cut dialogue, redundant spells

I just want to add, you can also get more variety than one might think from the same basic power.

(a cut exert from *deleted* dialogue from my character Rhulan...the dialogue didn't fit the scene properly so I cut it, but stashed it away in case I wanted to use it later), the character discusses how a lot of her spells are actually redundant, but are still varied in style.


Rhulan: When you lived thousands of years in a place called "The Society of Sorcery" you accumulate ALOT of redundant spells, skills, and techniques. Because you really don't have anything better to do with your time than study the countless spell books they've gathered and copied from countless realities.

Seriously:

Acidic Poison Rain,

Acid Blades Rain,

Rain of Poisoned Spikes,

Snake Fang Downpour,

Poisoned Arrow Rain

Poisoned Arrow Head Rain,

Toxic Icicle Blizzard,

Rain of Poisoned Daggers,

Poison Spears Downpour,

Rain of Poisoned Swords,

-also venom, poison, toxic, acidic venom, acidic poison, ...ect...variations of this exact same thing of a crap ton of something sharp falling from the sky that do additional damage with toxic elements-

of course there are plain versions, and elemental versions, and mixes of elements and different types. Oh look,

Holy Toxic Burning Lightning Acidic Frozen Shuriken Blizzard

*seriously, there are so many spells I can do that I just don't because...I don't need to, or feel a want to, a lot of these on their home worlds were the ONE version of it, secret spells and diabolic weather manipulations handed down in dark tomes, ect... same with a lot of the other spells.

Not kidding I could probably sit here and name off over twenty basic shield spells, who knows how many variations of a fire ball. Seriously I could fire off a rainbow of flames and even a menagerie of fire balls...as in fire balls shaped like animals, I even have more than one that resemble elephants. Oh, I even have a sweeping flame giraffe neck and head. I think its called "True Fire Lord of the Savannah".



*me again*

to put this into context to this discussion, you can have a ton of characters with the same basic concept behind their power and still make them unique. Just look at Marvel comics between Blink, Nightcrawler, and Locus. All three are -porters but do it in very different ways.