Luminiferous Aether | Luminiferous Aether

[TimerClock14]

yea but radiation sounds too much like 'nuclear aftermath' rather than 'the giving off of energy' in this day and age. maybe something like: kinetic? all energy involved in photons and sparks are kinds of kinetic energy, as opposed to potential energy.

[SteppingStone81]

First of all, interesting card idea - the theme is cool and consistent with its elements. 

The only slightly puzzling issue is that this card behaves randomly but has no link to the entropy element.  This is not a huge deal, but only a few cards outside of entropy behave randomly, with all of those relating to quantum generation / consumption (quantum tower, devourer quanta munching, playing cards without specified element cost).

From a game mechanics perspective, it seems like this card would have a definite, useful niche and not be appreciably OP / UP.

How about Radiation? Photon/RoL and Spark/BL are both creatures of pure energy, and radiation is the emission of energy. So the Aether would be radiating Photons and Sparks.

yea but radiation sounds too much like 'nuclear aftermath' rather than 'the giving off of energy' in this day and age. maybe something like: kinetic? all energy involved in photons and sparks are kinds of kinetic energy, as opposed to potential energy.

As for naming the ability to generate photon / sparks, radiation does in fact make sense for generating photons (gamma and x-ray radiation both refer to emission of photons in certain wavelength ranges), but doesn't make much sense for generating sparks.

Maybe something like pulse would be generic enough to accommodate both but still be thematic?  (pulsars emit gamma rays and no doubt a few very short-lived sparks ...)

What about something simpler, say Emission or Emitter?

(the ability name emission makes me think of something else entirely  )

[AnonymousRevival]

I can't wait for it to be in the reliquary, but I do hope that there will be a definite photon summoning and a definite spark summoning.

[miniwally]

First of all, interesting card idea - the theme is cool and consistent with its elements. 

The only slightly puzzling issue is that this card behaves randomly but has no link to the entropy element.  This is not a huge deal, but only a few cards outside of entropy behave randomly, with all of those relating to quantum generation / consumption (quantum tower, devourer quanta munching, playing cards without specified element cost).

Dusk Mantle, Fog Shield, Permafrost Shield, Thorn Carapace?

[ddevans96]

First of all, interesting card idea - the theme is cool and consistent with its elements. 

The only slightly puzzling issue is that this card behaves randomly but has no link to the entropy element.  This is not a huge deal, but only a few cards outside of entropy behave randomly, with all of those relating to quantum generation / consumption (quantum tower, devourer quanta munching, playing cards without specified element cost).

Dusk Mantle, Fog Shield, Permafrost Shield, Thorn Carapace?

Fate egg is random as well, and it's not in entropy either.

[AnonymousRevival]

Well, I think Fate Egg is is because it evolves, and evolving needs time. Fate also seems to be a like name too.

[kurathedog]

OK, so you kind of barely not really explained fate egg not being in entropy
Dusk mantle, thorn carapace, fog shield, permafrost shield, and ice bolt still say entropy is not the only random one.

Or how about you having a randomly shuffled deck? How about all the quantum cards (Gavel, Qtower, Shards, etc)?

Great card. Helps the dying RoL/Hope

[AnonymousRevival]

OK, so you kind of barely not really explained fate egg not being in entropy
Dusk mantle, thorn carapace, fog shield, permafrost shield, and ice bolt still say entropy is not the only random one.

Or how about you having a randomly shuffled deck? How about all the quantum cards (Gavel, Qtower, Shards, etc)?

Great card. Helps the dying RoL/Hope

Okay, look, entropy is all about randomness, but that doesn't mean that everything random has to be from entropy. For example, ice bolt has a chance to freeze, it fits more in water because freeze needs ice and ice needs frozen water, so it fits more in water. Darkness is about stealthiness so dusk shield gives an effect of missing an attack, making it sneaky like, so it belongs to darkness.

[miniwally]

It's a reply to SteppingStone, he was saying only entropy and a few exceptions were linked to randomness.

[SteppingStone81]

It's a reply to SteppingStone, he was saying only entropy and a few exceptions were linked to randomness.

I was mistaken - I blame a very faulty memory 

Anyhow, I did not think it was a big deal.  My main point was that the card was great / thematic / etc!

[miniwally]

It's a reply to SteppingStone, he was saying only entropy and a few exceptions were linked to randomness.

I was mistaken - I blame a very faulty memory 

Anyhow, I did not think it was a big deal.  My main point was that the card was great / thematic / etc!

It wasn't a big deal I was just pointing out it wasn't only entropy randomness was linked to.

[AnonymousRevival]

I just hope that this card could summon a definite spark or photon.