On Auristics and the Flux

[Crypt]

1. How is one initiated into Auristics? I'm sure it isn't something like concentrating Djed into your eyes, and bam, you're initiated.

2. Can the Flux only be used for speeding up and strengthening the body, or can it also be used to enhance the five senses and to attain a greater measure of control over one's body (i.e. Slowing heartbeat, waking up at any time they desire, restraining reflex actions but not Morphing)?

I think that's all for now. Thanks!

[Vick]

1 - I always thought it would be like learning Voiding. Focus on nothing or either focus on a person until you see past them.

2- Flux always seems like a surge of power. So for that I only see Master rank or Expert rank really pulling off the slowing heartbeat type thing but as for waking up I don't see working out due to you still need to have focus over the djed unless its back firing for some reason.

Hope this helps.

[Crypt]

Thanks! But you haven't really answered my question: can the Flux be used to enhance the five senses?

[Grasis Deviil]

This allows him to concentrate his strength, speed and toughness in a smaller portion of the body, becoming more effective in armed and especially unarmed combat, and other physical tasks.

i'd assume no crypt, since there's a gnosis for increasing senses and where would you be taking the djed for the increased senses from? it's not as if you have extra eyesight stored in your foot

[Crypt]

Ah, I see. Thanks

However, considering that one can concentrate Djed from eg. his feet into his arms to strengthen his arms, it would be reasonable to say that if enhancing the senses were possible, one can certainly redirect some of the Djed from his feet into his eyes, for example. Anyway,thanks again for helping me out.

[Vaewe]

The Auristics article talks about initiation. It says it is done by constant mediation for a period and then the ability is sort of unlocked. Which makes sense since it says that the skill can be learned from books.

Flux is redirecting djed flow, so you might be able to direct the djed away from your heart. But I think you would also probably die. It doesn't seem to me like it gives you more control over you body, in fact, it seemed like opposite, you're pushing your body out of balance and too the brink. To be able to do so and survive requires a lot of self control, but that is the counter to the magic, not a benefit of it.

Of course, I'm not a magic expert so these answers might be wrong.

[Crypt]

Knowledge of the human body would be a huge bonus. Djed can be redirected away from the heart's muscles to slow down their rate of contraction such that the heart rate slows down. Of course, I agree with you in that it would take a great deal of control.

[Clyde Sullins]

Oh my God, I don't know why but I thought that was hilarious Grasis... "it's not as if you have extra eyesight stored in your foot" You really just made me smile, at how simple a statement that was, and how true. Love it. Any who, now on to being serious, and actually answering your questions. 1- Really, this is a really vague bit Crpyt, and unlike many things like morphing or reimancy, its initiation is not explicitly stated. Which really means, it is within reason whatever you want it to be. As long as you either have a teacher who knows the skill and can show you, or have a book from which to learn it, and your way is reasonable, go for it. So it can be done many ways, such as meditating and expanding your awareness, focusing on a rock until you finally see its aura... Or maybe even how I did it in this thread. Or whatever is reasonable that you want to do. Within reason. 2- The flux at lower levels is only used to increase speed, toughness, or strength in the body, which is really helpful in combat. Though bear in mind it puts a lot of strain on your body. Try to put to much strength into a limb, and you might just overexert it and snap your limb in half. Or blow it off, if a chunk of djed gets caught and builds up. And if you go to far, and lose control of your djed, pushing and overgiving to the extreme, you might blow your entire body apart, or pulp it as holes are blasted open from pent up djed trying to escape. Nasty, so best to be done with caution. Flux- lore The telltale sign is a painful, electric-like spasm coursing through the limbs at random. These lumps of uncontrollable energy travel all over the body, dealing damage from the inside whenever they burst or spike. The wizard is torn apart by his own life force, which breaks flesh and bone alike. Limbs pop out of their joints, at times even the eyes are ejected from their sockets. -Now, if you are thinking of extending your 5 senses, you are better spent using auristics, not flux. Auristics can be used as an extension of your 5 senses, along with other things, allowing you to see and touch things by looking at its aura, without physically doing so, or even with your eyes closed. So really that cannot be done with Flux, but it can be with auristics. You might want to reread the auristics lore, under the part about "Things that auras can tell". So dont try flowing djed to your eyeballs, unless you consider enhancing your senses blowing your eyeballs out of there sockets. -And that last bit, about slowing your heartbeat, and such things, while possible, are only possible for MASTER fluxers. Look at the list of things that masters can do. -Flux- lore Again, the body is naturally fine-tuned to react in certain ways that are usually the most convenient, and overriding its workings should be done with great caution. Sometimes the Flux user seeks to take energy away rather than accumulate it: some masters were known to fall into self-induced comatose states, in which they could rest at a faster rate, by making energy flow out of their brain. A master is a formidable machine that is only limited by his own body. Djed travels almost instantaneously and at will across his body, allowing devastating (if dangerous) discharges. He has mastered control over his internal organs and even bloodflow. His touch can cause alteration or disruption of another creature's own Djed Flux. So a master fluxer could do those things, but try doing them at lower levels, and you will just end up stopping your heart, and killing yourself.

[Crypt]

I did say that it required quite a bit of control to accomplish such things, right? So your last few paragraphs was totally unnecessary. Anyway, that comprehensive explanation is just what I needed, so thanks!

The lore article wasn't really clear, so thanks again for making it simple enough for me to read. I suppose that at Master level Auristics, one would be able to achieve some sort of partial localised omniscience, where one would be able to know almost everything within a certain range?