[Discussion] What would you like changed in Housemagic?

[Hom 1987]

Hello! This if my first time making a post like this, so I hope I put it in the right place/labeled it correctly/etc etc etc

I've tossed around the idea of trying my hand at a Housemagic rewrite for almost half a year now, though haven't really yet acted on it. Housemagic was the first magic I got on this server, as it is for many people- I love the accessibility of it, that it can be self-taught, and how it serves as a good "training wheels" magic to introduce how emote count systems and redlines work to newer players. However, I've found some of the spells in the current write to have become a bit lacking in our current magic environment. Many outside of Living Dolls and Living Tools feel more like voidal cantrips instead of having their own unique aesthetic, and the T4-T5 spells are rarely ever used. This is not at all meant to insult the original write, which is well-organized and very enjoyable, but just to reflect on how the magic is used (or not used) today, and how it could benefit from an update.

This is only my opinion though, so I'm curious: What do the current (or former) housemages of LOTC want to see out of a Housemagic do-over? Is it better to stay a magic, or would it do well as a feat? What aesthetics or utility would be nice to see? Should Culimancy and Housemagic combine, or stay separate? Is a rewrite entirely unnecessary?

I'd like to hear people's opinions, so if I do attempt a write, it can be informed by the community and not just my own thoughts. Have at it!
 

[NotEvilAtAll 10906]

make it 5 slots it's too op

[Turbo_Dog 3580]

I want it to kill @SlitheryC1

[Ardory 2978]

52 minutes ago, Hom said:

Should Culimancy and Housemagic combine

KEEP AWAY FROM MY SODA!

 

But for real I don't think there is a need for a complete rewrite of housemagery and find the magic in a very good spot with its aesthetics and mechanics. Although some of the spells are less used, I don't think it constitutes a rewrite.

[wowj 9765]

Culimancy and Housemagic are  combined, if you have one you have em both!

Housemagic = 1 slot, Housemagic with Culimancy = Still 1 Slot

[Hom 1987]

24 minutes ago, wowj said:

Culimancy and Housemagic are  combined, if you have one you have em both!

Housemagic = 1 slot, Housemagic with Culimancy = Still 1 Slot

Wait for real? I was taught differently- I had to make a separate MA for Culimancy and learn it separately, so I always assumed it was detached and just took the same slot for some reason. I've been living a lie...

[ichigomaster98 966]

Nothing, it's perfect.
Even Identify Organic Object being the most useless spell is fine as we have the most powerful spell Perfume.
A rewrite is entirely unnecessary.

[PrimnyaQuorum 4008]

Housemagic is fine (?) I don't think it really needs to be re-written in a literal sense. I would like to see Housemagic as a Feat instead of a MA, and seperate into common knowledge stuff and rare knowledge stuff with no combative things. Home Defense is nice but its a simple magic and should remain non-combative imo. 

 

A reformatting would be nice along with modernizing but really the core concept doesn't need to change. The only thing id like to see I guess is the ability to like. MArt in custom housemage linage or stuff

[MrMojoMordor 2413]

Rewrite it so i can make my battle-mage orc who lures people into his house & let's the furniture beat them up more plausable.
An amendment to count tents as 'houses' so i can make it portable.

Real talk, i think House, Culi & Bardmancy are only magics that are in a very good spot for what their purpose is.
 

[Destructokeith 1142]

1 hour ago, Hom said:

Wait for real? I was taught differently- I had to make a separate MA for Culimancy and learn it separately, so I always assumed it was detached and just took the same slot for some reason. I've been living a lie...

Thats because your teacher (me) was an idiot back then 🫡

[FloralHedgehog 493]

1 hour ago, MrMojoMordor said:

Rewrite it so i can make my battle-mage orc who lures people into his house & let's the furniture beat them up more plausable.
An amendment to count tents as 'houses' so i can make it portable.

Real talk, i think House, Culi & Bardmancy are only magics that are in a very good spot for what their purpose is.
 

I want to turn my cauldron into a flail and swing it around and then use the specialization ability to make it grow larger mid swing for extra bonk.
The world is ready for War-chefs

But yeah, stuffs in a good place in my eyes, it's simple and effective for what it needs to do.

[LobsterLarry 1514]

magic couches so my hookah lounge is even cooler.

[Helmet 1454]

On 1/5/2025 at 6:52 PM, Turbo_Dog said:

I want it to kill @SlitheryC1

kys

also any possible change i COULD see is to let folk magically throw a single piece of furniture at people outside of their own home. it isn't op or that useful, it's just funny.

Edited January 7, 2025 by SlitheryC1

[TheBigBubbles 963]

Its perfect, sometimes I wish it was a feat, but I don't really think it matters that it takes up a magic slot, because the aesthetics are fire. I would like it if we could give our tools and household objects faces, like in beauty and the beast please and thanks.

[Suzzie 866]

I already tacked on what I wanted when I submitted my addition, IMO it's mostly fine as is for what it wants to be.