#r3p fanart

[lizord-lord]

BEHOLD MY R3P HANDCANONS

*ahem*. I had some thoughts about Reyna and various Shield Incidents and well one thing led to another, and I ended up drawing out some ideas for some of the other spellcasters and how their magic might affect them!

(Mild Spoilers for Rise of the Third Power under the cut, I am on my hands and knees begging y'all to play this game and trying to lure you in with pretty pictures)

Reyna was the one who got me on this train of thought- thinking about the constant combat a JRPG demands and how using that much magic might leave marks. First I imagined that her hands might end up irritated from the strain, and then I got to thinking about her backstory and how she's motivated by having witnessed firsthand all the dead a war leaves behind, and not having been able to heal them- and then I remembered the two times in-game she overextends herself shielding the entire party, first three people from a firing squad, then AN ENTIRE FUCKING SHIP FROM CANNON FIRE AND NEARLY DIES ABOUT IT. And I thought, wouldn't it be interesting if that left scars? If even healing, protection, support- even that gentle magic can hurt you, if you overuse it? If the sigil you cast like a warm light in the dark is still hot? If your hands come away red and raw? If you reach for so much power at once that the holy light burns you from the inside out and your palms are left with Shield burned into them like a brand?

And I decided to make it so.

...uh...Terribly sorry to report Reyna was as interesting and conceptual as it got lol. From here on, I'm having fun.

Aden gets the second most noticeable mark, but it isn't really a scar. Which is kind of funny, that the priestess gets magic burns but the warlock suffers 0 real side effects, but I mean... Aden's a lichspawn, so I'd argue he's built to handle it. Heartier Magical Immune System. So this is less a magical injury from overuse and more a magical stain from consistent use, y'know?

Anyway, this is Aden's Drain spell, which has the really cool visual effect of dragging blood out of enemies into this green vortex orb. I was picturing most magic being generated inside the body and then sort of following the nerves like electricity along wire, and then being expelled either through the hands or an object. But with a lifesteal spell I wanted to emphasize pulling something out of the world around you and into the body. So this stain travels from the tips of the fingers inward, and sticks to the bones as it does. Because, you know, creepy black magic <3.

I'm so sorry Rashim I have nothing interesting for you. These last two are really just me wanting to illustrate spell effects slash complete the set lol. Rashim's spells are also just..mostly basic light flashes so there isn't much to pull from. So this is just the color scheme of Sunray, though it ended up a lot pinker than I meant to now that I look at it again. whoops I imagine the aftereffects for Rashim (and Gage) are pretty temporary since they got that Military Discipline and aren't usually fighting alone. They'd linger for maybe a couple hours after a tough fight, like afterimages. So, I just added a bit of clinging red/pink, like when you shine a flashlight against your hand and it glows through the skin. Just a little lingering light and warmth peeking out.

Okay final one! Gage! Here I really focused in on the "magic travels along the nerves" idea, since we are in fact dealing with literal electricity. Very basic, lightning along the veins and then exiting at the fingertips- or more often into his spear and then out through that. The aftereffect is REALLY subtle, also because I get the vibe he doesn't use his storm magic all that often. The spear probably suffices most of the time- though I did give him some callouses for that reason. He is still a warrior prince! So yeah, the magic residue is basically just stray sparks. Clinging static electricity, and probably fades really quickly. He'd ABSOLUTELY give you a static zap if you touched him before it did lmao so actually he's just one of these

new headcanon for that weather sphere from the Ardo Rita questline. It's Just This Thing.