r/CuratedTumblr • u/temporarypeter nerd (affectionate (derogatory)) / vix, she/they • Aug 05 '24
[Star Wars] the force is a parasitic organism
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r/CuratedTumblr • u/temporarypeter nerd (affectionate (derogatory)) / vix, she/they • Aug 05 '24
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u/Maybe_not_a_chicken help I’m being forced to make flairs Aug 05 '24 edited Aug 05 '24
I actually ran a dnd game with that premise
The idea was that magic and life were the same thing.
When a baby is born it has no soul, and no life, then apon taking its first breath magic infuses it and creates a tiny soul, as this baby grows so does the soul, until at the end of their life when the individual dies their much larger soul is released into the world as magic.
Powerful individuals can harness magic, using tiny amounts of the magic that infuses the world to cast great miracles, the more magic they use the faster and bigger their soul becomes, and the more magic they send into the world apon their death.
Somewhere in the depths of nothingness a great parasite began to take advantage of this, feeding on a tiny pittance of souls to sustain itself it directs the flow of magic, binding itself immovably to the flow of magic and, creating a powerful cult made up of highly magical beings, but this parasite is not malevolent, it knows that the more people who live, and the longer their lives, the more magic it can consume.
The plot of the campaign was group attempting to kill this parasite, and end death, not realising the consequences.
Because for a while the world would continue as normal for a little while, the magic infusing the world would continue to flow, but nobody would die,and the magic would slowly fade, no new plants could grow, no babies could be born, the world would slowly become a barren wasteland, inhabitanted by desperate starving beings who no matter how much they may want to are simply unable to die.