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...ity. Effectively, the possession of a power can be considered a type of [[enchantment]]—[[xenurgy|xenurgical]] (or perhaps [[hysplex|hysplegic]]) if on a [ ...wer not normally possessed by its species due to [[mutation]] or to some [[enchantment]] either on its parent or on the area where it was conceived or born.

...ules for how magic works, including how (or if) [[spell]]s are cast, how [[enchantment]]s can be placed or removed, and so on. Virtually every particular about m ...anum as a base—the new arcanum itself can be thought of as a [[fixed enchantment|fixed]] [[hapantic]]. Once the new arcanum ''has'' been created, however,

...summoning]]s do not. The creation of [[talisman]]s is one notable form of enchantment, and the one perhaps that the word is most often used to refer to, but it a ...heir contents, a phenomenon known as [[magical contagion]]. [[Spontaneous enchantment]] is also often possible, objects and places becoming enchanted under certa

...eation, by [[ananome]], by [[transformation]], by [[procreation]], or by [[spontaneous generation]]. There may be some overlap between these methods; a being tha ...r life form is involved in the creation process (that is, in all cases but spontaneous generation and some cases of artificial creation), the original life form i

...ure of the local [[arcanum]] bringing them into being. The effect of this enchantment may depend on other circumstances, so that the fact that shees exist on one ...)|power]] to keep them in position—either continual renewal of the [[enchantment]], or fuel for whatever [[physics|physical]] process keep them up. Should

...ed duration, or even to persist indefinitely. Such effects are known as [[enchantment]]s, and are further categorized according to their extent, their object, an ...e produced by conscious invocation, magical enchantments may [[spontaneous enchantment|arise spontaneously]] under various circumstances, or be inherent in certai

...eamsea]] in a way analogous to the way others sail upon the [[ocean]]s. [[Enchantment]]s exist that will make vessels "float" on the dreammists, upside-down rela ...that the ship makes it to the portal and doesn't blunder into some other [[enchantment]] or off the edge of the seas.

...is explanation to nonliving objects, positing that anything with a magical enchantment does have a life of some sort and does dream, but many find this hard to sw

...nome can also occur unintended through a [[miscasting]] or a [[spontaneous enchantment]].

...ther species do, however, exist. The [[igus]] are creatures [[spontaneous enchantment|spontaneously]] [[animation|animated]] from the bones that cover the deathf

...ly occur.) Magical wolks may arise through various forms of [[spontaneous enchantment]]. ...nary somehow comes "unmoored" and starts to wander, either because of an [[enchantment]] placed on it or perhaps because of some unexpected [[ambient magic]]al ef

...ally magical weapons, potions, and even such large and immobile items as [[enchantment|enchanted]] statues and buildings are talismans. Talismans may even be ali ...lismans may only be activated a finite number of times before losing their enchantment—this is certainly the case with, for example, potions, which are acti

...ia:lock (water transport)|lock]]s, and the [[Madman's Canal]] through an [[enchantment]] controlling the water flow.) Four main gates lead into the city from the ...ame monsters [[resurrection|resurrected]], or different monsters somehow [[spontaneous generation|spontaneously generated]] in their place; there is reason to bel

* They grant powers even while in "stored" form (usually by [[enchantment]] of the storage item) ...fourth—not due to any inherent property, but due to [[talisman]]s, [[enchantment]]s, or [[technology]] current on particular [[world]]s, such that these cre

...preparations to that end or, rarely, because of some sort of [[spontaneous enchantment]]. An object which has been readied for binding in such a way is called a

...ly generated]] due to some of the [[ambient magic]] residual from Plex's [[enchantment]], or that this same ambient magic has transformed the mites, [[fungus|fung ...imes accompanied by [[size change]] or other [[transformation]]s. These [[enchantment]]s prove very difficult to [[cassation|break]], furnishing all the more rea

...n]]" will build up in a given location or receptacle to produce a sudden [[enchantment]] or [[transformation]]—perhaps [[translocation|translocating]] an ob ...eliauth)|Labyrinth]], the [[Red Waste]], and [[Rumbelow]]. Like the other spontaneous effects of the accumulation of waste numen, the Coalition attempts to destr