Techniques

Techniques are abilities fueled by magical energy. Different types include innate techniques, inherited techniques, non-innate techniques, etc.
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==Technique Activation==
*A technique is activated through the act of pouring magical energy into it. If magical energy is comparable to electricity, techniques are the appliances that use that power to function.
**Magical energy is processed through a procedure akin to a mathematic formula within the user to activate a technique.
***When techniques are used, the magical energy within your body moves with a lot of force, and is consumed rapidly.
*Techniques often require hand signs, empowered words, or other gestures to activate. A mage's skill is determined by the degree to which they can minimize and omit these components to make their abilities more efficient. Conversely, the purposeful inclusion of incantations or rituals can elevate a technique's effectiveness.
**The full incantation of a technique has an effective boost of 80% in potency.
==Innate Techniques==
*Innate Techniques are unique abilities congenitally engraved into the user's body, specifically in the brain.
**Most mages are born with an innate technique that manifests around the age of five or six, which continually carves its formula into the user over time.
*Innate techniques are proprietary and comprise 80% of a mage's intrinsic skill set, making them nearly impossible to mimic.
*In almost all cases, an individual possesses only a single innate technique. In especially rare cases, someone may possess more than one.
===Inherited Techniques===
*Inherited Techniques are innate techniques passed down to mages in the same bloodline.
*While mages who don't come from prominent clans can inherit innate techniques, those obtained hereditarily from the ancestors of the Big Three Mage Clans especially carry the title of inherited technique.
**The Big Three Mage Clans have maintained their authority and prestige by passing down powerful techniques to their descendants. Therefore, a mage with an inherited technique is guaranteed an important position in the family.
*Individuals with inherited techniques have the advantage of being equipped with a manual on how to use them. However, passing down a technique through generations also presents the issue of other groups learning how the ability works, along with its shortcomings.
====Non-Inherited Techniques====
*While the formula for hereditary innate techniques is only accessible to members of their respective clan who inherited the engraving, innate techniques often manifest naturally within individuals regardless of their heritage.
==Extension Techniques==
*Extension Techniques are original abilities derived from innate techniques. Innate techniques cannot be changed or altered, but they can be trained and expanded on through creativity to maximize their applications into extension techniques. 
**In the case of inherited techniques, mages pass down the original moves that they create onto their descendants.
===Maximum Techniques===
*Maximum Techniques are extension techniques that realize the greatest potential of their derived innate technique. They are the most supreme art of any magic-user.
===Maximum Output===
*Maximum Output are extension techniques with the highest possible mana output channeled into them. Not to be confused with Maximum Techniques, these moves are also titled Stack.
==Non-Innate Techniques==
*Techniques that aren't considered innate techniques are ubiquitous skills that anyone with enough magical energy can learn to use with enough training. However, the aptitude for learning them differs from person to person. These include barrier techniques and séance techniques among others.
===Barrier Techniques===
*Barrier Techniques are non-innate techniques that employ barrier zones to trap entities within a space or to prevent them from entering one. Barriers are often employed by those without an innate technique.
**To create a barrier, an individual constructs a formula within themselves from scratch, adds empowered words, and then flow mana through the formula to activate the technique. This process can be complex for even the most talented magic users. Many strong magi with innate techniques can't perform barrier techniques.
***E.g., creating a barrier is simple enough, but making it so only certain people can exit, requires advanced skills.
===Séance Techniques===
*Séance Techniques conjures spirits for various purposes using intermediaries such as talismans. Simple spirits can be summoned by any capable mage, but some innate techniques revolve around summoning spirits as well.
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