Magicyte

# Magicyte - Magic crystal

Magicyte (Magh-eh-site) are a smooth stonelike crystals. Found exclusively in Aaramoor, it is a powerful repository of arcane magic made physical. Being able to use Magicyte instead of personal magic reserves allows anyone to cast spells without any training or skill. Magicyte is also used in magical engineering devices as a source of power.

## Types

#### Universal

Universal magicyte can be used for just about anything, but you need a lot more of it. Many cantrips are placed in universal magicyte disks about the size of a large coin. Simple spells can be cast with a dinner plate, but beyond this it becomes very impractical to cast using universal as a simple fireball or invisibility spell requires several pounds. Fortunately it is cheap and plentiful.

#### Green

Magicyte that comes from nature. Being a simple olive green the natural rock almost blends in the with nature that it grows from. It is often used to cast spells that effect nature in some way. Growing plants, changing weather, speaking with animals. Green magicyte is a huge boon to Aaramoor's agricultural districts.

#### Topaz

The only visually obvious crystal, Topaz is bright and glows somewhat. Orange and red it looks like frozen fire and feels warm to the touch. Many evocation spells use topaz magicyte. Fortunately it comes in many colors to accommodate the deferent elemental spells. It is found deep underground where largescale conservation mining efforts have gathered it for thousands of years.

#### Ink

Though not liquid Ink is unique in that it's crystals are incredibly fine grains, close in consistency to flour. It's color is the deepest black imaginable, as it naturally absorbs all light. Ink is used in magic that effects the world in highly arcane ways. Things like charm person, Invisibility, and teleportation spells consume Ink. A single grain of Ink can be used to cast prestidigitation. Ink is found underground as well, but not near where Topaz is found. It is piped rather than mined as it is usully found under a large amount of pressure in great reservoirs. There have been incidents where the welling company had a major leak and caused mass pollution of **(lake 2)**.

#### Void

The rarest type of Magicyte, Void is also the most powerful. Only coming from the space it falls with a brilliant purple fiery tail. Wherever it lands it's white hot for days and unable to be touched. After cooling though it is invisible and as such becomes near impossible to find. Void Magicyte comes in irregular looped rings. The power of Void is matched to none. Where Universal would need several pounds to cast fireball, Topaz would need a single large coin. Void however would only need a sliver the size of a splinter.

## Constructs

Usually in the form of a core, magicyte can power various constructs forged by artificers. Wether it's golems, warforged or battle wagons, the magicyte function and power depend on what the core is made of and what magicyte fuels it.

### Golems

Golems are simple constructs usually only able to perform a few tasks, and only with explicit clear instructions. Unable to react to a change of environment or problem solve. Often made of clay, though many materials are suitable, golems have a core made of raw magicyte, no need for a core housing. Any type of magicyte can power golems the most common being universal.

A notable instance of a golem going wrong was when Gringal Saouth produced a golem made of Topaz magicyte powered by an Ink core. Allegedly he wanted the construct to be a personal delivery golem that moved at incredible speed. It was successful in purpose for 2 days until a construction crew taring down a building along its path interrupted it's speedy journey, the impact damaged the core housing causing a runaway magical reaction and rapid release of the ink and topaz energy from the golem. Nobody was harmed as the crew was out on lunch and the building being torn down was vaporized.