Game Notion

[rowyn]

ursulav made a teeny post featuring the painting title from a dream: "Two Ninjas Negotiating With An Earth Elemental To Buy Gravity." (never seen in the dream, sadly).

Now I want to do a magic system based on the premise of magic-users licensing from various elemental beings the right to use, abuse, and violate natural laws.

Comments

[rowyn]

That is an interesting take on it. Pretty much the "chaotic good" view, I suppose, but I hadn't heard it phrased that way. So integrity is what makes you follow the rules even when you don't want to? I think integrity is also what keeps people from taking bribes ... I'm not sure how that'd fit in. It works, I think -- integrity is deciding to do things the right and difficult way, instead of the easy way that probably won't cause (much) harm.

[terrycloth.livejournal.com]

Well, that's one kind of chaotic good anyway -- although there's also the 'must free everyone from rules!' kind.

And it's certainly chaotic to not value integrity, whether or not you have it yourself.

Hee. Lazy chaos == no integrity. Lazy law == no critical thinking. Lazy good == no self respect?

[rowyn]

So the story could have one character who'd traded off each thing? :)