Magic & Technology

Magic & Technology
Magic and science are at a parallel where magic is treated with high regard, where-as science is seen as a tool for those without the  gift  of magic. Anesidora is a fantasy setting where magic and science are evolving disparately but in parallel.The result of this allows players to develop worlds, continents and territories, that vary drastically from one another. You can have areas where the people use coal and oil, or can come from a very poor lifestyle and background, to other areas where they use steampunk machines or where one area where magic is sacred and divine, and another where it is used for convenience or is cursed and corrupted, or come from a very rich lifestyle.

Preface
Magic is a metaphysical force that manifests in all animate and inanimate beings. It includes the five elements of the natural world.

Accessibility
Although magic is universally abundant, the ability to wield it is scarce in specific areas especially outside of the realm of Anesidora; magic is not accessible to the non-supernatural majority of the world’s population. Some may study their entire lives and will only be able to light a meager candle whereas others may rise up to Magus of great prestige. It is widely known that the ability to use magic is passed down through heredity.

Mana / Reiatsu
When one thinks of stamina, one thinks of it as the life energy that allows one to perform any physical actions like running and fighting. Mana / reiatsu is similar yet used much differently. If Stamina is the energy that moves the self, then mana / (reiatsu) is the energy that moves the environment. It circulates in the body through the web of leylines spread throughout one’s body. While the two sources of energy are different, one cannot exist without the other. Past the 50% of one’s mana depletion, spellcasting will tap into one’s stamina, slowly at first before the effect becomes dramatic. By the time one’s mana approaches 0%, one would have lost all stamina as well, resulting in a black out.