Karger Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Hello everyone I have been having fun making this magic system for a while and I just want to hear suggestions. I am not a writer and I doubt that I will have a chance to use this but it is a fun thought experiment. I am not sure what powers this magic system but I have decided that when attempting to access some kind of magic the mage will be given a math question based on what they are attempting to accomplish. Arithmetic Adding: used for healing Subtracting: used for harming Multiplication: used for increasing another magical effect Division: Used for decreasing another magical effect Geometry: Used for localizing an area effect Algebra: Used for conjuration Logarithms and Exponents: Used to grow or shrink physical objects Graphing: Used for teleportation Functions: Used for creating or managing ley lines along which long range powerful spells can be manipulated Trigonometry: Used for basic divination Calculus: Used for the location and use of sub ley lines as well as some higher level divination That is what I have so far. Anyone have any ideas on additional capabilities or what powers this stuff? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunamor Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) This sounds awesome! You could maybe use absolute value to determine if something is an illusion or not (not sure what math thing you’d use for one) or maybe is someone is evil/negative. Ooh, you could have negatives and positives! Negatives being evil people and positives being good. Although now that I think about it you would have to reverse the roles of positive and negative for the AV thing to work. Edited March 19, 2019 by Lunamor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) Negative is where people go when they die. It is possible to bring them back through the right knowledge of manipulating negative numbers either partially or completely. This is why killing a powerful Arithmatist is basically impossible and so instead they are trapped in numerical prisons. Edited March 19, 2019 by Karger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Does anyone have any idea of what powers this system? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Math. Like, you write down an equation, then the energy from the equation is stored up and released. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 1 minute ago, Sherlock Holmes said: Math. Like, you write down an equation, then the energy from the equation is stored up and released. That would to easily allow limitless energy. Basically anyone who did well in high school math would have the energy to destroy the universe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 But that would be legit awesome, c'mon. If there's a special number on that world, maybe whatever element's atomic number matches the special number? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Sherlock Holmes said: If there's a special number on that world You mean a number with specific significance in some way. Like three is a magic number? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Therefore whatever element's atomic number is three powers the magic. If you hold some of it, then your magic is powered, basically. Imagine if that worked with carbon... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 I was thinking this magic system would be more internal. Al la you are imposing your understanding or how the world works on physical matter through math. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Maybe it feeds on your wakefulness? Like, you use it and get tired, and if you use it enough you pass out? @Karger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Perhaps your concentration the more you do it the harder it is to concentrate and eventual you can't focus anymore. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherlock Holmes Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 That would make sense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 23 hours ago, Lunamor said: You could maybe use absolute value to determine if something is an illusion or not Illusions are crafted using imaginary numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunamor Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Karger said: Illusions are crafted using imaginary numbers. Darn. Maybe they can be countered with another illusion then? I dunno. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, Lunamor said: Darn. Maybe they can be countered with another illusion then? I dunno. Taking the absolute value of an illusion will get you a real number that you can manipulate I am also thinking that numbers can be distilled out of nature by a skilled Arithmatist and used to create stuff. Edited March 20, 2019 by Karger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathrangking Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Perhaps there should be primer equations that serve as the base for some powers and building on them are ever more complex equations which equal greater power. These could perhaps have a writing requirement to give say a mistake a cost. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) A mistake should have a cost I am not sure what it should be though. Any ideas? Edited March 28, 2019 by Karger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndlerunner Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 I can't believe that I just read, and enjoyed a math based magic system. What has my life come to? (I'm not a math person) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted May 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 25 minutes ago, Wyndlerunner said: I can't believe that I just read, and enjoyed a math based magic system. What elements make it interesting? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 If you're still looking for the magic behind the magic kind of thing, like sources and stuff, you could say the universe has a resonant frequency or something, something absolutely massive, and the math problems get stronger the more you know of the things around you and their relation back to it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted May 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 2 hours ago, Invocation said: something absolutely massive Intriguing. Care to elaborate? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyndlerunner Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 17 hours ago, Karger said: What elements make it interesting? It's super unique 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Invocation Posted May 20, 2019 Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 19 hours ago, Karger said: Intriguing. Care to elaborate? Think of the universe this is set in like a massive chunk of metal for this example. Most metals have a resonant frequency that can damage them, sometimes going as far as atomic dissolution. Now imagine the universe in question has one of these. A large enough number that no person could ever know it, but everything relates back to it. The better you understand the relation, the more you can do. Strike the tuning fork of the universe, in a way, and harvest the energy that results from that to reshape the world around you according to your desire, helpfully directed by the very equation you use to garner the energy in the first place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karger Posted May 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2019 44 minutes ago, Invocation said: Think of the universe this is set in like a massive chunk of metal for this example. Most metals have a resonant frequency that can damage them, sometimes going as far as atomic dissolution. Now imagine the universe in question has one of these. A large enough number that no person could ever know it, but everything relates back to it. The better you understand the relation, the more you can do. Strike the tuning fork of the universe, in a way, and harvest the energy that results from that to reshape the world around you according to your desire, helpfully directed by the very equation you use to garner the energy in the first place. So, under this system the more you did magic the more magic you could use. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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