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| ==法典== | | ==法典== |
| ===Spells & Magic=== | | ===法术与魔法=== |
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| ''来自 "The Grand Arcana of Estelore: An Outsider's Perspective" by Jarlessa Thyri Astrid Gunvaldsen.'' | | ''节选自雅尔莱莎·蒂里·阿斯特丽德·贡瓦尔德森所著《埃斯特洛尔大奥秘:一个外来者的视角》。'' |
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| The first recorded practitioners of what we would call magic were tribal shamans, who passed their little-understood hedgecraft down through a well developed oral tradition. With each successive generation, the chaotic magics of these shamans was explored ever more deeply, slowly refined through trial and error and experimentation across uncounted centuries. I can only imagine how many shamans were lost to wild, consumptive magic escaping their control as they fumbled in the 暗影 for a greater understanding of that deadly ancestral arts.
| | 有记载以来,最早施行我们所谓“魔法”的人是部落萨满。他们对自己的乡野巫术也只是一知半解,依靠发展成熟的口述传统代代相传。每过一代,这些萨满便会更深入地探索混沌无序的魔法;经过无数世纪的试错与实验,技艺才逐渐得到提炼。我只能想象,在先民摸黑探寻这门致命技艺、试图加深理解的过程中,究竟有多少萨满被脱离掌控、反噬施术者的狂野魔法夺去了性命。 |
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| When the great 龙 of Aerimarne taught their dragonclaw script to the early Belharans, it is said that High King Ramius's first command was that his shamans and oracles use the new script to impress the syllables that made up their words of 技能 into clay, so that their knowledge could be distributed across his kingdom. Thus, the first spellbooks were created — or spell tablets, more accurately, but the point stands: 来自 then on, magic became standardized, the knowledge spread in a web of 魔法 mastery across the early empire. Soon, any scholar capable of reading the dragonmarks was allowed to learn spellcraft, rather than an art only taught 之间 shamanic master and apprentices.
| | 传说,埃里马恩的巨龙把龙爪文字传授给早期贝尔哈兰人后,拉米乌斯至高王下达的第一道命令,就是让萨满和先知用这种新文字,把构成力量真言的每一个音节刻进黏土,好让知识传播到王国各地。最初的法术书就此诞生——更准确地说,应当叫法术泥板,不过道理相同。从那以后,魔法开始走向标准化,知识沿着一张精通魔法的网络遍布早期帝国。很快,所有能读懂龙纹文字的学者都获准学习法术,不再只有萨满师徒之间才能传承这门技艺。 |
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| My contemporaries in the grand academy of Estelore attribute this royal decree with beginning Belhar's rise to 技能, and there is likely some grain of truth to that belief; certainly, Belhar has the largest and most well-developed cadre of magisters the world has ever seen at its command, 来自 the Spellblades of Maidenbridge to the 法师-Priests of Nareva to the Arch-magisters of Estelore. The patronage of Belhar's emperors has allowed magic to evolve 来自 hedgecraft and superstition to a topic of research as accessible as history or economics. Even the distant priest-kings of Kitsuhon cannot match the empire for its peerless mastery of the arcane.
| | 我在埃斯特洛尔大学院的同僚把贝尔哈崛起的开端归功于这道王令;这种看法大概确有几分道理。贝尔哈麾下的魔导师队伍,无疑是世上有史以来规模最大、体系最成熟的一支——从少女桥的魔刃使,到纳瑞瓦的法师祭司,再到埃斯特洛尔的高阶魔导师,莫不如此。历代贝尔哈皇帝的资助,让魔法从乡野巫术与迷信,发展成一门如历史学或经济学般人人皆可钻研的学科。即便远方基津本的祭司王,也无法在无与伦比的奥术造诣上与帝国比肩。 |
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| But, my dear reader, what is it that these vaunted magisters study today?
| | 可是,亲爱的读者,这些声名显赫的魔导师如今究竟在研究什么? |
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| The college of Estelore defines a spell, the archetypal example of magic used in the world, thusly: "Any conscious, controlled invocation of aetheric energy channeled into a repeatable, predictable shape." Spellcraft is at the heart of anyone's understanding of magic, as it is how we interact with magic.
| | 埃斯特洛尔学院将法术——世间运用魔法最典型的形式——定义如下:“任何有意识、受控制地引导以太能量,使其呈现为可重复、可预测形态的行为。”法术学是理解魔法的核心,因为人们正是通过法术与魔法互动。 |
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| To craft a spell, a would-be magister needs three things: the first is knowledge. Spells are memorized, 仪式 invocations that make use of specific words of 技能, ancient draconic syllables chanted in specific orders that prime the ambient aetheric energy around the caster. These words must be spoken forcefully and clearly, as a single misspoken phrase can change the nature of the spell, twisting it out of the caster's control. This is why a 施法媒介 of some kind is necessary to safely cast a spell: should a spell go wild and awry, it is possible to 专注 the backlash into a treated arcane object and away 来自 the caster. Without a 施法媒介, the discharged wild magic will have nowhere to go but the caster. Lastly, a 法师 needs force of will. The aether is inherently entropic, and left to its own devices does nothing; through the words of 技能, a 法师 can shape magic to her will, but it requires a great force of will to discharge the spell. This execution is also commensurately draining; more powerful spells require greater experience and will to cast, and sap more 力量 来自 the 法师 in the casting.
