I recently thought of grouping magics, things accomplished by magic, and other things linked to magic. In my eyes, this would aid RPG players and creators, as well as anyone else attempting to create a magic system (or just find one). The list would have cohorts of similar magics, and perhaps a description of them. If anyone is interested in helping, just add to the thread and I'll edit the original post to keep things looking tidy. Nothing is set in stone, so if you believe you have a better way to organize the magics, by all means, speak up! Damn, I just noticed that the title is missing an extra 'c'. Let that be a lesson to you little kiddies, don't try to spell multi-syllable words when you've stayed up to 4 in the morning. The Encyclopedia (a work in progress) is Listed Below...
Traditions Internal and Unlearned Sources Genetic - Mutation Mind - Psionic - Psychic - Illusionary Chakra - Martial Arts Connection to Nature External and Learned Sources Sigil Object - Talismans - Amulets - Runes Summon School of Thought - Alchemy - Arcane Ritual - Divine - Sex Magic - Scrying Spells and Effects Elemental Fire...Lightning - Fireballs - Thunderbolts Earth...Wood Air, Wind Water...Ice Time, Spatial Teleportation Life, Death Necromancy Entropy, Correspondence, Luck Matter Mind Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) - Precognition - Retrocognition - Remote Viewing - Clairvoyance ...Clairsentience (touch) ...Clairaudience (hear) ...Clairalience (smell) ...Claircogizance (know) ...Clairgustance (taste) Mind Reading Astral Projection Psionic Blast Illusions Mind Control, Hypnosis Kinesis - Pyrokinesis, Cryokinesis (Temperature) - Telekinesis, Psychokinesis - Hydrokinesis - Aerokinesis - Photokinesis - Gyrokinesis (Gravitational Pull) - Geokinesis - Magnokinesis (Magnetic Fields) Spirit, Holy Energy, Heat, Light Items and Concepts Magical Fantasy Amulets, Talismans Sigils, Religious Symbols Rune Stones Tarot Cards Crystal Balls Potions (Elixir of Life) Besom Brooms Flying Carpets Wands, Staffs/Staves Invisibility Cloaks Swords, (Magic Weapons) Prophecies Magic Guns Crystals (Non-Magic) Ores (Non-Magic) Totems Poppets Alternative Medicines Curses Science Fiction Powered Exoskeleton Rayguns, Plasma Rifles Particle Beams (Weapon) Directed-Energy Weaponry Railguns Brain-Computer Interface Technology Jet Packs Starships Warp Drive Stasis Faster-than-Light Travel Bioships Floating Cities Anti-Gravitational Technology Terraforming (The process of making a planet more like Earth) Space Habitats Creatures, Spirits, and Beings Half-Human Gorgons Centaurs Minotaurs Merfolk (Mermaid, Mermen) Humanoids Faeries/Fairies Elves/Elfs Nymphs Ghosts, Spectres Zombies Vampires Giants Goblins Oni Gremlins Orcs Ogres Cyclopes Dwarves/Dwarfs Trolls Mutants Demigods Demons/Daemons Tengu Genies Shapeshifters Werewolves Kitsune Other Fantasy Beings Dragons, Wurms, Drakes Imps Leviathans Basilisks Krakens Tanuki Kappa Orochi Hydra Griffins Sylph Egregores Unicorns Qilin Science Fiction Androids Robots Transhumans Cyborgs (CYBernetic ORGanisms)
surely there must be such compendiums out there in print... have you looked, to see what they are? check it out [54 items on amazon alone]: Amazon.ca: : generic
silly me!... i guess you meant to have one posted as a sticky or something here, and not actually be writing another book of them... if so, it would be helpful to refer to the books already available, don't you think?... since you can't really give much if any info on all of the multitude of magick-minutiae in a thread...
I'm not trying to get every little thing, just enough so that people could experience other things they may not have seen other wise. Something concise. A bit of a reference. Though I only did a meager search, there wasn't much that seemed to be what I wanted. And then I got a virus. So I stopped looking.
Hmm I can see the point in this, especially from the point of view of the RPG section... but then wouldn't this post be better off there? I didn't mean that to sound rude by the way, its just that because it was in plot creation it seemed as though you were asking help to write a book on it.
Well, it actually would help for my book (and may inspire some for others). Though as I was making the post, I realized the potential it could have in a RPG setting. However, it doesn't seem anyone is interested in doing anything with it. So yeah.
Thanks for the input Ferret. Simply due to that, I've went on a little streak with the list. Do you think that the format seems okay? As I'm going to be busy reading for a while, I'll take a little hiatus. When that's done, I'll be adding more items to the categories and also writing a little about them. Please, add to the Encyclopedia! Writing information on topics is good writing practice.
Not that anyone appears interested, but I've added a lot to both the 'Items and Concepts' and 'Creatures, Spirits, and Beings' sections. They link to Wikipedia articles, but I'll eventually put up a small description of most/all. Also, I'm starting to add Science Fiction sections.
