Well, considerin’ natural, terrestrial plasma is found in auroras (which is named after the Roman Goddess Aurora), perhaps the Plasma elemental could be a pegasus - which is what Aurora was frequently depicted riding
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I don’t know if that’s actually the way you speak or just a persona, but I like it (also I added it 
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Which should I do? Ik some magics are hard to read from screenshots so I might copy + paste the list instead
- Screenshot Updates (Visibility Issues)
- Copy + Paste (Prone to Errors + Not 1:1)
- Provide Both
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Maybe Darkness/Death Magics (the Lost/Primordial Magic types) could have something like a Lovecraftian Horror as an elemental, due to the “Evil” nature of these creatures
rawr tentacles
This is only for base magics (idk if I’ll do any of the Lost/Prims given how they’re more conceptual than elemental). Plus the Lovecraftian horror would probably outshine (and kill) all the other elementals, which are meant to be naturally-occuring representatives of their elements. Also squid-tentacle monster seems to be most popular for Ink T_T
But I appreciate the suggestion
so… ink elemental isnt the kraken? (not from AA the actual kraken) and just drops a giant puddle of ink that would just be funny (yes i read it ik squid and oct is probably a kraken idk my lore stuffs)
I read the first two and thought “World of Bugs”
However, I love Pokémon and you ideas are good. I was thinking of beetles but decided I didn’t knew where to put them.
About paper, since giant insects are used for other magics, how about a huge cicada?
They are a staple in origami and look pretty interesting on their own.
Something like this, just big.
For magma, dragon sounds pretty fitting, but I thought it shouldn’t be just any fire breathing dragon but more of a bedrock-skinned black dragon with cracks between scales where magna flows. Kinda like Deathwing over here:
That’s it, my 2 cents.
I already have a dragon design planned for Magma and it’s actually pretty close to that!
Anyway, I’m out of edits for the next 17 hours or so, but I’ve fixed some things and changed Ice’s elemental to an Akh’lut!
Cool, the Akh’lut looks amazing based on the one Google search I just did.
Updates until I can edit the main post
ART BRAINSTORMING! THIS IS NOT A SUGGESTION OR PLANNED FEATURE!
Suggestions for base magic elementals? Preferably mythical and non-human (no mermaids, gods, or other humanoids), but can also be cryptids if they’re not too human-like. There are already a lot of dragonoids (dragon types like Wyverns, Drakes, etc.) so please refrain from those if you can! Think more like a creature that inhabits the environment and is most in-tune with the element and not the embodiment of it (ex. An arboreal creature for Wood instead of an ent. Or a ground-dwelling animal instead of an Earth golem).
Text List
Acid Magic - °Salamander (multi-legged dragonoid)
Water Magic - °Hippocampus / Kelpie (likely mixed)
Ink Magic - Hydra / Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, etc.) [LITERALLY EVERYBODY]
Fire Magic - Phoenix (more raptor-like than the Promethian version) / Flame Moth (@TheChickenRun)
Earth Magic - °Tortoise
Ice Magic - Mammoth / °Akh’lut (Inuit Wolf-Orca)
Lightning Magic - Thunderbird (likely to change)
Magma Magic - °Dragon
Wood Magic - Elk or Deer (male) [@ThatOnePerson] / Ceryneian Hind (@fiter120 + @MusicBlox)
Light Magic - Bakunawa / °Moon Rabbit
Wind Magic - °Amphithere/°Quetzalcoatl
Shadow Magic - Chameleon (@MusicBlox) / Hellhound (like Mega Houndoom or Doberman Pinscher) / °Owl [@TheChickenRun]
Iron Magic - °Drake
Paper Magic - Shiki-Ouji / Paper Wasp (@TheChickenRun)
Poison Magic - [Basilisk]
Gold Magic - °Wyvern
Plasma Magic - Pistol Shrimp (@TheChickenRun) / °Pegasus (@Revolver)
Sand Magic - Giant Sand Worm / Sphinx (@MusicBlox)
Glass Magic - Butterfly (@Cheeze)
Crystal Magic - Hummingbird / Peacock / Nine-Tailed Fox (@Skhan2587)
Snow Magic - Arctic Wolf / °Polar Bear / Moose /Mammoth
Explosion Magic - Bombardier Beetle / Blast Ant
Ash Magic - [Cockatrice]
Elemental Explanations
Poison Magic - Basilisk
The Basilisk is born of a rooster’s egg incubated by a snake or toad. Often reveled as the “King of Snakes,” the Basilisk has a plumage of feathers much like a crown and a venom deserving of the name granted to the giant serpent. It is sometimes said that the venom can kill simply by being too near to it. Along with this great toxin, the Basilisk also holds a mighty gaze capable of killing any who meet its eye save for the weasel. To kill a Basilisk it is said that the cry of a rooster will eliminate it instantly, but the only sure-fire way to kill it is by meeting the eyes of its own reflection.
Basilisks were also possibly involved in Alchemy in the conversion of copper to “Spanish gold” through the combination of Basilisk blood, powdered human blood, red copper, and a special kind of vinegar. Similarly, it was thought that Basilisk ashes could turn silver to gold.
