Intent Transfer
The second type of magic
All of us have luck: something that stacks the odds in our favor. But it is dilute: it applies itself to all things. All of us have intent: will to do something. But it is without the sheer power of luck, too controlled, too harnessed by humanity. But when you can imbue your luck with your will, when you are able to focus it on one purpose and one only, you can truly be called a master of magic.The Intent Transfer magic is a technology developed by Grand Master Pavlis of the Society of Magisters. Luck in general is diffuse, applying itself to all things equally, hence making it slightly more likely that your enemies get struck by lightning, that you don't forget your lunch, et cetera. However, Pavlis wanted to make the luck do one thing, very well, rather than diffusing to any and all things. And in old archives he found references of luck-intent fusion, and the great power it promised. Pavlis sermonized his method to all other Grand Masters who would listen, who created for him the position of Analyst-General and granted him the Grand Master title.– Discourse on Intent, Preface
Pavlis' experiments focused on the transfer of luck from human luck stores. Magisters were already able to store luck for later use, but Pavlis wished to put luck into something with intent, to give it a purpose, to program it. His first attempts were to give water intent to boost vitality, testing the potion by taking it. After ten years (4 Earth years) of training, Pavlis could make a single-use vitality booster that was comparable in strength with the special herbal tea that the Guild of Alchemists produced.
Pavlis' herbal tea
Related Items
Cover Image:
The first copy of Discourse on Intent, itself used by Grand Master Pavlis to practice Intent Transfer. The book does not burn, and is waterproof, due to intent magic.
Magic System:
Luck-Intent System (see pillar two)
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I feel like a bit of the history of the magic's development is left out. We're given the development of a universal cure, but then the article moves on to more general description.
I've edited this substantially to attempt to address concerns.
It still seems to focus a bit too much on the elixir and not much on the magic system itself. Does luck based magic pull luck from elsewhere (i.e. make this die roll better while this rolls worse)? Also, I thought the magisters were at their basic level practitioners of luck based magic, so how could they have existed before it was invented?
I've edited it somewhat: you deplete your own luck stores by making other things more lucky.