November 18, 2008

World Mechanics 1

Morgan Wallace is an arms shooter but the guns he uses aren't real in the normal sense. They are projected from his mind into reality for short spans of time. With more effort, he can also make them permanent until he decides to unmake them. His assassin work usually brings into play a rifle, but since the guns work entirely on the force of will of his mind, they don't have pull triggers and make almost no sound. Someone who wrests a gun away from him will either grab air, or a plastic-like gun shape that doesn't fire. This same ability can also manifest other shapes, but it does take practice for him to fine tune them into anything precise. For instance, on his first try, he might be able to make a wall, but not a wall with a specific height or thickness. It also helps if he has a specific idea of what he wants before he makes it. The more specific it is, the more time it will take to manifest.

His spellcasting is also 'on the fly.' Unlike most fey-touched casters, he does not invoke incants (words of power) or move his hands in a specific way. However, he does have to acquire most of these by experimentation and he can't do the typical heavy damage style casting commonly associated with fighting mages.

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