Magic

Misattunement and Imperium Toxicity

Mages also run the risk of using too much Imperium at once, running out before their body can generate more. Since Imperium is required to create more Imperium, this often results in misattunment, severing the individual's connections with Magic until provided with another source of Imperium.   Apotheturgy alone can resolve recent mild cases, allowing the afflicted to pull Imperium from another to kickstart their own production. In more advanced cases, raw Imperium may be required, although treatment should be provided by a professional due to the high risk of Imperium Toxicity.   Prevention, of course, remains the most effective cure. Most professional mages consume a diet including alchemical yeast to provide a safe and easy source of Imperium in case of emergency, and any instructor worthy of the profession will provide their students with exercises to easily check their Imperium levels, even while channeling active spells.

Alchemical Enhancements

While Runework has proven effective at programming spells into scrolls and items to allow others not skilled in those spells to cast their effects, channeled spells still cause a drain upon the user's Imperium. Many believe Alchemy holds the key, and present research has yielded promising results.

Controlled Divination

Divination has long frustrated mages with its unpredictability, and its inability to provide straight answers on demand to direct questions. Perhaps the longest-standing field of study, current researchers are still struggling to answer the age old question: Will they be the first to finally master this fickle class of arcana?

Cosmic Attunement

While those born unattuned can easily become Attuned with Gene Therapy, the conditions causing cosmic attunement remain largely unknown. It is hoped that by identifying the source, a treatment can be developed, allowing the creation of more Void mages.

Geomancy

Pyromancy, Hydromancy, and Anemancy are the three magics of manipulating the Elements. Ancient texts tease of a fourth, now lost to time, permitting control over physical matter: Geomancy.

Neuromancy

The newest of the established classifications, Neuromancy research has exploded since its acceptance, with study topics ranging from brain surgeries and dementia treatments to replacement limbs and neuropathic therapy.

Soul Health

With the prevalence of Afterlife Intelligences across Vazdimet, souls are now often kept bound to the mortal plane, increasing their chances of incurring physical damage. Curative Magic researchers are now working to identify courses of treatment for these souls, ranging from correcting minor injuries, to someday curing cosmic burnout.

Telekinetic-Friendly Portals

One of the early discoveries in Vazdimet's race to travel the Void, it's long been known that Portal Magic and Telekinesis interact in dangerous and often fatal ways. More recent science has narrowed the cause to the differences in gravity wells on either side of the Portal, confusing gravity-based Telekinesis spells into unexpected behaviors.   Scientists and engineers have long been pushing on ways to resolve this incompatibility, allowing Portal Travel under the cheaper, more precise, and easier to fuel telekinetic engines rather than relying on the bulkier, momentum-prone portal drives currently required.

Zokinetic Necromancy

Inspired by Neuromancy's combination of Fibramancy with Curative Magic, researchers are attempting the same with Zokinesis and Necromancy to form a whole new branch of Magic: Zokinetic Necromancy. Only the souls of Sophont Species can be altered with Necromancy, but a rare few highly skilled zokinetic mages have admitted to sensing the spirits of animals they'd grown close to in their work.   The field has already received generous funding from wealthy donors, most seeking to resurrect the memory of a particularly beloved family pet. As can be expected, this generosity has also attracted its fair share of scammers, eager to make a quick credit through cloning or other even shadier means.