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Community / Forums / Pathfinder / Pathfinder First Edition / General Discussion Pathfinder First Edition General Discussion Search Thread Grimcleaver Nov 3, 2017, 01:02 am After some research I think I have gone as far as I can with the resources at my disposal. So help would be awesome.Okay ley lines exist in Pathfinder and lend credence to the belief that the cosmology is alive. This ley line energy is the lifestuff of the universe much like mako energy from Final Fantasy VII. I want to talk about this raw magical stuff use a precise smart sounding term like an arcanist loremaster would use. Magical energy feels imprecise and sloppy.Now mana is a word in Pathfinder. Specifically the Mana Wastes are called that because they are overrun with magical energy from the world getting messed up in a magical war. So mana seems to be the Golarion word for magic energy. On the other hand, this magical energy is "wild" magic from beyond Golarion and comes from "beyond the Cosmos" (in a tentacle...