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Originally Posted by Marco Polaris
All right, let's try this again.
Basically, I was seperating out Divine and Arcane magic according to the source of the power. I also tried to emphasize a difference between the two. I'm too tired (Chemistry is giving me trouble again, and I don't mean academic trouble) to type it all out, but here was the general gist.
ARCANE: Arcane spellcasters tap into a pool of reserves, and keep casting until they either run out, or are too tired to tap into the pool anymore (depends on the source).
When magic of different arcane sources is mixed, the results can be wildly unpredictable; sometimes beneficial, sometimes destructive, but always massive.
Blood Magic: Casts spells through the natural pool of mana that generates within themselves.
Dark Magic:Gains mana from the death and decay all around them.
High Magic: Taps into the natural flow of magic (often refer to "flows" of magic, and "nodes")
Pact Magic: Taps into the magical strength of a more powerful being (such as Muoteck's wizards).
Passion Magic: Gains mana by drawing out the emotions of others, through music, art, or . . . something else. Darker passion magic feeds on negative emotions, though there is no tangible difference between "light" and "dark" passion magic, merely a preference for positive or negative emotions.
Rage Magic: Amount of mana dependent on intensity of a certain emotion (typically anger, hence the name).
DIVINE MAGIC: Instead of a "pool" of mana, whenever a divine spellcaster wishes to make magic, he calls upon his patron (or meditates deep into his core beliefs) to bring the desired effect. The more this is done, the more increasingly difficult it becomes, until the patron denies all requests (or the spellcaster is too drained to call upon his faith).
The strength of divine magic's effect depends on the strength of both the caster's and the target's faith. Someone of a different faith tends to be slightly resistant to the other faith's magic.
Deific Magic: Spellcaster calls directly to his god for favor. His strength is with his god directly, so he always tries to spread his religion.
Faith Magic: Spellcaster does not speak with his god directly, or follows an abstract ideal instead. Divine power comes from faith in the divine. Becomes more powerful when surrounded by colleagues with the same fervor for his beliefs.
Nature Magic: Similar to deific magic, only the "patron" is the communal spirit of all life and elements in an area. Sometimes this, too, ties in with a god.
I might think of a few more for divine, but it could take a while. Was going to look a little into psionics and magic items, but am too tired.
What do you think?
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