There are seven gods. God of mana, god of life, god of death, god of knowledge, god of the realms, god of skil, and god of talent.

every being is blessed by one of these gods like anyone blessed by the god of mana has incredible ease using magic while someone who was blessed by the god of knowledge is Smarter than everyone (those are just examples btw)

but the thing is everyone’s is different not a single one is similar their kinda like snowflakes but powers, like they can be almost identical but there will be a difference

My power system is Flux, which is based on the Devil Fruits from One Piece. I haven't worked on my story for a LONG time. I gave an explanation of Flux.

Flux is the internal energy generated by life itself, flowing through every living organism. Emotion, instinct, and willpower influence it, and it constantly shifts in intensity based on the user's mental and physical state.

There are four different flux types

Core Flux - A direct manifestation of internal energy used to enhance physical strength, speed, durability, and combat output. It is the most straightforward and physically oriented form of Flux.

Influenced Flux - A manipulation-based form of Flux that allows the user to affect forces, objects, or the environment through controlled energy output.

Beast Flux - A primal form of Flux that enhances or manifests animalistic traits such as heightened senses, physical transformations, and instinct-driven combat styles.

Anomaly Flux - A rare and unstable form of Flux that does not follow normal rules, often producing unpredictable or reality-bending effects unique to the user.

I do have another power system: Aether and Entheral Shards.

Aether, just like Haki from I, trying to make it different from Haki, though, I don't know how

The Entheral Shards are like the Dragon Balls. They do grant power, but at a cost

I haven't really focused on these two power systems since they're going to be revealed later in the story

If you do like it, please tell me why. If you do, like it, tell me why, too, and feel free to rate my power system

I'm just looking for some ideas for my magical girl/superhero story titled Beacons of Hope, the source of power in this world comes from the heart and their magical abilities are based on a Beacon's hopes and dreams, besides that I have no idea where to go from there.

Not quite offering them for sale yet as I'm still awaiting a sales and use tax number from my state (people that have seen these in my book giveaways have been clamoring to be able to buy them), but just wanted to share someone I thought was cool.

Bought my own badge printing machine and it took a ton of time (and about 50% of my ink ribbons and cards) to make sure everything was right. These are what prove that spellcasters are authorized to practice certain levels of magic, and I figured if these were real, they'd probably have stuff like UV security features, so I added my own!

If characters have lethal abilities. The audience expects the ability to fail, Or expectats the character to miraculously survive. Lethal abilities cannot actually kill, removing suspense. However an enemy has no reason to use a non-lethal ability. So authors have the enemy use a lethal ability for it do nothing. Think fire ninjutsu in Naruto.

So the solutions are: Be prepared to kill the cast, have abilities to prevent lethal attacks or give characters instant regeneration

Instant regeneration takes care of that mid-fight meaning a lethal ability can be used to its truest extent.

Two ways I have seen this adopted

1. Potions have insta-heal but they stop working on higher levelled characters leading to specialized potions that target specific injuries. Like a Bone potion for fractures and an Organ potion for a missing eye. Therefore, the ability is tied to resource cost.
2. Choujin X has 'raise'. When used immediately heals all damage, if the person is inflicted a fatal wound, they can immediately cast raise, so they do not die. It maintains tension really well.

All of this is very preliminary at the moment so I hope you won't judge this concept too harshly.

I'm working on a cassette futurism world where mecha are used in bloodsport to settle disagreements between the powerful. The mecha warriors fight for money and for political favor and as a result are seen as very important to society.

On to cassette magic

Magic, and magic sigils as a result, is affected by magnetic fields. If iron that is properly magnetized snd assembled into a sigil, the sigil becomes magic. This really doesn't do much on its own, but when two sigils face each other, they either attract or repel. And in either case magical force comes out of the sigils and mix together to form an incredibly rudimentary spell.

However, fast forward to the age of cassette. Sigils are drawn onto cassette tape using magnetized powders. A directing rod is placed at the center of the reel. This directing rod pulls in the magical energy from the multiple sigils it is directed towards. Then this magic is stored in a spool waiting til the end of the cassette to release the spell.

Because of how this works, cassette spells become increasingly complex. However, after every playback, there is damage to the tape. Meaning you only get a few uses before you need to rerecord it.

