02 ☘ voice

[necrocabbage]

I encountered something quite strange recently.

[Trahearne's normally calm tone has a stressed edge to it. This seems to be bothering him more than the otherwise measured voice post might let on.]

Has anyone else noticed spots of magical activity? Ones dealing with negative energy in particular. Those I observed seemed to have mild effects, such as floating lights or inexplicable patches of dead grass. I found it curious enough to spend some time investigating one of these areas.

The effects were quite interesting. It felt much like my necromantic magic was given a boost of energy. It was easier, and faster, to cast spells. [Here, he pauses before continuing,] The problem came when my summoned minions stopped responding to my commands. I destroyed them once I realized what was happening, but I am concerned by that fact that it happened at all.

I'm going to ask at the Aisling Tower about this phenomenon, but in the meantime, I would advise other spellcasters to avoid using their skills near any areas of strange activity.


[OOC: This is specifically dealing with this month's Metaphysics 5 activity in case you're wondering!]

Comments

[eyeinfusion]

[...Death magic, huh...]

[...Okay, so he doesn't find himself as freaked out as he probably should be. He's known about dark duels for a long time now, and he recently met a guy who uses shadow magic. Not to mention he himself had created something once that—]

[But anyway.] Does it, uh, you know...use an item or a magic circle or something like that? [He rubs at the back of his head.] Maybe whatever it's getting corrupted by is...uh, you said there were certain areas it was happening in?

[necrocabbage]

Using tools does tend to be a large help. Some spells can be cast without those, but there are many others that must be channeled through a focus or a weapon.

I have no way of searching them all out in a city this large, but the areas I did find were generally small and out of the way, thankfully.

[eyeinfusion]

Maybe it was the focuses that were getting corrupted, too? [But...that probably makes things more complicated, when there's a perfectly reasonable explanation about it happening in certain areas.]

Guess we'll all just have to be careful with magic. Right before the tourney, too!