[quote=@shylarah]
[@Vena Sera] [@Scout] You guys have my interest.  Scout's someone I know elsewhere on the interwebs, and he linked me.  ^.^  I have a bunch of questions before I decide on a character, though.  Many of these focus on how magic works, what types of magic are available, and what restrictions there are.  Additionally, I'd like to know about playable races/species, and what kinds of creatures are found in the world.
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Magic is all in the world around us, basically as air is. It's intangible, and brought about through prayer and devotion to the Ten Saints. Normal people can't utilize magic, so crystals are used which have unique properties to pull magic from the world and store it, making it useable by the populace. Magi can simply pull the magic that's around them however, removing the need for crystals. As a result however Magi face a unique problem in that casting without a catalyst tires both the mind and body, and doing too much can leave someone exhausted, or potentially even kill them outright. 

As the current plan stands, magic will be divided into ten major elements. Each Saint represents or embodies one of these elements, and Magi can generally speaking only use one. Moderate users of magic can specialize in one, and at most maybe manipulate 1 or 2 others to small extents; Advanced Magi can manipulate a handful of elements fluently, but that degree of expertise is very hard to achieve. Elements are not race locked, but the amount of magic one can cast depends on their endurance and how well they've practiced.

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As for races, thus far we have the following:

Mura - Humans basically

Dimura - Human/Dragon halfbreeds (Don't ask me how they do it, I don't want to go into detail)

Varuna - Aquatic humanoids, amphibious albeit they need a breathing apparatus for long stays on land 

Divined - An alien-like species, most naturally attuned to magic

Ydra - Think elves, they're generally nomadic and a largely unknown race to much of the people of Adelon

All of these can crossbreed with varying degrees of success, so that leaves a fair bit of creation up to us for racial selection

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There will be a good number of creatures in the world, and we'll add more and more as we go along. Ideally I'd like to compile a bestiary, and we'll have regular beasts, magical ones, maybe some that are what we might think of as "demons" too; variety is the spice of life as they say, I want to have a good grouping of creatures :D