Hard Eight wrote:
val Holryn wrote:
The metaphor Henry has used is that the Cant''s cosmic legos build the gun but it is the users faith that pulls the trigger.
Come to think of it he didn't quite use the words cosmic legos. Still ...
Come to think of it he didn't quite use the words cosmic legos. Still ...That is awesome. Unless Henry steps in and says that's totally wrong, I'm using that to explain Arcanis magic from now on.
I love threads like this. I was only been relatively recently introduced to Arcanis, and have very little knowledge of anything that happened while on the 3.5 d20 system. Some of you guys have been playing since the beginning and it feels daunting at times to be totally in the dark on things the old hands know and discuss because you were there when it happened.
One of the very great things about Arcanis is that there is a lot of subjective information out there that has to be decoded. So even the old hands often *don't know* as much as we think we do. As we get new pieces we constantly have to reevaluate. So don't be daunted. We're all peeling the onion together. Also the average person on Onara usually has no clue what we talk about here either ... So its not unusual to be surprised by something that doesn't work quite the way you thought it should.
The old campaign book (???Codex of Magic???) Had details on the creation of the universe, planes of existence and the nuts and bolts of how magic works.
Even though everyone is playing with the cosmic Lego's, the styles are all very different. For example sorcerers don't use faith to pull the trigger ... they build their own triggers through experimentation. And the cost for that freedom is the slow corruption/destruction of their bodies. Unless you're an elorii weilding elder sorcery which is much more refined (but slower). Primal casters seem to do some manipulation too but also get spirits (through negotiation, bribery or intimidation) to do much of the heavy lifting. Too lazy to play with legos on their own. Psions don't work like anything else ... The brain of awakened creatures seems to collect ambient energy which is shaped by the will...almost unconscious lego manipulation....or solipsism made real. Unfortunately seeking to become awakened can kill you by literally frying your brain.
