magic rules
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kengrI've read a number of "magical academy" stories, and my brain wandered off on an odd tangent. Something reminded me of skyclad... and then my brain veered off to the magical academy stories.
So I had the thought of the potential mess if being skyclad was required for magic *and* you had teenagers learning it in a mixed gender school. Oy.
But *that* lead to anevil interesting idea. Instead of a school, use the concept in an FRPG or just a fantasy storuy.
So, to cast spells, enchant items, etc you have to be skyclad. Casting a spell with a duration on someone does not require *them* to be skyclad, nor is it required to use magic items.
Ok, this makes magic users even *more* vulnerable in battle than in classic D&D. If it applies to clerics, they get pretty vulnerable as well.
It'd make many magic items a lot more valuable. For example rings of protection. And magic scrolls (you could cast from the scroll while clothed).
I can see the mages wearing sandals and a satchel. The sandals to protect their feet while able to be quickly kicked off (if they count against being skyclad). and the satchel to carry gear while being able to both quickly access items and quickly drop it so they can cast.
Obviously not a game you want to play with sophmoric types, nor stories for children unless carefully written. But they could be fun.
So I had the thought of the potential mess if being skyclad was required for magic *and* you had teenagers learning it in a mixed gender school. Oy.
But *that* lead to an
So, to cast spells, enchant items, etc you have to be skyclad. Casting a spell with a duration on someone does not require *them* to be skyclad, nor is it required to use magic items.
Ok, this makes magic users even *more* vulnerable in battle than in classic D&D. If it applies to clerics, they get pretty vulnerable as well.
It'd make many magic items a lot more valuable. For example rings of protection. And magic scrolls (you could cast from the scroll while clothed).
I can see the mages wearing sandals and a satchel. The sandals to protect their feet while able to be quickly kicked off (if they count against being skyclad). and the satchel to carry gear while being able to both quickly access items and quickly drop it so they can cast.
Obviously not a game you want to play with sophmoric types, nor stories for children unless carefully written. But they could be fun.
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Date: 2021-09-28 11:45 pm (UTC)"C.ca.can w.we h.h.hurry this u.up! M.My n.nads are f.f.f.freezing off!" <- mage discovering the problem inherent in this.
Still, that would explain why magic users have a fascination with fire based spells.
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Date: 2021-09-29 12:19 pm (UTC)Also, give a listen to "Six or seven layers of sunscreen on" if you can find it. :-)
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Date: 2021-09-29 01:46 pm (UTC)For the fantasy world I am currently writing in, I separate the religion from the style of magic. The latter is called "crafting" and is considered a type of Natural Magic. (Crafters are good with animals, for example.) It is traditionally only practiced by worshipers of some of what are currently lumped together as pagan religions, but anyone with the appropriate talent can actually learn it. Things like being skyclad and riding the broom are considered part of the practice of a religion, rather than part of the type of magic.
Interestingly (at least, I hope readers find it interesting) another type of magic is "religious" and is in a separate class. It is much rarer, but can be applied by people of many different faiths.
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Date: 2021-09-29 06:26 pm (UTC)A shaman pleads with the spirits/gods for aid. A wizard compels the universe to do his bidding.
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Date: 2021-09-29 07:36 pm (UTC)Close enough. :-)
In Catholic traditions (well, old ones) natural magic was also known as white magic, and okay for members of the Church to use as long as they weren't blatant about it. Things like making charms or using simple chants to persuade nature to do what was wanted.
People like Henry Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (spelled from memory) even wrote books about white magic, and supposedly used it to do things like help clergy escape sieges of their churches in the Holy Land. (Again, this is from memory.)
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Date: 2021-09-30 05:34 am (UTC)I've read chunks of a couple of grimoires a friend had (years back). And the "spells" (more ceremonies) are time consuming and nit-picky. Then again, if you are calling on Angels and other Powers, you don't want to upset them. :-)
It was even possible to call on demons/devils but you could make deals. Instead you had to compel them by the use of various white magic stuff to do your bidding.
Very risky, and not just to your body. Hey, under those conditions, could you blame them for looking for any loophole they could find?
James Blish's Black Easter (and its sequel The Day After Doomsday) go into this quite a bit.