I feel like it’s unbalanced.
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Most elements (except fire and lightning) can be described as controlling the position and rotation of certain molecules. Those elements (mass: water, earth, wind, life) can’t create nor destroy matter. They can only control preexisting matter or convert from one form to another.
No two magical elements can have control over the same atomic element or compound. Subject to change, not final.
I would say that most elements have 3 “tools” or base functions, which are:
- Move (move matter around)
- Query (get how much matter is in a certain area)
- Transform (change one form of matter to another, must follow the law of mass conservation)
For the “mass” magics, you could surround yourself or other things in it and move it.
Fire and lightning are very unfortunate in this aspect. They have zero mobility/moving capabilities. For example, you can’t (or could barely) use fire nor lightning magic to run faster. However, they have much higher power and destructive capability. For example, if a beginner water magic user (called mages) could fire a water stream at 6 meters, fire and lightning could do it at 15.
Water
Control H2O molecules. Also, you can control ice and steam.
Lmao it can only control 1 chemical.
Earth
Earth magic allows you to control different chemicals in rocks and metals.
Non-exhaustive list of chemicals it can control:
(no artificial elements for image above + there might be something missing)
…and a bunch more…
Fire
Violates the law of energy conservation, generate and control fire and heat.
Wind
Control different chemicals in the air.
Non-exhaustive list of chemicals it can control:
- O2
- O3
- N2
- H2
- CO2
- CH4
- Hydrogen
- Helium
- Nitrogen
- Oxygen
- Neon
- Argon
- Krypton
- Xenon
- Radon
Lightning
Violates the law of energy conservation, generate and control lightning and electricity.
Life
Control a giant array of different biomolecules, such as different proteins or plant-based drugs or natural toxins. Also, you could still manipulate dead organisms because they’re still made of biomolecules (assuming they haven’t decomposed or rot).
Life magic has way more fine control that other magics, but is slightly weaker in raw destructive power.
Aside from the 3 “tools” or “base functions”, it has 2 more:
- Stimulate/Exhibit
- Depress/Inhibit
I’m not sure who defined what stimulation and depression is in terms of life magic, but it seems too… arbitrary and human-defined? Nevermind, let Naruhati, the god of life, decide that.
I don’t think I have to explain these to you.
Non-exhaustive list of chemicals it can control (i asked chatgpt to generate this shit, things might be wrong or inaccurate and i handpicked some):
- Glucose (C6H12O6)
- ATP (Adenosine triphosphate)
- DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid)
- RNA (Ribonucleic acid)
- Ethanol (C2H5OH)
- Acetic acid (CH3COOH)
- Citric acid (C6H8O7)
- Lactic acid (C3H6O3)
- Urea (CO(NH2)2)
- Serotonin (C10H12N2O)
- Dopamine (C8H11NO2)
- Acetylcholine (C7H16NO2)
- Melatonin (C13H16N2O2)
- Histamine (C5H9N3)
- Insulin
- Glucagon
- Cholesterol
- Phospholipids
- Hemoglobin
- Hemocyanin
- Chlorophyll
- Adrenaline (Epinephrine)
- Noradrenaline (Norepinephrine)
- Prostaglandins
- Endorphins
- Glutathione
- Proline
- Glycine
- Cysteine
- Phenylalanine
- Tryptophan
- Tyrosine
- Serine
- Threonine
- Valine
- Leucine
- Isoleucine
- Histidine
- Methionine
- Arginine
- Asparagine
- Glutamine
- Aspartic acid
- Glutamic acid
- Alanine
- Lysine
- Hydroxyproline
- Collagen
- Elastin
- Keratin
- Myoglobin
- Estrogen
- Testosterone
- Progesterone
- Cortisol
- Thyroxine (T4)
- Triiodothyronine (T3)
- Calcitonin
- Parathyroid hormone
- Oxytocin
- Vasopressin
- Gastrin
- Cholecystokinin (CCK)
- Ghrelin
- Leptin
- Adiponectin
- Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)
- Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β)
- Interleukins
- Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
- Nitric oxide (NO)
- Hydrogen sulfide (H2S)
- Chitin
- Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
- Renin
- Ethylene (C2H4)
- Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)
- Abscisic acid (ABA)
- Gibberellins
- Cytokinins
- Auxins
- Jasmonic acid
- Salicylic acid
- Polyphenols
- Alkaloids
- Terpenes
- Flavonoids
- Anthocyanins
- Tannins
- Phytosterols
- Saponins
- Quinine
- Morphine
- Caffeine
- Nicotine
- Theobromine
- Capsaicin
- Tetrahydrocannabinol
- Tetrodotoxin
- Psilocybin
Fun fact: you’re allowed to perform some chemical reactions even with chemicals outside your elemental domain, such as photosynthesis or respiration. Despite you not having control of H2O, CO2, or O2, you can still do the chemical reaction with magic. The compounds outside of your domain can’t be controlled by any mage at the time of reaction, though. This means you can’t perform photosynthesis on water that a water mage is controlling right now.
- Water
- Earth
- Fire
- Wind
- Lightning
- Life
Aside from the elements above, you can canonically in my world get another element. There are some good combos of elements, such as: water + lightning (water/lightning synergy is canon), fire + earth (lava), wind + life (haha biomolecules from air go brrrr).
- Water
- Earth
- Fire
- Wind
- Lightning
- Life
- Water
- Earth
- Fire
- Wind
- Lightning
- Life
