17 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“On each relic world Eidolons still roam the wild places. Of course they do. They have nowhere to go, and nothing to do. Their work is complete. They are death, and there is nothing left to kill.”
—Requiem For the Vanished, Luvid Hagen
His slate gave pretty clear instructions, but the maps were all shown on its two-dimensional surface, when the complex of tunnels and chambers inside the cliff-face was extremely three dimensional. There was no clear distin...
2024-07-15 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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Here she is all finished!
2024-07-13 18:16:36 +0000 UTC
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“Looking in from the outside it is easy to think that the gangs and guilds of the Everness Underrealm are all ruleless, lawless entities. The kind that simply allow the thugs, thieves, and murderers in their ranks to do as they please when they please it. In practice however, nothing could be further from truth, for there are laws and rules in place. Three of them in fact. The First: Never Kill a Noble. The Second: Never Harm a Pregnant Woman or Child. The Third: NEVER EVER, EVER, THREA...
2024-07-13 16:00:05 +0000 UTC
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“Advances in the field of medical magic have always been at the forefront of every society that eventually reached the stars. Without the ability to heal from grievous injury, much of the experimentation necessary to master magic simply would not happen.”
—The Necessity, Valtoris Blackstar
The infirmary on Strife was one of the most visited chambers in the underground complex within the cliff-face.
While most of the tunnels were bare stone carv...
2024-07-12 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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“It is the pleasure of Lord Aelius Everness, Duke of Crestwyn Province and Governor of Everness, to announce the holding of a Grand Selection to begin on Amiel the twenty-third, the first day of summer. All of those who have Awakened and are interested in competing to earn a place among one of our nation’s many esteemed guilds, dynasties, schools, or military are encouraged to ready themselves for this glorious and momentous event! For more information about the Grand Selection proces...
2024-07-11 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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“Magical combat differs immensely from the hand-to-hand brawling that characterizes most pre-advancement societies. It is a matter of tactics, planning, cunning and resource allocation. Each spell that you cast has the opportunity cost of one that you now cannot. Each spell you fail to cast has the opportunity cost of victory.”
—Squad Tactics, Fal’Vaelith
While his education had been considered prodigious back on his home world, fighting had never ...
2024-07-10 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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“So, who were and what happened to the Tyrants you ask? I’m afraid the answer is that we don’t know. Or at least we don’t in a way that is truly representative of them all. We know that they were Ascendants, incredibly powerful ones, and that they were rulers of the realm, or at least of their own fiefdoms within it. We also know that a great many of them died during the Desolation. But beyond that? Little else.”
—Collections on the Desolation, Goric Stren...
2024-07-09 16:00:09 +0000 UTC
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