Magic Applications: Radar

Magic Applications: Radar / noun :

First Page Mentioned (By Name) : ch. “Race to the Sea” – pg. 111

Dozens of types of radar fall under this classification (People Radar, Animal Radar, Insect Radar, Tree Radar, etc...), but they all operate in basically the same conceptual fashion: to isolate and record organisms fitting the parameters of the spell. This is accomplished by basically creating a giant magical wave that extends out, and immediately retracts, maintaining a record of the structures (organic and inorganic) that the wave encountered. The magic of the spell then typically (but not always) works in conjunction with a magic driven item that records and processes that information into a mapping system. These spells can be attuned to one person, one object, or multiple types of targets. If there is no mapping system, then the person who cast the spell is given an internal sense of where to go (including a map their brain “saw” through the magic spell).

The burst of magic can also be tailored to be something less overt, such as: a fog, that rolls out and doesn't permeate structures or living things; or a bolt that travels a distance, but only records a small area surrounding the bolt; or a small device that sends a short signal to a receiver to tell it where it exists (in which case the device needs to be on the thing that is to be found).

Because of the effect the magic has on the environment, forms of this spell which penetrate structures and living things are rarely used. Animals and insects especially become agitated when a “magic bomb approach” is used.

Related Entries: Magic Applications (introduction); Mapping Crystal System (MCS); Map Recorder

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