[ SECRET POST #2780 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2780 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Magic Possibilities

[loracarol]

One year for NaNoWriMo my magic system was a combo of magic shiny rocks/math. Like, certain numbers meant certain things, and the gems meant certain things, and combining the two meant something specific?

Like, 4 = death, Opals = shield, four opals = shielding from death.

Maybe you could do something similar? Or like, you could assign certain numbers meaning, but it's taboo/dangerous to actually put those numbers in a magical situation, so you have to do equations?

Like, you have a number that means, IDK, healing. But it's too dangerous (for whatever reason, burning people out if they don't have the power to control the magic?), so people have to do equations that lead up to that number? Like, instead of using the number eight, inscribing things with 2³.

Maybe the more numbers you include in your equation, the stronger the power is? So doing long division, or something super complicated instead of just 2³. IDK, this is an interesting question.

Edit Forgot to add, in one of the books I've read, a big deal was put on birth order (so double seventh son vs. 13th born), would that be something you'd want in your fantasy world?

Sorry for being late , I was typing that novel above

[jaybie_jarrett]

That sounds interesting. I do like the birth order one and I would like to experiment with the idea that birth order can shape things about a person and their magic and how it is.

Maybe the more numbers you include in your equation, the stronger the power is?

I like this idea. I may use it.

Re: Sorry for being late , I was typing that novel above

[loracarol]

Yeah! And you can always make up your own meanings, there's nothing that says that the thirteenth child has to be unlucky in your fantasy world! :D

I'm glad! :D

Re: Sorry for being late , I was typing that novel above

[nyxelestia]

One of the interesting things about this would be, what does more numbers actually mean? i.e. what do negative numbers mean in relation to positive ones? Are a negative and positive number (i.e. -13 and 13) a pair of opposite values, or are they variations of an absolute number (i.e. the assigned value of -13 and +13 being variations of |13|). Either way, would more numbers always mean building on each other, or can they cancel each other out, creating a situation where a "spell"/equation with lots of numbers turns out to be less powerful than one with only a few, because those numbers cancel each other out somehow and reduce power?

And just because I like to throw a wrench into these things: what are the parameters of birth order - two people born of the same set of parents, or even just one particular parent? Because what if between child #3 and #4, one of the parents had an affair that resulted in a pregnancy. Would that make the next kid child #4, or #5? Just something to keep in mind while building a magical system. ;P