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-[[chosen:magic:span|Span]] magic is, of the eight magic types, by far the least common among the [[chosen:|Chosen]]. There is generally no more than one oracle in every hundred thousand Chosen; given that there have probably never been that many Chosen alive at one time over the whole of [[avishraa:|Avishraa]], oracles are a once-in-a-lifetime sort of occurrence.+[[chosen:magic:span|Span]] magic is, of the eight magic types, by far the least common among the [[chosen:|Chosen]]. There is generally no more than one oracle in every hundred thousand Chosen; given that there have probably never been that many Chosen alive at one time over the whole of [[universe:mikurmiya:avishraa|Avishraa]], oracles are a once-in-a-lifetime sort of occurrence.
  
 Span magic is that which deals with space and time, and a truly skilled oracle can do terrifying things. Span magic is that which deals with space and time, and a truly skilled oracle can do terrifying things.
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 ...and there we are, the eight magic types. ...and there we are, the eight magic types.
  
-I should say that, while the magic types cover specifically the inborn powers that the Chosen have, they're not the only kinds of "magic" in the setting, in the sense that there are other ways of affecting the world that don't quite conform to conventional laws of physics. The term suffers a bit, though, from not matching the perceptions of the inhabitants of [[avishraa:|Avishraa]], who consider some of the things we might think of as "magic" to be various shades of something else - and, for that matter, to lump Chosen magic in with other powers, such as those of the [[concept:doomtouched|Doomtouched]], which are of an entirely different nature.+I should say that, while the magic types cover specifically the inborn powers that the Chosen have, they're not the only kinds of "magic" in the setting, in the sense that there are other ways of affecting the world that don't quite conform to conventional laws of physics. The term suffers a bit, though, from not matching the perceptions of the inhabitants of [[universe:mikurmiya:avishraa|Avishraa]], who consider some of the things we might think of as "magic" to be various shades of something else - and, for that matter, to lump Chosen magic in with other powers, such as those of the [[concept:doomtouched|Doomtouched]], which are of an entirely different nature.
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