So heating something -> adding energy Cooling something -> removing energy So then we have our elements Let’s start with water Water has a high specific heat capacity Meaning it takes a lot of energy to heat up and retains heat pretty decently (Part of why I made water an element of symbolic consistency) So a water gem can heat/cool water to a certain extent They can freeze it, and they can make it warmer However, it would be a lot less effort to freeze room temperature water than it would be to boil it Because you’re taking away comparatively less energy than you’d be adding to boil it, and you also have to ADD energy So if you want to boil more than like, a teacup of water, you’ll have a hard time On to air! Air has a much lower specific heat capacity and is far less dense It’s easier to move, it’s easier to heat and cool However it can’t take on solid properties Because freezing air is WAY beyond anyone’s capability, lol You can move air around, heat and cool it more easily than water Questions for air So you can't make it solid as that would take a ton of power But if you pair it with earths metal squishing capabilities can you add to that force? Take something deadly and add a push to it? Also am I right in thinking that the heating and cooling would be like Arizona wind and then like....Alaska wind? Yeah basically Although the amount you change temperature from the original temp matters in regards to how much energy it takes if you have hot air to start with it will be harder to cool also, please clarify your first question I mean, I think one could, like with a launched arrow projectile type thing - maybe shape the air around it to alter the course of its flight? If that's what you're asking So earth can allow for taking solid metal and changing it from flat to dented If you add air to it at the right speed can you take a slight dent and make it worse? Like adding air pressure behind a hammer essentially I'm asking more like can you combine your two element capabilities i'm gonna say no to that particular scenario however combining is a thing that can totally happen my reasoning is that it would take massive wind force to move a hammer. like, beyond hurricane force and that's beyond even drakken capability however if you were to like, shoot an arrow or throw something you could alter the air currents around it to help it reach its mark although remember that everyone has a sphere of influence, so to speak if you're making a 3km snipe shot, your air ain't gonna help past like, 20 metres thanks for bringing that up though because weight matters think of it this way: if it can be blown around on a strong windy day, you can blow it around with air magic another thing you could do is like, buffet your opponent around a little say he has a big shield, maybe blow it away from where you're aiming if he's on a cliff, blow him off of it if he has weak footing anyway, or is off balance Which brings me to more air only question Could it be fast enough and or concentrated enough To rip clothes i'm gonna say no to ripping because strong wind won't tear cloth it'll wear it down over time (let me get to thaaat) nobody is making hurricanes, i'm afraid but like, if you REALLY wanted to blow a limb off that tree, you could probably do it if you tried hard enough however you could totally blow their clothes AROUND so like, maybe blow his cloak around him and get him tangled up if you have any more specific things you're wondering if you can do, just PM me and i'll work it out What I'm getting is air is like a support element not necessarily Air is arguably one of the most versatile depends how you use it oh yeah totally that's why it's attached to liberty ON TO EARTH so earth is a little tricky and i think i'm gonna make an executive decision here and say that earth encompasses plants for gems only reasoning being that the gems are more connected to Vivari, earth goddess and mother of all, who is basically mother nature i may also say that because of this, gems have more affinity for plants and less for "earth bending" and drakken the opposite i feel it's thematically appropriate and fits with the lore, yell at me if you disagree this earth concept is now new to me so @Ellion @WeepingLiberty make sure you look this over so i don't fuck up ya plans anyway these are your earth benders now, earth stuff is actually easier to heat and cool than water believe it or not that being said, no you can't make lava that's such an absurdly high temperature that i can't justify it team up with fire or something if you want lava, and be prepared to work you can move earth around (throw rocks, make the footing uneven, etc) you can shape it to some degree, taking into account the malleability of the particular type of earth example, metal will be easier to bend than marble because marble doesn't bend, it breaks Does it include metal or not, someone mentioned that above? Awesome I can have elaborate swords >:D yeah i imagine the most successful drakken blacksmiths being earth/fire dudes i'm gonna say you can heat up metal to the point of being uncomfortably hot, and cool it to the point that it becomes somewhat brittle i don't think you can shatter your opponent's sword, but you could totally put some chips into it now earth is kind of hard because while we've had earth people in the past, we never really got to a point where anyone used it so i have less of a reference one thing is that an earth gem will definitely draw comfort and solidarity from the earth aka "being grounded" they have a little earth bending but not as much as the drakken but like, if you want to move some dirt or sand around, i won't stop you as for plants, i see them kinda coaxing them to grow and feeling connected to them i'm less certain about this stuff though like, i don't know about shooting vines from your fingers but i don't want to underpower the earth girls either alright home stretch fire okay! fire is pretty much the same for gems and drakken, aside from maybe some cultural norms/feelings toward it you can create fire, you can extinguish fire you can heat things up, but you can't cool them down so like, we had fire drakken heating up dresses on gems in one iteration that would be all about control aka heating something but not burning it would be a thing you'd need to get the hang of for this reason also, i know that other people can heat things too but i'm gonna say that nobody except fire people are allowed to heat to flash point seeing as the flash point for most things is super high without a spark fire people can do that though i'm gonna say a hard no on like, cold, "burning bush" fire that doesn't burn things because it doesn't make sense however with practice you can create fire of relatively hot or cold temp if you want basically fire bending That would take a lot and depend on the color of the flame ye, takes practice but since fire is already so hot i'll allow people to make hot flames depending on their skill level if you have anything you're not sure about PM me now here's where we make the distinguishing between fire and lightning fire and lightning are actually two very different chemical processes, which is why fire people can't have lightning fire happens when electrons have enough energy added to them to jump up a few orbits into an excited state then they release their extra energy and jump back down, releasing a photon of light thus, fire lightning and electricity is basically electron transfer between charged particles imagine those newtons cradles where the balls bounce off each other it's that, but electrons very different process in case anyone thought that putting lightning off the table was unfair as well, in order to control your element, you need a degree of understanding of it fire, earth, water and air are understood at a basic level in this point in technology but the process that creates lightning is not hence why it can't be created nature's way even if air and water people got together to try and make a mini thundercloud, they have no way of knowing that warm air and friction creates lightning so they couldn't do it