EDIT: The mechanics described herein are no longer used, but remain principally the same. Actual dice rolls and costs will be determined by the GM case by case, though if you follow these rules and show your work in a quote, I'll accept your rolls as long as they don't break the game or storyline.

Although gameplay takes place in the infinite possibility of the multiverse, there are primarily two different kinds of magic:
Magus and Magem
Magem is easier to use in a direct fight, as it directly affects the physical world around the user.
Magus is far harder to use, as it requires a great deal of creativity, logic and intelligence.

Magem is primarily a physical magic, and by far the most popular. So much so, that the common currency is based on 1 charge of a Magem crystal.
There are two types of Magem users, Mages and Smiths. Mages cannot use Magem items and Smiths can't create spells directly.
Not everyone can use Magem at birth, but anyone can obtain the ability with surgically implanted crystals (Forged Mage) or Magem Tattoos (Smiths); although the process has a 10% chance to kill the recipient, or 100% chance if that person is a powerful Magus user (level 10 or higher).
Magem is based on the 6 elements, Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Void.
Magem uses up charges. 1 charge is the equivilant of c1 or 8 hours of work.

Magus is primarily a Psycho-Spiritual magic. It is an ancient magic. Although everyone could potentially use Magus, most never even learn of its existence. Each Magus user can create his own items to assist in the performance of any Magus spell he already knows.
Each race has unique limitations and bonuses depending primarily on their lifespan, race-specific Magus alignments, and innate Magus potential or aptitudes.
Magus has 5 fields of focus: Verimagus, Formagus, Unimagus, Imagus and Kenimagus
Each field contains 6 Elements.
Magus does not require the use of any charges, but also cannot be artificially enhanced very much.

Conflicting powers
Magus and Magem do not get along well. As a result, a player character cannot have more than 10 active cliche points distributed between Magem cliches and Magus cliches. See examples below.
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A Fire Magem Mage [10/10] might cast a fireball. She must double pump at least by 1 point for every spell, so she would roll 12d6, and be left as Fire Magem Mage [9/10]. Her fireball would be as powerful as her roll.

A MagemSmith (10/10) might create a Fire Blaster which would shoot a fireball as skillfully as the Smith could shoot, basing the roll on a Weapon cliche plus the item's bonus.

A Kenimagus Mage (10/10) might cast a fireball or use an item he created to assist him. He would roll 5d6 and it would be as powerful as his roll. The item's bonus is at the discretion of the GM unless otherwise predetermined and approved.

If this Mage were the same person, their cliches might look something like one of these 4 examples:






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Very simple.

If there is a physical way to do it, Magem can do it.

Every item or spell uses up Magem crystals or dust or charges to complete. For practicality sake, one unit of dust is the equivalent of c1 or 1 charge.

The more the item or spell costs, the greater its effectivity. Dice effect of spells and items is determined according to the Item Creation table.

There are 6 elements in Magem:
Fire, Air, Earth, Water and Void



SPECIALTIES



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These are the arenas of Magus and their elements:






Each race has unique limitations and bonuses depending primarily on their lifespan, race-specific Magus alignments, and innate Magus potential or aptitudes. These limitations will be determined individually.

Average limitations would be:
5 elements no greater than 2
5 elements no greater than 3
5 elements no greater than 4
5 elements no greater than 5
5 elements no greater than 6
2 elements no greater than 10
3 elements unlimited

Magus Spells

All Magus Spells require study or experience in the relevant element to be able to be used.

Study/experience levels will be defined by 3 letters of the Element, followed by a number
Spell requirements will be listed by the Spell

Advancing Element Levels
To learn a new element, you must study or have significant experience. Once you have a certain number of Elements, learning new ones becomes increasingly difficult.

Study can only advance an element to level 3, and must be done in the presence of a teacher, or other source of Magus knowledge.

During regular gameplay, if you want to use Magus, first roll for it.
Then, choose any spell that you have qualified for, or describe the desired effect.
Your roll counts as a roll for advancement in any one of the elements utilized for the chosen spell.
Example: If you roll 4 dice, and your element is at level 3, you advance if at least 3 dice came up even.

However, elements CANNOT advance beyond the relevant Magus level.