# [[Dragon Tech and Magic]] >[!check] Objective > Derive what kind of technology, its limits and function as well as magic. I think this is going to be a hard system due to technological aspect? ## Previous Sessions ![[Character Grainstorm - Epsin Ovhara#^todo|clean ]] ![[Character Note - Aliesterossa#^todo|clean]] ## This Session ### Magic I think the idea is the crystals can store magic within it as if it's in the air and it gets collected. hence the larger the crystal the more powerful it is. Mostly these are quartz based and I wonder rare crystals are more potent or not is up to debate or superstition. What is certain is dragon's heart crystalizes upon death and can be used as a conduit for large amount of magic. For the magic categories, I am going to use the one I have in my game development; thermogenesis, gravity and photon; evoker, telekinesis and illusion to simplify. For the sake of lethality, there is no healing magic but potions that would help them hasten their recovery. So how prolific is magic in this world? pretty wide spread and it's not the people who can use magic it's more of the quartz are used for magic so anyone who are trained can use magic and the capacity for magic is entirely based on number of crystals they carry. I suppose it's like ammunition for guns. #### Level of magic complexity magic is triggered by will or reciting incantation that is form of focus or willing. >[!recite] incantation >I invoke the light to guide my path through the darkness. something like this where goal is manifesting the will into magic and people have culturally developed these rules or guidelines to use magic when in possession of a crystal. This requires training and as if it's a ritual of sorts. Would this lead to more religious meaning to it? no but close enough. There isn't a civilization developed enough to hold state funded academy but small ones are around such as dragon lady's sage. ### Dragon Tech how did they come to know the dragon tech? no idea but historically we've been using bones as tools in addition to stone and rocks hence they learned dragon bones are the sturdiest and resonates with crystals for magic. It works like an acoustic, it resonates and amplifies magic being cast. This is why getting a crystal and dragon heart and putting it on dragon bone is highly sought after because it can be used in magic. Can the bones by turned into dust to amplify magic? Yes but very volatile and dangerous. the long awaited Mecha! what is this thing about? this is a mech made from the bones of dragon and powered by the heart. the crafting of this technology is mostly guarded by whoever knows how to make it and started from the ancient days where they made it to fight against larger creatures. This means there are creatures far larger than typical creatures we have in our world in this world. This might be the other reason why there aren't that many civilization in the world and they are isolated from one another. Who holds these dragon tech? whoever holds the dragon tech rules the area due to its sheer power but it also poses threat as the pilot can go berserk on prolonged use and most of the time the dragon mech is only given to the lord of the region and only used in dire situation or just to display of power. Wyvern mech and Drake mech are far more common and its materials are easier to get than the dragon's. These bones degrade over time unless maintained or replaced in battle. is this some sort of lost tech or up and coming? it's up and coming so there's room for development and whoever first developed them must have vast amount of power. do they still hold that much power? No. the sole existing dragon mech the kingdom is using it as a deterrent is currently non-functional due to lack of dragon bone to fix the main part. This is why dragon hunting is so important and driving the economy and in order to be ready to hunt a dragon wyvern and drake bones are needed to aid their hunt. Is this a recent thing? No, it's been like this for a while, about 50 years moving onto the third king since the dragon mech is disabled. So why hasn't it fixed? are dragons that rare or hard to hunt? They are really hard to hunt and they are not that numerous. Dragon sighting's rare in the kingdom and one must venture to the wild to find a dragon's lair, but there are invisible borders between dragons and humans that clash and that's where drakes and wyverns are. Going back to the Dragon Tech, it can be used in other places that are daily life such as exo suit that is for wyvern and drake heart as they are smaller with reduced magic output. how does the mech function? they need to be touching the heart with one hand and a controller on another hand to channel the magic through their body and pass it to the bone that is connected to the mech and the rest of the body is protected by conventional means such as plates and shield. weapons are sometimes made with bones as well but as they are expensive on the core functioning part of the mech is made with bone and it is heavily protected. other crystals can be used to support but how useful are they? Crystals such as quartz can be used but they break after single use of high magic and topaz and diamond are harder in Mohs scale because the dragon heart has so much magic it will crack them if its magic is to be channeled to be used. on a daily uses Quartz are used for lighting for those who can afford and trained, lasts almost indefinitely unless too much magic is forced upon it to a point it cracks. >[!aside] >What if religion gives these out with verses to spread their beliefs? there might be a god of light. Dragon heart is dangerous to use because it has its own will and can drive the user mad if they are not trained to ward off its power. Why dangerous, it somehow remembers their death? to be determined. There are three types of dragons and each of them can create 3 different sizes as a result; dragon mech can be up to 9m (30 ft) tall while wyvern is 5m (16 ft) and drake 2.5m (8ft) tall with the last one being more of an exo-suit than a mech. ## Summary >[!summary] > - Magic > - Anyone can use magic as long as there's training and crystal > - Requires a crystal to cast, dragon heart as the best crystal > - Requires training of willpower and incantation > - Temperature, telekinetic and light manipulation are the fields of magic > - Dragon Tech > - bones degrade over time but amplifies magic > - dragon bones are hard to get, wyvern and drake bones are just as good. > - use of dragon heart can be dangerous > - there are three grades; dragon 9m, wyvern 5m and drake being an exosuit. >[!todo] Next Steps > - [x] [[World Building - Religion]] > - [ ] why is it dangerous to use dragon heart for a prolonged period of time > - [ ] why the sole dragon mech is not working - kingdom's history > - [ ] crystal magic? ^todo