List of elements.

[Zurvan]

I need a list of elements. I plan to make a homebrew campaign where elementalists must choose one element.

From the classical ones(Fire, water, air, wind, earth)

To the more subjective ones(Dark, light, gravity, heart, metal, sun)

Ideas? I want to Incorporate as many as possible in a game. Can you guys also help me with a description of the type of spells each element will have? Thanks.

This is what I got so far:

-Fire
-Water
-Ice
-Air
-Wind
-Earth
-Dark
-Ligth
-Void
-heart
-Gravity
-Metal
-Sun
-Moon
-Flowers
-Time
-Space
-wood
-gas
-plants
-acid
-blood
-cold
-poison
-sound
-life
-death
-Holy
-unholy
-profane
-spirit
-magnetism
-undeath
-necromancy
-glass
-crystal
-lava
-magma
- alcohol
-liquids
-storm
-arcane
-electricity
-shadow


Any other ideas? For both elements and type of spells.

[Elderand]

I'd put in a periodic table joke, but that's too obvious.

You don't have wood on your list, blood might be another

[Seto]

I second wood. You also absolutely need Electricity/Lightning.

The Pokémon types might give you some ideas.

[Hytheter]

I'd put in a periodic table joke, but that's too obvious.

You don't have wood on your list, blood might be another

Wood could probably be amalgamated with the OP's "flowers" to become "Plants"


I also feel like Gravity would probably be a facet of Space.

edit: Wait, you have air and wind as separate things?

Also, Ice/Cold should be in there. Maybe Sound too.

[Aedilred]

I'd put in a periodic table joke, but that's too obvious.

I will suggest this periodic table, as slightly less obvious

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[Zurvan]

Should Electricity and Lightning be treated as different elements?

Since I want to do a huge list with manny different types of mages I will have Both plants and wood.

A player especially asked for a "flowers" element. Don't ask why. He is a joker I guess he want to kill people using flowers as a form of humiliation

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I will suggest this periodic table, as slightly less obvious

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I hate chemistry but a "noble gases mage" sounds awesome.

edit: Wait, you have air and wind as separate things?

Also, Ice/Cold should be in there. Maybe Sound too.

Yeah like air is more about oxidation and respiration.
And wind is more like blow you away and razor Wind.

[goto124]

Is 'mayo' inthere?

[jaydubs]

-Spirit
-Magic
-Some D&D ones you're missing: sonic, acid, positive (life), negative (death), force, vile
-Holy/Unholy

[Zurvan]

-Spirit
-Magic
-Some D&D ones you're missing: sonic, acid, positive (life), negative (death), force, vile
-Holy/Unholy

How should I define vile and force?

[Knaight]

There's always magnetism, given that you already have gravity. There are materials that aren't listed (e.g. glass, magma). Life could be used, it fits in the milieu. If you're going narrow, there are some fun specialized fluids - alcohol could be entertaining, and while it's a compound so's water.

[jaydubs]

How should I define vile and force?

Reading through the description, vile damage was apparently just so evil it's difficult to cure. So I suppose it might be better to just say good and evil damage.

Force was just it's own D&D category. If I were to fluff a more generalized "force" element, I'd probably link it to one of the atomic forces. Actually, I guess that's a good source for several elements. Gravity, magnetic, and then maybe make "force" the strong and weak atomic forces (I'd ask someone more knowledgeable in physics for an explanation). In terms of what it can do, I'd link force to force fields, unexplainably moving things around (like telekinesis), and maybe re-arranging matter on a molecular or smaller level.

[Zurvan]

There's always magnetism, given that you already have gravity. There are materials that aren't listed (e.g. glass, magma). Life could be used, it fits in the milieu. If you're going narrow, there are some fun specialized fluids - alcohol could be entertaining, and while it's a compound so's water.

An alcohol mage sounds awesome.

[GentlemanVoodoo]

Depending on your setting, you could throw in psionics (mind) or unelemental.

Psionics is pretty self explanatory, but for unelemental it could be fluffed as the original elemental source where all others originated from. Assuming this is for a magic user, spin it as magic in its rawest form where as other elemental types are the more refined forms of magic.

[Maglubiyet]

- Creation
- Destruction
- Birth
- Star
- Sky
- Dream
- Disease

if you're going to have Blood, how about
- Bone

and how about the seasons -
- Spring
- Summer
- Winter
- Fall

- Fluffiness

(and maybe alphabetize that list -- it's getting cluttered)

[veti]

Needs more Art:
- Song
- Dance
- Beauty
- Grace

Then there's:
- Awe
- Speed
- Distance
- Love
- Structure
- Conflict

Edit: and how could I have missed:
- Truth

I also can't believe no-one has linked to this yet.

