mana
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈmænə/
- Jargon
:
poder mágico
- In many role-playing games, players must manage their mana to cast powerful spells.
- the power of mana
I let you worry about that, which is, that's mana from heaven for me.
- I let you worry about that, which is, that's mana from heaven for me.
- I'm going to sacrifice her and get extra mana because I don't have enough now to deploy.
- We find the same word in Polynesian cultures as being mana.
- It's what I thought it would be where in the rare air moments of success when you see something hit that like plateau that you're like mana.
- Yeah, I have what's a what's a mana potion night baddie.
Examples
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" I've been running out of mana so far this expansion.
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It's not the size of your mana pool that matters.
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Note that Spirit already adds somewhat less than that to your total mana resources.
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How do we evaluate how much benefit this extra mana gets us?
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My mana's gone, so I'm done.
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I think this potentially makes mana slightly less of an issue for Druids than it is for Shamans.
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The buff stolen or dispelled has to be good enough to offset the massive mana cost.
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According to traditional Polynesian belief, bones are important, for in them resides the mana, or life force, that characterizes a person.
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According to traditional Polynesian belief, the mana of a person is tied to their life force and spiritual energy.
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The wizard ran out of mana just before he could unleash his most powerful spell.
Synonyms
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7.2
Ability to make things happen in ways that break natural rules
Antonyms
How Magical
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mana originally named a 'supernatural power' in Pacific cultures, a kind of energy people believed could do wonders. That's why in stories and games mana means a pool of magical energy you use to cast spells.