Ride Leyline

Not all roads are paved with stone or beaten by feet.

Ride Leyline is a family of ritual with a similar effect, one tied to each element with a small supplement of Astral magic. With these spells, a mage can travel almost instanteously along the length of a leyline, reducing a journey of days to minutes. Casting the ritual takes about ten to twenty minutes, and requires the sacrifice of a single manifestion of magic, or two Astral manifestations.

Effect

Ride Leyline briefly converts the caster into pure elemental matter and launches them through the flow of energy. It must be cast near the Leyline they wish to travel and is touched at the conclusion of the rite. Once cast, the mage becomes one with the leyline and can travel along it until they chose to manifest. This does afford the Mage with a limited awareness of the environment surrounding the Leyline - enough not to manifest again inside a volcano, for instance - but not enough to sense any but powerful magical creatures.
Though the mage could theoretically lurk in the Leyline for extended periods of time, racing up and down the Leyline, it is a venture filled with hazard. The longer a mage remains within the leyline, they more diffuse their self becomes. Staying for too long means the mage ceases to be, dying as their energy merges full with the leyline.
The speed of travel through a leyline is roughly ten miles per minute, though it may go slower or faster depending on the power of the mage and the nature of the leyline. When the mage choses to emerge, they rematerialize at the edge of the Leyline.

A variant of the spell - Riders Of Leylines - allows the mage to bring others along for the ride. The same ritual cost must be paid again for every additional person, and they must all travel with the mage.

Power

Moderate

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Places of Power

Leylines are magical arteries of the world, coursing through Ithekshem with wild abandon. They are remnants of the Old World and now warp the land around them, where-ever they go. Geomancy, or magic relating directly to the power of Leylines or other places of Power, is a relatively new school of magical theory, as none of these things existed before.
Places of Power - Leylines

In the World

Every element of Ride Leyline has its own name and particularities. The only exception is Divine, which has no variant of the spell.
Though limited in comparison to teleportation, Ride Leyline is both cheaper and easier to master. It is favored by those who dabble in Astral and are unable to reach the mastery required for more complex ways of magical travel.

Element	Name	Additional Effects
Astral	Moon Bridge	Very small risk of attack by Horrors while in transit.
Blood	Ride Vein	Those who linger submerged in blood risk being tainted or marked by horrors
Necrotic	Stygian Path	Unpleasant and potentially harmful for living, invigorating for the undead
Air	Ride Lightning / Galewind Step	Faster than other Ride Leyline spells, at the risk of falling when emerging.
Earth	Burrow-Walk	Slower t han other Ride Leyline spells, but exceptionally safe and stable.
Fire	Ride the Fire	Sometimes emerge somewhat on fire
Water	Slipstream	Always brings the risk of drowning when manifesting
Nature	Faery Step	None

Battering Ram Ride Another, more offensive variant of the spell aim to use the Leylines as a point of infiltration, usually into a guarded Demesnes or Manse. It trades precision for mass and power, allowing the Mage to bring two additional riders along for the same cost. In exchange, the Battering Ram Ride will deposit the party at the greatest point of power in the Leyline's reach - usually the heart of the place of power.