Editing Religions (section)

====Shadow Magic====

The magic of the Twin Cities would be ancient and nuanced with generations of tradition and refinement. The magic of the Cult of the Opaque is raw, illiterate and still in its infancy. 

The Cult of the Opaque use magic that is blunt and simple. Broken mirrors lose their powers of reflection and blackened glass is a fragile and visible target. Darkness, defacement and damage are the themes of Opaque magic. 

-- by Glyptodont

Shadow magic is the magic of opacity.  It hides things, protects them from being revealed, protects your soul from being reflected (and stolen), protects you from being seen, brings darkness where there is only light.  

-- by Kakita Kojiro

mantra: “perception stops”

spirit-world:  [[Spirit_world|the Shadow World]]

tools: (eclectic variety of tools used: things to smash with, things to make loud noises with, things to cast shadows with... whatever is at hand)

talent: Shadow Magic (10 pts/level)

spells:
- block perception (IQ/Average)
- cast shadow (IQ/Average)
- see in shadow and darkness (IQ/Hard, req. Shadow Magic 1+)
- block pellucid magic (IQ/Hard, req. Shadow Magic 2+)
- shatter reflective magic (IQ/Hard, req. Shadow Magic 2+)
- mute chromatic magic (IQ/Hard, req. Shadow Magic 2+)
- enter shadow world (IQ/Very Hard, req. Shadow Magic 3+, see in shadow and darkness) (note: penalties to enter shadow world, except at specific times and places)
- travel through shadow world (IQ/Very Hard, req. Shadow Magic 3+, enter shadow world) (note: penalties to enter shadow world, except at specific times and places)
- reveal invisible things (IQ/Hard, req. Shadow Magic 3+, block pellucid magic, at least two other shadow spells) (note: attack against spirits of pellucid magic)
- break mirrored things (IQ/Hard, req. Shadow Magic 3+, shatter reflective magic, at least two other shadow spells) (note: attack against spirits of mirror magic)
note: although possible, it is much more difficult to use shadow magic to enter the spirit-world, except at special locations and under special conditions. knowledge of these locations and conditions is difficult to discover.

-- by Kakita Kojiro