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There's included diagrams for how the series of mana-structures constructed are supposed to end up looking at each stage, if you did them correctly.  If Opalyn wants to know why her own structures are looking different from that, she might need to find a book that says how to do the calculations--like that book on layer 1 of magic items, say, which didn't explain how to emit anything exotic but does describe how various kinds of manas interact with each other.  This book is mainly about building magical dexterity; albeit it does include some calculations showing all the Bad Things that will happen to you (eg: 0.3% energy wastage) if you are not dextrous on particular steps of common spells, and that could serve as a check on any cross-referenced attempts to figure out other calculations.

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There's included diagrams for how the series of mana-structures constructed are supposed to end up looking at each stage, if you did them correctly.

If Opalyn wants to know why her own structures are looking different from that, she might need to find a book that says how to do the calculations--like that book on layer 1 of magic items, say, which didn't explain how to emit anything exotic but does describe how various kinds of manas interact with each other.

This book is mainly about building magical dexterity, and mostly assumes you already know the basic math.  Albeit it does include some calculations showing all the Bad Things that will happen to you (eg: 0.3% energy wastage) if you are not dextrous on particular steps of common spells, and that could serve as a check on any cross-referenced attempts to figure out other calculations.

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There's included diagrams for how the series of mana-structures constructed are supposed to end up looking at each stage, if you did them correctly.

If Opalyn wants to know why her own structures are looking different from that, she might need to find a book that says how to do the calculations--like that book on layer 1 of magic items, say, which didn't explain how to emit anything exotic but does describe how various kinds of manas interact with each other.

This book is mainly about building magical dexterity, and mostly assumes you already know the basic math.  Albeit it does include some calculations showing all the Bad Things that will happen to you (eg: 0.3% energy wastage) if you are not dextrous on particular steps of common spells, and that could serve as a check on any cross-referenced attempts to figure out other calculations.

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There's included diagrams for how the series of mana-structures constructed are supposed to end up looking at each stage, if you did them correctly.

If Opalyn wants to know why her own structures are looking different from that, she might need to find a book that says how to do the calculations--like that book on layer 1 of magic items, say, which didn't explain how to emit anything exotic but does describe how various kinds of manas interact with each other.

This book is mainly about building magical dexterity, and mostly assumes you already know the basic math.  Albeit it does include some calculations showing all the Bad Things that will happen to you (eg: 0.3% energy wastage) if you are not dextrous on particular steps of common spells; and those mentioned calculations could serve as a check on any cross-referenced attempts to figure out other calculations from scratch.

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There's included diagrams for how the series of mana-structures constructed are supposed to end up looking at each stage, if you did them correctly.

If Opalyn wants to know why her own structures are looking different from that, she might need to find a book that says how to do calculations about magic--like that book on layer 1 of magic items, say, which didn't explain how to emit anything exotic, but does describe how various kinds of manas interact with each other.

The Spellcraft book is mainly about building magical dexterity, and mostly assumes you already know basic formulas about physics-of-magic.  It sometimes uses formulas like that; it doesn't slow down and explain them.  In particular it has calculations detailing all the Bad Things that will happen to you, if you are not dextrous on particular steps of common spells; let these two forms of mana get to within this distance of each other, like people usually do, and they will radiate waste energy and lose mana according to this formula, for which the author has included sample numbers working out to 0.3%.  Physics-of-magic calculations like that included in Spellcraft could potentially serve as a check on any cross-referenced attempts to figure out other calculations from scratch using other books.

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There's included diagrams for how the series of mana-structures constructed are supposed to end up looking at each stage, if you did them correctly.

If Opalyn wants to know why her own structures are looking different from that, she might need to find a book that says how to do calculations about magic--like that book on layer 1 of magic items, say, which didn't explain how to emit anything exotic, but does describe how various kinds of manas interact with each other.

The Spellcraft book is mainly about building magical dexterity, and mostly assumes you already know basic formulas about physics-of-magic.  It sometimes uses formulas like that; it doesn't slow down and explain them.  In particular it has calculations detailing all the Bad Things that will happen to you, if you are not dextrous on particular steps of common spells; let these two forms of mana get to within this distance of each other, like people usually do, and they will radiate waste energy and lose mana according to this formula, for which the author has included sample numbers working out to 0.3%.  The author has not however explained where the formula comes from; the wizards she's talking to are supposed to already know, inadequate as they are.

Physics-of-magic calculations already included in Spellcraft could potentially serve as a validation check on any cross-referenced attempts to figure out calculations from scratch using other books, maybe.

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There's included diagrams for how the series of mana-structures constructed are supposed to end up looking at each stage, if you did them correctly.

