Question on Reimancy

by **Griffith** on May 22nd, 2010, 10:50 pm

Can Res (the non-transmuted stuff Reimancers emit) be reabsorbed into the body after it's been summoned, so long as it hasn't been transformed into an element?

I ask because the ritual for initiation as a Reimancer mentions Res being poured into the new Reimancer's body, and that the initiating Reimancer can cut or withdraw their end of it, so I was wondering what that meant in case of, say, a Reimancer producing Res in anticipation of a fight, but that it becomes a false alarm and the Reimancer no longer needed to transmute the Res into anything. Could the Reimancer just pull the Res back in?

by **Emory Ruin** on May 28th, 2010, 1:33 pm

I would say yes, if it hasn't been transformed into an element of any kind at any level.

The wizard/sorceror should be able to simply breathe it back in or absorb it the same way he released the Res.

by **Tarot** on May 28th, 2010, 1:52 pm

The answer is yes, but not with 100% efficiency. You may have noticed our magic is designed after certain pseudo-scientific concepts. In this case, it's a bit like the second law of thermodynamics: a part of the Res will be dissipated in the reconversion. The more skilled you are, the less you lose, but the process is not entirely reversible.

*makes a note to add this in the wiki*

by **Torc Ironwood** on May 28th, 2010, 2:11 pm

Hmmmmmmmm,

So would this also mean that a Reimancer could create a personal battery for himself and store his/her Res in it. I suppose that you would have to be a magecrafter or a natural element might contain this, but perhaps having an object would stunt the effects of overgiving?

by **Griffith** on May 28th, 2010, 3:26 pm

Thank you for the responses. Though I doubt it's possible, Torc's question interests me as well: What would happen if a Reimancer just kept a small container (maybe a canteen normally for water?) with some Res stored there? Would it be good to go until needed, or would it eventually dissipate on it's own?

by **Tarot** on May 28th, 2010, 6:00 pm

Not really. Res would decay the very moment you got it out of the glyph. You can capture a spell in a glyph, though. You just don't get a battery.

by **Griffith** on May 28th, 2010, 7:10 pm

Hmm...

*Makes a note to have Griff learn Glyphing at some point*
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Anyways, thanks for the help.

by **Torc Ironwood** on May 28th, 2010, 7:48 pm

Hmmmmmmm,

Thats sad, I was looking for a way to store res, not just spells. I figured just like a real battery that res would decay away, but in a slow manner. I will have to think about it, maybe build a magecraft device to generate controllable res and then have leeching to take it away.

Hmmmmm yeap going to have to think on it.