Also, I do want to clarify a few things for everyone, just in case it wasn't apparent in the intro post or the subsequent posts - while different planes may have different cultures and technologies, on Earth, it is modern day, let's say August of 2023 when they first go to Orientation. As stated in the intro post, the time of day at the Academy within it's sub-planar realm is synced with GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) at the Royal Observatory in London.
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An inquiry about Anti-Magic was made to me via PM, so I am now including that as one of the types. I am also changing Chaos Magic to say it's not extinct. Any power or effect you can possibly imagine that doesn't fall under Natural Magic, Psionic Magic, or Anti-Magic now falls under Chaos Magic, and all characters can use any of the four types to their heart's content. Basically, what that means is that, whatever ideas you have for your character, no matter what they are, get an automatic green light. There is no need for any further requests to me to keep defining what effects are acceptable and how far the envelope can be pushed on various types of magic. Everything is okay, no need to ask me any longer.
To clarify further on my last post, since everything is now combined into two types of magic that will be available to the characters at first, you can now have whatever abilities for your characters that you want, and you can use both types of magic freely. The only difference is whether the magic effects something that is already present in the world or if you create something new, but don't worry about specifying which is which, just write your abilities however you want and we won't worry about which type of magic you are casting since they are both open to everyone.
As for the classes at the school, I am only going to list like four main required courses, and I'll allow you all to invent your own electives for other classes.
As for the classes at the school, I am only going to list like four main required courses, and I'll allow you all to invent your own electives for other classes.
You know, I feel like even having eight different types of magic may be going too far, because then there is a bunch of extra information for people to remember about what goes under what element, and as stated before, one of my goals is to minimize how much corrective action I'll have to take to keep people within boundaries. So, here's what I'm going to have in the main thread when it goes up:
The Mortal Planes are parallel universes that co-exist in the same space at different vibrational frequences and are connected through various Prime Nexus Points where travel between them in possible using various magical means. Earth is one such Point.
The Aether is a realm of raw energy and power that surrounds the Mortal Planes and penetrates them, like the Force in Star Wars. All magic is fueled using Mana channeled from the Aether.
There are three types of magic:
Natural Magic: Anything that converts Mana into some physical energy or structure in the world, such as manipulating or conjuring the elements, casting healing spells, bending light, crafting illusions, affecting gravity, teleportation, time-travel, etc.
Psionic Magic: Does not create or conjure anything, but rather uses Mana to fuel psionic abilities such as telekinesis, telepathy, and the various other kinetics. Basically, you can control what is already present - including the elements - but you cannot create anything new.
Chaos Magic: Only theoretical, said to be the limitless magic of the Celestials, who are thought to have died out millions of years ago.
The Arcane Tongue is a metaphysical language that was embedded into the fabric of the Aether by the Celestials. Vocally, there is only one dialect the Aether recognizes, but there are over a dozen different runic translations that can be used. Just use your imagination for that, I will not define specific words or phrases.
Basic magic can be done at will, but more complex applications require use of runes from the Arcane Tongue, which are engraved onto your Arcane Conduits, such as wands, swords, amulets, etc. You can also utilize a grimoire with spells written in the Arcane Tongue and channel Mana into the ink to activate the spell.
Anytime the Arcane Tongue is spoken, use triple brackets. {{{"Like this"}}} You may use this method to call out spells and have that vocal component in the Arcane Tongue act as a Conduit as well.
I may add a few extra details with the main thread goes live, but I want to keep information needed for co-writers to remember to an absolute minimum.
The Mortal Planes are parallel universes that co-exist in the same space at different vibrational frequences and are connected through various Prime Nexus Points where travel between them in possible using various magical means. Earth is one such Point.
The Aether is a realm of raw energy and power that surrounds the Mortal Planes and penetrates them, like the Force in Star Wars. All magic is fueled using Mana channeled from the Aether.
There are three types of magic:
Natural Magic: Anything that converts Mana into some physical energy or structure in the world, such as manipulating or conjuring the elements, casting healing spells, bending light, crafting illusions, affecting gravity, teleportation, time-travel, etc.
