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MarkerMage World Ends Oct 21, 2011 from My own little world Since: Aug, 2009
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#51: Mar 19th 2011 at 1:02:14 AM

Well, fire has been associated with passion, love, hate, and other emotions. So fire could be symbolic of the power of heart.

If you take water in the ice direction, you could have its coldness be symbolic of the power of intelligence.

Earth is often associated with strength.

Air is often associated with speed/agility.

Does that help?

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Zolnier The Odd Lad from A suspiciously dull shop Since: Apr, 2009
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#52: Mar 19th 2011 at 1:04:08 AM

So what kind of supernatural abilities would that symbolism lend itself to?

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#53: Mar 19th 2011 at 6:32:13 AM

Super-Strength for Earth.
Super-Speed for Wind.
Super-Intelligence for Water.
And our least favorite Captain Planet power for Fire.

Did you really need me to put "super" before those things that earth, wind, and water could symbolize?

edited 19th Mar '11 6:35:13 AM by MarkerMage

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Zolnier The Odd Lad from A suspiciously dull shop Since: Apr, 2009
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#54: Mar 19th 2011 at 7:34:02 AM

Sorry, I was having a fit of stupid. And what does lightning symbolise, aside from speed, and power?

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#55: Mar 19th 2011 at 9:45:17 AM

Well, lightning has been associated with gods... but you'd probably want to avoid that symbolism if you want to have the elemental powers be balanced. If you want to have it have it's own symbolic power that is different, you could have wind get super agility instead of speed.

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CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#56: Mar 19th 2011 at 11:09:58 AM

Or if you call Wind Air or Sky instead, you could associate Lightning with the sky. Or you could take the Avatar route and associate it with fire, because our hominid ancestors saw how lightning could cause fires before they learned how to make their own.

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Mullerornis Adveho in mihi Lucifer from Iberia Since: Mar, 2011
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#57: Mar 19th 2011 at 2:30:46 PM

Because there are so many forces of nature, I think there shouldn't be just four/five elements. Since all forces of nature can be considered "elements", at least 50 would exist.

One "element" that I think would be neat to use is Metal; Metal doesn't get enough love as an independent element, when traditions like the ones from China clearly distinguished it.

Typical uses for metal would be molding and bending regular metal, or melting it. More unconventional uses would probably control a person by his/her blood iron and magnesium, or even force the blood out and kill the person. Another use would be to turn metals like magnesium into explosive fire.

Magnetism also concerns light and electricity, so a person controlling metal could in theory control those as well, and would be quite powerful.

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Zolnier The Odd Lad from A suspiciously dull shop Since: Apr, 2009
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#58: Mar 19th 2011 at 5:42:49 PM

Anyone know of underepresented forces of nature?

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Zolnier The Odd Lad from A suspiciously dull shop Since: Apr, 2009
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#59: Mar 20th 2011 at 8:13:29 AM

So what uses could manipulation of water in it's not liquid states have?

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Mullerornis Adveho in mihi Lucifer from Iberia Since: Mar, 2011
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#60: Mar 20th 2011 at 9:54:06 AM

You could create steam or ice at lower or higher temperatures than it is necessary by seperating or forcing together water molecules

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#61: Mar 20th 2011 at 11:17:37 AM

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Fire: Passion, charisma, focus, ambition, sanguine and Choleric temperament, fast. Water: Focus, creativity, melancholy, high observartion skills, the brain, cynic observer, passive, The Puppetmaster, highly athletic. Earth: The traditional, the planner, punctuality, efficiency, phlegmatic, religion without mysticism, strength. Air: The power of spontaneity, free spirit, agent of change, reflexes & perfect aim.

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Zolnier The Odd Lad from A suspiciously dull shop Since: Apr, 2009
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#62: Mar 20th 2011 at 10:57:09 PM

So what could ice and steam be used for?

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#63: Mar 21st 2011 at 5:40:46 PM

So any way elemental powers could be used for medical science?

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CrystalGlacia from at least we're not detroit (Living Relic)
#64: Mar 21st 2011 at 6:12:07 PM

I myself have a healer character who has mastery over water manipulation. Through some creative uses of water, he can...

  • Create a makeshift flashlight using sunlight refracting through little ball of water.
  • Administer serums intravenously by dissolving them though the patient's skin pores.
  • Draw water out of someone's throat if they were drowned.

And so on.

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#65: Mar 21st 2011 at 9:15:01 PM

Water is traditionally associated with healing, but lightning powers could be used instead of a defibrillator and fire powers could be used to cauterize wounds.

And remember that freezing the body can buy some time to deal with injuries/poison/whatever.

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#66: Mar 21st 2011 at 10:40:54 PM

So say there's a city by the sea, what kinds of elemental magic would be most usfuel to it?

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#67: Mar 21st 2011 at 10:51:40 PM

Sand?, Water? -salty and fresh, Earth? -cliffs, Elemental Shell?

edited 21st Mar '11 10:52:02 PM by GiantSpaceChinchilla

Zolnier The Odd Lad from A suspiciously dull shop Since: Apr, 2009
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#68: Mar 21st 2011 at 10:53:48 PM

What could sand manipulation be used for?

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#69: Mar 22nd 2011 at 4:09:00 AM

Sand manipulation? Carving sculptures out of unyielding rock in a matter of minutes! [lol] Now that'd be an impressive piece of performance art! :D

edited 22nd Mar '11 4:09:10 AM by Theram

Zolnier The Odd Lad from A suspiciously dull shop Since: Apr, 2009
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#70: Mar 22nd 2011 at 4:34:39 AM

So what kind of landscapes would lend themselves to what school's of elemental powers?

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#71: Mar 22nd 2011 at 9:39:44 AM

I'd just use steam as boiling cover. Areas of high humidity would favor lighning powers.

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Zolnier The Odd Lad from A suspiciously dull shop Since: Apr, 2009
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#72: Mar 22nd 2011 at 8:29:21 PM

So what models of civalizations would benefit from what sorts of elemental powers?

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Zolnier The Odd Lad from A suspiciously dull shop Since: Apr, 2009
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#73: Mar 23rd 2011 at 5:34:04 AM

So what would you get if you crossed certain elements?

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Theram A travelling scholar Since: Jan, 2011
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#74: Mar 23rd 2011 at 7:36:59 AM

fire and earth: Thor's hammer. Air and Water: Airblade.

Isn't this supposed to be 'just' a side system?

Zolnier The Odd Lad from A suspiciously dull shop Since: Apr, 2009
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#75: Mar 23rd 2011 at 7:43:55 AM

This is a thought experiement. And I'll include stuff from this into the "real" system.

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