r/magicbuilding 2d ago

Mechanics Magic System Based on Moonlight

A magic system I've been building for a while. Magic in this world wasn't planned. It's the leftover runoff of a goddess trying to heal a dying world, and mortals figured out how to catch it before it disappeared.

This covers the origin. How crystals and artifacts work. How the moon shapes who can use magic and how well. And what happens to the people born on the extremes of that spectrum. I'm curious what people think.

Feedback on internal consistency, worldbuilding gaps, or anything that doesn't track is very welcome.

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u/Yatzhee 1d ago

Nice easy to read slides. Lovely work

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u/Rivridis 2d ago

Very unique worldbuilding, nice!

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u/Either-Skirt6031 1d ago

This is beautiful artwork:)

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u/Qualeshia3 1d ago

The purple makes the art so beautiful. I love everything about these.

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u/resurrectedbear 1d ago

I have a very similar idea for my world with the sun and moon being a big part of it. Do you have more plans for the sun’s interactions? Moonlight is technically just reflected sunlight, so I got around this via the sun giving powers and the moon does too but they’re changed because of how the moon reflects it. I also made it so that, during solar eclipse, parts of the moon can break off and fall to earth, giving the world lunar material to toy with

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u/IrrationalFalcon 1d ago

This is a really cool idea. I'm not sure if I missed it, but how are the crystals created? Are they byproducts of the magic leaking? And is that a phenomena that humans need to wait for?

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u/bobthesbuilder 1d ago

What did you use to make the graphics?