Lorica/Arcanery/Chaperone eutris
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[edit] Chaperone eutris
Chaperone eutrises are massive eutrises that are used in programming/developing other eutrises. Loricans are able to use them to develop the countless amounts of eutrises that are used in daily life. While there are plenty of eutrises, there are not chaperone eutrises, primarily because their degree of flexibility -- they have a complex and taxing interface that only those who have learned how to program with them can actually work with -- allows them to construct and develop other eutrises and starscripts (which is how they got their name).
[edit] Charmase
Charmase I and II have been instrumental in allowing the advancement of magic. They do this by quickly converting something (via the interface they use) into spells, thereby casting them without requiring as complex and tedious a process.
- Charmase I takes ritualized movements (which involves handling specific objects) and converts them
- Charmase II (Runic Charmase) takes heavenly stars and converts them (circa)
...provided there are no errors in the encoding.
Over the ages, several forms of each of these Charmases have been developed, allowing most people to focus on more specific aspects of spell design and casting rather than having to reinvent the wheel--in this case, recreating a Charmase to take in such signals. Nowadays, the most standardized spells are cast directly through use of other Eutrises, while Charmase is good for developing and wielding more complex magic.
[edit] Runic Scriptase
The problem with Runic Charmase is that the heavenly stars still take quite a while, can't be moved, are easily destroyed/ruined, are non-intuitive, and take up a lot of space on the ground. Runic Scriptase, an improved version of the Charmase chaperone eutris, solved this problem, converting written (ie. on paper) glyphs directly into spells.
- Scriptase I takes runes written on paper and converts them
- Scriptase II takes words written on paper and converts them
The initiation of Scriptase II marked the first time spells could be made that most people could comprehend with minimal training, and was another milestone toward past spell developing and technological progress.
[edit] Runic Ligase
Further development in the programming field resulted in the production of Runic Ligase. This chaperone eutris allowed spellcasters to cast spells quickly and efficiently by placing small blocks -- runestones -- into a socketed tablet. These tablets would have many more compartments than is necessary for any one individual spell; the combination of sockets filled in with which stones would determine how the spell was cast. Later versions would sport different, oftentimes more complex tablets with additional sockets.
While the Runic Ligase system was very limited in the variety of spells that could be cast as a result of this formulaic approach, it was enough for casting the simpler spells, and users could easily memorize the formula for said spells. Indeed, this marked the first point a layman with no training in the arcane studies whatsoever would be able to wield the power of magic -- and to do so rapidly, efficiently, and flexibly. It was mainly because of the development of the Runic Ligase system, and the rapid, widespread casting it allowed, that sent Lorica spiralling into the depths of terror of the Diabla Magia; if anyone could quickly assemble a formula to cast a spell, and magic in the hands of any amateur was decidedly deadly, who wouldn't be afraid?
[edit] Runic Dictationase
Runic Dictationase is a type of Eutris that converts what the spellcaster says (the chants) into starscripts / spells. Actually, it is a category of related Eutris charms.
The advent of the Runic Dictationases meant that spellcasters could participate in battle through mere words--a significant improvement over the rituals and actions demanded by the original Runic Scriptase. It rapidly replaced Runic Scriptase as the set of charms used by spellcasters.
