Chapter 7 Analytic Magic

The number of spell slots that a spellcaster can obtain from the magic net every day is quite limited. The specific number depends on the level of the spellcasting profession and the mental attributes required for casting——"intelligence" for mages, "perception" for priests , and "Charisma" for warlocks and bards—joint decision.

But there is a special exception, that is, 0-ring spells. The magic power level of the 0-ring spell slots is too low, and the caster can theoretically extract an infinite number of 0-ring spell slots from the magic net. Of course, it’s not that easy in reality. After all, casting spells is quite heavy mental work. Even casting 0-ring tricks continuously consumes a lot of energy. After a long time, you will be too tired to maintain concentration, and the success rate of casting spells will also decrease. of a sharp decline.

With the "spell slot", the next thing the caster has to consider is what to do with this pure magical energy. Just like the heat obtained by burning coal, it can be used for heating, lighting, and cooking—energy itself has no utility, and utility comes from the creativity and execution of energy users. The same is true for magic energy. All spell slots with the same ring number contain the same energy, but combining it with different spell configurations can transform spells with very different effects. For example, the "Mage's Hand" and "Inner Sight" that Qiao An currently mastered belonged to ring 0 tricks, but their functions were completely different. The difference lay in the structure of the two.

To learn a new spell, you must first make sure that you have the corresponding spell slot. The next important thing is to disassemble and analyze the configuration of the spell, sort out its structure clearly, and understand the rules of operation before you can be considered proficient in mastering the spell. .

The structure of most spells can be divided into three types of elements: seeds, rules, and ingredients.

"Seed" is the basic module to determine the characteristics of a spell, usually composed of several long or short strings, for example, the "seed" of "Mage Hand" is "force field" and "remote control".

The element of "rule" covers a wider range, including the method of casting spells, the scope of action, the difficulty of immunity, etc., which is equivalent to a programmed "grammar" or "algorithm".

The spellcasting rules are not unchangeable, but changing the rules often means that a higher level of magic power needs to be invoked, so it has to be matched with a higher number of spell slots. There are countless techniques for changing the rules of spellcasting, collectively referred to as "megamagic". For example, using the super-magic technique of "spell silent spell" combined with "mage's hand", you can avoid the link of chanting spells, and the cost is to increase the spell level-at least you need to use a 1-level spell slot to silently cast a 0-level " The Hand of the Mage".

The final element of the spell structure is the "casting ingredient". Some spells must be paired with specific materials or instruments to be successfully cast, and the effectiveness of such spells is also closely related to the materials. If the materials for casting a spell are changed, it will either cause the spell to fail or change the function of the spell.

For example, the 2nd level "Spider Web Spell" needs a little spider silk as the casting material. After the spell is successfully cast, a large sticky and tough spider web will be created to cover the space specified by the caster or entangle specific targets. If the material is changed during the casting process, such as replacing spider silk with a cocoon, then the "spider web" that the spell should have created will become a large piece of silk spun from raw silk, and this spell is no longer a "spider web spell" , it is more appropriate to call it "spinning technology".

When Qiao An saw the description of "spider web technique" mutating into "spinning technique" in the book, he had a whim: Since "spinning technique" can create large pieces of silk with a small amount of silk, isn't it a shortcut to get rich?

As his understanding of magic knowledge deepened, he had to give up this naive idea later. Because neither the spider web nor the satin created by spells can be preserved for a long time. When the magic power is exhausted, these magic creations will disappear automatically. The "spinning technique" does not make honest and honest casters rich overnight, but it opens a door of convenience for cheaters.

Step by step analysis based on the three elements that make up the spell, this is the basic method used by most mages in the world of Vales. This kind of arcane analysis method seems simple, but in fact, every link contains countless details, and the deeper the exploration, the more complicated it becomes. In the final analysis, humans learn the mysteries of magic from elves. Most of the existing spells and spells are still written in Elven language—also known as "Quenya". In order to fully understand the operation rules of spells, Joan wrote in Analyzing the structure of the spell was compounded by having to translate Elvish into the less precise human language as a result, and a slight translation error could lead astray, wasting a lot of time and effort .

The efficiency of a mage's analysis of a new spell mainly depends on his own knowledge accumulation and intelligence level. Probably because of the two intelligence attributes raised by "Tears of God", Qiao An felt that his brain was spinning very fast today, and the analysis of "Frozen Ray" went very smoothly.

Now he has completed the deconstruction work of the first stage—about the spell "seed", and analyzed that "Frozen Ray" belongs to the "cold" subcategory of "Evocation School", and the most critical spell activation character has also been successfully deciphered .

"Frozen Ray" does not need any spell-casting materials, and one element is omitted. Joan's next job is to analyze the spell-casting rules, and this is precisely the most complicated and difficult part of all spell elements.

Joan buried himself in his work until late at night, and the effect of "Tears of God" was finally no match for the physical and mental exhaustion accumulated by long-term high-intensity mental work. I took my eyes off the book for a while, and then I felt my stomach convulsed and convulsed due to excessive hunger, my stomach was burning and uncomfortable, my heart was pounding, and I couldn't lift a bit of strength.

Joan gulped down the cold water in the toast, collected himself, stood up with difficulty, walked into the kitchen and swallowed a piece of dry bread, feeling a little more at ease. I accidentally found that the window of the bedroom next door was still open, so I walked over to take a look, and saw Kandy sitting on the bed through the window, with her head lowered, her forehead resting on her bent knees, and her hands covering both sides of her forehead. it's painful.

Joan stared at her from the window for a while, then turned around and went back to the kitchen, first wrote a note, then put the rest of the food on the plate, sent it together with the note to the window of Kandy's bedroom, gently Put it on the desk by the window.

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