Crystal Sphere Techniques

The Crystal Sphere Techniques (always plural and viewed as a proper noun) is one of magical systems[1] known in the world of Fedran. It is viewed origin of the classification of talents[2] and mages[3], but there are historical records that predate the spheres that indicate the ideas was borrowed from other systems.

1: /magical-system/

2: /talent/

3: /mage/

At the core, the training of this system indicates that magic comes from extra-planar spheres of influence. These are also known as planes, dimensions, and realms. All magic flows from the spheres, through the “lens” of the individual, and is used to produce a desired effect. The primary difference is that a mage is able to use spells to alter the effects while they are passing through them were a talent is unable to do so. Mages always influence the magic, which causes them to have less power but also more adaptability than a talent.

This system indicates that magic is combination of energies from one or more spheres. Most spells and talents only pull from a single sphere, which gives a distinct categorization of energy and therefore type of magic. Archmages[4] are able to pull from two or more spheres at the same time, though usually one has a significant amount of the energy provided.

4: /archmage/

Not all spheres are able to be combined together. This is viewed as the crystal sphere distance[5] and is built from observations and experiments by archmages, the only ones able to produce effects that bridge a single sphere.

5: /crystal-sphere-distance/

Even if a talent is able to pull from multiple spheres, the inherit bias from the cultural aspects of the Crystal Spheres treats them as still less than a mage because of the talent's inability to alter their effect.

Spheres

There are many spheres that are well known and studied. Each one has a crystal sphere key which is the “address” or method for accessing the sphere. The most common ones are elemental[6] and reactional[7] magic, but there are additional esoteric ones which have a greater distance from the other spheres which makes them harder to bridge into magic.

6: /elemental/

7: /reactional/

The known spheres are:

Fire → The most common reactional known.

Folding

Additional Topics

Crystal Sphere → The categorization of magic into a form of extra-dimensional spheres.

Crystal Sphere Distance → A measurement of the complexity and difficulty to combine two spheres into the same spell.

Primer on Crystal Techniques → A popular book for teaching children about Crystal Sphere Techniques magic.

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