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Of Kobolds And Arcane Magicks, p3
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And now for some mind-over-matter stuff. I've mentioned kinesis a bunch of times already. Which is pretty much what it says on the tin - I can project force upon any given surface. Simple and versatile.
We'll start with the basic stuff - moving objects around. In case you or someone you know can do that as well, I'll make a distinction here. This is not the kind of telekinesis where you focus on an object and tell it to "go there". This is purely physics-based: you have a surface, apply thrust with specific magnitude and a specific direction (however, it has to be a pushing action for any given point of the surface). Like, if you have a box and you want to raise it into the air, you don't just "raise it into the air", you apply thrust to its bottom to accelerate it upwards, then decrease thrust to decelerate and finally ramp back up to 1g to keep the box from falling down. AAAAND you have to consider the center of mass so you don't end up spinning the box out instead of moving it.
Sounds like a handful? It is. The "proper" kinesis was... let's put it this way... too expensive to obtain.
Fortunately, there are two things. First, it gets easier with practice, as everything does. Second, my kinesis provides sensory feedback, like if I were touching the surface in question with an invisible hand. Shaped like said surface. This is where proprioception comes into play and makes the object easier to control, allowing me to compensate errors on the fly. Most of the time.
The absolute maximum amount of thrust I can project at any given time is equal to 100x my current mass, or about 10x my weight at normal gravity, assuming there is enough archmana available. However, there are additional limitations. The maximum pressure (as in, thrust per unit of area) decreases with distance, and so does my ability to focus the effect, which puts a lower limit on the size of a surface I can affect. Within arms' reach, I can isolate a thin line and slice through it with all available power, but at a 100 yards the best I can do is grab and lift (or crush) something football-sized, and small objects are completely out of my grasp (can't even sense them).
Another neat thing is that line of sight is not required, although I still need to perceive the target surface somehow to establish or maintain connection. But, since kinesis provides feedback, I only need to look at or touch it once. This allows a multitude of neat tricks, my favorite of which is picking locks just by getting close and having a good rummage inside with my invisible lock-shaped hand. On a related note, I still need some kind of an open path, as the effect is completely incapable of penetrating solids and barely reaches inside liquids.
Another cool trick I've invented is TK scan, in which I project an expanding sphere of effect around myself, mapping out my immediate surroundings like a sonar. Should I suddenly discover something or someone that's not supposed to be there, I can immediately seize upon them without even looking, and it gets around tricks like invisibility by virtue of being touch-based (in a manner of speaking).
So that's it for telekinesis. However, I'm not limited to just external objects, I'm fully capable of autokinesis as well. Since there is no range falloff, I have all available thrust at my disposal, which allows me to accelerate myself at up to 10g. In practical terms, this allows me to accelerate as fast as a rocket; however, that's the least fun part. By compensating local gravity, I can walk on walls, ceilings, what have you, and since the whole thing only changes with the angle of the surface I'm walking on, it's ridiculously easy. Then, the MOST fun part is flight. Because of course it is. By assuming my smallest form, the most streamlined pose and casting a barrier spell on myself to minimize drag (and prevent facial deformation), I can crack the sound barrier. Just.
One last thing to mention is that any surface affected by my kinesis emits red glowing afterimages, their frequency and speed increasing with the amount of pressure on it. Said afterimages also somehow phase through solid matter, which makes me think they might be a byproduct of some spatial disturbances.
And that's it on my arch-abilities! Next up, some stuff on regular magic.
- R
Next: Of Kobolds And Arcane Magicks, p4
And now for some mind-over-matter stuff. I've mentioned kinesis a bunch of times already. Which is pretty much what it says on the tin - I can project force upon any given surface. Simple and versatile.
We'll start with the basic stuff - moving objects around. In case you or someone you know can do that as well, I'll make a distinction here. This is not the kind of telekinesis where you focus on an object and tell it to "go there". This is purely physics-based: you have a surface, apply thrust with specific magnitude and a specific direction (however, it has to be a pushing action for any given point of the surface). Like, if you have a box and you want to raise it into the air, you don't just "raise it into the air", you apply thrust to its bottom to accelerate it upwards, then decrease thrust to decelerate and finally ramp back up to 1g to keep the box from falling down. AAAAND you have to consider the center of mass so you don't end up spinning the box out instead of moving it.
Sounds like a handful? It is. The "proper" kinesis was... let's put it this way... too expensive to obtain.
Fortunately, there are two things. First, it gets easier with practice, as everything does. Second, my kinesis provides sensory feedback, like if I were touching the surface in question with an invisible hand. Shaped like said surface. This is where proprioception comes into play and makes the object easier to control, allowing me to compensate errors on the fly. Most of the time.
