Cruomancy

Few are its practitioners, but no less powerful is the study of cruomancy - the manipulation of the anatomical forces of life. Cruomancy can manifest itself as mundane medical talents or a more sophisticated exploration of the boundaries between natural and supernatural.

Cruomancy straddles the line between the mage and the cleric. The apparent natural laws behind the workings of a body can appeal to those skilled in arcana, and spell books become nearly scientific studies of anatomy. But these are not entirely faithless endeavors; many cruomancers believe that life becomes only more wondrous and mysterious through the investigation of its component parts. While not strictly a deity, clerical cruomancers revere Sanguis Corpus Animus (blood, body, spirit). Be it its own arcane force or the influence of some divine creator - the source of the magic of Life is in many ways immaterial when one learns to revere the material.

There is no inherently moral character among cruomancers, practitioners tend to find direction from neutral observation than through a spiritual compass. However, those with reverence for Life find themselves with beliefs often aligned with deities considered wholly good by society. Conversely, it is also easy to revere Death in as much as it is the void of Life, and those seduced fully by its mysteries find themselves more aligned with those traditionally considered evil.

Cruomantic spells might otherwise be classified in the abjuration, evocation, necromancy, and transmutation schools. Many cruomantic spells achieve effects common to practitioners of other forms of magic, the particular difference being that these spell casters use their inherent understanding of the body to manipulate the forces of life in themselves and those around them.

Cruomancy for Clerics
Clerics who revere Sanguis Corpus Animus operate inside the divine domain "Corpus".

Gods of this domain stretch the boundaries of what is normally described as a "god". Those who worship within the tenets of Corpus revere life in a narrow, practical fashion. They see their own bodies and life force - and sometimes that of those around them - as divine. This can manifest itself in uncanny longevity in the monastic mastery of yogic mediation, or as revelry in acts of sex and consumption in the tradition of hedonistic cults throughout history. Doctors, prostitutes, athletes, and performers all find themselves compatible to theses beliefs. Clerics in this domain heal bodies they find broken, break bodies they find deserving, and manipulate bodies they find lacking. The gods of this domain can be good or evil, but almost always lean toward the neutrality of experience over zeal or whimsy.

Domain Spells

Cleric

lev 1	:	cure wounds, inflict wounds

lev 3 :	protection from poison, hold person

lev 5 :	chi focus (prayer), animate dead

lev 7 :	freedom of movement, death ward