On The Theme

Jellyfish wrote:Not just plain motor oil, people. lol An oily substance. Something that can be mined or flows from some underground spring or whatever and is just a common source of power/magic...not the only source.

Alkeni wrote:I'm not getting hung up on the idea of oil. Magic and tech should NOT come from the same source.

Rook wrote:I disagree with trying to be too original with the common power scource. A big problem with the last PW was that everything was supposed to be 'original' but in fact was the same damn thing with a wierd name that basically shouted to every person who hadn't read the huge argument over said names "Run! Run away! This is complicated!"

Crystaks are a good idea as is an oil like substance but lets not try to tie this to a plot before we even have everything sorted out.

Just to contribute my own idea, how about energy that is released from all living things when they die and is collected by large crystals mounted atop spires within cities whose power pertains to this scource. the larger the crystal the larger the city or the more advanced the tech. Some places like the aforementioned Tiki islands wouldn't have any such crystals or only a very small one.

These crystals and their positions on spires/towers above cities would make them very influential to the world around them. They would be primary objectives during battles to take control of the city, kingdoms or countries that had excess crystals would have higher tech and could tamper witht he power balances of smaller factions by feeding them more crystals.

Just a quick brainstorm.