Forces Effects

• • Energy Shield — By bulwarking against certain forces, it's possible to not only defend against many attacks, but also to create a variety of

interesting exceptions to "natural law." Bending away light makes a mage invisible, but it also means that she can't see. She must rely on other

senses or use Correspondence to sense other locations. Pushing away sound renders the mage completely silent; the mage could also concentrate

sound into an area, drawing in sound from around her and keeping it from being heard elsewhere. It's a simple matter to protect against electrical or

fire attacks, too. Altering the direction of incoming kinetic energy allows the mage to stop or deflect bullets. By deflecting gravity, the mage can

make himself essentially weightless, able to float or levitate, even controlling direction by allowing forces from certain directions to interact with

her. Such a shield could also be helpful in repelling radiation or other esoteric sorts of rays.

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Note that most mages only maintain a shield against one or two types offerees at a time. It's nearly impossible to make a shield that hedges out

all incoming forces.