------SYSTEMS------------The Legal System (System) [Acter]------Name: The Legal System
Class: System
Description:
"If there is contention on a newly-proposed Law, there will be a vote on it to see if it is nullified. If nobody cares enough to to bring it up in the first place, or not enough people disagree with it, then it passes."
"A god who has been recently active and does not vote will be counted as being in favor. A god who has not been recently active and does not vote will not be counted at all. A god has been recently active if they have made an action in the current or previous cycle; votes count for activity.
In case of a tie, the side that Acter [Specifically the Acter that is the creator of this System] is on will win; if Acter has been inactive and does not vote, or specifies that they are abstaining, each side's vote will be modified by +.5 per Primordial god and -.5 per Lesser god; and if it is still a tie, a fair coin will be flipped by Ema or the Carver, with the heads-side (or equivalent) always being "pass the law" and the tails-side (of equivalent) always being "reject the law". If coins have been altered to use more than two sides, flips that do not result in a heads or tails outcome will be disregarded and the coin will be flipped again. If the coin does not have a heads or tails side, two sides will be arbitrarily chosen from those available to be the heads and tails sides. If there are one or fewer sides on all available coins, some other manner of receiving a fair, binary result will be found.
Laws that are rejected are not destroyed; rather, they are inactive, and can be voted on again later. Similarly, laws that had not been rejected previously can be voted on for deactivation. "
Effect:
Sets up a procedure for voting on new Laws
------The Grand Unified Theory of Sorcery (System) [Acter]------Name: The Grand Unified Theory of Sorcery (GUTS)
List of Greater Laws:
Law of Aspects:
All things are made of Aspects. There are six primary Aspects (Fire, Water, Air, Ground, Order, Chaos) and many secondary Aspects (many of the most potent of these are associated with the gods’ spheres, but they can be anything); secondary Aspects are made from primary ones, and can be broken down into primary ones.
Aspects bound to things are called Essentia, while free ones are called Vis. Essentia can be freed to use the Aspects as Vis; Vis can also come directly from “Nodes”, which are one-way portals from Divine Plane that only let through magic - mortals cannot see through and would just see pretty colours. The flow of Vis from these nodes can be controlled by nearby gods (on either side of the portal) as well as by powerful mages.
Certain metals, crystals (especially those already in use via the Mind and Matter System), and plants are good at storing Vis; “wands” can be made from these materials.
Law of Understanding:
Aspects are, at their most basic, the fundamental idea of being components. As a result, magic is best described as making something from those components, while your casting method is defined by what you see those components as being, be that musical notes, Lego blocks, magic words, etc.
Therefore, Mortals can understand magic as anything: programming, as standard spells, as runes, as songs, or even as dance magic, so long as the Vis is correctly combined and shaped.
Law of Essence Shaping:
There are three ways to use magic: spellcraft, alchemy, and artifice and enchanting. Spellcasting is the art of using Vis, alchemy is the art of using Essentia, and artifice and enchanting is the art of binding Vis to objects, essentially writing a spell (or multiple) into a physical item, and thus converts Vis into Essentia. However, all magic requires the use of a Wand, an item created out of any material good at storing Vis for the explicit purpose of casting magic (though shape and secondary functions may vary widely).
Since the objects that hold Essentia are easier to see than Vis, those who have trouble with spells may be better at Alchemy, as it can be easier to visualize.
The Law of Understanding holds true for all things, regardless of whether it is spellcraft, alchemy, or artifice and enchanting.
Law of Flux:
Virtually all magic use creates Flux, and the amount scales with the amount of Strain that the spell, as well as magic as a whole, is causing to Ema. Flux does not directly damage things, but rather causes magic to be much harder and more dangerous to use by manner of making it much less precise. This prevents mortals from becoming too powerful. Flux will dissipate over time if magic is not cast in a Fluxed area.
Law of Imbued Power:
There is a limit on how powerful artifacts created or enchanted with magic can become: Divine and above artifacts cannot be created or affected magic, staying only the work of gods.
