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| − | Cognitism is the magic of affecting the perceptions of the self to increase intellectual and imaginative power, making it a subtype of Arcane Illusionism. The Cognat specializes on using illusionary spells solely to assist in mental ability either by creating helpful intellectual illusions or directly affecting his mind itself.
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| − | But due to the nature of Illusion magic, if you want to cast an illusion on yourself you must find a way to trick yourself into believing something is there - while maintaining a part of your mind which realizes that it is false and is powering the illusion. This dissonance in the perceptions can indeed be achieved. Through intense meditation and practice a Cognat can create The Spectator Mind, a mental construct which the Cognat can immerse himself in and perceive his illusions. After initialization it keeps little concentration to maintain The Spectator Mind, but should the Cognat see something very disturbing, frightening or confusing, The Spectator Mind will be temporarily disabled, depending on the skill of the Cognat and the intensity of the disturbing stimuli. A state of silence and free-flowing of thought must be made through meditation before the Cognat can re-initialize it. In addition, The Spectator Mind can be dissipated by a learned Illusionist, or worse even tampered with by Master Illusionists to create a perception feedback loop and effectively killing the Cognat.
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| − | The magical abilities of any Cognat are also determined by the natural intelligence of the user. Being a Cognat in no way benefits the user in combat situations: indeed, during combat the Cognat may be less effective as he tries to maintain the concentration required to keep The Spectator Mind enabled all the while dodging thrusts of swords. Being a Cognat gives you none of the standard Illusionist abilities: it is a very specific form of the magic that can only be used to affect the self.
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| − | Magical Capabilities
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| − | The ways through which a Cognat can improve his intellectual and imaginative abilities are numerous:
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| − | Creating helpful visual aids seen to the eyes, such as a ruler that can be used to measure an object.
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| − | Composing a full and complete three-dimensional model of an object within the mind's eye.
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| − | Creating illusions around an object which lists the various properties and data that the Cognat has available to him pertaining to the object.
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| − | Using the mind's eye to visualize mathematical operations and hence complete them much faster than someone working with pen and paper.
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| − | Directly converting short-term memories into long-term ones, and enhancing the capacity of both.
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| − | Lastly, Master Cognats can enter a state of hyper-thought after considerable meditation and concentration.
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| − | In the state of hyper-thought, the Cognat brings his actual mind 'closer' to The Spectator Mind while accelerating the speed of thought in both minds. The Cognat will bring them closer and closer to each other - then immediately separate them and carry both minds down through a long series of logical considerations about data the Cognat has before decided on in order to stabilize them both. Upon completion, several states are possible. The Cognat could be carried through a series of random and chaotic thoughts with no clear revealing pattern, and is forced to disable The Spectator Mind in order to stop the stream of random data. The Cognat could also have made an error in the process, such as allowing the two minds to make contact, causing a perception feedback loop and frying the Cognat's brain.
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| − | But there is also a slim possibility that the Cognat would succeed, and from the data he fed into both minds to stabilize them produce a Revelation.
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| − | A Revelation can be any sort of realization: realizing that the Cognat can save money by buying food in a different city; an imaginative solution to an engineering problem; or something even as great as delving into the patterns of the world to predict when and where some catastrophe will happen. ((Revelations must be pre-approved by MAT members, and should they be in the same category as the last an Administrator must approve it, and possibly the Lore Team and/or Event Team must as well. The last possibility is included so that a Cognat can have the potential to be used as a plot device in an event, either predicting when some dire disaster will occur or finding a solution to some currently occurring cataclysm.))
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