Description: Mind Magic invoked via song. More difficult than Spellcasting because of the additional variable of music, it is mostly limited to performers, but some sly dueling mages use the musical variables to create spells which appear to a trained spellcaster to do one thing, but with an unexpected spin. Spellsinging in non-magical languages is much more common than it is in spellcasting.

Language: All spellsinging is done in one of three tonal languages: tonal manatic (most common), onomotos (ancient nightingale), or tonal Divine.

Tonal manatic is the most common, the pitch-variable words of manatic (Old Magenian), used with intent & focus to craft a spell. Onomotos is generally harder for non-musical races to learn, but is considered better for musical spells.

Rhythm: The rhythm of a spell affects the pace of the spell, the way it interacts with the world. A spell that has stresses on the upbeats is a standard, normal spell that doesn't necessarily have a strong energy to it. A spell that has stresses on the downbeats (syncopation) is wilder, more lively for a standard spellsinger.

Up tempo spells have quick, immediate effects. Down tempo spells have long, continuous effects.

Arhythmic spells are pure chaos. Some rhythms are better for certain spheres than others.

Pitch: The pitch of a spell affects its suitability per spheres. Air, for instance, is a high pitched sphere, & earth is a low pitched one. A chart:

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	Sphere		Pitch		Tempo & Rhythm

Chaos

Varies

Arhythmic

Darkness

Tenor to Baritone

Moderate tempo normal rhythm

Cosmos

Soprano or Bass

Down tempo normal rhythm

Dream

Tenor to Alto

Down tempo syncopated

Moons

Alto

Down tempo very regular normal rhythm

Fire

Alto

Up tempo syncopated

Light

Tenor to Alto

Moderate tempo syncopated

Pestilence

Alto

Down tempo syncopated

Destruction

Bass

Down tempo normal rhythm

Earth

Bass

Down tempo normal rhythm

Hatred

Tenor to Baritone

Up tempo normal rhythm

War

Alto to Soprano

Up tempo syncopated

Water

Baritone

Moderate tempo either rhythm

Knowledge

Tenor

Moderate tempo normal rhythm

Famine

Alto

Up tempo syncopated

Peace

Baritone to Bass

Down tempo normal rhythm

Sun

Baritone

Up tempo very regular syncopated

Hope

Tenor

Up tempo syncopated

Flora

Baritone

Down tempo normal rhythm

Harvest

Baritone

Down tempo normal rhythm

Music

All

Any

Order

Always Bass

Strict moderate tempo normal rhythm

Creation

Soprano

Up tempo syncopated

Death

Bass

Moderate tempo either

Despair

Tenor

Down tempo normal rhythm

Life

Tenor

Up tempo syncopated

Silence

None

None

Meta

Tenor

Moderate tempo either

Fauna

Alto

Up tempo syncopated

Healing

Baritone

Up tempo normal rhythm

Truth

Alto or Baritone

Moderate tempo normal rhythm or syncopated

Weather

Bass or Soprano

Down tempo syncopated

Air

Soprano

Up tempo syncopated

Celebration

Tenor

Up tempo syncopated

Luck

Alto

Up tempo syncopated

Time

Tenor

Moderate tempo normal rhythm

Dragon

Soprano or Bass

Down tempo syncopated

Fate

Baritone

Down tempo normal rhythm

Undeath

Soprano

Down tempo normal rhythm

Love

Tenor to Alto

Down tempo syncopated

Wealth

Alto to Baritone

Moderate tempo normal rhythm

Envy

Tenor

Up tempo syncopated

Vision

Soprano

Up tempo syncopated

Ice

Alto

Down tempo normal rhythm

Travel

Alto

Up tempo syncopated

Home

Baritone

Down tempo normal rhythm

Change

Shifting Pitch

Shifting rhythms

Harmony: Harmony adds power to a spell. Polyphony casts more than one spell at once.

Timbre: Timbre is the quality of a sound. The timbre of a spell can affect the nature of a spell, offensive or defensive, etc., or even whether the sounds are a spell at all.

Instrumentation: Some instruments are capable of creating the tones of the magical tonal languages, especially tonal Divine. When backing a voice that is casting a spell, they are capable of adding certain effects:

Percussion, of course, affects rhythm, as above.

Brass adds power to a spell. This lowers the difficulty.

Winds add precision to a spell. This simply makes it easier to cast a precise spell.

Strings add complexity to a spell. This simply makes it easier to cast a complex spell.

Other instruments should be discussed with the GM.

