This video actually completely changed my idea for what I want the world to be like in my players' second campaign. Initially I wanted it to be full of ancient technology, on a land destroyed by nuclear weaponry. Now though, I think I'm leaning more toward it being a huge amount of spellcasters that had a war and they utilized spells that set off too much "radioactivity." Helps keep it in the fantasy realm while still having pretty much the same story and same intended effect! It even kind of ties in to the people who left that continent and settled a new one to get away from the war and the magic, because they have a pretty tight clamp on magic and only think it should be used by holy people. Then there's the ones who left later who look a little bit different (maybe due to said radiation) and settled a different part of the new continent, who are a warring people although they mainly use normal weapons as they kind of fear magic (and there's a whole thing about a strong organization there that uses magic and such). So thanks for the video and for the brain food, is what I'm trying to say! It helps me tie things in much, much better.
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I really dig your idea! I immediately thought of cold iron and silver, and it's history of cutting through magic resistance--it makes sense that this property comes from not being contaminated by magic. Also I love the idea of zombies and undead being radioactive, what with their necrotic damage.
Silver also has antimicrobial and bacterial properties as well its why it was used for water vases and containers. Unrelated but silver used to represent a lot of things trust purity and the truth and it's also why vampires don't have a reflection because old mirrors where made with silver which show the vampire pretending to be something they are not which is alive.
I just thought about this for my next D&D campaign. What if magic can be radioactive if not contained properly? Or something along those lines? I then looked online and found your video on this. Instant sub.
Btw, if you haven't, I think you should check out the anime "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime", in that world, magic is fueled by "Magicles" which are present in the ambient, magical creatures have them inside of their bodies, while humans don't. The thing is, too much concentration magicles in a place are dangerous to everybody, and can lead to death, and I think that in the case of humans, even mutation. So that's an interesting take on the idea in my opinion.
I think you are drawing a bit too much inspiration from the real world. Why would the people from this world need steel to make the tools necessary for measuring the background magic leftovers? Wouldn't a spell or a scroll, or a magical glass/prism be enough?
Because I imagine that some more technological societies would need low background steel for meters or other sensitive equipment. I sould see dwrven techs or elven mechs needing something so pure to detect magic in something that they'd need equipment that isn't going to give itself a false positive.
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This video actually completely changed my idea for what I want the world to be like in my players' second campaign. Initially I wanted it to be full of ancient technology, on a land destroyed by nuclear weaponry. Now though, I think I'm leaning more toward it being a huge amount of spellcasters that had a war and they utilized spells that set off too much "radioactivity." Helps keep it in the fantasy realm while still having pretty much the same story and same intended effect! It even kind of ties in to the people who left that continent and settled a new one to get away from the war and the magic, because they have a pretty tight clamp on magic and only think it should be used by holy people. Then there's the ones who left later who look a little bit different (maybe due to said radiation) and settled a different part of the new continent, who are a warring people although they mainly use normal weapons as they kind of fear magic (and there's a whole thing about a strong organization there that uses magic and such).
So thanks for the video and for the brain food, is what I'm trying to say! It helps me tie things in much, much better.
I'm glad it was useful! You sound like you've put a ton of good work into your world; your players are in for a treat.
I had thought that detail in Detect Magic was neat, but never thought about it further. Very very cool idea.
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Also the problem of underwater smelting. But overall I do like the concept of magic working like radiation. Thanks for sharinge the idea!
I love both.
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We haven't made a video like this before. What do you guys think? Would you like more worldbuilding ideas and discussions in future, or does every video we release that isn't a strict MTG/DnD crossover video push you a little closer to unsubscribing? Let us know?
I just found your channel while google-searching radiation magic, very useful and entertaining! Immediately subscribed :)
I really dig your idea! I immediately thought of cold iron and silver, and it's history of cutting through magic resistance--it makes sense that this property comes from not being contaminated by magic. Also I love the idea of zombies and undead being radioactive, what with their necrotic damage.
Silver also has antimicrobial and bacterial properties as well its why it was used for water vases and containers.
Unrelated but silver used to represent a lot of things trust purity and the truth and it's also why vampires don't have a reflection because old mirrors where made with silver which show the vampire pretending to be something they are not which is alive.
I just thought about this for my next D&D campaign. What if magic can be radioactive if not contained properly? Or something along those lines? I then looked online and found your video on this. Instant sub.
Btw, if you haven't, I think you should check out the anime "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime", in that world, magic is fueled by "Magicles" which are present in the ambient, magical creatures have them inside of their bodies, while humans don't.
The thing is, too much concentration magicles in a place are dangerous to everybody, and can lead to death, and I think that in the case of humans, even mutation.
So that's an interesting take on the idea in my opinion.
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Does that mean that Illithid have the most valuable steel?
I think you are drawing a bit too much inspiration from the real world.
Why would the people from this world need steel to make the tools necessary for measuring the background magic leftovers?
Wouldn't a spell or a scroll, or a magical glass/prism be enough?
Because I imagine that some more technological societies would need low background steel for meters or other sensitive equipment.
I sould see dwrven techs or elven mechs needing something so pure to detect magic in something that they'd need equipment that isn't going to give itself a false positive.