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The Library

Ha, Charles got mad. Apparently "Lone Wolfing" is a sore subject for him. I wonder why?

The Library

Will O' the Piper
Before Charles could stop him, Sigmund was forcefully dragging the children back to their homes. "Sigmund stop!" He yelled, "We don't know what could happen to them!" He tried to get down in time to stop him, but it was too late. Catching his arm as he came out the door, he caught the big man's eyes with his own burning red pair. "Tell me, Muscle man, do you have any idea what happens when a person in a trance like that when they can't do what they're told? I sure don't, but I bet it's a whole lot worse than what would happen if we were watching them." He let go of the man's arm, turning his back and walking in the direction the children were heading. "I can't go in there for diplomatic reasons, so now that they're inside we can't protect them. Our only hope to save them and the rest of the children now is to keep going, and hope that we find whoever is doing this before anything worse happens." Rounding on the man again, he pointed a finger at his chest. "I don't give a damn what your personal opinion of me is right now, but as long as we're on this mission WE ARE A TEAM. Stop acing on impulse, stop acting by yourself. If you have a problem with one of my plans, tell me before you start doing your own thing."

The Clayman's Finale
Maria was about to jump in front of Noelle when Lux beat her to it. Lowering her shield again, she nodded at the man bemusedly as he introduced himself. "Maria Miller, White Queen's Rook." She caught up as they started walking, standing near the front where she'd be most useful. "Um, before we get much farther I should probably explain that I specialize in defense, so I would do the most good up front. I'll be able to block almost anything with my shield, but it would be good to know what to expect. You two have been here for a bit, what have you run into?"

Crossroads of Astas [High Fantasy]

For instance his magic is doing pretty good right now, since Night Lurkers are creatures of Darkness. Unfortunately it's also effecting him.

How long would you say It'll take to develop his unique fire magic based on his Sun magic? I'd say a week or so.

Crossroads of Astas [High Fantasy]

Alteral's sun magic is specifically geared towards killing vampires and other creatures of Darkness, since that was his job back then. However, it is far less effective against creatures occupying the middle ground, such as normal people, and entirely noneffective against creatures of Light. His sun magic is the equivilent of Holy magic, although instead of effecting people based on moral alignment it effects them based on their Solar alignment.

Crossroads of Astas [High Fantasy]

WitchChild said
Learning magic is mostly done under the guidance of official teachers. Collages to temper the talents. Though you can learn by yourself which is lack luster compared to official training. You can train under a master of any kind though. Rogue wizard or the such. Thalen learned from his elders. Learning new magic can go through reading old tomes of magic which explain the fundamentals of the spell or, through trial and error mostly, come up with a new spell yourself.Edit: Learning a spell that is very different from the sort of magic you know is difficult. Haklo will have a hard time to learn a fireball spell due to his use of mental magics

What about shifting Alteral's sun magic to Fire magic, making it effective on almost everything instead of specifically vampires and other creatures of the night?

Crossroads of Astas [High Fantasy]

Hey, what are the guidelines on learning new magic? I suddenly realized that Alteral, while having a very combat oriented personality, is pretty much useless in combat. Hell, LUNA is a better fighter, and she doesn't fight.

Through The Forgotten City

Quite right.

Crossroads of Astas [High Fantasy]

The idea behind magic in general, no matter what it looks like, Isn't turning "Nothing" into "Something". The idea is turning "Energy" into "Matter" or into a different form of energy. All concepts of magic work on this principle. When someone throws a lightning bolt, they turn "Life" energy or "Mana" into Plasma. When someone uses "Creation" magic, they turn that energy into "solid" matter.

When you're creating a magic system, or even just a single spell, your question shouldn't be "Is this allowed" it should be "How much energy does this take?" "Where does that energy come from?" and "What happens if you use too much?"

you've already answered the "Where" and the "What", now you just have to answer "How much?"

Through The Forgotten City

damn, i should have caught some quid with my book. Because apparently I'm British now.

Crossroads of Astas [High Fantasy]

What's stopping him from turning into a dragon?