The absolute maximum amount of thrust I can project at any given time is equal to 100x my current mass, or about 10x my weight at normal gravity, assuming there is enough archmana available. However, there are additional limitations. The maximum pressure (as in, thrust per unit of area) decreases with distance, and so does my ability to focus the effect, which puts a lower limit on the size of a surface I can affect. Within arms' reach, I can isolate a thin line and slice through it with all available power, but at a 100 yards the best I can do is grab and lift (or crush) something football-sized, and small objects are completely out of my grasp (can't even sense them).
Another neat thing is that line of sight is not required, although I still need to perceive the target surface somehow to establish or maintain connection. But, since kinesis provides feedback, I only need to look at or touch it once. This allows a multitude of neat tricks, my favorite of which is picking locks just by getting close and having a good rummage inside with my invisible lock-shaped hand. On a related note, I still need some kind of an open path, as the effect is completely incapable of penetrating solids and barely reaches inside liquids.
Another cool trick I've invented is TK scan, in which I project an expanding sphere of effect around myself, mapping out my immediate surroundings like a sonar. Should I suddenly discover something or someone that's not supposed to be there, I can immediately seize upon them without even looking, and it gets around tricks like invisibility by virtue of being touch-based (in a manner of speaking).
So that's it for telekinesis. However, I'm not limited to just external objects, I'm fully capable of autokinesis as well. Since there is no range falloff, I have all available thrust at my disposal, which allows me to accelerate myself at up to 10g. In practical terms, this allows me to accelerate as fast as a rocket; however, that's the least fun part. By compensating local gravity, I can walk on walls, ceilings, what have you, and since the whole thing only changes with the angle of the surface I'm walking on, it's ridiculously easy. Then, the MOST fun part is flight. Because of course it is. By assuming my smallest form, the most streamlined pose and casting a barrier spell on myself to minimize drag (and prevent facial deformation), I can crack the sound barrier. Just.
One last thing to mention is that any surface affected by my kinesis emits red glowing afterimages, their frequency and speed increasing with the amount of pressure on it. Said afterimages also somehow phase through solid matter, which makes me think they might be a byproduct of some spatial disturbances.
And that's it on my arch-abilities! Next up, some stuff on regular magic.
- R
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will there be more? What is relation of Mana and Archmana to other forces?Electro Magnetism, Strong and Weak Nuclear Forces, Gravity. Can you make a solar panel that moves electrons and that lets you transform Flow of electricity into mana that you can then store in a crystal lets say and then depleate the crystal as you use to levitate? Is this proces reversable? as in turning mana into those forces to make lasers or manipulate metals (Magneto style) using the first or negate or increase gravity in case of the last? Do you have to apply the TK force to a point of an object or can you create a vector field that applies it to all points?
Hmmm, make sure to check out part 1, it has some info on the basics of (arch-)mana.
Generation of both is impossible as far as anyone knows, mana can only be absorbed from the environment, archmana only gathered from arch-enchanted items. Though there will be more lore on the latter part eventually.
Haven't thought about how it relates to fundamental interactions, probably doesn't.
Using mana to power contraptions, however, is possible. Just enchant something and then build around it. Like enchanting a thing to be on fire and then building a steam engine with it at the core, to give a simple example. Or, in the case of lasers, you can make the solid-state variety if you use a light enchantment to make the optical pump component.
The kinesis is applied to surfaces, so I guess it's a vector field.
Generation of both is impossible as far as anyone knows, mana can only be absorbed from the environment, archmana only gathered from arch-enchanted items. Though there will be more lore on the latter part eventually.
Haven't thought about how it relates to fundamental interactions, probably doesn't.
Using mana to power contraptions, however, is possible. Just enchant something and then build around it. Like enchanting a thing to be on fire and then building a steam engine with it at the core, to give a simple example. Or, in the case of lasers, you can make the solid-state variety if you use a light enchantment to make the optical pump component.
The kinesis is applied to surfaces, so I guess it's a vector field.
I understand that generating mana is impossible just like in our universe generating energy is impossible. What I meant was more along the lines of transfer of one to the other.
for example
Provided a battery that has 4000J of energy stored in form of electrochemical-potential can you transfer that to say special mana-crystal that stores those 4000J (assuming 100% efficiency) of energy as mana-potential depleating the battery in the process? You cant use electrochemical potential to move an object without a machine built for that purpose but you could construct a spell that will use the potential gathered in the crystal for that purpose which would depleate the crystal.
for example
Provided a battery that has 4000J of energy stored in form of electrochemical-potential can you transfer that to say special mana-crystal that stores those 4000J (assuming 100% efficiency) of energy as mana-potential depleating the battery in the process? You cant use electrochemical potential to move an object without a machine built for that purpose but you could construct a spell that will use the potential gathered in the crystal for that purpose which would depleate the crystal.
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