The creative specialization amongst magi is the ability to manipulate and transform non-living matter. It is sometimes viewed as the opposite of theramancy, the magic of life, but it can be more accurately thought of as a continuation. A living plant can be healed or harmed by theramancy, but once it is dead the matter of the plant transitions to the provenance of creative magic. A theramancer could use phytomancy to make a tree grow into a living bridge across a chasm, but a reconfigurationist could use creative energies to transform a dead tree into lumber and make a traditional bridge in a handful of beats. For this reason, the boundary between life and death for magi is defined as the point when life stops responding to theramancy and begins to respond to creative energies.
Reconfigurationists are the most common of the creative specialties, and this specialty itself breaks down into dozens, if not hundreds, of subspecialties. Magi artists use creative magic to paint, sculpt, and much more. Magi chefs transform dead plant and animal matter into wondrous meals. Other magi use creativity to redesign buildings, craft furniture, make weapons and armor for battle, or update an outfit each rote. All of these uses are the purview of the reconfigurationist.
Creative magic is frequently associated with channeling as well. Reconfigurationists cause pieces of objects to float about as they transform while the creation of thaumines involves using creative energies to imprint an object with channeled magic. Other examples of the two complimentary types of magic abound. With its innate links to both theramancy and channeling, creative magic is said to be the most combinable of magics.
The common specialties within the creative category are presented here. A reconfigurationist is the most common role amongst creatives and is the most visually stunning: this is the disassembling and reassembling of existing objects into new forms. Thauminists specialize in the creation and upkeep of thaumines. Lithomancers, sometimes known colloquially as stonescapers, have a deep connection to stone and can manipulate geological processes. An alchemist specializes in non-solid matter, liquid and gases, as well as the more subtle chemical reactions between materials. Structurists use creative energies on a large scale for the raising of buildings or sometimes fortifications. Preservationists use the creative functions to preserve and repair matter. Finally, like many magics, the creative classification has the ability to be wielded in reverse. Unmakers manipulate entropy, erosion, and destructive forces to damage or even disintegrate matter.
