Spells: What are they?

[Hyroen]

Though spells may be 1 of the crucial components of a deck, what are they really?

Do they need to be spoken?

Is it more of a silent manipulation of the elements?

What goes on when a spell is played?

[ddevans96]

My idea of spells is somewhat envisioned in the RP game I adapted to Elements - the idea is that our main character uses a scroll with an incantation on it to produce an elemental effect, whether it affects the physical or chemical features around the caster.

For example, to me Heal would somehow affect the air around you, causing a calming sensation and thus increasing your health. On the flipside, Earthquake would alter the land beneath the pillars, causing them to crumble and no longer have an effect.

...Am I making sense

[Rutarete]

I think of it in the way portrayed in the Belgariad and Mallorean (two series by David Eddings):
The Will and the Word.

I say Silence, opponent is silenced.

[Qwandri]

I think of them in a more classical interpretation, as in one says/dramatically shouts the words requiered to perform the spell while gesticulating if needed, then upon completion of the chant/whatever, the spell takes effect in a rather literal way.

Hooray for describing things that everyong can already picture/are boring! Also, hooray for /!

[Hyroen]

Do Elementals speak?

If so, do they speak English?

[Rutarete]

Do Elementals speak?

If so, do they speak English?

I'd leave those questions to the imagination.

[tyranim]

Do Elementals speak?

If so, do they speak English?

losgooga (thats "no" in elemental)

[ddevans96]

I'd leave those questions to the imagination.

QFT. Also lol at 'losgooga'

[Rutarete]

QFT = ?

[ddevans96]

QFT = ?

Quoted for truth.

[Saynt]

Spells shouldn't have to be spoken, as the rules required for identifying spells based on an arbitrary language and different pronunciations seem much too restrictive to beings such as elementals, not to mention that it contradicts the card art / names. (How would you bottle something that requires an incantation to use?) (http://elementscommunity.org/wiki/cards-fire/rage-potion-rage-elixir/) How would spell effects even work when called upon? Are they simply programmed to activate whenever a specific set of sounds are produced? How would one even create a spell in the first place?

I think spells are simply knowledge, new techniques where elementals learn to use their resources in different ways. If quanta can be used to call upon a creature or artifact, it can also be used to produce an instantaneous effect.

[Xenocidius]

The alchemy spells seem to involve physical manipulation of the contents of the bottles ...

For example, you make a creature drink the poisonous Liquid Shadow to gain the vampire ability, you drink Precognition yourself to give you insight into the opponent's deck and let you draw an extra card, and you pour a drop of Nymph's Tears onto a pillar/pendulum to make it magically transform into a nymph.