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2019-09-20, 06:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this before?
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I'm playing a non-specialized wizard and I will most likely collect every spell I can, eventually, and I'm keeping track of those I already have in a Google document.
Unfortunately, while Universal school is an established school of magic among the other 8 (in 3rd edition), many color codes seem to have ignored it entirely. I'm aware there aren't many universal spells, but there's some, and that still counts for the purpose.
Another problem is that I can't use white text with white background, and black is reserved (for obvious reasons) for necromancy.
Anyone have any idea how to do this? Better yet, has anyone else done this before?Please be mindful of what you say in public; sadly not all can handle sarcasm or The Internet Credibility.
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2019-09-20, 06:26 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
i haven't seen it done for schools of magic, however the Shugenja does have an element system for their spells.. not sure if this helps
However it may help if you posted (not in color) what colors you are using and for which schools?Last edited by OGDojo; 2019-09-20 at 06:30 AM.
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2019-09-20, 06:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
Can't you just pick whatever colour that works?
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2019-09-20, 06:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
That's just it, my friend and I (both separately) have a memory of having seen the colors being mentioned somewhere in official material, at some point, but can't exactly pinpoint where it was.
One possible list of colors that I've seen was:
Blue = Abjuration
Purple = Illusion
Orange = Conjuration
Yellow = Enchantment
Red = Evocation
White = Divination
Black = Necromancy
Green = Transmutation
Black as Necromancy makes sense, but White is impossible to be read from a white background (even when printing in color). And so, neither could be used for Universal spells.
I suppose it's similar to OCD that I'd like to use colors that make sense for each school, based on what they represent. So, I couldn't just pick the colors arbitrarily.Last edited by Arkhios; 2019-09-20 at 07:32 AM.
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Base Class: Warlord | Roguish Archetype: Inquisitor | Roguish Archetype: Thug | Primal Path: Rage Mage
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2019-09-20, 07:36 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
This is how i colour code them for Detect Magic etc.
Conjuration: Purple
Transmutation: Orange
Abjuration: Cyan Blue
Divination: Yellow or White. Sometimes silvery with a mirroring effect.
Necromancy: Black
Evocation: Crimson Red
illusion: Grey
Enchantment: Lime Green
As for Universal i usually describe it as a clear aura with a small (insignificant) distortion such as the one from extream heat.
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2019-09-20, 07:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
Well, there are some threads about matching the wizard schools to alignments and/or to the most appropriate opposite schools. It would make sense to start from one of those, and then ensure that adjacent schools have similar colors and opposite schools have complementary colors.
For instance,
* Abjuration - lawful good, dark green
* Conjuration - lawful neutral, light green
* Necromancy - lawful evil, yellow
* Enchantment - neutral evil, orange
* Evocation - chaotic evil, red
* Transmutation - chaotic neutral, purple
* Illusion - chaotic good, blue
* Divination - neutral good, cyan
(edit: and universal - TN, gray)Last edited by Kurald Galain; 2019-09-20 at 07:59 AM.
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2019-09-20, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
My personal favorite color scheme for the schools is
Enchantment: Pink
Transmutation: Green
Necromancy: Black
Evocation: Red
Divination: Yellow
Illusion: Blue
Conjuration: Orange
Abjuration: Purple/Gold
Universal: WhiteLast edited by flappeercraft; 2019-09-20 at 08:10 AM.
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2019-09-20, 08:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
Color code the background, not the text. White is black text on a white background. Black is white text on a black background. Yellow is black text on a yellow background, etc. It keeps all the text legible while also making the colors more distinct and easy to see. You can either use highlights in plain text or stick it in a table with colored cells.
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2019-09-20, 08:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
One possible list of colors that I've seen was:
Blue = Abjuration
Purple = Illusion
Orange = Conjuration
Yellow = Enchantment
Red = Evocation
White = Divination
Black = Necromancy
Green = Transmutation
Gray or Light gray, something between white and black = UniversalCheck me out on TikTok @OGDojo also check out my Youtube @ObscureGamingDojo
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2019-09-20, 08:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
I no longer have my 3.0 phb but I think this was in there. Not sure. Either under detect magic or specialization?
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2019-09-20, 08:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
Funnily, these color schemas (including mine) are all over the place, but the only thing everybody agrees on is that evocation is red.
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2019-09-20, 11:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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2019-09-20, 11:22 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
Why not have universal be multi colored? Kind of like how white is the presence of all colors, have universal be the presence of all schools.
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2019-09-20, 12:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
Given that you need a check to determine the school of magic with detect magic, I doubt it's so simple as a colour code. I don't think they canonically have colours.
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2019-09-20, 01:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
I don't use discord, unfortunately. Tried it, but didn't need it for anything, really.
You mean like, each letter being of different color?
Classy, though a bit of pain in the ass to implement.
This isn't so much for detect magic, but rather for ease of reading (though color code would make it faster to tell which spell is from which school if I forgot it, when detect magic is used)Last edited by Arkhios; 2019-09-20 at 01:06 PM.
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2019-09-20, 05:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
I thought there was a 2E chart that ascribed colours to the schools, but I was mis-remembering.
I think there was a 1E or 2E magic item that changed colours when detecting magic based on the type of magic?Last edited by Thurbane; 2019-09-20 at 05:41 PM.
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2019-09-20, 11:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Color Code for each nine (yes, 9) schools of magic. Anyone seen or done this befo
I have used this color code for the schools of magic:
-Abjuration: Gray
-Conjuration: Blue
-Divination: White
-Enchantment: Pink
-Evocation: Red
-Illusion: Gold
-Necromancy: Brown, Black, or Blood-Red
-Transmutation: Green
-Universal: Purple/Violet or Rainbow/Prismatic