[Geostationary]

Is there a noun for it? Bam, element.

[Battlebooze]

How about emotions/feelings?

Love
Hate
Boredom
Rage
Madness
Fear
Lust
Greed
Disgust
Hunger

Or odd... elements

Cheese
Flesh
Fish
Dust
Rust
Mold
Fungus
Ahem. Poop
Trash
Paper

[Battlebooze]

Is there a noun for it? Bam, element.

Cheater!

[Ashtagon]

http://www.smileylich.com/dnd/collec...ctive_Q15.html

That link has a good list

NORMAL ELEMENTS (E=1):
Air
Earth
Fire
Water
Wood {extra +1}
Flesh {extra +2}
Original Time {extra +12}
PARA ELEMENTS (E=2):
Acid (Fire+Water)
Alcohol (Air+Fire+Water)
Cold (Air+Water)
Composite (Air+Ear+Fir+Wat)
Fungus/Seaweed(Wood+Wat)
Glass (Air+Earth+Water)
Heat / Warmth (Air+Fire)
Magma / Lava (Earth+Fire)
Metal (Earth+Fire+Water)
Ooze / Mud (Earth+Water)
Shards (Air+Earth)
Sound (Air+Earth+Fire)
Thorns/Thicket (Wood+Earth)
ENERGY ELEMENTS (E=2 or +1):
Negative Energy / Death
Positive Energy / Life
Shadow (Negative+Positive)
Chaos, Law
Darkness, Light
Holy {incl. Eldritch / Unholy}
Magic
Psionic / Thought
Radioactive {extra +1}
Anti-Magic {extra +1}
Anti-Psionic {extra +2}
Anti-Radioactive {extra +3}
Godly {extra +6}
Anti-Godly {extra +9}

QUASI ELEMENTS (E=3):
Ash / Cinder (Fire+Negative)
Bark (Thorns+Negative)
Blizzard (Cold+Positive)
Blood (Glass+Positive)
Bone (Flesh+Negative)
Dust (Earth+Negative)
Firestorm (Magma+Positive)
Fog (Cold+Shadow)
Ice / Snow (Cold+Negative)
Impact (Water+Shadow)
Inertia (Earth+Shadow)
Lightning (Air+Positive)
Magnetism (Metal+Positive)
Minerals (Earth+Positive)
Mist (Heat+Shadow)
Napalm (Heat+Positive)
Plasma (Fire+Shadow)
Poison (Alcohol+Negative)
Quicksand (Ooze+Negative)
Radiance (Fire+Positive)
Rainbow (Composite+Pos.)
Rot (Wood+Negative)
Rust (Metal+Negative)
Salt (Water+Negative)
Sand (Glass+Negative)
Silence (Sound+Negative)
Silt (Ooze+Negative)
Silverglade (Thorns+Positive)
Slag / Tar (Magma+Negative)
Smoke (Heat+Negative)
Splinters (Wood+Air+Shadow)
Storm (Ooze+Positive)
Sugar (Alcohol+Positive)
Steam (Water+Negative)
Thunder (Sound+Positive)
Vacid / Umbra (Comp.+Neg.)
Vacuum (Air+Negative)
Verdant (Wood+Positive)
Vibration (Air+Shadow)

[Q15] Elemental/Dragon Psionics (Psi. Freq. 15)

List of Elements (others)

HOLY PARA-ELEMENTS (E=3):
Aether (Composite+Holy)
Forbiddance (Air+Holy)
Grave (Earth+Holy)
Holy Water (Water+Holy)
Pyre (Fire+Holy)
MAGICAL PARA-ELEMENTS (E=3):
Force (Air+Magic)
Tempest (Composite+Magic)
Mithril (Metal+Magic)
HOLY QUASI-ELEMENTS (E=4):
Eldritchiron (Iron+Holy+Shad.)
Heaveniron (Iron+Holy+Pos.)
Helliron (Iron+Holy+Neg.)
MAGICAL QUASI-ELEMENTS (E=4):
Adamantite (Mithril+Positive)
Animation (Force+Positive)
Chromatic (Tempest+Neg.)
Disintegration (Force+Neg.)
Harming (Magic+Negative)
Healing (Magic+Positive)
Prismatic (Tempest+Pos.)
MAGICAL HOLY ELEMENTS (E=5):
Nether (Holy+Magic+Neg.)
Spirit (Holy+Magic+Pos.)

