Astral Projection & Selenomancy
Astral Projection & Selenomancy is a distinct magical discipline within Landorya. Astral projection sends the mind travelling. The body stays behind. You see far and hear far. You can barely touch anything. Selenomancy is the moon sister. It draws power from mo… Its power is typically sourced from Astral travel feeds on the caster's own life-force. Also on the ancient charge the Celestials gave the Aeriels. Selenomancy takes moonlight and the moon's pull. At full moon it is strong. At new moon it is almost silent.. Practitioners must account for the following limits: An astral form hardly touches the real world. In the in-between it can be attacked. The body left behind lies defenceless. At new moon, selenomancy barely helps. Enemies know thos… Scholarly records also note key risks: Anyone who stays away too long can tear the silver thread between mind and body. The Aeriels call it the Untethering: the body dies quietly, the mind drifts on. Drawing power from…
Magic Profile
- Nature
- Astral projection sends the mind travelling. The body stays behind. You see far and hear far. You can barely touch anything. Selenomancy is the moon sister. It draws power from moonlight and the moon's phases.
- Source
- Astral travel feeds on the caster's own life-force. Also on the ancient charge the Celestials gave the Aeriels. Selenomancy takes moonlight and the moon's pull. At full moon it is strong. At new moon it is almost silent.
Overview
Astral Projection & Selenomancy is a distinct magical discipline within Landorya. Astral projection sends the mind travelling. The body stays behind. You see far and hear far. You can barely touch anything. Selenomancy is the moon sister. It draws power from mo… Its power is typically sourced from Astral travel feeds on the caster's own life-force. Also on the ancient charge the Celestials gave the Aeriels. Selenomancy takes moonlight and the moon's pull. At full moon it is strong. At new moon it is almost silent.. Practitioners must account for the following limits: An astral form hardly touches the real world. In the in-between it can be attacked. The body left behind lies defenceless. At new moon, selenomancy barely helps. Enemies know thos… Scholarly records also note key risks: Anyone who stays away too long can tear the silver thread between mind and body. The Aeriels call it the Untethering: the body dies quietly, the mind drifts on. Drawing power from…
Key Aspects
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Sending the mind far while the body stays
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Using moon phases for stronger spells
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Prophetic dreams and moon-guided divination
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A pull like tide-force
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Scouting between the planes
Practitioners
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Elder Star-Readers trained in astromancy first
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Dream-Wardens for sleeping Aeriel communities
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Selenomancers who time rites to the lunar calendar
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The Archon and senior council for quiet diplomacy
Limitations
An astral form hardly touches the real world. In the in-between it can be attacked. The body left behind lies defenceless. At new moon, selenomancy barely helps. Enemies know those gaps.
Common Applications
- ✦ The Skyless Journey, mind across all of Landorya in one night
- ✦ Moonpull, pressure like an invisible tide that pins a target
- ✦ Silver Dreaming, prophetic visions under full moonlight
- ✦ Lunar Ward, a barrier that thickens as the moon rises
- ✦ Astral Whisper, only voice and sight, safer than full separation
Cultural Significance
These two arts carry the Aeriels' most sacred rites of passage and the Aether Council's quietest intelligence work. As observers of Landorya they use projection to witness distant events without being politically present.
Lore
The Celestials are said to have taught the first Watchers to send their spirits skyward so cloud and mountain could never fully block the vigil. After a catastrophic war on the ground, when safe travel was impossible, three senior council members projected at once and spent a fortnight watching throne rooms and battlefields. Selenomancy carries a dark mark from Thalive Duskborn, who drew power from a total lunar eclipse and raised a silver storm that held three floating islands in twilight for a generation. Eclipse-channelling remains forbidden in celestial law.