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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 534637" data-attributes="member: 2013">FWIW, I've thought about the "classic" energy types as well.I chose to start by relating things to the "modern" elemental states of matter...Earth = SolidWater = LiquidAir = GasFire = Plasma (a little tenuous, but can be made)My next step is to add "electrons" in the form of ElectricityElectricity = electrons/electric charge = "energy" (not in the sense of Positive/Negative energy, but just "energy")I might then derive the following:Acid = Liquid plus "Negative Electricity" ("Lewis acids" try to "rip electrons away, implying that they have a surplus of protons, hence they are in a real sense the "opposite" of electricity)Now, I need to figure out how to derive explanations for:ColdForceSonicI could make a (tenuous) argument thatSonic = Gas plus Energy (Sound Waves)Now, I go "metaphysical" - "Earth/Solid" is the form matter takes when it is in the state of least energy, so to further "drain" it of energy makes it palpable cold...Cold = Solid plus Negative EnergySimilarly, I resort to metaphysical argument that "Fire/Plasma", the highest energy state, can somehow be channelled into an "infinite potential wall" through which nothing can pass (i.e., you must have more energy than the plasma to pass through, and I can increase the plasma's energy to infinity) by adding energy...Force = Plasma plus EnergyThis has some interesting implications... to reviewEarth = SolidWater = LiquidAir = GasFire = PlasmaElectricity = EnergyWe have a set of "preferred associations" to get the other elemental damage types:Cold = Solid + Negative Energy ("un-Electricity, if you will)Acid = Liquid + Negative EnergySonic = Gas + EnergyForce = Plasma + EnergyThis of course leaves four "other" combinations...Solid + Energy = Slashing/Bludgeoning/PiercingLiquid + Energy = Bases (which wind up being similar in their destructive effects to acids)Gas + Negative Energy = SilencePlasma + Negative Energy = Teleport/Plane Shift (after all, the opposite of an "impassable wall" would be the "portal to anywhere")More mixing could yieldSolid + Liquid = Amorphous stuff like Mud/ShapechangeLiquid + Gas = Vapor/MistGas + Plasma = ???Not quite sure where I'm going with all of this, but thought it was interesting enough to throw out there.  Still working out how to add Positive/Negative Energy (as in Healing and Necromantic energies).  Regardless, I think I have hit quite a few of the "typical" descriptors in this mental exercise.Other things I have thought about - trying to add dimensionality (x, y, z, t, meta - meta represents a "higher awareness" such as that granted by divination spells) to the mix.But when I add that many axes I find I'm up to 8 axes:xyztmetaelemental stateenergy (lightning)positive/negative (healing/undead) energy...and that gets really hard for me to visualize.--The Sigil</blockquote>

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