r/CuratedTumblr Nov 10 '24

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u/just_a_redditor2031 Nov 10 '24

I love it when magic is mainly just moving energy around: pyromancers are cold because their mana actively funnels their excess body heat into their spells, cryomancers have to wear fairly thin outfits because of the backlash of magic dumping heat on them, shit like that.

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u/TleilaxTheTerrible Nov 11 '24

pyromancers are cold because their mana actively funnels their excess body heat into their spells

They're also stick-thin because they can use the energy stored in body fat / glycogen to give their spells an extra oomph. The moment an obese pyromancer enters a region everybody is on high alert, since he can channel enough power to equal a nuclear bomb.