MANA - MAGITECH I

After discovering the problems associated with spell casting—namely, that unstable mana is life-threatening after long periods—an ambitious inventor and scientist named Audrey-Veoria Oswell developed a method to convert all usable mana in the immediate environment. This would be the precusor to the catalyst, and finally to the whole of magitechnology.

Magitechnology is a catch-all term for any device that utilizes mana to create a specific end result, and they are often embedded with a catalyst core that allows the device to function. The catalyst must have a magic circle etched into its surface, and this gathers specific types of mana that are then used and converted into different forms by the device. For example, a catalyst inside a lamp collects all the components necessary for light, and uses all the energy and mana present in the reaction. This avoids the problem of leftover mana, typically called radiation or instability.

However, magitechnology has proved incredibly useful thanks to its many different applications. Inspired by artifacts left behind from the Ancient's age, it is capable of flight in the case of airships, communication across wide distances, more powerful weaponry, and generating electricity. A relatively new technological development, with many advances happening suddenly in the past two hundred years, most authorities are still divided on magitechnology and how it should be used in in the everyday world.

Because of its natural similarities to magic circles, magitechnology was once jokingly referred to as "the convenience-mage" in regards to combat. Although the magic used is nowhere near as efficient and is less encompassing, magitechnology employs all the same basic techniques as spell-casting, and all artes and techniques that are the result of catalyst technology is fundamentally a derivative of traditional magic. Unfortunately, current regular use magitechnology is not particularly versatile in combat, and often has a small area of effect.

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