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True Elements
« on: February 12, 2006, 09:16:30 PM »

I've been doing some research over the various Canon references, and in perusing the Shadows of Asia book, I noticed there's a section that mentions what might be True Water:

pg. 28 (SoA)

> From what I’ve heard, Wuxing discovered an alchemical
water radical, which they call longlei (dragon tears), in some of
the South China Sea’s underwater gorges and pools. As with
any other alchemical radical, though, general industrial mining
will ruin it, which is why Shiawase’s presence is a big problem.
> Li Hsen Chang

What kind of mojo could you cook up with this kind of stuff?
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Re:True Elements
« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2006, 09:26:05 PM »

Additionally, I also noticed that where these elements are showing up at is where all the "comet Orichalcum" came from. That is to say, perhaps the Earth's geology went through an amorphic change, similar to SURGE or UGE. So say you have this seemingly innocuous rock, but during the comet it changes into natural orichalcum, you mine the orichalcum and refine it, so it stays like that, but if you leave it, it changes into one static element instead of a combination of all 4.

Orichalcum in the Earthdawn sense, is a mixture of all True elements (save True Wood, I believe) Now in Shadowrun, Orichalcum that is found naturally is like this but isn't as potent as artificially produced Orichalcum which is a series of Metal radicals.

So if there were undiscovered Orichalcum deposits in say, the highest mountain peaks, do they turn into True Air? Under the sea becomes Water, and so on?
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Re:True Elements
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2006, 08:12:55 AM »

interesting idea... but there's no good way to test it...

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Re:True Elements
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2006, 09:43:35 AM »

Refresh my memory here, what is the diffrence between air and True Air?? And I mean in SR terms.

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Re:True Elements
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2006, 09:51:48 AM »

well, when you breathe TRUE air... you uh... can... uh... only tell the truth... and uh...

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Re:True Elements
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2006, 02:13:58 PM »

True Air, Water, Wood, and Earth are powerful foci.

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Re:True Elements
« Reply #6 on: February 13, 2006, 02:22:00 PM »

This is MAGIC water... it was blessed by an escimo shaman...
ohh... it's still cold!

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Re:True Elements
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2006, 05:24:17 AM »

True Air, Water, Wood, and Earth are powerful foci.

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Well all I know is that using a true form of element or alchemical radical drops the TN for enchanting and is less karma intensive, but what ARE they?? How can you have True Air??? Air is made up of a mixture of gases. How can you have True Wood??? There are thousands of species of trees. See where I'm going with this???

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Re:True Elements
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2006, 06:59:29 AM »

They appear as minerals, despite their airy nature. For example, true air is weightless but has form. In fact, using True Air as an element in a weapon makes it lighter than it was before. True Air can only be found in the upper atmosphere, near mountaintops as it grows inside of clouds. The Theran Empire of Earthdawn millieu used huge airships powered by blood magic to scour the clouds for true elements which they used in their wards before the Scourge occurred.

True Air appears as a silvery transparent crystalline metal. It is basically weightless, and will reduce the weight of an object that contains it and improves it's flight properties. Missile weapons will gain a greater range, et al.

True Earth a coppery half-metallic, half-earthen material. True Earth is not very heavy but is very tough, tougher than most modern alloys.

True Fire appears as a fiery golden crystalline metal. True Fire generates constant heat, and if made into foci, that heat can be channeled and controlled.

True Water is a mercurial semi-solid crystalline metal. True water will "sweat" small amounts of water, additionally, it will purify water that is is submerged in.

True Wood grows from trees that are fertilized and grown with true elements in the soil. The Joshua Tree Monument might be an example of True Wood.

Each True Element has special properties and are highly "aspected" toward their respective element. For example, making a Spirit Focus with True Earth will be naturally good regardless of the type used, but it will be much better when used to make a Focus to summon Spirits of the Land, Gnomes, and Earth Elementals. Additionally, weapon foci made with True Elements assume the basic primary and secondary elemental effects of their chosen element. As such, a True Fire sword will start things on fire, harm water spirits, and constantly generate steam when submerged in water.

As for during enchanting, treat the True Elements as radicals, double the bonuses available if the focus is aspected towards the element. True Wood is aspected towards Health Spells. Weapon Foci gain the the basic bonus but also receive the additional elemental effects.

I speculate that there are other True (elements) such as True Light, True Ice, and True Lightning, but these are just vague guesses.
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Re:True Elements
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2006, 07:49:52 AM »

And where there is True Light, there must be True Darkness. . .

And I have had a theory concerning an extra element as well.

True Void.

An "Anti-True-Element" if you will. Found only in the deepest reaches of space, could be used to enhance or aspected towards Mana Warps, Rifts, and other "non-positive magics" Or maybe function as a negative dice to spells, and such?

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Re:True Elements
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2006, 08:01:09 AM »

Hmm... I thought that the mana-warps and such were a result of a 'lack' of elements... what you are talking about would amount to a portable hole... I don't think they have a real spot for that outside of toon-town

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Re:True Elements
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2006, 10:24:55 AM »

Fair enough. . .
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Re:True Elements
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2006, 10:30:06 AM »

however, that being said; it would be possible to have a toxic 'true' element.

perhaps some radioactive trash from chernobil or something,

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Re:True Elements
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2006, 10:39:41 AM »

or from under Yucca Mt?
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Re:True Elements
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2006, 11:22:19 AM »

*shrug* well; in a toxic waste dump filled with death and pain, if a true element were going to show up, what do you suppose it would look like?

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