Effects:
-Primary Aspects of Fire, Water, Air, Ground, Order and Chaos
-Secondary Aspects
-Magic constructed from Aspects
-Spellcraft, Alchemy and Artifice/Enchanting
-Nodes: Portals to the Divine Plane through which flow magic
-Wands
-Flux/Strain
-Limit of power on magic [Tier3 max]
------Mind and Matter (System) [Tachyon Everlord]------Name: Mind And Matter
Class: System
Description: With combined efforts of the gods, magic is now under the limits of precious gemstones that can be natural or artificial. The gems are equivalent of mana crystals and in turn those gifted with what can be similar to psionic power can channel the magic in and use it for any and all forms. The condition to be able to access it is by two methods: being blessed or finding gems. The blessed creatures do not need to harvest gems as they are already gifted with the power to be able to use it freely and apply it freely by producing concentrated mana gems for enchanting. Those who wish to acquire through need to have the gems in order to use.
Effects:
-Magic is now usable through gems and creatures who are blessed with magic.
-Magic as a "talent"
------GREATER LAWS------------The Law of the Urban Innovation (Greater) [Acter]------Name: The Law of Urban Innovation
Class: Greater Law
Description:
A Greater Law, affecting all locations that fit the category of "the most urbanized and heavily-populated settlement in each established civilization". It says that innovations in magic and science will be made in these locations at an increased rate; mind you, these discoveries won't be just "given" to them, but rather, it will simply be easier to come up with the new ideas and put them into practice.
Effect:
-The largest city in each civ makes advancements more quickly
Range:
-Locations (max Continental)
------The Law of the Northern Yggdrasil (Greater) [The Seichō-on Kami]------Name: Law of the Northern Yggdrasil
Class: Greater Law
Description: All Yggdrasillian Defense Protocols are under order not to leave their Yggdrasil. In addition, they cannot travel between strata, and must, unless a Higher Strata Protocol travels down for some reason, remain on their assigned floor permissions.
All Yggdrasillian Defense Protocols may revive after a set period of time, to reach a threshold number for ease of access to adventurers. That number will not overflow. FOEs of their Strata revive after 7 days have passed. Guardians of their Strata revive after 30 days have passed.
Effects: Yggdrasillian Defense Protocols are unable to leave their assigned floors, and must follow this law. This will be countermanded if, and only if, a disruption of a Higher Strata Defense Protocol disrupts the System.
Yggdrasillian Defense Protocols will revive to keep numbers up if overhunted after 1 day of their first death that dropped below this number.
In addition, FOEs revive after 7 days, and are reset to their patterns of movement and number, which is commonly 1.
Guardians revive after 30 days, and their number is commonly set to 1, unless stated otherwise.
------The Law of Forms (Greater) [Foxmox]------Name: The Law of Forms
Class: Greater Law
Description: When mutagens or some other source of forced monstrous transformation affects a sapient person on the Savage Continent it won't affect them directly. Instead it will grant them an alternate form that they can transform to and back at will. The alternate form will have no mental effects. If they already have an alternate form, instead of gaining a new one, their old one will be improved. Note monstrous transformation, really minor stuff like being turned part cat won't cause the Law of Forms to activate.
Effects:
-Forced monstrous transformations from mutagens or otherwise are neutralized in mortals
-Will instead grant them an alternate form with no mental effects
-If this would happen but they already have an alt, their alt will be improved instead
-Really minor stuff won't trigger the Law of Forms
Range: The Savage Continent
------The Law of Belated Doomsday (Greater) [Gasnareth Imrep]------Name: The Law of Belated Doomsday
Class: Greater, Regional
Description: -A regional law that covers the capital of the kingdom of maxin and somewhat beyond-
Effects: Twists the flow of time causing a time to flow at 1 12th the normal rate within its boundaries.
------The Law of the Red Star (Greater) [Tachyon Everlord]------Name: None
Class: Greater Law
Description: A law making the Red Star function as an afterlife for the Drogos. Their souls are directed there.
Effects:
-Gather the souls of the Drogos
Range:
-Red Star (Regional)
------The Law of Awesomeness Shielding (Greater) [Foxmox]------ Nullified by the Legal SystemName: The Law of Awesomeness Shielding
Class: Greater Law
Description: By dancing, people(especially Servants) inside the House of the Rising Sun can amplify the strength of the House's magical bubble shield. The awesomer the dancing, the stronger the boost.
Effects:
-Dancing inside the House of the Rising Sun boosts the House's shield, the more awesome the dancing the more the shield gets tougher!
Range: Location: The House of the Rising Sun
------The Law of Tentacle Hatred (Greater) [Eris and Discordia]------ Nullified by the Legal SystemName: The Law of Tentacle Hatred
Class: Greater Law
Description: All Theropods that remain in the Iris Moonsoon Forest will become insane, intensely violent against members of their own species and become unable to eat anything except for other members of their own species. They will also lose any ability to form coherent thought or reproduce, becoming infertile and as wild as savage animals. An hour after this law takes effect, all theropods instantly catch fire, explode, melt, disintegrate, evaporate and vanish from existence. They also die permanently and become unable to be resurrected or reanimated.
