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What do you guys think about my idea to make arcanic magic very science based? Part of the reason I did it, a large part, is that it really bothers me when people are anti-intellectual, or believe that science is bad. I honestly cannot comprehend why people hate science, or don't want to learn. I'm smart, and I know it. I know enough to realize how much I don't know, and that just makes me want to learn even more.
So when I was working on Aequar and I realized how easily I could make arcanic magic scientific in nature, a part of the universe that could be studied (even if at this point it's a bit too wild to be reliably controlled and fine-tuned) with research and labs and a consistent scientific method and make it something like this, I jumped at the opportunity.Last edited by CoffeeIncluded; 2011-09-09 at 03:01 PM.
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Thirded!
I mean, I'm usually more for magic being magic and beyond any ordered intellectual approach in my fiction, but having it be a scientifically explorable element of existence is always quite interesting when done right. So yeah, very much thirded here.
But what implications does that have for spontaneous arcane casters? Sorcerers = X-Men?Last edited by Worlok; 2011-09-09 at 03:56 PM. Reason: Words!
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Christopher Walken would make a good Rust. He is awesome.
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I'd go for Aidan Turner as Matt and Lenora Crichlow as Janine.
I'd like to get Russell Tovey in too but I can't think of a character that fits him.
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Fourth-ed on the part about making arcane magic scientific. I think I might have seen that idea somewhere else...but since I can't remember from where, it's obviously not one of the stock tropes for this genre. Either way, I've seen a lot of works where magic is considered too vague and belief-based to be studied scientifically. It's nice to read something fresh like this.
I also think your "Detect Evil = Detect my Deity's Enemies" idea is interesting. Just make sure to include it in the comic so all the people who don't follow the thread posts will learn about it.
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Best way to do that without 4th-wall-breaking (since there is no Detect Evil) would be to rename it Detect Deity's Foes (or similar).
For example:
Detect Foes of Astrid.
EDIT: Or have a divine caster explain to an arcane caster or noncaster that the spell "Detect Evil" is based on the point of view of a deity, not an objective "Evil". Make it part of a philosophical discussion, either in the background or off-panel besides those lines.Last edited by Qwertystop; 2011-09-09 at 09:08 PM.
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How about Michael Bolton somewhere?
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Also, is it me or does Johan as depicted on the first page of the thread look an awful lot like Lloyd pre-haircut, even by stick-figure-standards?Last edited by Worlok; 2011-09-11 at 03:49 AM. Reason: BAM!
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I'm guessing that the spell/machine thing that Serrin is working on is a way to make the Fly spell stronger. I don't know much about DnD, but thanks to OotS, I know that Fly suffered a major downgrade between 3e and 3.5e. That would explain why it's a stronger spell in all the "stories", before the universe converted to 3.5e.
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cough:notneeded:cough
(again going by D&D 3.5 ruleset)
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Overland Flight?
Wings of Flying?
Hmm...
@^ Cloudkill is official 3.5 core, you're not proving anything by linking the SRD.Last edited by Hiro Protagonest; 2011-09-11 at 12:10 PM.
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Yeah, I'd agree. That's the second core spell that will be invented in-comic!
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