| | 若想构筑一道法术,准魔导师需要三样东西。第一是知识。法术是一套必须记忆的仪式性咏唱,其中会用到特定的力量真言:施术者按照规定顺序吟诵古龙语音节,预先激活周围环境中的以太能量。这些真言必须有力而清晰地说出,因为一句话念错,就可能改变法术性质,使其扭曲并脱离施术者掌控。正因如此,安全施法必须使用某种施法媒介;法术一旦失控暴走,媒介就能把反噬从施术者身上引开,集中导入经过处理的奥术器物。没有媒介,释放出来的狂野魔法除了施术者便无处可去。最后,法师还需要意志力。以太天生趋向熵增,若无人干预便什么也不会做;法师能借助力量真言依照自身意志塑造魔法,却需要极强意志才能将法术释放出去。执行法术也会造成相应消耗:法术越强,施放所需的经验与意志越多,从法师身上抽走的力量也越大。 |
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| I have more than once now mentioned wild magic. Perhaps it is time to address that most dangerous mammoth in the barn. A misspoken word of 技能, or a lack of sufficient will to 处决 a spell, can cause magic to slip out of the caster's control. Aetheric energy inherently wishes to be discharged — keeping a spell going for more than a momentary invocation demands a great deal of focused concentration, and artifacts that constantly channel magic are rare wonders indeed. Without a proper outlet (ie., a spell), the 魔法 energy will discharge itself in what thus far scholars have conceded appears to be entirely random ways. The unfortunate caster often ends up acting as a lightning rod, attracting the 技能 of the foiled spell back into herself, with predictably disastrous consequences — brain hemorrhage, uncontrolled mutation, or even spontaneous combustions are among the 效果 I have myself witnessed befall 其他 mages. This is, again, why we carry 施法媒介, as a treated arcane crystal apparently acts as a more tempting target for wild magic to discharge into; and believe me, you would rather have an expensive wand shatter in your hand than have your brain liquify out of your nose.
| | 我已经不止一次提到狂野魔法。现在或许该谈谈谷仓里那头最危险的猛犸了。念错力量真言,或是意志不足以完成施法,都可能让魔法逃出施术者的掌控。以太能量天生渴望得到释放——要让一道法术持续超过转瞬即逝的咏唱,便需要高度集中的专注力;能不断引导魔力的神器也因此极为罕见。若没有合适的出口——也就是法术——魔法能量便会自行释放,而学者至今只能承认,其方式看起来完全随机。不幸的施术者往往会变成避雷针,把失败法术的力量重新引回体内,后果自然灾难重重。我亲眼见过其他法师因此脑出血、发生不可控的变异,甚至当场自燃。这也再次说明我们为何要携带媒介:经过处理的奥术水晶似乎比人体更能吸引狂野魔法前去释放。相信我,你宁愿让一根昂贵法杖碎在手里,也不愿看着自己的脑子液化后从鼻孔里流出来。 |
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| When controlled properly, however, magic is generally fairly predictable. When you invoke the spell Fireball, every time you cast the spell a ball of 火焰 will lance out 来自 your palm and detonate at a point you aimed at, arcing much like a loosed arrow, and washing over a radius of some twenty 足部. You may not always get the results you want — just because you throw a Fireball at someone doesn't mean you'll hit them — but so long as you 处决 the spell correctly, it will produce reliable and repeatable 效果.
| | 不过,只要控制得当,魔法通常相当可以预测。以火球术为例:每次施放时,一团火焰都会从掌心疾射而出,像离弦箭矢般划过弧线,在瞄准地点爆炸,将烈焰席卷约二十英尺半径的区域。结果未必总能如愿——向某人扔出火球,不代表一定会命中——但只要正确完成施法,它就会稳定地产生可以重复的效果。 |
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| The college of Estelore today divides its catalog of spells into four broad categories, based on related properties. Each category, or school, has a devoted following of magisters who specialize in it, delving ever deeper into its mysteries and crafting new spells to further their specialty's prestige within the college. Their studies are downright competitive, though alas it is always the school of conjuration that is destined to win — if only because they have the monopoly on Fireballs.