The Basilisk and Cockatrice have much in common with one another in their killer gaze and methods of incubation, as well as weakness for weasels. However, the Basilisk is a highly venomous king of snakes said to be able to leave trails of its own venom behind that can kill a man simply by being too near it while the Cockatrice can fly and breathe fire. It is for these similarities and differences that the Ash elemental is a Cockatrice and Poison the Basilisk. The two share extremely similar properties and abilities, but have diverged to their own ways. The Basilisk a highly toxic and venomous king of snakes. The Cockatrice a fire-breathing chimera capable of petrifying onlookers with its gaze. Fitting for two similar magics: one toxic and the other heat-based.
Ash Magic - Cockatrice
Laid by a rooster and incubated by a toad (or snake), the Cockatrice is able to petrify anything that meets its eyes except for that of a weasel. They are also able to fly and breathe fire. A Cockatrice can also kill by touching or even breathing on something.
The Cockatrice is often depicted as a rooster or other bird with a snake’s tail and either feathered or webbed wings. The only way to kill a Cockatrice are to have it meet its own eyes through a mirror; however it is also said that the crow of a rooster would kill it instantly.
The Basilisk and Cockatrice have much in common with one another in their killer gaze and methods of incubation, as well as weakness for weasels. However, the Basilisk is a highly venomous king of snakes said to be able to leave trails of its own venom behind that can kill a man simply by being too near it while the Cockatrice can fly and breathe fire. It is for these similarities and differences that the Ash elemental is a Cockatrice and Poison the Basilisk. The two share extremely similar properties and abilities, but have diverged to their own ways. The Basilisk a highly toxic and venomous king of snakes. The Cockatrice a fire-breathing chimera capable of petrifying onlookers with its gaze. Fitting for two similar magics: one toxic and the other heat-based.
Edit Summary
- Added Bombardier Beetle / Blast Ant to Explosion Magic
- Made edit list + first updated screencap
- Added Giant Sand Worm to Sand Magic
- Added Nine-Tailed Fox to Crystal Magic
- Added specifications for the Hellhound of Shadow Magic + Added Bakunawa (sea-serpent-esc creature of the Philippines that would attempt to eat the moon) and the Moon Rabbit to Light Magic and made it Moonlight-based
- Spelled Phoenix correctly + Added Peacock to Crystal Magic
- Added specifications for Fire Magic’s Phoenix + Added Tortoise to Earth Magic
- Added Manticore to Poison Magic and changed it to Venom coloration (elemental is based on venom and not just toxins or poison) + Added Chameleon for Shadow + Added Moose and Mammoth to Ice and Snow + Added Kelpie and specifications to Water Magic + Added Deer/Elk and Ceryneian Hind to Wood Magic
- Added Sphinx to Sand Magic
- Specified the boundaries because I’m seeing some repetition
- Made edit list collapsible
- Added Moose and Mammoth to Snow/Ice clarifier
- Changed dracons to dragonoids for clarification
- Added specifications to Acid’s Salamander + Added Pistol Shrimp to Plasma Magic + Added Owl/-Creature to Shadow Magic + Added Paper Wasp to Paper Magic + Added Flame Moth to Fire Magic
- Added Ash Elemental description
- Made elemental explanations collapsible + Added Poison Elemental description
- Added Pegasus to Plasma Magic + Switched Ash and Poison magic colors + Clarified why I changed Poison to the Venom variant + [Boxed], bolded, and underlined what’s decided for certain
- Changed wording of prompt boundaries a bit for specification
- Corrections to spelling or wrong words
- Added a poll for visuals
- Deleted Poll for visuals and added text version of list + Fixed some errors in grammar/punctuation/spelling + Added a degree° in front of likely choices or those unlikely to change + Deleted Manticore from Ash Magic
- Renamed Topic
- Renamed Topic + Added disclaimer
- Added @ for @Skhan2587 (previously had no @)
- Fixed grammar
- Removed “subject to change” to items with ° + Removed “something” from Ice and Snow
- Added @ for @Cheeze and @Skhan2587 (in picture)
- Added ° to Wind Magic’s Amphithere/Quetzalcoatl (text-version) + Underlined specification above
- Fixed abikities to abilities in Basilisk/Cockatrice explain
- Fixed some spacing + Removed “NOT SUBJECT TO CHANGE” from Elemental Explanations + fixed @Cheeze’s @ + Switched Poison and Ash colors (again) + Updated log + Added Akh’lut to Ice Magic and deleted options other than Mammoth from it + Removed ° from Mammoth in Ice Magic and gave it to Akh’lut
So do you plan on drawing all of these?
I’m open to collaboration but I hope to
I’ll be down to collab
Cool! Nothing’s set in stone (excepts Ash and Poison) as of yet and I really would like to do Basilisk and Cockatrice myself, but if there’s anything in particular that interests you let me know
Earth tortoise I can for sure do and have fun with. Wood I could also do.
what would glass be?
Cool, those ones are pretty much decided (and Wood’s are both very similar), so I’ll leave those up to you until I feel like doing them as well! Please make sure to credit the people who gave the ideas tho ^-^
Rn Glass’ only thing is a butterfly, but I’m open to others