Talk:Elementary Magic/@comment-187.19.127.210-20150726131739

Elements

One of the ways in which evocation effects are defined is by elements, basic aspects (no pun intended) of reality that have different affinities for certain types of effects. These associations are based on tradition and folk belief rather than on science, and exist mainly to help wizards focus their effects more clearly. If a wizard can think of a blast as “fire” rather than “the ramifications of thermonuclear force,” he’s more likely to pull it off successfully.

The most common elemental system within the White Council comes from medieval Europe: the “Classical” one, consisting of fire, air, earth, and water (modern wizards also include “spirit”). When a wizard casts an evocation, he chooses one of these elements to be the basis of the effect.