From my experiences it has usually been left more vague, or to each RPers interpretation perhaps. Â Nobody really emotes in great detail the spellcasting process unless there's some good reason for it. Â I have participated in RP where people were training with elemental magic and a bit of freedom was taken with this - conjuring fireballs or such, or creating spouts of water and things of that nature.
But I don't think anyone actually emotes the context of the spellcasting process while casting spells, nor do I think there's really any expectation that it's anything out of the ordinary. Â To give a kind of example, it might be like saying "Eva ties her shoelaces," rather than going into details about taking one shoelace over the other, pulling it through, making a loop, etc. Â It just normally doesn't need to go into that much detail for any reason.
I think it's generally safe to assume that there is some visible 'tell' that lets a character know that someone has cast a particular spell upon them. Â It just is never really RPed exactly what that is because it's one of those gray areas. Â I'm not sure if this is the answer you were looking for but I do hope it helps.
Also rather than citing the name of the spell, prior to battles I've heard the command given akin to: Â "Mages, please cast wards!"
But I don't think anyone actually emotes the context of the spellcasting process while casting spells, nor do I think there's really any expectation that it's anything out of the ordinary. Â To give a kind of example, it might be like saying "Eva ties her shoelaces," rather than going into details about taking one shoelace over the other, pulling it through, making a loop, etc. Â It just normally doesn't need to go into that much detail for any reason.
I think it's generally safe to assume that there is some visible 'tell' that lets a character know that someone has cast a particular spell upon them. Â It just is never really RPed exactly what that is because it's one of those gray areas. Â I'm not sure if this is the answer you were looking for but I do hope it helps.
Also rather than citing the name of the spell, prior to battles I've heard the command given akin to: Â "Mages, please cast wards!"
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