Magic System Idea

Thaumturgic energy is a force in the universe that causes strange things to happen, and it can defy the laws of physics. Sorcerers are natural conductors of this force (nicknamed magic). Sorcerers can either channel raw magic to have a random effect, or they can create spells. Spells are specific commands that sorcerers can create that they can use at will, as long as they have something to channel it through (such as a wand). Making spells is time consuming and difficult, thusly most sorcerers only know a few spells. Sorcerers can also summon and bind spirits called familiars into physical vessels to channel their magic for them, but it requires the sorcerer to sacrifice a body part, such as a hand. The better trained a sorcerer is, the more control they have over which body part, so an apprentice could accidentally remove their limbs or brain, but a true master only loses a fingernail (or similar part). A sorcerer's familiar is bonded to them until the sorcerer dies. They follow the sorcerer wherever the sorcerer goes. Most sorcerers can only have one familiar, but wizards (a specific kind of sorcerer) can have a potentially unlimited number. Any seventh sorcerer child of a seventh sorcerer child will be a wizard, and only them. A warlock is a sorcerer who can steal spells from sorcerers, and warlocks are extremely rare, and usually the menace or boon of a nation. A sorcerer who is both a wizard and a warlock is called a witch, and they are EXTREMELY powerful, and they gather in the coven, which all witches are a part of from birth. Sorcerers always wear robes, because robes
1. make magic more powerful and
2. look cool.
If they cannot find a familiar or lose their wand/staff/etc(which they bond to before they reach adulthood) they can tear a whole in the ambient magic to create a new one. This will create an area where magic will be null for many years, until it patches up. Areas where magic is null are called antimagic, and antimages can control antimagic. antimages are very rare, but are more common among goblins.

 

Mancers are sorcerers who have specific flavors of raw magic, example: a pyromancer’s raw magic surges would always be fire related.

 

Saigonnus , the spells are not random, the raw magic is

 

Also, you keep using the wrong terms.

 

I see that no one really understands what I was getting at. There is no difference between different spells for the rules of casting them, they are basically super
powers, with possible limitations, but only really do one thing. There are only a small amount. Thusly, there is no 'summoning'. There could be a specific spell that creates a table or a spell that moves a creature from one place to another, but not a specific branch of magic called summoning, and no difference between them. If you mean creating a familiar, then no. That would not make sense for them to be paralyzed. The reason I have the consequence that I do is because it builds off of the fact that magic is an energy that permeates the world, and that if you rip a hole in it, you can create life. Sorcerers are pretty much randomly born with it. A rich person could get it, a poor person could, a raccoon, a rock...

 

Familiars are not just animals, they are creatures made of pure magic, and it is only used as a last resort.

 

Again, usually as a last resort unless they are a mancer, who have more control over raw magic.

 

Mancers are sorcerers who have specific flavors of raw magic, example: a pyromancer’s raw magic surges would always be fire related.

 

In order for a wizard to cast spells, they must have a wand or a staff or whatnot. If they can't find one then: Familiars. Again, only as a last resort.

 

"Spells are specific commands that sorcerers can create that they can use at will, as long as they have something to channel it through (such as a wand). Making spells is time consuming and difficult, thusly most sorcerers only know a few spells. Sorcerers can also summon and bind spirits called familiars into physical vessels to channel their magic for them, but it requires the sorcerer to sacrifice a body part, such as a hand." Does that answer your question?

 

Thanks!

any sorcerer (including mancers) can have any potential combinations of spells. A sorcerer could indeed have both a fire-based spell and an illusion spell. Even a mancer could have any type of spell, although they do tend to specialize in spells related to their mancy.

You cannot cast any spells when there is a hole torn, and you cannot tear holes with normal spells. Holes do replace over time.

 

Also, sorcerer magic is not the only magic. It's just the only magic mortals can use other than portal magic.