I got a question about magic. Will we have different "schools" for magic? You know, like the ones in Skyrim.
Currently got four intended - pyromancy, hydromancy, geomancy, and necromancy. They're in the skills list, anyway, though obviously they don't *do* a lot yet...
Interesting. Except pyromancy, your selection of magical categories tends to take lesser roles in other games. Necromancy is usually there but to me it never seems to be as useful as the other choices available.
Are these the only ones you want or do you perhaps choose to extend the selection?
As i see it, if strictly limited to what the name implies;
Pyromancy - Manipulation and conjuration of fire. If speaking if physics, molecular friction. Unsubtle, simple and destructive.
Assuming that simple magics would be various forms of throwing fire at your foe I make the conclusion that conjuring fire
is easier the closer to the caster than far away and simultaneous conjurations is a measure of the mages skill. So causing
friction to set fire to the pants of ten enemies in the back of the ranks of a force a hundred meters away would be harder
than bursting a spray of fire from infront of the caster. Although I guess that the amount of fire should correspond to the
amount of mana put into it.
Hydromancy - Control of water... Eh, I guess a high pressurized stream of water cuts well or at least throws 'em back. Seems rather
bulky to manipulate and unless theres a source of water naturally, then the mage would have to use the moisture in the
air and in my opinion that would take time and/or not provide enough water to do some fun stuff, like tsunamis. Though
a skilled caster would be able to drain/drown his foes by drawing water into the lungs. Or even be able to control
enemies by manipulating the water in the bodies.
Geomancy - Weeh, manipulating the crust of the earth. Fissures, trembles, earthquakes, magma geysers, stone golems and what not.
Rather indiscriminating destructive power here, depending on how strongly the mage could manipulate it.
Necromany - How to define this... Control of life energies? of Souls? Is it just the control of dead things or would you be able to siphon
life from living being?
Nope; prior to six months ago, I hadn't even touched Python. I've just been teaching myself. There are classes on campus but I've found teaching myself is by far the best method, and more than sufficient for everything I've needed so far.
Been considering to do something like that myself for a long time but i'm rather unsure if i would be getting into deep waters and make it a wasted effort.
So you're making this in python then? How good is that language for what you want it for?