Recent content by Lvl20wizard

It's funny, when you say Nietzsche magic, I'm instantly reminded of when Nietzsche talks about "life streams" and how each person constitute a whole constellation of rules in themselves. The power of magic could be generated by a person's strength of ego, which Nietzsche defines as the ability...

Haha, yeah you should stop there. I looked up Hegel for the exam, and one of the very first sites I stumbled on was this: https://pervegalit.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/how-to-fake-your-way-through-hegel/ It literally instructs you how to fake your way through Hegel. First rule: Never actually...

I'm a college student, soon (and hopefully) getting my master's degree in English and philosophy. I break my brains and tear my hair with grammatics and philosophical bastards such as Hegel (whose singular purpose is to torture and confuse poor students. Seriously, look him up and you'll see). I...

I think it depends on the logic of your world. Sure, if your world is very realistic it might make sense to take a quasi-science approach to magic. Equal exchange, and what not. If you are going for the "hard" version of magic, then I think my main concerns would be this: 1) is the...

I couldn't think of a username for myself that I wouldn't either find cheesy or uninspirational. So I chose to take the furthest edge of the most unimaginative, uninspirational and heavily gamer geek related I could possibly think of, to at least make some sort of poor joke of it.(I always think...

I tried to think of fictional characters that could scare me ... and I think the aspects that I find most scary, are of those who are unpredictable and cruel. It borders a little to the unpredictability of terrorism, but I think there are many other ways it can play out. It dosen't have to do...

Interesting inputs. That's actually not a bad idea. Gonna keep that in mind. I imagined that it is not very clearly known how long a life-span they have, since natural disasters are by definition temporary. But I actually played with the idea of having great Elementals that could last for...

Hey folks, so I'm in the process of cementing my magic system for my current project. It involves spirit-like creatures I've obted to call Elementals. The main idea is that these Elementals are the source of natural disasters: Earthquakes, blizzards, forest fires etc. A very certain ore...

I have always enjoyed teasing with the idea of mages becoming the main political power. My first work dealt with this, but I never finished it as that too became a messy bit of messiness. Something I would like to know is this: if it is only one of your governments that is ruled by...

Size, reach and muscle are all advantages. But they're not the only thing that counts, though a hand-to-hand fight against a much bigger opponent tends to fall short. In a sword fight some other factors can equally tip the scales, but strength and size are still some of the most powerful...

From what I've learned about swords, they were, in western medieval times, the ultimate weapon of luxury. Basically, a sword allows you to kill an enemy in all kinds of creative manners. An axe can hack and swing (and pull), a spear can thrust and smack with the shaft. A sword can thrust...