Sorry for the delay, Mahz was battling the site's demons all today.

@Elsa Excellent submission, very detailed. Accepted

@Rata Interesting. I like it but there is one problem. Fae in this story are limited to the magic instinctual for their kind. Only humans who have no inherited magic can even begin to 'channel' magic and even for them the results are chaotic and unpredictable.

There's a really good analogy in cellulose. If a cow eats a lot a fiber as in grass, it can digest it and use the energy. It can use that energy to make cow parts, horns, utters, big slimy tongues, etc. Fae and other magical creatures are like cows. They have the capacity to digest magic but their body can only use it in limited ways. Just like a cow can't turn the grass it eats into bird wings, a pixie can't use the magic she ingests to cast a fireball. Now when a human eats a ton of grass, their body can't do anything with the cellulose because they don't have a ruminant stomach. Instead of digesting it, they run to the bathroom and have explosive diarrhea. Wyldlings who drink mana or snort fairy-dust are like this and the explosive diarrhea is analogous to wyld magic.

There, a metaphor which matches the setting in terms of ickiness.

Don't worry if this doesn't completely make sense yet. Fully explaining it would involve major spoiler. Just trust me, it all will make perfect sense eventually.

@Ichthys I like the idea of wisps and I think we can make it work. Here's some things to remember when you write them up. One, magical effects should be limited. Glowing or turning intangible is a magical effect, a glamer, and it should tire them and burn energy. They can't stay in that state forever. Law of Conservation of Magic and all that. Two, fae races should always be at least vaguely humanoid, so you could have their glamer allow them to turn into a ball of light for limited time, but that can not be their natural form. Hope this helps and welcome. Awesome to see so much interest!