Aestrix Ramblings and Q & A

[Aestrix]

Oooh boy. Not accounting for the very specific personal parts of auras (which I have some ideas about, but I definitely couldn't manage to give primary and secondary effects to every one of my characters without a great deal of forethought) but just the basic aura types themselves:

Adarins get an aura of "I am extremely magic, and also, I am very very competent with this magic and not only have it but know how to use it." If the person viewing the aura is against him, it adds: "If you do not support what I want to do, too bad, I'm doing it anyway and anyone on my side is coming out on top." If you're on the Adarin's side it's a bit friendlier, with the last part switching to: "Don't worry, person who's on my side - you're safe with me, I know what I'm doing." Older Adarins, like the likes of Prime, would get an extra terrifying edge to this aura: "I am extremely magic, I am very competent, and I dwarf you in experience. Don't even try it."

Zevs get a sort of - wild aura. "I am gorgeous, powerful, and deadly. I do what I want when I want to do it, and if you've got a problem with that, too bad." It would basically announce, very loudly, the Zev's intentions and sort of - give other people a very good impression of how the Zev works. It would clarify some of the communication problems Zevs have, with things like, "I want to do [x], but [Person Zev cares about] doesn't want me to, so I won't" or "What you want is my priority, here." In a situation against people the Zev hates, it would spit out a Juliet-esque aura of menace.

Lynns get something that's very protective: "I am not someone you want to trifle with, and I keep to myself - but if you even think about hurting [nearby people Lynn cares about], I will not hesitate to kill you. Painfully." For people that she is opposed to, it says in a very calm, systematic manner: "Your days are numbered. Chances are, you won't see me coming, but if you do, you'll only have enough time to scream." And then for someone she likes, "[Listing of why she likes them and if she loves them a restating of this fact], you are safe. No one will hurt you, no one will touch you, I will always be on your side. Until the end, whatever it may be."

Nadias have a very happy aura. "Hello! I am Nadia, and I know lots of really cool things! It's great!" Nadia's aura would be very dynamic, and shift when she does and support literally anything she does perfectly. It would excited when she is, and sort of fizzle along with her when she's being excited. "Wheeee, progress, progress, progress I'm LEARNING THINGS, they are cool things, get over here and help! We have to LEARN ABOUT THE THINGS!" If she starts lying, her aura backs her up perfectly without any sense that she's not telling the truth, and enhances storytelling. Meanwhile, when she's upset, it would get very grumpy and spiteful to the person she's upset with, falling more along the lines of, "I am upset with you, and you're a jerk for causing this because Nadia is AWESOME, so, jerkface, you're getting what's coming to you."

[anthusiasm]

Ahh those are neat auras!

[Aestrix]

Thank you! :)

[Bluelantern]

Those are indeed neat

I feel like making aura suggestions, but can't think of anything too interesting, mostly stuff that complement Adarin magics but could fit a Bell...

...like Cypress and Prime could get an Aura of "Fae"-ness and something that helps with mana or spell mnemonics. Rain probably would get something that violates spellbinding itself, but might get stuff like memory improvements or a "talent" to improve spell charts. Quilt would restore "energy" faster.... Stuff like that.

Olympia could get a plant control aura?

[Aestrix]

I can see Cypress and Prime getting a "Fae" added to their aura as a flavoring, but having auras that are entirely complimentary to their magic doesn't work for me, sorry.

[Bluelantern]

I can see Cypress and Prime getting a "Fae" added to their aura as a flavoring, but having auras that are entirely complimentary to their magic doesn't work for me, sorry.

I understand it is very.... "Boring" I guess (cant quite put in to words). I feel Rain power sort of fits, but mostly because it is a plain Adarin skill

Since Cypress and Prime do a lot of portals, they could have some power related to it? Prime could also have some sort of "danger sense" that would be useful against all the plots against him... Cypress could have a "babelfish" aura? It mostly useful for others, but still hella useful for the multidimensional hub....

How weird would it be if Max aura gave him the ability to see D&D-like stats around people? XD

[PlainDealingVillain]

Template nickname suggestion: Adders. As in, device for adding. Not the snake. (Adarins do not seem like Slytherins. I'd *assume* Ravenclaws.)

[Aestrix]

I am rather tempted to actually give Max D&D stats-o-vision. I'll have to think about it.

The template nickname Adders is better than anything I've managed to come up with, but I think I'd bee too reminded of the snake. Thank you, though, maybe there's a good one based off of that.

(Adarins are a problem child when it comes to sorting, they can fit in any of the houses that isn't Gryffindor. It's likely that if I have the chance, I'll put one into Slytherin for giggles.)

[Shoal]

Mathemadarins?

[Tamien]

I kinda feel like a template-name for Adarins should connote both their ability to act as a standardized scale and their particular brand of stubbornness, but I have no idea what word would convey both of those concepts, so I guess I will just suggest things which count, measure, evaluate, or related: Abacuses? Computers? Calculators? Scales? Assayers? Touchstones? Quanta? Auditors? Appraisers? Accountants? Calibrations? Gauges? Rulers?