[quote=@Fractured] So some mages channel other objects, which also works. *Picks up a rock, above which several dark magic circles spiral* At least until that object runs out of mana. No idea why it still works in other worlds though. *The circles start convulsing back and forth, and the rock explodes with unstable magic* What you described almost sounds like channeling through reality. [/quote] *Halts midstride* Hmm. Perhaps it's best if I give a demonstration. *Places a hand over my chest as my body falls away to reveal a brilliant golden light, from the center of which flows endless streams of arcane words, esoteric variables, and pure primordial intent, all of which reach out to affect the surrounding landscape in some random way* [b]AS YOU CAN SEE...[/b] *A blade of grass sitting nearby shifts into a rabbit before morphing into a crab, and then returning to its original form* [b]IT IS NOT EXACTLY CHANNELING THROUGH REALITY, AS I AND MY KIND EXISTED LONG BEFORE IT, MORESO REALITY BENDING ITSELF TO ACCOMODATE OUR DESIRE.[/b]