Lorica/Arcanery/Manos and Logos
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[edit] Manos and Logos
Manos and Logos can be seen as two sides of the same coin. The former, meaning "manipulation", refers to the doing part of any charm spell, while the latter, meaning "logic", refers to the logical cycles that determine what to do. Both must be present to some degree and fulfill some purpose in any workable charm spell.
The Manos and Logos components of the spell must be arranged in a generally precise manner. As the glyphics-converting charm, Charmase, only works in one way, these must be posited so, but there are often different ways of "wording" the spells to achieve nearly the same results.
The two are basically differentiated by what function they serve in the glyphical system. Manos does things, such as obtaining certain data, locating a target, and casting a particular spell. Logos runs the logic behind the charm, such as if-then-else structures, loop-endloop structures, and mathematical operators.
It is generally believed that for a spellcaster to understand how charms work, they must first comprehend the runes' meanings, as each rune corresponds to a facet of Manos or Logos.
