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Post by Shadaras on Feb 5, 2008 21:09:52 GMT -5
True. Very true. I think that's why most of my characters that use magic don't like it. A holdover of me disliking the use of magic unless it's needed. And making a system like that is something that I can't help but do, if I'm using one enough. xD .. I dislike perfect or clichéd systems of magic. Elemental control for one is far too overdone. The good thing about making such a system is that you can reuse it over and over if it's detailed enough. Elemental magic is easy to figure out. Unless you start playing with how everything relates to each other, and what the 'opposites' are. Then it could get complicated. But I still don't really use it, because there are other, more fun, kinds of magic. |
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Post by Shadaras on Feb 5, 2008 21:11:32 GMT -5
Hmmm, I think it would be really interesting to come up with a completely original magic aspect. For example there's light magic, air, demonic, fire, ice, water, arcane, etc, but what about a new sort of magic that was none of those? That would sure be tricky to invent. That would be hard, though mostly because people have thought of a lot of different kinds of magic. One of the ones that I like is blood magic, though. People don't use it that much, and I can be overly gruesome, which has its own kind of fun. |
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Post by KitClairvoyance on Feb 5, 2008 21:11:53 GMT -5
Hmmm, I think it would be really interesting to come up with a completely original magic aspect. For example there's light magic, air, demonic, fire, ice, water, arcane, etc, but what about a new sort of magic that was none of those? That would sure be tricky to invent. What I do is take an existing form of magic that's rarely used, like in Kit's case I took tarot, and look at it and see how it can be entwined with another form of magic. I really want to try something with geomancy, or traditional cursing. The methods used in the latter are rather interesting. |
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Post by ntwfariel on Feb 5, 2008 21:13:12 GMT -5
Hello bloids!  *kisses Ariel on the cheek* ..hello there. ^^ Bah! O__O I'm married to Nora! |
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Post by Shadaras on Feb 5, 2008 21:13:37 GMT -5
*kisses Ariel on the cheek* ..hello there. ^^ Bah! O__O I'm married to Nora! And Kit's married to me. *shrug* It doesn't matter that much. |
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Post by KitClairvoyance on Feb 5, 2008 21:13:41 GMT -5
xD .. I dislike perfect or clichéd systems of magic. Elemental control for one is far too overdone. The good thing about making such a system is that you can reuse it over and over if it's detailed enough. Elemental magic is easy to figure out. Unless you start playing with how everything relates to each other, and what the 'opposites' are. Then it could get complicated. But I still don't really use it, because there are other, more fun, kinds of magic. .. but the thing with elemental magic is that everyone is using it. There are only so many people that I can see using water before I start getting terribly bored of it. I like going for the obscure. |
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Post by KitClairvoyance on Feb 5, 2008 21:14:22 GMT -5
*kisses Ariel on the cheek* ..hello there. ^^ Bah! O__O I'm married to Nora! ..point being? It was only a cheek kiss. |
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Post by Shadaras on Feb 5, 2008 21:14:53 GMT -5
Elemental magic is easy to figure out. Unless you start playing with how everything relates to each other, and what the 'opposites' are. Then it could get complicated. But I still don't really use it, because there are other, more fun, kinds of magic. .. but the thing with elemental magic is that everyone is using it. There are only so many people that I can see using water before I start getting terribly bored of it. I like going for the obscure. True. And I don't think I'd really enjoy using elemental magic because of that. Obscure stuff is much more fun to try and figure out. |
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Post by Kengplant on Feb 5, 2008 21:15:01 GMT -5
I totally read geomancy as geometry.
*throws math homework appirations at the ennemy* DIE!
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Post by KitClairvoyance on Feb 5, 2008 21:15:43 GMT -5
.. but the thing with elemental magic is that everyone is using it. There are only so many people that I can see using water before I start getting terribly bored of it. I like going for the obscure. True. And I don't think I'd really enjoy using elemental magic because of that. Obscure stuff is much more fun to try and figure out. Yes, yes it is. There's this branch of magic, Enochian magic, which I'd love to use properly in a roleplay someday, but it's terribly complicated. xD |
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Post by Shadaras on Feb 5, 2008 21:16:35 GMT -5
True. And I don't think I'd really enjoy using elemental magic because of that. Obscure stuff is much more fun to try and figure out. Yes, yes it is. There's this branch of magic, Enochian magic, which I'd love to use properly in a roleplay someday, but it's terribly complicated. xD Enochian? Which is what? |
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Post by ntwfariel on Feb 5, 2008 21:17:13 GMT -5
Bah! O__O I'm married to Nora! ..point being? It was only a cheek kiss. Ah, I'm used to freaking out about it. XD It's a habit, because of Wifey Nose. *punches Wifey Nose* |
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Post by KitClairvoyance on Feb 5, 2008 21:17:32 GMT -5
I totally read geomancy as geometry. *throws math homework appirations at the ennemy* DIE! xD .. or even better, have a character that doesn't use magic. Have a cryptography specialist, or a communications engineer. |
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Post by Shadaras on Feb 5, 2008 21:17:36 GMT -5
..point being? It was only a cheek kiss. Ah, I'm used to freaking out about it. XD It's a habit, because of Wifey Nose. *punches Wifey Nose* .. what is Wifey Nose? |
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Post by ntwfariel on Feb 5, 2008 21:19:01 GMT -5
Ah, I'm used to freaking out about it. XD It's a habit, because of Wifey Nose. *punches Wifey Nose* .. what is Wifey Nose? And inside joke between Nora and Piyoni. *points to the link in her sig* That might explain more. |
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