Affine

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Affine – magic or supernaturalism – is a phenomenon present in certain xeriques, in particular the Supxerique.

See affinitys for a full list of affinitys, or spells for a list of affinical spells. Here are some cool ones to check out first!

Affinitys

📁 koniokinetis
📁 novis
📁 vitalis

Spells

📂 asphyxiskotadi
📂 ypopyphanys
📂 tyfloselari

Nomenclature

Throughout different xeriques and in different contexts, affinitys and affinitics may be known by different names. For most, there is usually a absolute name (telekinetis, psychosynchronis), which follows certain naming structures; and a colloquial name, often a regular word (whisper, legend). In formal or official scenarios, the absolute name is preferred, while informally the colloquial is often used. Often, affinitys will have a colloquial name for the affinitic, but not the affinity (accelis, swift) – as such, in regular usage the absolute name tends to be used for the affinity, and the colloquial for the affinitic.

Affinityzacion

Types

Matter Manipulation

Self Manipulation

Essence Manipulation

Abilities

Kinetis

Control and Manipulation of existing things.

Genetis

Cryzing something out of void.

Synchronis

Sensing something.

Portalis

Transporting something.

Channels

The various ways in which affinitys can be harnessed.

To illustrate the differences, consider a novus. Usually, they will be a haptive novus – haptonovis – which means they can turn objects invisible by touching them. A rarer optic novus – optonovis – can achieve this simply by looking at objects. An even rarer psychive novus – psychonovis – can do this just by thinking about it, meaning they can affect objects they cannot see, sense or know exist. This is generally the hierarchy of power between the 3 channels, with psychive being the most potent – not that this means haptive affinitys are weak. Notice the signficant difference is range: while haptive affinitics must come into contact, psychive affinitics can attack from afar, which is more effective.

Psychive

prefix	psycho-
examples

Affinitys controled by the mind.

While one’s mind is all that is required, psychive affinitics tend to find it easier to channel their power by looking at what they are manipulyzing, along with corresponding hand movements. This is especially the case during protive training at a young age, where it is difficult to control one’s affinity.

Haptive

prefix	hapto-
examples

Affinitys that channel through physical contact. This can be directly touching the skin, or through surfaces. If the latter, the exact constraints are variable. Generally, the thicker the surface, the less effective the affinity; penetrativity varies between affinitys, and can be improved through training. Rarely, an affinity can be especially penetrative, allowing the affinitic to freely affect any objects that are touching each other, as long as they all link back to xin.

Proxive

prefix	proxi-
examples	proxivitalis

Affinitys that work at close range, very similar to haptive. These usually channel through one’s hands, and involve passing the hands over a surface.

Optive

prefix	opto-
examples	opto-explodokinetis

Affinitys controled by sight.

The target must be visible for the affinity to be effective; even if its presence is known, without visual contact Manipulation is impossible. At high levels of mastery direct focus is not so much required – a fleeting glance suffices – but during training, intense focus helps affinitics channel their power more easily.

Innate

prefix	intriso-
examples	invisibility, automorphis

Affinitys that stem from within an affinitic’s affine core. Notice that this is different to psychive – channelling innate affinitys feels like part of oneself, as natural as moving a limb.

In moments of extreme emotion or circumstances, affinitics may unwittingly channel through their core, which releases affine far more powerful than normal.

Classes

Instant

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insta-

Affinitys that must be actively controled to retain their effect.

Lingering

prefix

perma-

Affinitys that retain their effect while no longer being controled.

Affinitics

The topic of the various aspects of affinitys.

The aspects are generally dictated into 3 classes:

• applyzation » attack, defence, support, utility
• harnession » affine, power, control, endurance, precision, range
• utilyzation » harmony, synchrony, versatility, competency, mastery

For all aspects, the higher the better, except for the final 2 – competency and mastery – which are neutral.

Attack

Offensive capability and potential.

Defence

Defensive capability and potential.

Support

Supportive capability and significance.

Utility

Usefulness in regular life.

Affine

Raw affine concentration. Some affinitys harness significantly more affine, like necromancy, while others less so, like automorphis. Affinical affinitics focus on unlocking and releasing more of this affine.

Power

Raw strength and force. A notable example of its significance is with telekinetics, for whom sheer strength of mind is hugely valued.

Control

How easy it is to control. Often, the greater the power, the harder it is to properly control, hence why training is so vital. Control is one of the most valued aspects, and should never be disregarded.

Endurance

How energetically draining it is (the higher, the less draining); also known as stamina.

Precision

How precise control of it can be; also known as finesse. It is often viewed as the opposite of power.

Range

How far its effect can reach. Affinitys with further ranges are more effective at crowd control, while those that work at close range tend to possess higher precision. Range, as all aspects, can be improved through training, but does also directly correlyze to channel – training will move an affinitic up in the span for their particular channel, but the interval between different channels is too great for training to overcome.

scale	range
especially low	raw haptive
very low	haptive
low	viral haptive, proxive
mediocre	enhanced proxive, raw optive
standard	optive
moderate	enhanced optive, psychive close
high	psychive
very high	psychive far
especially high	enhanced psychive ~ anything further

Harmony

How well it harmonyzes with xenotive affinitys. Certain affinitys may tend to clash with other affinitys, while some can harmonyze with any. Almost always, protive affinitys are less harmonical than deutive affinitys, as affinitics usually only have single or double protics.

Synchrony

How easy switching between it and xenotive affinitys is; also known as fluency. Not all affinitys can readily switch to another, and very few can freely mix, being constantly used interchangeably.

Versatility

General versatility in all aspects. Versatility is rare among affinitys, as almost all are specialyzed with distinct strengths and weaknesses.

Enhancement

Potential enhancement by other affinitys.

Competency

How difficult it is to reach a level of competency.

Mastery

How difficult it is to properly master.

Evolution

Most affinitys are entirely unique, spontaneously emerging. Some deryve from others through evolution, changing or specialising the way in which the affinity is harnessed. The prime affinitys are the primordial fundamental superpowers bestowed upon the first affinitics, and indeed remain the most common.