/lit/ - Literature

>>20201867
Follow the footsteps of King Bakker to establish the limits of magic
>each spell is a product of the mind and philosophy, so a sorcerer has to both understand the technique and meaning behind his magical incantations to evoke them. Particulars of magic school philosophy define their limitations:
>anagogic mages can only conjure analogies of real objects, so their wards are literally spectral brick walls
>gnostic mages can conjure pure abstractions, so their wards can be made of pure essence of 'hardness'
>metagnostics can reinterpret reality and fucking do whatever they want lmao their wards are daemonic portals or some shit
>psukhe mages forgo intellect in favour of passion and instinct
There are also two meaningful limitations: spells have to be verbally uttered, and objects known as tears of God exist which cancel all magic and kill sorcerers with a single touch

*rips of Berserk*