Discussion of Magic
May 18, 2015 0:25:00 GMT
Post by MagicPhD on May 18, 2015 0:25:00 GMT
I think I shall explain my system in two parts: what people used to think about magic up till ~10 years ago, and what we know now.
It has long been known that every person is capable of magic. It's easy to see: any fool can simply concentrate on their intense desire to matter while yelling at the top of their lungs, and they will start to glow. The color and intensity vary from person to person, but anybody can do it.
To do magic is to put your brain in some state that corresponds to a magic effect. The mapping is exceedingly obtuse, however. Telekinesis requires one to remember what the had for breakfast exactly one week ago while twiddling their thumbs, and it's one of the simpler effects. Other effects require thinking multiple things at once, or things that don't make any sense (how prime is purple). Every effect was discovered by luck or trail and error. Mostly error.
Thus magic was not a large force in most people's lives, as it took a life's dedication to do much of anything. To do anything of real power, you had to use magic to manipulate your mind so you could think even more impossible things. Those that succeeded are called Arch-Mages, and they are all somewhat...of.
Then, about 10 years ago, I discovered how it all worked.
All magic is the interactions of a subatomic particle I dubbed the 'mageon'. It 'likes' to flow in self-referential patterns, and each type of flow has some interaction with other particles, or space/time itself. A conscious mind is self-referential enough to trap and sustain them, and each mental contortion done by a mage causes mageons to enter a new pattern, causing some effect.
Once I wrote down the equations for this (incidentally uniting Quantum Field Theory and General Relativity), I could print self-referential circuits for the magic to flow through instead. Thus creating the industrial age of magic. We are happily on our way to magically induced post-scarcity.
Well, that was rather long. Let me condense:
Magic is governed by strict laws of physics, which we know.
We can now calculate a magical circuit for any effect.
Any effect is theoretically possible, though interactions with energy are easiest, then matter, then space, then time. Other interactions must be built up from these.
It has long been known that every person is capable of magic. It's easy to see: any fool can simply concentrate on their intense desire to matter while yelling at the top of their lungs, and they will start to glow. The color and intensity vary from person to person, but anybody can do it.
To do magic is to put your brain in some state that corresponds to a magic effect. The mapping is exceedingly obtuse, however. Telekinesis requires one to remember what the had for breakfast exactly one week ago while twiddling their thumbs, and it's one of the simpler effects. Other effects require thinking multiple things at once, or things that don't make any sense (how prime is purple). Every effect was discovered by luck or trail and error. Mostly error.
Thus magic was not a large force in most people's lives, as it took a life's dedication to do much of anything. To do anything of real power, you had to use magic to manipulate your mind so you could think even more impossible things. Those that succeeded are called Arch-Mages, and they are all somewhat...of.
Then, about 10 years ago, I discovered how it all worked.
All magic is the interactions of a subatomic particle I dubbed the 'mageon'. It 'likes' to flow in self-referential patterns, and each type of flow has some interaction with other particles, or space/time itself. A conscious mind is self-referential enough to trap and sustain them, and each mental contortion done by a mage causes mageons to enter a new pattern, causing some effect.
Once I wrote down the equations for this (incidentally uniting Quantum Field Theory and General Relativity), I could print self-referential circuits for the magic to flow through instead. Thus creating the industrial age of magic. We are happily on our way to magically induced post-scarcity.
Well, that was rather long. Let me condense:
Magic is governed by strict laws of physics, which we know.
We can now calculate a magical circuit for any effect.
Any effect is theoretically possible, though interactions with energy are easiest, then matter, then space, then time. Other interactions must be built up from these.
), aura, and heat. Or cold? Also lightning? I don't know why they call it heat, it seems to be the standard wizard one with fire and ice and lightning. It is confusing, magic is confusing.