So recently I have been doing a lot of thinking about my magic system. I realise this is very different and unrelated to my last post, but I guess that's how I world build. I move from place to place filling in details and making things work until I'm happy.



I had a basic idea for a magic system for a while now. I wanted magic to be somehow connected to personality, but I also realised that this would rise to basically an infinite number of different magical abilities, so I needed to come up with a system to govern what magical abilities are possible, and possible restrict how personality might effect it. I also knew that I didn't want everyone to have magic, so I needed to figure out a reason as to why some people did and didn't have magic. So here is what I have so far!



Life energy (Name to be decided) is present in all living things. It is life. Without it there is no life. Everyone's life energy is slightly different, depending on personality.



Magical energy (Name to be decided) is only present in some species of life. Humans being one of these species. Magical energy in its basic form can do nothing, but for a period of time (about 12 years in humans) after its creation (creation would be the birth of the child) it becomes fully developed and the container can start to use the energy.



Magical energy's development is passed down from parent to child, there seems to be no pattern as to which parent the child receives its magical energy form from, but it is always one or the other, never something different.



Magical energy is very unstable at birth, if released into the world it will cease to exist, it will just become its surroundings, air, water, whatever it is in contact with, losing all qualities it once had. That is why everything with magical energy is also born with an invisible barrier that stops the magical energy from leaving its container. This barrier strengthens with time, as too does magical energy become more potent. It is possible to break this barrier only when the barrier is at its weakest, within a few days of its creation.



Without this barrier, it is very easy for the Magical energy to escape its container, and become useless. Leaving the container with only Life energy, with, as of yet, no way of regaining its magical energy. In about 1/20 (I am not sure on this number yet) cases the Magical energy will stay in its container without a barrier. Without a barrier, the magical energy is exposed to the same external factors as the container, and as it is very unstable early in its development, it will begin to change in its nature, meaning that it is no longer going to match one of the parents exactly, and in many cases change dramatically. So this will change as it is exposed to the life energy, which contains information about personality therefore the magical abilities will be connected to personality.



If the parents, one, or both, have no Magical energy the child still will, the magical energy information is still in the genes, even if they do not have any themselves.



So that's what I have for a basic magical system. I will be making another post about more restrictions of what magic can become when exposed to life energy. Thanks for reading!





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