If Opalyn wants to understand the details of her own structures are ending up looking different from that, she might need to find a book that says how to do calculations about magic--like that book on layer 1 of magic items, say, which didn't explain how to emit anything exotic, but does describe how various kinds of manas interact with each other.

The Spellcraft book is mainly about building magical dexterity, and mostly assumes you already know basic formulas about physics-of-magic.  It sometimes uses formulas like that; it doesn't slow down and explain them.  In particular it has calculations detailing all the Bad Things that will happen to you, if you are not dextrous on particular steps of common spells; let these two forms of mana get to within this distance of each other, like people usually do, and they will radiate waste energy and lose mana according to this formula, for which the author has included sample numbers working out to 0.3%.  The author has not however explained where the formula comes from; the wizards she's talking to are supposed to already know, inadequate as they are.

Physics-of-magic calculations already included in Spellcraft could potentially serve as a validation check on any cross-referenced attempts to figure out calculations from scratch using other books, maybe.

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There's included diagrams for how the series of mana-structures constructed are supposed to end up looking at each stage, if you did them correctly.

If Opalyn wants to understand the details of her own structures are ending up looking different from that, she might need to find a book that says how to do calculations about magic--like that book on layer 1 of magic items, say, which didn't explain how to emit anything exotic, but does describe how various kinds of manas interact with each other.

The Spellcraft book is mainly about building magical dexterity, and mostly assumes you already know basic formulas about physics-of-magic, like which kinds of mana interact with each other in a way that depends on inverse-square or inverse-cube distances between them.  The Spellcraft book does sometimes derive physics-of-magic formulas for particular spells and interactions; it doesn't slow down and explain them.  In particular it has calculations detailing all the Bad Things that will happen to you, if you are not dextrous on particular steps of common spells; let these two forms of mana get to within a too-close distance d of each other, like bad wizards usually allow, and they will radiate waste energy and lose mana according to this formula, for which the author has included sample numbers working out to 0.3%.  The author has not however explained where the formula comes from; the wizards she's talking to are supposed to already know, inadequate as they are.

Physics-of-magic calculations already included in Spellcraft could potentially serve as a validation check on any cross-referenced attempts to figure out calculations from scratch using other books, maybe.

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There's included diagrams for how the series of mana-structures constructed are supposed to end up looking at each stage, if you did them correctly.

If Opalyn wants to understand the details of her own structures are ending up looking different from that, she might need to find a book that says how to do calculations about magic--like that book on layer 1 of magic items, say, which didn't explain how to emit anything exotic, but does describe how various kinds of manas interact with each other.

The Spellcraft book is mainly about building magical dexterity, and mostly assumes you already know basic formulas about physics-of-magic, like which kinds of mana interact with each other in a way that depends on inverse-square or inverse-cube distances between them.  The Spellcraft book does sometimes derive physics-of-magic formulas for particular spells and interactions; it doesn't slow down and explain them.  In particular it has calculations detailing all the Bad Things that will happen to you, if you are not dextrous on particular steps of common spells.  Let these two forms of mana get to within a too-close distance d of each other, like bad wizards usually allow, and they will radiate waste energy and lose mana according to this function of the distance d, for which the author has included example numbers working out to 0.3%.  The author has not however explained where the formula comes from; the wizards she's talking to are supposed to already know, inadequate as they are.

Physics-of-magic calculations already included in Spellcraft could potentially serve as a validation check on any cross-referenced attempts to figure out calculations from scratch using other books, maybe.

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There's included diagrams for how the series of mana-structures constructed are supposed to end up looking at each stage, if you did them correctly.

If Opalyn wants to understand the details of how her own structures are ending up looking different from that, she might need to find a book that says how to do calculations about magic--like that book on layer 1 of magic items, say, which didn't explain how to emit anything exotic, but does describe how various kinds of manas interact with each other.

The Spellcraft book is mainly about building magical dexterity, and mostly assumes you already know basic formulas about physics-of-magic, like which kinds of mana interact with each other in a way that depends on inverse-square or inverse-cube distances between them.  The Spellcraft book does sometimes derive physics-of-magic formulas for particular spells and interactions; it doesn't slow down and explain them.  In particular it has calculations detailing all the Bad Things that will happen to you, if you are not dextrous on particular steps of common spells.  Let these two forms of mana get to within a too-close distance d of each other, like bad wizards usually allow, and they will radiate waste energy and lose mana according to this function of the distance d, for which the author has included example numbers working out to 0.3%.  The author has not however explained where the formula comes from; the wizards she's talking to are supposed to already know, inadequate as they are.

Physics-of-magic calculations already included in Spellcraft could potentially serve as a validation check on any cross-referenced attempts to figure out calculations from scratch using other books, maybe.