Talk:Forms and Techniques (Action Powers)

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Looking at T3, I think I might have to go with Form-Technique (Substantive - Verb) combinations to bring some order to power shticks. We used this idea a lot in Malleus.

The idea is to make a template page for each Form/Technique combination. Then there are combination pages using these template pages for each form and technique that list all the powers you gain access to by learning a particular form or technique. Note that there are generally more than one power for each combination, but some might have none.

Mind - Life Duality Problem

I am having trouble with the name of the Life and Mind domains.

Mind

This is anthropomorphic man as a civilized being, part of a society, sapient and cultured. It represents the end product of evolution and, by extension, God.

Life

This is life and life-force at the primal level; the essential principle that fuels all creatures, magical and mundane. It is at the opposite scale of the evolution from Mind, yet Mind could not exist without it.

Relevant Terms?

A list of terms that might be somehow relevant here: Culture Civilization Antropomorphs Anthropomorphism Soul Sapience Sapients Folk Parahuman Empathy Consciousness Sublime Person Being Cognizant

--Starfox 14:56, 18 October 2007 (CEST)

My take on Mind

I find Mind a very proper name.

To me Mind would be the realm of things that does not exist except as products of the mind: thoughts, abstractions, feelings, names, classifications.

  • It is the realm of the AI and of emergent properties: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence
  • It is the realm of memories.
  • It is the realm of memes, cultural patterns, customs and languages.
  • It is the realm of mathematics and computations.
  • It is the realm of music, patterns, and that extra something which separates "art" from "pictures".
  • It is the realm of virtual realities, fantasies, dreams, ideas, inspiration.
  • It is the realm of expectations and desires.
  • It is the realm of insanities: paranoia, megalomania, phobia, delusion.

These would all make a valid domain in my opinion. Don't know if it is the domain you had in mind, but I have a hard time seeing most of the above fit another domain.

--Mats 16:19, 18 October 2007 (CEST)

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