Vows: You make a vow -> get a power in exchange BUT AT GREAT RISK
Whether or not admins should determine the manifestations of Vows in players
- If characters come up with options for their Vow then the staff can choose one it allows them to keep their creative freedom while staff keep it balanced
Aspects vs Vows
How do we differentiate in a hard boundary the difference between Aspects and Vows?
- Aspect: A physical manifestation of an individual’s Sahan based on their experiences, aspirations, and personality
- Weapon, armor, equipment, spell, enchantment
- Single spell or genre of spell? Shouldn’t be too restrictive but needs a hard limit of how far it can go
- Vow: Optional choice with risk of consequences in exchange for power from the Balance, determined by the contents of the Vow made.
Boyfriend Questions
- What is the name of magical abilities people awaken through Sahan?
- Affinities
- Are Sahanborne abilities intended to be thematically connected to the characters?
- Affinities are not, but Vows and Aspects are
- What is the phenomenon called that grants people magic through their Sahan?
- Veils - Maturity of an individual similar to puberty
- How does that phenomenon differ mechanically, IN UNIVERSE HE SAID, from Aspects?
You are 13 years old. Born a Renurian with the Affinity to utilize earth magic. At some point in your life, you will gain access to an Aspect. What does that look like? And how does it differ in terms of the Veil from the Affinity?
its not an element
You are 13 years old, born a Danhilian, with the Affinity to invert people’s perception in a magic archetype that your clan refers to as illusion magic. At some point in your life, you will gain access to an Aspect. What does that look like? And how does it differ in terms of the Veil from the Affinity?
what does magic look like for a character for a character who is designed without elementalism in mind? how does this system accommodate someone who does not want to use Affinities as elementalism?
not using elements? using vows, aspects and covenants instead and racial abilities
- Make a decision on how characters express their themes, motifs, messages, story, etc — if conflict is the vehicle through which characters define their themes
- primary way:
- Want magic system to be
- manageable
- complex & interesting enough to invest into beyond just using power (lore)
why is elementalism different for tianxians o-o
operates different from stndard elementalism as a tangible ability IC and as a vehicle for themes