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[Brisky]

171,752

That doesn't really work as heat and electricity are two entirely different things. But, oh well, suspension of disbelief and stuff!

[HellEye]

171,752

Lightning is just superheated plasma.
So it's more fire than anything else I'd say.
In fact the reason bender can just shoot lightning in any direction that's not straight to the ground is because they have to make a path out of plasma for it first.
Facts.

[Brisky]

171,753

Yes, but in the sense that regular lightning is a displacement of electrical charge, and heat is more of a sort of vibration on the molecular level (from what I understood it), they're both two entirely different physics concepts.

But that is interesting, though. I didn't even know firebenders could do lightning too.

[Michen_S]

1 + 7 - 1 - 7 + 5 = 5

I dunno. If I were to create a magic system, electricity and fire would be two different things.

[Brisky]

171756

Yeah, same...

Although, I guess it depends a lot on the narrative. Like, maybe so 5 factions / thingy's is a bit too much to for the story and you kind of have to narrow it down to actually keep it interesting.

[Cheza]

171,757

I also liked the thing where lightning couldn't be controlled, only "guided", and how waterbending-style moves could be used to redirect it.

Erhmagerd I wanna re-watch the whole thing again now... '


As for magic systems in general, because I love dumbscape so much, I'd totally steal their system for "lower/infernal/ancient elements" in addition to the traditional ones.
In fact, I already have, but due to a lack of funds it hasn' t made it further than my concept blurb notes.
Maybe one day...

[Michen_S]

√(1 ^ 7 + 1 + 7) + 5 = 8

I would divide different types of magic, depending on how difficult they are to cast. Most elemental magic would be under "easy to cast", except Earth. Earth magic would be "very hard to cast". Sorry peeps, magic terraforming is not likely to happen.

[Cheza]

177,759


The way I've imagined it, the more tangible/solid something is, the more easily it is to wrap your head around it.
So that makes earth magic the easiest (with earth mages usually being mocked as "stone-throwers" because hurrhurr), with air and fire being the hardest.
The difficulty doesn't necessarily correlate to usefulness, but things rarely make sense like that.
I mean, preparing pufferfish so that it won't poison you is hard, but beyond "I can cook pufferfish without poisoning people", it's not a too useful skill in general everyday life.
It doesn't make it any less impressive tho.

[Brisky]

177,760

I think if I were were to make a magic system I would also probably want to keep conservation of energy in mind.
All that fire and lightning and stuff is energy, and that energy needs to come from somewhere and go somewhere. And I think that could be used to create some fairly interesting lore and gameplay / story elements.

Like, maybe with such a system mages would charge themselves, for a fire mage for example in a sauna or in front of a fire or something, to absorb the heat. And they would need to be careful with how they spend this energy to not run out prematurely.
I would also imagine that the better a mage gets, the more easily they can handle energy, and the more they can have on them.
For example, and apprentice mage would have to sit in front of a fire, or something, while a master mage could just meditate on top of a bath of glowing coal for a bit.

[Ara Av-Toa]

177,761

A magic system I thought up once was one connected to objects. Select materials would contain magical energy. The more valuable the material, the stronger the magic. But, also, the more specialised it is and the more training you need to control it. It can run out, but is restored by sunlight.

Magic rocks for example are common and carry only limited power, but their magic is widely applicable.
Gemstones on the other hand are rare and very powerful, but most effectively used in an offence.

[Aloneness]

177,762

Sneaking on for my once a year check in

[Brisky]

177,763

There must've been a door there in the wall.

[Michen_S]

-1 * (7 + 7) / 7 + 6 = 4

All right, Alone! See you next year!

[Ara Av-Toa]

177,765

All the Friday evenings!

[Brisky]

177,766

Wellp, next year is only one more month, so that shouldn't be too horrifying.