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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8539826" data-attributes="member: 2629">In my setting there are 5 types of magic: Supernatural, Divine, Arcane, Nature, Psionic.&nbsp; There is a weave that ties all things together.&nbsp; It begins at the heart of the Positive Energy Plane and ends in the heart of the Negative Energy plane.Nature Magic travels from the heart of these two planes along this weave to reach those that use it.&nbsp; Druids, rangers and most fey and shadow creatures use this 'Nature Magic'.Arcane and Divine magic also use the weave, but they're capitalizing upon it, rather than working in unison with it.&nbsp; Arcane spellcasters pull background magic from the weave and use it for their own ends.&nbsp; Divine spellcasters gain their benefits from the powers that deliver it to them via the weave.Psionic spellcasters generate their own power.Supernatural spellcasters have magic independent of the weave.&nbsp; They collect and store their magic by converting things into magic.&nbsp; It might be souls, or potential energy (physics), or chemical energy (explosives) that they're converting.&nbsp; It is the catch all of my world.Witches could refer to divine, arcane, nature or psionic spellcasters.&nbsp; It is just a label in that case ... but the core concept of the witch living in isolation that uses magics for curses and other myserious things are actually Hags.&nbsp; In my setting, Hags are primarily supernatural magic users that also dabble in other forms of magic.&nbsp; They tend to specialize in converting soul energy into power for their curses, hexes, and transmutations.&nbsp; That soul energy is ripest when people experience powerful emotions, so they specialize in making someone feel incredible joy, and then turning it into utter despair, then giving them hope, and then turning that into regret, and then twisting that regret into anger, etc...&nbsp; This allows them to feed off of the target of their magics like a generator and allows them to create more chaos which creates more power, etc...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8539826, member: 2629"] In my setting there are 5 types of magic: Supernatural, Divine, Arcane, Nature, Psionic. There is a weave that ties all things together. It begins at the heart of the Positive Energy Plane and ends in the heart of the Negative Energy plane. Nature Magic travels from the heart of these two planes along this weave to reach those that use it. Druids, rangers and most fey and shadow creatures use this 'Nature Magic'. Arcane and Divine magic also use the weave, but they're capitalizing upon it, rather than working in unison with it. Arcane spellcasters pull background magic from the weave and use it for their own ends. Divine spellcasters gain their benefits from the powers that deliver it to them via the weave. Psionic spellcasters generate their own power. Supernatural spellcasters have magic independent of the weave. They collect and store their magic by converting things into magic. It might be souls, or potential energy (physics), or chemical energy (explosives) that they're converting. It is the catch all of my world. Witches could refer to divine, arcane, nature or psionic spellcasters. It is just a label in that case ... but the core concept of the witch living in isolation that uses magics for curses and other myserious things are actually Hags. In my setting, Hags are primarily supernatural magic users that also dabble in other forms of magic. They tend to specialize in converting soul energy into power for their curses, hexes, and transmutations. That soul energy is ripest when people experience powerful emotions, so they specialize in making someone feel incredible joy, and then turning it into utter despair, then giving them hope, and then turning that into regret, and then twisting that regret into anger, etc... This allows them to feed off of the target of their magics like a generator and allows them to create more chaos which creates more power, etc... [/QUOTE]

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