02-10-2020, 04:29 AM
Mana Control – Mana Armor and Burst Blocking
Close combat, the most immediate fact about battle is that close combat is a very difficult space to master. Due to the range that you are engaged with your target, you are at your most vulnerable and simultaneously your most devastatingly dangerous.
Protecting yourself would seem like an afterthought with a form that boasts such overwhelming offense, to the point where your opponent should have no chance for a rebuttal. It would be a lie to say that no person is capable of finding weakness in your form, that they couldn’t manage to find a chance to trade equal blows with you.
The first aspect is something that magi are more naturally gifted, maintaining a veil of mana that protects us from critical damage. Being conscious of this aura will allow us to increase its capabilities, but for the purpose of our form, we must use this to minimize damage to our dexterous movement.
Our mana is going to be stretched very thin, the maintenance for this form is very high and requires tight control. Rather than reallocate a large source of mana to cover the entire body for extended periods of time, the goal is to use our mana in short bursts *at the point of impact* If we are unable to dodge, then we must pour large amounts in the targeted area to brace for impact and then disengage.
Close combat, the most immediate fact about battle is that close combat is a very difficult space to master. Due to the range that you are engaged with your target, you are at your most vulnerable and simultaneously your most devastatingly dangerous.
Protecting yourself would seem like an afterthought with a form that boasts such overwhelming offense, to the point where your opponent should have no chance for a rebuttal. It would be a lie to say that no person is capable of finding weakness in your form, that they couldn’t manage to find a chance to trade equal blows with you.
The first aspect is something that magi are more naturally gifted, maintaining a veil of mana that protects us from critical damage. Being conscious of this aura will allow us to increase its capabilities, but for the purpose of our form, we must use this to minimize damage to our dexterous movement.
Our mana is going to be stretched very thin, the maintenance for this form is very high and requires tight control. Rather than reallocate a large source of mana to cover the entire body for extended periods of time, the goal is to use our mana in short bursts *at the point of impact* If we are unable to dodge, then we must pour large amounts in the targeted area to brace for impact and then disengage.