#magic + tech

[nioneeko]

My new potential DnD character- the runaway lab rat Egge!

(I really have an obsession with making these guys…)

This guy has been experimented on by his past mentor, and after escaping, he’s mostly just trying to find meaning in his life (while exploring the world in wonder).

[ava-m-gale]

Happy WBW! I'm feeling techy— actually, I've just been fighting technology— so tell me some tech tidbits related to your world.

so! written magic can kind of function in a similar way to electric wiring, if you do it right. this can be difficult, since written magic also has material requirements that often take up a lot of space. No one has figured out a small magic-run steam engine yet, but they do have engines big enough for trains and ships which has made long distance travel a lot easier!

written magic as a method of creating indoor lighting and heating has also been around for a very long time, as the runes for heat, cold, and light are some of the first ones any writing system manages to create. with clever mechanisms, it's even something that can be turned on and off by writing the runes on concentric circles attached to gears that will turn to connect or disconnect the rune lines.

magic is not required for a hand cranked gramophone, those work pretty much the same way real life early gramophones did! they have wax cylinders, made from pixie wax. it's a much higher quality tempered wax than you could get from any other source, so the sound quality is also pretty decent. for a wax cylinder gramophone, that is.

and the pixies have managed to create a whole radio and telegram system. They're not sharing the secrets for how they did that, but it really just comes down to the fact that they are very small and well organized, so they can make smaller magic machinery than anyone else can with very delicate and intricate rune combinations. They also produce a silk material that is capable of channeling energy, which is very finicky to work with if you don't have tiny insect feet.

[caraecethrae]

"At the third level is the shape given to the sigil as a whole—the pattern into which its component parts are bound together. In my approach to sigil creation, this level is crucial. It’s here that the dynamics powering the sigil are generated, based on the shape and form it is given. That is to say, it’s not just about sticking the component parts together any kind of way. To act as a symbol, it needs to have spiritual and emotional impact, both on the person using it and any others who see it, as well as the spirits. Its visible shape needs to conjure its intended meaning and impact. To act as a magical engine, it needs to have its parts bound together into a structure that allows it to move and shape spiritual forces in a given way"

— The Magic of the Otherworld: Modern Sorcery from the Wellspring of Celtic Traditions by Morpheus Ravenna

[blogfanreborn777]

Paladins Temple Concept by Andrew Bosley

[doctorstrangestark]

One of the best things about Tony Stark and Stephen Strange is that their super power is their brains. Together they are twice as powerful, twice as unstoppable. Love, love, love them.

[grumpyoldsnake]

Inktober 2018 Day 2:

The Felidaen artifact is a construct of unknown origin and unknown purpose. She is sentient, but recalls nothing of her creators. She believes that she was lost or abandoned either before her first activation or before she attained full cognition.

While the original intent behind her creation is unknown, it did presumably have something to do with interdimensional pursuits; Felidaen both generates and exists within a pocket dimension, and she is incapable of leaving it.

Felidaen remained in a partially dormant state, largely for lack of any mental stimulation, for an unknown period of time. But eventually, a wandering spirit named Waehua discovered her dimension and awakened her in the process.

Felidaen is capable of projecting an animated likeness of herself in order to interact with her surroundings, but much like Felidaen herself, this projection cannot leave her pocket dimension. She is entirely incapable of interacting with the outside world in any direct capacity.

(I’m talking about my settings and characters this month! Check out my “Abime Spire worldbuilding” tag to see everything in order.)

[rockkcityboy]

Ep 56

*having a telepathic conversation*

"Careful. One of the enemy has very good hearing. He could intercept our conversation."

Okay, I refuse to accept that Cobra can hear telepathy. I love him, but no. It's fucking telepathy. I mean, he didn't actually intercept the conversation, so it's chill, but the fact that Hibiki suggested it is just... It's not allowed, okay?

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Oh look that one thing from that couple of episodes right at the start of the series has appeared again. I don't seem to recall those SE plugs in magic powered vehicles ever being relevant after this, but at least they've appeared multiple times.

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"What's wrong, hot stuff?"

LOOK, IF HE WAS SAYING IT TO NATSU, I WOULD'VE TAKEN IT AS A PUN, BUT HE'S TALKING TO GRAY. A FUCKING ICE WIZARD. HE'S LITERALLY JUST HITTING ON HIM. RACER ISN'T STRAIGHT AND NEITHER IS ANYONE ELSE.

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Awwwwwww Lyon went back to two handed magoct because of Gray

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"Concentrate? OKAY." *whips shirt off*

... if that's what helps you, bud, go ahead

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Say what you will about Gray and Lyon, but they're good actors and smart too.

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Lyon??? Sorry, I only know Sonic the Hedgehog.

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He was gonna fucking stab Lyon with his own icicle, that's horrible, omg

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Gray Fullbuster??? Sorry, I only know cold Legolas.

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In all seriousness though, that was badass. And the support from Lyon?? Adorable.

"There's nothing stronger than a Fairy Tail member and the strength of their passion."

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HE'S A FUCKING SUICIDE BOMBER???

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Lyon's immediate reaction was to save Gray, and that's fucking adorable. I was initially gonna say Gray and Sherry, but he specifically said, as he was falling, "The things I do for you, younger pupil." He did that for Gray. He did it all for Gray.

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Ooo, the emo has awoken