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Magic-Centered, GOT-like Cool RP idea

Lol. I've never gotten into that side of fandom. Didn't really see the point. Though I'm sure you'll be free to ship to your heart's content.

The Everlasting Arena: Main Thread

Will our characters have access to resources in this arena? One of my character ideas requires that Arthur has access to the necessary materials to build him, which he would have back on his home earth. I assume that there will be some sort of link to the characters home universes, both since they were able to arrive in the first place and since the events are being broadcast through the multiverse, but does that link extend to accessing resources from their respective worlds?

Coven: Shattered

Especially if the thing you were warding against has an opposite. A ward against cold, for instance, would be very likely to acually enhance the effectiveness of an attack using heat (such as a fireball), and casting both those wards at the same time would just cancel them both out.

Coven: Shattered

What about wards? If one knew what form an attack might take, one could conceivably create a lingering counter-spell that once cast remains active for a time. The coven leader, for instance, might use a ward against poison every time he eats or drinks, or a ward against arrows every time he makes a public speech.

Magic-Centered, GOT-like Cool RP idea

There should also be airships in addition to normal ships. The presence of magic would make the concept much more attainable, and who wouldn't want a method of over-land travel that's faster and more reliable than horses? They obviously couldn't carry as much cargo (as waterborne ships), but their speed and convenience would easily make up for that deficit.

Magic-Centered, GOT-like Cool RP idea

The more I hear about this magic system, the more I like it. Very open-ended, yet at the same time bound by the basic rules of existence, making it fundamentally understandable. More or less. Lol.

Now necromancy has also been mentioned several times but never really clarified, which has gotten me wondering about the nature and existence (or lack thereof) of spirits, ghosts, and wraiths, as well as the nature of necromancy itself. Would the resurrection of a corpse necessitate the returning of the soul to that corpse, or would the corpse simply be a hollow shell following the directives of the necromancer? Or would both options be possible? Regarding spirits, is it possible for souls to linger after death and communicate or interact with the living? Is it possible to bind a spirit to the mortal coil with a spell or accidental outburst of magic?

PS. I apologize for the bad sentence structure. It's getting too late over here for philosophical ramblings...

Magic-Centered, GOT-like Cool RP idea

You're very welcome, Ichthys. Glad I could help. :) I've had my eye on this for a few days now waiting to see how it developed, and the general direction you were taking it in seemed fairly obvious from your prior posts.

Though just to clarify, as it hasn't been explicitly asked or answered, is magic capable of creating a result purely from itself and the intent of a witch? For example, would a witch in need of sustenance be able to materialize a loaf of bread? This seems to be one of the assumptions behind the aforementioned argument of magic solving all the worlds problems and conflict becoming a non-factor. Personally, I'm operating under the assumption that outright conjuration of something from nothing except magic isn't possible, again going by what you've said already and the fact that something like that would indeed tend to render politics a moot point.

Another assumption I've seen is that everyone would have the same capability to be self-sustaining based on magic alone, but if I'm correct in my own assumptions regarding the first assumption then this assumption becomes a non-issue as well. Even in our own world, there are smart people and not so smart people, and while both of them have access to the same technology, one will be much more adept in its use than the other.

Magic-Centered, GOT-like Cool RP idea

I would liken it to the development of technology in the real world. Has technology made the harvesting of food easier, faster, and more productive? By leaps and bounds, I'd say. Has the increased availability of said food ended world hunger or achieved world peace? Not even remotely. If anything, the increased level of technological development has just made the power struggles less overt at times, due to both sides possessing the capability for mass destruction (cold war, anyone?).

It seems that magic in this universe would follow a similar path of development. It may be everywhere, but that doesn't mean anyone can do anything with it. We all have brains, but it took the team working on the Manhattan Project to successfully develop an atom bomb. We've had access to the raw materials since the dawn of man, but had to first learn how to utilize them before they could be turned into what we know today as nuclear weapons. A thousand years ago, a box the size of a coffin that could destroy an entire city in a wave of fire and force would have been the most laughable flight of fancy. If it had been demonstrated, it would have been sorcery. In this realm, the roles are just reversed.

*drops two cents into the thread and toddles off*

The Everlasting Arena: Character Deposit

I'm also wondering how someone would train to become immune to aging, as that's not a skill-related function of life.

Boss Battle: Diabolus

Oh? Is it a new character entirely or one I've already seen?