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alchemy, blood magic, elemental magic, holy magic, magic, psionics

Magic Overview
Holy Magic Overview
Holy magic gives individuals access to the divine power of a worshiped deity through the devotion and worship of that deity. An individual may worship any or all of the deities (up to Level 3). However, an individual can only devote oneself to a single deity for the purposes of holy magic. Holy magic is race-specific, and requires a great amount of devotion to learn. Because of this, individuals cannot learn other forms of magic (with the exception of dragons, elves, and drow, due to their longevity). Holy magic is branched by deity, and each branch has 6 levels of power.

Elemental Magic Overview
Elemental magic gives individuals access to the latent power remaining in the creation of the gods. Unlike holy magic, elemental magic does not require any particular religious belief or devotion. Rather, those engaging in elemental magic are trained - either by one of the many magic schools, or by an individual sorcerer - to use their will to find, draw out, and shape the power within elements of nature. Elemental magic is somewhat race-specific and branched by element (earth, air, water, fire, light, dark, or lightning).

Blood Magic Overview
Blood magic gives individuals access to the latent power residing in the blood of each race through the use of glyphs and runes. Blood magic can be used by vampires and humans only. It is a very dangerous and delicate process, discovered and typically only taught by vampires. Although glyphs and runes are taught through temples of Amasa, the teaching of blood magic is done on an individual basis; there are no schools for it and no standard levels are assigned.

Glyphs and Runes
Glyphs and runes are the symbols and language that Amasa created and gave to the vampires, and which retain some of Amasa's power. Glyphs and runes can be used alone for simple spells or as the keys to unlock blood magic. As controllers for blood magic, they can be used to create difficult spells and to activate already-created spells.

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Magic-like Skills

Psionics
Psionics gives humans and phoenix the ability to influence the world and the minds of others around them through sheer force of will. The ordering of one's mind - the fundamental building block of psionics - is taught through the temples of Tyr and is considered a type of worship. However, psions differ from holy magic users because the power of psionics comes from the individual, not from the god they worship.

Alchemy
Alchemy is the science of altering reality, using the building blocks of Ao's world to create new and incredible effects. Although anyone, regardless of their magical talent, can learn alchemy the dangers are great. Alchemy as a science is performed without the blessing or guidance of the gods - and the possible penalty for performing changes to reality without the gods' consent can be devastating.