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<blockquote data-quote="Redwizard007" data-source="post: 8866950" data-attributes="member: 7024098"><p>So, um... George Lucas might have beat you to this.</p><p></p><p>In all seriousness, there is actually some solid ideas that you can pull from Starwars lore. Specifically, there is a lizard on a planet where carnivores use the force to hunt. This lizard projects a bubble around itself where the force is just gone. In larger numbers, this bubble grows exponentially. I'm blanking on the name atm, but the idea is pretty sound. In a world of magical predators, something evolves an anti-magic field as a defense.</p><p></p><p>There is also the Vong. A race of humanoids that are, somehow, seperate from the force. Picture them with magic immunity, and also being incapable of wielding magic of any sort.</p><p></p><p>Obviously, not every creature needs to manifest something flashy. A magical boost to initiative, perception, or stealth can be just as effective as the ability to teleport or spit magic missles. </p><p></p><p>I hope you also consider using immunity and/or resistance to non-magical attacks. This might even be a good place to reintroduce monsters that need a +X or better weapon to bypass damage reductions, but it would necessitate noting what creatures have +Y magic natural weapons. Even a simple raccoon can be dangerous if it can only be killed with a +5 weapon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redwizard007, post: 8866950, member: 7024098"] So, um... George Lucas might have beat you to this. In all seriousness, there is actually some solid ideas that you can pull from Starwars lore. Specifically, there is a lizard on a planet where carnivores use the force to hunt. This lizard projects a bubble around itself where the force is just gone. In larger numbers, this bubble grows exponentially. I'm blanking on the name atm, but the idea is pretty sound. In a world of magical predators, something evolves an anti-magic field as a defense. There is also the Vong. A race of humanoids that are, somehow, seperate from the force. Picture them with magic immunity, and also being incapable of wielding magic of any sort. Obviously, not every creature needs to manifest something flashy. A magical boost to initiative, perception, or stealth can be just as effective as the ability to teleport or spit magic missles. I hope you also consider using immunity and/or resistance to non-magical attacks. This might even be a good place to reintroduce monsters that need a +X or better weapon to bypass damage reductions, but it would necessitate noting what creatures have +Y magic natural weapons. Even a simple raccoon can be dangerous if it can only be killed with a +5 weapon. [/QUOTE]
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