Psionic Magic: Does not create or conjure anything, but rather uses Mana to fuel psionic abilities such as telekinesis, telepathy, and the various other kinetics. Basically, you can control what is already present - including the elements - but you cannot create anything new.
Chaos Magic: Only theoretical, said to be the limitless magic of the Celestials, who are thought to have died out millions of years ago.
The Arcane Tongue is a metaphysical language that was embedded into the fabric of the Aether by the Celestials. Vocally, there is only one dialect the Aether recognizes, but there are over a dozen different runic translations that can be used. Just use your imagination for that, I will not define specific words or phrases.
Basic magic can be done at will, but more complex applications require use of runes from the Arcane Tongue, which are engraved onto your Arcane Conduits, such as wands, swords, amulets, etc. You can also utilize a grimoire with spells written in the Arcane Tongue and channel Mana into the ink to activate the spell.
Anytime the Arcane Tongue is spoken, use triple brackets. {{{"Like this"}}} You may use this method to call out spells and have that vocal component in the Arcane Tongue act as a Conduit as well.
I may add a few extra details with the main thread goes live, but I want to keep information needed for co-writers to remember to an absolute minimum.
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I suppose things like healing magic being part of Geomancy.
Pyromancy being used to inspire people through emotions like passion etc.
using Pyromancy to purify curses.
Generally more esoteric uses to the schools of magic than throwing the elements.
Like what school would things like Conjuration and Transmutation fall into?
Ah, I judge from the terminology here, you're referring to the original magic system I had planned. Much has changed since that was posted, and when the main thread goes live, it's going to be much more open and freeform. In the newest iteration, I've completely removed boundaries from specific mancies and such, and everything boils down to eight kinds of magic: Universal Magic, Fire Magic, Air Magic, Earth Magic, Water Magic, Infernal Magic, Cosmic Magic, and the extinct magic from the gods, Chaos Magic.
When the main thread goes live, my goal is to have a clear picture for everyone about what magic goes where without overburdening people with a giant magic system to remember that I then have to monitor and enforce. I hope to have that ironed out by the weekend.
How literal are the elements? Can we play with more metaphorical aspects of elemental magic?
What did you have in mind?
And I think to sort of give a clean slate for anyone reading along who may be confused by all the back and forth and different rules and everything, I'll say this: Once the main thread goes up, everyone can forget what was said in this interest check thread. I will have all the necessary information for you to know in that new thread, and then I will direct everyone to PM if they have any questions. And while my new approach is to be more lenient with everything, I ask that no one takes advantage of that to try and make this RP more work than it has to be. If it stops being fun for me, I will likely walk away.
No worries, if something gray area comes up in game we can just address it then. I get a little carried away with lore/world building so please don't mind me. Almost nothing I've brought up today should even be relevant for my characters anyway.
No prob! And anyone can always feel free to discuss various ideas with me in PM, and then if something becomes relevant to the RP that others need to know about, I can post it publicly at that time.
But, having said all that, I want to keep the amount of information needed for co-writers to be minimal, because then that is less that I have to monitor and correct people on. We need to be careful here with hashing out all these different ideas and potential rules/limitations, because I don't want everyone to be confused about what they can and can't do. Because of that, we shouldn't let the scope of this get too big, and I'd ask that we don't push the envelope too far and what can or can't be done, because then that's just more for everyone to remember.
Yeah perhaps the school has a code of conduct regarding the "ethical use of necromancy" with guidelines on what can or can't be done. Perhaps there are people who donate their bodies to the school for use this way, like raising the dead for use in manual labor around campus. There could be certain rules like when and for how long a corpse can be raised, skeletons must be cleaned fully before raising, zombies must have appropriate attire for their intended use and must wear face obstructions to preserve identity privacy of the deceased. Perhaps long standing zombies must be submitted for inspection of structural integrity and upkeep?
I like the idea of ethical use of Necromancy, which can also be used by detectives to ask murder victims about their killers and such. However, I'd imagine some killers would trap the soul of their victims in a Soul Stone or something to avoid being caught. As for zombies around school for labor, I think they would probably rely more on warforged-like beings or automatons, which would be more structurally sound and last longer. I'd imagine any use of a person's remains would be for strictly academic research purposes.
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