So, in this book that I'm writing, there is magic. And I have a certain rule for the magic-using in my book, and I'd love it if anyone could look at it and see if it makes any sense.
1) there is a 'price' that a wizard has to pay in order to use each magic. Normally, the 'price' is energy for life. (ex : a wizard getting tired after doing a big magic)
2) from wizard to wizard, there is a certain amount of 'price' that he CAN pay while doing magic in his whole lifetime. So, if a wizard can pay a large amount of price while he uses magic in life, his magic will be stronger and longer.
(think of it like this; you have a thousand dollars. But a hundred dollars is your parent's. So you have 900 dollars. With that, you can buy these little objects that you like. For your entire life, you can buy those things with the 900 dollars.
The thousand dollars is the wizard's entire life energy. The 900 dollars is the portion of the life energy that can actually be used for magic.)
3) some magic that 'go against nature' have greater prices that need to be paid. But this 'going against nature' business is a bit complicated.
- For example : casting a spell purposefully so that it lasts after death is going against nature, for a wizard's spell isn't meant to go after the wizard's soul leaves the body.
* But casting a spell while the castor is living in order to remain living after death is NOT against nature. That's because the soul doesn't really leave the body if the spell is cast before death. The spell holds onto the soul and puts it back into the body after.
Casting a spell to alter fate is against nature, because fate isn't meant to be touched upon by any hands.
4) but, if a wizard wants to cast a magic that goes against nature, he has to say the Oath of Wizards. It is basically a compromise between nature and the wizard, saying that the wizard will pay the price for that 'going against nature' magic after he dies.
- the Oath can be said only once in a lifetime. Saying the Oath is basically putting debts on what you already have to pay. If the wizard says the Oath again, he'll put more debt onto himself, which is way too much price that he'd have to pay - both living and dead. So, his body'll crumble into ashes.
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Alright, I'm really nervous now. Did any of that make sense? I would love any feedback.
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