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<blockquote data-quote="J.Quondam" data-source="post: 8451656" data-attributes="member: 7030100">Assuming magic is a &quot;baked in&quot; aspect of the universe in the same way that&nbsp; spacetime and whatnot are, (perhaps, eg, a &quot;fabric&quot; or &quot;the Weave&quot;) then maybe Force damage arises from destabilization of that magical medium? Maybe a sort of entropy effect in the magic medium?So as a low-power manifestation, magic missile just sort of jostles the magical medium in a target before it snaps all back into place, leaving little more than a painful welt on the body or concussion in the brain. Disintegrate, at its most effective, violently disrupts that magical medium, leaving the target completely dissociated; whereas in the lower-damage case leaves a target generally pulped, singed and/or discombobulated.On the other hand, force objects like wall of force and so forth, arise from a controlled&nbsp; &quot;crystallization&quot; of that magical medium-- the opposite of an entropic effect. The spells are all about shaping it and cranking its &quot;hardness&quot; up or down. And when hit with a force damage spell, the result more often than not is just a cancellation of the two effects.Anyway, my 2cp. I never really thought about it. Until now, I've envisioned it as just bludgeoning-but-not-really-bludgeoning or something.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="J.Quondam, post: 8451656, member: 7030100"] Assuming magic is a "baked in" aspect of the universe in the same way that spacetime and whatnot are, (perhaps, eg, a "fabric" or "the Weave") then maybe Force damage arises from destabilization of that magical medium? Maybe a sort of entropy effect in the magic medium? So as a low-power manifestation, [I]magic missile[/I] just sort of jostles the magical medium in a target before it snaps all back into place, leaving little more than a painful welt on the body or concussion in the brain. [I]Disintegrate[/I], at its most effective, violently disrupts that magical medium, leaving the target completely dissociated; whereas in the lower-damage case leaves a target generally pulped, singed and/or discombobulated. On the other hand, force objects like [I]wall of force[/I] and so forth, arise from a controlled "crystallization" of that magical medium-- the opposite of an entropic effect. The spells are all about shaping it and cranking its "hardness" up or down. And when hit with a force damage spell, the result more often than not is just a cancellation of the two effects. Anyway, my 2cp. I never really thought about it. Until now, I've envisioned it as just bludgeoning-but-not-really-bludgeoning or something. [/QUOTE]

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