Editing The Spheres (section)

=LIFE=

All living, growing things undergo constant change. The Patterns of Life take in and give out Quintessence in a dance that connects them fundamentally to the universe. With Life magic, the mage can sense and guide these beautiful and resilient Patterns. At first, the mage has only rudimentary awareness of the most fragile Life, but with time and experience,she learns to seethe deeper secrets of complex and self- aware Patterns, until she becomes able to shape the experience of Life to her desires. She learns to create new beings, to change living creatures or to spur an early death.

Life magic that is used to harm often manifests as lesions or hemorrhaging. Such attacks often strike as mystical black energies or as “coincidental” diseases or injuries. Using Life magic to heal is vulgar if the Effect heals aggravated wounds. Plus, after a subject is healed with Life magic, further Life healing magic cannot be used on it - again until it has suffered new injuries. Typically a mage is better at healing himself than at healing or harming others. With the Basic levels of power, the mage can heal a one health level of personal injury. With intermediate power,he can heal two health levels. With Advanced power, he can heal three health levels. All of these limits I decrease by one level when the mage uses them on someone else.

Altering another Life Pattern generally requires a magical attack, be it a hurled spell or a hands-on manipulation.