@KabenSaalM8 we've got wells patrolled by giant centipedes and a demigod made of ant. I'm pretty certain the answer is "no".
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@KabenSaalNope, unfortunately you've got to make it and then live with it.
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I can't tell if that's sarcasm or not ;-;
It's completely sincere. The Adversary genuinely wants to help you. And he will. Eventually. Maybe sooner rather than later.
@Legion02Just wait until Mammon trundles in. He'll give Lif a lot of help...
@FrettzoI have no idea. I haven't had time to catch up yet.
From your post, though: I don't actually know. I'll give you my idea, and anyone else can say if it's an awful one: putting might into a normal object, or creating one with might, basically creates an object with that amount of material energy. Used properly, sacrificing the Rock will (along with reducing the annual Fast and Furious reunion guest list even further) give you four might to play with (although you should have started with an aim in mind). If the mortal wants to summon a demon, things will be even greater; they'll have the Adversary to help them. Of course, the Adversary would ask for something in return...
If they didn't use it properly...things would get interesting. Likely the energy would spiral outward, either into the mortal or all around. They would gain hideously twisted versions of whatever they sought. For example -- wishing to become a great hero could result in you becoming a rabid, ceaseless hunter of Men. With four might's worth of power.
From your post, though: I don't actually know. I'll give you my idea, and anyone else can say if it's an awful one: putting might into a normal object, or creating one with might, basically creates an object with that amount of material energy. Used properly, sacrificing the Rock will (along with reducing the annual Fast and Furious reunion guest list even further) give you four might to play with (although you should have started with an aim in mind). If the mortal wants to summon a demon, things will be even greater; they'll have the Adversary to help them. Of course, the Adversary would ask for something in return...
If they didn't use it properly...things would get interesting. Likely the energy would spiral outward, either into the mortal or all around. They would gain hideously twisted versions of whatever they sought. For example -- wishing to become a great hero could result in you becoming a rabid, ceaseless hunter of Men. With four might's worth of power.
@FrettzoIt's not actually another plane, but it's easier to describe it that way.
It's the innate energy within each thing, and the relationships between said things. Every material object -- thing -- has/is magic (occult) energy. The submaterium is the sort-of realm within things where this energy (and the relationships; cables) is expressed. Hence the name -- submaterium.
@CycloneYeah, you unlock the energy in the material world in order to perform magic. Said magic then has to be weird and evil-ish (witchy rather than magey).
Trinkets (what I'm calling occult objects, like rings) will be a thing -- and they will be generically magic. Like -- a crown that bends the will of those around you, or a belt buckle that prevents you from getting more than slightly tipsy. A monocle that allowed you to see the shifters would actually be possible -- by giving you extremely good perception so you notice what isn't actually air, for example. This would be very high level from the sounds of it, however; submaterial scuba-diving is easier.
A ritual, by the way, is any process in which the magic within things is released. Smashing gem stones, pouring blood into a labyrinth-well, hacking down a special tree.
It's the innate energy within each thing, and the relationships between said things. Every material object -- thing -- has/is magic (occult) energy. The submaterium is the sort-of realm within things where this energy (and the relationships; cables) is expressed. Hence the name -- submaterium.
@CycloneYeah, you unlock the energy in the material world in order to perform magic. Said magic then has to be weird and evil-ish (witchy rather than magey).
Trinkets (what I'm calling occult objects, like rings) will be a thing -- and they will be generically magic. Like -- a crown that bends the will of those around you, or a belt buckle that prevents you from getting more than slightly tipsy. A monocle that allowed you to see the shifters would actually be possible -- by giving you extremely good perception so you notice what isn't actually air, for example. This would be very high level from the sounds of it, however; submaterial scuba-diving is easier.
A ritual, by the way, is any process in which the magic within things is released. Smashing gem stones, pouring blood into a labyrinth-well, hacking down a special tree.
@FrettzoThat might, of course, be the original intention.
It'd be something like -- burning a child's toy in order to delve into the submaterium in [Spiderweb Forest] to see if there were any shape-shifters there. Rather than burning the toy to then see shape-shifters around you.
EDIT: now that I say that, being able to go into a semi trance-like state to see into the submaterium sounds like a good ability for experienced occultists. If need be, the similarity between shifters and the thing they're shifted into can lore-wise make it difficult to distinguish them (although their relationships with other things will always give them away after enough searching; they could run away by then -- among other things).
It'd be something like -- burning a child's toy in order to delve into the submaterium in [Spiderweb Forest] to see if there were any shape-shifters there. Rather than burning the toy to then see shape-shifters around you.
EDIT: now that I say that, being able to go into a semi trance-like state to see into the submaterium sounds like a good ability for experienced occultists. If need be, the similarity between shifters and the thing they're shifted into can lore-wise make it difficult to distinguish them (although their relationships with other things will always give them away after enough searching; they could run away by then -- among other things).
@HaelIt's worth noting that to use detect them using occultism, you'd have to set up a ritual. You couldn't passively see them, as it were -- and you'd have to know where you'd be looking.
@HaelAssuming they don't shift out of the material world, there'll be ways to detect them with occultism. They'll show up in the submaterium.
This will definitely be more difficult than detecting their souls, however.
This will definitely be more difficult than detecting their souls, however.
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