====== Arcana of the World ======

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===== Sky Domain =====

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  * High Transitory
  * Intuitive
  * Wood × Air » Water
  * Wood, Light, Air, Rain, Water
  * Casters: Druid/Bard
</div>

Associated with weather, divination, 
astrology, dowsing.

==== Folk ====

[[folk:sky|Skyfolk]] physical attributes 
become adapted to their habitat, 
feathers for sky, scales for sea.

Air-charged Skyfolk resemble
[[folk:sky:celestials]], sylphs, and birdfolk.

Water-charged Skyfolk, also called 
Seafolk, resemble merfolk, undines, 
nereids, and naiads.

Skyshifted [[folk:humans]] may acquire
wings, underwater breathing, enhanced
sight, sensitivity to changes in
weather, etc.

==== Magic ====

The [[arcana:sky|Sky]] Domain is all 
about knowing and guiding the 
natural cycles of magic flowing 
through the world.

Divining answers comes from 
observing, creating magical effects 
comes from moving and arranging 
physical objects that change the 
natural flows. They may also learn 
other methods of guiding flows, e.g. 
music.

Humans who practice Skymagic must 
learn to understand or manipulate magical 
flows Skyfolk by observing their effects 
on the world around them.

===== Sward Domain =====
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  * Falling Absorptive
  * Rational
  * Earth × Water » Wood
  * Earth, Soil, Water, Leaf, Wood
  * Casters: Witch/Ranger
</div>

Associated with life and growth, 
augmentation, enhancement.

==== Folk ====

[[folk:sward|Swardfolk]] take on the 
attributes and powers of other living 
things. 

Water-charged Swardfolk, also called 
Beastfolk, resemble yokai, fauns, 
satyrs, and taurs.

Wood-charged Swardfolk, also called 
Treefolk, resemble treants and dryads.

Swardshifted humans may acquire
beastly or plantish traits, such as animal
ears, or an ability to shapeshift, etc.

==== Magic ====

The [[arcana:sward|Sward]] Domain is 
all about absorbing magical energies 
into oneself, infusing them into others 
or into familiar spirits.

Humans who practice Swardmagic 
use augury, herblore, and witchcraft.

===== Swamp Domain =====

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  * Falling Emissive
  * Intuitive
  * Metal × Wood » Earth
  * Metal, Death, Wood, Decay, Earth
  * Casters: Wizard/Necromancer
</div>

Associated with death, decay, atrophy, 
recycling, repurposing.

==== Folk ====

[[folk:swamp|Swampfolk]] may be 
evocative of the undead, but are not 
actually undead. They can feed on 
living energy.

Wood-charged Swampfolk resemble 
curupira and baba yaga.

Earth-charged Swampfolk resemble 
[[folk:swamp:trolls]].

Swampshifted humans may resemble
vampires or liches, etc.

==== Magic ====

The Swamp Domain is all about 
leeching magical energies out of 
living things or collecting, transforming, 
and repurposing spent magical energies.

Humans who practice Swampmagic 
release stored magic from living things.

===== Stone Domain =====

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  * Low Transitory
  * Rational
  * Fire × Earth » Metal
  * Fire, Heat, Earth, Ore, Metal
  * Casters: Alchemist/Artificer
</div>

Associated with industry, development, 
law, and order.

==== Folk ====

[[folk:stone|Stonefolk]] are the various 
subterranean folks.

Earth-charged Stonefolk resemble 
gnomes.

Metal-charged Stonefolk resemble 
kobolds, goblins, and gremlins.

Stoneshifted humans may acquire
darkvision, digging claws, etc.

==== Magic ====

The [[folk:stone|Stone]] Domain is 
about understanding and invoking 
magical rules.

Humans who practice Stonemagic 
create magical devices from metal, 
crystals, and gems and create 
alchemic potions.

===== Spark Domain =====

<div infobox>
  * Rising Absorptive
  * Intuitive
  * Air × Metal » Fire
  * Air, Fuel, Metal, Flash, Fire
  * Casters: Cleric/Enchanter
</div>

Associated with machinery, clockwork, 
and artifice.

==== Folk ====

Sparkfolk are incorporeal spirits that 
cannot interact with the physical world 
without inhabiting some physical 
substance. They cannot inhabit living 
things.

Metal-charged Sparkfolk resemble 
golems, and clockwork automatons.

Fire-charged Sparkfolk resemble 
gargoyles.

Sparkshifted humans may begin to
petrify, acquire an ability to astrally
project, etc.

==== Magic ====

The [[arcana:Spark]] Domain is all about 
imbuing physical objects with magical 
energy.

Humans who practice Sparkmagic use 
prayer and meditation to bind magical 
energy to objects.

===== Smokemagic =====

<div infobox>
  * Rising Emissive
  * Rational
  * Water × Fire » Air
  * Fire, Steam, Smoke, Wind, Air
  * Casters: Sorcerer/Warlock
</div>

Associated with shapeshifting, illusion, 
transfiguration – transactional, based on 
contract and arcane rules.

==== Folk ====

[[folk:smoke|Smokefolk]] are naturally non-corporeal. 
They can create varying physical forms 
for themselves or inhabit living creatures.

Fire-charged Smokefolk resemble 
demons, devils and imps.

Air-charged Smokefolk resemble fae 
and spirits.

Smokeshifted humans may become
partially invisible or intangible, etc.

==== Magic ====

The [[arcana:smoke|Smoke]] Domain 
is all about releasing the magic that 
naturally builds up within inanimate 
objects of like affinity.

Humans who practice Smokemagic 
might make a pact with a Smokefolk 
and allow them to inhabit their bodies, 
or they might learn to invoke stored 
magic by learning and harnessing the 
power of true names.