Random Ideas

Fire mages run on Coal and Lava Ice mages run on Ice and Snowballs Water mages Earth mages (not really mages) Magical beings are affected by Pumpkins in various ways Pumpkins are the anti-magic block Totems
 * each carries a personal furnace which must be replenished to maintain "on fire" status
 * can generate light directly
 * more direct damage and abilities
 * cannot catch on fire
 * much slower lava damage, no burn damage
 * will immediately sink and drown in water
 * personal furnace
 * can reduce surrounding light and remove torches from walls in an area around them
 * more passive auras and abilities
 * can walk on water
 * infinitely on Ocean
 * increased movement speed while on water
 * increased jump on water
 * can levitate if surrounded by enough land when cast, traversing gaps
 * increased movement speed on land
 * increased jump on land
 * most may not touch or interact with them
 * some are directly damaged by contact or proximity
 * some are physically restricted by the pumpkin's aura
 * lighted (anti-dark)
 * unlit (anti-light)
 * lighted pumpkins may spread to unlit pumpkins around them in certain biomes or magical regions
 * lighted pumpkins will not stay lit in Ice or Darkness regions


 * unique totems built with manablocks stacked to create combinations of auras surrounding the structure


 * complex and difficult to build structures may produce more powerful auras and effects


 * certain spells may only be cast while in a totem's aura


 * pumpkins, containing sentience, when added to an active totem, will always make it explode into a pumpking patch


 * because of similarities in basic totem design, an Area Transmutation could swing the totem's auras in a different direction


 * totem blocks not sealed into structures will evaporate at random times


 * spells may be cast to prevent this, but not in battle


 * manablocks disappear after only a few moments when placed in the world


 * totem structures must be built in sections because of mana's volatility

ManaBlocks
 * the largest structures being the most powerful and most difficult to build


 * manablocks would be mostly transparent swirling orbs trailing in different patterns according to blocktype


 * when placed adjacent to each other in patterns or structures, they become linked together into physical blocks that compliment the size and shape of the intended totem


 * manablocks could contain metadata that can be combined to also affect the block's appearance