[UA] those magical paradox thingies

[John C]

>John C wrote:
> >
> > Fire mages grow fearfully cold.
> > Water mages grow dessicated.
> > Earth mages grow light.
> > Air Mages ... begin to suffocate.
> > Necromancers must not touch anything that lives, or that once lived.
>
>I think these are all pretty damn cool.  Especially if protrayed
>in a more mundane manner, like chronic diseases.  Also, I'd link
>the level of the illness directly to their power level with the
>magic, rather than just to their age.

That was pretty much what I meant.  I see old wizard = powerful wizard.  And 
I can imagine some incredibly old, powerful Archamge of fire who has to 
sepnd the rest of his life living in the middle of a roaring bonfire, and 
even there he's shivering more often than not.

>The more you dominate an element, the more depend upon it you
>become (or something).

If you seek mastery over things, you must give them mastery over you.  Or 
something like that.  I had one other idea, but no quick simple name for it. 
  It's a mage who can dominate the wills of others, who can command entire 
armies with the sound of his voice.  But in order to do so, he becomes 
unable to act without being told.  He can't eat, dress himself, or even 
scratch an itch without instructions.  The only thing that he can do of his 
own volition is tell people what to do...and he can't command himself 
through them.

>You mind if people steal these?  I'm working on an alternate
>realities kind of setting that could use a few more nifty kinds
>of magic :)

Take 'em.  Unless I ever write a Vance story, I ain't gonna be using them.

John Crimmins                     john1x at hotmail.com
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   "We're not at home to Mr. Reasonable, sergeant."
   "I do not hear him knockin', sir."
    --Terry Pratchett, _The Fifth Elephant_

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