Powerful artifacts, devices, by high chance made by the Deus. Allows to collect and secure Mana to later apply it in Magic.
A common crystal Arcane Catalyst
A powerful, but rare Arcane Catalyst. It is so powerful it disrupts the reality around it.
Usage
Mana Catalysts cannot be used without risk if the user does not bond with it through the Mana Catalyst Bonding.
Appearance
The devices can be very different in look, shape, materials they are made from.
Production
Catalysts are too complicated to be understood and even harder to produce for non-Deus, so most of them would be kept through generations.
Charge
The source of the Mana is currently unknown, to the user recharge would look like it takes it from nowhere, still there are a few hypotheses about it.
Characteristics
Catalysts have different characteristics that can and will limit what can be done:
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Capacity: represents how much Mana the Catalyzer can hold before it will need to recharge. Some of Catalyst can have replaceable Mana Storages allowing to quickly get a new one and keep using the Catalyst.
Bonding
Usage of any Catalysts requires Mana Catalyst Bonding.
Interface
Catalysts connect directly to mind of the user through their soul. The usage of it is based on intellectual abilities of the user and their willpower, taking commands from thoughts and imagination.
Usage of them requires the most of the user, taking much-much time to learn and may take all life to master, to adapt their mind to grasp the true power.
Resonance
Cognitive resonance defines how well Catalyst aligns with user's soul and how well the user can control the Catalyst through it.
Plane Limitations
Most of the Catalysts are limited to use some specific Planes but also there are general purposed ones that can use any subplanes, those are way rarer though and already owned by some powerful mages.
Arcane
Those catalysts allow Arcane Magic using the Arcane's energy.