Advance Use of Mana

Introduction
Mana is the base energy of magic. It is involved in all forms of magic, and can be used by all Sentient Creatures. If a none sentient creature was to gain sentience then that creature would gain a soul and mana. Even if it gained sentience under the effects of a spell it would still keep it's mana and it's soul. In a way the Soul is energy of sentience and Mana is it's Matter.

State of Mana
Mana is matter. However mana is not made up of atoms, nor is it made up of strings. Mana is the universal element of the world. It is like water and can take any shape or form. When mana is being used for casting magic it is in it's Plasma state. This is why it can radiate off people like a aura when casting powerful spells. However Mana is not limited to such form.

Masters of martial arts and Wizards can learn to change the state of matter Mana is in. Mana can be made into a fluid and flow like water. Mana can be made rigid and be unmoving like a boulder. Mana can be vaporize and float like the air. As you know it can be a plasma and radiate from one's soul. The state mana is in can have drastic effects on what it can do, and how it interacts with spells or the world.

Solid Mana can be used to strengthen ones body or to make a object it is implanted into stronger. It can be lunched out to strike form a distance, and it can shatter. The strength of ones solid mana is equal to ones will. The stronger one is focus the more powerful the mana. Mental fortitude is key.

Liquid Mana can flow like water. It can be used to move spells or redirect them without fighting against them. It can also be used as a weapon like water itself. Liquid Mana has a tendency to transfer heat. Heat on one side of the mana can flow to another.

Gas mana is free flowing but yet controllable. It can be used as a catalyst for illusions or a extension of ones senses. Anyone trained enough in their use of mana can feel it like their own skin. They can direct the gas as if it was a limb of their body and feel their way around a area. Gas mana is considered a deadly art and is outlawed in many nations. A true master of Gas mana arts can choke the life out of a target with gas itself.

Plasma Mana radiates from ones soul and flows from their body. It often appears when mages cast powerful spells. However it one has enough control they can manifest it without the need to cast powerful magic. Plasma Mana can form a powerful barrier or a aura. It can protect the user from contact with environmental threats. It can also be used to remove foreign Mana from one's body.

True masters of the State of Mana can shift their mana at will. They can also use the shifted state of Mana to effect magic. Turn fire into a liquid, or lead into a gass. Light into a barrier. The possibilities are limited only by ones skill and imagination.

Exotic Mana uses
Mana is the base matter of all magic. Those who understand this and know how to use it can use Mana as a replacement for matter in their body. A warrior running out of air can use mana to fuel their cells. A mage who has lost a arm can create solid mana to replace flesh. Those who seek immortality may give up their mortal form and become a being of pure mana. Creatures of pure Mana are called Sprites.

When dealing with exotic uses of Mana one must understand that advance Mana control is based around ones will. Willpower is immeasurable, but at the same time weak. A mage who gives up his mortal from to become pure mana will not have to worry about a body that ages. Instead they must maintain themselves at all time draining their own will. Worse they would be susceptible to Dark Magic, which can drain the willpower directly killing the mage. Worst still as they consume mana they also consume themselves. The closer one gets to becoming unconscious the weaker their will becomes.