Help with powers of The Corruption

[Padierna]

Okay, I’m building this magic system called Corruption, but I have problems to define powers for its users. I want to use the idea of Sin to divide them in 9 different groups. What could I do?

Corruption

Corruption is the magic of bad feelings. Those who can access this magic are called Plagues

Initiation

For a person to become a Plague, first they need to be broken, this happens through physical or mental trauma, this cracks the soul of the person and allows an Impurity to get inside the person’s soul. For an Impurity to get inside of a person, that person must commit a Sin, an action for they cannot forgive themselves, starting to see themselves as monsters.

Those who don’t feel remorse or pain for their actions cannot access this magic. The same can be said of those who can kill someone believing it’s right.

It’s curious how animals in their limited reasoning can become Plagues too.

Impurities

Some call them demons, shadows, malevolence. Impurities are born from the collective pain of humankind, and they are attracted by the negative emotions of a person. Impurities work in a parasitic way, they feed upon the soul of their guests, causing at the same time Plagues a need for blood, to avoid Impurities feed upon their souls.

Mechanics

The more they use their magic, the thirst of blood increases. If they don’t drink blood, eventually the Impurity will consume their whole soul.

This magic changes their body to pair it with the mental image they have of themselves, so they end up becoming literal monsters.

Edited August 8, 2021 by Padierna

[Frustration]

1 hour ago, Padierna said:

For a person to become a Plague, first they need to be broken, this happens through physical or mental trauma, this cracks the soul of the person and allows an Impurity to get inside the person’s soul.

This magic changes their body to pair it with the mental image they have of themselves, so they end up becoming literal monsters.

This is the same as in the Cosmere.

 

Now, you want nine groups?

Well we can start with the seven deadly sins

1. Greed
2. Gluttony
3. Wrath
4. Lust
5. Envy
6. Pride
7. Sloth

And then we only need to add two to that.

[Padierna]

7 minutes ago, Frustration said:

This is the same as in the Cosmere.

 

Now, you want nine groups?

Well we can start with the seven deadly sins

1. Greed
2. Gluttony
3. Wrath
4. Lust
5. Envy
6. Pride
7. Sloth

And then we only need to add two to that.

I'm using the basics of the Cosmere to build my own magic systems, I don't like some of them are similar, but I'm trying to be original. 

Now, 9 is an important number for this magic system (all the others also have a number) and I'm building around that.

I liked the idea someone give me earlier:

"I think the simplest dividing line for separating sins is by what type of sin caused the initiation. the sin they committed to become an initiate becomes their category for what powers they get. the individual power should be reflected by the sin so they are constantly reminded of what they did whenever they use that power, causing further trauma, self loathing, guilt, and causing the crack in their soul to widen and allow even more impurities in.

for the sin of inaction in the face of tragedy they might make themselves ethereal, both untouchable and invisible yet still capable of seeing and hearing their corporeal surroundings. every time they slip into the ethereal they are reminded of how powerless they are, how little they can affect the world, and how the only thing they can do is avoid what matters."

Do you think this could be applied to the basic 7?

[Frustration]

3 minutes ago, Padierna said:

Do you think this could be applied to the basic 7?

I think it could definately be aplied to all of them.

 

Now for the other 2 I'll admit I'm have trouble, canabalism is the one that really bounces in my head, but a second one is kind out there.

Alternatively you could have 9 relationships, like how a self perpetuation cycle of recommitance could be one, attacking others who commit the same sin could be another and so on. That might give you more wiggle room.

[Padierna]

21 minutes ago, Frustration said:

I think it could definately be aplied to all of them.

 

Now for the other 2 I'll admit I'm have trouble, canabalism is the one that really bounces in my head, but a second one is kind out there.

Alternatively you could have 9 relationships, like how a self perpetuation cycle of recommitance could be one, attacking others who commit the same sin could be another and so on. That might give you more wiggle room.

I have this other list with 9 sins, what do you think about it?

1. Envy
2. Wrath
3. Selfishness
4. Avarice
5. Indifference 
6. Lust
7. Cowardice
8. Ignorance
9. Radicalism

I made it defining Sin as the different roots of someone's remorse.

[Frustration]

1 minute ago, Padierna said:

I have this other list with 9 sins, what do you think about it?

1. Envy
2. Wrath
3. Selfishness
4. Avarice
5. Indifference 
6. Lust
7. Cowardice
8. Ignorance
9. Radicalism

I made it defining Sin as the different roots of someone's remorse.

Well I wouldn't call Cowardice or ignorance Sins

Cowardice I could see, they didn't do something and feel like a monster because of it.

But Ignorance I don't see.

[Padierna]

14 minutes ago, Frustration said:

But Ignorance I don't see.

While Indifference is "I knew this awful thing was happening but I choose to ignore it and now I feel bad about it, Ignorance would be something like "This awful thing was happening before my eyes, and I could have done something about it but I didn't knew, and I feel about it".

Edited August 8, 2021 by Padierna