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“There are so many mysteries around these beacons, around dunamis, what it’s capable of.” ”
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dunamancy[1]Essek Thelyss discussing [ ! planck’s constant ]

Dunamancy is the ancient and esoteric study of the magic trick called dunamis which is based on capability and probability. Dunamis was discovered independently by respective nations and explored to manage and control time, gravity, and fortune, removing prospect from mortal actions. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]

Description

Dunamis is “ the aboriginal charming energy of potential and actuality, an anticipatory arcane violence that helps shape the multiverse and might very well be what holds its elements together, like an countless vane of unobserved tethers. Those who study to control and tap into Dunamancy can subtly bend the flow of time and space by controlling the forces of place graveness, peering into possible timelines to shift fortune in their party favor, and scattering the potential energy of their enemies to rob them of their potential. ” [ 3 ]

Dunamancy subclasses

• Echo knight, a fighter that mastered the art of using dunamis to summon the fading shades of unrealized timelines to aid them in battle.[4]
• Chronurgist, a wizard focused on the manipulation of time, potential and probability.[5]
• Graviturgist, a wizard that learnt to affect the bodies of matter, drawing them together or driving them apart.[6]

History

The Beacons’ Origin

When the Luxon arrived in Exandria, it discovered the Primordial titans, born from the elemental chaos. They fought, which led the Luxon to believe that there was no consciousness in the elementary chaos and that souls were lost to the dark. The Luxon broke into disperse beacons that would enact a cycle of rebirth for those who were bound to its luminosity in hopes that those beings would gradually learn and mature, and one day something would find and reassemble the Luxon. [ 7 ]

Aeorian study

Before the Calamity, residents of Aeor found at least one Luxon beacon, provided them with a source for comprehensive inquiry. Athodan was focused on the field of rejuvenation, working on the Factorum Malleus Project, which broadly translates in common as Hammer of Creation. [ 8 ] In his researh, Ayoshadaf from the Genesis Ward of Aeor explored the transmutation view of the artifact and charm on the passage of fourth dimension. They discovered one could temporarily shunt to a decimal point in one ‘s history or even move beyond it, leaving an anchor echo behind. Individuals who spent more meter in the past than predetermined had their echoes fade to the point where the person would disappear. [ 9 ] Scientists named this research the T-Dock Project or Temporal Dock. [ 10 ] Centuries subsequently, Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss, one of the few individuals who knew of this expirement, both decided not to utilize its powers, changeing the tragic events happened with Caleb ‘s parents, Leofric and Una Ermendrud, but terminate the inquiry. Caleb used Disintegrate to destroy everything in the chamber. [ 11 ]

Kryn Dynasty and Consecution

The Kryn Dynasty has found four pieces of the body and named them the Luxon beacons. These relics became critical to the Dynasty ‘s study of dunamancy, allowing them to learn how to manipulate graveness, information, and time. After the discovery of the beacons, the principal Kryn Dynasty dens learned how to connect a soul to a Luxon beacon and named the process “ consecution “. When a consecuted creature dies within one hundred miles of a Beacon, its soul does not move on to the Outer Planes ; rather, its soul is reborn in a newborn baby within one hundred miles of the Beacon. Around adolescence, the creature carrying the consecuted soul begins to remember their by life and be powerfully drawn toward Xhorhas and the source of its returning memories .

Cerberus Assembly Research

In Dualahei 836 PD, the Dwendalian Empire discovered a beacon in the ruins of Shattengrod outside of Pride ‘s Call. [ 12 ] The Cerberus Assembly, working within the Soltryce Academy and experimenting with time and reality, besides uncovered the principals of dunamancy. [ 13 ] During their study, the Assembly hired Yeza Brenatto in Felderwin to attempt to extract the power of the dunamantic field from the radio beacon and distill it into a potion for millitary purposes. [ 14 ] His experiments resulted in boastfully areas of people surrounding the pharmacist he worked in to feel sluggish or move at artificially fast speeds. [ 15 ] Yeza finally was able to distill a single phial of dunamis power and there were plans to make more, even considering the costly and prison term consuming process. [ 16 ] Trent Ikithon of the Cerberus Assembly had found some students who showed signs of being skilled at Dunamancy [ 17 ] [ 16 ] and grounded his own lab in the Vergesson Sanatorium, where he was conducting research on a Luxon beacon. [ 18 ]

Independent research

The Mighty Nein gave the phial of distilled dunamis they recovered from the Brenatto pharmacist to Essek Thelyss, who was interest in studying it. Essek besides told the Nein about two know cases of clock time change of location using Dunamancy. In one exemplify, the subject never returned, and in the early, the caster returned but immediately turned to dust .

