From 791f80b45625aa9d60b4422067fb9ede395e8d4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malin Freeborn <malinfreeborn@posteo.net>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2023 08:15:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] clarify magic ontology

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 \subsection{Which Things are Things?}
 
 We know that enchantment spells target people, but others spells don't have such clear boundaries.
+Players will inevitably ask if they can turn someone's blood into webbing with Conjuration, or target someone's left foot with a \textit{Sickness} spell.
+
+As a general rule, spells target whole entities only.
 Conjuration spells cannot transform a person's head without the rest -- whole people only.
-\Glspl{miracleworker} cannot cast an illusion over a window; a spell must target the entire house or nothing.
+Fate spells do not detect just someone's fate with water-related events -- the entire tapestry of someone's future reveals, or nothing.
 
 Whenever boundaries become unclear, think of a word for the largest continuous object.
 Houses make a town, but they have breaks between them.
 A wall, on the other hand, cannot gain the Mage Armour spell unless the entire wall receives it.
 
+Illusion spells may appear to make exceptions to this rule, but in truth all illusions are shadows.
+They do not \emph{target} someone's head, but create a shadow around their head.
+
 \subsection{Magical Items}
 
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