| | 如今,埃斯特洛尔学院依据相关性质,把收录的法术划分为四大类别。每个类别又称一个学派,都有一批专攻该领域的忠实魔导师。他们不断深入奥秘、创造新法术,只为提升本学派在学院中的声望。各派研究简直称得上竞争激烈;可惜,最终注定获胜的总是召唤学派——毕竟,只有他们垄断了火球术。 |
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| ====The Grand School of Conjuration==== | | ====大召唤学派==== |
| Conjuration magic excites elemental energies into being, allowing mages to call forth terrible flames or bathe their foes in 酸蚀. Most conjurations are instantaneous evocations of energy: a snap freeze or blast of 火焰.
| | 召唤魔法激发元素能量,使其凭空显现;法师可以借此唤来恐怖烈焰,也可以让酸液淹没敌人。大多数召唤术都是瞬间爆发的能量显现,例如骤然冻结或喷发火焰。 |
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| More advanced conjuration magic allows for the summoning of energy or even entire spirits 来自 beyond the Ways: typically in the form of elementals which can be bound to serve their conjurer for the span of a few minutes. Maintaining a conjuration for more than a moment requires a substantial force of will and absolute concentration, lest the summoned energy — or worse, bound spirit — spiral wildly out of control. Once a conjurer ends a spell, any lingering energy quickly dissipates: creating anything lasting through magic is the domain of enchantment, and there are countless stories of conjurers forgetting this lesson to their (often terminal) detriment.
| | 更高深的召唤魔法,可以从界间通路彼端唤来能量,甚至完整的灵体;最常见的是元素生物,召唤者能将其束缚在身边效力数分钟。想让召唤物持续超过片刻,就需要强大意志与绝对专注,否则被唤来的能量——或更糟,被束缚的灵体——便可能彻底失控。召唤者终止法术后,残留能量会迅速消散;以魔法创造持久事物属于附魔领域。无数故事都讲述了召唤师忘记这条教训后付出的代价,而那代价往往就是性命。 |
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| As Estelore's understanding of interplanar travel and the Ways 之间 expands, it has been the Grand School of Conjuration that has taken the lead in researching this exciting new branch of 魔法 lore. It is the Grand Magister's hope that some day soon, it will be possible through a mere spell to carve a 传送门 之间 planes, or travel directly to the Ways.
| | 随着埃斯特洛尔对位面旅行和界间通路的理解不断扩展,大召唤学派率先开始研究这门激动人心的新兴魔法学问。大魔导师希望,不久后的某一天,人们只需一道法术便能在位面之间劈开传送门,或直接进入界间通路。 |
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| In the fifteenth year of Her 神圣 Majesty the Empress Julianna Harasii's reign, [[Grand Magister Caedwynn|Grand Magister Caedwynn var Clare]] represents the Grand School of Conjuration at the College of Estelore.
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| ====The Grand School of Enchantment==== | | ====大附魔学派==== |
| Enchantment is the art of binding 魔法 energies into stable, usable forms for extended durations — and also the undoing of such artifice. The most common form of enchantment is the art of soulforging: taking the bound spirits of slain monsters and binding them into arms and 护甲. Soulbound artifacts take on some properties of the beast 来自 which they are made, such as a sword that perpetually coats itself in lindwurm venom.
| | 附魔是一门把魔法能量长期束缚成稳定、可用形态的技艺,同时也包括解除这类造物。最常见的附魔形式是灵魂锻造:取出死去怪物受束缚的灵体,将其封入武器与护甲。缚魂器物会继承原材料怪物的某些特性,例如一把永远自行涂满林德虫毒液的长剑。 |
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| There is 否 theoretical limit on how long an enchanted object can maintain its magic when properly treated with ley-crystal runes of binding, trapping the aetheric energy inside the item. Many magic 武器 are generational heirlooms, passed down through noble houses or 战士 orders. 否 doubt the most famous example of such a blade is the greatsword Maidenscythe, a 武器 that fell 来自 the sky like a meteor during the fiftieth year of 神圣 Emperor Claudio's reign and embedded itself in the wyld tree of Maidenbridge. The city's lords of House Errion took up the silvery sword, and over the years since it has accumulated countless spirits of the slain within its blade.
| | 只要用地脉水晶束缚符文正确处理,附魔物品在理论上就能无限维持魔力;符文会把以太能量囚禁在物品内部。许多魔法武器都是代代相传的传家宝,在贵族家族或战士教团中世代流转。其中最著名的无疑是巨剑“少女镰”:神圣皇帝克劳迪奥在位第五十年,它如流星般从天而降,嵌入少女桥的荒野古树。统治该城的埃里昂家族拔出了银色巨剑;此后经年,无数死者的灵体被积存在它的剑刃之中。 |
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| Enchantment also covers the art of unbinding magic. Breaking the hold of a spell on another person or erecting protective wards against an enemy wizard are both 用途 of enchantment magic — the rare instantaneous use of the school.
