#magic class

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vulture wizard

[frozen-flower-thing]

Gonna make this post as a added bit of info for an upcoming post (hopefully if i post this it'll force me to actually post the other one)

So now welcome to

professor alexa's magic 101

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That's right, this is gonna be me basically just explaining the magic in my writing in a series of post (that and gushing about cool abilities i came up with ngl) questions are welcome and in fact encouraged, attendence is not mandatory except for tests, and please be sure to give me a high rating on rate my professor!

for this first one im gonna explain basic magic classifications, this should be a fairly short lesson today class, be sure to take notes. This will be on the final

The first classification term is

Class

A spell or magical abilities class refer to what kind of magic it is and how available it is

ex. Attack, bloodline this would mean the ability or spell is a type of attack and is a bloodline ability (meaning only members of one bloodline are able to use it)

The possible classes are as follows:

Attack, defense, mobility, enhancement, passive, control, impairment, creation, charm, unique, bloodline, divine blessing, soul bound, essence bound, undefined

Most abilities will have one or two to determine what the ability does and one to determine if it is restricted to a person or group and how its restricted (if there is nothing to define restriction assume it's generally available)

Now most of these i think are self explanatory if you are unsure on one please come see me after class i will happily answer any questions (ask, reblog or comment) but i will provide a quick explanation of some of the less obvious ones:

Control: the ability to manipulate something freely (such as an element, blood, fire, plante etc) generally restricted to one substance but there are exceptions. This class is unique in that it is completely free general manipulation of the substance (some spells provide manipulation of an object but generally it is limited to whatever the spell does). Common pairings: attack, defense, passive

Impairment: weakening of a person or object either magically or physically, also includes sealing magic. Common pairings: attack, charm

Unique: this means the ability is restricted to a single person or group, this however does not mean it cannot be learned by others outside of the group but instead generally means the knowledge of how to use the ability is kept secret by that person or group

Divine blessing: means it the ability was granted by the gods or was granted as a wish via the ritual of zarkos. This also generally implies the ability is incredibly powerful. Common pairings: bloodline, soul bound, essence bound

Soul and essence bound: putting these two together as they are similar and commonly paired together, these mean that the ability is bound to a persons soul or essence meaning only that person can use it and will also be the only person to ever use it (soulbound does have exceptions to this)

Undefined: outside the current classifications, this is generally very rare

Type:

This in effect is the kind of magic the ability generally utilizes, some spells/abilities have several types while others have only one

Some common types of magic are: earth, water, ice, wind, lightning, fire, plague, shadow, light, void, enchantment, space, time, storm

As i plan to go into several of these in future classes i wont get to in depth at this point in time. Its important to keep in mind these are not all of the types of magic, there are many more, some of which likely haven't even been discovered. The tree of magic has many branches and is ever growing and likewise magic grows with it.

Notes and things to keep in mind

Rigid and malleable: during your research into magic you may find these terms in various different readings, annoyingly not ever scholar likes to use (especially older ones) due to various disagreements in their philosophy of magic (we will talk about that eventually) i recommend you use them when possible. These terms refer to how well one can change a spell/the diversity of its use, effectively if you can only use the spell one or two ways/ for its intended purpose it is rigid, if a skilled enough sorcerer can modify the spell and use it in various ways then it is malleable.

Difficulty: you'll see this often it just refers to how hard the spell is to learn/ use, different people use different terms personally i use, novice, intermediate, and advanced with few exceptions

Mana cost: how much mana it takes to use, if a spell does have this listed it will likely be labeled light, medium, or heavy. If you find one labeled weird and you cant figure out what its implying let me know i will see if i can figure out what they meant.

Something to keep in mind, mana cost not listed =/= no mana cost. Very few spells have no mana cost if its not listed either the cost is unknown or the author just didnt know or more likely didnt feel like writing it down

Alright with that said i think that's all our time for this class today, i'll be sure to post any addendums if needed or at least ill cover them next class. Please read to page 15 in your text books. If you have any questions please let me know.

