Editing Mythal

'''Mythal''' is a term originating in the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting for [[Dungeons & Dragons]]. It refers to a powerful magical effect, created by a group of spellcasters to protect and ward a large area with numerous powerful enchantments. The earliest known creators of mythals were, of course, the [[elves]], although epic type magics invented by other races could also be used to produce mythal-like wards.

Mythals are so important to the elves of the Forgotten Realms that a minor [[Seldarine]] deity exists literally under the role of "God of Mythals"; [[Mythrien Sarath]].

==Powers of a Mythal==
A typical mythal prevent certain schools of magic from being employed while empowering others, and/or serves to restrict access to the warded area to certain classes of beings. Mightier effects than that are known to exist; the Dracorage, for example, was a mythal bound to a comet that would drive all of the [[dragon]]s of the [[Forgotten Realms]] into a mindless berserker frenzy when the comet entered Toril's orbit and thus brought them within its area of effect. 

==Types of Mythal==
While any epic magic "field or ward" could be considered a mythal, and the differences were often semantics or traditions, scholars in the [[Forgotten Realms]] have often used the following distinctions to describe various mythals:

* High Mythal or True Mythal 
::The first, great elven mythals.
* Wizard Mythal
::Those mythals created later but with similar power and often by/including non-elves.
* Near-Mythal 
::Others

Part of the confusion comes from the fact that, previous to Mystra's Ban, mythals could be created by both high level (10+) spells and Epic magic. After Mystra's Ban only the Epic magic option remained.

As you can probably guess, the [[elves]] are most behind this category of naming schemes.

==See Also==
* https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Mythal

[[Category: Forgotten Realms]]