Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-5613590-20130307055621/@comment-4511886-20130828181300

Dark Jeto wrote: Healing isn't augmentation, Barriers coat the body in a barrier (not alter the body itself), Karmic Justice doesn't change the caster it just produces a shockwave after sustained damage, and the last two affect the area around, not the caster itself. These are different from augmentation in that they don't physically alter the user as the pyromancies and sorceries do. That they can actually change the body's form or functions means that the Dragon Stones are more in line with them than Miracles, which, while can heal and protect, do not actually change anything about the caster or target physically. Perhaps I should have used a different word than "augment" but I was taking it from weapon augmentation that actually adds new effects and abilities to them. I get the thing about healing, but there is no difference between using magic to remove fall damage and using magic to nullify magic damage.

Both Sorcery and Miracles both use magic to enhance the caster's abilities in some way.

Pyromancy uses sweat, some kind of hardening and something similar to adrenaline to enhance the caster's abilities. So Pyromancy is the only physical magic.