Poorly Explained Magic System Tag
Ohh this sounds fun, thank you @illarian-rambling
Rules: explain your magic system in the worst way possible
Well, I tried to make it sound professional last time, so let's go.
Also long story short. If smth drains your magic, you are dying.
Three types of magic, called light magic because they glow if you have enough of it
Avasja: move stuff. See that river? Got magic in it? Move it. You gotta use your hands to channel the magic, wait for it to travel the distance. Ops, looks like you yourself didnt have enough magic, seems like you're dead. Also did you get too much magic in your system? Good luck with that, because you are first wrecking havoc on everything, and then you die :)
Khaleije: if you're the right mix of lucky and trained you can read other's minds to get what you want! Otherwise you get a passing thought or feeling sometimes. Also you can definitely levitate some stuff, but exclusively if they're made of bone, bc it used to have magic and be commanded by a soul. No you cannot levitate bones inside someone, I know you were thinking it. If you get into another person's mind you'll have to fight a more powerful and emotional version of them inside their head, buttt if you win you might just get the most honest truth out of anyone ever. But like. Ask first.
Nui: you can see the little footsteps people's souls do to get around, aka you're a magic search dog. Search and rescue, bc you can see whats wrong with people's soul and if you learn how to you can heal them. Or steal their soul, idk, collect them all. Also you get marks on your body. They glow. Isnt that nice? Buttt you get blinded by any light stronger than a desk lamp.
Void matter instead be like: it appears you've touched it. Well. Its absorbing your magic as we speak so like, I dunno, start writing your will? If you're not already hallucinating that is. Yeah no as far as magical deaths go, wouldn't recommend this, 3/10, takes a long time to fully consume you and if you fall in there's no telling where or when exactly you might end up.
Let's go with some curses and other stuff too! Because this is fun!
Avasja's poison: so, you gotta know, these guys really like butterflies. Like, really. And particularly monarch butterflies, and those need a special flower called milkweed, which happens to be extremely poisonous! (This is like, canon lore from our world btw) But in our lil magic universe, this poison also happens to freeze you to death :) you become a lil statue :) bc no magic :)
Michiko's curse: this is just the small price to pay to use Michiko's book really. You see, her soul is trapped in it and it needs to survive somehow, and its gotta get its magic from somewhere! So thats you :) bc you got too close to the book :)
Some of my characters' magic because they get more special types. There's reason and lore I cant reveal for this, and they themselves dont really know why they can do this stuff.
Nasrin's portals: you do not know why you are able to do this. But portals. They follow the first law of magic tho! Magic has to physically travel the distance you want it to go to, so likeeee, they dont go that far. Also you'll feel like your body is disappearing and your mind and body have been disconnected when you go through, stay sane out there friends.
Afra's vines: its an easy concept. Vines. Made of void matter. You can grab stuff! Though the thorns may hurt. Also if you're standing in front of anything made up of void matter, she can see you. Make sure to wave and say hi, and for an undertale reference, remember, its rude to talk about someone who's watching.