Board Thread:Random RP/@comment-26444332-20170424191044/@comment-26444332-20170525223827

'An Astral Horror, a nightmare given form that slipped through the cracks of the world, is one of two things that can happen with high-level magecraft.' Crowley begins. 'When a mage opens a magic circle, it's tantamount to ripping a hole in the dimension and letting another peek through. Sometimes, the things on the other side can come through.

The other option is a Breakdown Phenomenon, which is by far the more common of the two. It happens when large-scale magecraft goes out of control. The results: massive destruction, with people within the effective range being pulled out of the world and becoming wraiths in the Neither. Essentially, disintegration.'

Azarias picks up the explanation. 'The only way to resist this effect is to have sufficient Flow, which makes Paladins particularly suited to thwarting it; but that only slows down the rate of disintegration rather than completely negating it. The only way to stop it is with some form of powerful magecraft negation; alternatively, it can be cut off at the source with either the death of the mage who caused it, or regaining control over the rampant spell.'