Fantasy Witches of the Road (OOC)

[Hygswitch]

For planning and discussion.

For now I'd say all characters need an event that pushes them away from home, and out into the world. Not everone needs a car, in fact it might be better if not everyone has one. We can totally take some time to find each other. That does not need to happen right away.

Locations:

New Richborough is loosely based on New York and other east coast metropolises, but it is (without using the word as this is not our universe) in parts still very dutch. With grachten/canals in the older parts of town for example but still a lot of Skyscrapers. The underground is a lot wetter though, so that most of the Subway system is actually an elevated rail system, the same way New York still has in the outer parts of the network or Chicago has all over town. In the bridge rich Bowery neighborhood there are quite a few bridge trolls, and a Troll Market catering to the magical community.

 

[Scavenger]

How do you imagine countries look in this world. Do you think that the US is still all 1 country or several small ones?

Are there any topics that anyone would like to be avoided?

Also do you have an idea of how you want casting magic to work in this world?

 

[Hygswitch]

I would like to stay a bit away from getting detailed about countries. I mean, I didn't even name the country we are in on purpose. I imagine it to be bigger than the US if we need it to be. If we want to have political aspects they should be localized to the location we are at. The big bad politician would be the local sheriff or mayor not the president. I would like to stay Miles away from current politics of both US and Europe. This should all be just background noise. If we need countries to exist they totally can. I would like to always solve such things by show don't tell. Don't name it Canada just describe it for example. Places we come across can be very insular and different from each other. Things that happen and that we describe do not have to always match or could even be slightly contradictory. I am going for a light magic realism vibe here.

Magic is fueled by Mana which moves through the world along Key leylines. The witch houses stabilize these and this makes magic storms more unlikely. This is the main reason for the influence and prestige of the settled witch houses. They keep society safer by taming the wild magic of the world . The act of working magic is an entirely internal process of the mind. If a wielder was taught in a traditional way to do something and believes this way to be true... That is how his wielding will work for him/her. But it might work differently for others. Mana can be stored in objects and carried around... Nature slowly generates it. As do strong or repeating emotions. Something like an apartment house that it old and was always occupied might collect mana that feels like a baby crying the smell of frying food and the static of a tv. If you read it...a bit like in 'Rivers of London' I'd say.

 

[redraider]

Can I join?