That said our next class we will be reviewing the spell compelling words to get you used to the format and these classifications, this spell is a personal favorite of mine, its historically important while also being fairly simple so it should be easy to understand.

[minimightymina]

What a spells class could look like

(DND Player’s handbook, 2014)

[fisherrprince]

it’s not necessarily that I hate the themes most prevalent in fiction set in the real world and it’s not necessarily that I don’t like stories revolving around real people or relationship drama or interpersonal issues it’s more like im a dog who doesn’t recognize that a pill is still a pill if it has peanut butter on it. I need like the little peanut butter spoonful that is aliens or robots or monsters or time travel or something fantastical and not at all down to earth real life so that you can approach me and be like “this story is about how friendships can deteriorate over time and also how this guy feels bad for being a bad friend and causing his buddy problems with their girlfriend” and then look at me making a face at you and be like “AND! they’re all aliens who are doing all that across spacetime” and I’ll be like OHHHHHH OKAY YAY (shlop shlap shlup the sound of a dog horking down peanut butter pills) wow what a poignant story

[pendulouspuppyudders]

i think we'd do a lot better in collectively understanding privilege if we stopped thinking about it as some evil aura people have and start thinking about it as a resource that those of a privileged class or those who are accepted by that privileged class can gain access to by performing acts that reinforce the strength of that privilege i.e. bigotry

[jackklinemybeloved]

I know this is obvious but I’m thinking about Evan’s shoes again and like. the boy who walks down the highway in Iowa in brand-less, beat-up sneakers. the first magical item he got for himself. was a pair of nice shoes that are resistant to environmental effects. no matter how sad and bare his life is, he’ll never have to walk with cold feet in shitty sneakers in the Midwest snow ever again.

[messymoonmad]

Persephone should give baby hades uppies

(That’s not what you asked but hehe)

[mothsshoes]

everything in you

[sirazaroff]

I love the way you draw it is so amazing. Especially your Glinda and Elphaba they look so cute 😍🫶🫶

Thank you so much!

MY CUTIES ✨ They’re such goobers <3 I wanna draw them more often but I’m all over the place with work lately. Bit by bit I’ll be back to help carry the gelphie message 🫡

[doodlemcjazzhands]

Meanwhile Lily and Remus did not have nearly as much fun...

{Divination Class (pt. 2/3)}

[muffinmoonn]

awhile ago there was a drawing challenge in one of my classes to put a fairy tale character in a different setting/genre so i make cinderella a magical girl lol

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[bacchuschucklefuck]

sometimes I think abt how the months coming up to and the prom night in freshman year must feel to class swap sklonda. your perfect kid who has literally never gotten a single reprimand for anything does what can only be described as a quad crit crime combo and becomes a nerd punisher by the end of the night

[taeminie]

Honestly, it wasn’t perfectly set up. You just pushed me into it. Yeah, fair enough. I can’t even set up my own stuff.

Heesu in Class 2 (2025) dir. Park Kyung Min

[cabeswaterdrowned]

The concept of Gansey making a surprise visit to Harvard is one I enjoy immensely for a lot of reasons but the funniest one is the concept of Crying Club meeting Gansey and witnessing his dynamic with Adam and Adam is ofc spending these interactions going *they will know I am an imposter they will clock the fact that I'm wearing a Gansey skin suit -- I mean lightly borrowing from him here. They will witness Gansey in his golden, glorious splendour, the way his smile would make the sun and stars feel dim and want to do his bidding, his effortless beauty and charm, and know I am a pretender". Meanwhile the crying club isn't thinking of that at all and is doing what any normal queer friend group would do; clocking the homoeroticism on sight, doing their best to get as many details as possible, spends the next several months after Gansey leaves privately talking about and theorizing about what went on with them, and mercilessly tease Adam about it when Gansey is not around.