The Elemental Magic of Ishtal

[Xan]

Not sure where else to put this on the forum as we don't have an official lore section, or that this is even true lore. Make of it what you will!

The following are the guidelines I've created and used for working on new and modified spells in RotD:

Air - Spiritual (Sub-aspects: Mana, Time, Intellect)
Shadow - Chaos (Sub-aspects: Negative/Negation, Deceit, Pain, Decay, Death, Subterfuge)
Water - Cyclic (Sub-aspects: Emotion, Circulatory systems in the body, life cycles in ecosystems, weather cycles, Autumn)
Ice - Caution (Sub-aspects: Planning, Perception, Exhaustion, Sloth, Winter)
Earth - Physical (Sub-aspects: The Mundane, Place, Flesh)
Light - Order (Sub-aspects: Positive, Life, Truth, Honesty, Loyalty, Birth/Rebirth, Direct)
Fire - Linear (Sub-aspects: Inspiration, Consumption, Hunger, Beginnings and Ends, Summer)
Thunder - Action (Sub-aspects: Motivation, Energy, Speed, Spring)

The way I think of it, Fire, Earth, Air, and Water govern things on a level which deals with one's own person, especially when you see each as Fire (Hunger, the digestive system), Earth (Body, flesh and bone), Air (Intellect, the mind), and Water (Circulation, blood and other bodily fluids).

Ice, Thunder, Light and Shadow govern things on an environmental level. The world around us and how we receive, analyze, or act on information about it. Where Light can be seen as knowing the facts, Shadow can be seen as illusion, misinformation, or otherwise lack of the facts. Where Ice can represent careful study to the point of delayed action, Thunder is all about taking action, even at reckless abandon.

And yet these are the extremes. All, in one way or another, tie in together with their counterparts in the land of Ishtal.

[deadlykate]

I like this, I would also like to add some special things for the magic spell casters for events or such, like for each different element and what that mage is putting points in they might get a better idea of the event than others might. EX. A Thunder or Water mage might see drops of rain before a strong powerful storm but feel no drops as it falls onto their skin.

I would think that each different mage could sense or see something another mage can't because of their different focuses. Each Mage would have a benefit, Shadow mages can get a hint of DM events that might involve dark arts or necromancy. Course I would have to think of what else the other elements could sense or see. But I feel it could be good for RPs, and give mages a benefit in whatever class they pick.