No idea if my edit was the source of the inspiration for the new palette. But we take those anyways
u/Chrijopher — 17 days ago
u/Darquezze306
Hello! I'm honestly not much of a lore writer but I keep coming back to an idea of a Pokemon-like type chart I made but with lore behind their existence, in a world where gods are the origins of these types and have given creatures these elements.
There's 4 categories that divide these types lore wise.
First there's the 4 main elements, Earth, Air, Water, and Fire. So pretty much ATLA.
After that we have specialized types of the main 4, Metal, Sound/Music/Vibration, Blood, and Lightning. Think of it like how only the strongest of fire benders can use lightning. I'm sure there's different elements I could have used like Poison for Water instead of Blood, but I ended up with a combination of elements which would fulfill gameplay differences and unique design elements. The parts that I liked about Poison magic made their way into Smoke.
Then there's four elements that are fusions of the main 4. Flora/Nature, Crystals, Ice, and Smoke. Terra fused with Water and Fire creates Flora magic and Crystal magic respectively. And Air magic fused with Water and Fire creates Ice and Smoke magic respectively.
You may have noticed that Earth and Air, and Water and Fire are both missing a fusion type. The meta reason for this is because I believe that Steam for Water and Fire, and I guess Sand for Earth and Air didn't have enough unique design elements to warrant being their own types. The in world reasoning is that these elements are just incompatible. But this is where the last type, Mech comes in. Besides its very silly name for a magical element in a fantasy world, the idea for this type/element is that instead of trying to use Sand and Steam separately, humans learned to make Sand and Steam work together to create a new kind of magic, which they end up using to create some kind of artificial life. Mostly inspired by steampunk or robots of some kind.
But despite how weird this element is, I think it's a potentially fun idea for humans to create a new type/element that gods weren't able. But I just think the name sounds awkward. I thought about Aether or Neutral but I feel like that wasn't able to capture the feeling of Sand and Steam working together. Instead they sound like they're using Water, Fire, Air, and Earth, So I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions of their own. But I can't blame you if you can't. My ideas are pretty silly.
u/Darquezze306 — 28 days ago