Effects:
-Theropods go insane
-Theropods become wild and dumb
-Theropods become unable to procereate
-Theropods become extremely violent and cannibalistic
-Theropods die forever
Range: What once was the Iris Moonsoon Forest (now Crown of Thorns)
------The Law of Determination (Greater) [Foxmox]------Name: The Law of Determination
Class: Greater Law
Description: Exceptional mortals engaging in physical training, combined with exceptional and sustained determination, will be able to surpass normal physical limits by an extreme degree.
Effects:
-determination+exceptional mortal+training=limit break
Range:
-The Savage Continent
-Yggdrassil
------The Pure Law (Greater) [Manannan Silverhand]------Name: The Pure Law
Class: Lesser Regional
Description: The water of Helyx's Lake will always be pure; anything foreign that tries to enter it will simply bounce off as though it were solid. Helyx gets to decide what is foreign to the lake.
Effects:
- Helyx's lake will never again be defiled by anything Helyx doesn't want there.
Range:
-Helyx's Lake (Region)
------The Law of Awesome Colors (Greater) [Lifestealer]------Name: The Law of Awesome Colors
Class: Greater Law
Description: On Torus, when stuff is painted in bright monocolor, weird stuff happens depending on what color it is. Stuff painted red goes faster, stuff painted blue is tougher, stuff painted green is more attractive to animals, stuff painted orange is stealthier, stuff painted yellow is luckier, stuff painted purple is magicier, stuff painted black is also stealthier, stuff painted white is stupider, stuff painted brown is also tougher, stuff painted silver is less tougher... all that. Also stuff painted light blue, Foxmox's color, is awesomer. Works as war paint or stuff paint!
Effects:
-Stuff is magically altered if painted
-Effects depend on paint color
-Works as war paint(on mortals and animals) or when stuff(like, stuff, object, whatevs) is painted
Range: Torus
------The Law of Dance Battles (Greater) [Lifestealer]------ Nullified by the Legal SystemName: The Law of Dance Battles
Class: Greater Law
Description: Whenever a leader of one group challenges the leader of another group to a dance battle, they must accept the offer or explode. They won't explode if they don't know that refusing the offer will cause them to explode, though. Both groups must then dance battle each other while the universe plays appropriate music in the background. Any member of either group that stops dancing is immediately knocked unconscious. The dance battle ends when one group is entirely unconscious, then the winning group permanently steals a little bit of the losing group's stamina and flexibility! When a Hero or Monster or someone particularly notable dances, they can shoot laser beams made of sheer awesome at the enemy team!
Effects:
-Dancing Hero/Monster shoots Laser beams
-Stamina stealing upon loss
Range:
-Torus Continent
------LESSER LAWS------------The Law of Attack Calling (Lesser) [Foxmox]------Name: The Law of Attack Calling
Class: Lesser Law
Description: Whenever someone calls out the name of their attack just before they actually do it, the attack's power will be amplified and it may gain special effects if the mortal is also under the effect of the Law of Determination.
Effects:
-Called attacks gain power
-May gain special effects if combined with Law of Determination
Range: The Savage Continent
------The Law for the Dexoths (Lesser) [Ma'Rook]------Name: None
Description: Inside each Dexoth there is an innate pool of aether which refreshes quickly. This aether pool can be used to manifest all sorts of magical phenomenon.
Effects:
-Minor Dexoth-only magic
Range:
-Dirt
------The Beastly Return (Lesser) [Gasnareth Imrep]------Name: The Beastly Return
Class: Lesser, Regional
Description: "Within these lands of mine, those who died with great meaning, will live that meaning forevermore."
Effects: Allows Some spirits with exceptional will power, or were great tragedies when they died, to return to Partial life as monsterous beings shaped by their death and desires (Undead Knights, animal people, ect.
