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@Holy Grail Perhaps a gift that makes your character able to pick up and create styles of magic more easily? I hope I am not misinterpreting the system here, but if magic is a research, or field of study, then the gift would make the research easier and the application similar to how scientists invent new kinds of machines using science. Honestly, this is mostly just what my gift is, only with magic.

I hope you don't mind, but magic affinities seem to be more depending on how well the character understands the concepts rather than anything to do with the magic itself, as the magic only gives a medium to apply the understanding. I just think it would be difficult to truly make a gift for something that is already available to everybody without breaking the rules of magic.
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@Moonlit Sonata What about a power that allows her to literally "fuse" two targets together? Like a rock and a branch, or a human and a clam? Or would that be a sort of feat limited to higher-tier magics?
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@txgood2 ....My goodness, you may very well be right with that! Though i guess that in part depends on how magic is played out in the RP once we get started.

Then...perhaps the real question is, "What is a Gift that could grant her a better natural comprehension of magic"? Something that assists her in understanding it and grasping it better than the average mage, similar to or like unto the "problem solving" Gift idea you proposed before. With the current previous life history she has being that of a computer programmer sort of person who is great with code, though, the real question is how to execute such a gift given that current backstory...hmmm....*brains begins over-thinking everything*
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@Moonlit Sonata@txgood2 What about a Gift that allows her to better and more quickly grasp the workings of various things in the world around her?

Not just some "advanced learning ability" in a general sense, but something like "an enhanced intuition in regards to the workings of magic" or something like "a natural comprehension of basic magical theory" she has from the start?

Or perhaps a Gift that gives her an affinity for a certain kind of magic, like a Gift that give her some sort of spiritual affinity.

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EDIT: Instead of a general "better at magic" Gift, i do something different altogether. What about a Gift that allows her to bend and move earth and earthen substances (such as dirt, stone, metal, or sand) with her will? Something like "Earthbending" from ATLA (but without having to make physical movement), and while also obviously limited by the strength of her soul since she is just a Goblin?
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Well, I imagine him and my goblin will work together since my goblin can read human language even if just a little.
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@Hammerman Well provided he is accepted of course! But that does give a perfect reason for them to interact, once he gets a human book.
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Right now I am thinking about joining. The idea of the character is a red-skinned goblin who can locate anything, some long as that anything bleeds, and he has the blood of the previously mentioned anything (In simple terms, if he has somethings blood, or he has injested something blood in the past 24 hours, he can locate it. If it split into multiple pieces, he is drawn towards the largest piece, or the largest gathering of smaller pieces.)

The only reason I didn't post a CS is that I don't yet have a personality and a background, so it would be simpler to just ask if that would would be ok.
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A goblin shark?
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EDIT: Instead of a general "better at magic" Gift, i do something different altogether. What about a Gift that allows her to bend and move earth and earthen substances (such as dirt, stone, metal, or sand) with her will? Something like "Earthbending" from ATLA (but without having to make physical movement), and while also obviously limited by the strength of her soul since she is just a Goblin?


That's fine.



Good to go.

Right now I am thinking about joining. The idea of the character is a red-skinned goblin who can locate anything, some long as that anything bleeds, and he has the blood of the previously mentioned anything (In simple terms, if he has somethings blood, or he has injested something blood in the past 24 hours, he can locate it. If it split into multiple pieces, he is drawn towards the largest piece, or the largest gathering of smaller pieces.)

The only reason I didn't post a CS is that I don't yet have a personality and a background, so it would be simpler to just ask if that would would be ok.


It should be kept in mind that, at least initially, the Gift will be pretty bad. Something like what you've described is a no-go. It would probably start off as either an enhanced sense of smell or a low-level Blood Affinity, and whether he becomes full shark/bloodhound would depend on how he trains it and evolves.
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@Moonlit Sonata
We good here? I hyphenated the name since someone (I think it was you) said a goblin with a surname would be weird and they're probably right.
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@Moonlit Sonata Also, is there such a thing as a "Volcanic" or "Lava" affinity?
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People will probably be annoyed by him having a six syllable name but listen to your heart, I guess. Keep in mind my prior comments on the Gift, but you're good to go.

@Moonlit Sonata Also, is there such a thing as a "Volcanic" or "Lava" affinity?


That would be more akin to cross-applying earth and fire than a standalone thing, at least for the majority of beings.
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@Moonlit Sonata So maybe a Gift related to "Lava" in some sense would at the start at Goblin-level simply grant the wielder a "Minor Earth Affinity" as well as a "Minor Fire Affinity" perhaps?
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@Moonlit Sonata So maybe a Gift related to "Lava" in some sense would at the start at Goblin-level simply grant the wielder a "Minor Earth Affinity" as well as a "Minor Fire Affinity" perhaps?


Sure. Obviously each affinity will be weaker than if you just decided to go for fire or earth alone.
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@Moonlit Sonata So if i went for a "fire" or "earth" affinity alone, that might fare better at the start by giving her a stronger single affinity at the beginning?
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@Moonlit Sonata Alright, with that information taken into account, here is the latest version of my OC!


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I should hope that this will suffice.

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(Edit) My goblin, I guess I could say that I originally thought of him as a much darker character, but that didn't seem to fit the tone, though I do like this new direction I have with him
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Good to go.

@Leotamer
Limit the Gift to the species, at least for now.

Given the number of accepted characters, the IC will be up in a bit.
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