Dextkiller

Lost Lands of Ialdia

If one person has two characters Chezka it'd work out with an even 10. Pasta seems interested in having two characters, so that'd work. alright people, definitely enough interest! I'll be adding in the "how magic works" bit to the OOC and posting it tonight. I'll link it once it's up, you're all welcome to use the OOC (once it's up) or here to find a partner beforehand. I'll be accepting CSs as soon as it goes up.

Lost Lands of Ialdia

Pasta Sentient said
are there any hard limits or impossibilities such as resurrection?

Yes. Considering death (as believed in this world) moves the soul out of the body and into a separate realm, Resurrection is out of the question. Animating a dead body is possible, but it would be without a soul, like a husk. Although even something like that would require the work of nearly twenty magical individuals with the help of a gem the size of football (which can be hard to come by, as you might imagine). After the cataclysmic destruction of the ancients, the (gods) of the aetheric dimension considerably shrunk the size of the gloran vas of all the races on the mortal plane. In the time of the ancients, things like earthquakes or tornadoes could by created by merely three people, but now to do such a task would take upwards of three hundred pouring energy into a catalyst that could direct that energy. They (possibly) exist, such catalysts, but without the information or ability, such massive spells are unreachable.

So, impossibilities with magic are as such:
-Resurrection
-creation of life
-cyclic energy sources (replicating things like the sun)

There's probably more, but nothing else is coming to mind.

Lost Lands of Ialdia

Pasta Sentient said
What's the magic system like? DnD style? Or something different?

The explanation is quite long, so I'll put it in a hider for those that are interested, and I'll be adding it to the OOC if this starts back up, we do only need 1 more person though.

explanation of magic

Magic in this world is actually derived from something called the "glorin vas". An ancient word that translates to "life fire". The glorin vas is the reservoir that collects energy from the sun and other magical catalysts such as aetheric geysers (channels of magical energy that exist deep below the ground) or gems that have come in contact with an aetheric geyser. The size of one's glorin vas determines their magical capacity. If somebody has a huge glorin vas, they can expend large amounts of magical energy. However, people with large glorin vas usually have a hard time controlling their magic. The raw force of a huge glorin vas often inhibits one's ability to perform complicated spells. For this reason, magically inclined individuals tend to work in pairs when working spells that require precision as well as massive amounts of energy. One person has a massive glorin vas, while the other has a smaller reservoir, but lots of control over their magical ability.

Additionally, the glorin vas works in tandem with pathways throughout the body. Similar to something like "chi" pathways, the glorin vas is connected to every part of an individuals body through pathways called "vas wein" or "fire paths". Each person has certain vas wein that are enlarged or dilluted throughout their bodies. The condition of any particular vas wein determines what type of magic a magician is most capable of doing. For instance, healing magic is derived from the tips of the fingers, so if the vas wein that reach the fingertips are enlarged, then a person would be better at healing magic. There are dozens of other types of magic that derive from certain vas wein, if anybody would like to know a specific type, PM me and I can tell you.

The glorin vas and vas wein are not physical parts of the body, however, and cannot be seen. They are simply channels of energy that can be refilled by the sun in most cases, or if one trains hard enough, the moon or other forms of intense light such as fire. Magic cannot charge magic however. For instance, if a mage creates a werelight, the light given off from that light cannot charge another mages glorin vas, regardless of how hard they have trained. However, if a mage creates a spark that creates a fire, the glorin vas can be charged from the resulting blaze.

The glorin vas collects energy from natural sources. Because things like the sun are so abundant with magical energy, it is unnoticeable that any energy is taken, but if a mage attempts to gather energy from a campfire, for instance, the energy is quickly drained and the fire extinguished. For this reason, collecting magical energy through fire can be a drawn out process of lighting a spark into a fire, then draining it, and repeating. For this reason it is often only used as a last resort to draw energy from fire.

Most magically inclined individuals carry gems that have been made to absorb magical energy. These gems are usually covered in magical script that allows them to act as a miniature glorin vas. However, without the vas wein that people have, it usually takes far longer for gems to collect energy from natural sources such as the sun. Gems can be set in sunlight and take months to completely fill (depending on their size and purity of the gem). The method usually used for quickly charging gems is to bring them to aetheric geysers. These natural sources of magic are generally found deep underground and trickle up from the core of the planet like gusts of magical wind. Thought to be leftover from when the core was removed by the ancients, aetheric geysers, although scarce and usually quite small, can quickly fill even the largest and purest gems in a matter of minutes. By directly infusing a gem or person with pure magical energy, aetheric geysers make for the best source of magical refill. They are usually found deep beneath large settlements (as if they are drawn to life) and are generally monetized for their worth.

So there's that. Also, this RP is technically high end casual, so no need to worry overly much about extremely high advanced standards. It just seems like the "casual" roleplays have fallen more toward being "free" roleplays as of late.

Lost Lands of Ialdia

Looks like the advanced players are the one that take a liking to this level of stuff, I'll keep that in mind. If you two have any others invite them on over. It's a paired RP, so 6 people would be nice.

Souls of Atlas

Sure thing, I'll put one in tonight.

Lost Lands of Ialdia

Looking to reboot a RP that didn't manage to get off the ground last time so I had it closed by a mod.
Lost Lands of Ialdia
There's the original if you're interested in taking a look at it. It has a unique premise, and i'd like to get it started proper this time.
Leave a post if you're interested. Enough support and I'll bring it back.

Lost Lands of Ialdia

Looking to reboot a RP that didn't manage to get off the ground last time so I had it closed by a mod.
Lost Lands of Ialdia
There's the original if you're interested in taking a look at it. It has a unique premise, and i'd like to get it started proper this time.
Leave a post if you're interested. Enough support and I'll bring it back.

The Lost Lands of Ialdia

Looking to reboot a RP that didn't manage to get off the ground last time so I had it closed by a mod.
Lost Lands of Ialdia
There's the original if you're interested in taking a look at it. It has a unique premise, and i'd like to get it started proper this time.
Leave a post if you're interested. Enough support and I'll bring it back.

Souls of Atlas

Are you still accepting characters to this? I would be interested in joining.

Close thread Request

Hi, my RP didn't start up so I wanted to close the thread if that's possible

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Thank you.