For what it's worth, Xhyz (Pascal's assistant in my stories) is from Fan Shoar and practices Shamanstic magicks
On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 7:37 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send MKGuild mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of MKGuild digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Fan Shoar (Bryce Glover) > 2. Re: Fan Shoar (Bryce Glover) > 3. Fwd: Fan Shoar (Bryce Glover) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bryce Glover <[email protected]> > To: "Indagare ." <[email protected]> > Cc: MKGuild <[email protected]> > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 19:09:20 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Mkguild] Fan Shoar > > On Nov 25, 2017, at 10:17 PM, Indagare . <[email protected]> wrote: > > >Ooh, I was thinking about possibly using something along these lines of > this Tigrest people you describe here in a story when I eventually got > around to writing one for Metamor Keep! (Well, I was if MK ended up as the > setting the story landed in, of course.) I’d be particularly interested in > exploring the life of at least one individual with close relations in > multiple tribes, to use the societal structure given here, and that > regardless of whether and when I, personally, write such a story. (I have > a few other ideas, but I’ll save them for another time.) > > The Tigmest are based on the actual Northwest Native American tribes. … > > > That’s to be expected based on the real-world territory that their > homeland is based on, of course. > > …But if you want to use mine, I’d be very flattered. Either way, it sounds > like an interesting story potential! > > > ⋮ > > > Thanks, and you’re welcome in advance! It’ll probably be *quite* a > while until I get to putting anything together in this regard, though, as > it’s been about three years since I promised those on the main TSA-Talk > mailing list a somewhat major story arc in one of the settings discussed > there — you may have seen me mention parts of it there once or twice and > thus know which one I mean, but I won’t reiterate that explicitly here > unless you ask since it’s off-topic for *this* list — and haven’t gotten > much work done on it in that time at *all*, so I obviously have an > obligation to post at least the *beginning* of that first. > > ⋮ > > > > I was thinking about involving a Keeper as something of a mentor, at > least in magic, to the main character, but this would make it so that > former individual wouldn’t have to hail from quite so far away, so thanks! > > I’m glad you like it! > > > ⋮ > > > Again, you’re welcome! It’s always useful to be able to build off of > pre-existing material, anyway. > > ⋮ > > > >>I made a rough map for the western continents: > > Hey, that looks kind of like the British Isles! > > In full disclosure, it's just the other half of the political map colored > in: http://transform.to/~ravenb/pics/mkworld_political.jpg I don't have > whatever graphics were used to make the western half and I wanted to keep > it simple in case anyone wanted to see changes. > > -Indy > > > ⋮ > > > Still, that’s an interesting coincidence or reuse of existing > topology, whatever the reason behind it. > > Regards, > WhenCatsFoxesandWolvesFly/RandomDSdevel > > ⋮ > > > On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Bryce Glover <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> (*snipped…*) >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bryce Glover <[email protected]> > To: Indagare <[email protected]> > Cc: MKGuild <[email protected]> > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 19:35:18 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Mkguild] Fan Shoar > One last thing, Indagare: > > On Nov 24, 2017, at 8:30 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > ⋮ > > > Shamanistic magic is highly developed in Fan Shoar, though it is different > from that of Galendor. It includes much more alchemy and the use of > familiar spirits (generally small, elemental beings that take on the shape > of an animal) is common. Shamans in Fan Shoar can produce a wider variety > of effects than most in Galendor can accomplish because they can also > detect raw magic and regularly treat with elemental spirits who are > sometimes considered members of a given empire or tribe and who often align > themselves in defense. Extreme care is taken when dealing with any > extrapljnar being, however, particularly those from the Heavens and Hells. > > > ⋮ > > > You *know*, now that I *think* about it, a set of magic techniques > like this bears a certain partial resemblance to the ‘furycrafting’ > <http://codexalera.wikia.com/wiki/Furies>system used in Jim Butcher > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Butcher>’s *Codex Alera* series > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Alera>, which I just started reading > while eating for the next book in that same author’s *The Cinder Spires* > series <http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/cinder-spires>, though odds are > that other franchises could have implemented something similar even though > I don’t know about it/them personally. In any case, have you thought about > letting Tigmest magicians involve some of the totems, personal or > otherwise, that are part of their culture when they cast spells? I imagine > they might be able to use them as mystical focal points and energy stores, > similarly to how other settings might contain magical artifacts usable in > one or both of those ways. > > Intrigued and curious, > WhenCatsFoxesandWolvesFly/RandomDSdevel > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bryce Glover <[email protected]> > To: MKGuild <[email protected]> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 19:36:17 -0500 > Subject: [Mkguild] Fwd: Fan Shoar > Whoops, forgot to CC this to the list: > > Begin forwarded message: > > *From: *Bryce Glover <[email protected]> > *Subject: **Re: Fan Shoar* > *Date: *November 26, 2017 at 7:35:18 PM EST > *To: *Indagare <[email protected]> > *Cc: *MKGuild <[email protected]> > > One last thing, Indagare: > > On Nov 24, 2017, at 8:30 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > ⋮ > > > Shamanistic magic is highly developed in Fan Shoar, though it is different > from that of Galendor. It includes much more alchemy and the use of > familiar spirits (generally small, elemental beings that take on the shape > of an animal) is common. Shamans in Fan Shoar can produce a wider variety > of effects than most in Galendor can accomplish because they can also > detect raw magic and regularly treat with elemental spirits who are > sometimes considered members of a given empire or tribe and who often align > themselves in defense. Extreme care is taken when dealing with any > extrapljnar being, however, particularly those from the Heavens and Hells. > > > ⋮ > > > You *know*, now that I *think* about it, a set of magic techniques > like this bears a certain partial resemblance to the ‘furycrafting’ > <http://codexalera.wikia.com/wiki/Furies>system used in Jim Butcher > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Butcher>’s *Codex Alera* series > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Alera>, which I just started reading > while eating for the next book in that same author’s *The Cinder Spires* > series <http://www.jim-butcher.com/books/cinder-spires>, though odds are > that other franchises could have implemented something similar even though > I don’t know about it/them personally. In any case, have you thought about > letting Tigmest magicians involve some of the totems, personal or > otherwise, that are part of their culture when they cast spells? I imagine > they might be able to use them as mystical focal points and energy stores, > similarly to how other settings might contain magical artifacts usable in > one or both of those ways. > > Intrigued and curious, > WhenCatsFoxesandWolvesFly/RandomDSdevel > > > _______________________________________________ > MKGuild mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild > >
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