Spells vs Constructs?

[[V]]

What exactly is the difference between a spell and a construct?
Lemme quickly explain a construct:
- A ball of energy programmed with a particular intent.

I know when I create constructs, I usually expect the outcome to manifest immediately. With Spells, outcomes manifest over time -- or so I'm told.

Are they both just different techniques for accessing the same part of the brain?

Can someone please clarify this for me? Thanks!

[Faelon_Moon_Hawk]

I'd say that constructs are entities while, spells are energy sent out to do a specific task. Like constructs are more like robots, while a spell might be more like an arrow shot at a target. But i honestly think thier purposes are different...at least for me. I wouldn't use a construct for the same things i'd use a spell for. I'd use a construct to say, help me contain energy if i was doing a particuarly large spell, or maybe to patrol my house for negative energy and get rid of it in addition to any wards set up. I see constructs are more a familiar, or helper than anything else.

I don't think that spells have any specific time frame, i wouldn't say that they take longer than anything else. They very well can be immediate or fast responding, or they may take longer i think it depends on circumstances and how the spell was done.

[Earthwalker]

Where have you heard about this "construct" thing, [V]? Maybe I'm just not up with certain terminology, but I haven't run across the term before in this particular context. Then again, I'm the sort that likes to avoid boxing things up with labels and prefers to just experience.

Regardless, seems to me the distinction would be personal, based on what you believe about the nature of reality in general. I thought of that as I read Faelon_Moon_Hawk's response, as s/he seems to inherently set up a distinction between "entities" and "energy" that others might not agree with. I know I've met some who believe all of reality is fundamentally just energy, so for them to distinguish between entities and energy would be nonsensical.

[Torey]

I agree with Faelon Moon Hawk. A construct would be akin to a robot - it is, in the most basic sense, an artificial being with the capacity to make decisions (albeint within the limitations of its programming). To me, a spell is more about using one's will to cause change - and often includes drawing upon energies from various external sources. I would say that the difference is that a construct has a bit more 'primitive intelligence' and has form.