Prince Charon said:
Deathwings said:
The way I understand it, CONVENTIONAL Magecraft work by connecting your one end magic circuits to the world's Mana and then using your own Od at the other end to create a vacuum effect to suck up the Mana into your circuits where it is then processed into Prana to power the spell.
Mind you, the <a href='http://typemoon.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Circuit' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>article on magic circuits</a> is a bit weird, what with the circuits in the body being merely a reflection of those in the soul, which makes sense so far, but then it says that "lineages of magi seek not to tamper with the Circuits of their members while they are alive, but rather try to produce descendents with the greatest "extra" number of Magic Circuits possible," which kind of implies they're breeding for a trait that genetics shouldn't have any effect on. Maybe they're trying to develop spells to attract powerful souls, or maybe its a translation problem.