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...s sometimes referred to as a substance or as a form of matter, élan vital does not have most of the properties of other matter, and cannot be convert ...e the creature converts some of that élan corporel into élan vital. (The mass of the creature does not change significantly because a very sm

...o. The members of the covins are typically skilled users of [[vital magic|magic]], and each covin has its own magical traditions and powers, as well as its ...Usm)|demon]]s, extraplanar creatures that seek to gather the [[élan vital]] of Curcalen's human inhabitants by tempting them along paths that corresp

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...d and wilderness ruled by powerful [[undead]] "[[bonelord]]s". However, [[magic]]al [[élan crystals|crystals]] are plentiful on Varra, and many of t ==Magic==

...ell, there are some who have virtually no combat skills apart from their [[magic]], but have sufficient magical skills to be valued members of the company n ...al skill that helps them win those battles. Her leadership of the team is vital to its success, and every member of her band knows it. Those potential rec

...ng prey within its enormous ribcage, to slowly feed on their [[élan vital]]. ...wly, gradually draining a person over several days. It has the power to [[magic]]ally [[sustenance|sustain]] beings in its ribcage as well, so that it can,

...stomach. Naturally, it expends some [[élan vital]] to perform this magic, but this is more than compensated by the amount it gains by digesting its

Naturally, the members of Dhaol Dwr control [[spells (vital magic)|spells]] of transformation and physical alteration, as well as spells that ==Magic==

...[[oil]]s and [[chemical]]s within their hearts; the accumulation of these vital chemicals, and the search for new sources, are consuming interests for the ...ons are the [[hacus]], creatures part [[technology]], part flesh, and part magic made to serve their owners. Essentially, the hacus are a [[strain]] of clo

...]]s, for instance, are all (at least arguably) living, but abiotic. The [[magic]]al process of bestowing life on a formerly inanimate object is known as [[ The adjective "vital" refers to life. The study of life and of living things is called [[etory]

...course, all this took time, but Steffensen was patient, and his studies of magic and biology had provided him with a number of ways to slow or stop his agin ...he White House, the headquarters of the FBI and the CIA, and several other vital government centers, and used robots and minions to take over important mili

Well known as a place of strange and puissant [[magic]]s, Thamarand plays a vital part in Varra's [[history]], its long-ago depredations having dramatically ...of [[circle|circular]] halls constructed for some arcane [[paracarminical magic|paracarminical]] purpose; the black [[Tarhall]], and the [[Tourney Grounds|

...large [[brain]] and its [[mouth|oral cavity]]. The rest of its prominent vital [[organ]]s reside mainly in its urosome, including the remainder of its [[n ...made this feat possible—and then by means [[surgery|surgical]] and [[magic]]al, they contrived a procedure to extract this organ and implant it in sub