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Need advice on a fire-based defense
paul_Harkonen:
Depending on how you (or more precisely your character) views the source of their pyromancy. If it's simply and ability to control fire, then the wall of fire, or a glaring light, or things of that nature make sense.
If, on the other hand, it has more to do with converting things to heat (at it's core fire is just transfering one kind of energy into heat) then a shield that converts the kinetic energy of bullets into heating the air (either by stopping them while the air heats up, or by vaporizing them) makes perfect sense. And it would be really cool, the bullets simply stop and the air around you heats up making you even more frightening (to them).
Mal_Luck:
--- Quote from: paul_Harkonen on May 06, 2010, 03:38:28 AM ---Depending on how you (or more precisely your character) views the source of their pyromancy. If it's simply and ability to control fire, then the wall of fire, or a glaring light, or things of that nature make sense.
If, on the other hand, it has more to do with converting things to heat (at it's core fire is just transfering one kind of energy into heat) then a shield that converts the kinetic energy of bullets into heating the air (either by stopping them while the air heats up, or by vaporizing them) makes perfect sense. And it would be really cool, the bullets simply stop and the air around you heats up making you even more frightening (to them).
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Then you could tag the Hot Air to draw upon it's heat for fueling your fire attacks, or at least you could in my mind. :P
Saedar:
--- Quote from: Mal_Luck on May 06, 2010, 03:43:42 AM ---Then you could tag the Hot Air to draw upon it's heat for fueling your fire attacks, or at least you could in my mind. :P
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I'd allow it. Plus, the imagery is pretty cool. You could tie it in with a fire breath kinda thing. Like, make it seem that you breath in the generated heat and torch everything in the zone. 8)
Deadmanwalking:
The Fire mage I came up with summons up a dozen white hot motes of flame that hover around him and intercept attacks in bouts of mutual annihalation.
There are really as many ways to do it as any other element.
neko128:
I'd go with a "reactive flame wall" - a veil of fire and heat that reacts to attacks by pushing fire/heat/force towards them to try and destroy them.
Fire isn't immensely defensey. :(
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