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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 2474245" data-attributes="member: 63">Honestly, I should be asking more along the lines of "what sorts of Chinese spellcaster archetypes are there in movies, and how are those archetypes different from European or American spellcaster?"Basically I'm writing a magic syste where the rules themselves are fairly open to interpretation. For instance, an Attack spell can be a curse that wracks the body with pain, an evil spirit that manifests and tears open wounds, or a burst of flame.I'm looking for small rules that will help you give flavor to your character's magic, depending on what tradition they're from. For instance, the Classical Fey tradition is unseen, so those who don't believe in magic won't notice you cast the spell; and the Christian Healer tradition gives you a bonus to cure spells; and the Matrix-esque 'Freed Mind' tradition gives you a bonus to resist charms and illusions; and the Stage Magic tradition gives you a bonus to cast illusion spells.I want to know a few different types of Eastern magic, and small ways to make them stand out from normal traditions. What types of magic are they good at? What are they bad at?I've already got it in my head to have a sort of 'Uncle from the Jackie Chan Adventures' style tradition, but I can't think of what specifically he's good at. I suppose he deals with antimagic and defense well, but the villainous spellcaster in the third season looks like he uses the same tradition, but he gets access to attack, divination, and teleportation magic. Basically it's just general sorcery that can do anything, or that's what it looks like.That's the problem. There's nothing that Chinese magic seems bad at, so it's hard to think of anything it's especially good at that it should be rewarded with.</blockquote>

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