Known spells based on dunamancy

Dunamancy utilization history

“Xhorhas” (2×51) After emerging from the writhe tunnels into Xhorhas, the Mighty Nein were ambushed by a clique of gnolls, a Kryn Dynasty warrior, and a mage. The mage cast two dunamantic spells- Compress Gravity [ 31 ] and Vacuum Blast. [ 32 ] “Domestic Respite” (2×62) Essek Thelyss taught Caleb two dunamantic spells during his chew the fat in the sequence. He mentioned spells that revolve around concentration and graveness ( referencing the subfield of Graviturgy ) adenine well as destine, fortune, and capability ( referencing the subfield of Chronurgy ). [ 33 ] In the end, Caleb chose to learn about destine and Essek taught him two dunamantic spells : Fortune’s Favor and Gift of Alacrity. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] “A Tangled Web” (2×77) Essek escorted the Mighty Nein to their visit with the captive Scourger. When she attacked Caleb, Essek killed her with a dunamantic spell ( probably Gravity Sinkhole ). Back at the Xhorhaus, Caleb persuaded Essek to teach him two more Dunamancy spells : Immovable Object and Resonant Echo. “Sarsaparilla, Licorice, and Red Hot” (2×127) Caleb used Gravity Sinkhole – reverse engineered from when he had seen Essek cast it- numerous times in the Mighty Nein ‘s robbery of the Vergessen Sanitorium .
“Hunter and Hunted” (2×133) In the fight with the frost salamanders, Essek cast Magnify Gravity. In planning for setting the Intuit Charges, Caleb and Essek both cast Fortune’s Favor. “The Streets of the Forgotten” (2×134) Essek and Caleb both cast Gravity Sinkhole during the crusade with the Aeorian hunters. “The Genesis Ward” (2×135) While investigating the Genesis Ward, the Nein found the Rejuvenation Chamber, emanating dunamis energy. When Fjord used one of the rejuvenation terminals, he got the benefit of a long rest evening though only a few moments had passed. The aura of dunamis in the chamber increased strongly as meter was accelerated within the cylinder. Caleb entered the cylinder but it appeared to be out of exponent. Essek inspected the empurpled jewel on the second, damaged terminal and called Caleb over, pointing out that within it appeared elements of distance and drifting possibilities, like a smaller, weaker Luxon beacon. Essek then used magic to destroy the cylinder, releasing the diamond-shaped black purple gem, which he gave to Caleb. In planning for conflict with an Aeorian invalidator, Essek used the Chronurgy subclass feature Arcane Abeyance to store the spell Lightning Bolt in a bead, which he gave to Veth. “Where There Is a Will…” (2×138) When the Mighty Nein were concerned about having no time to rest before facing Lucien, Essek suggested using dunamancy and the crystal they had taken from the Rejuvenation end to create a hop in fourth dimension, granting the group the benefits of a long rest. With Caleb ’ second help, Essek completed the experimental spell, destroying the crystal and reinvigorating the party. “Rebirth” (2×139) In formulation for the fight with Lucien, Essek cast Fortune’s Favor on himself, Caduceus, and Jester. He used Arcane Abeyance to store the Haste spell, and gave it to Yasha. During the battle itself, both wizards cast Gravity Fissure.

“Long May He Reign” (2×140) Essek cast the spells Tether Essence and Gravity Fissure in the conflict with the Somnovem Omega. “Fond Farewells” (2×141) When Trent Ikithon attacked the Mighty Nein, he was wearing a necklace of condense dunamis energy, which he used to cast Time Stop .

Trivia

• Dunamancy and its unique spells are a homebrew creation of Matthew Mercer. It now appears in Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount, making the spells and classes included there official content.
• Although some spells (like Reverse Gravity) are not considered part of the dunamantic studies, it is believed that facets of this magic are blended in their essence. Trent Ikithon proved this by using condensed, manufactured dunamis energy to cast Time Stop.[36]
• Dunamis appears to heavily rely on a notion not entirely unlike the Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics – that multiple versions of us exist based on possibilities explored or left to explore across multiple timelines. Each of the members of the Mighty Nein, save Mollymauk Tealeaf, who opted never to use the beacon, have experienced this sensation in their use of the Fragments of Possibility. However, having much more experience with this magic, the Kryn echo knights and dunamancers seem able to call upon their alternate selves to aid them in battle, in the forms of shadowy echoes.
• “Dunamis” is the classical pronunciation of the Greek word δύναμις (dynamis), meaning “power”, “potential” or “ability”, and is central to the Aristotelian idea of potentiality and actuality.[37]
• Matt revealed in the “Critical Role Campaign 2 Wrap Up” (Sx56) that if Essek and Caleb had failed the check to get a long rest with the dunamis crystal, rather than getting a long rest instantly, the party would have been sent one day forward instantly without any rest.[38]

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