Shamanism

Shamanism is the art of culling favor with the major world-driving spirits, or "little gods," to perform esoteric feats.<ref>Pact Dice: The Practices - Wbow Version</ref> Those who primarily utilize this form of magic are known as Shamans.

Methodology

Shamanism is a divine and interaction oriented school. They are heavily-reliant on their relationship to and strength of the spirits in an area. Generally Shamans are going to try and trade their way up the spiritual hierarchy. For example, one could start by building favor with the "Woma Python" spirit to get a meeting with the "Snake" spirit; then building favor with that "Snake" spirit to get a meeting with the "Reptile" spirit, and so on.<ref>- Wildbow comment on Reddit</ref>

Spirits can be manipulated through the pre-negotiated use of symbols or gestures and a power source of some kind. Their uses can range from anything like picking locks, moving items, and driving people away to traveling to the Spirit World. But spirits can have their loyalty waver and depending on the number of practitioners they can be a finite resource within an area.

Because spirits come in different categories Shamanism can be seen to have roots in many different arts, such as Chronomancy, which utilizes spirits of time, and Pyromancy, which uses spirits of fire.

Notable Shamanism Dabblers

• Laird Behaim (Chronomancy)
• Sisters of the Torch (Elementalist)

References

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