Counternotes: On the tonic (European/Ranic) scale, each note has a corresponding note five notes above it that is the dominant note to the original note's tonic note. In spellsinging, a mage can respond to a spellsong with each corresponding dominant note to the tonic notes sung by the opposing caster to create a spell that will reverse the effects of the spellbeing cast. In other scales, similar relationships exist.

Lowering: Using harmony or brass adds power to a spell (i.e., lowers the difficulty), modifying the rate the difficulty is lowered. The tonal relationship determines when a spell is cast if it is using the Ranic scale, and the similar relationships on other scales do the same--so the longer you go before returning to the tonal note, the greater the lowering is.

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	Difference		Points lowered

+7

none

+6

1/60 per 3 seconds

+5

1/54 per 3 seconds

+4

1/48 per 3 seconds

+3

1/42 per 3 seconds

+2

1/36 per 3 seconds

+1

1/30 per 3 seconds

0

1/24 per 3 seconds

-1

1/18 per 3 seconds

-2

1/12 per 3 seconds

-3

1/6 per 3 seconds

-4

1 per 3 seconds

-5

7/6 per 3 seconds

-6

13/6 per 3 seconds

-7

19/6 per 3 seconds

-8

25/6 per 3 seconds

-9

31/6 per 3 seconds

-10

37/6 per 3 seconds

Fatigue: The negative modifier is to performing, mostly, but also in generally. It's normal fatigue, but it also applies to musical skill for the allotted time. Assuming the voice is the instrument, a KO is also permanent loss of voice. If difficulties are lowered, the consequences move up a step. Special failures become exceptional, etc.

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	Time spent		Exceptional success		Special success		Normal success		Tie		Normal failure		Special failure		Exceptional failure

25 hours

-16

KO

KO

KO

KO

KO

Death

22 hours

-13

-16

KO

KO

KO

KO

KO

19 hours

-13

-16

-16

KO

KO

KO

KO

13 hours

-13

-13

- 16

-16

KO

KO

KO

10 hours

-10

-13

-13

-16

-16

KO

KO

7 hours

-10

-10

-13

-13

-16

-16

KO

4 hours

-7

-10

-10

-13

-13

-16

-16

1 hour

-7

-7

-10

-10

-13

-13

-16

30 minutes

-4

-7

-7

-10

-10

-13

-13

15 minutes

-4

-4

-7

-7

-10

-10

-13

10 minutes

-1

-4

-4

-7

-7

-10

-10

5 minutes

-1

-1

-4

-4

-7

-7

-10

1 minute

None

-1

-1

-4

-4

-7

-7

30 seconds

None

None

-1

-1

-4

-4

-7

15 seconds

None

None

None

-1

-1

-4

-4

9 seconds

None

None

None

None

-1

-1

-4

3 seconds

None

None

None

None

None

-1

-1

Learning: Assuming 6 hours of study a day, five days a week, the following chart tells how long it takes an average human to reach certain skill levels in singing. Some people are more talented than others, of course. Some are born with perfect pitch, others tone deaf. All these things will determine the rate at which a person learns. Further, skill in instruments follows a similar scale, depending on what instruments one knows already, the complexity of the instrument, and so on.

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	Power		Time (in years)

25

166

24

143

23

121

22

102

21

85

20

70

19

57

18

46

17

37

16

30

15

25

14

21

13

18.5

12

16.25

11

14.25

10

12.5

9

11

8

9.75

7

7.75

6

6

5

4.5

4

3.25

3

2.25

2

1.5

1

1

Songs: Some spellsingers use existing songs as templates, covering them in a magical language. These have become standards used by all spellsingers and they each have their known effects. They can be taught to anyone.

Casting: How it works!

First, determine what language is being sung, what scale is used, and what instrumentation is present. Determine what sphere is being used. Language will give a bonus or penalty depending on your skill in singing said language. Scale will determine the method of casting. Instrumentation will give bonuses or penalties based on skill in said instruments. Sphere relates to the song performed--tempo and so on.

Next, describe the song in terms of rhythm, tempo, pitch, timbre, harmony, melody, lyrical content, and so on, and the intended effect of the spell. The effect's effectiveness will be determined by the song description.

Third, perform it. Use repetition and improvisation to continue it long enough to lower the difficulty to your intended goal. If you wish to instant cast, simply play the melody and hit the final note as quickly as possible.

Roll skill+bonuses-penalties vs. difficulty, and consequences are determined by success rate. Anyone who can hear the song is a potential target. Someone or something who can't hear it but can feel the vibrations is also a potential target.

Failure: See here.

Sensing: See here.

Auras: None.