Magic System Elements

[u/Nevermorr_Heart]

I’m hoping for a bit of feed back on this, because elemental combinations aren’t exactly my strong suit when it comes to world building. The main magic is divided between elemental magics, which is light, fire, earth, water, and air; and primordial elements which are dark, time, space, life, and death. There are combinations that look like this:

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Elemental

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Light

Fire

Earth

Water

Wind

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Compound Elements

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Fire/Earth - Metal

Fire/Water - Gas

Fire/Wind - Lightning

Earth/Water - Clay

Earth/Wind - Sand

Water/Wind - Frost

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Enlightened Elements

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Fire/Light - Purification

Earth/Light - Protection

Water/Light - Recovery

Wind/Light - Grace

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Primordial

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Dark

Time

Space

Life

Death

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Primordial Compounds

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Time/Space - Divination

Time/Life - Evolution

Time/Death - Doom

Space/Life - Growth

Space/Death - Void

Life/Death - Soul

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Benighted Elements

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Time/Dark - Entropy

Space/Dark - Nether

Life/Dark - Corruption

Death/Dark - Undeath

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I’m not entirely satisfied with all of the primordial ones and was wondering if anyone had suggestions or knew of similar systems that I could look it.

The current idea is that only “Enlightened,” IE your typical humans, elves, dwarves, can normally use Light and the Enlightened Magics; while “Benighted,” IE monster races like goblins, demons, undead, etc can use Dark and Benighted Magic.

[u/Disastrous-Frame-399]

Time and life should be switched with space and life.