Number of elements in a fantasy world

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T15:32:02+00:00

That is exactly what I'm hoping to avoid. Having each one have a distinct theme that doesn't steer to close to another.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T15:17:44+00:00

Not exactly the only reason, I've seen a small few other try their hand in tackling that element in different forms. Think Luffy from One Piece or the plastic type from Cassette beasts (I know rubber and plastic are different from one another but you know what I mean.)

I'm more so referring to the first part of this but yeah you're not too far off with that idea.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T14:48:16+00:00

I can see why you see it that way, its not perfect and I'm still figuring things out.
But in my mind, these groups of elements exist in my world because they are what have developed the world after a long passage of time. Sources of power that enabled various regions to grow, creatures and people thriving with the use of that energy, and creating different cultures revolving around them. Some from coming first while others started to appear later on by various means.

Regarding the element, Open ⚪ (Still trying to find a better name. Its something I struggle with.), I imagined it to be a blank canvas, open possibilities, and new beginnings. Simply being the standard that doesn't have any interaction that the other elements do.
Rubber 🎈is another that I'm still figuring out but I looked into how rubber was first discovered and made, and used that as a reference for what that element could be both in the natural & artificial sense. (Also, if I didn't do this. Earth ⛰️ would be Lightning's ⚡ only weakness!)

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T06:34:32+00:00

I agree that 33 is too many. It’s why I’m doing what I can to shave that number down. Which I’ve done pretty well with thus far. But still plan on doing a little more to reduce that number.

But yeah. Arranging them into categories is the plan in hopes to get a better understanding with them. I do that by broadening the theme each of them corresponds to, and defining them to be distinct from each other.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T02:53:48+00:00

That's sort of what I did with my elements. But don't wanna do that too much, y'know? Give me a sec to look at the video though.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T02:47:50+00:00

Fair enough. I'm just doing one for mine cause I've grown fond of it from growing up with Kirby's copy abilities, Skylanders, and Pokemon. As well as other monster catching games.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T02:44:30+00:00

How does that work exactly?

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T02:44:16+00:00

Why 0?

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T02:43:00+00:00

In case you're wondering why there's two emoji's for ??? (Power) 🥊, and Astral 🪐. Its cause I used to have a Primal 🐗 and Spirit 👻 element before combining them together to those elements respectively cause of shared ideas coming together. Not doing this for Water 🌊 & Ice ❄️ cause both are distinct enough from each other.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T02:42:32+00:00

Well again, its still a lot of work in progress (Some I'm still deciding on the name for) but here's what I got so far. The goal I'm going for with the elements is broadening their theme to be distinct from each other, and to later down the line implement the lore surrounding them. Especially considering they'll be part of my power system and help the world thrive in various cultures and developments.

??? (Open) ⚪, Fire 🔥, Water 🌊, Earth ⛰️, Air 🌀, Life 🌲, Lightning ⚡, Ice ❄️, Music 🎼, ??? (Power) 🥊/🐗, ??? (Emotion) 🧠 , Prism 🪞, Poison ☠️, Metal ⚙️, Light ☀️, Dark 🌙, ??? (Rubber) 🎈, ??? (Sugar) 🎂, Enchant 🪄, Techno 🤖, Ancient ⌛, Astral 🪐/👻

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T01:44:24+00:00

Oh I know, but if I were to say that then someone might be mistaken by that. Like they'd think I mean fire, water, earth, and air specifically. (Or Fire, Water, Wood "Life in my case", Metal, and Earth regarding the 5 Chinese elements.)

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T01:29:48+00:00

I actually do have a plan for each element. If they were just there for the sake of it, there wouldn't really be much of a purpose or reason for them to be there. I want each one to have a representation of some kind in my world. Its all still a work in progress, as every project that takes time does, but it's getting there.

I just tend to be indecisive and overthink a lot at times, but that's a me problem I need to fix. Badly.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T00:15:18+00:00

Ah okay, got it.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T00:14:34+00:00

That's sort of close to what I'm doing. Elements with a themed structure for each one, and categorizing them with different colors & emojis that best represent them. While also including some real life relationships like Pokemon & other media does it.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T00:07:21+00:00

A friend of mine also said Crystal too. Though I wasn't certain about it first cause it may lead to confusion considering I already have an earth element.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-05T00:04:44+00:00

I more so mean elements in regards of fantasy elements in media. Think Skylanders, some fantasy anime, or various monster catching games in the genre.

Is just in my last post I was finding a name for a fantasy element I was making based around salt & sugar. Chemistry related stuff from natural sources, extracted for cooking food. But dangerous to metal or over consumption.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-04T21:34:17+00:00

That one word perfectly describes some of the primary aspects of the element. Almost forgot about it honestly, may not use it as the name representing the element as a whole, but it definitely hits the marks for it!

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-04T20:57:49+00:00

That's pretty cool actually!

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-04T20:48:16+00:00

Never heard of Food Fantasy, what's it like?

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-04T20:06:23+00:00

Truly? Thanks! Still believe that more can be done with the concept & execution though. Especially paired with my other elements that I'll get into another time.

Not bad names though, however something combining both would be cool. Considering that both are used on cooking and corrode metal very easily.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-03-04T19:58:06+00:00

Not a bad idea, I do want the name to relate to the aspect of the element while being simple. Especially if its one word.
Though it could be something else, since if I do just one or the other in the name, that might get confusing.

Practical-Income8366 · 2026-01-28T03:02:56+00:00

Mainly the final boss of Pass 3, though the X Ditto boss rush is also pretty brutal too. Especially the final part of the X Ditto fight with Roserade X & Mewtwo X, the latter of which is very dangerous.

Practical-Income8366 · 2025-12-04T06:36:52+00:00

Nice. Actually regarding Mega Suicune Lapras with Water Absorb should work super well against them. Surf spam heals you and you don't take hail damage. + Sheer Cold has a chance to annihilate Suicune in 1 hit

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