Magic is combinatorial in nature, that is, you put spell pieces together through
research to create a spell. The more pieces, the more powerful the spell. But
the more pieces, the harder it is to make to spell in the first place and
perhaps harder to cast as well.

ne approach is to have hard-coded spells that simply require certain thaumas
to research. The other is to had thaumas that all work inteligently with each
other so that spells just work.



Magic

nouns:
        earth (solids)
        water (liquids)
        air (gasses)
        fire (energy)
        mana (meta-energy)
        soul (god-energy)
verbs:
        move
        transform
        create
        destroy



thaumas:

        Earth-Based Thaumas:
        --------------------
        create stone (create earth)
        create timber (create earth)
        summon earth elmental (create earth move)
        dispel earth elemental (destroy earth)
        Water-Based Thaumas:
        --------------------
        create water (create water)



Noun    Primary
----    -------
earth   dig
water   float
air     flight
fire    health
mana    aura
soul    faith

Spell types:

TYPE	COMP1	COMP2	COMP3	COMP4	DESC
attack	medium	-	-	-	attack spells
defense	medium	-	-	-	defense spells

        attack  (medium, range, strength, skill)
        defense (medium, strength, skill)
        summon  (creature, skill)
        compel  (creature, skill)
        create  (medium, item, strength, skill)
        scry    (range, skill)


range1  same stack      touch
range2  same location   sight
range3  same region     proximity
range4  other region    anywhere

damage1 small wound
damage2 medium wound
damage3 large wound
damage4 fatal wound

summon1 small creature
summon2 medium creature
summon3 large creature
summon4 giant creature



Marcus:

  Idea for spells: ability to cast overland weather control... I cast a
storm on map region "a" your hero moves into map region "a" and has harder
time searching building and gathering... you get the picture.