Wishlist: Why magic paths are like mod Nations.

[Endoperez]

Originally Posted by HoneyBadger

Endoperez--you can pick those apart all you want, it took me less than 2 minutes to come up with each one I can guarantee, however, that with time and effort, I could make each one unique against all the paths we currently have in the game.

I think I actually did describe how Metal and Mentalism magics could replace two existing paths, and described how Animism could be implemented, and said that I'd play a Five Elements conversion. I'm with you there, the paths could be made unique. I just don't think it will ever happen.

[JimMorrison]

It depends on the context of the mod, as to what makes sense as a "path".

But in current Dominions terms, it seems that most of your list would be schools of magic, not magic paths. The difference of course being that a school describes what can be done with your magic, and the path is where you derive your energies. So paths necessarily must be something primal, such as elements, but I fear the most you can really hope for is recategorizing of what exists, it doesn't seem that there are many "previously unheard of" sources of magical energies. Sex magic is good, but perhaps not entirely appropriate, as Endo complained.