Range:
-Dread Mountains (Region)
------The Law of Theropod Superiority (Lesser) [Lifestealer]------ Nullified by the Legal SystemName: Law of Theropod Superiority
Class: Lesser Law
Description: The Tentacle Theropods have a ridiculously enhanced intelligence capability, are further increased to their physical strength so that they are the most “swole” mortals, and their reproduction rate has been significantly increased. There diet has also been altered so that they are true omnivores, and not primarily rely on meat
Effect:
-Theropods increased intelligence
-Theropods increased strength
-Theropods increased reproduction
-Theropods true omnivores
Range:
-The Torus Continent
------The Law of Interplanetary Travel (Lesser) [Kel]------Name: The Law of Interplanetary Travel
Class: Lesser Law
Description: A two-way portal to the moon will appear at the Shrine of the Node.
Effects:
-Spatial transportation between the two portals.
Range:
Shrine of the Node (Location)
Portal to the Moon (Location)
------The Law of Foxmox's Followers Poison Eating (Lesser) [Foxmox]------Name: The Law of Foxmox's Followers Poison Eating
Class: Lesser Law
Description: Any follower of Foxmox's philosophy(Life is nothing without having fun! Lots of fun!) will be affected in an unusual manner when they eat poison! They won't be hurt by eating poison, but they will get more creative for a bit after eating poison! The more poisonous the poison, the better! Note that this is the fun kind of creativity and not the boring kind!
Effects:
-Foxmox's followers get more creative when they eat poison, instead of being hurt or sick or whatever.
Range: The World of Dirt
------The Law of Privacy (Lesser) [**/*****/**/*]------Name: The Law of Privacy
Class: Lesser
Description: A lesser law affecting The Lair.
Effects: None may enter The Lair except those verbally granted permission by **/*****/**/*.
Range:
-Lair (Location)
------The Foggy Beans Law (Lesser) [Manannan Silverhand]------Name: The Foggy Beans Law
Class: Lesser
Description: Anyone who inscribes his own name into a magic bean and throws that bean into Brumous Lake shall be healed of his afflictions, especially cat-related afflictions.
Effects:
- heals cat-infection
- and also other things
- but especially cat-infection
Range:
-Brumous Lake
------The Law of Bovine Dancing Genius (Lesser) [Mavnon]------ Nullified by the Legal SystemName: The Law of Bovine Dancing Genius
Class: Lesser Law
Description: Offspring of Mpaïspmapma x the Law of Dance Battles.
Effects:
-Bovine creatures are awesome dancers
Range:
-Crown of Thorns
------The Law of Furry Hatred (Lesser) [X'arilyg]------ Nullified by the Legal SystemName: The Law of Furry Hatred
Class: Lesser Law
Description: All Honey Lynxes shall begin with the trait known as being sterile, and will have intense mental pressure for cannibalism and fights among the Honey Lynxes species
Effects:
-Rip Honey Lynxes
Range:
(Continental): The Torus Continent
------Ascension's Peak Storm (Lesser) [Tachyon Everlord]------Name: None
Class: Lesser Law
Description: A storm
Effects: Storm
Range:
(Region): Ascension's Peak Tower
------The Law of Chaotic Currents (Lesser) [Helyx]------Name: The Law of Chaotic Currents
Class: Lesser Law
Description: There is no rhyme or reason to the currents of the Lake of the Helyx. They are everchanging and incomprehensible, following no logic.
Effects:
-Random and powerful currents
Range:
(Regional): The Lake of the Helyx
------The Law of A Way to Get to Lifestealer's Realm (Lesser Law) [Lifestealer]-------Name: The Law of A Way to Get to Lifestealer's Realm
Class: Lesser Law
Description: The Archway of Awesome sends any mortal who steps through it into Lifestealer's personal Divine Realm. Thankfully the Protection Thingy is there to keep them safe! Doesn't work the other way around. Doesn't apply to non-mortals, like Servants and Monsters and Abominations and whatever else.
Range:
(Local): The Archway of Awesome
------The Circle Beyond the Gate (Lesser Law) [Gasnareth Imrep]-------Name: The Circle beyond the gate
Class: Lesser, Regional
Description: "Within my lands the dead don't just pass on, they lie just out of sight for it is the soul's choice to leave"
Effects: >Those who die within my lands must decide to leave on their own, otherwise their spirit will stay around outside of normal vision
Range:
(Regional): Dread Mountains
------From Beyond dark mirrors (Lesser Law) [Gasnareth Imrep]-------Name: from Beyond dark mirrors
Class: Lesser, Regional
Description: "To see that which can't be seen, one must look in reflections such as that of water, or of crystals for these show the truth"
Effects: >In order to see things that would otherwise be obscured from normal view, one looks into Reflections which will show what is Really there.
Range:
(Regional): Dread Mountains
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