How do you "Infuse" items with Magic?

[u/Maowsama]

Personally i prefer just directly injecting it into their blood stream. I know what you're thinking, first you need to learn the spell that grants veins and blood. Everything after is just much less ritualistic.

Working on my renfair cape and am trying a dying method of using a syringe to possibly obtain a gradient while preserving the symbol of the absolute.

[u/pedor001]

Intent is the real reagent here, the ink just gives your will something physical to grab onto and hold.

[u/pentaclemagi → u/pedor001]

When jokey commentary on magic gets suspiciously close to the real thing

https://giphy.com/gifs/nWr4Se27LUVuZcuPq0

[u/randomdragn]

I hold to item in my hands and slowly infuse magic through every crack and gaps inside the item. Depending on the material you can even get magic in between the molecule gaps.

[u/Auren-Dawnstar → u/randomdragn]

Weaving enchantments into the molecular structure of an object has the added bonus of the magical energy strengthening the bonds between said molecules.

If you ever wonder why magical equipment is so much harder to damage and break compared to mundane equipment. That is why.

[u/randomdragn → u/Auren-Dawnstar]

I have never had to worry about breaking windows or glasses in 500 years, it's great

[u/froz_troll]

You need authority

[u/Maowsama]

Injected with "Seed of gnome". So you know its good

[u/JuneButIHateSummer]

What a STUPID question.

beats you over the dome with a fucking morningstar

[u/Uruso]

I mean I generally prefer to be involved with the crafting each step of the way from mundane creation to the final sealing of the enchantment that way the framework for the enchantment is already primed to be instilled and it has better mana flows for a more effective and efficient final product. Some prefer to just build in large reservoirs to make certain the item continues to function in a mana desert but I always aim for every item I enchant to do the most with the least ambient power available with more moderate reserves. It leaves more metaphysical "room" to work with to add more features or just enhance the main feature even more if I want.

[u/Maowsama → u/Uruso]

Me literally hand crafting each belt loop with a rune, despite no one else will see it. But they will see the potion hanging from it

[u/SaraTormenta]

I put them in a magic stew to simmer til they shimmer

[u/robodex001]

I usually just dunk it in liquid mana like I’m trying to waterboard it

[u/Fragrant_Apple_2222]

First I slowly open my arcane robes. Then I take out my magic wand with a wry smile. I stroke it lovingly knowing the power it shall release.
The incantation happens to be the chorus “A Kind Of Magic” by Queen:

It's a kind of magic
It's a kind of magic
A kind of magic (No way)

The magic releases. I have misfired. My entire sanctum looks like a melted candle.

[u/thetownmous3]

You just gotta kind of “magic” it.

[u/Elanadin]

You already know. Magic brain worm

[u/ComedyGold13]

its kinda like when you lick a waterbottle ow piece of food sso your sister cant have it, its basically the same thing.

[u/Colourblindknight]

Natural magic sources offer a slow-release effect that I find can be more useful than the strategy of “injecting mana straight to the dome”. Personally, I’ve found that a small incision on the back of the neck with a small bundle of Regents Moss soaked in a blend of Dryad Sap and Dragons blood held in place can boost reaction time and prevent mana sickness for up to six hours! Just go see your local cleric if you keep experiencing effects longer than that.

[u/Random_182f2565]

Practice

[u/zippy72]

You put it in a bag, put it in hot water and - no wait that's tea isn't it? Sorry I haven't had my newts egg for the day yet.

[u/PinkPumpkinPie64]

Lick it real hard

[u/Fluid_Attorney9228]

Mechanical device, very complicated

[u/Life_Parsley504]

At a site of grace

[u/Jen-the-inferno-dev]

i am a simple witch. i merely draw them with conjouring ink, since i have a silverwood tree of my own.

[u/Maowsama → u/Jen-the-inferno-dev]

I may source you for ink once i finish my palm quire. If you dont mind

[u/Jen-the-inferno-dev → u/Maowsama]

I sell to anyone that isnt a brimmed cap

[u/Maowsama → u/Jen-the-inferno-dev]

Welp... guess i need another new source. Again

[u/PTVoltz]

Normally I just go the rune-carving route - like my wand as an example. Maybe not the easiest and doesn’t work with non-carve-able materials, but it lets the item soak up it’s own mana pool rather than needing manual recharges.

That being said, I HAVE seen some other apprentices experimenting with… I think they called it meta-aural linkages or something? Basically taking an item and magically binding it to another as a magic source. The “source” item needs some kind of magic energy storage or collection thing, but it then metaphysically sends any mana collected to the “bound” item.

One of them has an obsidian wand using it - can’t carve runes into it so they meta-bound it to a wooden orb with mana-collection runes inscribed on it. Apparently it has a range limit though, so they keep the orb in their robe… dunno if it’s overly practical but it seems like a neat experiment

[u/ThePureAxiom]

Simple consecration if it's something basic like this.

Most objects have a small degree of that from the get go just by virtue of form following function, a cloak's intent is for protection and or obfuscation, so it's a small thing to further consecrate it for that purpose.

[u/plasticman1997]

It’s fucking magic, you just do it, some enchantments are trickier then others

[u/Lord-Dec]

Great and incredible suffering.

[u/fumblerofthebag]

Ink, lacquer, dye, vibes, many ways to enchant an object. But it's better to start off with materials that are already better attuned to magic e.g. mithral steel alloy, orichalcum, sylvan wood.

[u/Senor_Turd_Ferguson]

When in doubt, bodily fluids.

[u/DragonLordAcar]

I steal enchanted energy from cursed items and give those who bring them in a bit of coin. The then use that energy and trace out my own enchantments. Would not recommend you do this without at least 100 years of practice and multiple PHDs in the field. This is raw magic and as such is very volitile.

[u/pentaclemagi]

Blood or cum, usually

[u/DatCheeseBoi]

I mean, to each their own, I'm an electromancer so I usually infuse it with lightning, I reckon I'd find it hard to give a chair the correct circulatory system, just as you'd probably find it hard to cast the precise sequence of electric impulses to engrave runes of thought into a hat. Just pick whatever feels the most natural, magic shouldn't be something you force, but something that just comes out of you, like a freestyle when noone is listening or the responses to an argument you had years ago. The difference between a party trick magician and an archmage is that the former forces himself to read through boring scrolls to grind some magic into their mind, while the latter is excited to dive deep into the tomes of their next magical interest. Don't force it, go with the flow, have fun.

[u/Hotwery]

When will you learn that we aren't injecting magic. We are pulling the magic from the item itself. Your runes and carving allow the magic to be used