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==Common transformations== ...nification]], changes of size. These are not mutually exclusive, and many transformations can be considered combinations of several different types of effect.

...through the process naturally. Some [[wizard]]s enjoy inflicting ananomic transformations on their enemies, though this tends to be a rather inefficient method of at ...ll scholars are content to consider this real ananome; many require actual physical interchange to qualify. Still, a fair proportion do consider mental ananom

...and with physical shapes. The caster of a glamour spell feels some brief physical sensation—usually tactile, a tingling that runs through his body, but ...rcery]] is the magic associated with the [[phlegmatic force]]; it involves physical motion and action, as well as the potential for action inherent in setting

...fects; it can be invested in objects for later triggering. Many [[physics|physical]] forces and phenomena fit one or two of these criteria, but not enough to ...mple, with healing magics, as well as with many magics that create fire or physical objects. It's also possible, however, for a magical effect to have a prolo

==Constructions and transformations== ==Physical examples==

==Transformations== {{main|Aarvenite transformations}}

..., accumulating over time—of course, this would not apply to discrete transformations such as changes in [[gender]], but could apply to others such as the growth ...but this seems even more unlikely; it seems very clear that the chambers' transformations must require the expenditure of energy, rather than gaining it. Still othe

...r, and to be able to verify each other's identities... after all, going by physical appearance is no good when a member of the Mask can literally look like&mda ...articularly interested in spells that alter limbs or perform other partial transformations; the covin prefers magics of full transformation into something else entire

...h their ends joined, they cannot be manipulated into circles by continuous transformations without passing one portion through another or removing them from their emb ...nates in two dimensions are usually symbolized by ''x'' and ''y'', and for physical objects are referred to as [[length]] and [[width]]. Three dimensions adds

...on of the fasklings does somewhat augment its intelligence and awareness. Physical damage to the farthel, especially to the part made up of fasklings, does al ...mative versatility to nevertheless manage to master one or more particular transformations, more complete than those a farthel would normally be capable of, that it c

...that they are apparently unaffected by the [[world]]'s [[mester|mestral]] transformations; the uuari remains active and unchanged regardless of the mester. ...ly examine a living specimen. They do seem to have some susceptibility to physical damage; any opaque object can deliver a damaging blow to them, and, with su

...even in its proximity, will cause a ghost pain, and in extreme cases even physical (or rather [[ether (Interlife Earth)|ether]]eal) harm. Naturally, most gho ...s to accompany the affliction, only discovering their damage by seeing its physical signs or others' reactions to them, or by becoming aware of the bane—

...es during its development is called [[ontogeny]], that specifically of its physical growth [[auxology]]. The study of the internal structure of living things ...rom some external source, and when the transformation is mental as well as physical. Some forms of [[undeath]] form an example of such a transformation.

...called [[mapangatch]]. While these rarigs may have more options in their transformations, they are hampered by the fact that in each form they must keep features of Many rarigs have other special powers and abilities aside from their transformations. One possessed by the rarigs of Usm (and perhaps by some other strains) is

...of Dhaol Dwr control [[spells (vital magic)|spells]] of transformation and physical alteration, as well as spells that allow them to create new creatures and o ...s, Dhaol Dwr members are expected to take upon themselves further physical transformations, therefore becoming, as they rise in power within the covin, less and less

...[[symmetry]] in its [[physics]]; unlike those of some other cosmoi, its [[physical law]]s seem invariant under translation, rotation, and a large host of othe ...r universe to which [[Earth]] belongs (and the one which certainly has the physical laws described above) is called [[Tamamna]]. In versions of Xi where magic

...act means of this [[turning (turnskin)|turning]] varies: in some cases any physical damage the turnskin deals the victim will suffice, while in other cases it ...or secondary species; indeed, for some strains, virtually ''no'' amount of physical damage can suffice to destroy them, the turnskins being capable of [[regene

...e constellation is in fact simply the stars themselves. The stars have no physical connection; a constellation is a [[pleote|pleotic]] being. It does have an ...connection to [[nature]], to [[sex]], or to something else in some sense "physical". Those passing beneath a red constellation often feel their own senses he

...mobility, the host, naturally, determines to a great degree the phantom's physical properties. A granite statue would be able to take more damage than a plas ...phantoms—phantoms cannot possess other phantoms, since they have no physical or even [[ether (Interlife Earth)|ether]]eal form to possess, but they can

...s' diet. (Whether this harvesting of the substance of the world causes it physical pain—as it quite likely does—is a matter that few bother to wor Worse still, though, are the strange [[atmospheric transformation|transformations]] that sometimes occur to those who stray too far from Plex's surface. Wha