| Magicology is the study of magical development as it applies to societies or groups. It is similar to technology. Each Magical Origin in Geoza has a set of scales in six areas of magical development: Power, Change, Control, Creation, Illusion, and Sensitivity. These scales are similar to the technology scales found in the ARIA Worlds book. | ||
| Each Omni or Narrative Environment has a profile that rates proficiency in each of the six areas of magical development. Some groups or societies possess greater ability with certain Origins than other groups, while within an Origin, some groups are superior in certain areas of magical development. These relative abilities are measured by magicology profiles. | ||
| The Origin profiles describe the absolute capabilities of each Origin - not all groups or societies have developed their knowledge of the Origins to the fullest extent possible. Most lack a complete understanding of the capabilities and true natures of the Origins that they access. A few advanced societies have learned most or all that there is to learn about an Origin or two, but even those societies may lack a complete understanding of other Origins. Magical knowledge is often jealously guarded by some Omnis, because their superior understanding of an Origin gives them relative power over others who lack that heightened level of magical development. Magical knowledge is seldom dispensed freely - there is usually a price associated with learning the advanced secrets of each Origin. Even the knowledge that certain things are possible within an Origin might be kept secret from outsiders. | ||
| Note: This section is loosely based on work by Dave Sherohman, but has been revised and extended for use with Geoza. | ||