Sign Up/Discussion Luminous: An RP With A Convoluted DM-Ran Magic System

It is still an at least 150 page book, so it goes past the most basic dos and don'ts. Elio could still pick that one up.

 

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Oh yeah, forgot to mention. Materials and Magic: 3rd Edition is about the interactions between Luminous and regular matter, meant for Terraformers, Transmutationists, Alchemists, or anyone else who has an active matter-bending spell. It's one of Harvin's all-time favourites for beginners. It can be decently difficult in later chapters, but before it gets there it provides a lot of good information for beginners.

Jinguang Combat Guide covers mostly Luminous dueling but also basic martial arts, unarmed combat, and quite a few Battlemage techniques and tricks, as well as basic weapon channelling. It's up-to-date with multiple of the current Masters' own advice.

And Law is Magic is pretty obvious. It goes over the laws ruling crimes against humanity, the level of magic allowed in certain areas (especially protected wildlife), and the like. It also provides information on how rules are different for retired and active Gilded, in what areas are Masters allowed to call the shots and in which areas they aren't, and so on. It's an unusual pick and wasn't part of the section until recently, when Idra's campaign to add it finally won over some of the other Masters and the local librarians.

 

Summoning spells that make use of the environment would be covered. Something like an "awakening" spell that forms minions from bricks, or even the type of thing Sirenne does occasionally involves materials. But this is just one book. Robin can pick up more later offscreen.