Morgan is a Mage of the Akashic Brother Tradition. Bluntly, this means he can perform 'magick', or in other words, replace reality with a version more to his liking. To put it another way, Morgan believes so fundamentally that he can, for example, heal someone with acupuncture, that his belief is actually capable of making it happen.
Awakened Magick, as this is called, is not a list of powers, but a list of possibilities. Areas of knowledge called Spheres define the possibilities, and what they cover are at this link. Each level of knowledge includes the ones below it, of course.
Morgan can perform any effect he believes is possible, within the range of these Spheres. This is in fact a prohibitive and defining restriction: if Morgan can't conceive of a way, within his worldview and beliefs, that he can perform an effect that should theoretically be within the scope of his abilities, he cannot. Spheres are convenient terms in the RPG to determine possibilities, but what Morgan can ACTUALLY do within the realm of those possibilities is defined by his magickal paradigm.
Morgan's magickal paradigm is, broadly speaking, martial arts. Therefore, his magick is manifested by, and manifests as, abilities associated with martial artists in wuxia and similar fantastical works, or the ki or chakra control one sees in manga like Dragon Ball or Naruto. One practical upshot of this is that a large amount of what he can potentially do to others requires touch or very near-touch, in order to manipulate their ki with his.
In addition, this magick requires some means of performing the magic, called a focus -- meditation, martial arts, acupuncture, some thing he actually does or uses to produce the effect.
Magick has a very distinct tradeoff between duration, power, and scope -- an effect that could give two people low light-vision for an hour could only give three or four that ability for ten minutes, for example. With the exception of healing magick, which is really just restoring the body to the way it should be, and certain creations like forces in which 'permanence' is really a matter of perspective, Morgan is incapable of making any magickal effect permanent, and cannot reasonably make an effect last longer than a few hours without putting a LOT of work into it.
Morgan's Spheres, their full potentials in a vacuum, and Morgan's own uses for them are:
Correspondence 2: Sense Space, Touch Space Morgan's use for the Sphere of Correspondence is primarily 'blindfighting', in which he can move in an environment even when deprived of one or more senses,
Forces 3: Transmute Minor Forces Morgan uses this Sphere primarily for adding speed or power to hits, diminishing his visible or audible presence for stealth, preventing hits from reaching him, or elemental manipulation (a fiery punch, or putting out a dozen candles with the wind from one punch). Although flight is technically possible with this Sphere, he has never mastered that technique.
Life 4: Alter Complex Patterns, Transform Self Primarily used for healing, Morgan uses acupressure or acupuncture to treat others. He does not know how to transform himself and has never managed to wrap his head around how he could turn himself fully into another animal through martial arts. He can use this to increase his own strength or speed, but rarely does -- he's already pretty good in those departments and returns diminish. This can harm others in martial-artsy ways (blocking chi to shut down the ocular nerves, for examples).
Mind 1: Empower Self Morgan uses Mind magick to speed up his own thoughts, making him react faster and handle information better in combat.
Prime 2: Weave Odyllic Force, Fuel Pattern, Enchant Patterns, Summon Prime Weapon, Activate Quintessential Matter & Forces As complicated as this Sphere sounds, it really boils down to a few things: detect magic, add to Forces so he can make forces out of 'nothing', trade his life force for magickal energy, and form a blast or blade out of magickal energy if he has some.
Time 3: Time Manipulation Morgan uses this sphere primarily for two purposes: speed himself up in combat, and anticipating the actions of others. He cannot rewind or loop time, or view time in the past or future much more than a minute or two away.
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Awakened Magick, as this is called, is not a list of powers, but a list of possibilities. Areas of knowledge called Spheres define the possibilities, and what they cover are at this link. Each level of knowledge includes the ones below it, of course.
Morgan can perform any effect he believes is possible, within the range of these Spheres. This is in fact a prohibitive and defining restriction: if Morgan can't conceive of a way, within his worldview and beliefs, that he can perform an effect that should theoretically be within the scope of his abilities, he cannot. Spheres are convenient terms in the RPG to determine possibilities, but what Morgan can ACTUALLY do within the realm of those possibilities is defined by his magickal paradigm.
Morgan's magickal paradigm is, broadly speaking, martial arts. Therefore, his magick is manifested by, and manifests as, abilities associated with martial artists in wuxia and similar fantastical works, or the ki or chakra control one sees in manga like Dragon Ball or Naruto. One practical upshot of this is that a large amount of what he can potentially do to others requires touch or very near-touch, in order to manipulate their ki with his.
In addition, this magick requires some means of performing the magic, called a focus -- meditation, martial arts, acupuncture, some thing he actually does or uses to produce the effect.
Magick has a very distinct tradeoff between duration, power, and scope -- an effect that could give two people low light-vision for an hour could only give three or four that ability for ten minutes, for example. With the exception of healing magick, which is really just restoring the body to the way it should be, and certain creations like forces in which 'permanence' is really a matter of perspective, Morgan is incapable of making any magickal effect permanent, and cannot reasonably make an effect last longer than a few hours without putting a LOT of work into it.
Morgan's Spheres, their full potentials in a vacuum, and Morgan's own uses for them are:
Correspondence 2: Sense Space, Touch Space
Morgan's use for the Sphere of Correspondence is primarily 'blindfighting', in which he can move in an environment even when deprived of one or more senses,
Forces 3: Transmute Minor Forces
Morgan uses this Sphere primarily for adding speed or power to hits, diminishing his visible or audible presence for stealth, preventing hits from reaching him, or elemental manipulation (a fiery punch, or putting out a dozen candles with the wind from one punch). Although flight is technically possible with this Sphere, he has never mastered that technique.
Life 4: Alter Complex Patterns, Transform Self
Primarily used for healing, Morgan uses acupressure or acupuncture to treat others. He does not know how to transform himself and has never managed to wrap his head around how he could turn himself fully into another animal through martial arts. He can use this to increase his own strength or speed, but rarely does -- he's already pretty good in those departments and returns diminish. This can harm others in martial-artsy ways (blocking chi to shut down the ocular nerves, for examples).
Mind 1: Empower Self
Morgan uses Mind magick to speed up his own thoughts, making him react faster and handle information better in combat.
Prime 2: Weave Odyllic Force, Fuel Pattern, Enchant Patterns, Summon Prime Weapon, Activate Quintessential Matter & Forces
As complicated as this Sphere sounds, it really boils down to a few things: detect magic, add to Forces so he can make forces out of 'nothing', trade his life force for magickal energy, and form a blast or blade out of magickal energy if he has some.
Time 3: Time Manipulation
Morgan uses this sphere primarily for two purposes: speed himself up in combat, and anticipating the actions of others. He cannot rewind or loop time, or view time in the past or future much more than a minute or two away.