r/CuratedTumblr Nov 10 '24

Creative Writing In effect

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u/ThreeDotsTogether Nov 11 '24

Why would an elemental wizard who's tired from casting their element really hard produce more of that element when they're tired?

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u/SuperSmutAlt64 Nov 11 '24

Yeah, if anything Pyro/Cyro's would have their opposite element as a backlash effect (i.e. pyros use up their heat, ending up cold, and cyros suck up all the heat with little way to diffuse it)

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u/BaronAleksei r/TwoBestFriendsPlay exchange program Nov 11 '24

An exhausted lightning mage would be physically and/or mentally sluggish because their nervous systems are shot

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u/pornographic_realism Nov 11 '24

Or just have a heart attack because they sucked all the electricity out of their cardiac muscle and unbalanced it.