How do mecha use this?

Simply put, mecha are powered by magical energy. A much more complex device sits at the center of their being. But its principles are the same. The cassettes that the pilots use are more or less, ammunition to launch, strike, and even move the mech.

In a way, you only have a certain number of steps before the cassettes run out and need to be replaced in quick succession. Lest the mech stop moving in time and get damaged or destroyed.

Also, each cassette acts as a charge for the weapons on the mecha. So mecha warriors typically place a dozen or so in a player that switches between them after the first one finishes.

This isn't to say that mecha combat is slow. Quite the opposite. The key is to have fast players that switch around the cassettes.

Learning about sigils

Humans aren't the only ones capable of creating sigils. Certain insects in my world use metals to reinforce their burrows. At some point in time, they evolved a method to sense the magnetic fields and even interact with magic.

As an example, a type of volcanic ant will make sigils in the walls of their nest to create traps they evade through this sense. These traps typically create a disturbance in the magnetic fields when crossed, thus alerting the ants to an unwanted presence

Sigils were learned from insects like these. Though it was originally believed that sigils needed to be made from volcanic ash, the answer was actually the high concentrations of iron. As humanity learned more about sigils they started implementing them more and more into modern technologies.

hi guys! A few hours ago I just randomly thought ”what if I made a magic system based on keys?” And I thought it was a pretty cool idea so I got to work with this. This was super fun to make, hope you guys like it!! Might actually make this into a short webnovel lol

Mechanics:

Miracle keys are made out of a special crystal that exists in all timelines simultaneously, known as Ultanium. Essentially how it works is that the keys connect to the user’s soul, and use that link to find other versions of the user across timelines. The one that is closest to the user’s ideal self is the one that’s chosen (but this can change since your ideal self might change for different reasons)

All miracle keys are inactivated until someone touches them. After that, they are connected to that person until they die. Then they become inactive until the next person comes. And it’s impossible to have two or more keys at the same time. each miracle key design is unique to the user. the keys can’t be broken. If you lose your key or if it’s stolen, it’ll come back to you in little time.

the key allows you to become this version of yourself, but only for a limited time. The sudden burst of power isn’t something your body in this timeline is used to (and on top of that the differences between both versions of you causes a clash in reality), and staying too long in this state can cause what is known as overburn. Overburn is a disease that slowly turns your body into Ultanium. But this can be sped up the more you overuse your key. 

The more you become like your ideal self, the more you can handle using your key. This can cause overburn to recede. This gets better up until you actually become just like your ideal self. This merges both of you into one person, and you’re no longer at risk of overburn.

Everyone has two elements, their conceptual element (like creation, truth, destruction, righteousness, etc), and their physical one (like water, light, air, ice, etc). Your conceptual element depends on which concept your other version embodies the most. Your physical element depends on who you are as a person and what makes all your different versions still you. 

Lore: There are these magical keys known as miracle keys. A long time ago, a rainbow meteor fell from the sky, holding magical crystals. Each individual crystal exists in all timelines simultaneously. It is said that looking into one allows you to faintly see other timelines. 

In the age the meteor fell, people were essentially coddled by gods. In fact, everyone was blessed with good health, fortune, and immortality. This continued up until two scholars by the name of Nathaniah and Solomon, came across the book of knowledge (which was forbidden by the gods). The book taught them the nature and history of gods, which caused them both to fear and hate them. 

(Basically the gods are actually from another timeline and were banished to this one because they almost destroyed humanity. So now they tried coddling the new humanity in order to use them as sacrifices to get to their original timeline and destroy it)

Nathaniah spread the truth to as many people as he could, while Solomon created countless miracle keys (which were originally known as the keys of Solomon) using magic crystals from the meteor. These were used to help Nathaniah’s army. 2/3rds of humanity went to war with the gods. Sadly, they lost and were cursed with something called original sin, losing all their divine favors and blessings. 

On the bright side, 1/3rd of all gods were killed in the war. The surviving gods were weakened as well. 

Now, the remaining gods have been trying to wipe out humanity. Their goal is to create a new, perfect humanity that won’t disobey them after killing off this one.