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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8346476" data-attributes="member: 6796468">Representational Magic. Magic where the spell itself, or magic itself, is reflected by the world. Common in things like Wicca or Voodoun traditions, it also has "Old World" traits as well. A couple of movies that made great use of representational magic are Warlock, the 1989 Julian Sands time traveling horror movie, and Conan the Destroyer, the 1984 schlocky cash-in on the success of the original (And best) Conan film.[MEDIA=youtube]NgbHSIKJiMM[/MEDIA]In this scene Kassandra (Played by Lori Singer) has had her youth stolen by the Warlock through a bracelet he took from her. To get her youth back she must reclaim the bracelet. Simple enough. But she's also now an old woman chasing after a powerful warlock and needs a little magic of her own. Turns out, Cold Iron Nails work wonders when hammered into prints in sand.[MEDIA=youtube]HitAtndOsWw[/MEDIA]The key to defeating Thoth-Amon's mirror-monster eludes Conan at first. But when fighting an evil reflection the best course is to break the mirror it is reflected in. I love representational magic. And I think it should be a strong conceit within the setting, most likely for Ritual magics, but also things like simple superstitions.</blockquote>