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[fuga]

Who: Lauralae and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Starstruck
When: Ridiculously early in the morning

tell me of curses in your world.

healing. magic. spell breaking.

i will offer my own knowledge in return.

[ There's no thanks, and nothing else added to the message. What you see is what you get. ]

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[robitussin]

what are you doing

[hi lauralae it's your favorite person]

[fuga]

[ go away ]

asking questions

[robitussin]

please don't curse anyone i might get blamed for it

[why is this her first priority]

[fuga]

i do not intend to curse anyone.

[ duh??? gosh!!! ]

[frigidaire]

i mean when there's a full moon i turn a little hairy and ugly.
does that count?

[fuga]

you are a were beast
?

[frigidaire]

uh
werewolf.
not sure about beast.

[experiencepoints]

You're going to have to be a lot more specific.

[fuga]

are there not enough questions for an answer?

[experiencepoints]

There are.
Curses and healing are different branches of magic.
And magic in general would take a hell of a lot of explanation.
And 'spell breaking' can have a few different meanings, depending on context.
So, specifics on what you want to know would help.

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[mucked]

[ well. time for the starstruck's captain to attempt to crack this nut... ]

And if the truth is that my world has none of these things?

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[fuga]

then there is no point responding to my question.

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[mucked]

So you personally don't feel as though there's value in examining something's absence? The empty space it leaves behind in a world where it's not present?

[intelligently]

Someone used sacrifices to make themselves more powerful.

[fuga]

were they successful
?

[intelligently]

Yes. But they were stopped before they completed their goal.

[lord_wizard]

[He still hates text, but the content is something impossible for him to ignore, even under his current circumstances. Maybe even because of]

Curses are almost entirely the domain of blood magic, though they can be built into warding spells as well. And they are nearly always some degree of fatal.

Healing is anathema to my school, so I cannot help you there.

Spells can sometimes be deflected before they touch you, but once cast, it depends on the spell. Many require the same person who cast it to remove it. Some you can break from the inside, given enough time. If it not binding, another wizard may be able to dispel it.

[fuga]

i know blood magic. it is not always so for curses, not in the realm that i know. blood can be used in any spell, of any nature, and it's strength is upon the sacrifice given.

what if a spell has been upon a being for years?

[lord_wizard]

I know of no spell that gains power the longer it has been in place. If anything, it would be the opposite.

I lived under a binding spell for over 4 years. It can be done.

When you say you know blood magic, do you mean you practice it, or do you know the theory?

[cephalon]

Rather archaic terminology.

However, such begs the question of what one considers 'curse'. Ordis is aware of 'cursed' individuals who's abilities allow them to control powerful restorative abilities, amongst other things. And yet they are considered cursed.

The same individuals may also control the very essence of the natural world, or space-time itself. Is that still a 'curse'?</font

[fuga]

it will be the choice of who bears the spell to decide if it is worthy of being called a curse or not.
the caster may see it as a curse, but the taker may see it as a gift.
it is not a difficult thing.

[cephalon]

Far more often in history have these gifts have been seen by society as a curse. It is quite sad. Ordis' Operator is blessed, and yet many see him as a monster.

[apurrstate]

Hello again

There's lots of magic in my world and I'm a mage

what kind of things do you want to know?

How long it takes to cast a spell? How cool it looks?

[fuga]

i want to know everything.
i know magic of my world, it's powers, the strengths of it.
i wish to know the power of magics in other worlds, how it is used and how it works.
how it is broken.

[apurrstate]

How it's broken?

Excuse me if that sounds a bit ominous.

We have people who think like that back home, they're not very nice people.