On Effect Glyphs

Effect glyphs are those which interact with both the capsum and reality. They do pop species from the capsum, but use these to define real world effects. An example would be a Firebolt, which pops a number species to define its potency and two vector species to define its direction and origin. Many such glyphs also push species onto the capsum.

In most cases, effect spells return a species denominated as a ‘result’, a container capable of holding both an entity and a vector species. This way, effect glyphs such as Firebolt are able to provide practitioners with access to both the impact position and any entity that was potentially impacted by the spell. Typically, it is these glyphs that consume mana, as computations tend to be trivial in cost.

For spells able to hit multiple times, there is a container auxiliary to the capsum, called the magazine. The magazine serves as a kind of buffer for results, preventing them from clogging the capsum and releasing them on demand. It is important to note that the magazine does not hold the very first result generated by a spell, thus having no relevance on spellforms that only include one impact.

For further detailed discussion on this topic, refer to the Tagging entry in the section Specifics in Computation.

For further discussion on the topic of effect glyphs in general, refer to the section Specifics in Effects.