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I think a source of magic needs to be established. For example, a strapping young lad can't just pick up a stick, shout "Stupefy!" and through sheer force of will, channel some magic through and out of that stick.

Maybe something involving the spirit world? Or a person's own life force?

That is something that needs to be decided on then. I normally think all arcane users are generally the same and all clerical users are generally the same, but that does not have to be here. All these things we will have to define and work on.

I've been chewing on my lip since I last made that post because I really want to do a Magic idea, but I am loathe to over commit myself.


I also don't want to do anything that people are going to have problems with and have it discourage them from participating.

You're passing along how tasks are handed out at your workplace to all of us here. I rather like it.

Yes, for in the grand scheme of things we are going along the basic design path of creating a game, which is what RPing really is in most cases so this just fits in all nice and neat.

So I do like Lady Robayn's idea for a new magic idea because that is an innovative idea that if everyone can get behind it will help the RP stand out among all the others. The one thing this RP already will have is the large amount of user generated material that will be used.

So in the realm of races what do you think should be in? I'm fond of the basics, Human, Elf, and Dwarf for good starters with the orc, goblin, and gnoll helping to round out the other side of the spectrum. We have the werewolf and will have vampires as well. Are there any odd races you would like to see? Each of the races will need someone to work on them and flesh them out as well. Let's keep dragons out of this category as they will be their own and I might be tackling them as well.

To help keep the thinking cogs rolling what about the deities of this land? Can people draw power from them like in D&D and cast spells that are different from the basic magic structure? Do we even have deities, is it just something like the Force, or maybe just spirits with one Great spirit...on and on what do you think?

What about gunpowder? Do we want to have the basics of the stuff appear for pirates and the like? Does that mean firearms and cannons? Would they be easy to make and get, or maybe odder looking than most first generation firearms?

Just some thing to help you think about more ideas we could work on or add. Remember the more we add though the more we have to work on and evolve so it is a double edged sword. Anything you have seen or read in a fantasy book, game (video or P&P), or movie could be a possible idea topic.

If you just want an idea you can run with it, like I said there is no time frame here. The ideas are yours to mold and work with and you will be the expert of that idea. Making your idea into a quick elevator pitch is a great way to make sure you have your idea down solid as well. The smoother and cleaner you can quickly give out your idea the more solid you know it is.

If you want to take time to work on the idea before you post anything up you can do that to, there is no one way I want everyone to do things other than whats laid out in the rules already. Flow with it and we will see what we get.

Okay then. We'll go with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer definition of vampires. I'm cool with that.

As for magic... it's a complex problem since there are so many established ways of looking at magic and creating our own idea would take a great deal of time and work to make it look different than other styles. I don't know if everyone is familiar with the Inheritance series, but in these books, magic is based on True Name magic. You know the real meaning of the word and you can cast a spell. It drains on the caster's life force, so trying to cast too powerful a spell can kill you if you're not practiced in magic. Younger spell casters could not manage difficult spells, etc. If we were going to create our own idea, I would think we should should use true name style. At least, that's what I'd like to see. Of course, we'd have to come up with some kind of ancient language from which to draw the "true name" ability. I was thinking, we could take a page from Dungeons and Dragons and make the "true language" draconic, the language of dragons. That also addressed Ronyo's other question of deities. Perhaps, the realm doesn't necessary worship any deity, but their ancestors and above all, the mythic dragons. Dragons would exist in our realm, but they would be few and far in between. Seeing one of the good pantheon would be considered good look and a powerfully good omen, while seeing one from the bad pantheon would be considered a very ill omen. That would mean that knowledge of the "true language" would be severely restricted and to be a mage, you'd have to study and memorize the ancient language. Incantations could be short, such as simply conjuring fire by speaking its true name, or long, such as a well described spell with a specific effect.

This is, of course, just another idea. Tell me what y'all think.

Skyrim anyone? lol Fus-Ro-Dah! for the win lol

Let's see what Lady Robayn has in mind, when it comes to things magical she has always come up with interesting and detailed ideas. The deity dragon idea goes a bit against what I was going to do though, as I was going to make a whole three categories of dragons with them still being rare but not quiet as rare as what you were talking about. I had planned on a somewhat D&D influenced system with a Chromatic, Metallic, and special dragons with different names for the categories though just using those as reference points for now.