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The Corvidian:
If the power grid is still up, you could have it where some people have figured out how to use electricity to power long term spells.
Here is a resource that might come in handy for you, its called Technomancer. Its a sourcebook published by Steve Jackson Games, as part of the GURPS line.
The Corvidian:
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Kristine:
--- Quote from: Guardian 452 on October 19, 2008, 02:18:11 PM ---You could have options from witch hunts (thou shalt not suffer a witch to live) to any number of groups that believe the magic comes from God and it's their mission to convert people.
You could even have new religions forming around particularly powerful magic users. Imagine if one of these magic users was also a con artist, throw in a little bit of the televangelist mentality and see where it leads...
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It would also make sense and make for an interesting adversary who has magic and thinks they are the 2nd coming of the messiah - Or a demon who is damned to kill those around them.
Misunderstanding will abound.
mythcantor:
--- Quote from: Kristine on October 19, 2008, 06:34:19 PM ---It would also make sense and make for an interesting adversary who has magic and thinks they are the 2nd coming of the messiah - Or a demon who is damned to kill those around them.
Misunderstanding will abound.
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That's good. I was working on a character who calls himself Preacher. He's powerful, and old. His basic schtick is that he finds those who are sinners and forces them to face their sins and repent. Those who have repented, whether before or after him, he kills. This guy is a main badguy for the characters later, and he really believes that he's on a mission from God. He hasn't involved himself on Earth yet.
Still, a mesiah complex itself would be interesting to see.
--- Quote from: The Corvidian on October 19, 2008, 05:47:12 PM ---If the power grid is still up, you could have it where some people have figured out how to use electricity to power long term spells.
Here is a resource that might come in handy for you, its called Technomancer. Its a sourcebook published by Steve Jackson Games, as part of the GURPS line.
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The power grid would be up, so that's possible. Again, it would be difficult to do, so only a few could get by with it. That would also lead to people hooking batteries up into their spells later. However, transforming electricity to life-energy is difficult so who ever learned to do it quickly would have to be pretty skilled... What are you thinking about? What would this guy do with it?
--- Quote from: Guardian 452 on October 19, 2008, 02:18:11 PM ---Here's an idea...
Granted, some of this comes from things I read online (mostly news items), but how does the church react to this?
It doesn't have to be one specific church, but perhaps a branch of a particular religion.
You could have options from witch hunts (thou shalt not suffer a witch to live) to any number of groups that believe the magic comes from God and it's their mission to convert people.
You could even have new religions forming around particularly powerful magic users. Imagine if one of these magic users was also a con artist, throw in a little bit of the televangelist mentality and see where it leads...
I could probably flesh some of these out, but you get the idea.
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heheh Good point... Churches will always react in some way. I would assume that the Catholic church would react with tripidation, but the other national and international churches would react differently. Each of the major religions has a 'magic' sect among their number. Local churches would be more fluid some supporting magic, some suggesting repression, some starting witch hunts, I'd think. What are your thoughts on it?
--- Quote from: mythcantor on October 19, 2008, 08:10:06 AM ---It is unlikely that a living human could become something else, unless it is the kind of thing that changes that person. And werewolfism is a disease, so yes.
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Wanted to clarify this. Werewolfism (the European style) is a disease, so yes, but like any disease it may be years before the diseases causes are isolated. Like with AIDS, scientists may not be able to even see the virus easily and have to rely on antibody tests. Spiritualistic werewolves (like some native American tribes) are different since they are just bringing a wolf spirit into the body.
Kristine:
--- Quote from: mythcantor on October 20, 2008, 06:36:46 AM ---Still, a mesiah complex itself would be interesting to see.
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Modual - Facets - 2 different views of magic from the wrong angles -somewhere in the rural parts of ??? Canada, the US, South America - any of these would be good - there are 2 rural communities one is fairly poor and is home to a lot of the shadier parts of life while 30-100 miles away is the fairly affluent community where life has always been pretty good. Each of these communities spawn a fairly powerful magic user who rises to the top and helps save the community from the chaos of the world around them (think Jerico and Newburn if you watched the series Jerico) but their world views give them different ways of expressing their magic, and not being the types to look a gift hourse in the mouth they run with the theme and like attracts like so they gather larger and larger followings.
Neither one are completely 'bad' they are just people acting out what they think is appropriate.
What started out as the poorer community is now a haven for controled chaos and vice; drugs, prostitution, alcohol, and gambling are easily found (think whole town of biker bars) - they purchase food from the surrounding communities who sell it to them at good prices out of fear of reprisal. The mage in this rough area is a gun toting, cigar smoking unshaven type who bielives he was the devils chosen to bring rebellion to a society that had become hypocritical and stagnant. His phylosophy is that humanity forgot how to live life to it's fullest - that getting hurt, and trying every form of pleasure, and learning to make your own mystakes and what works for you is the duty of every human being clawing and fighting his/her way through this life. Anything less is a cop out and a delusion of safety.
The more affluent area is neat and orderly with large walls around it (started as a gated community) this place is the very picture of clean and lawful. The main mage in this area is a calm peaceful woman who has a long list of rules (many of them religious) who believes only contemplation and self control will bring the world out of the chaos that has turn everything on it's ear- that she was touched by an angel of God to start the world on it's path to redemption. and though she only allows the more enlightened into the community, she will allow anyone who is willing to follow the rules to live within her protection.
The problem being that the suburbs of these two communities are starting to intersect and war is brewing. Can the characters stop it - or just watch in horror as these two well meaning poeple kill thousands with their delusions....
[quote author=mythcantor link=topic=9284.msg331247#msg331247 date=1224484606
The power grid would be up, so that's possible. Again, it would be difficult to do, so only a few could get by with it. That would also lead to people hooking batteries up into their spells later. However, transforming electricity to life-energy is difficult so who ever learned to do it quickly would have to be pretty skilled... What are you thinking about? What would this guy do with it?
heheh Good point... Churches will always react in some way. I would assume that the Catholic church would react with tripidation, but the other national and international churches would react differently. Each of the major religions has a 'magic' sect among their number. Local churches would be more fluid some supporting magic, some suggesting repression, some starting witch hunts, I'd think. What are your thoughts on it?
Wanted to clarify this. Werewolfism (the European style) is a disease, so yes, but like any disease it may be years before the diseases causes are isolated. Like with AIDS, scientists may not be able to even see the virus easily and have to rely on antibody tests. Spiritualistic werewolves (like some native American tribes) are different since they are just bringing a wolf spirit into the body.
[/quote] There will be preconcieved notions about these people too. - How about a family of Wares where some think they are inheirently evil and try to fight it and lothe it others who revel in the freedom of being an animal and the whole family has to hide from a town they are sure will not understand.
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