juno2002

[juno2002]

Should war magic be banned in fantasy settings?

You know how certain weapons are banned for war in our world? Like, gas and other nasty stuff.

Wouldn't a world were access to similar weapons (magic) is easier, more available, and possibly obtainable much earlier when compared to our world, be dreaded or even despised after a certain amount of fighting?

Just a thought ~

Nothing i speculated on too much UwU

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[juno2002]

Let's talk about: God, I Guess?

Well... this is not a simple topic, but i felt like expressing my thoughts on it before that my ADHD killed the will to do so ~

Types of God/Gods:

- God/Yahweh/Allah is the god of the biggest monotheistic religions on Earth.

This religions are relatively young, and their transcription rather than vocal sharing is even more recent.

Honestly, if you know the origins and history, you would not consider this the one true religion, with sone of the reasons being that it started from already preexisting polytheistic religions that the poor Hebrew people assimilated while being nomads, and that most of the early "laws" of this religion were meant to keep people from getting sick, and not to preserve divinity or stuff like that.

- Spiritualism.

I quite like this kind of religions ~

Sometimes everything is part of a greater being, and sometimes there's no true God, but an acknowledgement that everything has a soul and it's equal.

- Polytheistic religions are too many to mention, but typically they will portrait trait of human nature transcribed in a mythical setting.

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So. What do i believe in?

Honestly i don't know... I want to believe in God, but i can't know if my beliefs are true, so I'm blind as any other person, but I'd like to share what God is in my opinion.

Being a person of facts and logic, where science beats myths, I don't think that God is "a person" like most religion proclaim.

God is not an entity.

God is simply energy in its basics of forms and all its derivates.

So, to me, God is All, God is the Being that isn't alive or conscious.

God just exists and changes, without worries for its developing form, as "it" can't care.

God is the greater picture, Nature, The Big Bang, or whatever thing you want to call it.

God is "just" existence.

An existence without reason or purpose.

It just is, and always will be.

What do y'all think?

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[juno2002]

Let's talk about: Slimes! (P.1)

I feel like slimes in fantasy are very underrated, misused, and even relegated to the role of "noob mob" by everyone.

Obviously there are exceptions, but it is a fact that slimes are treated in a similar way to goblins or kobolds, which both are too very underestimated creatures.

The main problem is not that people use slimes as starting mobs for low level PCs, but it's that they're used ONLY for that!

D&D tried giving a bit more danger to them by exploring oozes, but it is still not enough, and other extreme depictions of slimes, like Rimuru, aren't good for their image either, as they set opposite standards to the current ones.

What they lack is variety, adaptability, potential of growth, and maybe a precise biology of their own. (I will write about that in my Patreon page, which is free to all people to access)

So... How could be slimes be "improved"?

(I hate to say "improve" because people reading that word will make the assumption that the base concept is flawed, or I'm arrogantly saying I can do better...)

Well, first of all, I think that slimes should be divided in categories that determine what you can expect from a type of slime.

Such categories could be:

Single Cell Organism: think of something like an ameba or an egg. These slimes would be quite weak and susceptible to damage, as they would rely on their "cell wall" to remain hydrated and, well... Alive.

Colony Of Single Cell Organisms: Personally I don't like this type so much because it takes away the individuality from slimes, but it also adds some cool features, like being able to have organs dedicated for specific purposes or a cool dynamic to interactions with other slimes. (See Hydrozoans to learn some cool stuff ~)

Multicellular Organism: being a multicellular organism gives A LOT of advantages, but also some limitations and drawbacks. When you think of a slime, you would usually think as a blob of slime with no distinct characteristics, and while the previous types are certainly capable of fitting that description, from a biological point of view, a creature of the size or larger than a classic fantasy slime must be something that allows to maintain that size without problems. You must also consider that, usually, slimes aren't just masses of cells transported by the water, but they move, feel, make decisions, and even make somewhat elaborate plans in certain cases; and those characteristics would best fit a multicellular organisms that has either a centralised nervous system (a core), or one spread out in their bodies, similar to sea stars or octopuses.

What do you think? Did I miss something? And do you have any questions or requests that I could be able to translate in posts like this?

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