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Inferi

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Tbh, I'm not sure because, according to your magic description, mastering a school of magic can take a decade. If that includes all aspects of the school, i.e every bit of forbidden magic, then she knows all of it given that until she got "freed" by Wulvash there wasn't much in her life besides making sure she could do such things. If, however, that is not correct, then Blood Magic would probably be the one she's most skilled in with a proficient level in the other aspects of the school.

Regardless of that, she's quite skilled in a general sense due to it being the majority of her life. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

18-Jun-2018 21:54:35

NotFishing

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Let me try to explain it better, in case I wasn't clear.

There are "Types" of magic - Combat, Tranquility, Generic, Forbidden, Enchantment.

Those types are divided into "Schools." ie. combat has Fire, Earth, Air, Water, and each one would take at least a decade to master on their own.

Enchantment and Generic don't have schools. It takes ten years to master either of them. Generic Magic is miscellaneous spells, while Enchantment is also supported by other schools.

So, given how magic would manifest in her mid-twenties, that gives her about a decade to learn. But blood magic (the type where you actually control blood) also requires some understanding of hydromancy, perhaps two or three years of study at least. So that's about seven to eight years for her to learn the art of blood magic itself. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

18-Jun-2018 22:27:30 - Last edited on 19-Jun-2018 02:39:01 by NotFishing

Inferi

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Ah, I see what you mean now. I'll need to give it some thought, then. I'll let you know when I've figured it out, but I can assure you that, in terms of starting anything, it won't be important since I highly doubt she'll be doing any of it for a while. Nobody likes getting executed and all that, dontcha know.

EDIT: Actually, how much of blood magic is hydromancy? As in, would it be reasonable to master hydromancy while also working on mastering blood magic? I'm not asking to do both, but I am curious if it can actually work that way. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

18-Jun-2018 22:48:45 - Last edited on 19-Jun-2018 01:26:06 by Inferi

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Inferi said :

Actually, how much of blood magic is hydromancy? As in, would it be reasonable to master hydromancy while also working on mastering blood magic? I'm not asking to do both, but I am curious if it can actually work that way.

If you're an accomplished blood mage, you'd be a good hydromancer as well.

The problem, though, is that for someone who uses blood magic more often than hydromancy, the hydromancy becomes harder to control. Because you're used to dealing with the much more difficult blood magic, when it comes to the much-easier water you would often end up pushing much harder than you actually need to, exerting more force than you intended. So what was originally supposed to be a playful splash almost ends up knocking someone to the ground.

And if you use hydromancy more often than blood magic, you end up with the reverse effect: your blood spells are usually weaker than you though they would be. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

19-Jun-2018 02:45:36 - Last edited on 19-Jun-2018 02:50:28 by NotFishing

Inferi

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From a theoretical standpoint, that doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I'll just accept it because it's your world.

And in that case, I suppose I'm going that route. Slightly more blood magic than hydromancy, and a bit of unaccomplished necromancy thrown in if that's fine. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

19-Jun-2018 02:59:57

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Hey everyone! -Dances-

19-Jun-2018 06:51:40

Azi Demonica

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Hello.

Anyways, it was a whopping thirty five degrees Celsius at work, or ninety-five Fahrenheit, for a while. Went down a few degrees after lunch. I drank 1.8 litres of orange juice and my mouth was still dry. Will need to buy a small cooler and several ice packs, and have way more juice.

19-Jun-2018 08:51:18

Gunslinger Z

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I hear ya on that one. I've been doing runs in a boxtruck with no A/C and I usually take a gallon jug of purified water with me, drink it all by noon and fill it up again somewhere else and drink the rest of that. Then I keep a liter bottle of ice tea in the cooler and a couple 16 ounce bottles of water. All gone in a 14 hour shift and I might piss once. All day it was 105F. Must be sweatin' it all out. Then I got home and changed the oil in my mower and mowed the lawn and it was still 95F, had to do a little more yard work. I'd say the only thing worse is riveting down a tin roof in that weather. Sure the hell won't be doing that again in the summer.

19-Jun-2018 20:17:23

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Inferi said :
From a theoretical standpoint, that doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I'll just accept it because it's your world.

Basically, most mages have a very high understanding of what they can and can't do with their power. "I can do X with Y amount of water, at the cost of Z amount of mana." A large part of it has to deal with internalized expectations and sheer force of habit.

All four elements have their own distinct feeling. Manipulating blood magic feels more or less the same as manipulating water, it just requires more mana and stronger concentration.

As someone who uses primarily blood magic, if you switch over to water magic you may be fully aware that water magic requires less effort than blood magic, but you run the risk of either not lowering the amount of effort enough, or lowering it too much. Think of it as not knowing your own strength. You also have to mentally remind yourself to use less force, and having that in the back of your mind might throw you off slightly. The more distractions a mage has to worry about, the harder it is to control a spell.

Keep in mind that someone who primarily uses water might have the same trouble switching over to fire. The trouble just isn't as severe because fire and water are two completely different things, so your mind naturally expects there to be a difference. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

19-Jun-2018 20:53:50 - Last edited on 19-Jun-2018 20:56:07 by NotFishing

Azi Demonica

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Oh my, quite the drinking there, Gun. I don't drink water, I prefer juice. Also, drinking an ice-cold smoothie at home helps me a lot. I tend to use half a stalk of rhubarb, an apple or peach, a banana, a scoop of ice cream, a few ice cubes, and almond beverage. Works very well for me. Too bad I did not sleep at all last night, not sure why. Soon fell asleep at around 11:00 AM, woke up recently. This ruined my planned day. Hopefully, I'll be able to last at work with just two hours of sleep.

19-Jun-2018 21:36:50

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