| | 附魔还包括解除魔法束缚的技艺。打破法术对他人的控制,或架起抵挡敌方法师的防护结界,都属于附魔魔法——也是这个学派少见的瞬发用途。 |
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| In the fifteenth year of Her 神圣 Majesty the Empress Julianna Harasii's reign, Arch-Magister Robrandt Blaque represents the Grand School of Enchantment at the College of Estelore.
| | 神圣女皇朱莉安娜·哈拉西在位第十五年,高阶魔导师罗布兰特·布莱克代表埃斯特洛尔学院的大附魔学派。 |
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| ====The Grand School of Transmutation==== | | ====大嬗变学派==== |
| In its most widely-used form, transmutation magic is used across the world by priests and hedge witches to mend cuts and scrapes, sooth burns and bruises, and accelerate the healing of cleanly broken bones. Healing magic cannot restore lost limbs or cure virulent diseases, but minor injuries and most poisons can be alleviated through simple spells.
| | 嬗变魔法最普遍的用途遍及世界各地:祭司与乡野女巫用它修补割伤和擦伤、舒缓烧伤与瘀伤,并加速整齐骨折的愈合。治疗魔法无法让断肢再生,也治不好致命传染病;不过,轻伤和大多数毒素都能通过简单法术得到缓解。 |
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| Transmutation magic is also 使用者 法师-smiths to quickly and efficiently shape metals into useful tools and 武器. With more training, such spells can be used to alter the alchemical properties of a substance, making it lighter or heavier or reimagining its shape without the 雌性发情期 of the forge.
| | 法师铁匠也会使用嬗变魔法,迅速而高效地把金属塑造成实用工具或武器。经过更多训练后,这类法术还能改变物质的炼金性质,使其变轻或变重,或无需炉火便重新塑造外形。 |
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| In its most advanced form, transmutation can even reshape living creatures' bodies by the same principal as it can be used to heal wounds. This particular use of transmutation magic is widely considered the most difficult and dangerous form of magic to master, as even slight lapses in concentration while casting can twist the caster (or unfortunate subject) into a malformed abomination.
| | 在最高深的形式下,嬗变甚至能依照治疗伤口的同一原理,重塑活物的身体。这种嬗变用途被普遍视为最难掌握、也最危险的魔法;施法时哪怕只出现一丝分神,都可能把施术者——或那名不幸的受术者——扭曲成畸形怪物。 |
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| In the fifteenth year of Her 神圣 Majesty the Empress Julianna Harasii's reign, Arch-Magister Viona var Este represents the Grand School of Transmutation at the College of Estelore.
| | 神圣女皇朱莉安娜·哈拉西在位第十五年,高阶魔导师维奥娜·瓦尔·埃斯特代表埃斯特洛尔学院的大嬗变学派。 |
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| Illusion magic creatures unreal sensory 效果, or alters the perception of 其他 creatures. Common illusions allow for mages to change how they look to others, adopting different clothes or 物理 shapes, or create fantastical sensory tricks like showers of sparks and roiling fogs. More advanced illusionists can create duplicates of themselves, or cause their foes to believe themselves surrounded by flames or that the ground is swallowing them up.
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| Some illusionists even learn to twist a creature's thoughts around, confusing their allegiances or even implanting unbidden desires and guilts. It is possible to implant entire phantasmal worlds that consume the mind, trapping the poor victim in a world of the illusionist's creation. 其他 spells can modify or remove memories, or even change the victim's personality. Needless to say, this particular use of magic is considered taboo throughout the civilized world, and the college takes a dim view on mages that abuse these 技能 for their own amusement.
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| | 幻术魔法可以制造并不存在的感官效果,或改变其他生物的感知。常见幻术能让法师改变自己在他人眼中的模样,换上不同服装或身体外形;也能制造火花骤雨、翻滚浓雾等奇幻感官把戏。更高明的幻术师可以创造自己的分身,也可以让敌人相信四周已被烈焰包围,或脚下大地正在将他们吞没。 |
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| In the fifteenth year of Her 神圣 Majesty the Empress Julianna Harasii's reign, Arch-Magister Sigismund the Blind represents the Grand School of Illusion at the College of Estelore.
| | 有些幻术师甚至会学习扭曲生物的思维,混淆其敌我认知,乃至植入本不存在的欲望与罪恶感。他们可以构筑吞噬心智的完整虚幻世界,把可怜受害者困在幻术师创造的天地中。其他法术还能修改或移除记忆,甚至改变受害者的人格。无需多言,这种魔法用途在整个文明世界都被视为禁忌;对于为了取乐而滥用此类力量的法师,学院也绝不会宽容。 |
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| | 神圣女皇朱莉安娜·哈拉西在位第十五年,高阶魔导师“盲者”西吉斯蒙德代表埃斯特洛尔学院的大幻术学派。 |
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