Cassalis Aboriana, magic system

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

Ok so this is a magic system that I'm just going to make up on the spot, hope you like it!

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In the beginning there was nothing, and then like a match struck light burst into the world. Ten people appeared each with their own name, Bash, Kan, Tab, Hurn, Sen, Kween, Sar, Don, Gab and Deb, they looked at each other and saw, through vision they didn't understand, that they each had magic of a different kind. Don and Deb could create and destroy matter, Sen and Sar could create and destroy life and Kween could grant magic.

I have listed the others below:

Bash

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Bash had great strength and could grant this unto mortals. He is a personification of war.

Gab

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Gab had great knowledge and could bestow this and the immortality that comes with it to mortals. Gab is the personification of peace and learning, his mark lies at the top of every door to a learning place.

Hurn

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Hurn had great speed and jumping ability. He like the other being, who had been born at the beginning of time, and would die at the end of it, could gift power to those of mortal heritage. Hurn is often seen as the personification of travel and freedom.

Tab

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Tab had the least power of the First, but he had the ability to bestow any power upon a mortal of his choice and take away power as he saw fit. Tab is often seen as a duality, one side the personification of trickery the other seen as the personification of karma and payback. His crest adorns the door of every justice house.

Kan

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Kan is regarded as a mystery by most people and texts however it is often said he is the most powerful of the First.

Hope you liked it. Would love some feedback and questions.

 

Edited November 24, 2020 by Somebody from Sel

[Ixthos Luke/Luke]

Interesting :-) A few questions if I may:

Did they come into being knowing who the others were, so not just knowing their own name and abilities, but also the name and abilities of the others? When they give an ability, is it given at any time, or from birth, and can it be used at any time? Kween grants magic - does that include or exclude the abilities of Kween's siblings - also, do they consider themselves siblings? Are they the gods of the setting and so did they make the land, or are they believed to have made the land - you seem to imply they appeared in the world, so was the world already there?

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

6 hours ago, Ixthos said:

Interesting :-) A few questions if I may:

Did they come into being knowing who the others were, so not just knowing their own name and abilities, but also the name and abilities of the others?

When they give an ability, is it given at any time, or from birth, and can it be used at any time?

Kween grants magic - does that include or exclude the abilities of Kween's siblings

- also, do they consider themselves siblings?

Are they the gods of the setting and so did they make the land, or are they believed to have made the land

- you seem to imply they appeared in the world, so was the world already there?

I don't really understand this one but I'll explain as best as I can. They only knew their own name but they did know everyone's abilities, this is a direct side affect of being given an ability by one of the First. 

It can be granted and used at any time but Tab can take it away if he so desires.

Kween is... Weird, he can't grant abilities but he grants magic, which is sorta undefined, he can essentially grant the abilities of Don, Deb, Sen and Sar to mortals but he is incredibly careful and slow to act.

Depends on who you ask, the church would say yes, some other sects would say kinda, as in only some of them were siblings (Don and Deb who are cousins to Kween who is cousin to Sen and Sar, the others are unrelated). the First themselves? No except Don and Deb and Sen and Sar do.

Don and Deb made the land, Sen and Sar made the people, the others did pretty much whatever they wanted.

Yes and no it was just Void. Keep in mind my match analogy.

Oh and @Aspiring Writer I would like your opinion.

Edited November 24, 2020 by Somebody from Sel

[Aspiring Writer]

This is very vague. One, I'm pretty sure if you can destroy matter, you can destroy life. Not sure how those are considered different or how they would work differently. Two, what is magic, cuz the lack of rules there concerns me. Remember, the softer your magic system, the more you want to avoid having it solve the plot. Three, what's to stop the gods from giving their powers to everyone? Yes, One of them can remove it, but... actually can the gods die? That's another thing. But back to what I was saying, they could try and kill him and give everyone powers. Yes, some of the gods may not like that, but there is a high likelihood that at least one would want to, like the personification of war. 

[Guest Somebody from Scadrial]

1 hour ago, Aspiring Writer said:

This is very vague. One, I'm pretty sure if you can destroy matter, you can destroy life. Not sure how those are considered different or how they would work differently. Two, what is magic, cuz the lack of rules there concerns me. Remember, the softer your magic system, the more you want to avoid having it solve the plot. Three, what's to stop the gods from giving their powers to everyone? Yes, One of them can remove it, but... actually can the gods die? That's another thing. But back to what I was saying, they could try and kill him and give everyone powers. Yes, some of the gods may not like that, but there is a high likelihood that at least one would want to, like the personification of war. 

Ok it's vague because I came up with this on the spot

You can't create intelligent life and some such, while you could theoretically destroy it you can't make it so this is reasonable to me.

There aren't rules because Kween's powers are the most vague part because he can't grant normal abilities, only magic, which is still undefined.

Uh, nothing. Think of this from the perspective of a being who hasn't been raised in our world and has no loyalty whatsoever, would they grant their power to anyone? No they tend to only grant their power to those who please them.

Also just because they are seen as something by most people doesn't mean that actually applies to them. The personification of war is just strong not war-like.