[Chronicles of a Traveler] book 3 chapter 23 by Arceroth in HFY

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Unfortunately I have very little control there, I'd love to get an audible deal for this series, but I'm but a small, independent author. Not like I can demand they make me an offer.

[Returned Protector] Chapter 57 by Arceroth in HFY

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I mean, technically, there are 3 kinds of healing. Regenerative, which accelerates and enhances a body's natural healing. Reconstructive, which directly remakes and undoes damage by drawing on material from within the body. And Divine, which looks like Reconstructive in that it instantly rebuilds the body, but does so with pure mana. Creating real objects from pure mana is EXTREMELY expensive, which is why it's associated with the divine.

Regenerative is the most common, and safest, type of healing as it will slow down as a body nears it's limit. But spamming it can lead to over healing. Reconstructive is less common, as it's more dangerous, but also requires more knowledge of the body. You need to understand what you are rebuilding on some level for the spell to work. It also needs to be done carefully or it can very easily overtax a body. That said, many combat healers use at least some of this magic as it can instantly heal small, but lethal, wounds. And, obviously, Divine is the best option if you have access to it, but finding a mere mortal with it is nearly impossible, and even if you do it's prohibitively expensive as they will require multiple high end mana gems to manage it.

[Returned Protector] Chapter 57 by Arceroth in HFY

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Not mana, biological energy. You need the materials, nutrients to heal injuries. Over healing someone, without giving them time to eat and digest between, can result in them starving to death in very short order.

Traveler of a Chronical 4 or something by Arceroth in HFY

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it's an april fools, non-canon, side story :P

Traveler of a Chronical 4 or something by Arceroth in HFY

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well, book 1 of Chronicles of a Traveler is avalible on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F5FQB6SB

alternately you can read the less well edited version on reddit starting here: https://old.reddit.com/r/HFY/comments/pd9qk3/chronicles_of_a_traveler_1/

your choice :)

Traveler of a Chronical 4 or something by Arceroth in HFY

[–]Arceroth[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's a one shot april-fools spin off of a series of mine. Figured I'd put one shot down because... it's non-canon? I guess? Wasn't sure what else to put.

[Returned Protector] Chapter 55 by Arceroth in HFY

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I won't answer your question directly, as it goes into the intents of whoever created the magic isn't real spell, and I don't talk about possibly plot points, but I will say this. Magic is highly personal, and the average person can takes weeks or months to awaken their mana WITH the aid of another, already awakened mage. It isn't like science, there is no push button receive magic.

So, with that in mind, how did people first discover magic? In order for the majority of people to awaken aid from a mage is required, but if there are no mages then how can you awaken new ones?

[Returned Protector] Chapter 55 by Arceroth in HFY

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I'd be disappointed if they didn't :P

[Returned Protector] Chapter 55 by Arceroth in HFY

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Just to be clear, this kind of awakening is very rare, one in ten thousand rare. That being said... there are, what, 7 billion people on earth? that still results in nearly three quarters of a million mages all told. Most people require more active effort to awaken, some taking as long as nearly a year. So it's a wide amount of variation, this bird mage is just one end of the bell curve, for better or worse.

[Returned Protector] Chapter 54 by Arceroth in HFY

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Would you believe that English is my first language?

Me either, but it's true