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What would magical traditions specialized in controlling and manipulating swarms of elementites be like, and how would they differ from "regular" elemental magic?
Perhaps a master of earth elementites could have them suffuse their body and harden in response to physical trauma, but would that be any different from conventional Barkskin/Ironskin spells?
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>>54776849
The Codex Alera books are basically about this
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>>54776849
I figure it would mostly differ in that "spells" would have a degree of intelligence, and could be trained to better do their job. Like with your example, if you had the earth elementals reinforce you often enough they'd eventually learn what parts of you need the most strength and optimize the effect, maybe even learn to preempt the physical trauma and harden before the blow even lands.
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>>54777140
>preempt the physical trauma and harden before the blow even lands
But this is already what happens.
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>>54777312
No, it hardens as the blow lands. It's like a non-Newtonian fluid. This would be hardening before the blow, letting it deal with hard attacks better/
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>>54776849
>Elementites, son.
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>>54777388
How is dealing with hard attacks better?
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