Calling

The native magic of the people of Karteria. It has been both described as "uncommon" and that most "only [have] a marginal personal talent for it". The main application in it's pure form seems to be in training animals or instructing them to complete simple tasks. However, it's also combined with science and used to facilitate a lot of the technology within and without the cities, including the barrier, the network and ServiTons.

Events

October 2025

During the October Event, Calling was used on Carnivora-, Aves-, Arthropoda-, Ruminantia-, and Reptilia-types within the Patho-Gen facilities to test the predator/prey dynamic. Two characters were given an appetite stimulant and placed in a room, but should one be taken down by the other, Calling was used in an attempt to restrain them. It was most effective on those who had been in Karteria for longer.

November 2025

Following this, in November, Calling was used by NPCs on PCs (especially Terra-, Golem-, Spectral-, and Carnivora-types) during the Salvation Parade, to force them to pick up and carry another Augmented.

Mod Questions relating to Calling

FAQ

What would a wizard be able to "sense" about the types of magic in the setting?

What's available for research in the libraries relating to legends, fairy tales, mythology type stuff. Specifically involving magic and its origins.

• Clarifying question about the use of 'Controlling' vs 'Calling' in the response.

Does a DND advantage against the charmed condition equate to a lowered susceptibility to Calling magics in Karteria, the mind-control from Patho-Gen, or a force-imprint to Patho-Gen?

Does Kelesis have the same Calling magic as Karteria?

March 2025 TDM

What happens if one attempts to dismantle a ServiTon? ("It is chock full of mechanical pieces rife for harvesting, including a patented chip (like a CPU) made for conducting magic.")

Would a wizard (especially one specialised in the scientific study of magic) be able to learn the local magic?

April 2025 Plotting/Event

N/A

May 2025 TDM

If a character were to tinker with the clicker device that knocks Player Characters unconscious what would they discover? ("There is very clearly a small chip laced with magic within. It's of the sort used for ServiTons: it contains that patented flavor of Karterian Controlling magic that they so love, because nothing beats forcing the world around them to behave.")

June 2025 Plotting/Event

What's the construction of the bridge? ("On the Karterian side, there is a long stretching portion of steel/concrete, supported both by dense, reinforced pillars and a bit of "don't worry about it" magic-science")

Mission to Phantasia and results of bringing the information to Patho-Gen/repairing the barrier:

• "Phantasians pity the Augmented, who have been yanked from across time and space against their will. This is a broken, unsalvageable world. This, their ancestors have told them. All of this nonsense about Controlling magic..." (First response, third to last paragraph. See FAQ question confirming that Controlling magic = Calling)
• "Lupêans did not control nor tame their environment via Controlling magic or industrialization: they grew with it and existed among it." (Second response, second to last paragraph.)

July 2025 TDM

N/A

August 2025 Plotting/Event

N/A

September 2025 TDM

N/A

October 2025 Plotting/Event

Preemptive FAQ: Can my Aves-type be sent in for Katalyth-testing? Can my Golem go through the Calling Fight room? (Yes)

Could a character's specific power disrupt experiments/the collars? (Yes, he could disrupt Calling, last paragraph)

When asking around the general populace and members working inside of Patho-Gen HQ about whether there exists any magic or technology capable of controlling minds, what would the range of responses be? (Unanswered as of 2025-12-08)

November 2025 TDM

Could one tell from the crowd who was using Calling on Player Characters?

Would a arthropoda soul and/or a part of a pair bond sense who was using Calling on Playing Characters?

December 2025 Plotting/Event

Preemptive FAQ: My character is recalcitrant and does not want to party, but I want them to. Is there any way they can end up being forced to the party? ("Calling magic." and the rest of the last paragraph of the answer)

Can augmented use Calling and can Calling be used on karterians or kelesians?

Does Karteria have any bizarre laws that no one in their right mind knows or actually enforces? (Yes; random examples: "It is illegal to use Calling magic on animals that are the property of another Karterian.")