Ultimate_Waffle Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 In Minecraft, buffs are usually gained through magical means; but I feel magic doesn't fit the vibe of this game. I was thinking more along the lines of natural buffs from the things you consume. Like maybe certain alcohols will make you more resistant to damage, or maybe if something like coffee is added one day it could give you a speed boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l33tmaan Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 You feel magic doesn't fit the vibe of this game? The game with temporal rifts that spawn nightmare creatures? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate_Waffle Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I don't. That gives off more of a "physics we don't yet understand" vibe. Worlds in two different planes of existence crashing into each other. There's even teleportation in the game being achieved through a device created by science, even if some of that science is fictional. Rather than through magical means. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l33tmaan Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 Right, so if I were to perform some kind of... bloodletting experiment... that results in a damage increasing buff... that would be science and not magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimate_Waffle Posted March 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I'm not sure what you're trying to get at here. This game is more about believability. Not realism, and not really magic. I can believe two planes of existence crashing and interacting with each other on some level. I can believe there being denizens of that other realm appearing "nightmarish" to us because they're ugly and hostile to us. I can believe coffee giving our character more energy which translates into a speed buff. I can believe alcohol giving our character a durability buff, because drunk people have shown to be able to survive more traumatic events with less injury than sober people just because they didn't tense up. I am not saying this game goes full-science or that it should go full-science. I am saying that potions and enchantments are not at all believable in this fictional world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l33tmaan Posted March 8, 2022 Report Share Posted March 8, 2022 I'd like magic food, that would be neat. I wonder what happens to crops grown in the rust dimension...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maelstrom Posted March 11, 2022 Report Share Posted March 11, 2022 Lovecraft wrote from a scientific/technological perspective but the events could be perceived as magical in nature. I offer Lovercraft's The Shunned House (https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/sh.aspx) as an excellent example of what Tyron and team are achieving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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