Vibration

There's a yes and no to that idea. I wanted to do something, but the more I thought about it the less it made sense as Vibrations are extremely powerful. However, a mentor to a Vibril with equivalent or greater power does have the ability to cancel out effects within their Core. This means, if a Vibril shows a tendency toward a Core, a mentor could be selected to reduce exterior damage.; I do also mention this doesn't allow for Vibrations to not affect the Vibril as the Vibril will still suffer the internal damage from the volatile nature of Resonance. But yes, technically it's possible. The opening quote is important as it shows why it only works sometimes: Eri is a Resonex so she's able to mostly cancel out the Vibrations but, if it takes after the only Core she doesn't yet possess, there could still be devastating effects.   Culture is one of the most important aspects for me since I often find that I dislike real cultures so I'm trying to make more welcoming ones within my worl. As far as Resonance goes, I've kind of made blanket cultures as I felt it would be logical for Resonance to have a universal culture behind it even as the nations split into their own sociological cultures. This comes from the fact Resonance has been the very core of history, bending it so frequently that the cultural aspects of Resonance became universal.   Sopactum Core Tattoos are very much binding for high-level Resonators. For low-level Resonators, it really allows them to access the small amounts of Resonance in their body. These kinds of Resonators are those that don't experience cyclic Vibrations, will find tattoos to be a great tool. But, once you hit Class 1 Resonators, you realize that they have less overall power than before -- which is why usually it's only high-class Resonators drawn to being Resonex. Hope that makes sense!   Thanks! I really love this magic system and, since I'm never going to get the time to finish World Ember properly, different small things like this have become my focus. I think you'll be excited about the next two articles as one is going to be about the rarity of Ace/Ti Resonators and the other is going to be about a high-level Anéginnín military technique that effectively uses a pair of Resonators to be high-level spies. Those should be fun!   Oh yeah. One other thing you should hold onto from this article is the fact that very powerful Vibril can contain their Resonance within themselves. That girl mentioned in the Limitations section will be double important as she will become a Resonex after being bound by Sopactum and she's the mold for one of my characters -- who I've not realized will be super physically weak. But's it's an exciting prospect to consider for a character.   Whoops. Sorry, I think I went kind of overboard here. It's just a really exciting idea to me. Anyway, the comment is appreciated as always and I hope you continue to enjoy the system! Thanks for taking the time to read.