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Necronomium

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« on: March 27, 2005, 10:10:04 pm »
In every game there is always mana that is bound to your self.. but how about if some wizards could use \"outer mana\", in many games, or in almost everyone that has magic, the mana will be used from yourself, from your mana bar, but if there would be alternative for this.. the outer mana source, you wouldnt have any mana inside yourself, you would use all of your mana from other sources like Fairy Ponds or Magic stones.. so you could choose would you have normal mana thing or get mana outside from objects or buildings.. if using outer manasource you wouldnt run out of mana, but you couldnt cast spells everywhere and in inner mana you could cast everywhere, but could run out of mana, and the innermana using would be faster, because it is drawn from yourself. (I hope that you can understand what i ment)

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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2005, 01:00:43 am »
Actualy as a well-versed student of all things paranormal its VERY possible to use energy outside of yourself.. it needs to be implemented.. but how im unsure of as of yet O.o

Maybe have a certian energy you attune to (like that of the forest or plants for instance :D ) and draw off that or something
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2005, 01:08:03 am »
Sounds a bit like earth magic to me, in which you draw from the energy of the life around you. This way, it is possible to inflict serious damage on the surrounding, by draining it\'s energy for magic. Nice for evil chars, but since changing environments can\'t yet be implemented, it wouldn\'t be possible to go that far. Still, it could be done somehow, by allowing only certain areas to be drawn from, like hot spots.

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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2005, 01:21:15 am »
Well while i feel there should be a nature magic (summon trees, attack with thorn vines, easily charm certian animals ETC.) thats another wish list thread :P

I just used the forest for instance(<--ahem my name  ;) ).. plus when you have used the energy (according to the mystical texts i have read) it goes right back to its source so your are basicaly \"borrowing\" it to combine with your own.. once used it gets taken back :) but im sure there could be a warlock type drain it for good evil thing going on too
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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2005, 01:58:31 am »
Oh common... even the old classic Diablo had weapons that when it hit the monsters drew mana/energy from the them and added it to your manapool... ofcourse PS should use that too... :-)

This would also be usefull in PvP...

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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2005, 06:49:41 pm »
Oh, i mented that you wouldnt have mana at all like in many games and that could cast spells endlessly in certain spots like near ponds

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« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2005, 06:55:11 pm »
So you could CHOOSE if you want to take normal mana or that manaless place casting