Quintessential 23: The Chaos Mage (d20)
The nature of chaos is not endless change¸ though it may seem otherwise. Constant¸ unceasing change is predictable¸ it is understandable¸ it is its own form of order¸ and just as much the antithesis of chaos as immutable¸ static sameness is. No¸ the true nature of chaos is endless possibility¸ layer upon infinite layer of potential outcomes¸ each no more or no less likely to occur than any other¸ and each peeled and cast away¸ forgotten¸ at the moment of choosing¸ like the dry skin of an onion. So it is with chaos sorcery. Chaos magicians can use their control of chaos energy to cast spells in a near infinite number of permutations¸ limited only by their imagination and their strength of will. Even a novice chaos mage is more versatile than his bard¸ sorcerer¸ and wizard peers¸ and a powerful chaos mage could¸ conceivably¸ weave a hundred spells each day and never cast the same one twice.
Chaos is glorious. Chaos reigns supreme. The sheer power of chaos is limitless â€" and the strength of those who wield it is equally unbounded. Chaos is not so much the absence of order as the presence of infinite permutations of order¸ of possibility¸ each complete in and of itself and awaiting the moment¸ be it brief or eternal¸ when it will impose its structure on reality.
The chaos mage is the ultimate architect of this imposition¸ changing the fundamental nature of reality to what he wishes it to be. The chaos mage is the antithesis of the wizard and the sorcerer. While their magic is all complex formula¸ rote recitation and memorisation¸ his magic is freeform and limitless¸ like chaos itself. For the chaos mage¸ there is no such thing as the impossible¸ merely the improbable. Their art is a magic of universal potential¸ of destruction and building¸ beginnings and endings. In short¸ chaos magic is the stuff of creation. Now¸ that magic is yours to command.