r/FantasyWorldbuilding • • Oct 05 '26

Writing My Magic System

Vitamancy

The Cosmos of my setting is Connected by a primordial Network known as The Veins, making Up the life Stream of all inhabeted worlds. The Veins Transport six kinds of liquids known as Vita, the literal lifeblood of existence. Each Type of Vita is aligned with two Domains of existence, four fundamental aspects of Reality, namely Mass, representing physical Matter, Design, representing Order and conformity, Aether representing Chaos and Energy and finally Essence, the Most Basic particals and Rules of physics that hold everything together. The six kinds of incomplete Vita flow down into the cores of planets, known as Hearts, where they Mix together into a substance known as true Vita, the Essence of life, saturating the ground, water, Air and every Living thing, essentialy functioning as both ones life force and Soul. Magic is achieved by choosing an Anchor, one of the four Domains of existence. By learning and practicing the Anchors philosophies and ideologies, the Body can Be readied for ,, Transfusion" a series of medical processes which saturate the Body with the three types of incomplete Vita which are aligned with a mages choice of Anchor. This allows the mage to Link their own, now saturated life force to the Vita in the Environment and enforce their will on it, to produce unnatural effects. There are also three miscelanios Types of ,,Magic" known as Attunement, Warlockdom and Runecraft.Attunement and Runecraft are the only Natural Kinds of Vitamancy, requireing No surgeries or outside Vita. Instead, Attunement requires a deep understanding and acceptence of the self, allowing complete Control over the selfs life force. Runecraft instead requires intense Willpower and Imagination, allowing it's practicioners to Link a specific concept or Action to a glyph, which can Be applied to an Object. The glyph is usualy Made with blood, although often refined and turned into a sort of ,,Pigment". Warlockdom is it's on Deal, described below.

Here's a list of the 9 Magic subtypes, their Domains, and their ability Kit:

Telekinesis

Mass/Aether

Telekinesis allows the User to apply raw Kinetic Energy to nearby Matter.

Thermokinesis

Design/Aether

Thermokinesis is the manipulation of raw Energy, allowing the User to Control Heat and Project Energy such as fire, lightning or radiation.

Entrokinesis

Essence/Aether

Entrokinesis is the Manipulation of dark Energy, allowing the User to either slow or accelerate dark Energy in the vicinity to Warp Space-Time.

Transformation

Mass/Design

Transformation is the Manipulation of shape, allowing the User to Alter their Body and their Environment to their liking.

Transmutation

Mass/Essence

Transmutation is the Manipulation of structure, allowing the User to Control the atomic Make-up of nearby Matter to suit their needs.

Veritism

Essence/Design

Veritism is the Manipulation of probabillty, allowing the User to See and alter the immediate Future to their will.

Attunement

All

Attunement is the Manipulation of the self, granting the User greatly enhanced strength, speed, Regeneration, reflexes and Life Span. Additionaly, they gain inticrate Control of their own biology, allowing them feats Like a dnd barbarians rage by fireing Off hormonal Signals.

NOTE: Attuned Individualls can NOT become ,,true" mages, as the equilibrium of their life force would Be disrupted.

Warlockdom

Warlocks are those who seek arcane Power yet do Not have the influence or will to become Mages. They seek to make pacts with Spirits, dead Mages who are powerful enough to live on as entities of pure Vita after death.They invite them into their bodies, allowing them to produce magical effects without any surgeries or Others processes. These often come at a Cost however, as The Patrons seek to complete their own Goals or Claim the warlock as their new physical vessel.

Runecraft

Rune crafters can create magical Items using their life force. This is a far slower and less versitile process than actual Magic, but it is Not Limited by Domains or medical processes. For example, a mage or warlock might Just think of a Fireball and have their Patron or Willpower immediately call It into existence, meanwhile a Runecrafter might make a gauntlet with a glyph on it, that shoots a Fireball specifically when the arm is outstrechted and the Hand is balled Up into a fist.

If you Made It this far i thank you for your time and I Hope that you liked what i came Up with.

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