Post:Change of Course? - 07/06/2014 - 03:08

Re: Change of Course? · on 07/06/2014 03:08 AM CDT	1823
The original concept was for sigil scribing to be non-magical in nature. You are studying "the world" - be it planets, a holy relic, a blade of grass, the way a shadow hits a rock, ripples in the water - and using it as inspiration to create an abstract representation on the scroll. These sigils are so incredibly complicated (represented in and representing of multiple dimensions - including time) that a person cannot simply memorize or copy them. Studying sigils requires you to leave the laboratory and venture out into nature hunting for these things. That sure seems like there is some Outdoorsmanship component. Like how is studying the stars a purely magical thing? Or studying lava bubbles in a volcano? Or praying to the immortals? Those all involve complex, diverse actions that ultimately result in you copying a complex geometric thing on a piece of paper. Arcana seems too much "I know how to use X so I should be good at making X". So, perhaps scholarship makes more sense. Just not sure yet.
This message was originally posted in Lore \ Enchanting Skill, by DR-KODIUS on the play.net forums.