Recent content by Lvl20wizard

It's funny, when you say Nietzsche magic, I'm instantly reminded of when Nietzsche talks about "life streams" and how each person constitute a whole constellation of rules in themselves. The power of magic could be generated by a person's strength of ego, which Nietzsche defines as the ability...

Haha, yeah you should stop there. I looked up Hegel for the exam, and one of the very first sites I stumbled on was this: https://pervegalit.wordpress.com/2012/06/09/how-to-fake-your-way-through-hegel/ It literally instructs you how to fake your way through Hegel. First rule: Never actually...

I'm a college student, soon (and hopefully) getting my master's degree in English and philosophy. I break my brains and tear my hair with grammatics and philosophical bastards such as Hegel (whose singular purpose is to torture and confuse poor students. Seriously, look him up and you'll see). I...

I think it depends on the logic of your world. Sure, if your world is very realistic it might make sense to take a quasi-science approach to magic. Equal exchange, and what not. If you are going for the "hard" version of magic, then I think my main concerns would be this: 1) is the...

I couldn't think of a username for myself that I wouldn't either find cheesy or uninspirational. So I chose to take the furthest edge of the most unimaginative, uninspirational and heavily gamer geek related I could possibly think of, to at least make some sort of poor joke of it.(I always think...

I tried to think of fictional characters that could scare me ... and I think the aspects that I find most scary, are of those who are unpredictable and cruel. It borders a little to the unpredictability of terrorism, but I think there are many other ways it can play out. It dosen't have to do...

Interesting inputs. That's actually not a bad idea. Gonna keep that in mind. I imagined that it is not very clearly known how long a life-span they have, since natural disasters are by definition temporary. But I actually played with the idea of having great Elementals that could last for...

Hey folks, so I'm in the process of cementing my magic system for my current project. It involves spirit-like creatures I've obted to call Elementals. The main idea is that these Elementals are the source of natural disasters: Earthquakes, blizzards, forest fires etc. A very certain ore...

I have always enjoyed teasing with the idea of mages becoming the main political power. My first work dealt with this, but I never finished it as that too became a messy bit of messiness. Something I would like to know is this: if it is only one of your governments that is ruled by...

Size, reach and muscle are all advantages. But they're not the only thing that counts, though a hand-to-hand fight against a much bigger opponent tends to fall short. In a sword fight some other factors can equally tip the scales, but strength and size are still some of the most powerful...

From what I've learned about swords, they were, in western medieval times, the ultimate weapon of luxury. Basically, a sword allows you to kill an enemy in all kinds of creative manners. An axe can hack and swing (and pull), a spear can thrust and smack with the shaft. A sword can thrust...

Well met fellow butcher! I think you have a fair point, armour makes for a great differance. Hell, taking a guy on fully armed in plate you have to practically knock him off his feet and start hammering through his metal shell with hammer and chisel. Or stab him through the visor. . . Or just...

Thanks for showing this! And yeah viking fighting is fun, reminds a bit of boxing with the weaving of shield and sword. And I have to agree with you, many fights last about 6-30 seconds and can often be decided by a simple well put thrust or slash. Pros can often as not though get into...

I'm thinking any vassal state rebelling against a higher power is often risky business. If they enjoy wealth and prosperity, the safe choice would be to keep relations steady. Breaking vassalage is not only dangerous, but the vassal state may get infamous for being untrustworthy and scheming...

I thought to start this thread because I haven't seen any other threads about this topic. I read the thread about swords but saw mostly discussions about the crafting. Here in Denmark I have been...