Magic Systems

[whaley]

@jonas

Personally, I would at least have given it the limitation that the objects are still bound by their physical natures, because if you can literally make objects teleport, is there anything you can’t do?

That’s what I was thinking. But the stuff definitely moved wherever he wanted, and it wasn’t clarified whether or not he was creating things out of thin air. Some of the things seemed specifically designed by him when they manifested. At one point he emptied an entire room of dirty grime with a snap of a finger. That might be the creation and destruction of matter, on top of the Commanding. For all I know, anyway.

An easy justification for why he couldn’t tell the villain to stop would be, ‘with enough willpower you can resist,’ but I’m guessing that wasn’t ever mentioned?

Not mentioned. See, I really liked the first half of the book, the characters were super fun. I’m just so confused with the magic. 🥲

First, to understand it, you need a quick crash course in my universe’s rules.

*Dives in*

psychological aspect (the brain), the mental aspect (the mind)

What is the difference between the brain and the mind’s aspects?

because that can have disturbing implications (think dementors)

Ah, the dementors. Definitely cool, definitely creepy.

So basically the spiritual aspect is the glue which holds the soul to the physical world?

Soulforgings slowly develop sentience (to a varying degree depending on how much of a person’s spiritual aspect is inside of them.) Their personality will be influenced by their creator’s as well as their Command. The longer they’ve existed, however, the more free will a Soulforging develops, giving it greater ability to ignore its Command (though this remains difficult.)

They can eventually develop a separate sentience. Interesting. This is where the talking swords come in.

However, overuse of their abilities can put too much strain on the bond between Shadewalker and Wraith, resulting in the Shadewalker being pulled from their body and becoming a Wraith themselves while the Wraith is pulled all the way into the physical realm (though with no true body, they fade away again quickly.)

So they are constantly pulling closer to each other’s realms while bonded. I can see a sad story where somebody bonds to the Wraith of a friend.

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[whaley]

@loopylin

I talked with my dad about it a bit ago and he helped me fill in some holes, so now I’m a lot happier with the whole system now.

Yay, good! Parents are often helpful with this sort of thing. Just because they don’t know much about the system anyway and they can think out of the box.

@rae

YOU TWO SWITCHED NAMES AHHHHHH!!!! I kinda like it, it’s funny. lol

We have become a plural entity. We thank you for your approval. *Swirls skirt* *Bows* *Poofs away*

• This reply was modified 1 day, 4 hours ago by whaley. Reason: Forgot to tag our good friend rae

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[Cloaked Mystery]

@whalekeeper

What is the difference between the brain and the mind’s aspects?

That distinction is fuzzy in universe, intentionally, because I think it’s also fuzzy in real life. The best distinction I can give is that the brain is purely physical (which makes the distinction between physical and psychological aspect a bit fuzzy as well), while the mind is not. In real life, we sort of distinguish between the brain and mind, but we can’t really say what the mind is, because it’s not something we can study scientifically. The five aspects are sort of a gradient, so there’s a bit of fuzziness and overlap between each of them.

So basically the spiritual aspect is the glue which holds the soul to the physical world?

Basically. It’s a bit more than glue, because it also has significant bearing on other aspects of the person. Damaging it can cause mental damage, and in extreme cases, even physical damage. Basically, anything intangible and related to magic is related to the spiritual aspect.

They can eventually develop a separate sentience. Interesting. This is where the talking swords come in.

Yes, although the talking swords are actually on a different planet, Adonial. I haven’t worked out the exact details, but ancient Adonial and Oldonar had some level of contact, and the swords were made using Soulforging as well as a native Adonian magic system.

So they are constantly pulling closer to each other’s realms while bonded.

More like when actively using their abilities. Given time, the strain lessens. You just have to be careful.

A cool plot element I had for this was that some kingdom might keep a huge emergency vault of Wraiths, which someone could bond and become a crazy powerful one-man army but get Wraithed in the process.

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