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Westenev said :
Awkward question: is the government lawful stupid (ie. prosecuting ALL magi they come across... if at all...), or are they a little more pragmatic in their fanatic hate against magic (ie. hiring magi to kill magi)?

Nope, they're fanatics.

The people in power either:
A) Genuinely believe magic is evil and should never be associated with under any circumstance.
B) Don't actually have anything against magic. As a result they don't overly concern themselves with it unless mages are actively hurting people or things are so obvious that they HAVE to act. Even if they are sympathetic, they don't speak out against their ill treatment because they're afraid of the Paladins' wrath.

The ones who are smart enough to turn the mages against each other are also smart enough to realize that the mage's loyalty isn't guaranteed (they're more likely to run the moment you send them out into the field), and things will backfire horribly on them if the truth comes out (they authority figure in question would be executed and their family would be disgraced), so the risk is not worth the reward. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

04-Jul-2017 04:47:39 - Last edited on 04-Jul-2017 04:50:30 by NotFishing

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Inferi said :
Azi Demonica said :
Inferi,
You don't have to write out too much

I do, though.
That you do, and at times, I wonder where you get all the energy for it! Your style is quite refined. Have you ever considered writing a book? I think you'd be a good author.



About magic,
Hmm, what if someone was magical, but not aware of it, and the magic operated automatically without the affected person knowing?

04-Jul-2017 04:52:05

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Isn't that how blood magic typically works?

I think Lasky said everyone has some degree magical potential - they just don't know it.
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04-Jul-2017 04:56:39 - Last edited on 04-Jul-2017 04:57:05 by Westenev

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Westenev said :
Isn't that how blood magic typically works?

I think Lasky said everyone has some degree magical potential - they just don't know it.

No, everyone has mana. Mages are the only ones who can actually do anything with it.

Blood magic is when a mage uses somebody else's mana.

Could these non-magic users somehow unlock the ability to tap into their own mana pools? I don't know, I haven't really thought about the concept and I don't have any plans to explore it. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

04-Jul-2017 05:02:28 - Last edited on 04-Jul-2017 05:03:15 by NotFishing

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OK, nvm then.

Hey, speaking of which, I just got an idea for an RP, if anyone's interested in putting it in one of theirs. Generally, our RPs rely on us destroying our enemies, but what if we reversed the roles? I was thinking of an idea, of which users role-play as orphans, who are starving, homeless, and must scratch a living off begging, stealing, and bad jobs. Each orphan is actually an extremely powerful mage, but unable to control their magic, which causes, for example, a transformation into a monster, necromancy, destructive power, summons demons, or what have you.

These orphans must scratch a living while hiding their magic from Inquisitors/clerics/witch hunters. This idea could be implemented into a survival medieval game, mixing horror themes, set in a semi-apocalyptic medieval fantasy world, with things like the Black Death, savage dogs, packs of wolves, kidnappers, zombies, and various monsters that lurk in the darkness, eager to eat children.

Well, this would actually probably work better as its own thread, but I thought it's a curious idea. Children in a survival-horror, mixing stealth and thievery to avoid the law, and monsters, and dangerous animals, would definitely be a different touch on our role-plays.

04-Jul-2017 05:06:59

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If I might propose an alterative view - there is an idea that under times of stress or duress, the average person will sometimes find raw superhuman strength they would otherwise be unable to muster (ie. a 10 year old lifting the back end of a car). This idea is typically linked with the idea of "mana", or in the context of our conversation, potential bursts of magic.

Does that seem somewhat reasonable?
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04-Jul-2017 05:09:24

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Azi Demonica said :
Well, this would actually probably work better as its own thread, but I thought it's a curious idea. Children in a survival-horror, mixing stealth and thievery to avoid the law, and monsters, and dangerous animals, would definitely be a different touch on our role-plays.

I like this idea somewhat, and have seen it in media a few times recently - SukaSuka characterizes an orphanage of little girls grown specifically to be used as bombs, and Gundam IBO has a collection of impoverished war orphans thrown onto the front lines as fodder. The titular Gundams of the series make "deals" with the users - unlocking their full potential at the cost of taking control the user's body parts.

I'm not entirely sure I would have the stomach for actually writing a story about screwing over pre-teens, however.
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04-Jul-2017 05:14:58 - Last edited on 04-Jul-2017 05:16:04 by Westenev

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Okay so what are you people thinking of my thread so-far.

It's basically Lasky' thread in a nut-shell, but the difference is that the Church is seen as archaic.


I've been working on the thing for over a year, btw. Just your friendly neighborhood gay boy! =)

04-Jul-2017 05:22:40

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Cruel and heartless examples, West. Never heard about that Gundam one tho, that's quite shocking. The idea of a machine taking over your body is creepy.

I also feel shaken at the thought, but as a historian, I have read pretty graphic, brutal, terrible episodes in human history that I can incorporate into an RP. The RP can be somewhat based off the Cannibal's Lament mythos, just converted into a medieval-Renaissance-Steampunk world. Such a world would be extremely cruel, brutal, gory, hopeless, and really put the users' minds in a state of "This is a really screwed-up thread..." It would be genuinely horror-centric an disgusting-focused, with graphic scenes and imagery. I am fairly good at inducing macabre, so it may be a cool idea to work with, but we'll see.

04-Jul-2017 05:22:55

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