SEMI-ELEMENTS (E=4):
Aexus (Chaos+Anti-Time)
Conduit
Diamond (Earth+Gravity)
Gravity
Imprisonment, Freedom
Nexus (Chaos+Time)
Time / Temporal
Void
Anti-Time {extra +3}
ULTRA-ELEMENTS (E=7):
Annihilation
Creation
Hole / Anti-Hole
Loop / Looporal
Anti-Loop {extra +6}
EXOTIC ELEMENTS (varies):
Abyssal Water (Water + Chaos + Imprison.) {6}
Colorpool (Water + Magic + Conduit) {7}
Furnace (Metal + Radioactive) {4}
Metallic (Composite + AntiMagic + Neg.) {5}
Rainbow Silver (Rainbow + Silver + Anti-Psi) {10}
Solid Neutronium (Gravity + Any Chem + Conduit) {13}
The Nothing (Anti-Psi + Void) {7}
Venderant Nelaborong (Godly + Aexus + Holy
+ Radioactive + Slag) {17}
Vibranium (Vibration + Disintegration) {6}

[Q15] Elemental/Dragon Psionics (Psi. Freq. 15)

List of Elements (Chemical)

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS (E=5):
Hydrogen 1
Helium 2
Lithium 3
Beryllium 4
Boron 5
Carbon 6
Nitrogen 7
Oxygen 8
Fluorine 9
Neon 10
Sodium 11
Magnesium 12
Aluminum 13
Silicon 14
Phosphorus 15
Sulfur 16
Chlorine 17
Argon 18
Potassium 19
Calcium 20
Scandium 21
Titanium 22
Vanadium 23
Chromium 24
Manganese 25
Iron 26
Cobat 27
Nickel 28
Copper 29
Zinc 30
Gallium 31
Germanium 32
Arsenic 33
Selenium 34
Bromine 35
Krypton 36
Rubidium 37
Strontium 38
Yttrium 39
Zirconium 40

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS (E=5):
Niobium 41
Molybdenum 42
Technetium 43
Ruthenium 44
Rhodium 45
Palladium 46
Silver 47
Cadmium 48
Indium 49
Tin 50
Antimony 51
Tellurium 52
Iodine 53
Xenon 54
Cesium 55
Barium 56
Lanthanum 57
Cerium 58
Praseodymium 59
Neodymium 60
Promethium 61
Samarium 62
Europium 63
Gadolinium 64
Terbium 65
Dysprosium 66
Holmium 67
Erbium 68
Thulium 69
Ytterbium 70
Lutetium 71
Hafnium 72
Tantalum 73
Tungsten 74
Rhenium 75
Osmium 76
Iridium 77
Platinum 78
Gold 79
Mercury 80

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS (E=5):
Thallium 81
Lead 82
Bismuth 83
Polonium 84
Astatine 85
Radon 86
Francium 87
Radium 88
Actinium 89
Thorium 90
Protactinium 91
Uranium 92
Neptunium 93
Plutonium 94
Americium 95
Curium 96
Berkelium 97
Californium 98
Einsteinium 99
Fermium 100
Mendelevium 101
Nobelium 102
Lawrencium 103
Rutherfordium 104
Dubnium 105
Seaborgium 106
Bohrium 107
Hassium 108
Meitnerium 109
ANTI-CHEMICAL ELEMENTS (E=6):
Anti-Hydrogen -1
Anti-Helium -2
Anti-Lithium -3

[Coventry]

Interesting. No one has mentioned the semi-elemental plane of Ranch Dressing?

[BootStrapTommy]

What's the difference between unholy and profane?

[Ashtagon]

What's the difference between unholy and profane?

According to SmileyLich? Absolutely nothing.

[neonchameleon]

[Anonymouswizard]

I notice a glaring omission, the lack of that element known as Surprise.

Force was just it's own D&D category. If I were to fluff a more generalized "force" element, I'd probably link it to one of the atomic forces. Actually, I guess that's a good source for several elements. Gravity, magnetic, and then maybe make "force" the strong and weak atomic forces (I'd ask someone more knowledgeable in physics for an explanation). In terms of what it can do, I'd link force to force fields, unexplainably moving things around (like telekinesis), and maybe re-arranging matter on a molecular or smaller level.

I've normally seen force as kinetic energy without anything accompanying it. Which means that you could have 'kinetic' and 'atomic force' elements.

I also can't believe no-one has linked to this yet.

Was totally going to do this, I guess I'll settle for this.

[goto124]

I notice a glaring omission, the lack of that element known as Surprise.

But there won't be any Surprise if we listed it :P