Cloaked Mystery

Oh.

@highscribeofaetherium

Yw.

I don’t know what that means, and that scares me.

@loopylin

Wait, did you just rename yourself to Whalekeeper?

We’ve got an identity thief on the loose people!

@loopylin

@jonas That’s a cool system. So soulforging works on any metal object? Do you have any characters with enchanted jewelry then?

Thanks!

Yes, it works on any metal. I haven’t completely decided yet, but metals might have varying properties that makes some better for certain things, but any metal could be Soulforged in some way. (Of co…[Read more]

@loopylin

Sure! (Don’t worry, I won’t plagiarize lol)

Okay, then, a crash course on Awakening it is! (Minor spoilers if anyone reading this happens to plan on reading that book.)

So, in the world of Warbreaker, every person is born with one Breath, which on its own doesn’t really do anything. However, you can give your Breath to someone else, at…[Read more]

Okay, so here’s a magic system that I’ve been working on for a long time and keep modifying, but I feel is in a pretty good place now.

(Technically, it’s more like two magic systems, but they are highly connected to each other.)

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

Humans are made up of five aspects:…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

You can share one of your systems if you want, Jonas! I think it’s safe to say you have a few. XD

You could say that…                               (It’s about 13…)

I’ll see if I have a good one I haven’t talked about much.

I once beta-read a book which is now published, and it had a big magic problem which the author didn’t rew…

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@raxforge @rae @loopylin

Ellis – Elderstrand (w/ Ben, Flare, Baron, following Felicity and Brea)

“Whatever made that sound,” Ellis said, glancing backward. “I don’t–Brutus! Come on! We’ve got to get out of here!”

He stopped, turning around. Just then with the sound of pounding feet, he saw a swarm of bounding spindly creatures burst into the…[Read more]

@loopylin

It seems a bit limitless to me, I guess.

Okay, I can see that. Yeah, I have had similar problems where I made a magic system that has a very simple premise, but as a result, I was worried that there were a bunch of overpowered applications of it that I hadn’t considered yet.

So, I guess my first question would be, what can a sentient…[Read more]

@loopylin

What in particular do you want help with? It sounds pretty cool to me. I could probably help, but I’m not sure what you want to improve.

@whalekeeper

Okay, I have some time today, so I’m going to write out my thoughts and advice. I might come back to this tomorrow.

So, for anyone who’s interested, here’s my tips for

Designing Magic Systems

I like to think of there being three main aspects of a magic system: Access, Effects, and Cost. Access refers to any prerequisites for using…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

I’ve heard that there are basically three factors that make a character like-able: how “nice” of a person they are, competence (or alternatively, proactivity), and sympathy.

Of those, sympathy is the closest to relatability, but you can sympathize with someone who is in a completely different situation than you’ve ever been in. I d…[Read more]

@whalekeeper

I agree that he is a sorrowful sack of mope, but it does not bother me at all. XD I actually kind of understand Kaladin. It’s a little silly to say, especially because I’m not an ex-general ex-slaved turned-general-again with a pile of trauma and white knight syndrome. But the way he struggles going into RoW is pretty rel…

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@theducktator

Yeah, I think WoR is definitely the best.

Whenever you read WaT, I’d like to hear what you think. I think I’m the only one on here who’s done. 😞

Have you ever taken the Knights Radiant quiz? What order are you?

@whalekeeper

I’ll get back to you on that. I don’t have too much time right now, and I want some time to type up all my thoughts. It’ll probably be Monday morning, because I don’t generally use my computer on Sundays.

I have a huge collection of Google Docs for worldbuilding information. I use lots of tables and headings and sub-headings to keep things organized.

I don’t really have a specific method of coming up with information. Usually I come up with a core idea and build out from there, filling in my standard information fields.

@the_lost-journal

Soooo, are our characters ever going to meet up again… because my charries are still just by themselves…

And I did continue the story soooo….

Your characters are in the boat area, right? Two of my characters are there, and @highscribeofaetherium has hers there. I was going to let her go first, but if she doesn’t RP soon, I can g…[Read more]

@raxforge

lol

Ellis isn’t a very common name these days, so I’m not surprised someone mixed that up at some point. It does look similar to a lot of female names.

@raxforge

Nah, you’re all good, I should have been more clear. They’re running with Ellis

Ellis is a he. That’s probably why it was confusing.

@raxforge

It’s a river. It goes into the forest.