Post by Kell Lo'Tharan on May 21, 2017 19:32:30 GMT -5
Another of the wonderful classes he was signed up for, this one he was only partially interested in. Thaumaturgy he could use to an acceptable degree, channelling however was something he had yet to learn and so held a lot of interest for him. One potential issue was that it was run by the Drokagr Initiative representatives, but the class was a mix of races and the instructor seemed reasonable so he doubted there'd be much of an issue.
"So listen up, we are going to go over some basics first. The energy that allows you to perform magic is called wellspring energy, without going into too much detail each of you has a reservoir of that energy within yourselves which we refer to as the pool. When you cast magic you do so by using the energy within your own pool. There's two main types most can use, divining arts falls outside of these two types but they're not covered in this."
So far so good, it lined up with what Kell knew so far and didn't seem all that confusing, everyone else seemed to be keeping up fine so far, it seemed they had a fairly decent class so maybe there'd be no trouble.
"Channelling is manipulating things that already exist by using the Wellspring Energy in your pool, for example taking the flame from an already lit candle and manipulating it. This is considered the easier of the two usually as you are utilising things that already exist. Thaumaturgy on the other hand is using Wellspring energy to create something entirely, for example creating a flame out of thin air. For simplicity's sake, Thaumaturgy is creating whereas channelling is manipulating what's already there. You got that?"
Kell almost felt like this last statement was directed at him, she had seemed to focus on him for a moment as she said it, as if she believed he couldn't possibly follow along with all this. For now he'd put it up to his mind playing tricks and hope that would be true.
"So listen up, we are going to go over some basics first. The energy that allows you to perform magic is called wellspring energy, without going into too much detail each of you has a reservoir of that energy within yourselves which we refer to as the pool. When you cast magic you do so by using the energy within your own pool. There's two main types most can use, divining arts falls outside of these two types but they're not covered in this."
So far so good, it lined up with what Kell knew so far and didn't seem all that confusing, everyone else seemed to be keeping up fine so far, it seemed they had a fairly decent class so maybe there'd be no trouble.
"Channelling is manipulating things that already exist by using the Wellspring Energy in your pool, for example taking the flame from an already lit candle and manipulating it. This is considered the easier of the two usually as you are utilising things that already exist. Thaumaturgy on the other hand is using Wellspring energy to create something entirely, for example creating a flame out of thin air. For simplicity's sake, Thaumaturgy is creating whereas channelling is manipulating what's already there. You got that?"
Kell almost felt like this last statement was directed at him, she had seemed to focus on him for a moment as she said it, as if she believed he couldn't possibly follow along with all this. For now he'd put it up to his mind playing tricks and hope that would be true.