Luckymoose
The World is Mine
Your language has been inconsistent, confusing and contradictory to me.
Beneath the Jade Moon (pre-NES)
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What issue are you confused about?
Terrance888
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Starlife?
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
NK wants a question.
What the hell is going on in this world? Explain to me what the supernatural/fantastical/magical elements are as they exist during the play time of this NES. What can I do? What can't I do? What are the limitations on this magic? Does it exist? Why does the Imperial line have those genetic traits? Etc.
What the hell is going on in this world? Explain to me what the supernatural/fantastical/magical elements are as they exist during the play time of this NES. What can I do? What can't I do? What are the limitations on this magic? Does it exist? Why does the Imperial line have those genetic traits? Etc.
Terrance888
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Only a few can "control" it. Most of them are lying. Used to be more common before.
Most exists "naturally".
Most exists "naturally".
Thlayli
Le Pétit Prince
Trying to put extremely clear labels on what is and should be obscure and incomprehensible even to its practitioners seems like it will be fruitless.
The world is *more* magical than our own, but *less* magical than a DnD campaign session where magical forces can be harnessed by virtually anyone and regularly used in a systematic way. If you want to think of it like that.
Magic is something which survives in the dark corners of the world, corners which most of us, as major lords inhabiting an ordered hierarchical society and using prayer as the nexus of our spirituality rather than magic ritual, cannot inhabit. So I'm tempted to expand on what erez said: While magical things might happen and have an effect on the players, as players we can't make use of magical forces on a consistent basis.
The world is *more* magical than our own, but *less* magical than a DnD campaign session where magical forces can be harnessed by virtually anyone and regularly used in a systematic way. If you want to think of it like that.
Magic is something which survives in the dark corners of the world, corners which most of us, as major lords inhabiting an ordered hierarchical society and using prayer as the nexus of our spirituality rather than magic ritual, cannot inhabit. So I'm tempted to expand on what erez said: While magical things might happen and have an effect on the players, as players we can't make use of magical forces on a consistent basis.
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
The issue is still there that the difference between "more than Earth" and "less than DnD" is massive.
Starlife
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From reading these comments, it seems everyone else understands my words perfectly, Lucky.
Well said. Emphasis on "consistent basis" -- thus not negating players making use of the fantastic, but also acknowledging that it will be extremely uncommon.
Thlayli said:
Well said. Emphasis on "consistent basis" -- thus not negating players making use of the fantastic, but also acknowledging that it will be extremely uncommon.
Luckymoose
The World is Mine
Whatever.
Terrance888
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I have a question.
By the statement of perception vs reality. Do you mean that not only Jade Moon "magic" can be explained by Jade Moon "science" but more often handwaved as "magic", but also that Jade Moon "Magic" some could not be explained even by Real Life "science" and thus make it fantastical/unexpected for us Real Life folks as well?
By the statement of perception vs reality. Do you mean that not only Jade Moon "magic" can be explained by Jade Moon "science" but more often handwaved as "magic", but also that Jade Moon "Magic" some could not be explained even by Real Life "science" and thus make it fantastical/unexpected for us Real Life folks as well?
Starlife
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Terrance888 said:
Absolutely correct. You mentioned earlier that everything can be explained OOC, but I explicitly said that not everything will be explained OOC, and not everything needs to be. Somewhere above, Thlayli had an adequate articulation of the futility of attempting to categorize and explain this topic. The statement of perception vs. reality was more in response to Devercia's query on mythologies, and how the Aulesiri might reconcile their faith with scientific discovery. It was that long-winded response that caused any kind of confusion.
Terrance888
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Useful World Building Links Has been updated to right before the magic/luckymoose/explanation thing on page 20.
Terrance888
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You can get it out into the thread instead so we can discuss it, instead of the Wiki.
Anyway, what kind of "standard organization" would you like Starlife? Or do you trust us to self-organize however we want? Also, I am putting "Holdings" and "Retainers" together.
Should we make separate pages for each of our major holdings?
Anyway, what kind of "standard organization" would you like Starlife? Or do you trust us to self-organize however we want? Also, I am putting "Holdings" and "Retainers" together.
Should we make separate pages for each of our major holdings?
Starlife
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By the way, I deleted your content, but this was not intentional (as hard as that is to believe
). I am really god-awful at using this wiki right now (first time) -- but I think I saved your pages somehow on the wiki itself?But yeah, what terrance said: we should try to get discussion out here first before making it canon.
