October 7th, 2013
maybe energy benders recharge appliances like enchanters recharge weapons and staves in Skyrim.
posted at 11:49am on October 9th, 2013
Wh-when did runewriters become benders? O.o
posted at 3:27am on October 11th, 2013
(Ehhh, I call the Captain Planet kids "benders," I think it's just shorthand for "person who manipulates the elements." xD )
posted at 4:46pm on October 11th, 2013
Maybe not useful for running a store, but advertising that you're a runewriter and are hireable as such makes a lot of sense. Taking just the powers, earth elementals could be EXTREMELY useful for architectural stuff; runewriters with both water and air tend to get some weather control abilities -- there are a lot of ways it could come up depending on what runes each elemental specifically has. Then you consider combining it with anything -- a cook with water or fire magic; or like, if you were a fire elemental who decided to use your extra control over fire and heat to make pottery? Or glass? Or swords? I'm not an expert on any of those processes but it seems like it could totally give you an edge.
A lot of runewriters aren't just MAGES, and combine their little extra magical talent with their job. So it probably wouldn't come up in the simplified way the vote incentive portrays it, but it would still come up. :")
posted at 4:45pm on October 11th, 2013
Comment by Obligatonym
Hmm... the Artist is the source of all magic, eh? That... that is worrying considering recent theories surrounding aberrants and the like.
Also, I wonder if the signs are colour coded to reduce confusion.
Also, also, I wonder why anyone would feel the need to hire an energybender. Don't get me wrong, it seems like a cool power... it's just that it doesn't seem to be the sorta power that lends itself well to the kinda job where you'd have your own store or whatever.
As for alchemists, I wonder what their powers are beyond wrecking the economy. I mean, the power to transmute objects seems ridiculously useful.
Come to think of it, looking at the setting, there's an apparent power disparity between all the different kinds of runewriters. I wonder if people in the setting petition for the Artist to nerf certain runewriters.
posted at 9:14am on October 9th, 2013