Originally Posted by Redorath

The 'Rules' on elemental magic (I assume you're talking about this article) are more guidelines than actual rules, magic is something that can't really be defined by rules as each person's view of it is generally unique. If you're joining an already existing RP with magic involved, try and follow the way that the author has used magic, and try not to introduce anything that would contradict what's already been done, unless it's a free-for-all type of thing where you can pretty much use whatever you want.