Magic Laws

Magical Restrictions

1. Mandatory Registration of Practitioners

• Anyone using magic above a certain level (typically Tier II or above) must be registered with the New Everlight Arcane Authority (NEAA).
• Registration includes your magical school(s), known capabilities, and any supernatural affiliations.

2. Ley Line Usage Permits

• It is illegal to tap directly into ley lines for personal or commercial purposes without a sanctioned permit.
• Unauthorized ley siphoning is a federal-level felony, treated like environmental terrorism.

3. Prohibition of “Wild” or Unstable Magic

• Spells that alter time, bend space, cross dimensions, or summon entities from the Wyld or Nether are forbidden without oversight.
• Enforced by Arcane Stabilization Units (a specialized branch of magical enforcement).

4. Ban on Public Mind Manipulation

• Enchantments or charms that influence thoughts, memories, or emotions are outlawed in public areas.
• Consent-based spells require magical contracts (often notarized magically by a Guild official).

5. Restricted Species & Creatures

• Familiars and summoned entities (especially from the Faerie Mound or Shadow Rift) must be tagged and warded.
• Certain species are considered "dangerously magical" and cannot be brought within city limits without containment protocols.

6. Magical Concealment Laws

• Use of glamours or illusions to impersonate another person or hide your identity in public is illegal.
• Exceptions exist for licensed performers or under approved security clearance.

7. Artifact Possession Restrictions

• Cursed, ancient, or "anomalous" magical artifacts must be reported and either registered, surrendered, or contained.
• Possession of unregistered magical relics is grounds for search and detainment.

8. Public Casting Hours

• Non-emergency spellcasting in public areas is restricted between midnight and 6 AM unless part of a licensed event.
• Designed to prevent ritual gatherings, underground rites, or summoning during lunar hours.

9. Mandatory Spell Tracking for Businesses

• Commercial magic must be logged via licensed tracking sigils. Businesses that use magic without proper tracking face heavy fines or seizure of assets.
• Applies to potion shops, charm vendors, healing services, and magi-tech integrations.

10. Nexus Preservation Mandate

• All magical activity within a one-mile radius of the Magical Nexus is monitored in real-time by a city-wide scrying ward.
• Unregulated activity near the Nexus may result in detainment or memory alteration under the Arcane Emergency Powers Act.

Newly Added Regulations

1. Ancestral Affinity Registration Act (AARA)

• Anyone with magical bloodlines must register even if they don’t actively cast.
• DNA-magic affinity testing becomes quietly mandatory for government workers and students in elite programs.

2. Arcane Citizenship Reform

• Magic-using immigrants must pass magical ethics screenings and surrender any unstable relics or familiars before citizenship approval.
• Some supernatural lineages may be excluded from permanent residency due to “dimensional instability.”

3. Emergency Suspension Clause (ESC)

• During heightened magical alerts, all magic use may be temporarily suspended, including public healing and shielding spells.
• City-wide nullification fields are being tested in pilot zones, especially around the Nexus.

4. Faerie and Nether Border Regulations

• Travel to/from the Wyld or Nether now requires a cross-dimensional passport and proof of magical containment training.
• Re-entry wards require you to pass through scrying checkpoints. Some beings are denied reentry outright.

5. Expanded Nexus Zone Surveillance

• The 1-mile Nexus ward has been expanded to 3 miles. Magical drones now patrol the skies.
• Any “spikes” in magical resonance are treated as pre-terror events, even if accidental.

Magic Classification System

Tier 0 – Latent Magic / Cantrips

• Examples: Spark conjuring, temperature adjustment, minor glamours, harmless tricks.
• Registration: Not required.
• Notes: Common in schools, public entertainment, low-level rituals.

Tier I – Practical Magic

• Examples: Light healing, minor wards, small illusions, familiar summoning (low grade), telekinesis under 10kg.
• Registration: Optional, but encouraged for civic jobs or magical employment.
• Notes: Home-use spells, neighborhood witchcraft, street-level magic.

Tier II – Regulated Magic

• Examples: Elemental spells, illusion with crowd influence, strong enchantments, healing over internal injuries, charm effects, conjuration of tools/weapons.
• Registration: Required._ License must be renewed every 3 years.
• Enforcement: Spell tracking sigils or personal glyph ID required in some zones.
• Notes: Most working mages, hedge doctors, and battle-trained casters fall here.

Tier III – Arcane Specialist Class

• Examples: Divination with predictive clarity, mid-scale necromancy, time dilation effects, teleportation, dimensional pockets, leyline tapping (under oversight).
• Registration: Mandatory._ Subject to quarterly magical health checks and oversight.
• Enforcement: Must carry Arcane Specialist License at all times.
• Notes: Access limited to certain guilds, university faculty, or government-sanctioned roles.

Tier IV – Forbidden / Restricted Magic

• Examples: Resurrection, full necromantic reanimation, cross-dimensional summoning (Wyld/Nether), time reversal, leyline rerouting, high ritual magic.
• Registration: Illegal for individuals.
• Permitted Only To: Certain research labs, Nexus preservationists, or emergency task forces under strict NEAA control.
• Notes: Possessing Tier IV spell knowledge without clearance is a high felony.

## Magical Aptitude Index (MAI)

Each practitioner is also scored 1–10 based on raw power/potential, regardless of what spells they use. So even a Tier I caster with MAI 8 might be watched carefully, while a Tier III caster with MAI 3 is seen as less dangerous.