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The Core of Elements

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Author's Notes

I'm a bit late writing this bit here as the article has been out for a few days at this point. But this article was the first step in a 26 article planning system building up the world to a state in which a story can be written. My goal is to finish the base of the world by the beginning of May or June 2022.   Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this expedition into the world of Resonance. The Core of Elements provides a whole new world, a versitile but complex skill with power that parallels that of the greatest cores in Aesontis. Keep an eye out for some more Resonance-based articles in the near future!  

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Aug 24, 2021 04:14 by Dimitris Havlidis

Hey there! So, some notes. When I started reading the article, I read about Harmonics but I had no idea what that was in the context of your world (first paragraph), also under "Manipulative" under each element you have "Manipulative | Relocatable" and I am not sure if the repetition under each helps with something (please explain if you wish)   The theme text-to-background might need some tweaking. I had to actually highlight pieces of text to read it.   That said, this is a damn amazing work for "Sci" I absolutely love it.

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Aug 24, 2021 23:26 by Jacob Billings

Ooh. Thank you very much for the comment! As far as Harmonics, I'll summarize that they're the specific skills which the magic system can apply within the greater Cores (categories). Thanks for reminding me, I'll add Harmonics to be next on my list. As far as Manipulative vs Relocatable, the Manipulative term is explained in the article but the Manipulative bit comes from the greater context of Harmoics which I introduced in the Core of Gravity as the form in which the system functions (ex. Relocatable Harmonics rely on a displacement system where the Resonance is able to be immediately restored upon completion of use while Expendable Harmonics require a recharge time). I should explain it more in the Harmonics article.   Hmm. I've gone through a few iterations, but I never seem to be able to perfect the contrast. I increased the brightness on the background a bit so, hopefully, that helps at least a little.   Thanks again for reading! I'm glad the article was enjoyable.

Aug 25, 2021 22:26 by R. Dylon Elder

Ooooo okay! I'm excited. Let do this.   So first I wanna bring up this here paragraph.   "Most often, Emet Resonators are useful for small scale teraforming projects and city protection for low classifications; high class Resonators are usually empoyed in the military like all high class Resonators. Occasional high class Resonators are employed for massive..."     I hit a speed bump. It wasnt just the typo with employed, but also the way its structured. For me, and just me, the repetition of high class resonator brought up some confusion because I almost felt like it was saying high class emet resonators are in the military, no wait they're used on the very rare occasion of terraforming. Now my brain is weird with semicolons. I never notice them. It took me a minute to actually figure out what it was saying. Now what its saying is perfectly accurate and nkthings wrong but as a personal suggestion you may freely ignore, I'd put a however or a whereas is there, just for clarity. I hope that made sense. Here, lemme give example.   "Emet Resonators are useful for small scale teraforming projects and city protection for low classifications, whereas high class Resonators..."       Back to the article, I really like the inclusion of thunderstorms. That's really cool. I think the idea of them being used for terraforming is a wonderful touch as well.       "Emet Resonators in the miliary could easily built fortresses and hold off armies"   Found another little typo. Should be built I think?. Speaking off, another great use of resonance.     I feel like this one is arguably the most powerful. I mean others certainly make a compelling argument, but in terms of sheer versatility and power, idk. Emet is growing on me. It's an awesome and far more practical take on elementalism and I love it.

Aug 25, 2021 23:13 by Jacob Billings

Ooh! Thanks for this. I've realized I never turned on my grammar checker before publishing (Euclid troubles). I'll see about patching up that wording. It's definitely a bit too repetitive, regardless of accuracy.   I also have found Emet growing on me; It was a bit of a struggle to come up with enough Harmonics for the already designed icon, but I personally think it turned out well. It's definitely one of the more powerful ones. I do have to maintain that it's actually the 3rd most powerful as the Core of Time and the Core of Space have properties that make them impossible to beat at a high level (I mean, how do you beat someone who can effectively stop time or someone who can just fold space together?). For low-level functions, Emet wins without a doubt. And thunderstorms? It just sounds epic to have someone appear from the sky, summoning storms of electricity around them. The images are flowing already. Thanks for reading!