I've been stirring something up for some time. A while actually. But I'm still unable to settle on combat.
Most of the time, when I settled on writing something, it's always taken on a Dragonball-esque quality. When I say that, I mean hand-to-hand combat and flashy attacks. Not like Kamehameha Wave, but more like Naruto-esque.
In short, my typical vision of Magical Combat when I envision a story I'd write, is mostly hand-to-hand with flashy magical strikes, with people wielding weapons being the outliers.
But lately, I've been dwelling on something more modern. Think early 22nd Century but Resource Wars kicked off half a century prior so everything is both more advanced and more primitive because the world is fucked and the apocalypse is here. Combine that with the discovery of Magic and a portal to an "Other Place." It's not a system-type story btw, so no stats.
The problem is, only certain people manifest Magic. The beasts in this Other Place, while they can be killed by typical rounds, it's inefficient. They become bullet sponges. However, the discovery of a type of metallic-crystal that is self-sustainable since it replenishes itself no matter how often it is mined, is used to both to craft weapons and ammunition for guns, this ammunition being more sufficient at putting down the beasts of the Other Place.
In short, guns are the primary form of combat for regular guys who form the garrisons, and make up the security for mining groups in this Other Place, but all they have is the guns. Then you have Mages, who can wield Magic, also possess guns, but they are the elite troops, and for reasons that don't matter because fuck realism, rule of cool rules all, they also have specialized melee weapons to fight beasts in hand-to-hand combat.
The typical battle, would involve the regular guys laying down suppressive fire while the Mages move in with melee weapons and engage specific targets.
I'm not sure what the problem is, or if there even is one. Something is bugging me I guess.
I guess the problem is, I have no idea how to write gun-related combat. I've mostly dabbled in hand-to-hand, so even melee weapon writing is foreign to me though I feel like I could pick that up easily...but guns?
Sorry I rambled big time here.
Most of the time, when I settled on writing something, it's always taken on a Dragonball-esque quality. When I say that, I mean hand-to-hand combat and flashy attacks. Not like Kamehameha Wave, but more like Naruto-esque.
In short, my typical vision of Magical Combat when I envision a story I'd write, is mostly hand-to-hand with flashy magical strikes, with people wielding weapons being the outliers.
But lately, I've been dwelling on something more modern. Think early 22nd Century but Resource Wars kicked off half a century prior so everything is both more advanced and more primitive because the world is fucked and the apocalypse is here. Combine that with the discovery of Magic and a portal to an "Other Place." It's not a system-type story btw, so no stats.
The problem is, only certain people manifest Magic. The beasts in this Other Place, while they can be killed by typical rounds, it's inefficient. They become bullet sponges. However, the discovery of a type of metallic-crystal that is self-sustainable since it replenishes itself no matter how often it is mined, is used to both to craft weapons and ammunition for guns, this ammunition being more sufficient at putting down the beasts of the Other Place.
In short, guns are the primary form of combat for regular guys who form the garrisons, and make up the security for mining groups in this Other Place, but all they have is the guns. Then you have Mages, who can wield Magic, also possess guns, but they are the elite troops, and for reasons that don't matter because fuck realism, rule of cool rules all, they also have specialized melee weapons to fight beasts in hand-to-hand combat.
The typical battle, would involve the regular guys laying down suppressive fire while the Mages move in with melee weapons and engage specific targets.
I'm not sure what the problem is, or if there even is one. Something is bugging me I guess.
I guess the problem is, I have no idea how to write gun-related combat. I've mostly dabbled in hand-to-hand, so even melee weapon writing is foreign to me though I feel like I could pick that up easily...but guns?
Sorry I rambled big time here.
