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Rants and Stuff / Re: OMWOW!
« on: December 23, 2008, 07:11:04 PM »
probably not, however, this talk of muffins is getting flat. We could talk about cookies...
"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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I had a thought about the two new allomantic metals on the poster, Cadmium and Cerrobend. Would using Cadmium, in essence, allow you to move faster than other people in a similar manner to a Feruchemist who is tapping their Speed? Likewise, would Cerrobend make you move slower than everyone else as time would pass more quickly for you? If I understood this right, it would suck to be a Cerrobend Misting in a battle (although it would be handy to use while waiting for AMoL to come out!)No, i dont think so, a cerrobent misting would probably move the same speed, but everyone else in the bubble would move slower, enabling the misting to defeat his nearby enemies with ease. Cadmium, however, might allow you to move faster, along with other mistings/allies in the bubble, giving a boost to them as well as yourself. They could be countered by each other, if the bubbles "overlap", making everything in the overlapped space move normally.
And i would use cadmium while waiting for AMoL, i havent read the rest of the books.
Is it time to remove "Includes Q&A w/ Brandon" from the title of this thread? It's beginning to feel more and more misleading.
Then again, I'm still bitter that EUOL ignored all my excellent suggestions on page 46 of the Warbreaker thread. (Hey, I THOUGHT he was still looking for feedback - that's what it said in the Warbreaker draft I read!)
I always seem to be just a little too late to get in on the promised author-fan interaction.