Editing Four By Five Magic (section)

== Words ==

There are nine words of power.  Spells are usually an action (verb) and a realm (noun) together.  Below are also the words in ''Latin'' in case you want to get all Harry Potter.  (<s>Don't forget that Latin puts the verb after the nouns.</s> In Latin, object is marked with the accusative case — that is, for you neckbeards who don't care about linguistics, you can put verb and noun anywhere as long as you change the word accordingly: therefore nāvitās → nāvitātem. This, of course, is made difficult due to the translation being half-assed at best.)

The Four Actions:
* '''Communicate with''' (''dēferō''): Read, Seek, Inform, Sense, Determine, Understand, etc.
* '''Diminish''' (''īnfirmō''): Weaken, Damage, Injure, Reduce, Break, Dull, Deteriorate, etc.
* '''Enhance''' (''augeō''): Strengthen, Heal, Enlarge, Repair, Sharpen, etc
* '''Control''' (''temperō''): Shape, Hold, Command, Form, Direct, Dictate, etc.  
:(only after mastering the other actions can a magician learn to properly use the Control word).

The Five Realms:
* '''Body''' (''corpus''): Living body of sentient beings, animals, plants.
* '''Energy''' (''navitus''): Fire, wind, electricity, motion, sonic - and if the GM is willing, time.
* '''Matter''' (''materium''): Solid material with no mind - stone, metal, wood, leather, paper, plastic. 
* '''Mind''' (''mentus''): That which normally inhabits and animates/motivates an aware creature.
* '''Spirit''' (''animus''): That which motivates the living but no longer inhabits a body, or never did, or what unnaturally inhabits a body, item or location.
: (only after mastering the other realms can a magician learn to properly use the Spirit word).

(Water overlaps Energy and Matter realms: vapor or liquid water would be Energy, because you're altering its motion, but ice or stagnant water would be Matter.)

These combine into twenty spell effects.