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| + | ====== Span magic ====== | ||
| //For some of the thoughts behind this topic, please see [[tirades: | //For some of the thoughts behind this topic, please see [[tirades: | ||
| - | **Span magic** is by far the rarest of the eight [[chosen: | + | **Span magic** is by far the rarest of the eight [[chosen: |
| ===== Mechanism ===== | ===== Mechanism ===== | ||
| - | Span magic involves the ability to see through both time and space, and to manipulate the fabric of the latter; it is not possible to directly act upon on travel to a time beyond one's own (though see below). The abilities available to a skilled oracle, however, are quite terrifying enough, enabling her to gather immense understanding of the world, to discern threats large and small, to travel over vast distances, and to exert disturbing effects upon the arrangement of matter. | + | Span magic involves the ability to see through both time and space, and to manipulate the fabric of the latter; it is not possible to directly act upon or travel to a time beyond one's own (though see below). The abilities available to a skilled oracle, however, are quite terrifying enough, enabling her to gather immense understanding of the world, to discern threats large and small, to travel over vast distances, and to exert disturbing effects upon the arrangement of matter. |
| - | Whether as a statistical artifact of their extreme rarity or something inherent to their nature, there has never been a case in which an oracle is known to have an additional type of [[chosen: | + | Whether as a statistical artifact of their extreme rarity or something inherent to their nature, there has never been a case in which an oracle is known to have an additional type of [[chosen: |
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| + | Span magic is, aside from its rarity, mysterious even by the standards of the Chosen; while all other magic types are seated within indentifiable parts of the body, Span is not. | ||
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| + | <hidden The reason is unknown.> | ||
| ===== Specific abilities ===== | ===== Specific abilities ===== | ||
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| Postcognition, | Postcognition, | ||
| - | This poses practical limits on how far back or in how much detail an oracle can see before wearing out, and as a result few oracles have gone beyond the reach of history, not attempting to verify the myths and legends they were raised to believe about the origins of the world. As for the rest, there is so //much// past, much of it so different than the world with which the oracles are familiar, that many of them never quite grasp the truths of earlier periods, and are often upset - or upset others - when they do. ([[takma:|Takma]] [[species: | + | This poses practical limits on how far back or in how much detail an oracle can see before wearing out, and as a result few oracles have gone beyond the reach of history, not attempting to verify the myths and legends they were raised to believe about the origins of the world. As for the rest, there is so //much// past, much of it so different than the world with which the oracles are familiar, that many of them never quite grasp the truths of earlier periods, and are often upset - or upset others - when they do. ([[Takma:]] [[species: |
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| + | === Known limitations and conditions === | ||
| + | In cases where an oracle has a strong emotional rapport with another sentient being, the latter can share the Oracle' | ||
| Anomalies in time can be caused when one oracle looking forward comes in contact with another oracle looking back. Because, under certain circumstances, | Anomalies in time can be caused when one oracle looking forward comes in contact with another oracle looking back. Because, under certain circumstances, | ||
| - | Certain modes of nonlinear travel can also stymie an oracle' | + | Certain modes of nonlinear travel can also stymie an oracle' |
| - | In a somewhat related situation, an individual who will, in the future, be removed from the material universe entirely - as with those who visit the [[extrinsic: | + | In a somewhat related situation, an individual who will, in the future, be removed from the material universe entirely - as with those who visit the [[extrinsic: |
| This tends to cause mismatches between what the oracle sees happening and what actually happens - and this, plus the constant " | This tends to cause mismatches between what the oracle sees happening and what actually happens - and this, plus the constant " | ||
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| Oracles can be extremely powerful, but the nature of their abilities means that, while they have a high survival rate out in the world because they can often see and avoid imminent danger, they also have a particularly high chance of developing mental disorders. Like other Chosen, their powers begin to manifest at about one cycle of age - five or six years old - and before learning to steer their precognition, | Oracles can be extremely powerful, but the nature of their abilities means that, while they have a high survival rate out in the world because they can often see and avoid imminent danger, they also have a particularly high chance of developing mental disorders. Like other Chosen, their powers begin to manifest at about one cycle of age - five or six years old - and before learning to steer their precognition, | ||
| - | There is a tendency among the more functional oracles to become embroiled in various schemes to alter the future, whether to achieve or avoid something specific. These attempts often turn out more successfully than one would expect, but, depending on how desperate the scheme was to start with, not necessarily successful // | + | There is a tendency among the more functional oracles to become embroiled in various schemes to alter the future, whether to achieve or avoid something specific. These attempts often turn out more successfully than one would expect, but, depending on how desperate the scheme was to start with, not necessarily successful // |
| There have been a grand total of six oracles to appear in the entire history of the Citadel (though there have been more in the world as a whole); while each of them have been considered individually important, their rarity and individuality makes it difficult to assign any kind of socioeconomic generalizations. The nature of their powers, and the fact that the first of the six oracles was the one who led the Chosen to found the Citadel in the first place, has given subsequent oracles there an aura of spiritual authority and hidden knowledge, but not all of them have accepted the mantle, and indeed some of them have been reluctant to advise anyone of anything. | There have been a grand total of six oracles to appear in the entire history of the Citadel (though there have been more in the world as a whole); while each of them have been considered individually important, their rarity and individuality makes it difficult to assign any kind of socioeconomic generalizations. The nature of their powers, and the fact that the first of the six oracles was the one who led the Chosen to found the Citadel in the first place, has given subsequent oracles there an aura of spiritual authority and hidden knowledge, but not all of them have accepted the mantle, and indeed some of them have been reluctant to advise anyone of anything. | ||
| - | The sixth and current example, Dlyss, has used her precognition to attain wealth and political influence in the Citadel, acting as a consultant for the [[avishraa: | + | The sixth and current example, Dlyss, has used her precognition to attain wealth and political influence in the Citadel, acting as a consultant for the [[geopolitical: |
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