Counter Arcana

Counter Arcana refers to the specific effects that Old Brethren can cast through their terraforming fields to counteract Void Ichor assisted reality warping. The discipline came about when the augment became more widely proliferated during conflicts.
== Description ==
Counter Arcana is the discipline used by Old Brethren to counter effects of reality warping in a way that is more focused than the general suppressive effects of their terraforming fields. In order to counter the ability of Void Ichor augmented beings to completely ignore suppressive influences on their reality warping abilities, new methods needed to be researched. Among the results of such research is the development of Counter Arcana, a way to cancel out reality warping effects in a focused manner with opposing effects. As opposed to the largely offense and utility oriented Void Arcana used by Transcends, Counter Arcana is instead a defensive discipline. 
Counter Arcana uses the laws of physics and metaphysics of an Old Brethren's terraforming field as the basis of a countereffect casted to oppose an incoming effect. An incoming Void Arcana of Stasis, for example. can be opposed by a Counter Arcana of Flux or Change, should the Old Brethren's terraforming field have the appropriate laws. 
Counter Arcana sits on a spectrum of focus and strength, termed the acute and obtuse scale. Counter Arcana potency is proportional to its specificity in the effects it is supposed to encounter, with wide-spectrum effects being less potent than specific ones. A wide-spectrum Counter Arcana cast may only dull an incoming reality warping effect, requiring multiple casts to deplete such. Meanwhile, a focused Counter Arcana can completely cancel out an effect in one cast. Nevertheless wide spectrum Counter Arcana is still useful; while not as potent a defense, it can combat a wider variety of effects while also gathering valuable information on effects it dulls. 
Counter Arcana effectiveness is directly dependent on the Old Brethren's understanding of concepts and effects they are countering as well as the laws of their own terraforming field. A knowledgeable and experienced Brethren may be able to completely cancel out multiple reality warping effects at once by simultaneously casting several specific Arcana at once. A Brethren that isn't as experienced may only be to completely cancel out a fraction of the effects with fewer focused Counter Arcana and more wide-spectrum ones. 
== Applications ==
Outside of combat, Counter Arcana see usage in modifying the physical and metaphysical laws that govern a region of reality in a far more controlled and focused manner than general projection of a Terraforming field. Counter Arcana can be used to modify aspects of a region of a reality's laws than the complete changing and warping of physical and metaphysical laws that come with full terraforming field usage.
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