Spellcasting
Magicians cast spells, summon spirits and craft foci.
In Shadowrun, spellcasting belongs to magicians, the awakened who direct magic outward. Their power is tied to the Magic attribute, and besides casting spells they summon spirits and create magical artifacts called foci.
Quick Facts
- Attribute
- Magic
- Traditions
- Hermetic mages, shamans
Reader's Guide
Every magician follows a tradition that defines how they understand magic. Hermetic mages control it through study and manipulation of magical energy, or mana, and bind elementals in long, costly rituals for later use. Shamans draw their magic from nature through a totem spirit and can summon the nature spirits of a particular place. Mystic adepts divide their power between spellcasting and the inward abilities of adepts.
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