MAGICAL REAGENTS

Description

Reagents are substances capable of producing reactions when combined with other reagents and the binding force of magic. Reagents are required for many spells, as they provide additional power and definition in a spell's outcome. Magic users can attempt to cast some spells without reagents, and in cases where the will and power of the caster is strong enough, may succeed. There are seven different types of magical reagents: AIR REAGENT Used in spells that require an air component, such as 'lightning' (for to make lightning you must mix fire with air). A typical air reagent would be a roc's feather. WATER REAGENT Used in spells that require a water component, such as 'control weather'. A typical water reagent would be a fish's scale. FIRE REAGENT Used in spells requiring a fire component, such as 'fireball' or 'summon elemental'. A typical fire reagent would be a pinch of sulfur or a lava rock. EARTH REAGENT Used in spells requiring an earth component, such as 'blindness'. A typical earth reagent would be a leaf from a mandrake plant.

ASTRAL REAGENT Used in powerful spells requiring additional magic and astral material, such as 'nexus' or 'plane travel'. Typical reagents of this kind are not known, as they are very hard to find and expensive to produce. ETHEREAL REAGENT With the discovery of ethereal reagents, magical transportation is now possible, as well as casting spells that require the powers of the ethereal plane in order to be successful. A typical ethereal reagent would be a sunstone. GEM REAGENT Used in all spells that require either a greater concentration of power than the magic user can store in his/her body (such as 'circle of fire') or in spells utilizing the art of fascination (such as 'charm'). A typical gem reagent would be a silver runestone or a faceted gem of some kind. FOCUSING CRYSTALS Used mainly for psionic magic that extra concentration and focus of the mind, the most common type is a clear focusing crystal. Rumors abound about much larger focusing crystals used by trained psionics living in a remote mountains used for more powerful spells. BLESSED ANKHS Imparting the blessings of a Power on an ankh, a symbol of eternal life, can create a blessed ankh to be used as an extremely potent magical aid, when the power of astral reagents simply don't provide the necessary magical conduit. Most reagents can be bought at magic supply shops around the land, such as Grimaldi Magick in the Towne of Rune, with the exception of ASTRAL REAGENTS, which are magical themselves and are therefore either quite expensive or difficult to locate. Reagent generators can be purchased from some quest masters. They will periodically passively produce reagents for your character. The amount of reagents and reagent generators your character currently has can be viewed with the command 'SCORE REAGENTS'