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and that's why I started by saying "depending on -" I was stressing that i was not assuming his magic did or did not work that way, i was simply making the point that it could.

Incantation and somatic components only exists if the magic specifically requires them. and pulling the trigger is quintessentially a somatic component. It really depends on how magic works. I'm not quoting D&D, if I was I would have mentioned it. Heck some fantasy concepts have magic activation...

I tend to design worlds extensively, though I mainly blame being a DM for that, however when it comes to making a story, i think the detail of your world depends on the type of story you are making and whether or not you plan to make many different stories in the same world. For instance, what...

Isn't that precisely why mages had wands and staves and rods and the like. Regardless i would think a rapid fire spell or a quick cast spell would be more viable depending on how magic and mages function in your world.

Another question I would like to ask pertains to fighting styles regarding swords, and more specifically those with techniques involving a part of the sword other than the blade, and the use of a sword in ways other than with the intent of cutting. For example, by the first I mean attacking...

I have a question that I'm surprised hasn't come up as of yet, but i shall pose it none the less. I am personally of scottish heritage and so since I was a young lad, I had been exposed to the Iconic scottish claymore. What I'm wondering is that is their any notable progressive difference of the...

I actually recall special on TV that talked about how the Ottoman turks used bows in such a way (by drawing the string with both hands and lying on their backs) and that they would fire arrows great distances with such bows, though I'm not sure if the bows were that long or not.

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You you establish what the avatar is in your story, than the only correlation they can make to the Avatar franchise is the word itself, and this applies to other trademark words and concepts as well. take for example using magic rings, as long as it isn't a carbon copy of the LOTR concept, it is...

Well, kinesis doesn't really work since it refers to kinetic energy which is the energy of motion. For example Telekinesis refers to moving (kinesis) from a distance (tele-) That isn't comparative to magic. The actual word 'magic' refers to something that is not known or understood. So in a...

Well, What i think is odd is how guns are immediately displayed as an instant kill method of attack, is is horrendously untrue even with modern guns. The only attribution of deadliness that can be realistically attributed to guns during the middle ages is that they fired lead balls, which are...

-and with a bow. Greetings all, I am the fox of shadows and I am glad I found a forum like this. While I am only a passive and novice writer, I am a lover of stories, and I would like a place for which my ideas and stories can be viewed by others.

Personally I've played D&D 3.0, 3.5, and gave 4e and very concerted effort of liking until I stumbled into Pathfinder, which in my mind is what D&D 4e should have been, and delivered in what it promised. I personally still play pathfinder, but I understand that 4e is a lot easier for those new...