Creating an advantageous area, why?

[NotaNuffian]

So the current thing is Domain Expansion.

The first time I touch this concept was Infinity Atmosphere from Air Gear.

The idea of creating a "field" that is advantageous to you but disadvantageous to your foes, where did the concept came from?

I had seen it in a lot of CN shit gaming and xianxia BS.

Basically it is just a mass debuff to foes and buff to self, like how a boss in an MMORPG might have.

But why does such concept appears and why put it into power systems, ie giving folks the ability to cast a Field Spell Card?

 

[Deleted member 19066]

It chinese Taoist formation arrays, no?
Japanese kekkai?

 

[NotaNuffian]

It chinese Taoist formation arrays, no?
Japanese kekkai?

Japan Kekkai yes.

Chinese taoism? Not really.

 

[Tempokai]

Any advantage is good advantage. Advantage that enemy doesn't know about is even better.

 

[Plantorsomething]

I think the main appeal of the idea is more about representing the character’s personality in some way via the environment. A kinda mindscape that shows their inner psyche to an extent. A lot of emotion can be conveyed by the environment, and the idea of having the world itself morph to fit the inner reality or ideals of a character can be very powerful. Think Slay the Princess in how the environment, and the narration of the environment, morphs around and displays traits of the princess. And how architecs and set designers manipulate space, shape, lighting, and texture to involve emotion. Oh and also the entire concept of Feng Shui. It’s essentially a subtle but powerful way to convey character while also showing power because essentially the world becomes an extension of yourself. Aka you’re powerful enough that the even the essence of your identity can wrap reality.

 

[Daitengu]

It's part of the "Art of War" by Tsun Tzu. But it mainly deals with army field advantage.

Overtime in fiction it just got adopted as sword and fighting style reach perimeters.

Godly domains are actual locations where a god's home is and they have control over it. Think Poseidon's domain is the ocean, and he'll kick everyone's ass while in it.

Then anime happened and mashed the two together over time, and CN bros just ran with it with their cultivator fantasies.

 

[BearlyAlive]

It pretty much ticks all the checkboxes a writer needs for a "cool, overpowered, and personalized fighting tech", even if it's just a personalized field advantage dialed up on the coolness scale. Have a hot-blooded MC? Now you can finally and easily show how hot-blooded they are! Cold and calculating? The same.

I'm pretty baffled that it took them this long to go from "Aura shows how stronk a character is" to "Aura IS stronk"