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Mm, my idea for Ouramancers is that if a bloodline that has gained such abilities continues to practice the mysticism they originated from, every child in that line who would have been a general Magestrava become Ouramancers instead. So, they are much rarer than the general populace, but the numbers are altogether more predictable, as there are only a few families in each area who boast such power (maybe magic, specifically Ouramancy, is more common among these families, as well?).:) As for your character background, do you think you might be able to blend it with mine a little? After all, my character's family is one of the few in Lismos with the "gift", as it were, and yours (she? he?) would have to have observed it in action somewhere, right? What if they knew each other before being enrolled in the Academy? I always like it when characters have pre-established rapport.Reasonable, except that Magestrava are specifically noted as being able to control the forces of nature quite well, seemingly without repercussions beyond the problems with overuse of Karma... Maybe that's what makes them so badass? Because they have access to all three forms of energy, Outsorcerors can just flip Mother Nature the bird and throw as many fireballs and lightning bolts as they want. Hmm.As for the actions of humans, I've honestly never heard any inquiries of that sort. From my experience, it's , and its progenitor, agriculture that are considered unnatural. Humans, after all, are just animals. It is when we tame the planet, for our own selfish needs that the nature spirits would probably get pissed.
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Aah, wait, I see what you're going on about. Yeah, it's easy to see why you're confused about the Shamans.

Koma's got most of it down, to be honest, but if I were to elaborate further: A Magestrava can indeed use the elements to their will, but in comparison to Shamans, you can call what Magestravi do as a second-hand imitation. When a Magestrava uses Karma to create an element, he is in a sense, fooling 'Nature' (plural 'N' as this signifies that it is a collective consciousness of the land) into thinking that this is natural. However, Mother Nature will eventually catch on. This happens when you begin to overuse Karma. It alerts Nature that something is wrong, and the immediate response is this: what you're doing is unnatural, so Nature is going to make it so that it [i]is[/i] natural, i.e; they are going to make you a part of nature, usually into whatever element in particular you were abusing.

Shamans, on the other hand, don't have to fear this happening to them, as they have a direct contact with Nature which can be cut by either party at any time.