05-17-2020, 08:18 PM | #11 |
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Re: Common Magic for a TL3 Wuxia Fantasy Campaign
How fragile/breakable is it though?
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05-17-2020, 08:56 PM | #12 |
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Re: Common Magic for a TL3 Wuxia Fantasy Campaign
Honestly don't know. I'm in accounting. :-)
It's for high temp and as strong as steel, from what I remember.
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05-17-2020, 10:47 PM | #13 |
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Re: Common Magic for a TL3 Wuxia Fantasy Campaign
Ceramic has great ability for sharpness so good for cutting but vulnerable to shattering from impact. But with magic? avoiding that drawback or just making it easier to repair would make for widespread usage and raw material cheaper than iron.
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05-17-2020, 11:41 PM | #14 |
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Re: Common Magic for a TL3 Wuxia Fantasy Campaign
Another thing to consider is the spiritual aspects of elements, especially if using the Chinese Elements. Earth would be associated with spirits that call the material world home. Fire would be associated with the Hells and the punishment of the vicious. Metal would be associated with the Underworld and the afterlife for balanced souls. Water would be associated with the Heavens and the reward of the virtuous. Wood would be associated with the Spirit World and the capricious spirits of nature.
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Edit: Maybe make the brittleness depend on mana. In no or low-mana areas, they are fragile, with +2 to breakage. In normal- to high-mana, they perform as steel. And in very-high mana areas, they are better than steel, with -1 to breakage.
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What they can charge is generally up to the rarity of their ability/abilities and how much effort it takes to use. It would be plausible for one setup to make equivalent items cheaper than listed, it would also be plausible a different setup to make equivalent items to be available a couple of TL earlier. |
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