@Lyla Mmm, good points.

I would think that maybe some wizards came up with it by gathering a good many verbal magical spells from the nation's libraries and other sources as an experiment, and by trying to synergize them into a language through generations of study they would be making an attempt (at best) to mimic or re-create a theorized (and "supposed") "Original Magic Language" they think very ancient wizards or such possessed in the beginning or something of the sorts. But since the current magical language origins are largely unknown with only rumors existing, they cannot recreate the actual "original" magical language or whatever they are aiming for, instead creating a pesudo-magical language that was infused into the character's brain via magic or was taught to them and such in an attempt to create a "world's most potent wizard" or something of the sorts as yet another experiment to see if the language they created would actually work.

But that's perhaps just a bit of speculating how to make it work on my part.

I would say that perhaps the magical language also drains the user physically when used, so casting large spells like covering a city in a thunderstorm would possibly cause them to pass out cold in the process due to the sheer strain of creating such a large phenomenon. Would that be a possible idea for a drawback? I am open to suggestions as well. :)

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On a side note, does necromancy exist in this fictional universe?

@Holy Grail - Just curious here... is there a reason why you want your character to be this powerful?

@Lyla Eh, my aim is not to make them "super OP" or anything of the sorts, though it is rather easy to see why it would look like that. I'll probably back off of the idea now (not just "for now"), since i don't want to press anything too far (since i understand your concerns about it all), but just to try to explain the idea and how the power plays into it:

My original idea was a character who speaks a "magical language" that affects or influences the world around them. They were born the child of a pair of wizards in Nakha who decided "hey, our kids could be fun to do magical experiment on" and used their research on verbal magic to forcibly implant their child with a magical language that does this. Said child would have been raised as a tool, taught to use this "new language" to enact various effects in an attempt to re-create the "original magical language" or otherwise to simple try to create a powerful magical language other wizards can use with this kid as "test subject #1".

Said kid is treated as an experiment and toll through life, until being one day tossed to the side for not being as powerful as the wizards and parents wanted, only to be picked up by Mr. Zeph himself or a higher-up minon of his or the like. Treated like an actual human being at this point (though likely still just a tool), she lives with him and is different from the other OC's by at first being on the side of the "bad guy" whom she somehow has gained a positive outlook on. She uses her powers to help keep a fire running for the boiler on her adoptive father's airship running (or something of the sort to be of use to him and Zeph's cause) and eventually decides to seek for the artifact when her adoptive mother or such falls ill (or something of the sort), leading to her being connected to the others.

This as a result presents an all-new set of challenges for her, between her powers draining her physically each time she speaks, to being unable to speak in the normal tongue as a side effect of he magical language implanted into her, to being a "freak" of sorts among normal magic users giving her a lot of challenges to face along the way through the story. That and her power is both strong in ways, but comes with the risk of making her useless in a heartbeat if she tries to do very large effects or exerts herself too much, forcing her to learn to pace herself and learn to use her power in the little ways that count rather than trying to be "look at me i am summoning a thunderstorm to cloud the skies" or something all of the time by any means.

That's the sort of gist of what i wanted for her originally. That, and her power would be more "cast a simple fireball or lightning bolt here and there using the language" among the group in a magical sense while also playing support for allies in a sense by affecting the environment around her (like summoning thunderstorms) while at the same time being at the risk of passing out from the strain of her powers on her physical body if she tries to do to much or does too much magic in a period of time. Hence, she would be physically silent outside of trying to communicate with the others in her mind through writing or images or such things.

@Lyla Do you think a simpler necromancy-related idea would be better idea though? :)

@Holy Grail - Hm, well, let me think about it... when you explain it that way, it doesn't seem so bad, but I want to decide if it both fits the lore and it's something I'm willing to take a risk on. ^^

Edit: Simpler for sure, yeah. Might have as many challenges socially as your language idea as well.

@Lyla No problem. I'll go ahead and back off of the idea, though, while you think about that. Maybe i can find some kind of cool necromancy idea, perhaps a magically tattooed arm or something that can summon the dead that was engineered on her by experimenting wizards or the like!

Or a steampunk weapon wielding necromancer or something strange like that! Who knows? XD

Or perhaps she possesses a magical, hypnotic, siren-like voice that forces her to keep silent because it is always active? *shrugs*

@Arthanus - Approved! Just make sure to put him in a hider. ^.^

@Lyla By the way, did you mean you will be thinking about the magic language idea, or both the magic language idea and the sort of backstory i mentioned for it? Rather tired right now, so trying to make sure i am not getting confused! :)

Yay!!! Sleep time....

@Holy Grail - Well, both.

@Lyla Ok! I'll go ahead and leave here for the night as well, since i am behind sleep and still have a sore leg from the last three days of work! XD

Whatever you decide on both matters, i have no problem with it really. You are the GM after all.

Night!

@Lyla How's your day been today, Lyla?

@Holy Grail - Good, long! Sorry, still have some class work to do. I warned I'd be a bit busy during the week. xD

@Lyla Ah, understandable. I have work every thursday, friday, and saturday this summer to make some cash for my next semester this fall. So on those days i am most likely unable to do anything.

Any decision on the ideas i proposed though?

No problem if it is a "no" to the power, since a necromancy-related idea might be simpler and work just as well in a sense as compared to the ideas i am aiming for. ;)

As for the type of backstory idea i mentioned alongside that power, i'll just sit back and wait for your decision on that part as well!

Best of luck with your class work though! May the grades ever be in your favor! XD

@Holy Grail - Talked it over with SimpleD, so go ahead with a CS with your original idea. =)

@Lyla Oh! Awesome! Thank you! I would be fine if you had decided to reject it as well, but i am glad the idea could be used! :D

Though to remain honest, i will be using that backstory, but despite using that backstory i mentioned before there is a chance that a necromancy idea could possibly replace "magic language" in regards to the character. Would the backstory still be ok either way if i go the "magic language" or "necromancy" routes? Just want to make sure with you before working on the rest of the character. :)

Or for all i might end up making the OC have a magic language specialized in just necromancy for added cool effect, lol. XD

@Holy Grail - Uh.... the being experimented on by parents and thrown away bit? Yeah, that's fine.

@Lyla Yeah. That and the "being taken in by a bad guy who runs an airship factory or something after being thrown away" bit or such that was a part of that original idea too, at least if that bit is still ok i mean. XD

@Holy Grail - Yes, all of it... stop being so paranoid and just make the CS, lol.