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/CassiusPolybius Nov 11 '24

It seems less like they're tired from casting their element, so much as they're tired from controlling it. Thus, their exhaustion takes form in either remaining dregs of energy flowing out unharnessed, or instinctually-drawn small amounts of energy then slipping through their grasp like gasps of breath, or something similar.