Fantasy Gods, Races, Settings, Magic Systems and Miscellaneous

the gods take forms similar to the creatures living on their land at the time of their birth, with the most numerous species having the biggest impact.

additionally, the template is something that has a tendency to show up anyway; Kalamc is said to look no different from his children, and Yencyr is quite humanoid for an old god. even Galcys, by far the least humanoid, still has some distinctly human traits. (even among templates of the created races, humans arent a one off either; men who travelled across the seas and came to new land soon discovered men from an entirely different point of origin than Kalamc.)

in other words, the new gods, who were born to lands already populated by humans tend towards a mostly human appearance both because humans are the largest population in the area and because they were very likely to have other human traits anyway.

edited 20th Apr '17 12:01:44 AM by Tarsen

I need something that can kill anything, up to and including godlike beings (this is for that same Science Fantasy story I told you about a few weeks ago, by the by), but it needs to be easily concealed. So no swords, probably. I thought of a knife, but that seems a little cliche. Do you guys think I can get away with it, or should I think of something more original?

edited 25th Apr '17 1:28:20 AM by ThriceCharming

Some type of small gun.

Perhaps a runic glove? Something that emits a small force field when provided with a steady pulse, allowing its user to grasp, interact and injure what is truly there, bypassing all spheres of mortality and immortality.

I considered a gun, but guns don't have that epic badass factor that blades do, yanno?

As cool as that sounds, I'm not sure it's the right fit (no pun intended) for my story/setting. I'll definitely give it some thought, though.

Maybe something that isn't immediately recognizable as a weapon, like an amulet with a particular charm or a glove as mentioned.

How about the nails used to crucify Jesus?

Well, there's the lance that killed Jesus.

You could make the weapon a flower, justifying it as the flower being the source of a godkilling poison, but then just have someone whack the flower at people. Or maybe a chariot that allows you to trample anything.

You could make the weapon itself conceptual, abstract or shapeless - to humans -, and when wielded by a physical being it takes on a physical form with some symbolism. For example: a sword made out of fire, except it isn't actually a sword, it just looks like a sword because humans can't look at the fourth, fifth, etc. dimensions, nor have enough arms and chakras to use it as originally intended.

There's also the mistletoe that killed Badlr.

How would magic work in space?

By magic of course.

More seriously, that is a thought. Makes me wonder if the vacuum of space can cause different events on spells than when used in atmosphere

Fireball is right out as is lightning bolt.

Ray or line of sight based attacks would be improved.

Spell songs would only work with radio if at all.

Projectile based spells would have basically infinite range (remember kids, shoot off that spell and you are ruining somebodies day).

Why would fireballs be out? Not everything needs air to burn.

Bare minimum you'd probably need to generate star level heat, I'd think.

Projectile spells do have a maximum range, but that's because they must continually use magic energy to sustain themselves, run out of their own internal stock. They stop.

Thermal expansion would cause a fireball to either disperse or supercool,

I would imagine that a fireball created through magical means would behave differently than actual fire does while in space. It could possibly work based on the if the fireball in question is plasma gathered and "thrown" by the magic user. Or a relatively small piece of a star.

No, you'd only need something that supplies its own oxidizer (like thermite) or does not "burn" is the usual sense (such as monopropellants).

that only applies if the material in the spell is of magical origin. If it is part of the environment, it would just fly on.

This does lead to the question of where you're getting the material is. If it's not something solid like rock or metal then you're going to run into explosive thermal expansion issues.

Zombie god.

God who died and was resurrected.

Opinions?

how was he resurrected?

is he the only god? if there anything else to him besides his revival? whats the impact of his revival? on both his followers and himself?

Well, if Osiris can do it, I can't see why your zombie god couldn't. Tarsen is asking important questions, though. Also, is this something that happened in the mythical period of your world's history, or was it a recent event?

Magic in one of my settings is just the laws of physics glitching out. If you try and back yourself into a corner in a weird crouching position and hold your position before relaxing, you'll end up flying off with incredible speed. Let's all remember dear Steve who held that position for 12 hours. He resides now in our thoughts, and low earth orbit.

Want a fireball? Just throw a bunch of cats at your enemy and behold the Thermonuclear Catsplosion.

Let us also spare a thought for King Darius, who thought he was learning an exploit of great power and was instead tricked into humping a wall for evermore.

Don't even get them started on parallel universes.