u/DevilsMaleficLilith

I genuinely dont understand the thought process.

Me and my friends had a music contest we each played three songs, and we would all rate them and tally up the votes at the end, basically. My first two songs were hyper-specific to my taste, so fine, I get why they were rated low. But what I considered my trump card—“Ordinary People” by John Legend, one of my favorite songs it got like a 4–5/10???? This happened weeks ago, but on my momma, I’m STILL mad about this shit.

Mfs can’t appreciate older music. 😭 I’d get it if it were only a few people who didn’t like it, but out of like 10 people, the highest rating it got was a SEVEN. Smh.

I feel like people often group these two generations together and i genuinely have no idea why.

I dont have a problem with lying i just find honesty an extremely commendable virtue... but doing it through will power seems difficult when i do it on instinct at times.

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I've been meaning to post this for awhile. When I was first creating my magic system someone gave me the advice to create the outline first... and so I did. I basically created everything sorrunding the magic system but still have no ideas for the system itself.

I guess i should explain my magic system:

Magic can probably be split into three parts

Walls

Traits

And familiars.

Walls:

Numina users are bound by nine internal limits known as the Nine Anima—barriers embedded within the soul that regulate how much Numina the body can safely channel. These “walls” exist to protect the user; the human body and soul are not naturally built to withstand unrestricted flow from the immaterial realm.

there are nine Anima within the body when one of the nine Anima is broken the user will generally register a physical change. The nine anima act internal limiters for magic and the more walls are broken the further and further someone "mutates"

This is where beastkin come from.

There are generally three things that go into mutations. Genetics, personality, Environment.

On top of breaking the nine anima causing mutations each wall broken grants a user a "spell" they can be unique to the user but are generally the same as other Radiants with the same ability/class.

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Traits

A **Numina Trait** is the fundamental nature of one’s aura. It defines what their Numina feels like, behaves like, or imitates. they are an extension of the user’s psyche, shaped by personality, instinct, and emotional identity.

Most individuals have neutral Numina, lacking any defining characteristic. But in rare cases, a person’s aura develops a specialized trait, granting it unique qualities.

Because Traits are so deeply tied to an individual's soul, they cannot be copied, taught, or perfectly replicated. Even when two people possess seemingly similar Traits, the expression of those powers will inevitably differ.

People's numina traits can come in a variety ways for example someone's trait can give there numina the property of a blade or whip There are also more abstract traits; Dark, heavy, flowery, serpent, beast. Sometimes it can just be how ones Numina feels or how it manifest someone with a beastial trait might manifest there abilities animalisticly people's numina can also manifest as things such as "A double hit" or "an extended reach" or can be manifest emotional i.e a fire mages fire can become stronger the more angry they are. Traits can even create entirely new elements a water mage can have a trait that allows them to generate ice or someone can manipulate fire but only be able to manifest it in the form of tools.

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Finally familiars

A Familiars are spiritual entities—sometimes true spirits, sometimes living creatures—born from the Immaterium and manifested through the soul of a master. Often referred to as Spirit Monsters, they take shape from the nature, emotions, and inner essence of the individual they are bound to. Because of this, no two familiars are exactly alike; their appearance and abilities are reflections of their master’s soul given physical form. While a familiar’s form is primarily shaped by its master, its own experiences and growth can gradually alter its nature over time, though this is relatively rare. Spirits without a master or contract usually exist only as drifting spheres of spiritual energy rather than fully formed beings.

Familiars connecting with Numina users become nakama, Nakamas are able to become weapons or items for Numina users.

a Nakama can allow a Radiant to draw out their powers to their full potential it also allows a Radiant to create more powerful, varied, and focused attacks and the ability granted by one typically help a user use there ability more efficiently for example someone with fire manipulation might have a nakama capable of storing heat. Learning the true name of a familiar will increase its power.

Familiars also have several others benefits including but not limiting to.

An empathic link to there master

Being able to increase the masters reserves with their own

Under the right circumstances being able to merge with their master

Transportation

Being able to speak with the species said familiar manifest as

Being able to see through each other's eyes

Spell casting.

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What I want to be able to accomplish with my magic system:

My main goal is to create four different magic system. As under my system depending on what pantheon your from your "magic" manifest differently.

There are five technically seven pantheons but only four need to be discussed.

Chaos gods

Order gods

Primordials

Elder gods

Angels

Dark gods

Cthonic gods

Dark gods don't need be discussed there banished gods and as such most people born under there rule utilize dark magic

Cthonic gods are afterlife gods.

The people abandoned the magic of the angels a long time ago.

Chaos gods are gods of humans concepts and are the only gods that can take on new domains if they have the worship for it. For example there are chaos gods of war souls and craftsmenship but not fire or water.

Order gods are earthly concepts fire water wind etc

Primordials are abstract concepts. Life death time.

Elder gods represent the Eldritch and unknowable sides to gods very few of there domains are fully defined but alot of them relate to space. Elder gods are unique in the fact that the humans born under them are fundamentally different than all other humans. Being closer to Eldritch beings, then normal humans even before learning magic due to an accident caused by one of the slumbering ones long ago they tried to fix it but they were never quite right again and as such the gods blessed them with magical abilities.

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There's alooooot more other stuff. Like how just because you need to be born a radiants doesn't mean your locked out of magic. Or universal numina abilities. Or blessings.

You can be a cleric a warlock a monster tamer a witch a null a sorcerer a dark magic user, a spirit arts user and even a artificer i suppose.

And also every other race doesn't have access to the magic systems humans do they just sort of have there own racial magical abilities and there just been with it.

So I have almost everything outlined perfectly but... im still lost on the act of creating the magical systems itself 😅

I was originally thinking of taking basic magic system things like elemental magic and such and trying to take a unique spin on it with my magic system but im unsure.

I know this is a really broad question because its an incredibly broad system so far but any ideas would be appreciated.

Also sorry if I didnt explain something properly or to indepth. This is my first time creating a magic system. I just kinda merged a bunch of things I liked from other systems so far.

Me and my friends are arguing. There telling me the average person does not know what a faye or nymph is or that loki is from Norse mythology and that people only know loki from marvel.

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I'm saying there trying to downplay people mythological knowledge on average to compensate for there lack of knowledge because everyone fucking knows loki is from Norse mythology? Most people know what a faye is???

There saying i browse Tumblr to much.

People treat casual fans like there just babies who dont actually know anything about the game. It vaguely reminds me of the whole manga readers vs anime watchers stuff in anime communities.

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The only other series I can even think of that is like this is fnaf.

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Just a random thought i had.

If trans people are allowed to have exclusive spaces isn't that basically as transphobia by excluding m- i mean cis people 🤓 by excluding us you're askhually showing prejudicd! I cha- i mean cis men shouldn't be exuded!

Uj/ I'm tired I can barely even think of a good jerk. Actually had a conversation where a cis person couldn't conceptualize the reason minorities should have there own spaces.

You wanted change. You got change. Now your mad? On one hand I get it not having that in your own child hood must have sucked. But on the other hand getting pissy with younger generations is genuinely weird as fuck.

I have two distinct fairly clear ideas on where I want to take them but I'm not sure which of the two to pick.

I have a pretty clear idea just a cross roads: A monster who becomes a hero or a hero who becomes a monster.

I know its not just as simple as "you should pick this one" and you should "examine what your going for" and such but when i imagine in my head i could imagine them going either way.