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* ''[[Hellblazer]]'' does this ''a lot'', usually with the title character.
* Kieron Gillen's [[Phonogram]] is centered around London's [[Britpop]] scenesters, who practice "phonomancy," or the application of music as magic.
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** Also, Legilimency and Occlumency, the arts of mind reading and blocking mind reading, respectively. Legilimency comes from Latin "''legens''" and "''mens''", which mean "reader" and "mind;" Occlumency, from "occlude," which means "conceal," and "''mens''." Or alternitavely, from "occulus" meaning "eye".
* Don Callandar's novels: Pyromancer, Aquamancer, Geomancer, and Aeromancer.
* William Gibson's iconic [[Cyberpunk]] novel ''[[Neuromancer]]''. Actually a good use of the "mancer" suffix - a "Neuromancer" [[The Cracker|"divines information"]] with a [[Unusual User Interface|"neural interface"]], albeit through the use of [[
* One of the [[Elric of Melnibone]] stories referred to Elric as a nigromancer, evidently meaning someone who uses black magic.
* The ''[[Mistborn]]'' trilogy features metal-fueled magic called allomancy, in which only four out of sixteen metals involves divination (the mythic atium that gives you a few seconds' sight into the future, its pair malatium that allows you to see glimpses of a person in their own past, gold which allows you to see a glimpse into your own past, and gold's alloy electrum which lets you see a few seconds into your own future and is largely useless except as a counter to atium). The similar magical system is called feruchemy, which is poorly named for the opposite reason - it is indeed a chemical magic, but only two of the sixteen metals contain iron. The blood-based magic, hemalurgy, is the only one with a truly appropriate name.
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* If Hawk trains as a Ninja in [[Seiken Densetsu 3]], he learns 4 Jutsu attacks corresponding to the elements: Water Jutsu, Earth Jutsu, Thunder Jutsu, and Fire Jutsu.
* ''[[Wizardry]]'' "Oriental" character classes have skill "Kirijutsu" which gives a chance of [[One-Hit Kill]]. "The art of cutting" sort of fits the idea, though it applies to blunt and unarmed attacks as well.
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