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A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #29: Motion Sigls (I)

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Benedict

Slam Type:  Triggered Appearance: Pale yellow, faceted Rank: D to D+ A basic self-defence sigl that compresses air into a cylinder before releasing it outwards in a concussive blast.  The effect is rather like firing an unloaded air gun, but … Continue reading →

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An Inheritance of Magic – German Release Schedule

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Benedict

It’s been a while, so here’s an update about how things are going with the German release of the Inheritance of Magic series! Book 1 (An Inheritance of Magic) and Book 2 (An Instruction in Shadow) are now ready to … Continue reading →

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A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #28: Motion Essentia

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Benedict

The third of the branches, Motion essentia grants control over kinetic energy. Capabilities Motion drucraft allows its wielder to convert essentia into kinetic energy, and back again.  To a tyro, this seems to happen out of nowhere;  only a drucrafter … Continue reading →

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Into 2025

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Benedict

Happy New Year, everyone!  Here’s what I’ve got planned for 2025. Now that the edits on Book 3 are done, my big project for the first half of this year is going to be writing the first draft of Book … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Benedict

Merry Christmas to all!  Hope 2024 was a good year for you, and that 2025 is too. Next week’s post will be an overview of what to expect for the first couple of months of the New Year.

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End of Year Fanart

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Benedict

We’re getting close to the end of the year, so here’s a brief overview of where things are with the Inheritance of Magic series. I’ve got one final small set of edits to do on Inheritance of Magic #3, after … Continue reading →

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A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #27: Matter Sigls (II)

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Benedict

A brief overview of Matter sigls affecting the properties of transparency and hardness. Transparency Type:  Triggered/Continuous Direction:  Conducted Appearance:  Pale to very pale pink, transparent. Rank:  B to A Alters the transparency of the wearer, causing light to pass through … Continue reading →

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Finishing with Book 3, Starting with Book 4

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Benedict

First-round edits for Inheritance of Magic 3 are done!  The copy-edits will come in the New Year, but at this point I’m clear to move onto Book 4. I mention edits quite a bit on this blog, so here’s a … Continue reading →

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A Beginner’s Guide to Drucraft #26: Matter Sigls (I)

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Benedict

Matter sigls work by temporarily altering one of the target’s physical properties.  Over the centuries, drucrafters have consistently found that one of the most useful properties to alter is mass. Lightfoot Type:  Triggered/Continuous Direction:  Conducted (self) Appearance:  Pale red, swirl … Continue reading →

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An Instruction in Shadow – Signed Hardback Edition

Posted on November 22, 2024 by Benedict

I had been planning to do the first Matter Sigls article this week, but a few people have been asking for signed copies of An Instruction in Shadow, and I promised that I’d let them know when they’d be available, … Continue reading →

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