You have to use the right stones and the right element of anima. Each of these stones is then etched into a complex rune stored in a box. The box itself has identifiers that allow us to know the kind of spell that is inscribed.
So long as you provide the correct amount of spell components, in the correct arrangement, the spell will have some desired effect. But, as all magic happens to be influenced by unknown forces, the smallest imperfection in preparation can affect the spell. Most of the time? The spell just doesn’t work. Occasionally, you’ll get an entirely unexpected result. But improper casting of the spell can cause the glyphs in the rune to do something we can’t observe. The box ruptures. Magic smoke comes out. The particular preparation of the rune will never work again - except for when the glyphs alter the spell and does work for a different result.
This works it’s way up. “Circuit diagrams.” “Circuit layouts.” “Machine code.” “Software.”
It’s an entire discipline focused on magic. Electronic and Computer Engineering. Solid State Physics and Chemistry. Quantum Mechanics. It sounds like science, but don’t be fooled. Anyone with expertise in the field knows and understands, it’s purely magic.
And that’s just one example of it.
You have to use the right stones and the right element of anima. Each of these stones is then etched into a complex rune stored in a box. The box itself has identifiers that allow us to know the kind of spell that is inscribed.
So long as you provide the correct amount of spell components, in the correct arrangement, the spell will have some desired effect. But, as all magic happens to be influenced by unknown forces, the smallest imperfection in preparation can affect the spell. Most of the time? The spell just doesn’t work. Occasionally, you’ll get an entirely unexpected result. But improper casting of the spell can cause the glyphs in the rune to do something we can’t observe. The box ruptures. Magic smoke comes out. The particular preparation of the rune will never work again - except for when the glyphs alter the spell and does work for a different result.
This works it’s way up. “Circuit diagrams.” “Circuit layouts.” “Machine code.” “Software.”
It’s an entire discipline focused on magic. Electronic and Computer Engineering. Solid State Physics and Chemistry. Quantum Mechanics. It sounds like science, but don’t be fooled. Anyone with expertise in the field knows and understands, it’s purely magic.