2.That all sounds good to me! Will tries to use his powers only when there is need, so limiting it won't be a problem.
3. Agreed. I edited the Opt-In Post to reflect the magical language.
4. I added the question on languages to the Opt-in Post. This is all okay with me. His ability with languages seems to be something he needs to will himself to use, so it should be easy to just have him not use it in conversations.
5. Spells.
This is really two different questions. For plants, Will sometimes uses what he calls the virtues of plants. This seems to have a lot to do with symbolism. For example, mistletoe can prevent evil from entering a house and scarlet pimpernel can prevent a dangerous animal from attacking. Rowan cannot be used for evil purposes, Hazel can be used for healing
This ability will be limited here, because Will only knows how to do this with plants and trees that are the same as his own world.
Will's ability to use the abilities of animals is very vaguely defined in canon. It does not seem to be actual shapeshifting, but more that he uses the skills as himself. He is described as riding the wind like a bird or swimming through the water like a fish or running with the swift ease of animals.
Immortality
In Will's canon, it is impossible for Old Ones to die. But they may be injured or come down with illness. At one point his mentor explains.
When we live in the world... we feel and see and hear as humans do. If you prick us, we bleed, if you tickle us, we laugh - only, if you poison us we do not die.... But there is another more powerful side to our nature as well.
The question of what happens if an Old One is badly injured was never addressed in canon. But after a lot of thinking I think I have something that would work for game purposes.
At one point a character sees Will as a shining figure in a blaze of towering bright light. It is implied that this is also Will, just as the human boy is Will.
If Will is injured in a way that would be survivable in Arda Marred, he will have to heal like any other human. But if he is injured mortally, and his body is unable to survive he will revert to being a pillar of light for the same amount of time as any other character would take to return to life.
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2.That all sounds good to me! Will tries to use his powers only when there is need, so limiting it won't be a problem.
3. Agreed. I edited the Opt-In Post to reflect the magical language.
4. I added the question on languages to the Opt-in Post. This is all okay with me. His ability with languages seems to be something he needs to will himself to use, so it should be easy to just have him not use it in conversations.
5.
Spells.
This is really two different questions. For plants, Will sometimes uses what he calls the virtues of plants. This seems to have a lot to do with symbolism. For example, mistletoe can prevent evil from entering a house and scarlet pimpernel can prevent a dangerous animal from attacking. Rowan cannot be used for evil purposes, Hazel can be used for healing
This ability will be limited here, because Will only knows how to do this with plants and trees that are the same as his own world.
Will's ability to use the abilities of animals is very vaguely defined in canon. It does not seem to be actual shapeshifting, but more that he uses the skills as himself. He is described as riding the wind like a bird or swimming through the water like a fish or running with the swift ease of animals.
Immortality
In Will's canon, it is impossible for Old Ones to die. But they may be injured or come down with illness. At one point his mentor explains.
When we live in the world... we feel and see and hear as humans do. If you prick us, we bleed, if you tickle us, we laugh - only, if you poison us we do not die.... But there is another more powerful side to our nature as well.
The question of what happens if an Old One is badly injured was never addressed in canon. But after a lot of thinking I think I have something that would work for game purposes.
At one point a character sees Will as a shining figure in a blaze of towering bright light. It is implied that this is also Will, just as the human boy is Will.
If Will is injured in a way that would be survivable in Arda Marred, he will have to heal like any other human. But if he is injured mortally, and his body is unable to survive he will revert to being a pillar of light for the same amount of time as any other character would take to return to life.
Let me know if this will work!