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==FOCUS ON MAGIC== |
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'''Lorethew Gealeranendae,'''<br> |
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''in the 18th Year of Lanival's Victory'' |
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The construction of magical devices, save for the simplest summoning |
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talismans, is far beyond the ken of the young mage. However, their use |
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requires but a touch of patience. As with any skill, one learns and |
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improves with practice. |
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Many impatient young novices think there is nothing more to using such a |
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device than waving it around, rubbing it, or whatever may trigger it. |
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These are the same ones that wonder why the devices suddenly crumble into |
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dust, or why so very little energy goes into the spell. The ones who will |
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wear a device out entirely without ever learning what spell it held. |
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I occasionally hand these novices completely mundane stones with pretty but |
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meaningless "runes" etched on them, and ask them to identify the spell. |
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After a few hours, sometimes days, they will return to me with hangdog |
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expressions telling me they could not activate the spell. It is then that |
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I teach them about Focusing, which could have answered my question in half |
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a minute. |
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All one needs to do is hold the object in question in both hands. If it |
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is too large or suspicious-looking to pick up (after all, some of the |
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ancient booby-traps of the Elves still lie scattered about in forgotten |
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places), you can kneel and place both hands on it. Then, you need only |
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FOCUS <object> to examine its magical pattern. If it has no pattern, it |
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is not a magical device (although one cannot rule out the possibility that |
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it has some sort of enchantment). |
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You may be able to determine the thickness and brightness of the lines that |
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make up the pattern. The thicker the lines, the more energy which CAN flow |
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through it. The brighter the lines, the more the energy which IS flowing |
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through it. Often you will find a pattern with good thick lines which are |
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glowing dimly - in all likelihood, with a bit of concentration you can make |
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a small modification to the pattern, increasing the flow of energy and thus |
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making the spell more effective. |
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To do this, FOCUS <object> <amount>, where the amount is the target |
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percentage of the pattern's maximum capacity. There are good arguments |
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against always trying for 100 percent. The pattern may be able to carry |
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far more energy than you can harness, and many spells become more difficult |
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to control when you feed them more power. You will find that some patterns |
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resist adjustment more than others, and you may encounter difficulties. But |
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as you have doubtless been told before, magic is not an easy path. As in |
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all other things, patience and persistence can lead to great rewards. |
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