Glorfindel
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So I am just started to build a world and I wanted to start with at least the basics of the magic system to get it going and see its influence on the world as a whole. I thought what would be really cool and quite unique is some sort of magic system based on time. In general users would be quite rare as if they were more common this could get very complicated very quickly.
A user would draw time from their own bodies and transfer it to a) something/someone else or b) the area around them. For instance, a user could make themselves (their body) three seconds older (taking time away) and make either a) or b) 3 seconds younger. They could also go in the other direction. The limits are basically a user cannot go past their body's limits, not too young or too old. I'm not sure if the time that is transferred should be directly proportional to the time taken.
So this is pretty primitive so far and any thoughts would be great. Anything I can flesh this out with or restrict it further would be good. Thanks
Side note: I'd like the system to be fairly scientific in my mind in that I understand exactly how and why it works, however, this doesn't mean it will be this way in the book/series or however I decide to use this.
A user would draw time from their own bodies and transfer it to a) something/someone else or b) the area around them. For instance, a user could make themselves (their body) three seconds older (taking time away) and make either a) or b) 3 seconds younger. They could also go in the other direction. The limits are basically a user cannot go past their body's limits, not too young or too old. I'm not sure if the time that is transferred should be directly proportional to the time taken.
So this is pretty primitive so far and any thoughts would be great. Anything I can flesh this out with or restrict it further would be good. Thanks
Side note: I'd like the system to be fairly scientific in my mind in that I understand exactly how and why it works, however, this doesn't mean it will be this way in the book/series or however I decide to use this.